Yang Jiangyu sighed softly, "Oh, I was really scared out of my wits just now, and I'm all sticky and uncomfortable!" With that, she grabbed the bottom corners of her fitted blouse and pulled them up.
A seductive stretch, a slight twist, and the sudden, explosive movement of something freed from its restraint left Lu Chen dumbfounded. Instantly, only that small piece of clothing remained. And that wasn't all; Yang Jiangyu also took off her black miniskirt. And that wasn't all either; she then began to remove the fabric covering what truly shouldn't be seen.
Lu Chen panicked, "Sister Jiangyu, don't take it off!"
"Why?" Yang Jiangyu looked at him with a charming smile, "It's not someone else, it's you. I want you to see!"
And so, she took everything off.
A faint smell of sweat mixed with a damp, fragrant aroma wafted into his nostrils, making Lu Chen's blood boil. He scratched his head hard; there was really no way to deal with this!
Yang Jiangyu, still sitting close to him, had even draped one of her incredibly smooth legs over his lap. She gently blew a breath onto Lu Chen's face and chuckled, "My little man, what brings you here?"
Lu Chen felt a tingling sensation from head to toe, a mix of excitement and nervousness. He really wanted to subdue Yang Jiangyu. He took a deep breath and asked, "Sister Jiangyu, I'd like to sell some gold. Do you buy it here?"
"Gold?" A hint of surprise flashed across Yang Jiangyu's face.
Lu Chen nodded.
Yang Jiangyu said, "Yes, we do. We buy both gold and platinum. Although I sell pearls, as you've seen, many pearl ornaments are also decorated with gold or platinum. But where did your gold come from?"
Hearing that they bought gold, Lu Chen became very interested.
As he rummaged through his bag for gold jewelry, he said mysteriously, "Sister Jiangyu, don't worry about where it came from. Anyway, I'll be blunt, it's all smuggled goods. But you're incredibly powerful, you can definitely handle it. At most, I'll give you a 20% discount. How about that? This is all 999 pure gold..."
While speaking, Lu Chen had already handed the gold to Yang Jiangyu. Yang Jiangyu was stunned when she saw it! Her hands even trembled slightly. She carefully examined the large gold rings and necklaces, then took off an earring and flicked it gently. Instantly, a thin needle emerged from a pearl in the earring.
She used the needle to prick the various pieces of gold jewelry a few times.
Then, she even gave a bitter smile, her expression tinged with horror.
Seeing Yang Jiangyu's unusual expression, Lu Chen's heart skipped a beat. He quickly said, "Sister Jiangyu, this gold is absolutely real, no doubt about it! If you're worried it's counterfeit and hard to sell, I'll give you a 30% discount... no, a 40% discount?"
Thinking about it, he figured he'd gotten the gold for free anyway, so a 40% discount would be pretty good, five or six hundred thousand yuan!
Yang Jiangyu sighed, "This gold isn't just real, it's pure gold! It's definitely 24K gold! You can hardly find such pure gold jewelry on the market; the most you see is 999 gold!"
Lu Chen was stunned. He sensed a hidden meaning in Yang Jiangyu's words, but he couldn't quite place what it was. He scratched the back of his head and grinned sheepishly, "Isn't that better, more valuable?"
Yang Jiangyu smiled wryly, "Most people don't wear pure gold like that. Pure gold is very soft and easily deforms when made into jewelry, so other metals are usually added, like nickel, zinc, or copper. Therefore, what you see on the market is synthetic gold, less than 999 gold."
Lu Chen scratched his head again, "That's not right! Look, they're clearly jewelry, they haven't deformed much!"
Yang Jiangyu stared at him intently, saying slowly and deliberately, "That's because the people who wear them aren't ordinary people. That's why they can use their unique methods to shape this easily softened gold jewelry!"
Lu Chen froze, stammering, "Sister Jiangyu, you...you seem to know something!"
Yang Jiangyu sighed, "Chen, tell me, where did you get these gold jewelry pieces? Did you steal them, find them, or what?"
Lu Chen scratched his head and could only honestly confess, "I took down three bandits and then stole their gold. Why not? Might as well make some pocket money! You could call it a double-cross, hehe!"
Yang Jiangyu looked at him, both amused and exasperated, and even more surprised: "You brat, do you know who you took down? Those three weren't ordinary people! Tell me what happened!"
Lu Chen became serious: "Sister Jiangyu, I can tell you how I took down those three guys, but there's something I can't tell you—how I encountered them. That might involve their privacy."
Then, he explained how a strange power had suddenly appeared within him, allowing him to subdue the three men instantly. He added, "However, I reckon they were probably weak from the previous fierce battle, which is why I subdued them so quickly. But that power within me is quite formidable."
Yang Jiangyu listened, utterly astonished: "Your extraordinary ability... it's like being a fortune teller!"
Lu Chen nodded.
He certainly knew it was a fortune teller; not just something he knew himself, but data that naturally popped into his head.
Yang Jiangyu pressed her hand to her forehead, sighing, "Chen, you're incredibly lucky! It's fortunate you didn't try to sell this gold elsewhere, otherwise, you might be finished. Finding me to help you is your good fortune!"
"Why?" Lu Chen asked, puzzled.
Yang Jiangyu's tone turned chilling: "The Song Yuan family I mentioned earlier, their major business is hired assassination, what's commonly known as being a killer. Their assassin organization is called Five Colors. And the three guys you took down were three Gold-level assassins from Five Colors."
"Five Colors also represents the five levels within this assassin organization: Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Song Zhenyan was a high-ranking member of the Song Yuan family responsible for Five Colors operations. Those three Gold-level assassins are definitely dead, because after they die, they send out a kind of death message that's hard to explain to outsiders, which travels back to Five Colors."
Lu Chen felt a chill run down his spine: "So, they tracked them down here?"
Yang Jiangyu nodded: "Actually, they were just three Gold-level, third-tier assassins, not particularly important. And it's quite normal for assassins to fail in their missions and be killed in retaliation. However, I heard from Song Zhenyan that the death messages they sent back were exceptionally gruesome, indicating they were tortured before their deaths! This angered Song Zhenyan."
Lu Chen thought to himself, "With Yu Menglan's methods, hmph! A ruthless female assassin! Besides, she was killed so badly by those three guys."
Yang Jiangyu continued, "But that's not the main reason. The main reason is that Song Zhenyan gave them another very important mission: to steal a sword of unknown origin from a certain place. In short, it's extremely important. She said this sword represents a long-lost civilization and is worth hundreds of millions."
Lu Chen's heart skipped a beat. He thought of that black gemstone-like sword. Could it be this?
This sword is worth hundreds of millions? Although it looks impressive, such a high price is terrifying!
For a moment, Lu Chen's heart pounded. Damn it, compared to this sword, all this gold is just stone dust!
Yang Jiangyu stared at him and asked, "Did you also steal that sword?"
Lu Chen scratched his head and chuckled, "Sister Jiangyu, I didn't want to admit it, but you're so perceptive, you could tell right away. I'm completely exposed under your watchful eye. Yes, it's with me! You absolutely mustn't tell anyone, or I reckon I'll be in serious trouble!"
Yang Jiangyu rolled her eyes at him: "Of course I wouldn't be so nosy, especially not you. However, although this sword is worth millions, its function is very mysterious. Generally speaking, the more mysterious something is, the harder it is to unlock. If the wielder can't unlock it, even if it's worth millions, it's useless to them and could really bring them disaster!"
After a slight pause, she said, "So, you must hide it well, lest you attract any trouble."
"Going back to what we were saying, Song Zhenyan knows that most of her three subordinates' valuables will likely be taken to repay debts, so she's already using her connections in Yunzhou City to keep an eye out for people selling this pure gold. If she catches them, no matter what superpowers you have, she'll still treat you like a big, dumb pig and fleece you! She and her two bodyguards are absolutely top-notch!"
Lu Chen listened, still feeling lingering fear. Just now outside, he'd even taken out the gold to admire it. If there hadn't been a warning sign, and he had instinctively put the gold back, that Song Zhenyan who'd suddenly appeared would definitely have noticed.
That would have been really troublesome.
Lu Chen vaguely sensed that Song Zhenyan and her group were indeed very powerful, definitely beyond his ability to handle.
Maybe, just as Yang Jiangyu said, he really would be treated like a big, dumb pig and fleeced!
He grinned, "Luckily, I found Sister Jiangyu. Sister Jiangyu, you're so good to me!"
These words were genuinely sincere, even though he knew Yang Jiangyu was investing in him, hoping for a huge future return. To put it bluntly, she was using him. But the initial benefits made Lu Chen willing to be used.
Yang Jiangyu glanced at him with captivating charm, "What a nemesis! So how will you repay me?"
Lu Chen scratched his head and stammered, "Once the superpower you need comes out of my body, then I can repay you, right?"
Yang Jiangyu rolled her eyes, "That goes without saying, definitely! I mean now!"
"Now?" Lu Chen was taken aback.
Yang Jiangyu suddenly smiled seductively. She straightened her upper body, opened her arms to Lu Chen, and murmured, "I really want a man to hug me!"
What was she going to do? Lu Chen was dumbfounded and swallowed hard. She wasn't wearing any clothes, and those two big white breasts were hopping around right under his nose.
He gritted his teeth and still hugged her.
A beautiful woman throwing herself into his arms without any clothes was always a bit dangerous, but even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman. "To die under a pomegranate skirt is to die a romantic death," he thought. "So be it! Not hugging her would be stupid!"
Holding Yang Jiangyu's naked body, listening to her soft panting, Lu Chen's blood boiled even more.
Yang Jiangyu suddenly asked, "Ah Chen, has that black pearl around your neck been acting strangely lately?"