Now We Can Talk Price

Lin Qingyun felt a little strange. Looking at Ya Fei standing beside him, he was very depressed.

Why was a young lady like you running over to join the excitement?

Did you know how many people wanted to tear me apart alive?

Feeling all those gazes of envy, jealousy, and hatred shooting over, Lin Qingyun felt as if thorns were pricking into his bones.

But all Lin Qingyun received in response was an extremely teasing look. Every frown and smile of hers seemed able to hook away a man's soul.

"All right, I won't tease you anymore." Ya Fei covered her mouth and laughed softly. Leaning close to Lin Qingyun's ear, her breath fragrant as orchids, she whispered, "Isn't it because I was worried about you? That alchemist from the Jia Lie Family will definitely come. With Gu Ni and me here, we can at least intimidate them a little!"

"He's just an idiot whose head is full of nothing but women. What's there to worry about?" Lin Qingyun curled his lips, his face full of disdain.

Liu Xi? A first-tier alchemist? He was just a tool!

"Fine, fine, just treat it as me flattering myself."

"If you don't like it, I can just leave." Ya Fei's expression showed a slight bit of displeasure.

"Don't! You're already here!" Lin Qingyun sighed and grabbed Ya Fei's hand.

"Heh, men!" Ya Fei snorted softly, but her face was like a rosebud about to bloom, shy and tender enough to drip.

Lin Qingyun did not refute her, but inside, he was shouting: I've been wronged! If there wasn't someone next to me specifically spreading public displays of affection, this young master would never willingly degenerate like this.

But... it really was... comfortable!

Perhaps because of Ya Fei's aura, the hall became much quieter.

They did not wait long before a group of people hurried into the hall. The one leading them was Jia Lie Nu, whose emotions could not be read from his face.

Only, the moment he walked in, Jia Lie Nu clearly froze for a moment. Evidently, he had also noticed Ya Fei and Gu Ni, but he only stiffened for that instant before returning to normal.

Liu Xi, who stood to his left, was clearly stunned, as if he had seen something beautiful.

Xiao Zhan pulled out the chair at the head seat below and also spoke with a faint smile, "Men! Serve tea!"

"Heh, there is no need for tea. Tea brewed by a despicable person like you is better left undrunk," Jia Lie Nu said with a cold laugh.

"Oh, old ghost Jia Lie, what do you mean by that?" Xiao Zhan was slightly taken aback. Even his very natural motion of drinking tea paused for a moment.

Clearly, he had not expected Jia Lie Nu to strike first and catch him off guard.

But in the end, he was an old hand who had fought for years in the business world. He quickly sorted out his thoughts. Besides, this time, he was not the main figure.

"You despicable person, you know full well in your own heart!" Jia Lie Bi's voice rang loud and clear. Once it spread out, even those on the street could hear it.

Jia Lie Bi's thoughts were very simple. Since this was your turf, then I would walk ahead of you and suppress you.

Whether the news had spread or something else, the street was already packed with many people. Traffic had even been blocked. If not for the Xiao Family guards stopping people at the entrance, they might have squeezed all the way to the main doors.

Gazes fell on Xiao Zhan one after another, their eyes filled with curiosity.

Xiao Zhan, however, lifted his teacup, gently blew on the steaming tea, took a sipping slurp, and slightly narrowed his eyes, looking as if he were enjoying it very much.

At this moment, Lin Qingyun had already spoken, "Patriarch Jia Lie, are you referring to that pile of boxes filled with medicinal herbs?"

"Hmph!" Jia Lie Bi gave a cold snort, his gaze slightly chilly.

Jia Lie'ao's face was likewise incomparably furious, yet it also held a bit of fear. When facing Lin Qingyun, there was even a faint sorrow in his balls.

Jia Lie Bi clearly had no time to pay attention to his son's expression. Facing Lin Qingyun, he instantly became cautious and said in an extremely slow tone, "I never imagined your Xiao Family would be so despicable as to rob my Jia Lie Family's medicinal herbs halfway. Return them!"

Jia Lie Bi's voice was still very loud, without the slightest regard for the bearing of a family head. But these words caused the onlookers on the street to look over in surprise.

Jia Lie Bi's words had taken effect. After all, those boxes were marked with the Jia Lie Family's emblem, plain for all to see.

"Then can Patriarch Jia Lie prove it? Why do I remember that these medicinal herbs were sold to my Xiao Family by your Jia Lie Family?"

"Of... what did you say?" Jia Lie Bi froze.

Sold?

When did that happen?

Why didn't I remember?

Did I lose my memory?

"Lin Qingyun, empty words are no proof. Can you produce evidence?" Jia Lie Bi said calmly.

Only, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he could not help feeling somewhat baffled.

Vaguely, he kept having a bad premonition. But words spoken were like water thrown out; they could not be taken back at once.

He had not even had time to say anything more before he saw Lin Qingyun slap a sheet of paper onto the table with a pa.

"Here, this is the evidence you wanted. Sigh, originally, I was kindhearted and thought that since the Jia Lie Family was in such difficulty, I would sell the medicinal herbs back to you at their original price. But now! This painstaking goodwill!" Lin Qingyun sighed repeatedly, looking like a great philanthropist who had been wronged.

Jia Lie Bi was stunned inwardly, but he soon revealed a smile and said, "Lin Qingyun, do you think writing a random receipt can prove anything? Do you take me for an idiot? Stop playing such childish tricks."

"But this receipt is evidence! Look, it even has the fingerprint of your Jia Lie Family's Second Elder on it."

Lin Qingyun looked innocent as he picked up that sheet of paper. There was even a bright red handprint on it.

"Lin Qingyun, don't try to quibble here and gain advantage with mere words," Jia Lie Bi said, but he felt as though those words had struck a ball of cotton, utterly lacking force.

The initiative that had originally been in his hands suddenly vanished.

"But this is evidence! Patriarch Jia Lie, are you refusing to acknowledge it?"

"Everyone says you, Lin Qingyun, are a rogue. Seeing you today, it is indeed true." Jia Lie Bi took a deep breath.

"I won't waste words with you. I want the medicinal herbs in your hands!"

Now that they had entered the main topic, Lin Qingyun put away the receipt in his hand and smiled slightly.

"Good!"

Jia Lie Bi, however, instantly fell silent. Lin Qingyun was a rogue, and also a very shrewd person. Even with a matter of no importance, he could maximize the benefits. The Xiao Family had leapt to become the number one great family of Wutan City in his hands.

However, this time, Jia Lie Bi had already made preparations.

He would absolutely not be like the others and let Lin Qingyun lead him by the nose!

Jia Lie Bi said bluntly:

"The price of those dozen or so boxes of medicinal herbs is, at most, only worth three hundred thousand. What I can give you is only three hundred thousand."

Jia Lie Bi's thoughts were very simple. As long as he first set the tone at the benchmark of three hundred thousand, how many times could Lin Qingyun still multiply it?

Impossible. At most, he would take a bit more of a loss and pay a little higher price. If it truly did not work, then at worst, he would not take them.

Even if he very much needed this batch of medicinal herbs!

Lin Qingyun looked at Jia Lie Bi with a smile that was not quite a smile and said, "Little Bi, what you said is very right. I also agree with your view."

Jia Lie Bi froze for a moment, then said gladly, "In that case, you are willing to make the trade?"

The people of the Jia Lie Family also smiled.

Sure enough, the Xiao Family did not dare offend them too harshly. That earlier nonsense had merely been waiting for a better price.

Yet Jia Lie Bi happened to sense a trace of something wrong. "Then... let's start writing the receipt!"

Before the medicinal herbs were in hand, Jia Lie Bi felt a little uneasy.

From his understanding of Lin Qingyun, if he did business without raising the price on the spot or opening his mouth like a lion, then the sun must have risen from the west.

How could he make the trade so easily?

"Sure!"

Contrary to Jia Lie Bi's expectations.

Lin Qingyun actually answered extremely straightforwardly.

Under everyone's eyes, Lin Qingyun placed a receipt that had long since been prepared in front of Jia Lie Bi.

Jia Lie Bi felt as if he were lost in fog and clouds. Everything felt extremely unreal. He carefully read the words on the receipt, and his expression suddenly changed. "Impossible! Five marketplaces? Lin Qingyun, are you robbing me?"

"Exactly, five marketplaces. Each one is equivalent to sixty thousand gold coins, just enough to pay for the medicinal herbs. I'm also thinking on behalf of your Jia Lie Family! I know you can't take out that much money!"

Lin Qingyun spoke very calmly.

"That is absolutely impossible. Don't even think about it." Jia Lie Bi slapped the receipt onto the table.

The income from the marketplaces accounted for five-tenths of the Jia Lie Family's yearly income. This was a major source. How could he possibly sell them just because someone said so?

"Then there's nothing to talk about. These medicinal herbs are in the way anyway. How about burning them?"

Lin Qingyun walked up to the pile of boxes. One hand gently stroked a box, while the other hand raised a cluster of flames.

Jia Lie Bi's eyelid twitched, and panic rose in his heart, afraid that the fire would accidentally burn that pile of medicinal herbs into dregs.

Boom!

With a soft sound, a box filled with medicinal herbs instantly turned to ash. The drifting ash fell from between Lin Qingyun's fingers.

"You really dare burn them!"

Jia Lie Bi froze!

"What wouldn't I dare?"

Lin Qingyun replied.

Another soft sound rang out, and another box turned to ash.

Jia Lie Bi could no longer sit still. "It's not that we can't discuss it."

Lin Qingyun put down the third box, returned to his seat, and smiled. "I wonder what Patriarch Jia Lie has decided?"

"One medium-sized marketplace!" Jia Lie Bi gritted his teeth and said.

"Then there's nothing to talk about!" Lin Qingyun stood up.

"At most, I'll add one small marketplace!" Jia Lie Bi hardened his heart. If he could not bear to part with marketplaces, he could not obtain the medicinal herbs.

"No, I want three small ones, plus two medium-sized ones!"

"Impossible. At most, one medium-sized and two small ones."

"I think burning medicinal herbs is pretty fun!"

"I can add a little more!"

"Could the two of you stop for a moment? I have something to say to Patriarch Jia Lie." Suddenly, Liu Xi, who was shaking a fan in his hand, smiled and said.

"Who are you? A servant dares to interrupt?" Lin Qingyun frowned.

"You... cough." Liu Xi coughed softly and, with considerable poise, did not argue. He stood up and leaned down by Jia Lie Bi's ear to speak quietly.

Only, before he finished speaking, what met him was Jia Lie Bi's furious shout, "Mister Liu, this matter is absolutely impossible."

Lin Qingyun narrowed his eyes slightly, a trace of killing intent flashing through them. Although that voice had been very faint, he had still heard some of it.

Liu Xi still refused to give up and continued, "Patriarch Jia Lie, this is a very good deal."

"Mister Liu, say no more. I absolutely do not agree to this matter." Jia Lie Bi's expression was stern.

"What a pity!" Liu Xi shook his head and sighed softly, his eyes looking toward an unbelievable place on her body.

"Patriarch Jia Lie, where were we?" Lin Qingyun said with a beaming smile.

"Two medium-sized, one small. This is my greatest concession." Jia Lie Bi said with a gloomy face.

"Deal!"

Lin Qingyun directly stood, took out a receipt, and placed it before Jia Lie Bi, as if everything had long been prepared.

After pressing his own handprint onto it, he handed it, along with three land deeds, to Lin Qingyun.

Satisfied, Lin Qingyun tucked the three transfer contracts into his robe and made an inviting gesture.

After commanding his clansmen to carry the boxes away one by one, and after the final box had been carried off, Jia Lie Bi said,

"This time, we admit defeat!"

When the people were gone and the hall was empty, only the Xiao Family remained. Xiao Zhan held the land deeds in his hands, but still could not help feeling somewhat worried. "Qingyun, do you think it was really appropriate to give the medicinal herbs to that old fox Jia Lie Bi just like that? Don't be fooled by us making a profit. As long as they have Rejuvenation Powder, they can absolutely hold on."

"That premise is that they have to have it!" Lin Qingyun said indifferently.

The author is lazy. Once vacation started, I didn't really feel like moving.