By then, Chen Jin Sheng, Zhang Shaoyi, and the others were getting restless. Had not Chu Yi said there were only so many? More monks than porridge here. It was just their first time dealing with him, and they did not know his prices, so they hesitated to grab.
At the critical moment, Wu He stepped up to help everyone out by asking, “Master Chu, Purple Thunder Talismans are still eighty thousand each?”
Chu Yi confirmed, “That’s right. Golden Bell Net twenty thousand, Light Body Talismans and Protective Talismans ten thousand each.”
So cheap!
Before the words even settled, the talisman treasures in the case were snatched clean by the masters. Since each claimed a section, their hauls were a bit single-note, so they started negotiating swaps on the spot.
The only one who ended up with nothing was Wu He, who had asked the question. With one arm injured, his combat power was crippled. Bullying Elder Kang the Eldest, an ordinary man, had been fine, but against these ferocious masters, he was just a disabled weakling.
Wu He: “…”
A vein throbbed on his forehead. “Don’t go too far! You have to leave half for the Special Affairs Office!”
Zhao Song said, “There are only ten Purple Thunder Talismans total! Leaving half means my brothers and I wouldn’t even get two each!”
Wu He glared viciously at him. Do not think he had not noticed—this guy had pocketed two-thirds after grabbing them. It had not been that thin before!
Zhao Song felt a bit guilty.
In the end, under pressure from the official Special Affairs Office, they handed over half. After paying up, everyone exchanged contact info with Chu Yi and agreed to call them next time he had stock.
Chu Yi got along pleasantly with the masters, so he agreed without hesitation.
Wu He’s face darkened again. “What do you need to buy so many for?”
Zhao Zhen, Chen Jin Sheng, Zhang Shaoyi, and the others exchanged looks, then swarmed him, dragging him away while “cheerfully” chatting. “Heh heh, Director Wu, if there’s goods, we share; if there’s money, we earn together. You wouldn’t want us leaking your supply source, right?”
Wu He: “…” He really did not!
Do not let Chu Yi catch on and raise prices now. Once more people knew, he might get too busy and start hoarding or jacking up prices.
Who would lose out then? Them, the officials!
These masters had him by the throat. Why had he been so stupid as to tell them about the Purple Thunder Talismans’ source!
Chu Yi shook his head at his now-empty storage case. He had thought the masters would not bother with Protective Talismans and Evil-Exorcising Red Ropes, but they had snatched those clean too. The masters were too generous.
Having recouped some funds, Chu Yi finally had some confidence when he went to see President Yu.
The next day, Yu Qingxian signed the sales contract with Chu Yi. Seeing the sixty million first payment transferred over, he raised a brow. “Did you sell the antiques Old Zheng gave you?”
“Nope. Yesterday the masters gave me face and bought all my refined talismans and spiritual treasures. Aside from your thirty million, the rest came from them.”
Chu Yi could not help but sigh inwardly—these masters were loaded, dropping millions without batting an eye.
Yu Qingxian chuckled. “You’re not far behind. A thirty-million down payment house, bought on a whim.”
He had asked for thirty million from Chu Yi thinking it would clean him out, but the guy had casually paid double. He had to admit his money-making skills were inferior.
Speaking of Old Zheng, Yu Qingxian updated him on the Zheng family curse aftermath. “The Zheng Family took back all the properties and shops they gave the Tan Family. Without the Zhengs as backers, the Tan Family’s hometown business ran into issues too. Seems they’re planning to move back.”
Moving back meant all their prior efforts were wasted; they’d have to start over. Though President Yu said it lightly, the Tan Family must have faced heavy pressure behind the scenes.
But who told them to be greedy? Scheming against others meant bearing the consequences when schemed against in return.
Chu Yi nodded. “With the Second Young Madam’s soft ears away from her maternal family, she should be able to grow old with Zheng Second Young Master now.”
Yu Qingxian lifted his phoenix eyes to glance at him. “You’re quite considerate of the Second Young Madam. I thought you held grudges—no leniency for pretty girls, huh?”
One Second Young Madam, and that earlier Wei Xiaoxiao counted as another?
Chu Yi felt uneasy under his gaze. “What are you thinking? I just think the Second Young Madam has her merits. As the saying goes, better to tear down ten temples than one marriage. Isn’t this me accumulating merit?”
In that situation, if he had not given medicine to Zheng Second Young Master, their marriage would have ended for sure. Even if Zheng Second Young Master did not mind, Old Zheng and the others definitely would have stepped in.
Yu Qingxian knew he had not overthought it then. He just wanted to tease him because of something else he had definitely done on purpose. “Why ask Mu Jiajun to investigate your Eldest Uncle’s family? Why not me? Or your agent Lin Hang—protecting your reputation is the company’s duty too. Do not go so far afield next time.”
“Oh.” Chu Yi touched his nose. He had known President Yu would not give him the cold shoulder for nothing.
Actually, when President Yu’s cool phoenix eyes drifted over slowly, he thought they looked pretty good… It just made his heart thump a bit too hard—scary.
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