278: Chapter 278 This Canary is a Bit Spicy

Myriad Treasures Tower, top floor loft.

As the most secretive and highest-security core hub of the entire Tianyin City branch, not even a fly could enter here on a normal day.

But at this moment, that heavy door, crafted from ten-thousand-year-old agarwood and carved with complex defensive formations, was unceremoniously kicked open from the outside.

Bang!

The door slammed against the wall, letting out a dull, thunderous boom.

Xu Chen stepped into this extremely luxurious inner cabinet from the dim corridor with a composed pace.

Behind him, the Saint Stage enshrinements of the Myriad Treasures Tower, who were originally hidden in the shadows to guard the loft, were now standing on both sides of the corridor like wooden stakes, with their heads bowed, not even daring to breathe loudly.

What a joke; the man was holding the highest authority token. He was now their rightful superior. Who would dare to stop him?

Xu Chen walked into the loft and gave a casual wave. The heavy door behind him slammed shut, completely sealing off the outside world's sight and perception.

The space inside the cabinet was vast, and the air was filled with a faint, delicate fragrance—a mix of some precious Spirit Medicine and the body fragrance of a mature woman.

This scent wasn't sickly sweet; instead, it carried a fatal temptation that made one want to take a deep breath.

Xu Chen's gaze swept past the large Golden Silk Nanmu desk and landed on the white tiger skin couch deep within the inner cabinet.

Shang Qingdai was sitting there quietly.

She was still wearing that black slit dress that perfectly outlined her devilish curves. Her long, snow-white legs were partially visible beneath the hem. Her stunning waist-to-hip ratio made even Xu Chen, who was used to seeing beauties, inwardly praise her.

However, this business empress, who had just been strategizing and playing everyone in the palm of her hand at the auction, appeared somewhat tense now.

She held a transparent crystal goblet in her hand. Although she tried her best to maintain her superior poise, the slightly swaying crimson spiritual wine in the glass betrayed her inner lack of calm.

The moment Xu Chen's gaze fell upon her.

A long-awaited pale blue semi-transparent light screen popped up in the bottom right corner of Xu Chen's vision without warning.

[Ding! Target meeting the criteria detected.]

[Name: Shang Qingdai]

[Identity: Central State Myriad Treasures Tower General Association inspector / Financial Tycoon]

[Height: 172cm]

[Measurements: 97-60-98]

[Special Physique: Heaven-Reaching God of Wealth Physique (Possesses extremely strong perception and gathering ability for heaven and earth Luck and wealth; Dual Cultivation with her can significantly increase Luck and obtain a massive feedback of resources in a short time.)]

[Comprehensive Rating: 95 points (Top-tier mature beauty; it is recommended that the host immediately adopt a "Forced Acquisition" strategy.)]

Looking at the familiar cold text in his vision, the smile at the corner of Xu Chen's mouth grew more intense.

Heaven-Reaching God of Wealth Physique.

This was truly a rare, top-tier cauldron—no, a top-tier virtuous assistant.

Although his Xu Family had deep foundations and was wealthy enough to rival nations, it was a large family with many mouths in the harem waiting to be fed and cared for during pregnancy. If he could recruit this canary that laid golden eggs into his harem, then the money for prenatal tonics would be secured.

"Young Master Xu, visiting my private chambers late at night seems a bit against the rules, doesn't it?"

Seeing Xu Chen's unscrupulous gaze, as if he were sizing up a rare treasure, Shang Qingdai felt a sudden sense of panic in her heart.

She suppressed the instinctive throb caused by the massive top-tier Dragon Vein aura on his body and tried to stabilize her footing using the business negotiations she was best at.

"Although Young Master Xu just used a staggering amount of wealth to buy this Tianyin City branch and even obtained the highest authority token, this loft is my private territory. According to the rules of the Myriad Treasures Tower, the transaction of the branch does not include the inspector's private space."

Shang Qingdai placed the goblet on a nearby jade table and reached out to push up the Gold-Rimmed Colored Glass Spectacles on the bridge of her nose.

Behind the lenses, her narrow, beautiful eyes flickered with the light of shrewdness and calculation.

She knew very well that although Xu Chen had bought the branch, she, Shang Qingdai, was an imperial envoy sent by the headquarters. As long as she didn't relent, Xu Chen wouldn't be able to easily swallow this piece of fat.

She was trying to use this method to pull back some initiative at the negotiation table.

Hearing these words, Xu Chen didn't stop his pace; instead, he let out a low laugh.

The laughter was exceptionally clear in the quiet loft, carrying a condescending mockery.

"Rules?"

Xu Chen walked to the large Golden Silk Nanmu desk and casually flipped open an account book bound with gold thread.

He didn't even look at the astronomical figures in the book, only saying nonchalantly, "Steward Shang, have you mistaken something? This Young Master spent so much top-tier Divine Source and Dragon Veins not to discuss some branch handover with you."

"Your so-called business is, in my eyes, not even worth a speck of dust on this ledger."

Xu Chen closed the ledger and looked up, his abyss-like black eyes locking onto Shang Qingdai on the soft couch.

"The reason I paid that price..."

"Is because I have my eye on you."

These words were incredibly blunt, even carrying a crude sense of possessiveness.

Shang Qingdai's heart skipped a beat.

A flash of indignation crossed her cold and elegant face, but more than that, it was a sense of panic that even she couldn't understand.

"Young Master Xu, please show some respect!"

Shang Qingdai stood up abruptly, her Early Stage Saint cultivation faintly circulating within her body. Her hot, delicate frame trembled slightly with anger.

"I am an inspector personally appointed by the Council of Elders of the Myriad Treasures Tower General Association, not one of those playthings you can buy with Spirit Stones! If you think you can do whatever you want to me just because you have some money, then you are dead wrong!"

Shang Qingdai spoke righteously, her aura fully unleashed, trying to use her identity as a cold and elegant mature beauty to force Xu Chen back.

But she forgot.

The person she was facing now was not one of those Saint sons of noble families who would be intimidated by her aura, but an Young Master of the Imperial Clan who acted completely outside of common sense and was domineering to the core.

Moreover, Xu Chen had just seen those five bright words on the System panel: [Heaven-Reaching God of Wealth Physique].

For a God of Wealth Physique, in the face of absolute, crushing wealth, any resistance or pride was just a fragile disguise.

"Respect?"

Xu Chen sneered.

His figure instantly vanished from the spot.

Before Shang Qingdai could react.

A powerful arm, like an iron pincer, firmly wrapped around her slender waist that could be held in one hand.

"Ah!"

Shang Qingdai let out a short cry of surprise.

She felt the world spin, and her entire person was directly pulled up from the couch by an irresistible force.

The next second.

Her back slammed heavily against a solid, burning chest.

Xu Chen's breath, carrying a strong masculine scent, sprayed directly into her ear.

"You want to talk to me about respect?"

Xu Chen's other hand domineeringly pinched Shang Qingdai's exquisite chin, forcing her to turn her head and meet his aggressive black eyes.

"When you were on the high platform of the auction house, using that gaze that thought it had seen through everything to treat This Young Master as a fat sheep to be slaughtered, why didn't you think about respect?"

Xu Chen's tone carried a hint of playfulness.

His fingers gently rubbed Shang Qingdai's smooth, delicate chin, feeling the amazing elasticity coming from his fingertips.

"Since you like to use the merchant's way to solve problems, then let's settle the accounts."

Xu Chen lowered his head slightly, his nose almost touching Shang Qingdai's cheek, which was slightly flushed due to tension.

"The top-tier Dragon Veins and Divine Source mountains This Young Master just threw out are enough to buy you, Shang Qingdai, ten thousand times over."

"So, from now on."

"You, Shang Qingdai, along with every inch of your skin, even these gold-rimmed glasses..."

Xu Chen extended two fingers and ambiguously tapped the frame of those Gold-Rimmed Colored Glass Spectacles.

"Are all This Young Master's private property."

"Do you understand? My... canary."

Shang Qingdai was dazed by Xu Chen's oppressive words.

She tried to struggle.

But Xu Chen's Early Stage Saint cultivation, combined with the terrifying physical strength of the Hongmeng Creation Origin Body, was like an insurmountable mountain, firmly pinning her in his arms, leaving her unable to move even a finger.

Worse yet.

The extremely dense Imperial Clan Luck on Xu Chen's body was crazily eroding her sanity.

The Heaven-Reaching God of Wealth Physique Origin within her body, as if encountering a fatal poison, showed no intention of resisting; instead, it let out bursts of joyful tremors, longing to be devoured.

This feeling of dual betrayal of body and Soul made Shang Qingdai feel an unprecedented sense of shame.

"You... you're shameless..."

Shang Qingdai bit her red lips, and her beautiful eyes hidden behind the lenses even became covered with a faint mist due to extreme shame and indignation.

Her originally high-and-mighty, invincible empress aura had been shattered into pieces in Xu Chen's arms.

What remained was only a forced composure that felt pitiable—a stark contrast.

This kind of contrast was the most fatal aphrodisiac for any man.

Looking at this cold and elegant face so close at hand, made even more alluring by her shame, the fire in the depths of Xu Chen's eyes was instantly ignited.

He exerted force with his arm and directly hoisted this business empress onto his shoulder.

"What are you doing! Let me go! Xu Chen, you madman!"

Shang Qingdai screamed in terror, her long, snow-white legs kicking powerlessly in the air. That black slit dress slid down even further due to her violent movements, revealing glimpses of spring.

Xu Chen didn't speak.

He strode directly to the large Golden Silk Nanmu desk.

Crash!

With a casual sweep of his hand, the mountain of ledgers, abacuses, and expensive Jade Slips on the desk were all brutally swept to the floor, making a chaotic noise.

Immediately following.

Without any tenderness for the beauty, he heavily threw the still-struggling Shang Qingdai onto the large desk.

Thud.

Shang Qingdai's back contacted the cold, hard tabletop, and the Gold-Rimmed Colored Glass Spectacles that had been perched on her nose tilted slightly due to the violent impact.

She just wanted to prop herself up to resist.

But Xu Chen's tall and straight figure had already loomed over her like a dark cloud over a city, completely trapping her between the desk and his chest.

"As my property, now..."

Xu Chen propped his hands on both sides of Shang Qingdai's body, looking down at her with a wicked arc at the corner of his mouth.

"It's time to fulfill your obligations."