224: Where did the doll come from?

Li Qinghe sat on a 30-story balcony, gazing at the city skyline, while two mermaids frolicked in the pool before him.

Beside him, a captivating beauty lay on a lounge chair.

Li Qinghe took a leisurely sip of iced mango juice. When you have money, you don't always need the best of everything, but you should enjoy what you can, experience more flavors of life, and see more diverse scenery.

He had already figured out his approach to the impending Vu Linh Huong.

No matter how powerful the Wu Family was in Vietnam, Vu Linh Huong was first and foremost his woman, and only then did her other identities matter.

He could utilize Vu Linh Huong's resources and didn't need to worry about what the Wu Family thought.

From now on, he would live life according to his own desires, doing whatever made him happy.

All of this was the confidence that the yet-to-be-materialized 141 Expeditionary Force gave Li Qinghe, along with the mysterious and unfathomable skill of 'Drawing a Circle to Curse You'.

As for the Yan Huang Nine Needles, a skill that was both medical and martial, Li Qinghe had only used it so far to examine the bodies of women and to create a group of people with hemiplegia and lower-body paralysis.

Moreover, that group of paralyzed scooter gang members even made the news in Saigon, earning widespread applause from countless Saigon citizens.

Thinking of this, Li Qinghe turned and waved to Li Mingxing, who was lying on a beach chair.

“Brother Qinghe~” Li Mingxing immediately bounced from the adjacent beach chair into Li Qinghe’s arms.

“Axing, let me show you something fun.” Li Qinghe put one arm around Li Mingxing’s slender waist and waved a palm in front of her.

“Brother Qinghe, are you going to brand me with your palm?” Li Mingxing looked at Li Qinghe's large palm, then glanced down at herself. So Brother Qinghe liked this kind of thing, oh, how exciting.

Li Qinghe looked at this girl, who had just changed her status, nestled in his arms, utterly calm.

If it weren't for another bath towel being put away in the room, if it weren't for the clearly visible white bar shown by the detection glasses earlier.

Li Qinghe would have suspected she was an experienced young woman.

In this regard, Li Mingxing was probably the one among the three who best combined theory and practice.

Li Qinghe saw that she was very envious of Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue swimming in the pool, as she could only watch from the poolside due to her injury.

So he decided to play with her for a while, so she wouldn't feel so bored.

“Axing, examine carefully. Is there anything in my hand?”

Li Qinghe waved his palm again.

“No, there’s nothing at all.”

Li Mingxing turned Li Qinghe's hand over and over, examining it several times, even grabbing a finger and sucking on it.

“Then watch closely.”

Li Qinghe suddenly clenched his hand into a fist in front of Li Mingxing, and when he opened it, a small Labubu doll appeared in his hand.

“Wow! Brother Qinghe, how did you do that? It’s amazing.”

Li Mingxing’s eyes widened in surprise; the doll in Li Qinghe’s hand had appeared out of thin air.

She made sure she hadn't blinked her eyes the entire time, yet she still couldn't figure out how the doll had appeared.

“Then watch closely.”

Li Qinghe held the doll, waved it in front of Li Mingxing again, clenched his fist, and then opened it.

The doll in his hand instantly vanished.

Li Mingxing curiously searched all over Li Qinghe, but Li Qinghe, wearing only swimming trunks, had no place on his entire body where anything could be hidden.

Even his 'local karst topography' was pulled open and checked, but nothing was found.

“Brother Qinghe, how did you do that? This is too amazing! A-Qi, A-Yue, come over quickly.”

Li Mingxing loudly called out to the two people happily playing in the pool.

Hearing Li Mingxing’s call, Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue both climbed out of the pool, their form-fitting bikinis outlining their beautiful figures.

It was as delightful as mermaids emerging from the water.

“Axing, why are you shouting so loudly?”

The wet Li Mingyue and Zhang Meiqi draped a bath towel over themselves.

“Come quickly, Brother Qinghe is amazing at magic.”

Li Mingxing sat astride Li Qinghe’s thighs, facing him, and turned to wave at them.

When Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue walked closer.

Li Mingxing shook Li Qinghe’s shoulders, “Brother Qinghe, quickly show them.”

Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue both looked curiously at Li Qinghe’s empty hands: “Brother Qinghe, do you really know magic?”

“You’ll know if I do or not when you see it.”

Li Qinghe opened his palms and showed them front and back to Zhang Meiqi and the others.

“Watch closely, I don’t usually show this to just anyone.”

Actually, after Li Qinghe acquired the storage space, he had only shown it a few times during video calls, and then never used it again, so a large pile of Labubu dolls had accumulated in the space without being given away.

Today, taking advantage of everyone's good mood, he decided to use it for their entertainment.

Then his palm quickly flickered.

Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue were surprised to find that two Labubu dolls suddenly appeared in his hand.

Just like Li Mingxing earlier, Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue’s eyes widened as they pounced on Li Qinghe.

“Brother Qinghe, how did you do this? Where are these things hidden?”

Their eyes looked towards the only place something could be hidden.

“No need to look, I already thoroughly checked earlier, nothing can be hidden, and just now Brother Qinghe only took out one, now it’s become two, where are these things hidden?”

Li Mingxing had a look of deep contemplation.

“If we take the items, can Brother Qinghe still make them appear?”

Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue, having grown up together, indeed shared a certain level of unspoken understanding.

With a glance, they took the Labubu dolls from Li Qinghe’s hands.

In truth, they both adored these adorably ugly little dolls, and this was the perfect opportunity for each of them to get one.

Seeing Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue take the Labubu dolls, Li Mingxing shook Li Qinghe’s shoulders: “Brother Qinghe, I want one too, make another one appear.”

Li Qinghe glanced at Zhang Meiqi and Li Mingyue, who were smugly holding their dolls nearby.

“You think I only have two, don’t you?”

“Brother Qinghe, you’re right. If you’re so capable, make a few more appear.”

Zhang Meiqi stood with her hands on her hips, looking provocatively at Li Qinghe, the smile on her lips showing how much she enjoyed these relaxed moments.

“Brother Qinghe, I want one too, I want one too, I want a Labubu!”

Li Mingxing sat on Li Qinghe’s lap, hugging his neck and pouting playfully.

These adorably ugly little dolls from China were very popular in Southeast Asia; even the Princess of Thailand had one hanging on her bag.

With the royal family as an example, young girls in various Southeast Asian countries flocked to these dolls.

If Li Qinghe hadn't bought a batch on a domestic second-hand platform when he came to Saigon, it would have been very difficult to get these items abroad.

“Yes, there are plenty.” Li Qinghe smiled.

His hand slid from Li Mingxing’s smooth back all the way to her collarbone, causing Li Mingxing to squirm a few times: “Brother Qinghe, what are you doing?”

“Look what this is?”

Li Qinghe pulled a doll from under Li Mingxing’s chin.

“Wow, Brother Qinghe, you’re amazing!”

Li Mingyue and Zhang Meiqi, who were nearby, pounced over again, wanting to figure out where these dolls were coming from.