I Received Messages From Future Self!
Chapter 538 - 534 Acquired the Painting

Chapter 538: Chapter 534 Acquired the Painting

Upon hearing Ye Lingchen’s question, Fang Xiaocao smiled slightly: "Young man, you don’t understand."

"Sometimes, you need to look beyond the surface and see the substance. Some things may appear to be just a piece of paper, but their inherent value is priceless."

"Take this painting for instance. On the surface, it’s just a piece of paper, but in reality, it’s a group photo of some very accomplished handsome men from a thousand years ago."

Anyway, Ye Lingchen was like the foolish son of a landlord family, whether he was truly foolish or just pretending, it didn’t stop Fang Xiaocao from teasing him for fun.

Upon hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Ye Lingchen blinked his eyes, nodding as if he understood, but actually didn’t.

"I kind of get it, but at the same time, I don’t."

Ye Lingchen said with a serious face.

He exemplified the essence of the landlord family’s foolish son, leaving Fang Xiaocao unable to discern whether Ye Lingchen was genuinely foolish or pretending to be foolish.

He exuded a kind of elusive sense of reality and illusion, which made Fang Xiaocao secretly suspect that Ye Lingchen might be a disciple of a Taoist master, studying Taoist mysticism.

Fang Xiaocao nodded: "It’s better if you don’t understand."

Having acquired the Shu Han Romance, Fang Xiaocao stopped paying attention to the subsequent auction items.

She absent-mindedly waited for the auction to end.

Paid, took the Shu Han Romance, and ran.

Letting Taotie advance to a super master, and then come back to settle accounts with Zuo Ci, the pawnshop, and the Blacklist.

In Fang Xiaocao’s anticipation, the auction finally ended in a grand manner.

Fang Xiaocao immediately pressed the communicator in the Superior No.1 Room, requesting, under Ye Lingchen’s name, for the auction house to deliver the Shu Han Romance and complete the transaction.

There was naturally no reason for the Tang Sect to refuse Ye Lingchen’s request, so they promptly dispatched someone to deliver the Shu Han Romance to the Superior No.1 Room.

Fang Xiaocao immediately used a special channel of the Tang Sect to transfer two billion all at once.

Successfully acquiring the Shu Han Romance.

"Brother Lingchen, could you please take me back to the hotel? I’m afraid the Blacklist and the pawnshop might try something halfway and snatch my painting."

Fang Xiaocao pretended to be pitiful, holding onto Ye Lingchen’s arm, and said in a coquettish tone.

Fang Xiaocao was genuinely afraid that the Blacklist and the pawnshop would secretly plot to rob her of the Shu Han Romance.

She wasn’t too concerned about the Blacklist and the pawnshop alone; what worried her most were Zuo Ci and the super master by his side who might join forces with the Blacklist and the pawnshop.

With two super masters, even Taotie probably wouldn’t be able to escape.

So Fang Xiaocao could only sacrifice her dignity and act coquettishly with the landlord family’s foolish son.

When Fang Xiaocao acted coquettishly, even immortals found it irresistible, let alone the landlord family’s foolish son.

Ye Lingchen nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I’ll have the driver bring the car over immediately."

With that, Ye Lingchen took out his phone.

And dialed his father’s personal driver’s phone number.

"Uncle Long, let’s go."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Lingchen looked towards Long Lie.

Long Lie shook his head helplessly, silently thinking: "This foolish boy, when will he grow up? Being sold and still helping others count the money."

But Long Lie didn’t oppose.

Anyway, they were going back to the hotel, so being used by Fang Xiaocao wasn’t a big deal.

They’d keep the account in mind for now and let Fang Xiaocao pay it back when Ye Lingchen needed help in the future.

"Keep track for now, repay later."

Long Lie said out of context.

Then turned and opened the door of the Superior No.1 Room.

Leading the way out of the room.

Ye Lingchen blinked, not understanding what Long Lie was saying, but Fang Xiaocao understood.

However, Fang Xiaocao didn’t care much about it.

After all, when you have many lice, they don’t itch, and accumulating debts doesn’t cause worry. She already owed Ye Lingchen several favors, so she’d just owe more and repay when there’s a chance.

With Long Lie paving the way, and the Young Master of the Ye Family passing through, everyone cleared the way; who dared to act rashly?

Utilizing Long Lie’s deterrence, Fang Xiaocao, carrying the Shu Han Romance, swaggered down the stairs with false authority.

Upon exiting the Tang Sect Auction House, the Iveco vehicle specially prepared for Ye Lingchen by the Tang Sect was already blatantly parked at the entrance.

Blocking the main entrance of the auction house.

Yet no one dared to point fingers or comment, everyone silently detoured around the Iveco.

Everyone knew this golden Iveco was the vehicle of the Ye Family’s young master.

And beside him was Long Lie, a super master.

After Fang Xiaocao and the group boarded, Ye Lingchen instructed the driver: "Directly to the Tangmen Hotel."

The driver nodded, started the Iveco,

and headed straight to the Tangmen Hotel.

Once the Ye Family driver dominantly parked the Iveco at the hotel entrance again,

Fang Xiaocao and her companions got off, accompanying Ye Lingchen and Long Lie into the Tangmen Hotel.

"Brother Lingchen, thank you."

"Sister will head back to the room first."

Safely entering the lobby of the Tangmen Hotel under the protection of Ye Lingchen and Long Lie, Fang Xiaocao let out a sigh of relief, waving goodbye to Ye Lingchen.

"Goodbye, Sister Xiaocao."

Ye Lingchen waved cheerfully.

Parting ways with Fang Xiaocao.

Carrying the Shu Han Romance, Fang Xiaocao eagerly entered the elevator, quickly returning with Tom and company to the fifth floor of the hotel.

Back on the fifth floor, Fang Xiaocao returned to her room without a word, locked the door, and took out the Shu Han Romance from the box.

Unrolling the ancient painting, Fang Xiaocao examined it thoroughly, finding nothing remarkable, feeling as if it were just an ordinary ancient painting.

Nothing stood out.

"Could I have been deceived?"

"Spent two billion on a fake painting?"

With no gain, Fang Xiaocao couldn’t help but secretly wonder if she’d been duped.

Spending two billion and ending up with a fake painting.

"I should ask Hot Noodles."

Fang Xiaocao muttered while pulling out her phone.

[Fang Xiaocao: Sister, I got the Shu Han Romance, but the painting doesn’t seem to have anything extraordinary. Where is its secret hidden?]

[Fang Xiaocao: Or did I buy a fake?]

Fang Xiaocao edited and sent two messages to Hot Noodles in succession.

Fortunately, this time Hot Noodles didn’t block Fang Xiaocao, and the messages were successfully sent.

Otherwise, Fang Xiaocao would have exploded.

Taking the painting to demand answers from the Tang Sect Auction House.

[Hot Noodles: You’re not at a high enough level, so of course, you can’t see the mysterious mechanism. Among you, only Taotie and Mantis can understand it.]

[Hot Noodles: However, the mechanism is one-time use. Mantis looking at it can advance to half-step super, just slightly better than the current Taotie.]

[Hot Noodles: Taotie looking at it can immediately enter the realm of super advancement, as for Unhappy, he simply won’t understand it, and Tom’s combat skills don’t belong to ancient martial arts. His main combat skills are bombs and marksmanship, so looking at it won’t yield much, and it’ll waste the mechanism.]

Hot Noodles gave Fang Xiaocao a lot of face.

Sent over three long pieces of advice at once.

After reading the explanation from Hot Noodles, Fang Xiaocao nodded and continued to send messages.

[Fang Xiaocao: I just need to show this painting to Taotie, and Taotie will understand