Chapter 918: Efficiency, waiting to raise the price (1/2)
500 million? Long Feiye grew doubtful. Han Yunxi wouldn’t make jokes like that without reason. If Myriad Merchant Hall needed the property, they wouldn’t offer such high sums, either.
“What’s going on?” Long Feiye asked.
Seeing this, Han Yunxi was 100 percent certain that Uncle Cheng was the problem. If Long Feiye’s men had really offered 500 million for a selling price, they would have told him first. It was a huge sum of money. But since Long Feiye was completely clueless on the matter, then that meant Uncle Cheng must have lied about the price!
Why would he do that? Was he planning to line his own pockets with Myriad Merchant Hall’s money? Or did he just want to make things difficult on her end? Perhaps it was a combination of both?
What an Uncle Cheng! With Ning Cheng gone, he’s really gotten gutsy!
“Would you sell it for 500 million?” Han Yunxi’s smile grew even more meaningful.
“Would you buy it for 600 million?” Long Feiye asked back. Although he had no idea of the details, he was sure that Myriad Merchant Hall was the one offering the price.
“600 million means 300 million for each property,” Han Yunxi calculated carefully. “That’s a bit expensive, ah!”
“700 million, then! If you want it, set the price quickly! Otherwise, I won’t even sell it for one billion!” Long Feiye said seriously.
A single conversation had pushed the price up a few hundred millions. If the five elders heard of this, they might just spit up blood and die! What would Uncle Cheng think in turn? Even the best business of the auction halls wouldn’t make up for Long Feiye’s profiteering ways!
“I’ll buy it, I’ll buy it! 700 million then, not more and not less!” Han Yunxi couldn’t help but laugh at the end of her sentence. This shouldn’t count as her helping Long Feiye to screw Myriad Merchant Hall over, right? It only showed that Ning Cheng didn’t discipline his subordinates well enough and got screwed over by them instead.
30 million for each estate, now sold for 300 million? Long Feiye’s profits would then equal what many merchants after one to two years!
“Just what’s going on?” Long Feiye made a show of being in earnest. “If you won’t tell me, then prepare to hand over another hundred million.”
800 million?
Han Yunxi’s mouth twitched. That really was too high. The Council of Elders would vehemently reject the offer and the deal would be ruined. She immediately told Long Feiye everything that Uncle Cheng had reported that day. Long Feiye instantly understood what was going on. Instead of commenting on anything, his mouth drew into a cold smirk. “The person in charge of those two gardens is Merchant Dai. Tomorrow, I’ll send someone to pass on a message. You can deal with the rest yourself.”
So speaking, he leaned back against the bed and took out his stack of letters to read. Han Yunxi used her hands to work herself into a sitting position and grinned wordlessly at Long Feiye. He knew she was staring at him, so he simply finished the letter in his hand before asking, “What are you smiling about?”
Han Yunxi’s smile widened.
Long Feiye stroked her cheek. “What kind of fiendish idea do you have now? 700 million will all be yours. Remember, not a word to Myriad Merchant Hall!”
“I don’t want any of your money,” Han Yunxi rejected instantly.
Long Feiye finally looked up at her. “If money can’t buy you, then what about lust?”
Han Yunxi immediately shook her head, but Long Feiye was already pressing on before she could reply. “Then what are you smiling for?”
Han Yunxi wrapped her arms around his neck and said in an earnest tone, “I just thought that it was really great that I have you.”
Long Feiye slowly lowered his head and said gently, “You’re the only one I treat well.” Then he planted a kiss on her lips and moved her hands away before going back to his letters.
Han Yunxi’s heart skipped a beat, not expecting that. He would never move her hands once she wrapped them around his neck, especially in the past few nights. Once he was in her bed, he’d never leave her idle but torment her until she lost consciousness from exhaustion.
So what was with him tonight?
Han Yunxi’s heart was full of doubts. She hugged her pillow as she sat on one side, seeing Long Feiye reading his letters despite seeming uninterested. The longer she stared, the odder she felt about the whole thing. Was this still His Highness? The same wolf that always felt hungry no matter how much she fed him?
The letters must be very important, she decided as she waited obediently on the side. Once Long Feiye finished all of them, he lied down and said to her, “Come here already.”
Han Yunxi silently grinned to herself. As expected, she’d misread him. She docilely rolled into his arms, guessing what he’d do next. But after a while of waiting, Long Feiye only held her quietly before closing his eyes to sleep. Han Yunxi’s eyes were wide open as complex feelings ran through her heart. If she couldn’t sense something off about Long Feiye now, then she would have wasted all the years she spent with him.
After a long period of silence, she gently tugged at his hand, and he grasped her fingers in turn.
“You haven’t fallen asleep yet?” she asked in a low voice.
“Sleep,” Long Feiye pulled at her hand before encircling her waist and holding her tighter.
How could Han Yunxi sleep like that? After remaining still for awhile, she carefully broke free of Long Feiye’s grasp, only to have him pull her close again. “Be good,” he murmured, “Go to sleep.”
Han Yunxi grew quiet again, but soon enough her hand was moving once more. This time, Long Feiye didn’t stop her, but allowed her to do as she liked. She didn’t do much beyond stroking each and every one of his long, slender fingers. She seemed to be stuck in insomnia, or perhaps she was silently planning something instead. Long Feiye laid behind her, his eyes wide open. He was truly planning to just sleep, but her movements made that impossible now. As Han Yunxi played around with his fingers and got no reaction, she simply pulled his hand to her lips and began to kiss them softly.