When they arrived at the place, Li Lei slammed on the brakes and screeched to a stop, yanking Lu Yao eagerly upstairs.
She kicked off her high heels with one foot, the whole person like a starving tigress! She pounced and devoured the poor little lamb on the spot.
After a long while, the hungry tiger had her fill, and her eyes regained their clarity.
Lu Yao said melancholically, "Our friendship has completely changed..."
Li Lei gathered her messy hair behind her head and said,
"With a direct relative having a criminal record, rather than being picked over in the marriage market, it's better to be your lover. Let's just be 'good friends' like this, with my looks you're not at a loss~"
Lu Yao said reservedly, "I think... you're getting the bigger advantage."
"Go to hell~" The girl punched him, stood up to dress, and at the same time reported on her work like a diligent secretary—
"The laboratory is progressing well, and we'll soon be able to enter the actual sample phase."
"The Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup is working better than expected," the old man says it has great market prospects, but it might require a huge investment in promotion."
"The account has already received the money from the auction of the gems, totaling 12 million after taxes."
After only a few words, Li Lei yawned hugely.
She had been busy recently and hadn't slept well, and the ordeal now showed clear signs of weariness on her face.
Lu Yao quietly passed a thread of Inner Breath to the girl and said, "Don't stretch yourself too thin, get more rest."
"It's the rising period of my career, no time for rest~"
Li Lei suddenly felt much more spirited, thinking it was because seeing the man in front of her lifted her mood, and didn't think too much of it.
She then checked her phone and said, "Look, I still need to meet with the people from the pharmaceutical group~"
By this time, she was fully dressed.
Seeing her stockings were dirty and torn, she simply took them off, crumpled them into a ball and threw them at Lu Yao, then giggled and ran out the door.
Lu Yao also smiled, stood up, and headed to the warehouse to receive the goods.
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Feeling the Star Key in his mind, Lu Yao sighed, "The technology contained in this thing far surpasses Blue Star; I have no idea where it comes from. It's a pity that the lead from Zhang Xin has been lost."
Shaking his head to dispel the distractions, Lu Yao headed to the office of the Ship Chartering Office to use the phone.
The warehouse was too remote; it would take a normal person nearly half an hour to get there on foot. However, with Lu Yao exerting force in his stride, he leapt and arrived in less than 5 minutes.
Not long after he made the phone call, Li Pei arrived in disheveled clothing, sweating profusely, with a few strands of hair sticking to her forehead.
She had clearly rushed over in a hurry, using her martial skills. The legs of a martial artist are much faster than a car.
When she got to the warehouse and saw what was inside, Li Pei's phoenix eyes widened into litchi-sized orbs, "Young Master Lu... is this... noodles made from refined flour?"
Lu Yao nonchalantly replied, "Yeah, it's too troublesome to buy rice, so I just brought these instead."
The dried noodles that Lu Yao brought, most people in Xia Country couldn't swallow them without something to go on the side, not really considered a delicacy.
But in the Otherworld, they were a fine food, not something even a landlord's family could afford to eat every day.
Li Pei took a strand of noodle, chewed it in her mouth, and was shocked by Lu Yao's extravagant spending. Her quick breathing caused her full chest to heave up and down.
Her sweat-soaked shirt was nearly transparent, allowing Lu Yao, with his Spirit Refinement Realm, to perfectly and precisely appreciate the beautiful contours.
Large yet compact, not at all appearing bloated or cumbersome, a unique good figure of a woman who practiced martial arts.
Li Pei was obviously aware, clearly feeling the intense gaze on her sensitive spots but this time didn't glare back. Instead, with a fist salute to cover herself, she said solemnly,
"Thank you for your generosity, Young Master Lu. Li Pei is deeply grateful! On behalf of tens of thousands of soldiers at the front, I thank you!"
Lu Yaohao returned the salute with an open and easy manner, "It's just a small amount of money compared to the soldiers fighting against the Demon Beasts. I wish them victory in advance!"
His magnanimous and easygoing attitude made Li Pei grow admiration, smiling as she said, "I will take your good words to heart! We owe you a lot this time, Young Master Lu. I really don't know what we would have done without you!"
Her smile was genuine, her eyes curved, combined with a tear mole, incredibly charming.
Watching her truly heartfelt gratitude, Lu Yao inwardly sighed, I only lifted a finger...
At that moment, Li Pei took out a pocket watch to check the time and said,
"The situation has worsened in the days since you've been gone, with the peace faction gradually gaining the upper hand. I need to rush to Jinmen now to ambush the treaty delegation of the foreigners to buy time. We part ways here!"
Hearing this, Lu Yao took out a roll of silver thread from his pocket and handed it to her, "Then, Commandery Princess, take this with you. It should have a miraculous effect if wrapped around your body."
Li Pei took the 2 mm thick silver wire, used for making jewelry, without ceremony. "Young Master, Li Pei will surely repay this debt in the future!"