Chapter 882 - Raising Price of the Deal (2/2)
“Is that so?” Mu Wanying couldn’t help smiling.
“Yeah, I’ve seen such a man,” said Tang Xiu with a deep voice.
“You’ve seen one? Where?” Mu Wanying was startled and asked in astonishment.
Tang Xiu fell into silence. The man he mentioned was actually himself. Even if he had more than one woman at present, he dared say that back when he was in the Immortal World, if Xue Qingcheng didn’t betray him, he believed that there would never be another woman who could move him beside her.
They spent thousands of years getting along well together, understanding each other inside out…
Instead of being fed up, bored, or tired with their relationship at that time, he loved that woman more and more as time passed by. It was like old wine; the more it aged, the more mellow and tasty it was.
Even the Emperor Qing, who went insane due to his pursuit of love before he ultimately died on the path of that love, didn’t hesitate to fight Heaven while struggling against the Samsara cycle of life and death just to protect his wife for thousands of years. He did all that even if he had to be suppressed by the Heavenly Dao laws, devastated by Heavenly Thunder tribulation, and ravaged by mental demons; and yet, the very one thing that made him persevere was the face of his wife, the name he had been calling out for millenniums before dying.
Mu Wanying watched Tang Xiu who fell into silence and she faintly felt pained inwardly. She could tell that Tang Xiu once had a loved one, even though she couldn’t guess what form of existence his love was.
She was a smart woman and could be said to have a heart with a seventh sense. Through Tang Xiu’s words, she could even tell that the man Tang Xiu mentioned was none other but himself.
‘What exactly has changed him in the end?’
Mu Wanying wanted to find out the answer, but she was afraid to go deeper into the matter seriously.
Knock, knock…
The door was knocked and pushed open as two young and beautiful waitresses came inside to deliver two menus. Tang Xiu was dragged back from his recollection and wiped off the trace of pain and grief in his eyes before he motioned Mu Wanying to order the meal.
Dining with gourmet and fine wine made Tang Xiu and Mu Wanying tacitly leave out their previous topic and enjoy their food while having a chat.
Ring, ring, ring…
Tang Xiu took out his handset and saw that it was Hao Lei. His mind immediately moved since it just had been a few days after some people sent him four zodiac jade carvings, whereas there was no news about the remaining six. Was Hao Lei about to give him some good news?
“What is it, Hao Lei?”
Hao Lei’s tone, however, carried a bit of killing intent within, “Boss, we found the whereabouts of the jade rat, but there’s quite a problem regarding it.”
“What problem?” Tang Xiu knitted his brows.
“The person who called me was from overseas and he said that he has the jade rat we’re looking for,” explained Hao Lei. “He sent its photo via the Internet and he said that he wants the price increased by at least 500 million US dollars if we want to buy his jade rat, else we’ll never collect the whole set of the twelve zodiac jade carvings.”
“Agree with his demand!” said Tang Xiu without hesitation.
“But Boss, about this…” Hao Lei hastily replied back.
“These jade carvings are very important objects to me,” said Tang Xiu in a deep voice, “This concerns an earthshaking deed I’m going to do in the future. Promise him that we can transfer 500 million US dollars to him at any time as long as we get that object.”
“Understood!” complied Hao Lei before she hung up.
Mu Wanying herself had never asked Tang Xiu why he must collect the zodiac jade carvings. After hearing Tang Xiu’s words at this time, she finally asked, “It’s just a jade carving; is it really worth spending that much money?”
“It’s worth it because these zodiac jade carvings can never be measured by money in my eyes.” Tang Xiu nodded, “To tell you the truth, if I can collect the whole set of the twelve zodiac jade carvings, not only will it be of great benefit to me, but also very great for you.”
“What benefits?” asked Mu Wanying curiously.
“I can’t tell you for now,” Tang Xiu shook his head and said, “But please believe me. You’ll know sooner or later.”
Ring, ring, ring…
Hao Lei called again. When Tang Xiu picked it up, the anger in her tone was stronger as she spoke aloud, “Boss, that man has no goodwill whatsoever. I just agreed the 500 million dollars price he demanded as per your order, but he actually raised the price 300 million more. He now wants to sell it to us for 800 million dollars. Also, he also has a request to transfer 300 million dollars as a down payment to his Swiss Bank account.”
“He’s looking for death!” a chilling light flashed in Tang Xiu’s eyes and asked again in a heavy voice, “Can you trace his location?”
“It’s very difficult, but possible,” replied Hao Lei.
“Then let’s prepare for both eventualities. Tell him that we’ll comply with his request. It’s no longer 800 million dollars again this time, but a billion,” said Tang Xiu. “As long as he’s willing to sell his jade rat to me, I’ll give him that one billion. However, tell him that we need some time to raise the money for at least half a month first. We’ll transfer half of the money to his account in half a month.”