Chapter 100

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Zhao Zhiqiang's words left Zhu Zhilin and Lin Xuerou speechless.

His logic sounded good, but why did it not feel right?

First time...

"Uh, Brother Zhiqiang, do men have a first time?" Lin Xuerou looked seriously at the tall, slightly pale man opposite her.

Zhao Zhiqiang stared back with utmost seriousness, "Comrade Xiaorou, everyone has a first time."

"But, but you're a guy!" Lin Xuerou was puzzled, tilting her head to ask, "What kind of first time do men have?"

Zhao Zhiqiang had to dig his nose and wink, "Ah, men—Xiaorou, don't you want your man's first time to be with you?"

Zhu Zhilin was already blushing, the ambiguity of "first time" was too much.

"Oh, Teacher Zhao, Xiaorou, let's not discuss this topic for now, hahaha. This time, Sister Xuan actually learned a lesson. She usually looks down on Eastern cultural traditions, even this Purple Bamboo Garden, she doesn't care to maintain, thinking that Eastern things are old and dull. But I think it's great. This time, Teacher Zhao's miraculous traditional Chinese medicine and qigong treatment, plus the amazing warm jade, really impressed that proud daughter of the West."

Lin Xuerou nodded in agreement, "From now on, she won't look down on traditional Chinese medicine or Chinese culture."

Zhao Zhiqiang carefully observed each piece of jade sent to him, using his spiritual energy and the Eye of Wealth to examine them, but he didn't pay attention to what they were saying.

Among the nineteen different pieces of jade, only six gave him the same ethereal feeling as the Hetian jade, with a slight spiritual energy reserve that could be activated by his spiritual energy to release something.

Seeing Zhao Zhiqiang so focused on the jade, Zhu Zhilin gently waved her hand, and the two of them stopped talking, standing by his side to watch.

Zhao Zhiqiang was not being polite. He really wanted to figure out the reason here, but it was already late, and there had been many interruptions tonight, so he wanted to go home.

"Xiaolin, do you recognize these six?"

He picked out the ones he had chosen.

"Yes, I recognize them. The first two are types of Hetian jade. The third one is somewhat famous, it's called Starlight Blue because it's blue. The fourth one is top-grade old pit hard jade, also known as the King of Jade. The fifth one is an emerald from Africa, and the sixth one is a Ceylon cat's eye."

"Oh, are these all very expensive?" Zhao Zhiqiang's hand, which was about to take the jade, hesitated awkwardly. He had heard of some of these names, like emeralds, but had never seen them before.

Zhu Zhilin's smile was very beautiful.

"Ha ha, Teacher Zhao, my father said these are all for you to use. He sincerely hopes that when you have the opportunity, you can make another warm jade for my mother. These are raw materials, not yet carved into finished products, so they are not very valuable." Although the pile of diamonds and gems she mentioned were worth about ten million, the value of what Zhao Zhiqiang held was less than two million. The prices were marked on the side of the box, but Zhao Zhiqiang hadn't noticed.

Zhao Zhiqiang looked at the pile of stones, thought for a moment, and decided to take all the stones and put them back into the large box.

"Ah, in that case, I'll borrow these stones for a few days. I need to test if they can interact with qigong. Yes, I'll return them after I'm done."

Even if Zhu Zhilin was a girl who didn't care about worldly matters, she was still slightly stunned to see him take everything.

Zhao Zhiqiang had no sense of propriety or courtesy. His mind was entirely focused on studying the spiritual energy of the jade, and he didn't notice Lin Xuerou's strange look or Zhu Zhilin's expression.

After finishing, he smiled at Lin Xuerou, who was standing there in a daze, "Hey, what's wrong? Are you going back to Linzhou?"

Lin Xuerou let out a sound, her mind still on the box of gems. Ten million, and this guy didn't even say thank you, he just took them and was about to leave... What?

"What? You're not leaving? I'll go first. Xiaolin, don't worry. Yes, making warm jade takes a lot of my energy, but making another one isn't a big problem. Oh, by the way, tell that girl I'll make one for her for free. Since you're such good friends, I wouldn't have anything to do with her if it weren't for your sake. That person who stole my first kiss, I wouldn't even bother with her, she's so arrogant. If it weren't for the piece of meat in her mouth, she might have had really bad breath."

Leaving these words, he picked up the box.

Zhu Zhilin recovered from her surprise. Hearing Teacher Zhao speak like this, she couldn't help but think that if Sister Xuan heard this guy's comments, she would probably be so angry she'd go crazy. So she couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, okay, I'll definitely pass the message. Teacher Zhao, you're busy, so I won't keep you. Drive carefully at night. Um—In a few days, I want to visit your village and take a look around. Is that okay?"

She was very curious about Zhao Zhiqiang, especially about the mysterious warm jade. She thought he was a true master hidden in the world, a great sorcerer, and wanted to see what his living environment was like.

"Sure. Our village is planning a new village construction project, and we have a leisure resort with hot springs. When you come, I'll treat you." Zhao Zhiqiang was also very happy. The Zhu family clearly had a lot of resources... Taking advantage of their resources was the way to do business, right?

He hadn't even looked at the other check in his pocket. To protect his wife and daughter, and considering the price Lin Lao had offered, plus the miraculous skills, Zhu Qiming had written a check for eight million the second time. The Zhu family wasn't as rich as a country, but the health and lives of his wife and daughter were worth everything to him.

"Teacher Zhao?"

Ji Gongzi and Shi Yunlan, who had been invited in together, only now heard the two princesses call Zhao Zhiqiang "Teacher"!

How did he become a teacher?

Moreover, seeing so many valuable pieces of jade, he took them all without a word. Oh, it seemed the relationship between the Zhu family and Zhao Zhiqiang was very close. Ji Gongzi was even more convinced that he had made a connection with a mysterious guest!

At this point, Zhao Zhiqiang heard Shi Yunlan mention that the young man named Zhang Jiacheng seemed to have had an incident and was already in the hospital, confused and disoriented.

Lin Xuerou was annoyed with that self-important person. She had gone to the relatively unknown Linzhou to avoid his harassment, but today, by chance, that guy thought Zhao Zhiqiang was her boyfriend. This... seemed to be getting complicated.

Originally, Ji wanted to invite Zhao Zhiqiang for a deeper interaction, but seeing that he was in a hurry to leave, he gave up. However, they exchanged phone numbers.

Hearing that Zhao Zhiqiang had taken all the jade, Zhu Qiming was also slightly surprised.

"Extraordinary people do things in extraordinary ways, of course, they can't be judged by normal standards. In my heart, if your mother's headache doesn't recur, it's worth ten million, let alone the warm jade you got. This warm jade—this is not a natural thing, Xiaolin, don't say too much about it. Extraordinary people have their own ways of handling things. We got the benefit, so we shouldn't say too much." Zhu Qiming instructed.

The Zhu family was a traditional Eastern family, with a long-standing friendship with the Lin family. They had often heard of extraordinary people and strange events. With Lin Lao's introduction and his daughter's invitation, Zhu Qiming took it very seriously. He didn't expect that this young man would cure his wife with a single needle and even remove his daughter's chronic cold. Such a high-level person, how could he follow normal rules?

He just didn't expect that this young teacher seemed very interested in jade, taking all the materials worth about ten million. Since that was the case, his heart was now more at ease. At least, the relationship between Teacher Zhao and the Zhu family would have a common point. Relationships are built through mutual interactions...

Only Zhu Zhilin thought of someone else, who was probably locked in her room, either throwing a tantrum or crying. Anyway, the person most affected tonight was definitely hysterical.

Huo Zhuxuan left the birthday party and returned to another villa. Unlike what Zhu Zhilin imagined, she didn't have her usual outburst. Instead, she sat there dazed for half the night. Her mind kept replaying the scene of the domineering kiss, thinking of various ways to get even, imagining all kinds of tortures on that tall, thin man...

"I will make you beg for mercy, beg for death, until you only want to die..." She gritted her teeth, her red eyes filled with a burning desire for revenge.

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