Chapter 98: He Can Absolutely Not Steal This Thing
Chapter 98: He Can Absolutely Not Steal This Thing
“Grandpa Tan, I’m here.” Walking into the yard, Zhou Yu greeted with a smile.
Seeing Zhou Yu, Old Tan stood up with a smile and introduced, “Brother Xu, this is Xiao Yu. He was the one who brought those three bottles of honey.”
The old man with graying hair looked at Zhou Yu and nodded with a smile. “Young man, hello. I’m Xu Minghua. The taste of those three bottles of honey you brought was truly amazing, comparable to divine nectar.”
“Old Master Xu, hello. I’m Zhou Yu. You flatter me. It’s just that the environment around my place is a bit better.” Zhou Yu smiled and greeted Xu Minghua.
Xu Minghua laughed heartily. “Environment, bees, and people—only when combined can they produce perfect honey. I must thank you for your kindness. Otherwise, this kid of mine might have made me miss such delicious honey.”
Saying this, he glanced at the fashionable young man leaning against the wall and snorted lightly. “What are you still standing there for? A real man should dare to take responsibility. Come over and apologize.”
When Zhou Yu entered, the young man, who had been hanging his head, had already changed his expression. Now, seeing his grandfather calling him over, he walked forward with some reluctance.
After getting the three bottles of honey for free from here, he couldn’t believe that these bottles of honey were actually underpriced, as Zhou Yu had claimed, at a thousand yuan per bottle.
When he returned home, he originally planned to taste it himself and then decide. Who knew his grandfather had already returned and directly called him over.
Later, the honey was opened. That floral scent, that flavor—it was intoxicating. He himself tasted a bit and was immensely shocked. Under his grandfather’s questioning, he explained the whole story, and then he came back here.
At this moment, Old Tan walked over, smiling and waving his hand. “Brother Xu, young people are naturally curious and skeptical. There’s no need to apologize.”
“Brother Tan, on the way here, I told him I’ve been buying honey from you for over ten years and asked him to be respectful. I didn’t expect him to suspect you wanted to raise the price. Such delicious honey—couldn’t it be worth a higher price? Couldn’t he just open the lid and smell it?”
Hearing Old Tan’s words, Xu Minghua’s expression remained unchanged, still cold. “What are you waiting for? Do you want me to speak for you?”
The young man’s expression shifted. Then he lifted his head and said to Old Tan and Zhou Yu, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have so easily assumed you wanted to raise the price. It was my mistake.”
Old Tan waved his hand again. “Alright, alright. Just a small matter.”
Zhou Yu smiled slightly at this point. “Big brother, an apology alone isn’t enough.”
“Then what else do you want?” The young man’s face showed some anger. In his view, he had already apologized—that should be enough. Yet this guy still wouldn’t let him off.
Xu Minghua’s expression also changed a bit. Based on his judgment of people, he thought this young man should know his limits. Why was he being so pushy now?
Seeing this, Old Tan’s face changed drastically. He quickly said to Zhou Yu, “Xiao Yu, it’s fine. This matter is over.”
“Grandpa Tan, this can’t just be over. We agreed earlier. Besides the apology, there’s still the money for the three bottles of honey. I came here to get the payment.” In the tense atmosphere, Zhou Yu spoke with a smile on his face.
Xu Minghua’s face immediately broke into a smile. “Haha, Xiao Zhou is right. The money must be paid.” This young man was really unflappable. He had underestimated him before.
The young man also breathed a sigh of relief, his face showing frustration. “If you wanted money, you should have said so earlier. I thought you were going to hit me.”
“This is a small business. Of course I want the money.” Zhou Yu shook his head and chuckled.
Xu Minghua then asked, “Xiao Zhou, how much is a bottle of your honey?”
“Old Master Xu, you should be the one to answer that. You decide how much my honey is worth and pay me accordingly.” Zhou Yu smiled but did not state a price.
“You clever boy. I heard from Xiao An that if the price doesn’t meet your minimum, we can only keep these three bottles. This is really tricky.” Xu Minghua pointed at Zhou Yu, laughing and scolding.
Zhou Yu only smiled without speaking. The honey collected by the Spirit Bees was unique. Naturally, he had such confidence.
“In that case, how about five thousand… no, seven thousand per bottle?” Xu Minghua tentatively offered five thousand but saw no change in Zhou Yu’s expression. After thinking, he added another two thousand.
Zhou Yu nodded lightly. “Whatever you say it is, that’s what it will be.”
“Alright then. Twenty-one thousand. Xiao An, get the money.” Xu Minghua said to the young man beside him.
The young man agreed, jogged to the car, and handed Zhou Yu two stacks of Renminbi, then counted out an extra thousand.
Zhou Yu took the money, pulled out two thousand from one stack, added the other thousand, and handed it back to the young man. “Old Master Xu, my minimum is six thousand. So, please take back these three thousand.”
Seeing this, Xu Minghua’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but laugh. “Haha, I thought I gave too little. It turns out I gave too much. Xiao An, take it back.”
An ordinary person would be eager to sell their goods for more money. Yet this young man, faced with money, remained so calm.
The young man, Xu An, also showed a hint of surprise as he took the three thousand yuan from Zhou Yu’s hand.
“Xiao Zhou, do you have more of this honey? I’d like some more.” Xu Minghua then said. In his opinion, six thousand per bottle wasn’t expensive.
“There isn’t any more. Next time, it might be in a few days. If there is, I’ll notify you.” Zhou Yu shook his head. He needed to confirm the interval for these two hives of Spirit Bees before making future plans.
Xu Minghua nodded gently. “Alright. If you have more later, be sure to notify me. Xiao An, leave Xiao Zhou a business card.”
Xu An quickly took one of his own business cards from his wallet and handed it to Zhou Yu. “Buddy, your honey is really fragrant.” After what just happened, he suddenly felt all the resentment in his heart completely vanish.
“If it weren’t fragrant, how could it have made you apologize?” Zhou Yu said half-jokingly.
After that, Xu Minghua and the young man stayed to chat for a while before saying goodbye and leaving. Zhou Yu also said goodbye to Old Tan, rode his little electric scooter, and returned to the Old Family House.
Tomorrow was when Huzi would go to shoot the commercial. Zhou Yu specially gave Huzi an extra meal at noon—a large piece of Wind Eagle Meat, making the other animals nearby envious.
When it was time to surf in the afternoon, he decided to let Huzi rest at home for the day and took Dabao and Xiaobao surfing instead.
In the Sea, the two brothers, Dabao and Xiaobao, put on quite a funny show, making the cheers from the people on the Beach almost non-stop.
After returning in the evening, Zhou Yu also let Huzi eat an extra piece of Wind Eagle Meat. When night fell, he lay on the bed and looked at the Radio on the table, his face still showing anticipation.
Based on his understanding of the Radio, it should activate within these two days. Today’s possibility was very high.
Just as he had guessed, around midnight, he woke up and saw light glowing in the dark room.
Noticing this light, Zhou Yu quickly sat up from the bed. The Radio was emitting a pure white light. In his opinion, even the moonlight outside wasn’t as pleasant as this pure white light.
Turning on the bedside lamp, he gently picked up the Radio and pushed the switch. A crackling sound immediately started. Then, he pressed the tuning button and turned it downward.
The indicator line slowly moved down. When it reached the frequency of Fairy Suxin, there was no change. When it reached the Xuantian Sect where Uncle-Master Wu was, the crackling suddenly disappeared. A look of pleasant surprise appeared on his face, and he directly released the button.
Although he very much hoped that Ten Thousand Beasts Sect would open this time, he still felt nostalgic for Uncle-Master Wu—the first person he had tricked and had tricked many times.
“Haha, Junior Brother Song, how have you been lately? Your senior brother came to see you.” After several dozen seconds of silence from the Radio, the familiar voice of Uncle-Master Wu came through.
Zhou Yu immediately burst out laughing. This Old Wu was a good person too, actually remembering to visit Song Qingxiu. What a great guy.
“Hmph, Wu Tianhua, don’t be so smug. You just had some things stolen from you a bit earlier. This so-called Senior is probably just playing around in the mortal world. He wouldn’t care about other matters. Otherwise, when you all called out offering him good things, he definitely wouldn’t have refrained from appearing.”
“There’s another possibility: this person’s Cultivation is similar to ours, or perhaps even lower. He might have just obtained some ancient secret method for hiding and stealing items.”
Song Qingxiu snorted coldly and continued, “How ridiculous. The Sect Leader and others still treat this person as a lifesaver when the sect faces destruction. When the time comes, he won’t care about our lives at all. Allowing such a so-called Senior to take things from our sect freely just because of his Cultivation—this is practically the same as betraying the sect for glory.”
Hearing the words from the Radio, Zhou Yu’s expression turned odd. This Song Qingxiu was really sharp. Ancient secret methods for hiding and stealing items—in a broad sense, the Radio he obtained had similar characteristics.
“Haha, how do you know that Senior won’t help us? If that were the case, you wouldn’t have lost things those two times. That Senior was clearly helping me.” Uncle-Master Wu, however, laughed loudly.
Zhou Yu couldn’t help but smile. He couldn’t fully connect to the Immortal World now, but that didn’t mean he never would. Moreover, he could roughly control the Radio to obtain some things. Last time, he indeed intended to help Uncle-Master Wu.
“I suppose you came today on the Sect Leader’s orders to retrieve the items from Divine Chef Villa in my possession.”
“Then, do you dare to make a bet with me? I have something here that this so-called Senior absolutely cannot steal. If he has the ability, he can try.” Song Qingxiu took out an item and said coldly.