The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

After the manager left with the gold bar, Meng Xuejing paced around anxiously.

Chen Dong said speechlessly, "The food is here. Stop pacing and eat!"

"But it's such a big piece of gold... Do you think the manager will just run off with it? I don't even know how much it's worth..."

Li Zhixuan, somewhat baffled, said bluntly, "If he runs, he runs. It's just a gold bar. These dishes, while not what I imagined, have their own unique flavor. Let's eat!"

Despite his words, Meng Xuejing couldn't calm down, all because Chen Dong had said the leftover money would be hers. With so much of her own money in someone else's hands, how could she not be anxious?

Chen Dong added, "It's probably worth about a million. Even if he runs off, it's no big deal. I have plenty more; I'll just give you another one."

Chen Dong was telling the truth. In Feng You's ring alone, there were thousands of these gold bars, piled up like a small mountain. He truly had no idea why a Golden Core Stage Daoist would need so much gold. It was a good thing the ring's storage space was large; any other Cultivator would have thought it a waste of space.

Meng Xuejing was dumbfounded. 'Is this what it means to be rich? I'll never understand their world.' Still, his words did a lot to calm her nerves.

Because Meng Xuejing was worried about whether the manager would return, the door to their private room was left open so she could see what was happening outside.

Just then, a trendily dressed middle-aged woman on the arm of a handsome young man walked past, then doubled back and entered their room.

"Well, well, Meng Xuejing, you really get around, don't you? Bringing two at once, no less. And you have money to eat at Huayao Restaurant? I thought I heard at the office that your family wasn't well-off. With this kind of cash, I assume you have the fifty thousand you owe the company all ready to go!"

Chen Dong recognized the voice as the team leader from Meng Xuejing's phone. That "get around" comment angered him. It was because of the man standing beside the woman—he also had long hair and was dressed in a period costume, but he reeked of cheap cologne, his face was caked in makeup, and his pretentious air couldn't mask his vulgarity. He was clearly a male prostitute.

He was naturally angry that she had mistaken him and Li Zhixuan for the same kind of person.

Before they could say anything, the team leader continued, "You two are pretty cute! Why don't you come and play with your big sister here? I'll pay you double!"

The middle-aged woman put on a dominant, "cool older sister" act, teasing Chen Dong and Li Zhixuan. The smell of alcohol on her breath made it obvious she'd been drinking.

Chen Dong wasn't about to humor her. He didn't care whether she was drunk or not; she was seriously ruining his meal. In a cold voice, he barked, "Get out!"

The command was infused with True Qi, and the woman was sent flying out the door.

The man beside her ran over with a great show of concern to help her up. "Sister Cai, Sister Cai, are you alright?"

Chen Dong's shout had only been a warning, so the woman wasn't seriously hurt. She scrambled up, looking disheveled. Afraid of getting hit again, she leaned on the man and started to leave. As she walked, however, she pulled out her phone and started dialing, muttering hatefully, "A Martial Artist? So what if you're a Martial Artist? You dare bully me like this? I'll make you regret it!"

Chen Dong heard her, of course, but he couldn't care less. If she wanted to call for backup, let her. Right now, nothing was more important than enjoying a good meal.

Once the woman they called Sister Cai had left, Meng Xuejing grew excited, pumping a fist. "That was awesome!" Although she hadn't understood how he'd done it, that didn't stop her from being happy.

"That woman is always bullying me at the office. It felt so good to see her humiliated like that!"

Chen Dong teased, "Then why didn't you run out and give her a couple of kicks yourself?"

Meng Xuejing shook her head. "I wouldn't dare. I heard she's part of the Qianzhou Cai Family. I don't know if it's true, but what if she comes after me for revenge?"

Chen Dong smiled. "She was already making a call as she left. You're with us, so aren't you scared?"

Meng Xuejing's expression immediately turned to panic. "Then what should we do? We have to get out of here!" But she immediately contradicted herself.

"No, no! I haven't gotten the money from my gold yet! We can't leave!"

Then she started trying to reassure herself. 'She's always bragging about being part of the Cai Family, she must be lying. How could a mere team leader be part of the Cai Family? Impossible. It's just not possible.'

"But what if it's true? The Cai Family is overwhelmingly powerful in Qianzhou. A year ago, even the Luo Family fell to them. Even if you two are powerful Martial Artists, you'd be no match for the Cai Family. Why don't we just wait for the money from the gold and then run for it?"

Chen Dong found her reaction amusing. Sipping his wine, he decided to add fuel to the fire. "I think it's real. Otherwise, how could a mere team leader afford to hire male models? Besides, where would you run? They have your personal information at your job, right? If you really pissed off the Cai Family, where could you possibly go?"

Li Zhixuan asked curiously, "What's a 'male model'? Was she implying that she thought we were male models?"

"It means a male prostitute."

Li Zhixuan's brow furrowed. "A vile woman like that should be killed!"

Chen Dong sent him a telepathic message, 'This world is different. You can't just go around killing people!'

Li Zhixuan snorted coldly and went back to eating.

Meng Xuejing grew even more frantic. "Then what are we going to do? What are we going to do?" She had just been feeling like she'd hit the jackpot, but offending the Cai Family meant she had actually stumbled into a huge disaster!