Chapter 473: Can You Come to the Bedroom and Help Me Catch a Cockroach?
Leng Ning was picking out suitable local specialties to bring back to the Imperial City.
"A hundred million for my head is one thing, but only a hundred million for Xinghai’s? The Sun Family really is courting death." She scoffed at their bounty.
Jiang Xinghai had already driven to the Yu Family’s gate. Naturally, he paid the Sun Family’s bounty no mind.
’Since the Sun Family is sparing no expense with this bounty, I’ll just have to gladly accept it after I get back from Yun Province.’
As far as Jiang Xinghai was concerned, it was one thing if the Martial Arts Clans of the Provincial City left him alone.
But if any of them provoked him, he wouldn’t mind dealing with them the same way he’d dealt with the Martial Arts Clans in Jizhou and the Central State.
Either they would be annihilated.
Or they would submit to him.
Jiang Xinghai gave a slight smile and dialed Yu Li’s number.
"Mr. Jiang, you didn’t actually come to the Provincial City, did you?" Yu Li’s voice was hoarse with sleep, yet unusually languid and enchanting.
She had been napping, dressed in a loose, pale yellow nightgown.
She was, after all, a cosmetics expert—one of the top ten in the world.
Now, she was also an agent for the AM Company and was in the process of setting up a branch office.
"Yu Li, I’m at your front door." Jiang Xinghai’s voice came through the phone, clear and powerful.
"At my front door?"
Yu Li sat bolt upright, all traces of sleep gone. "Wait a moment. Someone will let you in. I was still napping. I need to take a quick shower and change."
With that, she hung up.
Soon after, Jiang Xinghai, who was still outside, was invited into the Yu Family’s home by their butler.
"Mr. Jiang, the young lady asks that you wait in the second-floor reception room."
The elderly butler led Jiang Xinghai to the second floor and poured him a cup of tea. "Enjoy your tea, Mr. Jiang. I’ll be downstairs. Please don’t hesitate to call if you need anything."
"Thank you," Jiang Xinghai said, nodding as he sat on the sofa.
Soon, Yu Li emerged from the bathroom, a bath towel wrapped around her body. She saw Jiang Xinghai and immediately bit her lower lip, speaking in a quick, rushed tone. "Mr. Jiang, I’m so sorry, just give me one more minute."
"It’s fine, no rush. Go get changed," Jiang Xinghai said, frozen in place. His eyes were fixed on Yu Li, and for a moment, he couldn’t look away.
She was so beautiful and alluring in that moment that he felt an uncontrollable urge to move closer.
"Actually, never mind. Let’s just talk business first. I won’t bother changing."
A faint blush appeared on Yu Li’s cheeks as she quickly looked up at Jiang Xinghai. "However, if you feel this is impolite, Mr. Jiang, I can go change into something more appropriate."
Her hair was still dripping, and beads of water traced paths down her cheeks before landing on her towel. The towel was nearly soaked through, clinging to her skin.
"No, this is more than fine."
At that moment, Jiang Xinghai swallowed hard, fighting an overwhelming urge to pull the beautiful woman before him into an embrace.
"Okay, then I won’t change just yet."
Yu Li’s voice was a little tense, as if the words were caught in her throat.
Jiang Xinghai smiled faintly. He could sense her unease and knew his intense gaze was making her uncomfortable.
Yu Li let out a small sigh of relief. She felt the heat in Jiang Xinghai’s gaze, but instead of avoiding it, she deliberately straightened up, accentuating her figure.
She was quite confident in her figure, after all.
Her skin was especially silky and radiant—just as one would expect from one of the world’s top ten cosmetics experts.
Even fresh from her shower and without a trace of makeup, she was breathtakingly beautiful.
"You’re here about the AM branch office, aren’t you, Mr. Jiang?" Yu Li asked, still feeling a little awkward even in her own home.
She secretly tried to gauge Jiang Xinghai’s character and thoughts.
"That’s right. I’d like to see the branch office you’re setting up, and I want to know exactly how long until it’s officially launched," Jiang Xinghai said with a smile. His elegant mannerisms and calm demeanor exerted a strange pressure.
Yu Li nodded. "The factory building is complete and is now being renovated. That should take at least five days. After that, we have to install the machinery and run trial operations. All in all, it should be fully operational in about ten days."
"Ten days. Excellent." Jiang Xinghai’s tone was gentle, yet held an unquestionable resolve.
’In ten days, I can also treat Feng Zhuoran, the Spirit Body from the Feng Family who has leukemia.’
With that, a rough plan formed in his mind.
’In half a month at most, I’ll be able to go to the Imperial City and meet Mr. Long—Ji Xiao!’
’The only prerequisite is that my power has to increase again within that time.’
"I’ll get changed and go with you to the branch office, then," Yu Li said with a light cough.
Jiang Xinghai nodded. "Alright."
Yu Li rose with a captivating smile and walked into the bedroom.
The door was left ajar, not fully closed.
Naturally, Jiang Xinghai wasn’t so indecent as to peep, so he slowly averted his gaze.
But his eyes fell upon the spot where Yu Li had been sitting. She had left behind the damp, rounded imprint of her bottom on the sofa cushion.
Although it was just a damp spot left after her shower, the shape was uniquely well-defined and pert.
"AAH! A COCKROACH!"
Suddenly, Yu Li shrieked from the bedroom, "Mr. Jiang, can you come into the bedroom and help me catch a cockroach?"