Chapter 614: Chapter 46: Return to Kowloon Chapter 614: Chapter 46: Return to Kowloon “…”
Li Yan responded with silence.
Zhu Jiuyin looked at Li Yan and frowned, “Why aren’t you speaking?”
“I don’t understand. If you’re still willing to talk, I’m willing to listen.”
Zhu Jiuyin snorted coldly, “Don’t try to cozy up to , I don’t buy into that.”
Having said that, he closed his eyes as if he no longer cared about Li Yan.
Li Yan didn’t feel embarrassed, simply smiling and saying, “Then please, rest.”
After that, he turned and left.
“A fragnted soul cannot pass the threshold of the Six Ministries, and the Divine Court will also be hard to achieve. Scale-Wu Shen Jiu, Zhuxian Town. Scale-Ding Wei 12, Baodong Co., Ltd. These two places might have what you’re looking for.”
Li Yan stopped in his tracks, looking at Zhu Jiuyin in surprise.
“This kind of information is not rare in the second seat, you can find out on your own.”
Zhu Jiuyin still had his eyes closed.
“I rember it.”
Li Yan bowed slightly, and this ti he truly departed.
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It had been three days since the New Conference’s formation and the official announcent of the October propositions.
Life was no different from before.
Cha Xiaodao locked up the restaurant, gave the waiter Zhou ti off, and took the high-speed train to Zhuhai. Before leaving, he told Li Yan to et directly at the Yan Fu event.
Li Yan didn’t ask for details, judging by his sheepish appearance, it probably wasn’t anything bad.
The business license from the Bureau of Industry and Comrce had also been approved, and Li Yan’s tavern could open at any ti.
Considering the next event was imminent, Li Yan chose not to open for business right now.
As usual, before the event began, he browsed through various buy and sell orders at the auction house. Besides the chance of finding bargains, occasionally so ludicrous accidents would occur, which to Li Yan, was extrely amusing.
However, Li Yan soon realized that almost all items on the auction site had begun to increase in price to varying degrees.
Especially consumables that could increase the Awakening Degree, which had already risen in price once before the Conference eting, saw their prices skyrocket again after the end of the Conference. Compared to the original prices, they had gone up by about 50%.
Other items had generally beco more expensive as well, by more than twenty or thirty percent.
Given the announcent of the October propositions, this was not unusual, but on a whim, Li Yan typed “controllable nuclear fusion technology information” into the search, not expecting much. However, the familiar yet unfamiliar lines that popped up next truly surprised him.
“According to relevant regulations, so of your search results will not be displayed.”
Listed below were quite a few sale listings, often mixed with so bizarre requirents: so asked for Yan Fu Heritage related to the Luo Scale, so demanded unique originals from certain fruit worlds, and so blueprints’ materials were simply marked with “to be explored.”
Li Yan scrolled for a long ti, finally finding a technical docunt that appeared complex and extensive, yet did not mix in obvious exclusive conditions. But in the very last line, it read that all the universal constants involved in this design are only effective in the following fruits: …
Unquestionably, the list of effective fruits did not include Heaven Jiazi Nine.
“This is quite interesting.”
Li Yan didn’t effort further. Combining his experiences in Mother Crown, he vaguely sensed a rift between the Yan Fu Masters, one that seed almost invisible but nearly impossible to bridge…
Footsteps sounded from upstairs, but Li Yan didn’t look up, still browsing the information on the auction site, until he felt a soft touch from behind.
“What are you looking at?”
Only then did Li Yan look up, “Sothing irrelevant. I reckon you won’t be interested, do you want to hear it?”
“If it’s about the Conference, forget it.”
After returning, Li Yan had given the bubbles he brought back from Mother Crown to Lady Dan. The bubbles contained a considerable amount of imagery about the rise and fall of civilizations, life and death, with many perspectives quite indifferent. Li Yan had thought Lady Dan’s reaction would be more intense, but in reality, she just digested it herself for a while before asking Li Yan what he wanted for dinner, seemingly not taking it to heart. As for the Conference matters, she was even less concerned and focused her energy elsewhere. Besides practicing drums every day, she began to explore reggae and punk music. She also started cooking more, skillfully handling fish and chicken, cut her long hair short, wore ponytails more often, and began to try out fashionable outfits, shedding so of her ethereal air and adding a rich fragrance that blended cold elegance with soft beauty.
“Ah, then I won’t babble on.”
Li Yan’s gaze wandered over Lady Dan for a while, then he shifted his eyes away without a trace of emotion.
Lady Dan leaned close to Li Yan’s face, “Don’t you have anything else you want to tell ?”
“Hm.” Li Yan thought for a mont, “If Old Zhao and the others ask you to do sothing, safety cos first.”
“That’s it?”
“I want shrimp for dinner tonight.”
“Anything else?”
Lady Dan leaned closer and closer, their noses gently touching.
“…”
In a mont of reverie, Li Yan recalled the tender beauty of the scene when he first t the Mountain Spirit. Suddenly, he reached out and embraced Lady Dan in a full hug, and they kissed passionately, like two swans intertwined neck to neck.
Their large hands road over the other’s sturdy back for a while, passion subsiding gradually.
Lady Dan stroked Li Yan’s hair, silent for a long ti.
The two had been living together for over a year, yet, in truth, Li Yan had never once touched Lady Dan. Even soone as close as Cha Xiaodao didn’t know about this.
Li Yan’s breathing was unusually deep; he licked his gums and, staring into Lady Dan’s eyes, said unhurriedly, “I volunteered to participate in the retrieval event because I have so personal matters to settle. I didn’t an to hide it from you, I just didn’t want you to overthink it.”
Seated on Li Yan’s lap, Lady Dan played with his hair and asked softly, “Do I seem like trouble to you?”
“Hahaha, I didn’t an that at all.”
Lady Dan winked at Li Yan; she stood up from his lap, “Then I’m off to buy groceries.”
“Co back soon.”
Li Yan watched Lady Dan tie up her hair and then leave through the door.
The next Yan Fu event was tonight at twelve o’clock.
Dayti passed without incident; Li Yan and Lady Dan had dinner, and dusk gradually fell.
“Esteed Walker, you are about to initiate a Yan Fu event.”
Li Yan opened his eyes, and what welcod him was the glaring red of various colorful advertisent lightboxes:
Beautiful girls from all countries, full body massage included
Great Nation dical Research Institute
Luxurious Finland bath, save a hundred for two people
Fair prices for pure rental
…
The characters on the signs blurred before Li Yan’s eyes, forming new words.
“Ti: AD 1989.”
“Location: Kowloon City District.”
“Requirent for this Yan Fu event: Please report to the Hong Kong Office of Zhongxing Baode International Auction Co., Ltd. within twenty-four hours.”
Dressed in a beige suit, Li Yan looked much more decent than last ti as he walked into a shop with its roller shutter door open, surrounded by all sorts of packaged snacks and cigarettes.
“A pack of cigarettes.”
He took out a few crumpled Hong Kong dollars from his pocket and handed them over.
Old Money, sporting a small mustache, turned around to get the cigarettes. The rotating fan scattered the rich sll of lard and cheap perfu, mixed with the noisy bustle, all crashing into Li Yan’s face as he stretched lazily, an involuntary smile appearing on his lips.
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