Chapter 220: Vice President Ning Que

Outside the reserve warehouse of the Golden Dragon Bank.

Li Luo looked at the opened warehouse, his heart quietly relaxing. Fortunately, the Golden Dragon Bank was vast and had well-stocked reserves; otherwise, without these emergency detoxifying medicinal herbs, the poisoning incident at Xiyang House would likely have become even more troublesome.

Lu Qinger glanced at Li Luo and said softly to reassure him, "Don't worry, as long as we have these detoxifying herbs, we should be able to resolve the trouble at Xiyang House."

Li Luo nodded and thanked her again, "Thank you so much for this."

Lu Qinger pursed her lips and smiled. Just as she was about to speak, a sharp shout suddenly rang out: "Stop!"

Lu Qinger frowned, and as she turned her head, she saw a group of people hurrying toward them. Leading them was a middle-aged man with a cold, stern face and an imposing manner.

"Father!" Ning Zhao was delighted to see the middle-aged man.

"That is the Vice President of the Golden Dragon Bank, Ning Que," Lu Qinger whispered to Li Luo. She felt a bit of trouble in her heart; after all, the man was a high-ranking official within the Golden Dragon Bank with immense seniority. She could handle Ning Zhao, but it would be very difficult to deal with his father.

Because of Ning Que's arrival, the old man in front of the reserve warehouse waved his hand, causing the people behind him to cease their actions.

"What are you doing? How can the reserve warehouse be opened at will for no reason?!" Ning Que walked over quickly and shouted in a deep voice.

Lu Qinger raised the President's jade token in her hand and said, "I have the jade token, why can't I open it?"

Ning Que glanced at the jade token in Lu Qinger's hand, but he did not show the same fear as Ning Zhao. He merely said indifferently, "Qinger, does the President know you took the jade token?"

Lu Qinger paused slightly.

Ning Que was highly experienced and naturally saw through Lu Qinger's guilty conscience. He immediately said, "Stealing the President's jade token without permission is a violation of the bank's rules. Qinger, considering you are young and ignorant, return it quickly. Leave the matters here for me to handle."

Lu Qinger clenched her hands. This father and son were truly annoying. She was only taking out some medicinal herbs that would have no impact, yet they insisted on obstructing her.

However, Ning Que held a high position in the Golden Dragon Bank. Even she could not rely on the President's jade token to suppress him, so for a moment, Lu Qinger felt anxious.

After all, she knew that Li Luo was in urgent need of these detoxifying herbs, or the consequences would be extremely severe.

Ning Que ignored Lu Qinger and cast a faint glance at the expressionless Li Luo, then said, "Close the reserve warehouse."

The guards looked at each other, but in the end, they followed his orders and began to close the warehouse.

Ning Zhao's expression remained unchanged as he watched this, but a smile appeared in his eyes. He had no personal grudge against Li Luo, but the fact that Lu Qinger would steal the President's jade token for his sake was enough to make one uncontrollably jealous.

However, just as the reserve warehouse was about to close, movement came from behind, followed by respectful voices: "Greetings, President."

Lu Qinger hurriedly looked over and, sure enough, saw Yu Hongxi in a red dress approaching quickly, accompanied by a group of people.

"President." Ning Que also hurriedly bowed when he saw Yu Hongxi.

Yu Hongxi nodded at him, her gaze sweeping across the scene before lingering on the reserve warehouse and Li Luo.

"What is going on?" she asked in a measured tone.

Ning Que spoke first: "President, it seems this girl Qinger took advantage of your inattention to secretly take the President's jade token, and then wanted to open the reserve warehouse."

Lu Qinger gritted her teeth secretly; this old man Ning Que was truly wicked.

Li Luo, standing to the side, sighed inwardly and spoke up at this moment: "President Yu, this matter has nothing to do with Qinger. I wanted to purchase a batch of detoxifying herbs at double the price, so I asked for her help. I didn't expect things to become so troublesome."

Judging by Lu Qinger's demeanor, she really might have stolen the jade token. Li Luo naturally couldn't let her be scolded for his sake, so he stood up. Regardless of whether Yu Hongxi wanted to punish or scold him, as a man, he had to take responsibility.

Seeing Li Luo suddenly speak up, Lu Qinger became anxious and was about to say something.

However, Yu Hongxi waved her hand to stop her. She looked at Li Luo for a moment longer, then said indifferently, "Vice President Ning, the jade token was not stolen by Qinger from me; I instructed her to take it. The Golden Dragon Bank believes in making money through harmony. Since someone is offering a high price to buy, we have no reason not to earn this money."

Li Luo and Lu Qinger were both stunned, looking at Yu Hongxi with astonishment. Clearly, neither of them expected that not only would she not punish them, but she would actually take the matter upon herself.

Vice President Ning Que was also stunned. He didn't speak, but Ning Zhao, standing to the side, was somewhat bewildered and couldn't help but blurt out: "President, how could this have anything to do with you..."

Before he could finish, he was blocked by his father. Vice President Ning Que chuckled and said, "So that's how it is."

"However, President, if you choose to sell these detoxifying herbs to House Luolan at this time, won't it cause extra trouble?"

His words carried a deeper meaning.

The disaster at Xiyang House was clearly being pushed by someone behind the scenes. Yu Hongxi's choice to sell these essential detoxifying herbs to Li Luo at this time would undoubtedly attract some attention.

Yu Hongxi chuckled upon hearing this, her smile appearing somewhat charming: "My Golden Dragon Bank never cares about such things when doing business."

"We only make money, we don't create trouble. But if someone tries to stop us from making money, then they are forcing us to create trouble."

"I think others will understand this point as well."

Hearing Yu Hongxi say this, Ning Que did not say anything more. He bowed to her and turned to leave, taking the somewhat unwilling Ning Zhao with him.

"Take out those reserved detoxifying herbs," Yu Hongxi said, looking at the manager of the reserve warehouse.

The manager nodded and complied immediately.

Yu Hongxi walked toward Lu Qinger and held out her hand. The latter hurriedly and obediently handed over the jade token.

Yu Hongxi gave her daughter, who was pretending to be well-behaved, an annoyed look, reached out to pinch her fair, tender cheek, and said, "You really have a lot of nerve, daring to steal even this thing."

Immediately after, she added indifferently, "Were you put up to this by someone?"

Lu Qinger hurriedly said, "No, I just took it out in case of an emergency."

She paused, giggled, hugged Yu Hongxi, and acted spoiled: "Mom, thank you."

Yu Hongxi knew perfectly well that she had stolen the jade token, yet she did not reprimand her; instead, she shielded her from Vice President Ning Que's censure. Of course, the most important thing was that she did not drive Li Luo away.

Her previous actions were undoubtedly a tacit approval of helping Li Luo this time.

How could Lu Qinger not be moved by this?

Yu Hongxi snorted coldly and then turned her gaze to Li Luo. The latter, seeing her look, hurriedly thanked her: "Many thanks for your help, President Yu."

Yu Hongxi looked at his face for a few seconds and said indifferently, "If you hadn't stood up just now to take responsibility for Qinger, you would have been kicked out by me by now."

Li Luo felt a bit awkward and said, "This matter started because of me; in any case, I wouldn't let Qinger take the blame for me."

"You have some sense of responsibility, at least." Yu Hongxi's expression softened slightly. This kid was indeed worthy of being Li Taixuan's son; his character was quite reliable.

She looked into the reserve warehouse, where guards were continuously taking out the medicinal herbs that Li Luo needed.

"Li Luo," Yu Hongxi suddenly said.

Li Luo hurriedly answered.

"Although these detoxifying herbs aren't too expensive in normal times, they have extraordinary value in extraordinary times. You should be very clear about this," she said calmly.

Li Luo nodded, not denying it. Without these detoxifying herbs, if Tang Yun and the others were to die from the poison at the Xiyang House headquarters, Xiyang House's reputation in the circle of Resonance Crafters would be ruined, which would be a devastating blow to Xiyang House.

And if Xiyang House were ruined, it would also cause a heavy blow to House Luolan.

Therefore, the value of these detoxifying herbs at this moment was extremely high; the so-called double price was truly not worth mentioning.

"Does President Yu mean..." he looked at Yu Hongxi.

Lu Qinger also hurriedly tugged at Yu Hongxi's sleeve, wanting her not to make things too difficult for Li Luo.

Yu Hongxi ignored her, pondered for a few moments, and said with deep meaning: "The style of my Golden Dragon Bank is never to do business at a loss, so I want you to remember that this time, you owe me a favor."

"This favor will have to be repaid in the future."

Li Luo met Yu Hongxi's gaze, was silent for a moment, then nodded earnestly: "As long as it is within my power, if President Yu has a request, I will do my best to fulfill it."

Only then did Yu Hongxi nod in satisfaction.

"Then I hope you remember what you said today."