Chapter 835 - 836-837 Eating Hotpot (4)
Nangong Yi’s attitude towards Helana pleased Cai Wei immensely. Helana had traveled thousands of miles to find Nangong Yi, and her covetous heart was plain for all to see. If he showed her any pity or care, she might delude herself into thinking he was interested in her, and then cling to hope and entangle herself further.
Thus, dealing with her with a nearly cruel attitude while secretly ensuring her safety was indeed the most appropriate course of action.
She curved her lips into a smile, picked up a cooked melo snail with her chopsticks, and placed it on his plate, gently saying, "This tastes good dipped in the sauce too!"
It was a rare moment of tenderness from her, and Nangong Yi was eager to play along. As he picked the meat out of the shell, a ’thud’ sound was heard, and a round orange pearl fell out of the meat and onto the table.
"Oh, what is this?"
Cai Wei picked up the smooth pearl with excitement and examined it closely. It was the size of a pigeon’s egg, with a lustrous ceramic-like appearance and flame structure, and was orange in color, very beautiful indeed.
Nangong Yi took the pearl and glanced at it, saying, "This is a ’Dragon Pearl,’ also known as a ’Fire Flame Pearl.’ It’s quite rare. Imperial Mother has one too; I bought it for her for a thousand taels of silver when I was younger. However, hers is neither as large nor as fine as this one. Keep it safe!"
Cai Wei was astonished: "What? Just one pearl is worth over a thousand taels of silver?"
Oh, dear!
She had plenty of melo snails ’In Space,’ and if each one could produce a pearl like this, wouldn’t she be raking in a fortune? And if other types of shellfish could also produce pearls,