Chapter 62

Chapter 62: Yu Er Took the Bait

Lu Yao obviously could not say these were God Stones he bought to set up a formation.

“These stones are kind of expensive.” Lu Yao made up an excuse. “Don’t mess with them. If you break them, it’ll be bad.”

“Expensive? How expensive?” Su Qian’s heart tightened. Had this guy been tricked?

“Uh…” Lu Yao hesitated, then said vaguely, “Two hundred thousand.”

Su Qian’s eyes widened. “Two hundred thousand? You spent two hundred thousand on these stones?”

Su Qian felt her head twitch.

“The seller said this is ‘God Stone,’” Lu Yao said with a straight face.

Su Qian’s vision went dark.

Oh my god, someone save this child.

So pure!

A few artificially made junk stones, sold to him for two hundred thousand?

How black-hearted could a scammer be?

“This is just some garbage stone made with technology. Online it’s nine ninety-nine with free shipping.” Su Qian gritted her teeth. “And you paid two hundred thousand?”

She looked at Lu Yao’s serious expression, furious and helpless at the same time.

“It’s fake?” Lu Yao looked blank.

Su Qian stomped her foot. “Obviously! You got scammed!”

She pulled out her phone, searched Taobao for the same model, and shoved the screen in front of Lu Yao.

“Look. The exact same stone. It’s only nine ninety-nine. You really got ripped off.”

“It really is.” Lu Yao stared at the pictures, his expression turning awkward.

Su Qian sighed. “With you being this naive, when you’re old, you’ll get scammed into buying health supplements.”

“What are health supplements?” Lu Yao looked completely lost.

“Health supplements are… wait, why am I talking to you about health supplements?”

Su Qian nearly got muddled from anger. “Anyway, this thing isn’t worth anything, and it’s not some ‘God Stone.’”

Lu Yao stayed silent for a moment, then said, “Sorry.”

Su Qian really could not understand it.

Weren’t you the ruthless villain who killed decisively in the cultivation realm?

How were you so easy to fool after losing your memory?

“Tomorrow I’ll go with you to get your money back,” Su Qian said.

That was two hundred thousand!

Even if she had money, she could not let scammers take it.

Lu Yao sighed quietly, feeling like he had dragged Su Qian into trouble.

…

As the night grew deeper, Lu Yao lay in bed.

He thought about what he could use to replace spirit stones to set up a formation.

That afternoon, he had wandered the antique market for a long time, but he had not found anything with even a trace of spiritual energy.

The seller asked what he needed, and Lu Yao said he wanted to buy “God Stone.”

The other party took out “God Stone” and talked it up like it was the greatest thing in the world.

Then Lu Yao got fooled.

“It seems that if I want to set up formations, I still can’t avoid spirit stones.”

Back in the cultivation realm, Lu Yao would never have to worry about spirit stones.

He could easily obtain enough to set up powerful formations.

“Since Miss Su can contact little disciple, doesn’t that mean she can have little disciple teleport spirit stones over?”

Lu Yao’s eyes brightened.

But… if he wanted Miss Su to ask little disciple for spirit stones without exposing that he was not actually suffering from amnesia, it would not be easy.

Lu Yao regretted it.

If he had not pretended to have “amnesia” from the start, he would not be dealing with this hassle now.

But thinking carefully, if he had not been “amnesiac” at the beginning, Su Qian probably would have been scared off that very day.

Su Qian went back inside, still unable to sleep.

It was not that she felt bad about the money.

She just thought Lu Yao getting scammed was both infuriating and hilarious.

Early the next morning, her phone chimed with notifications.

Su Qian drowsily grabbed it, squinting at the screen.

Several WeChat friend requests popped up.

Most were classmates adding her through the class group.

Su Qian knew exactly what they wanted. After learning her identity last night, they were trying to cling to connections.

She scrolled down and saw Chen Zi Hao’s friend request.

“Yu Er took the bait!”

Su Qian instantly woke up.

The one sending the friend request was Chen Zi Hao!

But Su Qian did not accept right away.

She leaned against the headboard, narrowed her eyes slightly, and considered her next move.

She took a screenshot and sent it to the Chat Group.

“Yu Er has taken the bait,” Su Qian messaged.

The group immediately exploded with noise.

Xia Meng Meng could not wait. “Wow, Sister Qian Qian, hurry, hurry, accept it!”

Jiang Xiao Yu joined the gossip. “I’m ready for the next part. Waiting for the show.”

Shen Meng Qi (Beast World Darling): “Chen Zi Hao really can’t hold back.”

Su Qian looked at the messages, the corners of her mouth lifting.

She replied, “Don’t rush. I’ll leave him hanging for a while and make him itch even more.”

“When it comes to fishing skills, it has to be Su Qian darling,” Shen Meng Qi said with interest.

“Why leave him hanging?” Xia Meng Meng sent a confused expression.

Jiang Xiao Yu mocked her. “Are you dumb? He just sent the request. If we accept right away, won’t we look desperate?”

Su Qian smiled and replied, “It’s called playing hard to get.”

Xia Meng Meng finally understood. “Oh oh, got it. Sister Qian Qian is so smart!”

Lin Yue came online too, sending a laughing emoji. “Exactly. Make him itch, and then it’s easier to control him.”

Shen Meng Qi was the most excited. “Hahaha, Su Qian darling, I can’t wait to see what Chen Zi Hao does next.”

Su Qian put down her phone and went to wash up.

After washing up, she went into the yard to feed Ning Meng.

She looked at the spiritual beast eggs that still had not hatched, and anticipation rose again.

“Meow… meow.”

Ning Meng heard movement and immediately ran over, circling around Su Qian and meowing happily.

“You greedy little cat.”

Su Qian smiled and poured cat food into the bowl.

Ning Meng immediately rushed over and ate with great enjoyment.

“Is it my imagination, or does Ning Meng feel a lot bigger?”

This was not the first time Su Qian had felt that way.

She squatted down and observed Ning Meng carefully.

Ning Meng seemed to notice her gaze. It meowed twice, then lowered its head and kept eating.

“Didn’t Lin Yue say Ning Meng is an adult cat? Do adult cats keep growing?”

Su Qian reached out and gently petted Ning Meng.

Sure enough, Ning Meng’s body felt sturdier than before, and its fur looked shinier too.

Was it because it had been eating well lately?

Su Qian wondered.

Lu Yao walked into the backyard and saw Su Qian squatting there, lost in thought.

He had heard everything she muttered just now.

Lu Yao looked at the lush greenery in the yard, then at Ning Meng eating cat food.

[Looks like this environment is the reason.]

This yard’s environment could hatch spiritual beasts, so naturally it could also cause changes in an ordinary cat.

“What are you spacing out for?” Lu Yao walked over.

Su Qian noticed him and stood up. “I just feel like this little one has grown a lot.”

“Your yard has a good environment. Maybe it just grew faster,” Lu Yao said, giving a subtle hint.

He glanced at Ning Meng, which had finished its cat food and ran off to eat spiritual fruit.

Lu Yao’s mouth twitched.

Spiritual fruit, a special environment… it would be weird if it did not change.