The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 468 - 0470: Return to Su City

Chapter 468: Chapter 0470: Return to Su City

Chu Ge’s lips twitched, wishing not to be asked such questions right off the bat!

"Where are you now? I’ll send someone to pick you up."

Chu Ge decided to change the subject.

However, Jian Chunqiu wasn’t about to let Chu Ge off the hook so easily. He never got the better of his old man, and he couldn’t out-talk Chu Ge in Shanghai either. Now that he finally had the chance to tease Chu Ge, there was no way he would pass it up.

"No need to send anyone; how about I just go directly to Dang City to find you? To be honest, I really want to see you sooner and find out just how decrepit you’ve become."

Jian Chunqiu chuckled softly on the phone.

"..." Chu Ge was speechless, knowing full well that Jian Chunqiu would never miss a chance to mock him.

Fortunately, he was prepared.

The two bantered for a while, then suddenly Jian Chunqiu shifted to a serious tone and asked, "I remember you cultivated some Spiritual Liquid before. Isn’t that supposed to be impervious to all diseases? Why didn’t you try taking a few to see if it works? Or did you try and it was no use?"

Speaking of the Spiritual Liquid, Chu Ge felt helpless.

The Spiritual Liquid he had refined before was all given away. By the time he realized he was poisoned, he didn’t have a single drop of Spiritual Liquid on him, let alone the ability to refine more with his martial arts completely gone.

In fact, Chu Ge also had his doubts, wondering if the Spiritual Liquid might work against the toxin. He thought that if it really came down to it, he would ask for some to try, but his pride prevented him from asking.

Moreover, he couldn’t let too many people know that he had lost his martial arts abilities, not even Nangong Man Sha and Tang Xin.

"I’ve run out of Spiritual Liquid," Chu Ge replied succinctly.

"Oh, is that so? Well, it’s just as well. I’ve brought a few bottles with me to give you," Jian Chunqiu offered magnanimously, acting as if the Spiritual Liquid was of little consequence.

Chu Ge’s brows twitched, somewhat at a loss for words, and he said, "You know how to refine Spiritual Liquid now?"

Upon hearing this, Jian Chunqiu felt slighted, letting out a grunt, "What do you mean ’now’? Do you think I shouldn’t know how? Or do you think only your old man should know?"

Chu Ge rolled his eyes speechlessly. Here we go again, he thought.

"No need for you to come to Dang City, we are heading back now."

"Did you get your hands on the secret manual?" Jian Chunqiu asked.

Chu Ge hummed in affirmation and then added, "Wait until I get back to show you something. The secret manual will be the least of your concerns."

Jian Chunqiu seemed to be caught off guard, as if he got busted for something he was guilty of. His eyes drifted and his voice stuttered, "What concerns of mine? I don’t understand what you’re talking about."

Chu Ge had no extra energy to chat with Jian Chunqiu. Now that he was in Su City, he needed to hurry back and have Jian Chunqiu check something for him.

Zhao Wuji took the phone. His lips parted as if to say something, but in the end, he said nothing at all.

In front of Chu Ge, as well as in front of Jian Chunqiu, he always had no right or position to speak.

Chu Ge glanced at him, knowing what was on his mind. He stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You don’t need to go to Su City. I’ve promised to attend Madam Mu Qing’s dinner tonight. You can go in my place."

After speaking, he looked at Zhao Wuji with a smile and then strode away.

Zhao Wuji looked gratefully at Chu Ge. His emotions had truly been like a roller coaster in just a short while.

Elsewhere, because the other sects had not won the bidding, someone had come to inform them of the results while Chu Ge was talking with Mu Qing.

In the number one private room.

People from the Tang Sect were sitting there, their faces full of discontent, "What’s the deal with the owner of this secret manual? We offered a sky-high price, and yet she’s still not satisfied?"

"I’ve heard that this woman is quite eccentric, and I also heard that the Black Witch Sect had already set their sights on this secret manual before the auction. It’s precisely because the Black Witch Sect made several attempts to demand it from her that she decided to put it up for auction."

"Damn it! Why didn’t you say this information sooner?"

"I just found out myself. I overheard them talking about it when I was in the restroom."

The person claimed innocence, "This is just restroom gossip, it might not be true."

"True or not, someone has bought the secret manual. What should we do now?"

"Rob it?"

"Do you even know who bought it?"

"It’s so infuriating! They didn’t disclose the price it was sold for, and now they won’t even say who bought it. Are they really afraid of it being robbed?"

"I think we should just rob it. What problem can’t be solved by a fight? If that’s not enough, then two fights—sooner or later, there will be a victor!"

"Enough! Stop your idle chatter, the two of you!" The leading elder furrowed his brows, deep in thought.

Seeing this, the other two young men stopped talking and just sat there quietly, waiting for the elder’s orders.

After a moment, the elder finally spoke, "There are at least five sects here; surely someone will become restless. We should just watch the changes for now, let them fight it out first. When the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman profits. We’ll just wait and harvest the gains."

Meanwhile, inside private room number two, Hua Liuyue sat quietly by herself, her eyes closed, contemplating the ownership issue of the secret manual.

If things didn’t go contrary to her expectations, Chu Ge must be the one who got the secret manual.

Yet because she had installed a listening device in Chu Ge’s room, she knew that Chu Ge had no martial arts to speak of at this point. For the owner of the secret manual to sell it to Chu Ge, wasn’t it blatantly intended to invite people to rob it?

Hua Liuyue hesitated, wondering whether she should visit Su City.

As she was deep in thought and struggling with the decision, her phone rang—it was a call from Ge Fan.

Hua Liuyue narrowed her eyes slightly, almost forgetting this man of pure Yang.

She answered the call and Ge Fan’s voice came through, "Master Hua, what’s the result?"

Hua Liuyue sighed delicately, somewhat despondently, "I didn’t win the bid for the secret manual, and I have no idea who did. The organizer didn’t make it public."

Ge Fan didn’t care about the outcome; he just wanted to know when Hua Liuyue would return.

"Then, darling... does our agreement still stand?"

Hua Liuyue twisted her waist slightly and her eyes glinted with a rippling allure, "Of course, it stands. Why, are you getting impatient?"

"Hehe, you’ve caught me. Hurry back, I’ll take a shower first and wait for you."

After hanging up the phone, Hua Liuyue’s eyes revealed a hint of viciousness. Since she failed to obtain the secret manual, she was even more determined to find more men to absorb their essence, paving the way for her to break through to become an Innate Grandmaster sooner!

At this very moment, private room number three was already empty.

Yamamoto Buki and his older brother had quickly left after receiving a notification from the organizers.

They were heading back to Su City...