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Chen Xiao couldn't figure out who was trying to kill Mu Qingshuang. How could Mu Qingshuang possibly offend such a person? A thick cloud of doubts immediately gripped Chen Xiao's heart.
However, only tasks could be transferred on the website. The confidentiality of employers and subordinates was strictly protected. Otherwise, the website would never have grown to its current size. From the beginning, no one's information was ever revealed.
Therefore, even if someone took on the mission and ultimately failed and was captured, that person would not be able to know the identity of their employer. This was also Chen Xiao's biggest headache, because he knew that even if someone took on the mission and he captured them, the other party would not be able to know who the employer was.
Shaking his head, Chen Xiao's face looked a little ugly. He didn't know who was the mastermind behind the scenes. Even if he solved the problem of his next buyer, it would only be a temporary solution at best.
Chen Xiao closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then let out a long breath. Now that he was by Mu Qingshuang's side, even living together every day, if there was any disturbance, it would surely be visible to Chen Xiao. If someone were truly so blind as to harm Mu Qingshuang, then Chen Xiao wouldn't mind letting them experience the feeling of never returning, dying in a foreign land.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and his eyes flashed with fierce murderous intent. The whole person was like a ferocious beast from hell. Just one look at him made people feel fear in their hearts.
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The next morning, Mu Qingshuang was hoping Chen Xiao would prepare a hearty breakfast like he did the night before. But once she got downstairs, her mood soured.
There were not only a few cigarette butts on the table, but also several empty beer cans scattered randomly on the table.
Seeing this, Mu Qingshuang's face instantly turned cold.
"Chen Xiao, get up!" Mu Qingshuang said gritting her teeth, knocking on the door of Chen Xiao's room with one hand.
"...What's wrong, wife?" Chen Xiao's yawning voice was heard from the room.
She was furious, but when the words came to her lips, Mu Qingshuang couldn't speak. She couldn't just say, "Why don't you cook for me?"
"What time is it? Why aren't you getting up yet? You don't have to go to work today?!" After thinking about it, Mu Qingshuang simply changed the pretext and spoke to Chen Xiao.
"It's still early, make your husband a bowl of instant noodles first." Chen Xiao's lazy voice came from his room again.
"Puff..." Mu Qingshuang nearly choked on her own saliva after hearing Chen Xiao's words. After eating Chen Xiao's meal, Mu Qingshuang couldn't bear to look at her own hands. She had originally thought about having a breakfast made by Chen Xiao, but now it seemed that Mu Qingshuang had undoubtedly thought too much. At this thought, Mu Qingshuang's pretty face was filled with anger.
"Just kill yourself for being so lazy!" Mu Qingshuang pouted and walked towards the restaurant.
I can only eat instant noodles this morning. Mu Qingshuang thought helplessly in her heart.
What Mu Qingshuang didn't know was that such a scene was happening in Chen Xiao's room.
Chen Xiao's face was pale, his lips chapped, and he was gasping for air. He stared intently at the door, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he realized Mu Qingshuang had left. He lay down on the bed, sweat pouring down his forehead like a waterfall.
"Huff...Huff..." Chen Xiao gasped through his mouth and nose, his entire body looking as if he had just been soaking in a pool of water. In his hand, Chen Xiao was holding a round bead.
"I'm finally back to the Grandmaster realm. I didn't expect the dragon core's repair ability to be so terrifying. In just over a month, my fallen realm has been restored. If I were to do it myself, it would probably take at least a few years..." Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and murmured in a low voice.
After hearing Mu Qingshuang knocking on the door, Chen Xiao, in a panic, could only pretend to be still asleep to deal with Mu Qingshuang. After Mu Qingshuang left, Chen Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as Chen Xiao was about to pack up and leave, the scroll that Mu Zhongjie had given him suddenly emitted a golden glow. Chen Xiao's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the scroll. He saw that the scroll, which was originally empty, now had several lines of text.
The Wise King's Hand Scroll!
Four large, gleaming golden characters appeared directly above the scroll. Chen Xiao gathered his composure and slowly glanced down. Beneath the words "Wise King Handscroll" appeared several lines of text: Above the Grandmaster realm, cultivate the four stages of sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy with your loved one to cultivate the Chaos Yin-Yang Art. Cultivating the Chaos Yin-Yang Art to its pinnacle will lead to the achievement of the Wise King. The Wise King possesses the powers of all four divine artifacts, representing the highest level of cultivation above the Grandmaster realm.
Below this line of words, four colors appeared in the center of the scroll: purple, pink, black, and red. Above the four colors appeared the words "sour", "sweet", "bitter", and "spicy", respectively, and below the colors was a circular vortex.
Wise King? Although Chen Xiao was very surprised that he had unlocked the wordless scroll, he was still confused.
It says here that the Wise King has reached the highest level of cultivation, above the Grandmaster level? Doesn't that mean he's even stronger than I am now? But what are these four divine artifacts?
Just as Chen Xiao was puzzled, the dragon core that had just been put away suddenly lit up. Chen Xiao took it out and saw that after it glowed for a while, it dimmed again.
Could this dragon core be one of the Four Sacred Artifacts? Could the Black Tortoise Mirror that the master had asked me to find also be one of the Four Sacred Artifacts? Where did these four artifacts come from? What were the other two artifacts?
At this time, Chen Xiao was confused. After lying on the bed to calm down for a while, Chen Xiao shook his head. Since he couldn't think of it, he decided to stop thinking about it and let nature take its course.
Chen Xiao put away the scroll and dragon core, then changed into clean clothes and slowly walked out of the room.
Chen Xiao came to the living room and looked up, only to see Mu Qingshuang leisurely eating instant noodles. Not only that, there was an extra bucket of instant noodles opposite Mu Qingshuang, which seemed to be specially prepared for Chen Xiao.
Mu Qingshuang saw Chen Xiao coming out. She glared at him fiercely, then quickly lowered her head, as if to hide her slightly red cheeks that Chen Xiao had caught.
"Hehe, I didn't expect that my wife actually made a cup for me." Chen Xiao sat opposite Mu Qingshuang and said to her with a smirk on his face.
"Don't be so self-indulgent. I just cooked too much. If you don't want to eat it, just throw it away..." Mu Qingshuang said calmly.
"Hey, since you cooked it specially for me, I must finish it. How can I throw it away?" Chen Xiao took something out of his pocket and said to Mu Qingshuang, "Since my wife cooked breakfast for me, I might as well give you a gift."
As he spoke, Chen Xiao handed a brown bracelet to Mu Qingshuang. Mu Qingshuang glanced at the bracelet and rolled her eyes, saying, "Who are you trying to fool with such an ugly bracelet?"
Although Mu Qingshuang said she disliked Chen Xiao's bracelet, she still reached out and took it. "But since you gave it to me, I will accept it reluctantly, so that you don't have to take it outside to please other girls..."
As she spoke, Mu Qingshuang couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly. This bastard had so many tricks up his sleeve, but his taste in choosing gifts was truly lacking. How could he give a girl such an ugly bracelet? But since this was his first gift, it would be too much of a blow to him if he didn't accept it...
"Remember to always wear this bracelet with you and don't take it off unless there is a special situation..." Chen Xiao said to Mu Qingshuang with a serious face.
Mu Qingshuang nodded slightly and hummed when she heard this. Then she thought to herself, I didn't expect this bastard to be so overbearing. He wanted me to wear such an ugly bracelet all the time. I wonder if he is afraid of being laughed at.
Although she was silently complaining, Mu Qingshuang still felt a warm current flowing through her heart, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved into a beautiful arc.
Looking at Mu Qingshuang's expression, Chen Xiao guessed what she was thinking at the moment, and then couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. This seemingly ugly bracelet was actually not a decoration, but was specially made by Chen Xiao for Mu Qingshuang last night.
Ever since he learned last night that Mu Qingshuang had been placed on the assassination list, Chen Xiao had already begun making preparations. The bracelet was just something he'd found, but Chen Xiao had infused it with a trace of energy. As long as that energy wasn't depleted, and the opponent wasn't stronger than him, Mu Qingshuang's life wouldn't be in danger.
Not only that, once the energy in the bracelet was activated, Chen Xiao would get the news immediately. So even if he was not with Mu Qingshuang, he could rush to her rescue immediately after receiving the news.
However, Chen Xiao would not tell Mu Qingshuang the true function of this bracelet. Regardless of whether Mu Qingshuang would believe the bracelet's efficacy, the fact that someone had a bounty on her head would undoubtedly be a psychological pressure on her. Therefore, Chen Xiao decided not to tell Mu Qingshuang the truth, so as to not burden her too much.
Chen Xiao smiled and then said, "Wife, actually, I have something I want you to help me with..."
After hearing what Chen Xiao said, Mu Qingshuang couldn't help but curl her lips and frowned slightly.
I knew this guy wouldn't be so kind all of a sudden!
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Mu Qingshuang said expressionlessly.
Seeing Mu Qingshuang like this, Chen Xiao said to her with a playful smile: "Can you lend me your car for a day?"
"What are you going to do?" Mu Qingshuang frowned and looked at Chen Xiao again with a scrutinizing look.
Chen Xiao smiled, and then told Mu Qingshuang everything about his plan to go to Tesco to discuss cooperation.
When Mu Qingshuang heard that Chen Xiao was borrowing the car for work, her beautiful eyes widened in surprise. "You're actually that aware?"
After a long while, Mu Qingshuang gradually came back to her senses, and then asked Chen Xiao in front of her with a look of surprise.
After hearing Mu Qingshuang's words, Chen Xiao couldn't help but roll his eyes. After a while, Chen Xiao couldn't help but curl his lips and said to Mu Qingshuang, "Your husband is a model worker, isn't he? Who in the entire Mu Group doesn't know that?!"
"I'm afraid you're the only one who admits this." Mu Qingshuang raised her red lips slightly, showing a look of disdain. But then, Mu Qingshuang nodded and said to Chen Xiao, "Okay, you can take it and drive it. Remember to pick me up tonight."
As she spoke, Mu Qingshuang's pretty face couldn't help but blush. Because Mu Qingshuang felt that the conversation between the two was like that of a couple. Naturally thinking of this, Mu Qingshuang's face naturally showed a bit of embarrassment.
In order to hide her inner embarrassment, Mu Qingshuang immediately lowered her head, took the bag on the table into her hand, and took out a bunch of keys.
Immediately afterwards, Mu Qingshuang stretched out her hand, ready to hand the car keys to Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao did not notice the change in Mu Qingshuang's expression and casually took the car keys.
"Hehe, thanks, wife!" Chen Xiao quickly finished the noodles in front of him in two bites, and then quickly went out.
Mu Qingshuang looked at Chen Xiao's hurriedly leaving back and couldn't help but frowned, "This bastard..."
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After leaving the house, Chen Xiao did not go to the garage to drive the car immediately. Instead, he took out his phone and dialed Jiang Jingwen's number.
"Chen Xiao?" The call was quickly connected, and then Jiang Jingwen's voice came from the other end.
As the relationship between Chen Xiao and Jiang Jingwen continues to improve, Jiang Jingwen's tone towards Chen Xiao has become much softer than before.
After hearing Jiang Jingwen's voice, Chen Xiao smiled and said in a flowery way, "Miss Jiang, did you dream about me last night?"
In the past, Jiang Jingwen would have been furious after hearing Chen Xiao's teasing. But today, after hearing Chen Xiao's teasing, Jiang Jingwen didn't feel angry at all, but instead felt a slight sense of shame.
Her pretty face flushed, and then Jiang Jingwen said coldly: "If there is nothing else, I'm hanging up!"
The voice was cold, but if Chen Xiao could see Jiang Jingwen's current expression, he would definitely be able to see the charming smile on Jiang Jingwen's face.
"Hey! Don't hang up!" Then, Chen Xiao smiled and said directly: "Jingwen, I called you this time to ask you something."
After hearing Chen Xiao's address, Jiang Jingwen felt her already blushing face turn even redder. Her eyes became slightly hazy, as if she had been drinking.
"Jingwen?" Since he didn't hear Jiang Jingwen's reply, Chen Xiao couldn't help but show a little surprise.
Chen Xiao's words also brought Jiang Jingwen back to reality. Then, Jiang Jingwen replied to Chen Xiao with a red face.
"What's the matter? Tell me." In order to hide her inner feelings, Jiang Jingwen asked before Chen Xiao could react.
"I want you to help me check the contact information of the senior executives at Tesco." Chen Xiao didn't care too much about what happened just now and asked lightly.
After hearing Chen Xiao's words, Jiang Jingwen couldn't help but frown. "Are you going to look for Ma Zheng?" Jiang Jingwen asked with a serious expression.
Chen Xiao hummed, and then he spoke into the phone, "Since our online sales department wants to cooperate with Tesco, we absolutely can't get around Ma Zheng!"
"Is it necessary to be so anxious?" Thinking of the ugly face Ma Zheng had shown in the box of Oriental Hotel before, Jiang Jingwen couldn't help but frown.
At this moment, Chen Xiao couldn't help but smile playfully, and said meaningfully, "Look, for the sake of our date being a success, and for me to be able to pick you up as quickly as possible, the Tesco matter has to be done as soon as possible!"
"Who... who asked you to pick me up?" Jiang Jingwen on the other end of the phone couldn't help but blush after hearing Chen Xiao's meaningful words.
"What? Are you going back on your word?" Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao pretended to be anxious and asked Jiang Jingwen.
"How could I?" After hearing what Chen Xiao said, the shame on Jiang Jingwen's face became more intense, and then she said to Chen Xiao with a red face.
"So, in order for us to have a date sooner, I have to quickly settle things with Tesco!" Chen Xiao paused and continued, "I'm going there this morning. Please give me Ma Zheng's contact information first. I'm afraid if I call his department, Ma Zheng will avoid me."
Listening to Chen Xiao's coherent analysis, Jiang Jingwen on the other end of the line felt a mixture of laughter and tears. It turned out that Chen Xiao was quite capable at work! Just as Chen Xiao had said, after what had happened last time, if Chen Xiao had called the Tesco department directly, Ma Zheng might have deliberately made it clear he was out to avoid the matter. Even if Chen Xiao had wanted to find Ma Zheng, it would have been useless. So, it would have been more convenient to just find Ma Zheng's personal contact information.
Thinking of this, Jiang Jingwen didn't say anything else and directly told Chen Xiao Ma Zheng's contact information.
After getting Ma Zheng's contact information, Chen Xiao chatted with Jiang Jingwen for a while and then hung up the phone.