readytorunbook Chapter 63 Is she alright?
Chapter 63 Is she alright?
He easily won over Chun Yue and Chun Yao because Lu He directly gave them all the valuables in his house.
No matter the world background, there is no one that money cannot buy.
Lu He nodded in satisfaction. With this cheat code, there was nothing to fear.
Soon, Liu Xiao returned, covered in sweat and in a great hurry. As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down before Lu He: "Miss An!"
Liu Xiao had just visited all the money shops, and each one received the highest level of courtesy, as if they were treating some kind of prince or nobleman. Coupled with the promise Lu He had made to him that he was second only to the emperor, he was certain that this Miss An must be a deity of extremely high status, at least a high-ranking official in the Heavenly Court.
"What's wrong?" Lu He was startled by his sudden kneeling. Could it be that there was a problem with withdrawing the money?
"The matter you instructed has been completed," Liu Xiao hurriedly reported. "The hundreds of chests of silver are now in my private residence..." This man is indeed cautious in his work; he even knows not to take them back to the mansion, but to move them to a secluded private residence.
Lu He nodded approvingly.
"What do you intend to do with this money?" Liu Xiao remained bowing without looking up.
"Buy me the best carriage, hire the best bodyguards, twenty of them, each capable of taking on ten men. Oh, and buy me a batch of antiques and paintings..." Lu He thought for a moment: "Take three hundred taels for yourself. I'll give all the valuables in your house to Chun Yue and Chun Yao."
"Huh?" Liu Xiao was taken aback.
"Is it not allowed?" Lu He's seemingly gentle yet displeased tone immediately intimidated Liu Xiao. He knew Lu He was subtly threatening him.
"It's entirely up to Miss An's preference." Liu Xiao dared not object. There weren't many valuable things in this room, only a hundred taels of silver. The immortal had given more, so there was nothing to be reluctant about. Moreover, he had personally gone to the bank and seen how wealthy the immortal was. Following her was the right thing to do.
“But Chunyue and Chunyao are coarse maids… I’m thinking of finding more refined maids to serve Miss An…” Liu Xiao really felt that the two country girls were not good enough for him. He also wanted to change his taste. If he could take this opportunity to buy a batch of new beauties, he could also take the opportunity to replace his own maids.
Lu He could easily see through Liu Xiao's true colors and what he was thinking. "Alright, then you don't need to take back the things I sent out. Just give them back their freedom. What do you think?"
Liu Xiao was of course willing and nodded repeatedly.
The most urgent task now is to get Liu Xiao to follow her wholeheartedly; going to find Chao Huaiyuan tomorrow is the main event.
"Do whatever you want. I need to leave before noon tomorrow." Lu He said, waving his hand to indicate that he could go out and make preparations.
Liu Xiao tactfully withdrew.
Lu He looked at this uninteresting ancient life with utter boredom, and suddenly felt that the person who invented the mobile phone was a god.
"System, can I have a cell phone?" Lu He lay on the tatami mat, bored.
"It is possible..." the system hesitated, then stopped.
"what happened?"
"This is ancient times. Even if you have a cell phone, there's no internet. You... can't surf the internet. The cell phone is just for decoration... you can only take pictures..." The system was telling the truth, but it did wake Lu He up.
"Right, right, get me a small camera setup!" Lu He suddenly realized that this was an era without surveillance cameras. If someone framed you, you wouldn't be able to explain yourself. Being able to record video and take photos would be a completely different story; it would give you 90% control, and you could have any evidence you wanted—it's practically a cheat code!
Lu He fiddled with the small DV camera in her hand, recalling what else on the list could be redeemed...
By the way, how is she?
"Um, may I take a look at Xia Lan's condition?" Lu He asked hesitantly, then immediately regretted it. How could she possibly have the face to see her? What good would it do anyway? "Never mind..."
But she still felt guilty, and she wanted to know: "I..."
The system may have sensed her struggle and inner conflict: Xia Lan is doing well. Wen Shiyu is in jail for arson and murder, and Xia Lan always goes to visit her...
Instead of showing it directly to Lu He, the system chose to repeat it to her.
"Let me see her..." Lu He took a deep breath, hoping she would have the courage to face the person she had hurt.
The system didn't say anything more and displayed Xia Lan's real-time image in front of Lu He.
That familiar little girl was sitting in front of a glass window, silently watching Wen Shiyu on the other side of the glass, tears streaming down her face.
That look in her eyes was so heartbreaking.
"She should know that it wasn't me..." Lu He muttered to herself. She had clearly told Xia Lan before that she wasn't Wen Shiyu and that she could leave at any time.
"...She knows..." The system felt a little sorry for Lu He, whose eyes were red.
"Then why..." Lu He regretted asking the question as soon as it left her lips. What else could it be...? Because of longing. Because she had only ever seen Lu He as Wen Shiyu, and she just wanted to see the person she wanted to see through that face...
"I'm sorry..." Lu He held back her tears, which did not fall. She could only murmur an apology that the other person could not hear.
She rubbed her slightly sore eyes.
There are more important things to do right now; she needs to survive first, and she'll only be letting more people down in the future... She might even toy with more people's feelings... She's such a scumbag...
She felt a tightness in her chest and didn't want to lie there any longer, so she got up and walked out of the yard.
Chunyue came running towards her: "Miss An! Miss An! Something terrible has happened!"