Chapter 143
Chapter 143
Xia Sheng put the jade back into her backpack. Seeing that she hadn’t thrown it away on the spot, Shen Ze looked startled. “Little Celestial Master, you even accept gifts from Zhou Yichuan? Don’t tell me you’re planning to cheat on my Uncle Nine behind his back?”
Xia Sheng shot him a sidelong glance and said flatly, “What does Zhou Yichuan have that’s better than your Uncle Nine? What would make him worth cheating with?”
Shen Ze scratched his head. “Then why are you taking his gift?”
“He got this from an evil cultivator. That Old Daoist is someone I’ve been tracking lately.”
Shen Ze immediately understood and didn’t ask any more questions.
The two parted ways downstairs from the academic building. Shen Ze pulled out his phone and sent Shen Yanchen a message, repeating word for word what Xia Sheng had said about Zhou Yichuan not measuring up to him. Then he followed it up with a string of shameless flattery.
“Uncle Nine, the Little Celestial Master is seriously devoted to you! I’ve never heard her praise anyone before! In her eyes, you’re the best, most perfect man there is!”
After laying it on thick for several messages in a row, Shen Ze finally got the reply he’d been hoping for.
“Your allowance goes up by 500,000 this month.”
Shen Ze’s eyes lit up at once. “Thanks, Uncle Nine!”
After getting the money, Shen Ze sent Shen Yanchen several more beautiful photos of Xia Sheng in rapid succession.
After all, Uncle Nine was so generous with him, so he had to make himself as useful as possible.
Shen Yanchen opened the photos Shen Ze had sent, zoomed in, and looked through them several times. The corners of his thin lips lifted unconsciously into a smile, and he saved every one of them into his private album.
His collection had grown by another five photos.
He set down his phone and turned his attention back to work.
But after reviewing documents for a while, he couldn’t help picking up his phone again to check Xia Sheng’s class schedule for the day. He planned to pick her up after class and give her a surprise.
Xia Sheng only had one lecture this morning, so she’d be done a little after nine.
Shen Yanchen called Lu Ren in. “Push back everything after 9:30.”
Lu Ren said awkwardly, “You still have several reports to review and sign later…”
“You can handle all of that with full authority,” Shen Yanchen said calmly. “I trust your ability.”
Lu Ren: “…”
Yeah, sure. Thanks a lot for the vote of confidence.
Perhaps sensing his resentment, Shen Yanchen slowly lifted his eyes. “You have a problem with that?”
Lu Ren immediately tensed up and hurriedly replied with a smile, “No problem. None at all.”
Shen Yanchen continued, “Go order a bouquet of jasmine-tinted white roses and put it in the car. I need it later.”
Lu Ren nodded and went out to take care of it.
Two hours later, at A University.
Morning class was over. Xia Sheng packed up her bag and walked out with Ning Xi.
The moment they reached the area below the academic building, they spotted Zhou Yichuan in the distance, standing with a few of his buddies and chatting.
“Brother Chuan, are you serious? The School Belle is going to confess to you today? Didn’t she used to ignore you?”
Zhou Yichuan answered with total confidence, “She was just playing hard to get before. Women are complicated. You guys wouldn’t understand.”
Someone couldn’t help muttering, “Playing hard to get? Then when Shen Ninth Master crushed your wrist before, why didn’t she say a word for you?”
“Get lost, damn it!” Zhou Yichuan kicked the speaker in the butt. “That’s because Xia Sheng doesn’t have enough backing. It wouldn’t have been easy for her to confront Shen Ninth Master head-on, so of course she couldn’t defend me.
“Just wait and see today. No matter what I ask Xia Sheng to say or do later, she’ll absolutely obey me like a dog!”
Zhou Yichuan wasn’t speaking quietly, and quite a few people passing by heard what he said.
Ning Xi heard it too. Displeased by the way Zhou Yichuan looked down on Xia Sheng, she raised her voice angrily. “Sheng’er, sounds like someone over there still hasn’t woken up! Broad daylight, and he’s already dreaming!
“Some people don’t even own a mirror, and they don’t bother taking a piss to look at themselves either. Looking that pathetic, and he still thinks he can get into your line of sight?”
Zhou Yichuan had been bragging to a few of his buddies. Caught off guard by Ning Xi’s words, he instantly flew into a rage. “You damn girl, who the hell are you being all sarcastic at?”
Ning Xi glared at him. “Whoever was running his mouth just now, that’s who I’m cursing out!”
“You rude little brat!” Zhou Yichuan spat viciously. He was already planning to go back and ask the Old Daoist for another piece of jade to put on Ning Xi. When the time came, he’d make Ning Xi kneel and lick his toes!
Only after imagining himself trampling Ning Xi underfoot did he feel a little better. Then he continued, “I’m not daydreaming. I’ll make Xia Sheng come over and confess to me right now. Just watch whether she agrees or not!”
Ning Xi couldn’t help rolling her eyes. She felt like there was seriously something wrong with Zhou Yichuan’s brain.
Seeing the contempt and disdain in her eyes, Zhou Yichuan grew even more irritated. He turned to Xia Sheng, lifted his chin, and said, “Xia Sheng, come here and tell me you like me!”
The Old Daoist had told him that as long as he could place the jade on Xia Sheng, he could make her fall for him and obey his every word.
Zhou Yichuan had already tested this jade on other people and confirmed that it worked.
That was why he was so confident now. As long as he spoke, Xia Sheng would definitely obey him.
Xia Sheng didn’t move. She only gave Zhou Yichuan a cool glance, as if she were looking at an idiot beyond help.
After speaking, Zhou Yichuan waited a long while and saw that Xia Sheng still hadn’t reacted. He couldn’t help frowning and urged, “What are you standing there for? Get over here already!”
While Zhou Yichuan was still confused, Ning Xi spoke again. “This is what you meant by saying our Sheng’er likes you? Are you sick in the head or something?”
She pointed at her own head.
Zhou Yichuan instantly got angry, but instead of arguing with her, he kept staring at Xia Sheng and ordered, “Come here! Don’t make me repeat myself a second time!”
Xia Sheng still ignored him and turned to Ning Xi. “Let’s go.”
Ning Xi nodded.
The two of them were just about to leave when the furious Zhou Yichuan rushed over and blocked Xia Sheng’s path.
“You’re not allowed to go! Did I say you could leave?” Zhou Yichuan glared angrily at the two of them. “Xia Sheng, I’m ordering you one more time! Hurry up and tell me you like me! Otherwise, don’t expect me to look at you even one more time in the future!”
Xia Sheng: “…”
Although she knew Zhou Yichuan was only this confident because of that piece of jade, the moment she saw the look on his face, Xia Sheng still felt instinctively nauseated.
If she weren’t still planning to keep Zhou Yichuan around so she could use him to track down the Old Daoist’s location, it would have been very hard for her not to slap him across the face twice right then and there.
“Good dogs don’t block the road. Get lost.”
Hearing Xia Sheng’s cold, disgusted tone, Zhou Yichuan finally realized something was wrong.
What was going on?
Could it be that the jade was no longer on Xia Sheng?
Seeing that Xia Sheng and Ning Xi were about to leave, Zhou Yichuan suddenly snatched Xia Sheng’s backpack, yanked the zipper open, and looked inside.
After confirming that the jade was still in her bag, Zhou Yichuan grew even more confused.
Since the jade was still on Xia Sheng, why wasn’t it working?
Had the jade stopped working, or had the Old Daoist really been lying to him?