How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 163: Immortal Company, Immortal Daughter-in-Law

Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Immortal Company, Immortal Daughter-in-Law

"Li Fang! When... when did you come back?"

Li Fang, her high school classmate.

After graduating from high school, everyone went their separate ways. She pursued an undergraduate degree, while Li Fang, whose grades were slightly lacking, attended a vocational school. At the beginning of the year, they met in the county city, at which time Li Fang was carrying a suitcase, preparing to head to Huicheng.

"Forget about it, after the New Year, I went to Huicheng for a job at Huan Yu Technology Company, but do you know what that company is like? Three people, one rented room. In my first month, there wasn’t even money to pay for electricity, and the boss spent half the day trying to persuade me to pay up to help the company through tough times... The world is full of thick-skinned people, but have you ever seen such a thick-skinned company? And they dare to call themselves ’Huan Yu’!"

Zhou Xi gently shook her head: "So you came back?"

"What else could I do? Actually help them pay the electricity bill?" said Li Fang. "Over the past six months, I’ve actually been working as a store guide at Li Dasheng Jewelry in Fengcheng... What about you? Where are you?"

"I’m in Fengcheng too!"

"Which company? I hope it’s not another three-people, one-room kind of company..."

Zhou Xi looked a bit strange: "Well, it really is three people, one room."

"Really?" Li Fang was surprised.

"Really!"

"My god, as much as a girl cursing isn’t graceful or refined, I still have to say, this crappy world makes finding a good job too damn hard. Sister, let’s grab some noodles and find a place to have a good cry..."

Li Fang fiercely scooped up a lump of chili sauce, stirred it aggressively into her noodles, and then devoured her meal, sweating from her nose.

Finally, she finished eating and wiped her mouth with a napkin on the table: "How much is your salary?"

"Five thousand!"

"Five thousand?" Li Fang’s eyes widened: "Monthly or... annually?"

"Monthly, of course."

"Monthly... it’s not just empty promises, right? Have they actually paid you?" Li Fang said. "These three-people, one-room companies love to draw big pies in the sky, it’s not about what they say but what you actually receive. How much did you get last month?"

"Over six thousand. That includes overtime pay for weekends."

Li Fang’s expression completely changed. Fengcheng, this tiny eighth-tier city, how could bottom-tier workers like them just starting in society be making over six thousand a month?

Is that even possible?

Probably only one possibility...

Li Fang took a deep breath: "Your boss... doesn’t your boss have any inappropriate thoughts about you?"

Only unwarranted intentions could make a boss step outside of the empty promise routine and actually pay solid money.

If it were a male employee, the likelihood would be almost zero, but for fresh young ladies like them, there are always some pigs looking for a bite, making genuine payment for such a pie-in-the-sky quite plausible.

Zhou Xi felt a wave of emotions inside, harboring inappropriate thoughts?

I actually wish he did, but it seems he really doesn’t...

She shook her head lightly.

"I absolutely don’t believe there are no improper intentions. The smaller the boss, the more every penny has a motive. Has he... has he often done you little favors?"

Zhou Xi felt a slight stir, "Does jade count?"

Li Fang’s eyes gleamed: "He gave you jade?"

"Yes."

Li Fang said: "Just as I thought! Jade is perfect for luring women. Fakes are everywhere, and the fakes look even prettier than the real ones. Something from a few tens to telling you it’s worth tens of thousands, making you owe him a huge favor as if you’re selling yourself happily... It’s lucky you met me. Let me have a look, I’ll tell you how wicked the world is."

Zhou Xi hesitated for a moment then opened her small bag, taking out the brocade bag inside.

The brocade bag was luxurious, embroidered with gold threads depicting a logo, Xueyu Pavilion.

Inside was a black wood box, also bearing the same logo, Xueyu Pavilion.

Li Fang glanced at the brocade bag, a hint of disdain appearing at the corner of her mouth: "Crap! Xueyu Pavilion, that’s a noble brand in the jewelry world, and he dares to fake it!"

Then looking at the wood box, her eyebrows furrowed: "Is there even a secret mark?"

Holding the bracelet inside, she examined it against the sunlight and gently touched it, her expression gradually changing...

"Stop looking, this is genuine!" Zhou Xi said. "Bought the raw stone on site, cut open on site, crafted on site!"

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" asked Li Fang.

Zhou Xi shook her head: "He told me!"

"You believe him just like that?" Li Fang said. "If this is genuine, with such quality, don’t even think about owning it for less than one hundred thousand! A small boss in a rented place, could he give you something worth one hundred thousand? Think about it, it must be fake!"

Zhou Xi’s cheeks flushed: "Do you really think it’s worth more than one hundred thousand?"

"I mean... if it’s real, it would be worth more than one hundred thousand!" Li Fang said. "Sister, let’s go to the store, the master craftsman is there now, let him take a look."

"There’s no need, I told you it’s real..."

"What do you mean, no need? He even pulled off a high-end bracelet from Xueyu Pavilion. Looks like his claws are very close to you! It’s too difficult for us girls in society, listen to me, we better clear things up."

"I guess you’re right! If it truly is that valuable, I really shouldn’t be keeping it. We should return it!" Zhou Xi said. "Let’s go and see... okay."

At Li Dasheng Jewelry, the master craftsman used three different instruments and gave the final verdict.

"Miss Zhou, this bracelet has no issues! It is genuine natural jade grade A, and both the certificate and craftsmanship exactly fit Xueyu Pavilion’s product standards. Even in Xueyu Pavilion, it’s of master-level quality."

Both women’s hearts pounded.

Not only was the jade genuine, but it was also personally crafted by a master from Xueyu Pavilion.

"How much... is it worth?" Zhou Xi asked a critical question.

"At least two hundred thousand!" the master craftsman said. "That’s just the buy-back price. If the lady wishes, I can speak to the boss right now about buying it back directly!"

Zhou Xi declined the buy-back offer, somewhat out of sorts.

Li Fang escorted her out of the shop, and under the shade of a tree outside, she couldn’t hold back and sighed long, "Sister, what kind of divine company did you run into?"

"Now is my company not just a bag company?" Zhou Xi glanced at her sideways.

"As long as the real money reaches our hands, even if the company has nothing but a briefcase, it’s still an Immortal Company..."

"So your standard is just having money, you don’t worry about the boss deceiving you for your beauty?"

Li Fang’s gaze shifted: "Deceiving beauty? When a girl sells herself for just a few dozen bucks, that’s cheating. Is it still cheating if you get hundreds of thousands? Hey, girl, I’m seriously begging you, can you let your boss deceive me? I really want to be tricked right now..."

"Hey hey, that’s not proper for a decent girl, you know..."

Li Fang sighed: "These days, decent girls starve to death. When bad money drives out good money becomes the norm, being decent is a sin..."

Oh my god, these values seem a bit crumbled.

Zhou Xi rode on the little motorbike and scooted off.

At Old Tashan Village, Lin Xiaosu also returned home.

The courtyard gate was locked. As he opened the gate, Lin Xiaosu was stunned by the courtyard.

This little farmhouse courtyard, previously cluttered with stuff, presented an extraordinary beauty today.

Pebbles piled up to form two vegetable plots and a small flower garden. The vegetables in the garden were neatly arranged—the greens were vegetables, the reds were chili peppers, and the whites were perpetual whites.

The flowers in the garden were in full bloom.

That was climbing dayflower, and at this time of the season, it gently spread throughout the entire garden.

The path was also paved with pebbles.

On the grapevine, the grapes were not yet mature, emerald green and teeming with life.

Below the grape arbor sat a new wooden tea table, clean and elegantly simple.

He had never imagined his own courtyard could be so refined.

Probably neither had Mum.

The only one capable of doing this was little Ye.

She was a smart robot, her programming stored too much stuff, she had a belly full of gardening knowledge, she was better at gardening than Mum who had spent a lifetime with vegetables, she also had hands-on capabilities like a 3D printer, the knowledge in her... oh, no, control panel could be presented in the most precise way.

The inside of the house was the same.

The concrete floor was polished, the stairs were wiped clean, and every item in the room showcased its most beautiful side.

The house was still the same house, but after skillful tidying, it was transformed.

It was just tidying, not renovating.

The materials used in the tidying came not from stores but were picked naturally: the pebbles were from the river, the wood was from the mountains, the least likely to exude a sense of life, the robot, had injected a sense of life into his home...

How could it not move someone deeply?

Lin Xiaosu stepped out and went to the backyard vegetable garden.

From a distance, he saw two figures, a very warm and sweet scene.

Mum was there weeding, little Ye was there picking vegetables, and occasionally, laughter could be heard.

In the neighboring vegetable plot was another person, Second Aunt, watching this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatting and laughing; her face held a complex expression, seeming a bit envious and also a bit resentful...

"Mum!" Lin Xiaosu called out.

Both women in the field turned back simultaneously.

Little Ye’s face broke into a radiant smile.

Mum’s face also showed a smile.

"Little Ye, let’s stop and go home," Lin Mu naturally grabbed little Ye’s hand, and the two walked back shoulder to shoulder.

They went up the slope.

Face to face.

Mum’s first words were still about his brother: "Is your brother’s injury okay now?"

"It’s completely healed, he’s discharged from the hospital, and he’s back with the troops."

Mum finally put her heart at ease: "That’s great! Really great... Little Ye, you go back home with Xiaosu first, and I’ll finish up that plot of land and come back."

"Okay!" little Ye responded.

That’s how her programming runs.

Whatever Lin Mu said, she would agree.

Never opposed, never annoyed...

Such a daughter-in-law, also a divine daughter-in-law...

She met all the expectations ancient and modern mothers-in-law had for daughters-in-law...

Lin Xiaosu scratched his scalp, suddenly feeling that this might not be a good sign.

Mum was liking little Ye more and more.

Her tastes had been spoiled by little Ye.

If he truly used little Ye as a template to find a wife in the future, he likely wouldn’t find anyone. At least, women of this era definitely wouldn’t just respond with an "okay" in front of their mother-in-law.

Chang Ye, you’ve really dug a pit for me...

It’s not just burying me, but also yourself! Judging by the rural mother-in-law’s standards for a daughter-in-law, little Ye scores even higher than you, the legitimate one! I want to see how you close the skies later...

When night fell, Lin Xiaosu felt that besides the future pit, there was also a pit in front of him; it was when he discussed with Mum about going to Liu Lin Temple tonight, Mum’s stern warning...

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Such a good daughter-in-law and you don’t cherish her, you want to soar to the heavens?!

You must accompany her well, and you’re not allowed to go anywhere today!

So, Lin Xiaosu could only go upstairs, facing the room where little Ye looked lively and vivid...

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