Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 91 - 91 91 Xiaoyue_1

91: Chapter 91 Xiaoyue_1 91: Chapter 91 Xiaoyue_1 Lu Chuan was walking home when he suddenly sneezed.

Achoo~

“Weird, I always feel like some jerk is scheming behind my back.

Is it just an illusion?”

He took out a tissue to wipe his nose and threw it away when he reached a trashcan.

Just then, a piercing scream came from the alley beside him.

“Ahh!!!”

“Filthy hooligans!”

“Let go of me!

Don’t touch me!”

Lu Chuan’s brow furrowed, and he turned to walk into the alley.

He soon saw, under the dim street light, a group of drunken, tattooed brutes cornering a pitiful little girl, ripping at her clothes.

“You bunch of animals!

Let her go!” Lu Chuan bellowed.

The thugs turned their heads to look at Lu Chuan.

“Motherfucker, didn’t you see your grandpas are busy doing business here?

Little brat, if you don’t want to get beaten, scram.

We don’t have time to waste on you!”

Lu Chuan curled his lip, said nothing, and with a swift move, he charged at the men.

“Oh hey, he’s still…” One man tried to spout a threat, but the next second, Lu Chuan’s fist made contact with his face.

Blood splattered and teeth flew as the man’s body somersaulted 360 degrees in the air before crashing into a trash heap a good seven or eight meters away.

The remaining few, seeing this, were scared witless and turned to run away.

Lu Chuan didn’t give them the chance.

With a few moves, he sent them sprawling, crying for their dads and begging for mercy on their knees.

Afterward, he walked up to the girl who was paralyzed with fright, and asked, “Are you okay?”

The girl’s clothes had been torn to shreds, revealing patches of her snowy white skin.

She was petite, but her chest was well-developed.

A piece of her clothing had been torn off that side, exposing a glimpse of her hidden delicacies—so much that even Lu Chuan couldn’t help but take a few extra glances.

“I…

I’m okay…” The girl, regaining her senses, instinctively hugged her breasts, looking wronged and pitiful.

Lu Chuan took off his jacket and draped it over the girl.

“This area isn’t very safe.

In the future, try not to walk alone at night, and certainly don’t enter these dark alleys by yourself.”

The girl nodded earnestly.

After confirming that the girl was fine, Lu Chuan turned to leave.

At that moment, a soft little hand tugged at him.

Lu Chuan turned around and saw the girl looking at him with pitiful eyes, brimming with tears.

“What’s wrong?

Is there another problem?”

The girl hesitated for a while before finally mustering up the courage to say, “Big…

Big brother, I’m from the countryside.

I’m a stranger in these parts and I don’t have a place to stay.

I was planning to look for a job, but got cheated by those guys with the hearts of beasts.

Now, I’ve got nothing.

Could you…

could you take me home with you?”

After saying this, she lowered her head shyly, her discomfort and helplessness on full display.

Lu Chuan sighed and asked, “What’s your name?”

The girl answered, “Xiao…

Xiaoyue.”

Lu Chuan asked seriously, “Xiaoyue, aren’t you afraid that if I take you home, I might do something inappropriate to you?”

Xiaoyue immediately said, “No!

Big brother, you can tell at a glance that you’re not that kind of person, and if you really had bad intentions, you wouldn’t have saved me!”

Lu Chuan laughed heartily and said, “You’re really good at reading people.”

“Since that’s the case, then come on and go home with me.”

Xiaoyue’s face lit up with gratitude; she knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times to Lu Chuan.

“Big brother, I’ll never forget your kindness to Xiaoyue.

In my next life, I’ll definitely repay you by working like an ox or a horse!”

Lu Chuan helped her stand up, but inwardly he muttered, “Meet a handsome guy and offer yourself on a platter, but promise to be an ox or a horse in your next life for the less attractive ones.

Do I really look that bad?”

The two of them headed toward the Hanging Gourd Medical Hall together.

On the road, Lu Chuan asked Xiaoyue about her background and confirmed that she indeed came to Cloud City alone to make a living but had the misfortune of being deceived.

He then decided to arrange a job for her at Hanging Gourd Medical Hall, hoping to spare this naive girl some hardship.

Xiaoyue was extremely grateful and told Lu Chuan that she would be willing to be his servant for two lifetimes to repay his kindness.

Lu Chuan was speechless, thinking to himself it seemed he truly did not impress her with his looks.

Back at Hanging Gourd Medical Hall.

Mu Nanqing greeted him with high spirits, but upon seeing Xiaoyue by Lu Chuan’s side, her expression instantly turned cold, and she asked with suspicion, “Who is this?”

Lu Chuan explained the situation to Mu Nanqing and introduced the two to each other.

Upon learning that Xiaoyue was not what she had suspected, Mu Nanqing’s face regained its smile, and she warmly arranged a room for her to sleep in.

The next day, Lu Chuan gave Xiaoyue some simple tasks.

Seeing how quickly the clever girl picked them up, he felt relieved.

In the afternoon, Lu Chuan contacted Qi Zhenyun and agreed to have dinner together that evening.

At eight o’clock, Lu Chuan arrived at the restaurant, where Qi Zhenyun greeted him with a warm smile.

“Lu Chuan, come on in, come on in.

I’ve already ordered the dishes; tonight we’ve got to have a good drink,” Qi Zhenyun said.

Once seated, Lu Chuan asked with a smile, “Rich tycoon Qi, you seem to be exceptionally enthusiastic about me today.”

A look of shame appeared on Qi Zhenyun’s face as he said, “Lu Chuan, I won’t lie to you, I’ve been regretting almost every day that I didn’t invest in the three medicines you launched.

If I had known how effective they were, I would have signed the contract with you that very night!”

Lu Chuan laughed, “Rich tycoon Qi is joking.

My business is only a small one; it’s incomparable to yours.

There’s nothing to regret or not regret.”

Qi Zhenyun kept shaking his head, seemingly filled with genuine regret.

He leaned in and whispered to Lu Chuan, “If I invest now, what do you think, is there still a chance?

I am willing to put in more capital if needed!”

Lu Chuan smiled slightly and said, “You would have to ask Ning Xin about that; she’s my investor now, and what I say doesn’t count anymore.”

Qi Zhenyun’s face immediately fell, realizing that this matter was now hopeless.

He regretted his short-sightedness for not valuing Lu Chuan’s medicine previously.

Now he would occasionally slap himself in his dreams, making his wife believe he had gone mad.

Without dwelling on it further, Qi Zhenyun took a deep breath, regained his composure, and asked, “So, why did you want to see me this time?”

Lu Chuan said, “I’m looking to attend the upcoming auction in Tianhai City and am wondering if rich tycoon Qi could help me get an invitation.”

After contemplating for a moment, Qi Zhenyun said with a smile, “I do have a few friends over in Tianhai, it’s just that the organizers of the auction don’t see eye to eye with me, so even if I ask for invites, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get them.”

Lu Chuan asked, “Is there no other way then?”

Qi Zhenyun thought for a while and said, “It’s not that there’s no way, but it’s a bit troublesome.”

Lu Chuan said, “Please, go on.”

Qi Zhenyun said, “I have a grudge with the auction organizers, and they won’t give me face, but they will surely give Miss Ning face.”

“There’s a guy named Jiang Hai among the organizers, and he has a daughter with a peculiar illness that no renowned doctor has been able to cure.

If you can get Miss Ning to vouch for you and cure Jiang Hai’s daughter, then the auction invitation should naturally fall into your lap.”

After pondering for a moment, Lu Chuan felt that it was a viable solution.

He bowed to Qi Zhenyun and said, “Thank you for the suggestion, rich tycoon Qi!”

Qi Zhenyun laughed, “Not at all, come on, we must have a good drink tonight!”

After three rounds of drinking.

Feeling tipsy, Lu Chuan bid Qi Zhenyun farewell and headed for Hanging Gourd Medical Hall.

He intended to hail a cab by the roadside, but suddenly felt like someone was following him.

“Is it someone sent by Xiao Yun for revenge?”

With a hint of doubt, Lu Chuan turned into an alleyway, then picked up his pace, and soon reached a secluded hilltop.

He meant to shake off his pursuer, but found that the other person was not any slower than him; the follower must be a person of high capability.

Lu Chuan stopped on the hilltop, looked around in the moonlight, and called out coldly, “Come out.

You’ve been following for so long without taking action.

Are you lacking courage or confidence?”

A hearty laughter echoed.

Then, Lu Chuan saw a middle-aged man with a whitening temple on each side step out from the darkness.

With each step the man took, his aura grew stronger, and by the time he reached Lu Chuan, even he felt a powerful oppression that he couldn’t resist, and a sense of looming crisis rose within him.