Chapter 16 (1/2)

Not all things inside the storeroom were invaluable treasures. Besides the antique calligraphy and paintings, gold, jade, and silver artifacts, there were also out-of-print books, rare ores, weaponry, and limited-release commemorative coins, to name a few.

He Lin was fond of weapons, ancient weapons of various shapes and lengths to be exact. However, weaponry was clear as the day was not suitable for gifts, so he asked Elsa to come over for a consultation.

“Which one caught your eye?” He Lin asked.

Elsa tried to suppress the bubbling excitement in her heart. Her eyes swept across the room. Only lingering on every treasure by a nanosecond. Soon, her eyes stopped on a ruby placed in the middle of the glass cabinet. If she was not mistaken, this gemstone was part of the natural crystalline marrow the He family extracted from an orebody ten years ago. After cutting and processing, they found it contained an impressive 97.6% of purity. The gem also exhibited a crisp, uncontaminated texture, the surface was of transparent color, and dazzling in brilliance. Its initial value appraisal was around 500 million, and supposedly, it was reserved for the future wife of He Lin. At that time, a hubbub of various noises broke all over the country, yet the matter soon waned as it was left unsettled.

Elsa could not tear her eyes away when she first saw it. Not because of its beauty, but because of the implicit meaning it symbolized.

He Lin followed her line of sight and saw the gem—Blazing Heart of Love.

He walked over, opened the glass cabinet, and took out Blazing Heart of Love. He still harbored quite the impression of this gem. His grandfather gave it to him as an adulting present. The latter even joked that it could be passed on to his wife’s car in the future. Only that he never took it to heart, because every time his grandfather gave him a present, he would always quip in the “granddaughter-in-law” who they knew both nothing of.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Blazing Heart of Love may hold extraordinary value. In contrast, for him, the greatest significance was that it was a gift from the elderly. When such “gifts” accumulated far too much for one to count in a sitting, no matter how precious those objects were, they became no different from toys.

‘This gemstone looked really pleasing. But isn’t it too irreverent to give such an expensive gift without careful consideration?’

However, considering Roy’s origin and personality, he probably held no appreciation for gems. Even if he gave this 500 million gemstone to him, He Lin reckoned Roy would only regard it as a 500 million gem he picked up from a ground stall.

After contemplating it for five seconds, He Lin decisively decided. ‘Just choose it!’

He packed the Blazing Heart of Love into a gift box and handed it to Elsa.

Elsa’s cheeks flushed pink. She was so excited that her stretched-out hand trembled as she carefully received the box.

“Wrap the bag for me this afternoon.”

Elsa stiffened: “…”

Those words were like a basin of ice-cold water, extinguishing the fervent heat blazing in her heart into a pile of cold ash at once.

The man she admired suddenly took her to the storage room and asked her what she liked, in a casual attitude where it seemed Elsa could pick randomly. The purpose was indeed to choose a gift, yet it was not chosen for her!

‘My lord, you could have said it earlier. You should have spoken your intent earlier! Or else how could I be excited?! How could I dare choose the Blazing Heart of Love!’

‘This was for the future wife of Lord He! Does he already have a woman he adores?!’

Elsa felt as if she became mentally retarded just now. Her morale had been hit like never.

She glared at He Lin with obvious bitterness and hatred emitting from her eyes. The green veins of her trembling fingers holding the box bulged out too.

“What?” He Lin glanced at her coldly.

Elsa soon lowered her head and promptly curbed her emotions.

“My lord, who are you going to give this heart to? Do you need to prepare a card?” She figured it was not the recipient. The last thing she could do was to figure out which coquettish bitch was taking advantage of He Lin’s gap under her strict guard!

“No, you just need to pack it up.” After the order was clarified, He Lin spun on his heels and walked out of the storage room alone.

Elsa gritted her teeth and soon followed with heavy footsteps. She vowed she must track down the person who got this Blazing Heart of Love!

By the afternoon, He Lin received a courier from An Xian. There was also a pot of Qixiang grass beside the Feixing Dose.

Qixiang grass was an evergreen plant with wide blade-like leaves and even a veiny texture. The stems in the middle stood straight as a ramrod, which was complemented by blossoming a lavender flower on top. It stood alone, looking all elegant yet cold. The aroma was not strong, yet it made people feel very at ease.

He Lin placed it in his bedroom, near the headboard of the bed.

Soon after, he asked Fei Tuo to send the packaged Blazing Heart of Love to An Xian.

Fei Tuo was oblivious to the fact that the package contained 50 million worth of Blazing Heart of Love, and He Lin could not be bothered to inform him either. So, Fei Tuo just sent the package to an ordinary courier and sent it out.

When An Xian got the well-wrapped-up package from a pile of disordered express deliveries and found the inside contained a valuable natural spiritual stone, the whole person was silent.

She was really not an expert at appraising gems. However, the one in front of her was different. It was an authentic spiritual stone. Although the aura content was subpar, it was of pure quality and was only slightly inferior to the ones in her spatial storage ring. Its appearance showed that this era kept natural spirit stones!

If she could find more spirit stones, her cultivation speed would increase by leaps and bounds, and she would not have to worry about her spiritual qi drying up.

An Xian was thrilled about this. When she was inwardly thanking Your Excellency H for his generosity, her eyes caught something peeking out between the parcel’s interlayer. It turned out to be a contract.

After skimming over at a fast rate, a trace of surprise flashed through An Xian’s eyes.

She put down the contract, boarded the StarNet, and tried to contact Your Excellency H.

The other party just happened to be online. Apparently, every time she got in touch with him, he would always be online.

You Excellency H: [I guess you have received my gift.]

Huahua Leader: [Yes, thank you. I like it very much.]