Gene Unlocking: I Evolve Every Day

Chapter 104: Chapter 96: Ten-Millionaire (6/10)

To be honest, Lu Li really needed a good watch, after all, a nice watch can show off.

As a young guy who loves to flaunt, he couldn’t resist the allure of a Richard Mille watch.

Previously, it wasn’t that he couldn’t afford a watch, but that he didn’t like the average ones, and the good ones took a long time to come by.

Therefore, Lu Li had never bought a high-end watch to wear, although he secretly longed for one.

He never expected that by helping Peng Erping today, the other party would gift him such a high-end watch.

Even though he knew he solved a big problem for the other party, and accepting a gift was reasonable, this watch was too expensive, and Lu Li felt a little embarrassed to take it.

To put it bluntly, even if a worker got killed, Peng Erping would at most compensate several hundred thousand, especially since insurance would cover it.

Hence, Lu Li felt that the other party gifting such an expensive watch had some ulterior motives.

Without figuring out the other party’s intentions, how could he accept it?

Lu Li thought for a moment and said, ”President Peng, this watch is too valuable, I can’t accept it.”

Peng Erping blinked and said, ”Is it that you don’t like the watch?”

Lu Li honestly said, ”I really like it, but it’s just that it’s too valuable, I feel unworthy.”

”Not unworthy, not at all unworthy.” Peng Erping waved his hands quickly and said, ”You might not know, if Old Gao really got killed today, the impact on my factory would be tremendous. Let me put it this way, I recently secured an overseas order for the delivery of twenty thousand engines, with the contract valued at nearly two billion. If there were a safety incident at my factory and it was ordered to suspend operations for rectification, how much would we have to compensate the foreign buyers if we couldn’t fulfill the order?”

Usually, breach of contract results in compensation amounting to 20% of the agreed sum.

For a two-billion contract, if violated, nearly forty million would need to be compensated.

Compared to a forty-million breach penalty.

And a million plus Richard Mille watch.

Everyone knows how to choose.

Lu Li mostly understood, ”Okay, then I won’t refuse, I’ll accept the watch.”

Peng Erping was overjoyed, ”Great, great, thank you for accepting it, otherwise my conscience would be uneasy.”

Hmm, his words just now were actually partly true and partly false.

Indeed, Longda Machinery had taken a large order and would have to compensate a significant amount if it couldn’t be fulfilled.

As for the falsehood, Peng Erping had witnessed Lu Li’s extraordinary strength and medical skills and greatly admired him, seeking to connect with such a ”remarkable person.”

Isn’t this favor a two-way street?

Today you help me, I’ll give you a valuable gift.

If I run into trouble in the future, could you possibly stand by and watch?

This was Peng Erping’s plan, to establish a connection with Lu Li, hence the generous watch gift.

Seeing Lu Li accept the watch.

Peng Erping quickly said, ”I’ve reserved a spot at a restaurant, shall we head over now?”

Lu Li said, ”Sure.”

Even though he had evolved the super ability to absorb ambient energy through his skin and pores from the air and theoretically didn’t need to eat, Lu Li was used to eating and naturally wouldn’t give up delicious food.

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He didn’t drive his own car.

Lu Li took Peng Erping’s Bentley and came to a private dining restaurant.

In a small alley, it had a classic southern water town vibe.

Reportedly, the per capita spending was about a thousand here.

And you had to reserve in advance, or there would be no seats.

Indeed, when Lu Li and Peng Erping walked in, it was full of waiting patrons.

Peng Erping must have used some connections.

In any case, as soon as they entered, the staff led them upstairs.

No waiting like the ordinary diners.

Upstairs.

They came to a room on the east side of the second floor.

Lu Li sat by the window.

Peng Erping sat opposite.

Lu Li could see the lush green bamboo outside the window, lending a scholarly atmosphere.

As the dishes were paired directly here, they didn’t need to order.

At this moment, they were chatting idly.

Lu Li asked, ”How’s Old Gao?”

Peng Erping poured tea for Lu Li, ”While you were asleep, I called to inquire, he just came out of surgery, and the doctor said the operation was very successful, so there shouldn’t be any major issues for the time being.”

Lu Li took a sip of tea, ”Hmm, it’s good that he’s okay.”

Peng Erping put down the teapot and sighed, ”To be honest, we were lucky you were in the workshop today, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable. This Old Gao has no safety consciousness at all. Frankly, if something really happened to him, I might get by with just paying some money, but the pain would be his to bear, wouldn’t his family be concerned? Oh, people these days, I really don’t know what to say about him.”

Lu Li knew he had a point.

Actually, the reason the accident happened today was indeed due to Old Gao’s non-compliance.

After discussing the problem, Peng Erping had first instructed Old Ma to warn him, and later personally issued an order.

Yet Old Gao refused to heed the warnings and insisted on violating the procedures, leading to this major incident.

In the midst of pondering, Peng Erping started to praise, ”Mr. Lu, your strength, your medical skills, I dare say, there isn’t a second person in the world like you, you’re really incredible.”

Lu Li smiled and didn’t respond.

Changing the topic, Peng Erping inquired, ”Forgive my curiosity, was your method used to treat Old Gao before a TCM acupressure technique?”

Couldn’t possibly say he used superpowers to save Old Gao’s life, right?

Lu Li vaguely replied, ”Well, sort of.”

Peng Erping’s eyes lit up, and he cautiously asked, ”Mr. Lu, with your exceptional skills, do you have any interest in earning some extra money?”

Lu Li raised an eyebrow, ”What do you mean?”

Peng Erping said, ”I know a wealthy family’s elder who has long suffered from rheumatism, you know, rheumatism currently can’t be treated by modern medicine, only the pain can be alleviated, but the elder can’t stay in the hospital forever. When he goes home and the pain hits him at night, he can barely stand it.”

Lu Li listened quietly.

”So...” Peng Erping looked at Lu Li’s expression, ”The old man’s grandchildren are all very filial and have said that if anyone can permanently relieve his rheumatic pain, they are willing to offer a handsome reward.”

As he spoke, he raised one finger, ”The highest offer is this amount.”

Lu Li blinked, ”One million?”

Peng Erping lowered his voice, ”Ten million!”

Wow!

This family really does have money!

Ordinary hospital treatment for rheumatism generally costs between fifty thousand to a hundred thousand.

They’re willing to offer ten million, just to permanently relieve the old man’s pain?

Lu Li suddenly recalled the words ”powerful family” that Peng Erping mentioned.

He vaguely understood something.

It seems that the old man Peng Erping mentioned might be the stabilizing force of this powerful family.

If something were to happen to him, the entire family would be affected.

Therefore, this powerful family is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the old man alive a bit longer.

Honestly, hearing about the million-dollar payment, Lu Li was quite tempted.

But he knew his own capabilities.

Energy rays can speed up the healing of wounds in the body.

However, whether they can treat rheumatism, he really didn’t know.

Lu Li shook his head and said, ”I’m really not confident in treating rheumatism.”

”It’s okay if you’re not confident.” Peng Erping revealed the situation: ”Over the years, the old man has seen countless renowned doctors. If it really can’t relieve the pain, no one will blame you. Besides, isn’t traditional Chinese medicine believed to have some advantages over Western medicine in treating rheumatism? Your medical skills are so advanced that you could even save Old Gao from such a serious condition, maybe you could actually help alleviate the old man’s pain?”

Lu Li still shook his head and said, ”I’m really not confident.”

Seeing that he truly wouldn’t agree, Peng Erping had no choice but to give up, ”Well, if you really don’t want to go, then don’t go. Actually, the reason I suggested you go and check on the old man is because their family’s influence is indeed significant. If you can help alleviate the old man’s pain, at the very least, no one would dare to touch you in this corner of Su City.”

Nobody dares to touch me even now.

Just try touching me!

Ever since the second deep evolution, Lu Li knew that he had vaguely touched the edge of being truly extraordinary.

Honestly, unless he was courting death, even a fully armed unit of a thousand or eight hundred soldiers might not be able to take him down.

Lu Li was only tempted for one reason, and that was the generous payment.

It could go up to a million after all.

He still wanted to buy a luxury villa.

He’s just a bit short on cash, so how could he not be tempted?

Lu Li pondered silently that if he evolved the microscopic eye and could see what the situation with rheumatism really was, maybe he could give it a try and see if he could treat it.

Before evolving the microscopic eye, he wouldn’t even think about it.

Temporarily not thinking about it is one thing.

Knowing there’s such a generous payment available is another.

Lu Li felt that he could try evolving the microscopic eye right away.

Once it’s evolved, he could contact Peng Erping, and it wouldn’t be too late.

This information is quite important.

Lu Li firmly remembered it.

Perhaps because Lu Li refused.

Peng Erping never mentioned it again afterward.

When the dishes arrived, the two drank and enjoyed themselves for over an hour.

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Just came out from Longda Machinery.

Because he had consumed some alcohol, Lu Li called for a designated driver, sitting in the passenger seat himself.

Although his mouth, esophagus, and stomach had evolved, and as expected, the alcohol got digested instantaneously, and he wouldn’t get drunk, the taste of alcohol in his mouth wouldn’t go away.

This was different from before.

In the past, although food got digested immediately upon consumption, drinking alcohol would still easily get him drunk.

He guessed that the reason he could not get drunk now was probably because his stomach’s digestive function had been strengthened by evolution.

Hence, the immunity to all toxins wasn’t mere speculation.

Lu Li didn’t want to cause trouble for himself and risk having his driver’s license revoked, so he called for a designated driver.

The car window was open.

He enjoyed the cool breeze while recalling the conversation he had with Peng Erping.

Lu Li thought to himself, ”As long as I can evolve the microscopic eye, I can indeed go take a look.”

Suddenly, he realized that he hadn’t had a chance to check if the money had been credited since he had been busy all afternoon.

Thinking of this, Lu Li took out his phone and unlocked it.

He found several WeChat messages, a few missed calls, and some unread messages.

He checked WeChat first; most were messages from former colleagues, Xiaozhao, and Xiaoqing.

Only one message was from a customer named ”Summer Gardenia,” asking if he still had the antique.

Lu Li replied to everyone one by one.

He then checked the missed calls.

Most of them were spam calls.

There was also one from his mom, and he wasn’t sure what it was about.

Since he was in the car and the designated driver was next to him, it wasn’t convenient to return the call.

He planned to return the call to his mom after taking a shower later.

Finally, Lu Li opened his messages and found two bank notifications among a pile of spam.

He ignored the spam.

He directly opened the bank notifications to check.

Sure enough, the payment for the antique from Peng Erping had arrived.

A sum of two million and five hundred thousand.

There was a bit of a surprise with the other sum.

It was supposed to be one million four hundred seventy thousand.

But in the end, one million five hundred thousand was credited.

The money had finally been credited, and he had become a millionaire!

Lu Li felt thrilled, couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile, thinking to himself, ”President Peng really knows how to handle things. Initially, we agreed on three million nine hundred seventy thousand, but he sent three million instead, rounding it up.”

It’s worth noting that when Peng Erping transferred the money, the incident at the workshop hadn’t happened yet.

You could only say that Peng Erping indeed knows how to handle things.

Lu Li quite liked him and found it comfortable to get along with him.

Staring at the approximately eleven million in his bank account, Lu Li couldn’t help but blink, ”After paying the taxes tomorrow, I’ll find a way to earn another two to three million, and then I’ll be able to buy a luxury villa!”

Alright!

Tonight, let’s attempt to evolve the microscopic eye.

Tomorrow, I’ll go out to see if I can earn another two to three million in one day!