Chapter 209 Asking for a Phone Number
The next day was the weekend. At more than eight in the morning, Chen Xuan came downstairs and saw Murong Meng and Su Yunxi chatting animatedly.
"Yunxi."
Chen Xuan glanced at Su Yunxi, then turned his gaze to Murong Meng, frowning, "You're quite early."
Unexpectedly, Murong Meng suddenly stood up, rushed over, eagerly grabbed Chen Xuan's arm, and pulled him to sit on the sofa. She also sat down next to him.
"What are you doing? Yunxi is watching!"
Chen Xuan was extremely embarrassed and struggled to pull his arm out of Murong Meng's embrace.
Murong Meng turned her head and saw Su Yunxi sitting nearby. Seeing that her posture with Chen Xuan was a bit improper, her face immediately turned red.
But the moment she thought of the figure she had been longing for day and night, all her shyness was washed away. She smiled charmingly at Su Yunxi and said, "Yunxi, I'll borrow your fiancé for two minutes. You won't mind, will you?"
Chen Xuan looked at Su Yunxi for help.
Su Yunxi ignored Chen Xuan's gaze and gave a wry smile, "Whatever."
"What are you looking at? Yunxi won't help you. Quickly, be honest with me!" Murong Meng put her hands on her hips, her beautiful eyes fixed on Chen Xuan, her face full of anticipation.
"Honest about what?" Chen Xuan rolled his eyes.
"Of course, it's about your senior brother's phone number!" Murong Meng said.
"Ah?"
Chen Xuan was stunned. He stared at Murong Meng for a few seconds and asked suspiciously, "What do you want my senior brother's phone number for?"
A blush flashed across Murong Meng's face. She coughed twice and said, "It's none of your business, just hand it over. If you behave well, I might kiss you."
"Stop!" Chen Xuan quickly waved his hand.
"Tsk!"
"It's not that I can't tell you, but my senior brother is very aloof," Chen Xuan said after a moment of thought, a flash of inspiration striking him.
Murong Meng urged him impatiently, "Hurry, hurry."
Chen Xuan looked helpless and wrote down the number of a card he had previously obtained on a piece of paper, handing it to Murong Meng.
Heh, let Murong Meng pester his fabricated senior brother in the future!
Murong Meng looked at the phone number on the paper, her beautiful face filled with joy!
"Chen Xuan, since you've behaved so well, I'll give that kiss to your fiancée for now. After all, we're family."
Murong Meng reached out and hugged Su Yunxi, even boldly kissing her on the cheek, making Su Yunxi blush with embarrassment, especially with Chen Xuan present.
Chen Xuan: "..."
Then, Murong Meng, holding the paper with the phone number, left the villa excitedly.
"Chen Xuan, when did you get a senior brother?" Su Yunxi asked Chen Xuan, frowning.
Chen Xuan was startled and managed to explain, "It's that immortal doctor!"
"No wonder you could get the contract from the immortal doctor so easily. It turns out there's this connection." Su Yunxi looked enlightened, as if a mystery had been solved.
Just then, Chen Xuan received a call from Hei Hu.
"Hei Hu, what's up?"
"Mr. Chen, regarding the treasure you asked me to find from uncut stones, I have news." Hei Hu said urgently.
"Oh? Where?" Chen Xuan quickly inquired.
"The news came from a merchant from out of town. A pill cut from an uncut stone has appeared in the black market of Yangcheng. It's said that eating this pill can bring the dead back to life and ward off all illnesses," Hei Hu explained slowly.
Chen Xuan thought for a moment and agreed, "There's no time to lose, let's head to Yangcheng now."
Hei Hu immediately said, "Okay, Mr. Chen, I'll drive to pick you up now."
As soon as Chen Xuan hung up the phone, Su Yunxi frowned and asked, "Are you going out?"
"There's something in Yangcheng that needs to be handled," Chen Xuan replied truthfully.
"Be careful," Su Yunxi cautioned.
"I'll be back as soon as possible."
Chen Xuan nodded. As he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something. He took a protective jade talisman he had made last night and put it into Su Yunxi's hand.
This protective jade talisman was different from ordinary ones; it was inscribed with a spiritual formation that could protect Su Yunxi in times of danger.
He had predicted that the Su family would leave someone to protect Su Yunxi secretly, but he was still uneasy. Now that Su Qian had left Jiangzhou, those opportunistic demons and monsters would likely flock to them.
Su Yunxi opened her hand and looked at the exquisite jade talisman in her hand, frowning, "A protective talisman?"
Chen Xuan nodded affirmatively.
Su Yunxi took out the fake protective talisman she had obtained from Hanshan Temple from her clothes and showed it to Chen Xuan, saying, "I already have a protective talisman. When I went to Hanshan Temple to get a peace charm for you last time, I also got one for myself."
Chen Xuan's mouth twitched. He felt an urge to smash Hanshan Temple. He could only say, "Double protection."
Su Yunxi hesitated slightly, then nodded. In front of Chen Xuan, she put on the protective jade talisman Chen Xuan gave her around her neck.
Seeing this, Chen Xuan left the Su family villa with peace of mind.
A moment later, a large Mercedes-Benz van slowly stopped beside Chen Xuan, and Hei Hu jumped out of the car.
He swaggered over to Chen Xuan and greeted him, "Mr. Chen!"
"There's no time to lose, let's go," Chen Xuan said without further ado.
Hei Hu nodded and personally opened the car door for Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan got into the car and discovered that a short, dark-skinned, thin, but extremely cunning middle-aged man was also sitting inside.
If Chen Xuan guessed correctly, this was the merchant from Yangcheng that Hei Hu had mentioned.
"Mr. Chen, this is Wang Zhong, from Yangcheng. He's been doing business in Jiangzhou for the past few days. I met him occasionally at a banquet, and the treasure was revealed by him," Hei Hu introduced.
"This is Mr. Chen Xuan." Then, Hei Hu pointed to Chen Xuan.
Wang Zhong frowned, finding Chen Xuan's name somewhat familiar, but couldn't recall who he was for a moment.
He had only been in Jiangzhou for a few days and didn't know Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan inquired, "Mr. Wang, what's the situation with the pill cut from the uncut stone? What's the seller's asking price?"
"The seller claims the pill is an immortal elixir from the era of cultivation, capable of bringing the dead back to life. The asking price is one billion!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.
Although Hei Hu knew the details, he couldn't help but click his tongue at the price. That was one billion, the market value of a listed company!
Thinking about how he had painstakingly earned his hundreds of millions before meeting Chen Xuan, and now someone was selling a pill for a billion, he felt uncomfortable and pouted, "They must be crazy about money. It's not even certain if this pill works."
"Brother Hu, you can't say that. This pill emits auspicious light and looks extraordinary. The price of one billion is indeed not low, but compared to a human life, it's nothing."
Wang Zhong praised the pill extravagantly.
Chen Xuan said calmly, "If it's real, then one billion is not expensive."
Hearing this, Wang Zhong grinned, "This Mr. Chen has good taste."
"I think it's better to be cautious," Hei Hu reminded him.
Wang Zhong chuckled, "Mr. Chen, don't listen to him. Yangcheng is a place of outstanding people and fertile soil, known as the capital of medicine. The medicinal materials in the entire Jiangnan Province combined are not as much as Yangcheng. Legend has it that during the Qin Dynasty, Yangcheng produced a 'Medicine King' who specialized in refining elixirs for the First Emperor of Qin. He was not only skilled in alchemy but also in medicine. He was eventually buried in Yangcheng, and it is said that many precious elixirs were buried with him, with the most potent elixir capable of granting immortality."