Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1023: Chapter 67: Where Is the Road to Becoming an Immortal (29)

“Master, you’re back.”

At the same time, the maid’s slightly cheerful voice suddenly came through—prior to this, You Ye was probably busy with something in the kitchen. As she came out, she was holding a tray with some food on it.

Thus, it formed an interesting triangle—the positions where the three of them stood happened to make a triangular shape.

The sound of the wall clock in the corner had not completely stopped; it rang for the eighth time, right?

Luo Qiu coughed lightly and casually said, “You Ye, bring a set of clothes for Ms. Nero, please.”

The maid smiled and nodded at Luo Qiu, then walked over to Nero, offering the tray in her hands.

Nero, who did not feel there was anything wrong with her current state, received it with both hands, happily saying, “Ah! I’ve been looking forward to this, your craftsmanship, lady!”

“Clothes are actually already prepared, Ms. Nero,” the maid said softly, “Additionally, could you eat in the restroom, perhaps?”

Nero blinked… Eating in the restroom does sound quite depressing, doesn’t it?

“Can you?” the maid asked with a smile once more.

“…Okay.”

It feels like if she shakes her head, she might just drop dead the next second… Nero quickly steadied the tray with both hands and then retreated step by step, before disappearing down the hallway.

“Master, the unclean thing has been dealt with.” The maid turned back once again.

Deal with what… Luo Qiu could only smile a bit awkwardly.

“Welcome back.” But the maid quickly grasped the knack of teasing again.

This was Luo Qiu’s first return after the club moved back.

“I’m back.” Luo Qiu nodded, “Anyway, let’s go to the study first?”

…

The sound of turning pages.

What Luo Qiu was looking at now was the business You Ye had conducted while he was on vacation—the club’s business had never stopped, though Luo Qiu hadn’t been paying attention during this time.

Whether it was while he was in South America, or during this short return, the transactions completed by You Ye were not few.

However, they were voices from ordinary people, spending their memories, talents, or health in exchange for something they considered more important.

Luo Qiu glanced through them quickly, finding nothing of interest.

The door of the study was knocked, and You Ye came in again carrying a tray… On it was a bowl of steaming hot something.

Luo Qiu smelled the aroma but hadn’t seen it, so he curiously asked, “What is this?”

“Dumplings just wrapped today; I heard there’s a tradition here to eat dumplings during the New Year, just like how turkey is eaten on Christmas.”

She placed the dumplings in front of Luo Qiu, accompanied by some dishes of balsamic vinegar. It seemed she had indeed done her homework well in this regard.

“Freshly made?” Luo Qiu asked with some surprise, looking at You Ye.

You Ye nodded, “I bought the ingredients in the afternoon, thinking you might come back, so I temporarily dealt with the filling. Later, when making the dumpling skins, I sensed an anomaly with Ms. Nero’s Burning Black Card, so I went out for a bit.”

You Ye quickly explained the incident with Nero from start to finish.

“Xuanyuan Palace?” Luo Qiu mused thoughtfully for a moment, then deepened his hand, and suddenly a rolled goatskin scroll fell into his palm from the air. He opened the goatskin scroll to read it.

The document detailed information about Xuanyuan Palace, information which Luo Qiu had just purchased directly from the altar at that moment.

“Looks like I’ll need to gradually start interacting with those Transcendent organizations.” Luo Qiu sighed and set the intelligence scroll aside… In fact, dealing with the Transcendent wasn’t the first time, just that he hadn’t really come into contact with organizations like Xuanyuan Palace or the Daoist Association before.

“Master doesn’t like them?” suddenly asked the maid.

It felt like if he nodded, the maid’s next sentence might very well be: Then just erase them… Luo Qiu shook his head.

“Not really,” Luo Qiu smiled and said, “Ordinary people have their admirable traits. As for the Transcendent… they’re people too. Essentially there’s no real difference. It’s just that experiencing what ordinary people cannot makes them more… hmm, worth looking forward to?”

“I thought Master might think that way.”

You Ye nodded, “So, concerning Ms. Nero’s request, I chose to retreat rather than a cleaner approach. I think this way, Ms. Nero and they might still have connections in the future.”

Having had conflicting relations before, when they meet again someday, there might be a need.

Which also means there’s business to be made.

“You always do very well.” Luo Qiu smiled softly and then said, “Come, come a little closer.”

The maid, with some confusion, walked around the desk to Luo Qiu’s side.

Luo Qiu stood up, took a tissue from the desk, and gently wiped You Ye’s face, “Flour, it’s stuck.”

“Maybe it’s because the time was too tight,” You Ye said apologetically, “I’m sorry for letting you see me looking disheveled.”

“It’s nothing,” Luo Qiu shook his head, “And how to say it, it does feel a bit cute… Perhaps it’s the contrast?”

Though rather odd… You Ye, nearly perfect, shouldn’t make such small mistakes, should she?

Or was it deliberate…?

But You Ye at the moment didn’t seem any different from usual, so Luo Qiu put the minor suspicion aside, sat back down, and began tasting the You Ye brand dumplings.

It should be said, anything put out by You Ye is bound to be top-notch, right?

Although he already had some of Old Master Song’s New Year’s Eve feast, he felt he could still eat these flavorful dumplings.

“Oh right, where’s Tai Yinzi?” Luo Qiu asked while eating.

“Him, he seems busy planning a New Year’s event in the gaming world?” You Ye thought for a moment and said, “I heard there’s a special New Year’s event boss for players to fight. For this, they seem quite lively… those ‘players’.”

“The last one was the Christmas special project, and this time the New Year’s event?” Luo Qiu chuckled, “Very dedicated, this GM… So, what about No. 18 and Da Zhe? Are they doing well?”

You Ye said, “Nothing special, ever since No. 18 chose their target, they’ve been focusing on this new target. Also, Da Zhe was thrown into the inter-dimensional rift by No. 17, probably intending to liberate the power of Zhan Lu quickly through combat.”

No. 18, seems to be still playing the cultivating game… Wang Yuechuan.

Luo Qiu drummed his fingers.

How to say it, as a boss, caring about the employees’ needs more than the customers’ is necessary.

So whatever No. 17 wanted to do, Luo Qiu did not impede—after all, No. 18 hadn’t done anything against the club’s rules.

“Hmm, the inter-dimensional rift,” Luo Qiu seemed a bit interested, “I went there recently too, got a feel for the environment.”

“Master went to the inter-dimensional rift?” You Ye opened her mouth in surprise.

“Was it too reckless?” Luo Qiu asked curiously.

“Too reckless,” You Ye rarely stared at Luo Qiu with a somewhat stern feel, “I’ve already said, even if the Master is undying, seeing his body suffer and cause him pain is something I don’t want to witness!”

“Sorry, I won’t next time.”

You Ye sighed, “The inter-dimensional rift, I went there with the previous owner several times as well. In the rift, there are a few who are my equals or even slightly superior. Although they could never harm the Master, the cost of operating inside is relatively higher for the Master, so there’s no need to waste.”

“Hmm, I felt it too.” Luo Qiu nodded, “There’s a slight delay in the transmission of power in the rift, but it doesn’t have much impact… Does it require extra payment? I see, I guess I’ll have to pay attention next time.”

“It’s about an extra ten percent.” You Ye thought for a moment and said, “I remember the previous owner mentioned this matter.”

“Ten percent, huh?” Luo Qiu was taken aback, then joked, “It feels like it’s turning into something like an exchange rate, or a duty tax on imports and exports.”

“After all, the dimensional rift is an uninhabited zone outside of the history of all worlds, strictly speaking, it’s beyond the main structure of the world, considered an illegal area.” You Ye nodded.

“Which means, where we are is the legal area… the club, within the law?” Luo Qiu suddenly said.

However, at this moment, You Ye suddenly froze, her eyes, expression, everything seemed to pause… Luo Qiu opened his mouth, then shook his head.

Similar situations had happened before.

It wasn’t due to surveillance, but rather she’d been rejected from talking about this topic… But since it paused here, it means my question touched a boundary, right?

Illegal, legal…

Sub-administrator A Lai Ye…

Different sequence worlds…

Inside and outside the structure…

…

“After all, the dimensional rift is an uninhabited zone outside of the history of all worlds, strictly speaking, it’s beyond the main structure of the world, considered an illegal area.” You Ye nodded.

“I’ll have to pay more attention then.” Luo Qiu smiled slightly.

You Ye asked curiously, “Master, have you finished eating?”

She looked at the porcelain bowl on the table, which was almost completely emptied by the master… but it seemed a bit odd, as if she hadn’t seen the master eat that much…

“Yeah, the taste was so good, I finished it before I knew it.” Luo Qiu stretched lazily, stood up, and casually closed the account book on the table.

You Ye softly asked, “Master, are you going back?”

“Yes.” Luo Qiu nodded, “It’s been a while since I last went back.”

You Ye was slightly surprised, then reacted, “You mean… Ms. Ren.”

“You can come too.” Luo Qiu nodded, extending a hand to You Ye.

…

…

Almost midnight.

In a corner of the dark night.

A hand rose and fell—a hand chop.

The person lurking in the darkness was simply hit on the ground by a single hand chop. But before this person even landed, they were already supported by someone.

The person supporting the unconscious lurker was Jessica, and the one who knocked the person out was evidently her current master… Su Zijun.

After placing the unconscious person aside, Jessica looked at Su Zijun with some confusion.

Logically, this lurker should be here to monitor something, but even so, it shouldn’t have anything to do with her, right? She didn’t understand the purpose of Su Zijun’s actions.

Su Zijun looked at the villa area not far away and said, “That place is considered my family’s property, with some acquaintances living inside. I don’t like this guy monitoring here.”

This made Jessica even more puzzled… in this case, shouldn’t it be better to capture and interrogate the person?

Su Zijun said, “This guy lurking here is a ‘Silver Sword Warchief,’ sort of my retainer.”

So, your retainer is lurking here to monitor your acquaintances living in your family property… Jessica only felt the relationship seemed a bit convoluted.

“Big sis!!”

But at this time, a slightly excited voice suddenly sounded in the darkness.

Jessica was startled, and the Alliance assumed a defensive stance, but then a shadow emerged from the darkness at a speed difficult for Jessica to track, appearing before her.

It was a very handsome young man, but his face was somewhat pale… furthermore, the youth’s lips were very thin, seemingly carrying a hint of mysterious purple.

After this youth appeared, his expression was very agitated… but at least there was no sign of threat, and he seemed to be an old acquaintance of her master?

Big sis… is he her master’s brother?

“Ghost Baby… why are you here?” Su Zijun frowned at this moment.

Evidently, encountering Ghost Baby here was unexpected, but not too surprising. Ghost Baby’s origin was very special, with a sensitivity to auras that was a unique ability of his species, even she herself might be noticed if not careful.

“Mr. Gui asked me to run some errands, and I just happened to return and check the situation here.” Ghost Baby directly explained.

“Here?” Su Zijun frowned, “Since you know this place is being watched, why didn’t you do something about it?”

Ghost Baby said, “Mr. Gui said that since we know who placed this hidden post, there’s no need to alert them. After all, even if one is removed, another will be placed as a replacement, so it doesn’t really matter.”

“I bet that old turtle is just too lazy.” Su Zijun showed a look of disdain.

She glanced at Ghost Baby, noticing he was holding something like a file folder, making her slightly curious—yet Ghost Baby quickly tried to hide the folder.

But he soon realized that such an action would only make Su Zijun more suspicious, given Su Zijun’s personality…

“Hand it over.”

Sure enough, Su Zijun issued the command without hesitation.

Ghost Baby always prioritized Su Zijun’s orders over Gui Qianyi’s, so he straightforwardly handed the folder to Su Zijun.

Hmm… Mr. Gui, sorry about this.

Seeing Ghost Baby’s odd expression, Su Zijun became even more intrigued by the contents of the folder… She opened it and pulled out its contents, only to find a stack of photos, and started frowning as she looked through them.

“When did that dirty old turtle develop such an interest??”

There were photos of a little girl either angry, silent, or smiling…

“As for Mr. Gui’s interest, I wouldn’t know, Big Sis.” Ghost Baby said with his head down.

Su Zijun suspiciously glanced at Ghost Baby, then continued to stare at the photos and suddenly said, “Who’s this little girl? She looks so familiar, and for some reason, the more I look at her, the angrier I get…”

Lord Long, I might have to apologize to you too…

“Actually, she’s…”

At this moment, a beam of light suddenly shot up into the night sky from the distant Mount Tai mountains!

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PS: That’s it for tonight.