The Favored Heiress-Chapter 774: Unexpected Gains

Yun Lih found it hard to imagine that Xia Siyu, who was already an adult, could still be made to cry by a scolding from an elder.

He frowned, took a sip of his beer, and looked at the woman in front of him who was suppressing her tears. His words were surprising, "Shall I curse them out for you?"

Xia Siyu lowered her hands and looked at Yun Lih with teary eyes, unsure whether to cry or not.

"Come on, you’re an adult and still crying. What kind of emotional resilience is that?" Yun Lih seemed sarcastic but was actually comforting her.

Xia Siyu felt disheartened, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips, and turned to go back to her room.

Yun Lih coughed twice behind her, but did not ask her to stay; his gaze drifted to the dusky scenery of Western Hills beyond Myst Town, heaving a bored sigh.

He contemplated that it was time to start heading back to Nia State.

...

At dusk, Li Qiao asked Su Moshi for a laptop and sat in the swing chair on the balcony, tapping away at the keyboard at lightning speed.

Soon, her phone at her side vibrated precisely on time. She glanced at it and picked up casually, "Speak."

Bai Yan, who had yet to sleep, stared at the Underground black market trading post, grinding his molars: "I heard you want to buy marijuana?"

"Not exactly," said Li Qiao, wedging the phone between her shoulder and ear, continuing to type on her keyboard with undivided focus.

When Bai Yan heard her denial, his expression softened slightly, and then Li Qiao’s indifferent voice came through the speaker again, "It’s synthetic cannabinoids."

"What’s...the...difference?" Bai Yan asked slowly, his tone dropping a few notches, "You promised me you wouldn’t get involved with that stuff."

Li Qiao’s fingers paused on the keyboard, knowing he had misunderstood. She pouted slightly, "You’re overthinking, it’s just for research."

Bai Yan was silent for two seconds before replying, "Oh."

"I’m hanging up."

Li Qiao said this as she moved the phone away from her ear. Bai Yan glanced at his own computer screen and almost forgot the most important thing; he gritted his teeth and called out, "If you’re buying weed for research, why didn’t you use your own account to post on the black market?" freewebnoveℓ.com

In the middle of the night, seven or eight people called him offering to supply him with marijuana for free.

Bai Yan was baffled.

Only after some prying did he understand the whole story.

Did this little brat seriously think he wouldn’t be willing to punish her? Using the Flame Alliance’s ID, she had posted twenty-three trading posts across several Underground black market websites.

Li Qiao leaned back against the pillow, asking as if it was the most natural thing in the world, "Do I have an account?"

Bai Yan took a deep breath, "I’ve created three for you..."

"Oh, forgot."

Bai Yan didn’t have the chance to scold her; the phone was already hung up.

He rubbed the stubble on his head, looked up at the ceiling, calmed down for half a minute, then resignedly unlocked his phone and called his confidant, "Go, arrange for someone to find me synthetic cannabinoids, the more, the better."

...

Li Qiao tossed her phone to the side and fell into deep thought.

The cannabinoid that Xiao Yehui had Yan Emperor use could be confirmed to have come from the black market.

Posting a trade offer in the name of the Flame Alliance, numerous people seeking to make connections would offer information proactively, doubling the efficiency.

And it could also... draw the snake out of its hole.

As time slipped away second by second, Li Qiao busied herself single-mindedly, completely absorbed in her work.

It wasn’t until the laptop was closed that she frowned and lifted her head, only to see a man in a thin black shirt standing in front of the swing chair, his well-proportioned fingers pressing down on her laptop.

Li Qiao scratched the back of his hand, "I haven’t finished sending my emails..."

Shang Yu supported the swing chair with one hand and bent down to take the notebook computer from her lap, his tone brooking no refusal, "Send them later. Let’s have dinner first."

The man casually placed the laptop on the windowsill, leaned in to nibble on her lips, and then wrapped his arms around Li Qiao’s waist, leading her away from the chair.

Each movement was as fluid and natural as flowing water.

In the dining room, Li Qiao looked around, "Just us two?"

Shang Yu pulled out a chair to sit down and handed her a warm towel, his thick eyebrows raised slightly, "Still expecting someone else?"

Li Qiao looked at the bland nutritional meal on the table and remained silent for a long time.

Stir-fried lettuce, steamed bass, winter melon soup, chicken porridge... A monochromatic blandness.

"No appetite?" Shang Yu put down his chopsticks, his brow slightly furrowed as he looked at the silent Li Qiao and served her a bowl of chicken porridge, "Eat at least a little, okay?"

Li Qiao propped her forehead, silently sighing.

Starting to eat meals for pregnant women now... wasn’t it a bit too early?

Although the dishes were light, the taste was not bad.

Li Qiao drank half a bowl of porridge, occasionally glancing seriously at Shang Yu across the table, pondering a question.

He wasn’t planning to eat nutrition meals suitable for pregnant women with her every day, was he?!

...

After dinner, at seven in the evening, Xi Luo arrived uninvited.

At this time, Li Qiao was sitting in the living room, eating fruit while replying to messages on her phone.

Shang Yu sat opposite her, listening to Liuyun report the progress of work at the South Sea Yan Emperor headquarters in a low voice, casually flipping through documents, occasionally glancing at Li Qiao.

Xi Luo walked into the living room in high heels, tossed her handbag onto the sofa, her expression unusually somber.

Li Qiao bit into a slice of apple, her eyes sidelong at Xi Luo, "What’s wrong?"

Xi Luo gestured with her eyes towards the outside of the room, and Li Qiao understood, slipping into her slippers ready to follow her out.

Seeing this, Shang Yu looked towards Luoyu and handed over the trench coat resting on the armrest.

Luoyu followed, understanding his gesture, and like an old mother, quickly draped the trench coat over Li Qiao’s shoulders.

Outside on the steps, Xi Luo looked down, fiddling with her nails, before raising her eyes to Li Qiao, "I heard you’re looking for cannabinoids?"

"Yeah, they’re useful."

Xi Luo wrinkled her brow, her gaze darkening, "Is it for Ye Jing?"

Li Qiao puzzled, "What does she have to do with it?"

"Because she bought some from the black market."

Li Qiao’s eyes brightened, her smile chilling slightly, "When?"

Xi Luo pondered for a few seconds, "About three or four months ago, it was a new type of synthetic drug that had been very popular in the black market for a while."

"How do you know?" Li Qiao studied Xi Luo intently, her gaze meaningful.

Xi Luo pursed her lips and said with a mysteriously secretive smile, "Because I’ve bought it too."

Fine then.

This was indeed an unexpected gain.

Perhaps worried that Li Qiao might misunderstand, Xi Luo added a few more explanations, "Don’t worry, I don’t have that kind of habit. I bought two grams purely out of curiosity to see what Natasha really was, I’m not big on smoking, but I also need to prevent being calculated against."

Li Qiao looked on, half-believing yet silent with a smile.

Knowing Xi Luo as she did, it was very likely because Ye Jing had bought it, so she joined in the craze and got two grams for herself.

Li Qiao hid the deep meaning in her eyes and lifted them to meet Xi Luo’s, "Give me the purchasing channel."

"Don’t, if you want some, I’ll buy it for you," Xi Luo stepped forward, leaning in with a low chuckle, "If your Master Yan finds out I provided you with a drug purchasing channel, wouldn’t he tear me apart?"

Li Qiao gave her a subtly indifferent look, "As you wish."

She needed it for research, not for her own use.

Xi Luo patted Li Qiao’s shoulder meaningfully, "Sister won’t harm you. Wait for my good news, maybe in a couple of days I can give you a pleasant surprise."

Li Qiao met her gaze, then after a moment, her lips slightly lifted, "I’ll be waiting."

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