ushernet Chapter 113: The blame will be put on the foundation!
Chapter 113: The blame will be put on the foundation!
"Seafood lady~Seafood lady~"
After coming out of the Hand of Reshaping's base, Chen Xi kept humming this name. Seeing his joy, Anya couldn't help but ask:
"Chen Xi, who is this seafood lady you keep talking about?"
As if he had been waiting here, Chen Xi put his hands on his hips and said proudly:
"You've asked the right person! This old seafood lady is a legendary user of marine mysticism, a legend steeped in history, a shrewd businesswoman, a great immortal, an elegant, handsome, and beautiful big sister, Winifred!"
Anya didn't pay attention to all the modifiers in the beginning, but the big sister at the end...
"Chen Xi!"
"Don't worry, I have no interest in dating a woman who is older than the four of us combined."
"I didn't think you would mind."
Chen Xi's face flushed after hearing what Anya said, and he quickly coughed and continued:
"Superficial, am I the kind of person who will just go after any pretty girl I see?"
If you look at what Chen Xi says in his daily life, it is indeed true, but when it comes to his behavior, he is still very well-behaved, so Anya felt relieved.
"Alright, alright, I understand the general idea. Anyway, I just need to buy something from her, and then I can use that thing to summon my so-called little sister?"
"Is such that."
Chen Xi responded without raising his head while looking at the map given by Arcana.
"But I didn't expect that the lady you mentioned, who owns all kinds of magical props and has extraordinary abilities, would actually live in such a prosperous place."
"A great person hides in the city. Besides, she's always been very fashion-conscious and money-conscious. She herself says the secret to her eternal youth is money."
"Isn't this just a person who is obsessed with money?"
"Well, although what you said is indeed correct, it's better not to say it in front of others. It's very rude."
"You're the one who's being more rude! Calling her Seafood Lady is definitely more offensive than calling her Seafood Lady!"
"Hey."
Amidst the noise, several people had already arrived at Winifred's residence. Chen Xi politely went forward and knocked on the door to express his purpose.
The maid who opened the door bowed politely and said:
"Okay, I'll inform the young lady. Please wait in the reception room for a while."
"Well, thank you very much, maid."
The maid didn't respond to Chen Xi's words. She took them to the sofa and sat them down. After instructing another maid to prepare hot tea and snacks, she turned and went to Winnie's room.
"Miss, there is a guest looking for you."
"Hmm~ Let me see what kind of exciting business I can make this time."
……
"Huh, is this the tea that rich people drink? It feels different."
No longer maintaining his usual gentlemanly demeanor, Chen Xi displayed the casualness and straightforwardness of an ordinary person without any scruples from the moment he entered the door.
Even these behaviors were extremely rude in the eyes of some nobles.
Sort the biscuits and pastries on the plates and put them into Anya, Anma and Daowu's plates according to each person's quantity.
"Eat, why are you just standing there? It's been served to you, so it would be a waste if you don't eat it."
The other three people, who still had a trace of shame, looked at the snacks gradually piling up on their plates without moving. Chen Xi was the only one in the room who started eating without paying attention to other people's eyes.
"I hope the desserts here are to your taste, this informal gentleman."
The sudden sound startled Chen Xi, and the half-eaten biscuit accidentally fell from his hand and landed on the carpet at his feet, which looked very valuable.
This caused the maid who had been frowning beside her to click her tongue.
"Fia."
"Sorry miss."
The maid clicked her tongue and quickly bowed to her master to apologize, then continued to glare at Chen Xi with disgust and left the living room.
Seeing Chen Xi like this, Winnie found a seat opposite him and sat down casually.
"Since you are visiting me, I believe you already know my name, but I will introduce myself out of courtesy.
My name is……"
"Seafood Lady!"
Chen Xi, who finally swallowed the biscuit, interrupted Winnie and rushed over to grab her hand and said excitedly.
"I finally get to meet you. You don't know, but I've fallen in love with you since the first time I saw you. Now that I've met you in person, it's true that seeing is believing!"
This is not a lie. When Chen Xi drew Winnie in the game, he kept it without upgrading until he accidentally saw her portrait in Cave 2. He immediately turned into Miss Winnie's dog and spent all his resources to upgrade her to the maximum level of Cave 3!
"Yeah."
She calmly pulled her hand out of Chen Xi's and said teasingly:
"I've seen many ways to approach women, but this is the first time I've seen it.
But if you really want to please a girl, I suggest you try a more polite approach."
The smile on her face remained unchanged. Having been in business for a long time, she has long been able to remain calm in the face of any situation.
"Since I've already told you my name, could you please also tell me your identity? It would be much easier for us to do business if we knew each other well, wouldn't it?"
"Yes, that's right. I like talking to people like you. You're so open and honest!"
Chen Xi slipped back to his seat, clapped his hands in agreement and raised a thumbs up, looking at Winnie in front of him as if they had met too late.
"Sis, we're all open-minded people, so I won't waste time talking to you. My name is Bello, and I'm from the foundation. You know the Saint Love Foundation, right?
This time, I came here on the Foundation's orders to retrieve something belonging to the Foundation, something very sensitive."
“Many people rely on their powerful backgrounds to try to lower the prices of my products.
But with me, the prices of goods are always fixed and will not change for any reason, Mr. Bello."
"You're not going to complain?"
Instead of responding to Winnie's words, Chen Xi asked a somewhat puzzling question.
"What are you complaining about?"
In response to Chen Xi's question, Winnie asked back with a smile.
"Just, since I've been behaving so rudely since I walked in, and then told you I'm from the Foundation, shouldn't you at least be suspicious? And don't you really want to complain?"
"Having 100% trust in my customers is the foundation of honest business. But since you know your behavior is disrespectful, at least you're not as bad as you look, Mr. Bello."
Chen Xi collapsed on the sofa, feeling somewhat heartbroken.
"Ahhhhhh, I've been thinking about this for so long, and you didn't even complain about it. It makes me so upset!!!"
"Now I can't let anyone know that the guy next to me is Si Chen!"
Anya, who was sitting next to Chen Xi, was shocked, but she did not reveal any flaws as Chen Xi secretly pinched her thigh to remind her.
"Hahaha, Mr. Bello is really an interesting person. So, Mr. Bello, is there anything you want to buy from me this time? Or do you have something interesting you want to sell? I think we can reach a mutually satisfactory result."
Winnie slowly sat up straight, staring at Chen Xi opposite her with a smile.
"Okay, I won't pretend anymore."
Chen Xi put away his pretended annoyance, took out a foundation badge from his pocket with a serious face and threw it on the table.
"I am indeed from the Foundation, and I am here to retrieve an item that was previously kept by the Foundation but was accidentally lost due to a rainstorm."
"So many things were lost during the rainstorm. I did receive a lot of interesting little things during that time. I wonder which item Mr. Bello is being asked to retrieve by the Foundation?"
"Kimberley Girl."
"Is it this thing? I didn't expect the Foundation to find this thing in my possession."
"It is indeed possible to find out. The means the Foundation possesses are far beyond your imagination. So hand it over obediently, Ms. Winifred. If anyone else knew that you had this item, it would be very disadvantageous to you."
Chen Xi continued to pull the tiger skin and play with the badge in his hand with a gloomy expression.
"Well, that's indeed a problem. So how much is the foundation willing to pay to buy her back? Let's agree on this beforehand. Even so, my principles as a businessman won't change."
Winnie still had that smile on her face, not seeming panicked at all, but Chen Xi had definitely piqued her interest.
"Of course. The Foundation will certainly not treat you unfairly in this regard, Miss Winnie."
As he spoke, Chen Xi stretched out his hand towards the table. In his seemingly empty palm was actually the light card that only he could see.
Stretch out your other hand to your palm, one, two...
A total of five bright red apples with white snakes wrapped around them appeared on the table.
"The Fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is an extremely precious occult material. It is one of the highest-grade occult items ever recorded, and can only be crafted by alchemists who have studied for many years or are extremely gifted."
Winnie looked at the five fruits on the table that seemed alive with a smile in her eyes and spoke again:
"It is indeed a valuable reward, but it is not enough."
As if he had anticipated this result, Chen Xi did not panic, but continued to take something out of the light card.
As time went by, extremely precious materials such as the Evergreen Sword, the Golden Fleece, the Twin Snake Scepter, and the Rhine Gold were taken out by Chen Xi and piled up on the table.
There are five of each, no more, no less.
"I wonder if this is enough to satisfy Miss Winnie's expectations?"
When the last sound of gold hitting the table disappeared in the room, Winnie reached out to Chen Xi.
"It's been a pleasure working with you, Mr. Bello."
"It's a pleasure to work with you, Miss Winnie."
……
"Chen Xi! Why did you say that in the room just now?"
As soon as they left the mansion, Anya couldn't help but ask.
"Winnie is a very capable businesswoman, although she only cares about money and is willing to do business with anyone. But I don't want to miss an opportunity like this to frame the Foundation.
The best case scenario would be to make Winnie wary of the foundation and let them fight each other.
Even if I can't, I can still disgust the Foundation and get a small revenge on Anna."
Chen Xi punched the air in front of him, as if an imaginary enemy who was being beaten by him had appeared in his eyes.
"Then where did you get that badge?"
"This badge was torn off the corpse of a Foundation member who was raiding a rebuilt watchtower when they escaped."
"If you're interested in the details, you can ask Dao Wu. After all, it's been so long, I've almost forgotten everything."
After saying that, Chen Xi walked quickly in front holding the doll in his hand, leaving Anya standing there nodding as if she understood. Then he turned his gaze to Dao Wu, but she found that Dao Wu was sighing and shaking her head.
As the tool that had one of Chen Xi's arms cut off, how could he not know the pain Chen Xi was in at that time.
Forgetting and not remembering are just excuses to cover up.
He just didn't want to uncover the scar again, let his family know about the bloody past, and bear the same shackles as him.
What a fool!
Quickly following Chen Xi's pace, the group completely left the vicinity of the mansion.
After Chen Xi and his group had completely left the mansion, Winnie called her maid and said:
"Go inform the Foundation that their Miss Sichen is with an unidentified dangerous man, and the man is also carrying the girl Kimberly."
"Yes, ma'am. But excuse me, wasn't that gentleman from the Foundation?"
"Everyone in the Foundation receives professional training. There's absolutely no one as interesting as him. And I'm very curious about how he got hold of my information and used it in return."
"What if he's really from the Foundation?"
"That's harmless, but if not, I'd really like to use the Foundation to investigate his secrets."
"But what should we do if the Foundation comes knocking on our door?"
"What should I do? I'm just an ordinary businessman doing normal business. I just believed his words and sold Kimberley to him.
Now that Kimberly is no longer in my hands, will the Foundation come after me instead of him?"
Continuing to glance out the window, Winnie said firmly:
"I believe that he, who can produce so many precious materials at once, will be able to perfectly resolve these crises."
Seeing that her young lady was still in high spirits, the maid politely did not continue to dwell on this topic, but took out a letter and handed it to Winnie.
"Miss, this was given to me by that gentleman before he left. He said he hoped you would open it yourself."
"I see, you go down."
"Yes!"
Winnie took the letter and opened it. She took out a piece of paper. The content was very short, with only one simple sentence:
“I hope that we can become friends in the future, friends like Mr. Brian Finnu, whom you are unwilling to hand over to time.
——Chenxi"
After reading the contents of the letter, Winnie felt even happier. She leaned on the windowsill, looking in the direction Chen Xi left, and said with a smile:
"Then I'll look forward to seeing how many more surprises this Mr. Chen Xi can bring me.
My dishonest friend~"