Chapter 309: Awkward Moment

In the living room of the small dormitory building, even the warm morning sunlight could not dispel the instantly stagnant atmosphere, and Li Luo stared blankly at the two young women at the door, momentarily lost in thought.

What should one do when their fiancée catches them holding a sleeping beautiful girl?

Am I in mortal danger?

After a moment of wild thoughts, Li Luo suddenly came to his senses. Why am I panicking? I just saw a companion sleeping, and since the other party had helped him so much, I just conveniently helped her back to her room.

Thinking this way, Li Luo's courage grew, and he was the first to smile at the two women at the door: "Why are you here?"

His voice broke the stagnant atmosphere, and Jiang Qing'e and Lu Qinger also recovered from the scene before them, though the two women reacted differently; Jiang Qing'e's willow-leaf brows lifted slightly, a hint of playful amusement appearing at the corners of her lips, while Lu Qinger bit her red lips with her pearly teeth, staring at Li Luo with some resentment.

Jiang Qing'e walked into the living room first, her gaze sweeping over Bai Mengmeng in Li Luo's arms, and she said calmly: "She's asleep?"

"Take her to her room first."

Li Luo nodded, then turned and carried Bai Mengmeng upstairs; on the stairs, he met Xin Fu, who pulled his hood slightly and whispered: "Captain, the back of your clothes is a bit wet."

Li Luo was expressionless: "Shut up."

Do you need to remind me of that?

Lu Qinger also walked into the living room and sat down at the table; her gaze flickered toward Li Luo's retreating figure as he went upstairs, and she said as if to herself: "Are there many rooms in Luolan Mansion?"

The voice was not loud, but it was just heard by Jiang Qing'e at the side.

Jiang Qing'e's eyes flashed; she naturally remembered that this was the "tiger-wolf" remark used to defeat her when she and Lu Qinger had met before, and now this little girl was using this sentence to provoke her?

Is she planning to remind her to keep an eye on Li Luo?

Jiang Qing'e smiled and also sat down at the table, saying casually: "One room is many, two rooms are also many; there doesn't seem to be any difference."

Lu Qinger's beautiful, delicate face alternated between pale and flushed, and she gritted her teeth: "You're ruthless, Senior Sister Jiang, you will regret this!"

Jiang Qing'e rested her elbows on the table, her fair, jade-like hands supporting her cheeks, and she tilted her head slightly, her gaze sweeping over Lu Qinger as if looking down from above: "I'll be waiting."

During this brief clash between the two women, Li Luo, having settled Bai Mengmeng, hurried downstairs; he came to the table and sat down, smiling as he explained: "Mengmeng spent the whole night researching a spirit liquid and light formula, so she exhausted too much energy and fell asleep right in the refining room."

Jiang Qing'e could see some lingering excitement and fervor in Li Luo's eyes, and she immediately said thoughtfully: "Are there results?"

Li Luo smiled and took the four-star formula out from his robes, handing it over: "A four-star, third-grade spirit liquid formula."

Upon hearing this, both Jiang Qing'e and Lu Qinger could not help but be moved, because they were both people who knew their stuff and had extensive experience, so they were very clear about what kind of astonishing value a four-star formula possessed in the Great Xia.

Especially for the current Xiyang House, this was simply a life-saving medicine.

"What an amazing research ability," Jiang Qing'e praised; although she had not been involved in phase-refining arts, she was, after all, in charge of Luolan Mansion, so she paid a lot of attention to Xiyang House, and Xiyang House had invested huge funds over the past few years with so many phase-refiners researching day and night, yet they had failed to produce a four-star formula, so the fact that Bai Mengmeng could do it at her age showed her extraordinary research ability.

Lu Qinger's expression was also somewhat complex, and she said: "She just gave this four-star formula to you?"

As the eldest young lady of the Golden Dragon Bank, she understood the value of this four-star formula even more clearly; if it were really put on the market, it would likely be worth tens of millions of Heavenly Amount Gold.

Li Luo said with some shame: "In the future, the spirit liquid sold by Xiyang House will have a share given to Mengmeng, but strictly speaking, I still got the better end of the deal."

As for helping Bai Mengmeng restore her sense of taste, he did not mention it, as that was her privacy after all.

"With this four-star formula, Xiyang House will have something to show at the Phase-Refining Academy's invitation meeting," Lu Qinger said.

"It's not enough," Li Luo shook his head; although a four-star formula could make up for Xiyang House's shortcomings, if he really wanted Xiyang House to make a splash at the invitation meeting and attract those excellent phase-refiners to join, a four-star formula alone was clearly not enough.

"Sister Qing'e, has Sister Cai Wei sent the spirit liquid and light I needed?" He looked at Jiang Qing'e.

Jiang Qing'e said: "You really had Sister Cai Wei worried sick this time; she had just used a large amount of funds to expand some of Luolan Mansion's industries a few days ago, and with you suddenly needing to buy so much spirit liquid and light, she couldn't gather it all in just one day; if she had three days, it would have been easier."

Li Luo gave a bitter smile; his request this time was indeed too urgent, but the invitation meeting was right around the corner, and he didn't have much time left.

"However, to meet your needs, Sister Cai Wei still did her best; she went to the Golden Dragon Bank, intending to temporarily purchase a batch of spirit liquid and light on credit for you."

Jiang Qing'e smiled and said: "Sister Cai Wei even put aside her pride for your sake."

Li Luo felt ashamed and said: "Going to the Golden Dragon Bank to buy on credit, will that work? They are the most sticklers for rules."

"Normally, it wouldn't."

Jiang Qing'e looked at Lu Qinger, who was sitting quietly like a lotus, and said: "Isn't the eldest young lady of the Golden Dragon Bank here to put in a good word for you? President Yu couldn't withstand her pestering, which is why they made an exception this once."

Hearing this, Li Luo was extremely grateful to Lu Qinger: "Thank you so much, Qinger!"

Lu Qinger smiled and shook her head, then picked up a silver box from the side and said: "The spirit liquid and light you wanted are all in here; I didn't really help much, the Golden Dragon Bank is a place for selling things anyway, and Luolan Mansion has a good reputation, so delaying the final payment for a few days is no big deal."

In fact, she had enough private funds for the millions of Heavenly Amount Gold, but she was smart enough not to help make up the difference herself, because if she paid the money, the nature of the situation would be different, and others might mock Li Luo for it or attack Luolan Mansion for being at the end of its rope.

"However, my mother asked me to remind you that if you have time, go to the Golden Dragon Bank; she wants to discuss the upcoming "Golden Dragon Dojo" with you," Lu Qinger also brought a message from Yu Hongxi.

"The Golden Dragon Dojo, huh..."

Li Luo nodded; he certainly hadn't forgotten about this, as he was very curious about the rumored Golden Dragon Dojo, and if he could enter and gain some opportunities, it would also strengthen his power.

As he was now, he didn't have much time, and he needed the opportunities of such a cultivation holy land the most.

"After I finish with the invitation meeting, I will go see President Yu," Li Luo said with a smile.

A smile appeared on Lu Qinger's beautiful and moving face as she said: "Then I'll throw in an extra piece of intelligence: it is said that for this Phase-Refining Academy invitation meeting, Daze House will likely send Han Zhi to be in charge."

Han Zhi...

Hearing this name, Li Luo's eyes turned cold; wasn't this the president who defected from Xiyang House?

Li Luo felt deep hatred for this person; he didn't mind if the other party jumped ship, but if you're going to jump, you shouldn't have taken so many of Xiyang House's phase-refiners with you, and of course, most importantly, this beast had also set fire to Xiyang House's research lab, where the data represented years of Xiyang House's hard work.

"Daze House is deliberately sending him out to kill and destroy," Jiang Qing'e said indifferently.

Li Luo nodded; once Han Zhi appeared, it would inevitably cause a heated discussion, and when those top students from the Phase-Refining Academy heard it, wouldn't they think, "Isn't this the former president of Xiyang House?"

And if even the president of Xiyang House ran off to Daze House, then what kind of appeal could Xiyang House possibly have?

I'm afraid that by then, many top students who were already not optimistic about Xiyang House would sweep it into the trash heap in their hearts.

Li Luo let out a breath; it seems the difficulty for Xiyang House to make a splash at this invitation meeting has increased once again.

He patted the box filled with spirit liquid and light.

However, that's fine... the more one makes a comeback from such a desperate situation, the more attention it will attract.

Let the rise of Xiyang House begin with this invitation meeting.