Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 538 - 28: Transactions

Chapter 538: Chapter 28: Transactions

Two years had indeed changed many things.

Gu Xiaoxi booked a private room and handed the menu to Ya, slapping her chest confidently and saying, "Order whatever you like, it’s on me."

Ya wasn’t shy and randomly pointed to whatever looked good and was the most expensive on the menu.

Moments later, after the waiter left, Gu Xiaoxi quickly asked, "Where have you been these years? I’ve been looking for you to ask about my Purple Crystal Cultivation Technique."

With a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, Ya signaled to the waiter, "Bring me the wine!"

Gu Xiaoxi was speechless; that casual nature of his hadn’t changed one bit.

Only after the waiter poured him some red wine did he, contentedly holding his wine glass, look at Gu Xiaoxi and say, "If you treat me well, I have a piece of Purple Crystal here that I could give you."

"What!" It took Gu Xiaoxi a while to react, "How do you have a piece of crystal?"

Ya took a sip of wine, his face beaming with a smile, "Of course I have one! Why else would I come to see you? I can’t help with your Cultivation Technique, as you must have found out. The crystal you first showed me contained the finest volume of the technique. You couldn’t decipher the secrets within."

"Yes, I found the first volume of the Third Level technique. The one I showed you must be the third volume of the Third Level, and I’m still missing the second volume of the Third Level," Gu Xiaoxi barely hid her excitement. If she could find the second volume, she could cultivate both the second and third volumes.

Her strength would surely surge by then.

This Purple Crystal, she went through great lengths and hardships to search for.

Finally finding one piece, only to be missing the middle piece, and unable to comprehend the latter piece.

If Ya really had found that middle piece, it would be a huge help to her.

"How is it? I’m treating you well, aren’t I?" Ya said with a smile.

Gu Xiaoxi reached out her hand, her smile sycophantic, "Then give it to me! I’ll definitely thank you properly."

"Give it to you?" Ya laughed softly, "You’re thinking too much. I want to sell it to you!"

Gu Xiaoxi glanced at him, old habits die hard as the saying goes.

He was still as money-loving as ever.

"How much?" Gu Xiaoxi asked calmly. She casually picked up the wine from the table, took a sip, radiating an air of wealth and lack of concern.

"Two billion!"

"Pff!" The wine Gu Xiaoxi had just sipped was suddenly sprayed out in shock.

She quickly steadied her mind and exclaimed, "Two billion, why don’t you just rob a bank?"

Ya lifted his head indifferently, his eyes sparkling with mirth, "Isn’t that what I’m doing right now? The item is with me, you want it then pay up, otherwise there’s no deal."

Gu Xiaoxi clenched her mobile phone, feeling the pinch.

Two billion!

She’d have to take down the world’s most wanted drug lord with a bounty of a billion to raise that much money.

"Don’t look so pained. Your man is so rich, would he care about this little amount?" Ya said expressionlessly, sipping his wine.

Gu Xiaoxi looked up in shock to meet his cool gaze directly.

How did he know she had a man?

It seemed unlikely that her affair with Young Master Quan would reach him, right?

Suddenly, Gu Xiaoxi’s heart skipped a beat.

"What’s his is his, what’s mine is mine..." Gu Xiaoxi always found the tone of Ya’s words to be oddly sarcastic. She couldn’t help but ask in surprise, "Also, how do you know my man is very rich?"

Ya looked at Gu Xiaoxi, finding the words ’my man’ unpleasant to hear.

Setting down his wine glass with his thin lips hooked in a wicked smile, Ya said, "There’s nothing under the heavens that I’m unaware of, including your family of three!"

He even knew about Quan Jinling?

Gu Xiaoxi’s heart stalled; fewer than ten people in the entire world knew about the child.

Ya rarely appeared, almost like a shadow without trace.

He knew her affairs so thoroughly.

Quan Jinling had gone abroad with Young Master Quan personally seeing him off. Without any flights or public appearances, it was impossible for strangers to know.

"Seeing that expression of yours, are you worried I might harm you?" Ya said with a meaningful smile.

Gu Xiaoxi shook her head, "I know too little about you. So, I don’t know if you would harm me or not."

"You owe me a Phoenix Feather, and, for you, these two billion are nothing. Rest assured, I won’t harm you... I need the money urgently!" Ya said bluntly.

"Urgent need? What for? To invest in real estate and become a big boss?" Otherwise, why would you need so much money.

"You’ve guessed it. I’ve set my sights on an island and plan to bid for it at the World Alliance auction headquarters," Ya said calmly.

At this time, the waiter brought the dishes.

Gu Xiaoxi was silent for a moment, waiting for the waiter to leave before she looked at Ya with a serious face, "What do you want the island for? To build a resort?"

"No!" Ya bowed his head, his eyes flitting with depth, "It’s an island filled with legends just like Nether Island."

"You even know about Nether Island?" Aside from astonishment, Gu Xiaoxi felt even more alarmed. This man was far more unfathomable than what she’d seen on the surface.

Fortunately, he hadn’t done anything illegal or unspeakably evil in this world.

Otherwise, she really wouldn’t dare to associate with him.

"Not only do I know, but I’ve also been there. I never expected that you would be the Child of God," Ya said, looking at Gu Xiaoxi, his gaze growing colder and more piercing.

Gu Xiaoxi felt as though she were a naked person under his gaze, with all her thoughts and secrets laid bare.

Involuntarily, she tensed up, and even felt a suffocating sensation of being seen through by him.

"Did we have a grudge in our past lives?" Gu Xiaoxi felt her throat go dry. Under his cold and deep gaze, she didn’t even know what to say.

Because everything about Nether Island was connected to her past life.

If in her past life, she had known him.

Seeing his cold gaze now, it wouldn’t seem strange anymore.

Clearly, Ya hadn’t expected Gu Xiaoxi to ask such a question.

After a moment’s pause, he picked up his glass of red wine, his fingers unintentionally stiffening, and his tone as cheeky and wildly laughing as ever, echoing in the room.

"I don’t remember my past life. I only know that you owe me a lot."

Gu Xiaoxi took a sharp breath.

After all this time, this guy came to collect a debt.

"I only owe you a Phoenix Feather, I swear, the moment I encounter a Phoenix, I’ll definitely help you pluck a feather. My word is good, I never lie," Gu Xiaoxi swore, raising four fingers.

Ya snorted with a smirk, continuing to drink his wine, looking at Gu Xiaoxi expressionlessly, "I can give you the goods. You also need to give me the money. And..."

He suddenly let out a peculiar smile, "I will definitely find out what you owed me in our past life and then I’ll come to collect it bit by bit from you."

Gu Xiaoxi covered her face with a large hand, peeking at Ya through her fingers, and said with a flattering smile, "Past lives are past lives, why should they concern me? It’s not fair to collect debts this way! I’ve bought the crystal, 20 billion is 20 billion, I just hope you keep my matters confidential, and never speak to anyone about my affairs."

"Although you left a good impression on me, I later discovered some secrets. I have to remain cautious around you. I don’t scorn talking about your affairs to others. Rest assured, I will forget that matter of Nether Island. But, if I find evidence that you have wronged me, Gu Xiaoxi, you should know my character, I fear neither heaven nor earth."

Gu Xiaoxi immediately let out a dry laugh, raising her hand to swear, "In this life, this is the second time I’ve met Ya. Each time has been a transaction, there’s absolutely no instance of one wronging the other. Heaven bears witness, if in this life I deceive Ya, may lightning strike me."

Gu Xiaoxi just wanted to make their relationship clear as quickly as possible.

And to emphasize that this was their second meeting in front of him.

That everything that happened was part of a transaction, there was no unfair treaty.

Even if someone had to take a loss, it would be her.

Seeing the skies untroubled, Ya said expressionlessly, "In this life, I have no connection with you. But what about the past life, dare you swear about that?"

"That’s taking it too far. What does a lifetime have to do with a past life? Memories of past lives can’t be carried into this life. Once a person dies, all grievances are resolved," Gu Xiaoxi insisted.

As if joking, she certainly didn’t want to get involved in anything so long-standing.

She was only concerned about this life.

"You, woman, are all sharp tongue and sass. I really want to meet your man!" Ya bit down especially hard on the last three words.

Gu Xiaoxi let out a dry laugh, hastily saying, "He’s a nobody, not worth meeting. You give me the crystal, and I’ll transfer the money to you right now. Let’s have a fair trade, and let’s never mention any debts owed ever again."

"Fair enough!" Ya responded with a grin, pulling out an exquisite small box from his pocket.