My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 188 - 018: Free Buffet

Chapter 188: Chapter 018: Free Buffet

Su Xiaoxi fished out her phone from her pocket, which finally made the stall owner relax after seeing she was really going to pay.

"What’s your account number, I’ll transfer it right now,"

asked Su Xiaoxi, glancing at the stall owner.

A few minutes later, Tang Ming and Su Xiaoxi were each holding their items as they left. Halfway there, Su Xiaoxi huffed angrily, "I promised to buy you something, and now I’ve delivered on that promise."

"Cut it out, that’s not the same at all. This is just like you buying something with your own money, do you really think I don’t know that you were eyeing that half-finished cultivation technique?"

Tang Ming said with a sneer, "If that stall owner knew, he probably would have charged you tens of millions."

"Hmph, you noticed that too, huh? You got me there,"

Su Xiaoxi said through gritted teeth; she thought her little movements had gone unnoticed, but now that she had been exposed, she was clearly furious.

The two continued walking, passing stalls along the way. The goods were either exorbitantly priced or useless, so after half an hour, they both lost interest.

Tang Ming looked at Su Xiaoxi and suggested, "There’s nothing interesting to see here anymore, let’s head back. There’s an auction tomorrow, after all."

"I still want to look around some more, just keep me company."

Su Xiaoxi said coquettishly.

"Aren’t you tired? Besides, there’s nothing more to see."

Tang Ming really did not want to walk anymore.

Su Xiaoxi was wearing high heels, and only after hearing Tang Ming’s words did she realize that her feet were sore. She thought for a moment and said, "Alright, let’s go back."

The two slowly headed towards the hotel. Along the way, Su Xiaoxi complained that her feet were hurting again and even asked Tang Ming to carry her, but Tang Ming wouldn’t agree, at most he would just help her by holding her hand as they walked.

In the hotel room, Liu Gaoze finished a call on his phone, then leaned back on the sofa, pinching the bridge of his nose with a sullen expression. His mind was deeply engrossed in thought. The organization had insisted that he complete the task. The item he would purchase tomorrow would be a hot commodity at the auction. Who knew how many people would clash for it? But if it was just a matter of competing bids, Liu Gaoze wasn’t afraid. He feared that some people at the auction weren’t there to genuinely bid, but to play dirty tricks behind the scenes.

After all, the winning bid would definitely be an astronomical figure, but if it were stolen, it would be akin to getting it for nothing. Such incidents had occurred at every auction, where many martial arts families would instantly turn into bandits, and even more ruthlessly so.

Lost in thought, Liu Gaoze only snapped out of it when Tang Ming returned to the room. He noticed how late it was and couldn’t help but say, "Why did you take so long?"

"Ran into a bit of trouble,"

said Tang Ming as he entered the room and poured himself a glass of water to drink. He was sharing a room with Liu Gaoze, which made it convenient to protect him.

"Oh? What kind of trouble?"

Liu Gaoze asked casually.

"It was those guys from the Poison Sect. They followed me to the night market, but I’ve already sent them packing,"

said Tang Ming as he sat down.

"People from the Poison Sect?"

Liu Gaoze was taken aback and said with concern, "If you still have some detoxification pills, just sell them one. Don’t make trouble for yourself."

"I’ll think about it,"

said Tang Ming as he reached into the black cloth bag he was carrying and pulled out a wooden box. After opening it, a Lingzhi mushroom was revealed, with a brightly colored poisonous mushroom intertwined below it.

"Is this what you bought at the night market?"

Liu Gaoze stared at the poisonous mushroom, recognizing its potency at a glance.

"Yeah, this is some good stuff."

Tang Ming said with a smile.

Liu Gaoze didn’t ask further. Tang Ming always had a particular fondness for poisons; he even asked him to help collect more poisonous herbs last time. As long as it was harmless to him, it was fine.

"If there’s nothing else, let’s rest early. There is an auction tomorrow,"

Liu Gaoze said.

"Uncle, you go to sleep first. I still have to practice cultivation for a while,"

Tang Ming said.

"Mm."

Liu Gaoze turned off the lamp by his bed, then turned on his side and started to sleep peacefully, knowing that with Tang Ming in the room to protect him, he didn’t have to worry about anyone harming him.

After half an hour of regulating his breathing, Tang Ming took out the Lingzhi from the wooden box, then ate it along with the poisonous mushrooms, one by one—if someone had been nearby, they definitely would have been scared half to death!

In less than a minute, both the Lingzhi and the poisonous mushrooms were in his stomach, and he washed them down with a sip of water.

The poisonous mushroom was indeed fierce; as soon as it entered his stomach, it began to take effect. Tang Ming sat cross-legged on the bed and started his cultivation practice. Gradually, streams of white smoke and sweat appeared on his forehead.

More than an hour later, Tang Ming opened his eyes, his face full of joy. After consuming those items, his cultivation had actually advanced to the peak of the Eight-star level. With just one more breakthrough, he could become a Nine-star Martial Artist. The Lingzhi and the poisonous mushrooms were indeed of great help to him.

The next morning, Tang Ming and Liu Gaoze both got up very early. After freshening up, they left the hotel room just to see many people exercising on the grassy ground at the center of the hotel. These people were all martial artists, though their cultivation varied. The spiritual energy was the most abundant in the morning; many martial artists maintained the habit of practicing cultivation early in the morning. However, for Tang Ming, that bit of spiritual energy had little effect on him.

"Let’s go, let’s go have breakfast at the restaurant,"

Liu Gaoze urged.

Tang Ming nodded and withdrew his gaze, saying, "Okay."

But suddenly, someone patted him on the back, and a wry smile appeared on Tang Ming’s face. He had already noticed Su Xiaoxi and thought that he could avoid her by turning his back, but he didn’t expect this girl to have such sharp eyes and to have already spotted him.

Turning his head, Tang Ming looked at Su Xiaoxi and said helplessly, "Why are you up so early too? Don’t women like to sleep in for beauty rest?"

"I would love to sleep, but there’s this annoying guy watching me. If I keep sleeping, Sun Zhuangjia will come and bother me again,"

Su Xiaoxi said disdainfully, "Besides, I don’t need beauty sleep to look beautiful, okay?"

"Right, you are a great beauty,"

Tang Ming sighed and asked, "Why are you looking for me so early?"

"You just came out too, haven’t you had breakfast yet?"

Su Xiaoxi said with a smile, "Why don’t we go have breakfast together? I know the organizer of the auction is offering a free buffet breakfast. Do you guys want to go?"

"Free? And a buffet?"

Tang Ming’s heart leaped at the mention; the word "free" was too attractive.

"Hehe, you can take whatever you want to eat,"

Su Xiaoxi said temptingly.

Tang Ming turned to Liu Gaoze with excitement and said, "Uncle, shall we go for the buffet?"

Liu Gaoze thought for a moment. Tang Ming was such a big eater that going for a buffet would be relatively more economical, so he nodded in agreement.

The three of them headed towards the buffet restaurant, with Su Xiaoxi leading the way. She walked shoulder to shoulder with Tang Ming, while Liu Gaoze followed behind.

Although he wasn’t very pleased with Su Xiaoxi being together with Tang Ming, for the time being, Tang Ming had not yet married his daughter, so Liu Gaoze didn’t have much to say.