Chapter 54 - Chapter 54: 054 will suffer consequences later. (2/2)

More importantly, this woman was coming out from Gu Yang’s private chambers.

“Uh… Brother Gu, who’s this?” Zhi Xing asked.

Gu Yang hadn’t expected Xu Ruomei to come out. He introduced her saying, “This is Miss Lan.”

Zhi Xing fell silent after hearing his response.

She sat there for a while before getting up to leave.

Zhang Xiao Hai stood up to see her off.

As they reached the gate, Zhi Xing finally asked, “Who is… Miss Lan exactly?” “Well…” Zhang Xiao Hai was at a loss for words.

Seeing his hesitation, Zhi Xing understood the situation. She stomped her foot in aggravation. “Then, what should be done about our young mistress?”

Zhang Xiao Hai had no choice but to say, “Relationships aren’t a matter of first come, first served. It all comes down to who Guy Yang places his faith and love in. Your young mistress may have been with him through thick and thin, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she would win his favor. So, if someone got there first, whose fault is that?”

“What?”

Zhi Xing was so outraged her eyes welled up with tears. “Our young mistress would never share her husband with another woman! She won’t be a part of his delusional dreams!”

After finishing her statement, she ran, crying, to a parked carriage by the road.

Watching her retreating figure, Zhang Xiao Hai shook his head helplessly. With Gu Yang’s propensity for attracting females throughout his journey so far, the number of women by his side would only increase. Not to mention Miss Lan, there was still Ling Ling.

And she couldn’t accept this currently?

The future was bound to be tougher for her.

And just as he had thought, Miss Lan was indeed as stunning as a celestial immortal, not inferior to Miss Su in any way.

Gu Yang was completely unaware that in the eyes of others, he was slowly turning into a heartless womanizer. After returning to his room, he wrote a letter and placed it under a large stone outside the city at Ten Miles Pavilion.

This was the method of communication he had agreed upon with Ling Ling. If there was any urgnet matter, he would reach out to her using this approach.

It was clear that Ling Ling wasn’t alone and that she had assistance, but they had yet to reveal themselves.

The next day, when Gu Yang visited the large stone, the letter had disappeared, just as he expected.

He had written that letter to summon Ling Ling back to his side, so she could put aside whatever work she was doing.

According to his simulations, Ling Ling would only be able to procure one million taels in a year and three months.

Gu Yang couldn’t wait that long. Currently, he had an available balance of nearly one hundred and ninety thousand taels, which allowed him to perform thirty-eight simulations.

If he could manage to live till the age of forty in each simulation, that should be more than enough for him to reach the third rank.

Reaching the second rank might still be a bit difficult because he didn’t know how much the simulations would cost once he hit the third rank.

But the third rank was sufficient for now. As long as he reached the third rank, he could handle almost all the problems he was currently facing without any difficulty.

Back in Jiangzhou city, there was a treasure hidden by the Shadow Thief, waiting for him to discover. The wealth hidden there should be vast.

Once Gu Yang confirmed that the letter was sent, all he had to do was to wait patiently.

In the meantime, a rather minor incident occurred. Every three days, he would visit the Qingxuan Sect to practice with Su Qingzhi. For some reason, her attitude towards him had become exceedingly cold and aloof.

He had no idea what he had done to offend her.

But that did not affect him in any way. The only reason he visited her was to practice his martial arts techniques.

A dozen or so days quickly passed.

On one particular night, Ling Ling finally returned, albeit with conspicuous traces of injury and in a state of disarray.

“Here’s a hundred and eleven thousand, three hundred taels. You’re still owed eight hundred and eighty-seven thousand, seven hundred taels.”

She handed over a stack of bills, containing various denominations from several different banks.

Gu Yang could probably guess where these banknotes came from and a warmth spread through his heart.

She indeed never failed to give him relief..