Chapter 101: Duze Duze Beixuan

The second floor where Lv Qing'er was located was a refined room by the window. At this moment, there were quite a few other people inside the spacious room, but they were all young people with extraordinary backgrounds. Clearly, this should be some sort of gathering.

And Lv Qing'er was clearly not too interested in this gathering.

Therefore, when she inadvertently caught sight of that familiar figure in the great hall below, a faint smile couldn't help but surface on her delicate, pretty little face.

"Qing'er, what are you looking at? It's rare to see you smile."

Just then, behind Lv Qing'er, a gentle laugh suddenly rang out. It was a tall, upright young man, who was looking at Lv Qing'er with a smile.

Lv Qing'er turned her head to glance at him, gave a slight smile, and said, "Brother Ning Zhao."

"Auntie Yu asked me to look after you a bit more, to help you get familiar with Daxia City sooner, so I invited some friends over today. But it seems you don't really like too much excitement — my oversight." The young man called Ning Zhao by Lv Qing'er said with a smile.

He gestured toward Lv Qing'er and said, "I remember when I saw you a few years ago, you were still just a little girl, but now... you've grown so beautiful."

Lv Qing'er returned a reserved smile. The young man before her was named Ning Zhao. His father was the vice president of the main branch of the Golden Dragon Bank in Daxia, with deep seniority. In terms of status and position, he was second only to her mother, Yu Yu Hongxi.

And he himself was also a student of the Saint Mystic Star Academy, and should be entering the Two-Star Institute this year, making him her senior in the future.

But before Ning Zhao could continue, Lv Qing'er said, "I have a friend downstairs. I'll go say hello first."

With that, she turned and walked away with light, quick steps.

Ning Zhao gazed at her graceful departing figure, a hint of admiration flashing through his eyes. Seeing Lv Qing'er this time had truly astonished him — the saying that a girl changes eighteen times before adulthood was no joke. A few years ago, Lv Qing'er had still been just a green little girl, but now she was already this radiant.

Once she entered the Saint Mystic Star Academy in the future, who knew how many of the opposite sex would pursue and covet her.

"A friend?"

But recalling the cheerful smile that had appeared on Lv Qing'er's pretty face earlier, Ning Zhao's brow furrowed slightly, and his gaze also turned toward the great hall below.

At the crystal counter.

A beautiful maid took out several jade boxes and attentively opened them all for Li Luo. Inside were placed stalks of exquisite rare materials, emanating rich wood and earth energy.

"Honored guest, these are all thousand-measure grade rare materials, containing wood-attribute and earth-attribute energy."

Li Luo sighed in admiration. Worthy of being the headquarters of the Golden Dragon Bank — these thousand-measure grade rare materials were simply brought out in such quantities. Back at the Golden Dragon Bank in Tianshu Prefecture, one would have to wait several days just to see one or two stalks.

Li Luo carefully examined these rare materials, sensing the energy intensity contained within. After roughly half a shichen, he regretfully set all these materials down.

"Is the honored guest not satisfied?" the maid asked softly, without the slightest impatience, while thinking to herself that even when this young man was frowning, he was still this heart-stirring.

Truly this old lady's type.

Li Luo shook his head and said, "It seems thousand-measure grade doesn't meet my requirements. Do you have ten-thousand-measure grade rare materials?"

The maid's beautiful eyes immediately lit up. Ten-thousand-measure grade rare materials cost anywhere from tens of thousands to even hundreds of thousands of gold. The young man before her was even wealthier than she had imagined.

But just as she was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Leave this honored guest to me."

The maid's willow-leaf brows immediately shot upward. Who dares to snatch what this old lady has set her sights on?

She angrily turned her head, and then saw a delicate, moving little face. She was stunned for a moment, then the anger on her cheeks transformed into a smile at astonishing speed: "Y-Young Lady... why are you here?"

As a member of the Golden Dragon Bank headquarters, how could she not know that the person before her was President Yu's precious daughter.

"This is my friend. Let me entertain him." Lv Qing'er gave the maid a slight smile and said.

Upon hearing this, the maid hurriedly nodded, then obediently retreated, though her eyes clearly conveyed endless regret.

"Qing'er?"

Li Luo looked at Lv Qing'er who had appeared before him, but wasn't too surprised, after all he had long known her identity.

"Young Mansion Master, the moment you come to our Golden Dragon Bank, you bewitch our maids into a daze. If you came a few more times, wouldn't we be unable to do business anymore?" Lv Qing'er said with a smiling face.

Li Luo heard this and said somewhat self-reproachfully, "I'm sorry, but this face was given to me by my parents. There's nothing I can do about it."

Lv Qing'er rolled her eyes at him speechlessly. This guy — call him fat and he really starts panting.

"I arrived in Daxia City a bit earlier than you. My mother urged me to come accompany her... By the way, I've also heard about your Xiyang House matter. Is everything alright?" Lv Qing'er stopped joking around with Li Luo and asked with concern.

"Just got set up by someone. It's normal — this kind of thing isn't rare these years." Li Luo waved his hand.

"Mm, keep it up. With your ability, you'll surely restore the House Luolan Mansion in the future." Lv Qing'er encouraged.

"You have such faith in me..."

Li Luo smiled, then shook his head, not saying more on this topic. Instead, his gaze swept over Lv Qing'er as he teased: "Did you just say you'd serve me?"

"What services do you have? Let's hear it."

Lv Qing'er gave a shallow smile and stretched out both hands. She was wearing ice silkworm silk gloves, and now under the urging of her phase force, the white phosphorus on the gloves immediately stood on end, flashing with cold light.

"What service would you like?"

"Look at your attitude."

Li Luo sternly rebuked: "Hurry up and bring out the ten-thousand-measure grade rare materials for me. What are you dawdling around here for?"

Lv Qing'er glared at Li Luo and said, "Ten-thousand-measure grade rare materials don't appear at the Golden Dragon Bank every day in large quantities, and wood and earth attributes are even rarer. Materials of this grade are all kept in the auction room. I can take you to have a look."

"Then what are we waiting for, let's go." Li Luo waved his hand.

Seeing this guy really had no qualms about treating her like a maid, Lv Qing'er gnashed her teeth in anger, restrained the urge to punch him, turned her head, and led the way.

Only, when she turned around, a smile couldn't help but surface on her fair, pretty face.

On the second floor, Ning Zhao watched Li Luo and Lv Qing'er walk away, his hand slightly tightening around his wine cup. He then drained the wine in the cup in one gulp, feeling a slight gloom in his heart.

He had also seen the cheerful smile on Lv Qing'er's face earlier — clearly entirely different from how she was with him.

Who was that silver-gray-haired youth? What was his background?

"Hehe, that one is the Young Mansion Master of House Luolan Mansion, Li Luo..." Just as he was thinking this, a laugh rang out beside his ear.

Ning Zhao turned his head and saw a handsome blue-haired youth standing beside him, smiling as he looked down at Li Luo's figure.

"Young Mansion Master Duze Beixuan seems to know him well." Ning Zhao smiled. The blue-haired youth before him was precisely the Young Mansion Master of Duze Mansion, Duze Duze Beixuan.

"Our Duze Mansion pays close attention to every move of House Luolan Mansion. After all, we are hereditary enemies. Of course I know him well." Duze Duze Beixuan said with a smile.

"Duze Mansion recently poached that president from Xiyang House, making Xiyang House a laughingstock." Ning Zhao said.

"And of course even more laughable is that this Young Mansion Master Li Luo, with the strength of a Second-Grade Phase Refiner, has become the new President of Xiyang House."

Duze Duze Beixuan smiled and said, "After all, they couldn't possibly give the position of President to that Pang Pang Qianchi — he's Manager Pei Hao's man."

"Oh right, Brother Ning Zhao, could you look into what this Young Prefect Li Luo came to the Gold Dragon Treasure House to do?"

Ning Zhao's eyelids drooped slightly, and he said, "That would hardly be proper, wouldn't it? Keeping client information confidential is also the core principle of our Gold Dragon Treasure House."

Du Ze Duze Beixuan laughed and said, "I've heard that back at that South Wind Academy, Lv Qing'er and Li Luo were quite close, and during the academy grand examination in Tian Shu Prefecture, Li Luo even saved her..."

Ning Zhao was silent for a moment, took the wine pot beside him, filled the wine cup to the brim, then drained it in one gulp, turned around, and walked out.

Du Ze Duze Beixuan, meanwhile, followed along with a beaming smile.