Chapter 317 (1/2)

Chapter 317: Return Trip

Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales

As he entered the bamboo grove, Tang Xiu saw a European-styled three-storied small building. As he parked the car, Li Juren’s coadjutress greeted him, asking his identity and then led him to one of the small buildings inside.

“Little Brother Tang, we meet again.” Li Juren got up and greeted him with a smile.

Tang Xiu faintly smiled and shook hands with him as he said, “I’m really troubling Elderly Li running here especially. In fact, my trip to Hong Kong this time is about a small business deal I want to negotiate with you.”

“Ah, what kind of business deal?” asked Li Juren curiously after motioning for Tang Xiu to sit down.

“To my knowledge, one of your companies seems to be a shipping company. Hence, I want to rent some cargo ships from you. I can’t determine for how long, but I’ll pay you on a monthly basis,” said Tang Xiu.

“Little Brother Tang, what will you do with the ships?” asked Li Juren, confused.

“I bought an island in the Pacific Ocean and am having some work done on the island. The project itself has quite a large amount of work being done on it and needs cargo ships to transport goods and cargoes. I have actually ordered several cargo planes from abroad and also rented some cargo ships from Saipan, yet the number is far from enough,” said Tang Xiu.

“How many ships do you need?” asked Li Juren.

“About twenty ships!” said Tang Xiu.

Li Juren was secretly startled inside as he gasped in admiration, “Little Brother Tang truly has a big capital! Alright, I’ll rent you twenty ships, and it doesn’t matter how long you will use them. As for the rental fee, it’s free. I owe your restaurant a favor, so it’s rather unjustified were I to collect fee.”

“No,” Tang Xiu shook his head. “In business negotiations, money is the thing we mustn’t do without. Quote your price, else I’ll rent the ships from someone else.”

“Well, since you insist on paying, then I’ll accept it…” Li Juren forced a smile and said,” … as for the price, you quote it.”

Tang Xiu was silent for a moment and then slowly said, “If so, I’ll call my friend who contracted my project later. He’ll come to Hong Kong to handle the rental formalities with you.”

Li Juren nodded and curiously asked, “Little Brother Tang, the purchase of the private island and its reconstruction should have cost you a lot, no? I don’t know whether it’s inappropriate to ask; why did you buy an island? Could it be that you want to retire and seclude yourself from the rest of the world?”

“No, nothing like that,” Tang Xiu laughed. “It’s not to seclude myself from the outside world. Besides, the transportation means is so advanced… It’s just my selfish dream of building my own Shangri-La! But what can be built in the future, I don’t know about it yet!”

“Spending a lot of money for the sake of personal dreams. You’re also a willful and unrestrained man!” Li Juren laughed. “Come… let us taste the tea, it is really great!”

“Alright!”

For more than half an hour, Tang Xiu and Li Juren chatted in the Purple Bamboo Teagarden before he then left in a hurry. He then called Hao Lei’s number, asking her to check the renting price for a cargo ship. When he got the reply, he transferred a sum of money as a charter deposit to Li Juren’s company account.

At night, Tang Xiu met Yi Lianyan, who was carrying a large bag and coming back to Deepwater Bay Road 13th. Looking at her panting appearance, he smiled and said, “What a great harvest, eh!”

Yi Lianyan threw her things on the sofa and then wiped off the sweat on her face before she replied with a forced smile, “I regret strolling out and shopping. This damn weather is awfully hot! Do you see that white box? Inside is a gift for you, you can regard it as my thanks for spending more than half of my summer vacation freeloading in your place.”

A gift?

Tang Xiu rarely received gifts from others, so he was curious. What would Yi Lianyan gift him? However, when he opened the white box, he was quite dumbstruck and tongue-tied before he asked, “Are you sure this is my gift?”

In the white box was a very cute fist-sized purple-colored lucky doll.

“Of course it’s your gift,” said Yi Lianyan, continuing, “I spent quite a long time in the novelty shop before I picked it up. Big Brother Tang, the aura of killing surrounding you is rather too heavy. You don’t talk and smile happily at your normal times. If any strangers see you in the city they will surely get the hell away from you. So a thought crossed my mind that it’d be interesting to tie a lucky doll on your arm. It should make others feel that you’re very easy to approach.”

Tang Xiu stared blankly for a moment before he asked in astonishment, “Did you just say my murderous intent is heavy?”

Yi Lianyan recalled the first time she saw Tang Xiu. He was covered by blood, wearing a grim and cold expression on his face. She nodded, “Though I know that killing pirates is a good deed, you have, after all, killed people. Bah, it’s not like I fear you’ll have a shadow within your heart, though. Like I said, it’s my gift to you. If you don’t like it, I’ll get it back.”

“I like it, thanks a bunch,” Tang Xiu laughed.

Yi Lianyan nodded with a contented expression.

The next day, Tang Xiu gazed after Yi Lianyan as she entered the departure gate. He could see that she looked somewhat dismayed as he shook the mobile in her hand. Half an hour later, he also took a plane; however, his destination was not Blue City, but Jingmen Island. As he arrived at Jingmen Island’s Everlasting Feast Hall, it was already 10AM.

“Grandmaster, are you going to see Master now?” asked Gu Xiaoxue after she saw Tang Xiu.

“Yes, I must go see her now. Also, get me the wild ginseng I bought in Hong Kong, I’ll concoct a medication for her,” said Tang Xiu.

“Elder Ji brought the wild ginseng. She has been accompanying Master in the exquisite pagoda after she came back. At this time, she should be cultivating inside the exquisite pagoda,” said Gu Xiaoxue.

Quickly, the two people went inside the exquisite pagoda. After seeing Ji Chimei, Tang Xiu then asked her the strain of wild ginseng then went to the sickbed on the seventh where Gu Yan’er was laying in lethargic slumber.