great-warnovel Chapter 157 The eldest brother pinned her against the counter: This card has no limit, Jiaojiao, tak
Chapter 157 The eldest brother pinned her against the counter: This card has no limit, Jiaojiao, tak
Langya Special Zone, the First Commercial Center.
This newly completed crystal palace is Qin Yue's most prized "money pit".
The enormous glass dome allows the warm winter sun to stream into the room without reservation, making the red velvet counters shimmer and glow.
Magistrate Fang, wrapped in an official robe that still smelled of disinfectant, walked timidly on the smooth, mirror-like terrazzo floor.
He felt like a beggar who had mistakenly wandered into the heavenly palace.
"This...this is glazed tile? This is a luminous pearl as a lamp?"
Magistrate Fang stared at the dazzling crystal chandelier overhead, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
Just then, a lazy yet arrogant laugh came from ahead.
"This material is no good, it's too rough. In our Western Regions, this kind of silk is used to polish saddles."
Magistrate Fang looked in the direction of the sound, his whole body stiffened suddenly, and he was so frightened that he almost knelt on the ground.
Before the most luxurious silk counter stood a woman dressed in a fiery red Western Region casual dress.
She held a cup of "pearl milk tea," a special product supplied by the Qin family, and casually sipped it while using her hands, adorned with jeweled rings, to meticulously inspect the goods on the counter.
"Tuo... Tuobayu?!"
Magistrate Fang gasped and quickly hid behind a gilded pillar, cold sweat instantly pouring down his back.
This is the "Queen of the Shifting Sands" of the Western Regions! She is a major border threat that causes the Wei Dynasty a great deal of headaches!
How did she end up here? And judging from her appearance, she wasn't carrying any weapons, she was drinking milk tea, strolling around, and even wearing the Qin family's new cotton slippers?
"It's over...it's all over..."
Magistrate Fang tremblingly pulled out his small notebook:
"The Qin family is colluding with the enemy! This is tantamount to colluding with the enemy! Keeping a female demon from the Western Regions in the special zone... Qin Lie is plotting a rebellion!"
However, the "traitorous" female demon had no time to pay attention to an ant hiding behind a pillar.
Her attention was entirely focused on the woman on the other side of the counter.
Su Wan.
Today she wore a primrose-colored soft gauze dress, covered with a pure white fox fur coat. She was nestled in the soft chair prepared for VIPs, holding a Suzhou embroidered handkerchief in her hand.
Qin Yue (the fourth brother) stood beside her, fanning himself with a folding fan, and was quietly telling her about the origin of this embroidery technique, which amused Su Wan so much that her eyes crinkled into crescents.
"Sister Su."
Tuoba Yu took a sip of milk tea, strode over with his long legs.
She's been living in this special zone for a few days now and has long considered it her own backyard.
"Why are you still looking at these ordinary items?"
Tuoba Yu plopped down on the armrest next to Su Wan, her posture as bold as a bandit leader, yet exuding the domineering aura of a mature woman.
She moved closer to Su Wan, her alluring fox-like eyes sweeping over Su Wan:
"Although this Suzhou embroidery is exquisite, it's too small-scale and doesn't suit you."
As she spoke, she snapped her fingers.
The Kunlun slave who had been silently following behind immediately presented a sandalwood box.
"Clatter".
The box is opened.
Inside wasn't silk, but a complete set of ruby jewelry. The necklace, earrings, and forehead ornament each contained a gemstone the size of a pigeon egg, which refracted a dazzling crimson light under the lamplight.
"This is what I just had my men find in the storeroom."
Tuoba Yu picked up the ruby necklace; its red light reflected on her fingertips, making her appear exceptionally alluring.
"In the Western Regions, this set of equipment can be exchanged for a cavalry unit of a thousand men."
Holding the necklace, she bypassed Qin Yue and reached for Su Wan's neck:
"I think your neck is a bit too plain."
"Here, let me put it on you."
"This red stone paired with your fair skin...tsk tsk, it must be so beautiful it makes one want to take a bite."
Tuoba Yu's eyes were filled with naked admiration and possessiveness. In her eyes, Su Wan was like an exquisite porcelain doll, who deserved to be surrounded by gold and silver jewels and hidden in a golden house.
Su Wan instinctively shrank back: "Sister Tuoba, this is too precious..."
"What's so precious about it? In this special zone, only you deserve it..."
Tuoba Yu hadn't finished speaking.
Clang!
A crisp sound of metal striking glass.
A large hand wearing a black tactical half-finger glove suddenly reached out and grabbed the ruby necklace.
"Hmm?" Tuoba Yu raised her eyebrows.
Before she could even get angry.
The large hand suddenly retracted.
"This outdated style is only fit for your horse."
A deep, resonant male voice, filled with a strong sense of gunpowder and frost, boomed above their heads.
Qin Lie.
He had just returned from patrolling the city wall and hadn't had time to change out of his chilly black training uniform.
With broad shoulders and a narrow waist, his tall figure resembled a wall, directly blocking the crystal chandelier overhead and casting an extremely oppressive shadow.
He casually tossed the priceless necklace back into the box as if it were a rotten rope.
Then, he didn't even glance at Tuoba Yu.
He walked straight behind Su Wan, stretched out his long arm, and scooped Su Wan up from the chair, fox fur and all.
"Big brother..."
Su Wan gasped in surprise, her feet leaving the ground, and she had to reach out and hug his strong waist.
"The floor is cold. Who told you to sit here?"
Qin Lie frowned, pinched the soft flesh on her lower back with his large hand, his tone fierce but his movements steady.
He held Su Wan in one arm, letting her sit on his strong forearm, his gaze instantly surpassing everyone else's.
"Qin Lie!"
Tuoba Yu slammed her milk tea cup on the table in anger: "Don't you know any manners? I'm giving Su-meimei a gift!"
"A gift?"
Qin Lie sneered, finally deigning to spare her a glance.
That look in his eyes was fierce, domineering, and possessive of his food, like a wolf whose territory had been invaded.
"Since when have outsiders become the ones to support the Qin family?"
"Besides..."
Qin Lie glanced at the sandalwood box and scoffed.
"This kind of broken stone is heavy and hard. Doesn't it feel uncomfortable to wear it around your neck?"
"You!" Tuoba Yu was furious. "This is pigeon blood red! You ignorant barbarian!"
Qin Lie was too lazy to waste words with her.
Now that he's here, he has to let this reckless "tigress" know who the real king of this Wolf Fang Special Zone is.
"Jiaojiao".
Qin Lie lowered his head, his nose brushing against Su Wan's earlobe, his hot breath instantly turning her ear pink.
"Do you like shopping?"
"I like it..." Su Wan whispered in his arms, her face burning with embarrassment at being watched by so many people.
"Buy it if you like it."
Qin Lie suddenly released one of his arms from hers and reached into a hidden pocket in his robes.
"Snapped!"
A crisp sound of metal clashing against metal.
He slammed a card heavily onto the gleaming crystal counter.
It wasn't a paper banknote, nor was it an ordinary bronze plaque.
It was a card made entirely of pure gold, with a ring of extremely fine black diamonds inlaid around the edge.
Under the lights, the gold card radiated a breathtaking, naked glow of wealth.
On the card, only one character in wild cursive script is engraved—
【strong】.
"This card has no spending limit."
Qin Lie pressed his large hand on the card, his knuckles turning slightly white from the pressure.
He looked at the terrified shopkeeper behind the counter, his voice not loud, but it resonated throughout the entire commercial center:
Listen carefully.
"Starting now."
"In this shop, anything that Madam glances at even once..."
"Whether it's this rag or those tattered pieces of jewelry..."
"No need to ask the price."
"Wrap them all up for me."
"If you're missing even one item, I'll tear your shop down."
Magistrate Fang, who was hiding behind a pillar, was so frightened that he dropped the tattered pen in his hand.
No limit?!
A pure gold black card?!
Just how many mines has the Qin family mined?! They're practically richer than a country! No wonder that Queen of the Western Regions refused to leave; she's fallen into a gold mine!
Tuoba Yu was also taken aback by this extravagant style.
Although she is wealthy, she couldn't possibly go to such lengths as to "buy everything at a glance." This isn't just about money; it's a form of...unconditional pampering.
"Qin Lie, are you trying to bribe me with money?" Tuoba Yu gritted her teeth.
"I'm smashing it on you."
Qin Lie snorted coldly.
He suddenly turned Su Wan around so that she was facing him.
Then, he lifted her buttocks with both hands and pressed her directly against the glass counter covered with red velvet.
"Well……"
Su Wan's back pressed against the cold glass.
Before him lay Qin Lie's hot, hard chest, as solid as an iron wall.
"Jiaojiao".
Qin Lie placed one hand on the gold card, while his other hand brazenly slipped under her fox fur coat, grasping her slender waist through the thin gauze.
"Here, take this card, brother."
He picked up the gold card.
The cold gold instantly warmed in his burning palm.
"But this card... needs to be kept in a safe place."
"Where is it safe?" Su Wan asked in a trembling voice, sensing danger.
"here."
Qin Lie's eyes were dark as he held the card between his fingers and slowly slid it inside Su Wan's collar.
The cold gold card slid down her skin, all the way to the deepest, softest part.
"Hmm!"
Su Wan shuddered; the strange sensation made her toes curl up.
Qin Lie touched the card heavily through his clothes.
His palms were large, almost covering the entire undulating curve.
The warmth of her palm seeped through her clothes, as if trying to melt the gold card into her body.
"The only option is to put it here..."
"Only then can my elder brother rest assured."
"Because it...is the place that my older brother most wanted to put it."
He lowered his head, in front of Tuoba Yu, and under the shocked gazes of the entire audience.
He kissed Su Wan's lips fiercely.
This was a kiss filled with possessiveness and a declaration of sovereignty.
He didn't penetrate deeply, but instead sucked hard on her lips, making wet, slurping sounds that made her blush and her heart race.
"Big brother... someone's here..." Su Wan tried to push him away.
"So what if there are people around?"
Qin Lie released her lips, his eyes defiantly fixed on Tuoba Yu, whose face was ashen.
"This is my territory."
"I spoil my woman, who dares to object?"
He then looked at the shopkeeper, who was on the verge of fainting:
"What are you still standing there for?"
"Wrap up everything that Madam just looked at!"
"Send it to the master bedroom in the inner city!"
"Yes, yes, sir! We'll pack it up right away! We'll pack it up right away!" The shopkeeper, as if waking from a dream, quickly called on his employees to start a frenzy of buying.
Qin Lie smiled with satisfaction.
He picked Su Wan up again, letting her cling to him like a koala.
"Come on, Jiaojiao."
"The food here is too cheap and doesn't suit you."
"go home."
"Brother, let me show you... something really good."
"Something harder than this card, hotter than this gold."
Watching the two figures walk away.
Tuoba Yu stood there, clutching the ruby necklace he hadn't given away, his chest heaving with anger.
"Qin Lie..."
"You damned barbarian!"
"Just because you're rich doesn't make you superior! Just because you pamper women doesn't make you superior!"
"Wait a minute, it seems like I'm the barbarian here!"
She whirled around, glaring at Magistrate Fang, who was peering out from behind a pillar, and roared:
"What are you looking at! Haven't you ever seen rich people arguing before!"
Magistrate Fang was so frightened that he shrank back and ran away as fast as he could.
As he ran, he muttered to himself:
"It's all over, it's all over..."
"This Qin family...not only are they rich, but they also have guns (I haven't seen any, but I have a feeling they do), and now they're having an ambiguous relationship with a wealthy woman from the Western Regions..."
"The world in Langya County... has truly changed!"
"I must hurry and write a memorial to the throne... oh no, I must write a letter of resignation!"
"This is difficult."