CHAPTER 431: CHAPTER 295: THE BANDEAU INCIDENT

Chapter 295

Sui Yi placed the clothing in front of the person.

"These are your clothes. I’m not familiar with your size, so go try them yourself. Your room is the second one on the left,"

Mr. Dongfang, who had been playing with a glass, set it down and gave Sui Yi a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, then went upstairs with the clothes.

Sui Yi stood in silence for a while, sighed, and also went upstairs.

She entered her own room, took a bath and changed her clothes... all within half an hour. While drying her hair, she suddenly heard a noise coming from next door.

The door wasn’t locked.

It was slightly ajar, so with Sui Yi’s hearing, she easily heard the noises coming from inside. Frowning, she knocked on the door. When no one responded, she pushed the door open and walked in.

She followed the sound to the bathroom area.

She saw...

a completely smashed shower head...

and the hot water that was spraying everywhere...

and, of course, the person who was bathing under the erratic jets of hot water.

Soaked through and through.

Sui Yi took one look and calmly said, "Come to my side..."

The person did not speak, but the corner of their mouth twitched, seeming to smile, and they followed Sui Yi to her room. Sui Yi methodically but very clearly instructed them and then walked out of the bathroom, picking up a new set of clothes, "Your original set is already wet, change into this one.."

"Okay.. but these gadgets are quite interesting, yet they are not as comfortable as a hot spring... Is that white porcelain tub used for soaking in hot springs? If the hot water is poured in..."

"You manage to draw parallels well indeed... No more words, just wash," Sui Yi said as she looked up.

Just now, the person who had been behind her now turned their back to her, took off their cloak, and naturally turned around, also removing their snow-white undergarment, and whoosh, the clothes fell to the floor.

Sui Yi looked at the person, and after a moment, she turned her face away and turned her back.

"You never said you were a woman"

"You didn’t ask, either?"

"You wear men’s clothing"

"To me, the so-called women’s attire... doesn’t seem any different from men’s"

"So, are you a man or a woman?"

"Would you dare not look if I’m a woman? And you would if I’m a man?"

Mr. Dongfang... Young Master... Miss? The laughter was like silver bells, like crisp springs striking against the boulders in the mountain stream, reflecting the splendid mountains and rivers, yet uniquely enchanting.

Sui Yi turned her face back and looked at the chest wrap binding the other’s chest.

White as jade, the skin was smooth, the collarbone majestic, the abdomen flat, the curves enchanting and exceedingly elegant.

Such a person... be they man or woman, they are a goblin.

Looking indifferently, she raised her eyes to meet the other’s ambiguously smiling eyes, "If you don’t mind the difference between men and women, why bother binding your chest? Isn’t it uncomfortable?"

"This is made from silk of a thousand-year-old silkworm. It’s impenetrable by swords or spears, flexible, and very comfortable. I wear it because it feels comfortable, and it doesn’t hinder me during fights... As a Martial Artist like you should understand... It appears you also use a chest wrap?"

The Eastern Lady lazily said, glancing at Sui Yi’s chest. The tone was like someone marketing a bulletproof Custodial Care, yet clearly disdaining a buyer who wouldn’t menstruate.

Impervious to swords and spears too...

Unperturbed, Sui Yi lowered her gaze, turned her face, and walked toward her desk: "Then keep it on yourself, go bathe"

"Where’s the sense in wearing it to bathe?"

So, as the Eastern Lady began to undo the thousand-year-old silkworm chest wrap, Miss Sui turned her back to her.

Expressionless.

"Your name is Sui Yi, right?"

"..."

"Both women, shall we bathe together?" A typical demon’s playful and wicked flirtatious tease.

"..."

After the person entered the bathroom and closed the door, Sui Yi was silent for a while, walked over, took the chest wrap left on the couch, and threw it in an inconspicuous corner of the person’s room, then went to the study room with a relieved mood, (actually, Miss Sui was quite mischievous as well)

Zhang Wei bathed much faster than the two of them, and as soon as he finished, Sui Yi sent him to run errands, then she started a video networking session with Gong Jiu, Lin Yun, and others...

"Hey, Sui Yi, we’ve already arrived, and we’ve opened the five boxes. We’re incredibly lucky; the items inside are well-preserved. According to the Flower Fairy’s assessment, the items date back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties period and the Wei, Jin, Southern, and Northern Dynasties period, very highly valued, estimated to be worth no less than five hundred million dollars... And that’s without taking into account some items not yet valued due to damage..."

Gong Jiu was exceptionally excited over there. Five hundred million dollars, which was equivalent to three billion RMB, was not a small amount. And this was just a basic estimate; if auctioned individually, the prices could at least double to forty to fifty billion.

Sui Yi was comparatively calm in her response. Firstly, she already knew what was inside the boxes, and secondly, she indeed didn’t lack money now. She appreciated and collected these objects, not having considered directly reselling them.

Clearly, Gong Jiu and the Flower Demon felt the same. They were businessmen, well aware of the terrifying potential appreciation of these cultural relics, which was nearly a hundred percent. They didn’t lack funds either; it would be foolish to sell!

However, after sharing the good news, Gong Jiu and the Flower Demon also discussed the division of the spoils of this venture with Sui Yi.

"The three of us were the main parties at the start, the spoils should primarily be divided among us three, and Brother Ma and his group are just mercenaries, so let’s not talk about them for now,"

Gong Jiu began the discussion by clearly delineating the main interests. Actually, this division put her at a disadvantage since Brother Ma and his group were her people.

But the three were too close to argue about it.

It was pointless. After all, Gong Jiu was known not to back down, and...

Gong Jiu continued, "These five boxes were found by Sui Yi and finally given to us to carry up. From beginning to end, Sui Yi, your contribution was the greatest. Therefore, four boxes belong to you, and one box for the Flower Demon and me..."

"Equal division," Sui Yi interjected briefly.

"Gong Jiu, do you agree?" Flower Demon hesitated.

"I disagree."

"I disagree too, two against one, it won’t work," Flower Demon huffed. "Sui Yi, you might not care, but Gong Jiu and I don’t like to take advantage of others. This time we’ve really held you back... If it’s still an equal division, how could we face anyone in the future... Let’s do as Gong Jiu just suggested."

Gong Jiu hurriedly responded.

A matter of billions and there they were, pushing it back and forth...

"Five parts, I take half, you share the other half, that’s it, If you don’t agree, there’ll be no future,"

The two of them immediately agreed—they couldn’t disagree... They were still hoping to rely on him.

"So it’s settled, but let’s also calculate Brother Ma and the others’ share, based on their contributions this time, we’ll award them a total of fifty million dollars, with the sum split according to their contributions... This fifty million will be evenly deducted from us three. But since you already were generous once before, this time the Goblin and I will cover it, if you don’t agree then there’s no future... Sui Yi!"

"Mmm."

As they spoke, just as everything was about to be finalized, Gong Jiu suddenly heard something from the other side of the video.

"Just now, you pretended not to want it, now you’ve hidden my personal belongings... Could it be you’re holding on to it to recall fond memories?"

A woman! Ah! There was a woman by Sui Yi’s side! And she said such things!

Gong Jiu yelled, wishing he could crawl through the video...

Slam!

The laptop was shut by Sui Yi.

Gong Jiu’s screen went dark!

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After prevailing in the bandeau incident with the Eastern Lady, Sui Yi hardly spoke to her for two days, simply ordering a heap of books online for her to read.

Much more than what he had ever done while teaching Chenyu.

On the third day, she and Zhang Wei left the villa.

Watching the two of them drive away, the Eastern Lady who had been engrossed in reading walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and watched the car fade into the distance...

Her height of one seventy-five made her figure appear particularly slender, especially dressed in black leisure trousers, her waist lithe and delicately soft, leaning against the window, a loosely hung dark-red knitted cardigan accentuating her slender build and clear-cut features, collarbones prominent, her long hair clasped loosely at the back of her head.

Her allure made it difficult to distinguish if she was male or female.

And her long, beautiful fingers slowly traced two names on the glass.

Loulan... Sui Yi.

"Loulan, just as you said... fate is indeed a miraculous force that one cannot resist,"

"But perhaps I will find her before you,"

At that moment, the corners of the Eastern Lady’s mouth curled up by the window, her eyes bewitchingly charming.

In the car, Sui Yi picked up the information Zhang Wei had found over the past two days, looked through it, and then closed the folder.

"Let’s go..."

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The alley was deep like a trench, it was broad daylight, yet it was dark and obscure. Zhang Wei followed behind Sui Yi without asking what they were doing or where they were going, quietly keeping pace.

As they passed some merchants coming out of various side doors, these people all took several extra looks at the young woman ahead... Not just several looks, but staring fixedly.

Not out of curiosity about why such a young girl would come here, but simply captivated by her beauty.

Perhaps the subject herself never realized how she differed from others.

He had once heard someone say.

The greatest virtue in the world is a woman who never feels any different from others, but in the eyes of others, she always stands out as truly unique.

The person before him was just such a unique individual.

Thinking this, Zhang Wei shifted his gaze.

With a clatter, Sui Yi also stopped in her tracks.

"We’re here."

A Goat Skull in front of the door.

The lair of the Old Goat Monster.

Zhang Wei only glanced a few times, then said softly, "The news of Old Goat Monster’s death has spread these past two days, his disciples are infighting, it seems someone died here, and the body wasn’t taken care of."

There was a faint smell of rot in the air.

"Mmm."

Sui Yi directly pushed the door open and went in.

The yard which used to be full of wool fabrics was now empty and desolate, with an eerie, ghostly air.

The lights inside were off.

Sui Yi and Zhang Wei weren’t the kind to be scared of such things. They entered as if returning home, the ground spotted with bloodstains, but no bodies to be seen...

Strange noises came from inside, like something tearing, and also like drip, drip... (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)