131: Dear sister, I'm coming!

“Lin Du, did someone just come?” Ning Fengya’s cool voice held a hint of a question.

Lin Du’s little heart pounded fiercely.

Why did this madam return so early?

He hadn't even had time to concoct his lines!

According to how the Ning Family’s high-ranking members usually held meetings, it would take at least three hours for the meeting to end.

This kind of premature ending had never happened before!

“Wife, is the meeting over?” Lin Du deliberately changed the subject, frantically analyzing how to deal with Ning Fengya in his mind.

Lin Du’s actions couldn’t escape Ning Fengya’s notice.

Ning Fengya’s gaze gradually turned cold, “Answer me, did someone just come?”

Lin Du nodded honestly.

“Indeed, someone came.”

“A woman with a ponytail.”

“Do you know her?” Ning Fengya asked with a piercing gaze.

Lin Du quickly shook his head.

“Wife, how could I possibly know other women!”

Ning Fengya’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, “Since you don’t know her, then why did she come?”

Upon hearing this, a hint of “barely perceptible” sadness appeared between Lin Du’s brows.

“That woman said she walked into the wrong room.”

Ning Fengya keenly caught the change in Lin Du’s expression.

She looked down at Lin Du from above, her arms crossed over her chest, her oppressive aura fully unleashed.

“Tell me the truth!”

“What exactly was she here for?!”

Facing Ning Fengya’s renewed questioning, Lin Du’s face showed the humiliation, bitterness, sorrow, and desolation of a Live-in Son-in-law… Lin Du said with a troubled expression, “That woman said… she wanted to see what the Ning Family’s Live-in Son-in-law looked like!”

“Whether he was truly as useless as the rumors outside claimed…”

In a moment of desperation, Lin Du directly played the pity card.

He tried to use his humiliation and unwillingness to gain Ning Fengya’s sympathy, and incidentally, divert her attention.

After all, he had just saved Ning Fengya’s life; in such a situation, even if Ning Fengya was an ice block, she should have a tiny bit of sympathy, right?

Indeed!

This move had some effect.

After listening, Ning Fengya fell silent.

A moment later.

“Go back to your room and rest. For now, leave all household matters to the servants.”

“Once you’ve recovered from your injuries, we’ll have children!”

…Lin Du returned to his small den.

Although the conditions in the small bedroom weren’t great, it was much more comfortable to live in than Ning Fengya’s bedroom.

Lin Du lay on the bed, still shaken.

What happened today was simply too thrilling.

He had originally been annoyed that Yuan Shu had discovered his secret, but now that he thought about it, he should probably thank Yuan Shu profusely.

If it hadn't been Yuan Shu who entered the room first, but Ning Fengya, it truly would have been the end of the world.

The lifespan value he had scammed in the game, the sins he had committed, would surely be repaid a hundredfold by Ning Fengya then.

Lin Du’s eagerness to repay his debts grew stronger.

He couldn’t stay in the Ning Family’s wolf’s den for another moment… Time quickly passed to ten o’clock at night.

After confirming it was safe, Lin Du entered the game.

The back room of the Ye Clan Merchant Guild.

The statue of the goddess of fortune stood quietly in the room. Although the statue was inanimate, its eyes held an astonishingly lively aura.

Lin Du met the eyes of the statue of the goddess of fortune.

This feeling was no different from looking into a real person’s eyes; in fact, Lin Du could vaguely sense the joy in the statue’s gaze.

“Sister Goddess of Luck.”

“Your little brother is very short on money recently, so you decide what to do, old lady!”

Lin Du took out the deep orange treasure chest he hadn’t opened before.

This was the last unopened advanced treasure chest in the Supreme Secret Realm, and Lin Du was filled with anticipation… “Good Elder Sister, I’m coming!”

“Open!!”

Whoosh—

Successfully opened the treasure chest!

Obtained: God’s Blood Oath Flag

God’s Blood Oath Flag (SS-rank): 1. When planted on a city wall, it can collect and store blood generated during war.

2. The flag can bind two players. When these two players are injured, the system will automatically use the blood in the flag to offset the health deducted from the players.

3. The flag can only be used in cities built by players.

Lin Du gasped, looking at the small flag in his hand.

A level 40 treasure chest actually yielded this abnormal item??

This God’s Blood Oath Flag, in the hands of the right person, would definitely be more valuable than ordinary SSS-rank items!

During the Year of Death One, city battles would become the main theme.

If this small flag were planted on the city wall of a guild’s territory and bound to two players with powerful combat strength, those two players would possess almost endless health.

They would definitely become super meat grinders on the battlefield… Lin Du hadn’t joined a guild and didn’t have his own territory city, so he planned to sell the God’s Blood Oath Flag.

Given the effects of the God’s Blood Oath Flag, if it entered the market, it would surely become a super hot commodity among the major guilds.

Lin Du was one step closer to 320,000 years of lifespan value… “Thank you, Good Elder Sister!”

“I’m going out for a bit, you rest first.”

“I’ll have to trouble you again later!”

…Lin Du opened the door and rushed to the front hall of the merchant guild.

“Little Silver, go to the shop across the street and buy some Shadowstone, White Turquoise, Rainbow Cloud Alloy, and Silver Dragon Blood.”

“Oh, and buy some fruit too, pick the expensive ones!”

Silver King left.

Inside the merchant guild, Miss Bu Dong triumphantly approached Lin Du.

“Stinky Boss, I have money now!”

“I want to buy my freedom!”

Lin Du smiled and turned his head, “Have you opened all those treasure chests I gave you? It seems your harvest isn’t small.”

Miss Bu Dong proudly lifted her head.

“Naturally!”

“From now on, this young lady will be a free person.”

Looking at Miss Bu Dong’s triumphant appearance, Lin Du unconsciously curved his lips.

“Are you so sure you can leave?”

Miss Bu Dong snorted lightly, “Hmph, or what?”

Lin Du smiled, a very happy smile.

He flipped his wrist, and the contract they had once signed appeared in his hand.

“I originally wanted to get along peacefully with you.”

“Since you’ve always wanted to run, I can only make things a bit more intense for you.”

“See for yourself!”

Miss Bu Dong took the contract with a puzzled expression and read it carefully.

After reading it from beginning to end, Miss Bu Dong didn’t find anything unusual.

She pouted, glaring angrily at Lin Du.

“Stinky Boss, don’t try to scare me, this young lady wasn’t raised to be scared!”

“This contract has no problems at all!”

“Oh? Is that so?” A strange glint flashed in Lin Du’s eyes, “Read out the last sentence!”

“Hmph! I’ll read it then!!”

Miss Bu Dong looked at the last line of the contract again.

“If there are any disputes between the parties, all rights of interpretation belong to Ye Tian…”

Mid-sentence, Miss Bu Dong was dumbfounded.

She had focused all her attention on the content of the contract earlier and hadn’t carefully considered this last sentence.

All rights of interpretation belong to Night Ember… Wuwuwu~

She fell into a trap!

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