Everyone knew that there weren’t many women who didn’t love beauty. Especially, the women of a stallion novel, there was only one prettier than the last one, and never the prettiest.
And to be beautiful, of course, you needed to dress-up, so wanting to stock up on wealth quickly, it was definitely best to start in this field.
If Qi Guan Rui had still been by himself, it would have certainly been more troublesome, but since there was Chen Yuanhao, many things had gotten easier.
Chen Yuanhao took care of finding the stores. Chen Yuanhao took care of buying the servants. Chen Yuanhao took care of the designs and decoration. Chen Yuanhao took care of making some connections. Chen Yuanhao took care of finding the shopkeepers and accountants.
Basically, anything big or small was all taken care of by Chen Yuanhao.
If this was the modern society, then Qi Guan Rui was the classic “Use women like they’re men, use men like they’re animals” type of harsh boss. He needed to squeeze every bit of value left in their employees… of course, if he hadn’t met Gu Bai, who’d caused his life to go off-rail a little bit, his method of squeezing women and men would also have been different right now.
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…As for what Qi Guan Rui did?
He provided the funds, then also provided ways to monitor.
That was right, all the servants they bought had been implanted with snake gus, not even the hired ones were excluded.
And he hadn’t informed the two new underlings of such things, only using it as his last resort of defense.
At the same time, aside from making a business, Qi Guan Rui also did a few other things.
The first thing was to have Chen Yuanhao research the cause of the certain thing inside the body of the Wei Wu from the Martial Artist Inn’s, that was able to stop the snake gu from being implanted. The other was to also research if any students of the Qing Tian Academy had a similar type of defense technique.
He needed to be prudent, after all. Even though he hadn’t implanted snake gu on Chou Tu and Chen Yuanhao, he had given them a very light venom that could sink deep down. But when Chou Tu transformed into a Mo Ren, Qi Guan Rui realized that the venom had disappeared. The venom in Chen Yuanhao’s body had vanished as well, which made him even more cautious.
Chen Yuanhao’s working ability was extraordinary, it seemed like the more pressured he was, the more skilled he was.
Soon, as he shared a meal with many friends of both the inner and outer academy, he received a series of messages.
Wei Wu was the Martial Artist Inn’s Steward Wei’s nephew, Steward Wei was important to the inn. Anyone related to him needed to swear their faithfulness, so the thing inside of Wei Wu was put in by Steward Wei himself. Anything that intended to harm Wei Wu’s body would immediately be annihilated. Its strength was like a Wu Wang’s skill that had been sealed inside him.
So the snake gu that Qi Guan Rui made that time wasn’t strong enough to travel around peacefully under that kind of power.
In the Qing Tian Academy, some children from wealthy families all had special family techniques that could defend them from being harmed by treacherous sneak-attacks. But the majority of students didn’t have any defense, nor did the academy take the initiative of giving them any protection.
That still allowed Qi Guan Rui to develop a batch of puppets in the academy… but they still had to be picked carefully, or else, once the Zhishis and Teachers found out, then it would surely be dangerous.
Qi Guan Rui had the guts and good enough luck, that soon after, he’d already controlled a few people in secret, planted them in different locations. Ready to use them as his chess pieces at any time.
Gradually, in some of the xx meetings held by the students themselves, his people were there, monitoring.
In the end, he still couldn’t trust in Chen Yuanhao’s power alone and not have his own methods.
Since the snake gus could conquer many people now, the second thing was Qi Guan Rui having them go and find two chicks.
For instance, that Wang Yingluo needed to be implanted. Along the way, he could be prepared to squeeze out all her values at any time. After studying her memories, Qi Guan Rui very naturally found out the series of reasons why his city governor was continuously troubled. Obviously, he also found out her use of the one behind those events, Lan Tian Association’s president, Li Qingyu.
That was also the only reason she was still alive today.
And the other one was definitely Meng Xiaohe.
Qi Guan Rui thought of how before, because of this woman, it felt like he was interrogated by Zi Ju Shu Bai, so of course, he couldn’t leave her be.
Though Wang Yingluo was pretty useless and successfully implanted in one go. But this Meng Xiaohe, it seemed as if she had… eaten the snake gu.
Qi Guan Rui was a bit irritated, but he couldn’t use methods that were too obvious. So, he could do nothing for the time being.
But no matter what, in the two months that Gu Bai studied at the Manual Tower Qi Guan Rui had already slowly knitted a delicate web from his wealth and power.
This web expanded continuously, in a way, it seemed like there were no threats at all. Yet, was also slowly spreading out at an organized speed… just like a spider constantly spitting out silk, silently and calmly, waiting for its chance.
Waiting for the foolish, greedy, impulsive… tiny insect.
Gu Bai finished his bath and decided to go out for a walk.
He leisurely walked on the street, prepared to go look around his own little restaurant.
Speaking of which, making a business sure was troublesome. If there was no help from Gu Xiao Shan and the death warriors, with just him having to train while also developing it, it would’ve been way too hard.
There were still two years left in the main plotline before the psycho protagonist came to Hao Yang City. If he still hadn’t raised his martial power or stocked up enough money by then, he wouldn’t even be able to run from him.
Just thinking of it, he was filled with bloody tears.
While thinking, Gu Bai saw the bustling scene ahead of him.
The location of the scene was obviously an accessory store, many beautiful girls gathered there, which also naturally lured a bunch of flower protectors and bumptious moneybags.
With that mountain and sea of people, it really made him want to just turn and leave…
But Gu Bai clearly did not leave, because he saw his Gu Xiao Shan.
With this one look, he couldn’t leave.
Gu Bai’s internal OS: ‘I think, I might’ve gotten arrhythmia when seeing Xiao Shan walk with a gurl.’
But he really couldn’t calm down, ugh!
If we detailed this with the languages that shut-in writer Gu Xiao Bai was used to, then the current scene would be like this:
Just to see a boy and girl with outstanding looks walking in front, with extraordinary auras. They spoke softly to each other, seeming intimate, as if they were a celestial couple, looking extremely compatible. In the crowd of people, they were like a crane standing among chickens, making it unforgettable.
Gu Bai had no expressions.
The man was without a doubt his Gu Xiao Shan, but that woman’s identity was too fucking obvious, okay?!
Just as magical novels would always have a holy Fairy Queen. Urban novels would always have an inviolable female cop, wuxia novels would always have an impeccable beauty who could override Jiang Hu[1]. So, in this stallion novel with its chaotic settings, there was also a pure, flawless, and peerless fairy.
That was right, she was the Ice Soul Fairy, Leng Xianyun!
And why was Gu Bai able to tell from one look?
Because Leng Xianyun usually wore white year-round. There were no variegated colors on her from head to toe. Her hair lace was white as well, and her aura was even more like the frost and snow, unmatched by anyone else.
Even Zi Ju Shu Bai’s body wasn’t as entirely cold and faultless.
The biggest nonsense was that Leng Xianyun had a veil covering half of her face, and with that pair of cold and clean eyes, it was clearly the “fairy standard”. It completely showed off her proud, aloof, and cold personality. It elevated her to seem even more out of this world.
Gu Bai just couldn’t understand. Had his Gu Xiao Shan poked the psycho protagonist’s women nest? It was making his heart very unsettled!
But thinking differently again, Gu Bai felt like there was no need to blame him. After all, in these stallion novels, any chick with some attractiveness, and that had shown up, was all the protagonist’s. That was impossible to guard against, his Gu Xiao Shan had quite the standard, so of course, he would be interested in women that only belonged to the protagonist!
He knew how scary the protagonist was, so he never courted chicks, but Gu Xiao Shan was just normally flirting with a chick. He didn’t know the close-up details of it…
Thinking up to there, Gu Bai felt a bit troubled again.
He felt like an old mother concerned over her own son’s marriage that would last the rest of his life. On one side, he worried that Gu Xiao Shan would end up ill from enduring his daily morning pokes. So, he should find a chick to resolve it. On the other hand, he also realized Gu Xiao Shan always courted the protagonist’s chick, which would probably lead the psycho over. They were gonna have to become the beaten Mandarin duck couple, separated by the Queen Mother of the West[2]…
If this continued long-term, then it was definitely gonna influence their brotherly affections, okay?!
He wasn’t a wicked mother-in-law, why the heck did he need to do this?!
Truly, time for two lines of tears.
Of course, Gu Bai, whose mind had wandered off with a stoic face on, hadn’t realized the handsome boy and beautiful girl was slowly walking towards him.
In passing people’s eyes right now, they didn’t see a troubled man being concerned in silence, but an unapproachable flower standing with an elegant pose blocking the middle of the road. As if he was about to battle with someone.
Coincidentally, at this time, an “Unapproachable Flower Girl” walked over as well, when the two ice mountains stood across from each other, a kind of mirror effect was displayed.
…Were they really not each other’s male/female version?
For the young male who dared to stand between the ice mountains, he was a real warrior.
The instant Qi Guan Rui walked out of the store, he’d seen Gu Bai in one look.
His heart was immediately overjoyed, Zi Ju Shu Bai was out of cultivation!
And, for him to be on the street at this time, without a doubt, he was here to find him, Qi Guan Rui…
That caused a strong sense of pleasure to develop in his heart.
It was as if something had been fulfilled, but he also suddenly wanted more.
But since Gu Bai hadn’t come over, Qi Guan Rui slightly suppressed the maniac feeling inside to finally not walk over immediately.
In these times, he’d met Leng Xianyun, a girl with extremely high utilization values, it took him some energy to get in a little friendly relationship with her. But in reality, it was because Leng Xianyun’s cold aura was subtly similar to Zi Ju Shu Bai’s, which had him willing to expend the energy.
When Zi Ju Shu Bai was in secluded cultivation, from time to time, he would use Leng Xianyun as a replacement to go shopping and chat with her. It would give him at least a little comfort.
But now that the real one was here, was he gonna keep the counterfeit for New Years?
He just can’t go overboard, so he couldn’t express it too prominently.
So, Qi Guan Rui only called out, “Gege!”
Gu Bai lifted his head.
Yo, this kid’s eyes are quite sharp!
Seeing that Gu Bai looked over, Qi Guan Rui’s steps sped up in happiness, with a bear hug, he embraced the other in his arms.
If this had been Tian Du Cheng, the topics below would definitely appear among citizens A, B, C:
#The unapproachable flower was forcefully pounced on by a handsome man, leaving the surrounding audience shook as hell.
#What kind of forbidden love of the ice-cold pretty boy’s was this? In this love triangle, the silent girl was internally hurt in the dark.
#Brothers separated for eighteen years, the excitement was hard to hold back once they met again.
But since this was Hao Yang City, the crowd with upsurging emotions inside could not describe it with words. They could only watch as Qi Guan Rui hugged Gu Bai then continued to say in a very depending tone, “Gege, you’re finally out, I missed you a lot.”
Gu Bai coughed softly, “…Aren’t you gonna introduce this lady to me?”
The gentle lights in Qi Guan Rui’s eyes suddenly twisted for a moment.