Lü Qing'er was on the second floor, which was a elegant room by the window. At this time, there were many other people in the spacious room, but they were all young people with good backgrounds, and it seemed that this should be a gathering.

  Lü Qing'er didn't seem too interested in this gathering.

  So, when she inadvertently saw the familiar figure in the large hall below, a faint smile appeared on her pale and delicate face.

  "Qing'er, what are you looking at? It's rare to see you smile."

  At this moment, behind Lü Qing'er, a gentle laughter suddenly came, it was a young man with a straight figure, he smiled and looked at Lü Qing'er.

  Lü Qing'er turned her head and glanced at him with a faint smile, saying: "Ning Zhao big brother."

  "Auntie Fish asked me to take care of you a bit more, and bring you to get familiar with Dashacheng earlier, so I invited some friends over today. But it seems like you don't like too much noise, my mistake." The young man called Ning Zhao by Lü Qing'er smiled.

  He looked at Lü Qing'er and said, "I remember seeing you a few years ago, you were just a little girl, but now...you've grown up to be so beautiful."

  Lü Qing'er responded with a proud smile, the young man in front of her was named Ning Zhao, his father was the vice president of Dashun Jinlong Treasure Hall, with a deep background, and in terms of status, he was second only to her mother, Yu Hongxi.

  And he himself is also a student of Shengxuan Xuefu, and this year he should be admitted to the Second Star Academy, and in the future he can still be considered her senior.

  But before Ning Zhao could continue speaking, Lü Qing'er said: "I have a friend downstairs, I'll go see him first."

  Having said that, he turned around and walked away with quick steps.

  Ning Zhao gazed at her departing figure, a flutter in his heart. This encounter with Lü Qing'er had truly left him astonished. The saying "a girl changes eighteen times" wasn't just an exaggeration after all. A few years ago, Lü Qing'er was still just a naive young girl, but now she had become as lovely as this.

  Later, when she entered Shengxuan Xingyue Academy, I don't know how many suitors will be attracted to her.

  "Are you friends?"

  But thinking of the cheerful smile that had appeared on Lü Qing'er's face earlier, Ning Zhao's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her gaze also shifted downward to the large hall below.

  ...

  On the crystal counter.

  The beautiful maid took out some jade boxes and carefully opened them for Li Luo, inside which were placed delicate rare materials, emitting a rich woody and earthy aroma.

  "Noble guest, these are all kilogram-level rare materials, containing wood element and earth element energy."

  Li Luo couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "No wonder this is the headquarters of Golden Dragon Treasure Hall. They can just take out so many kilogram-level rare materials like this, whereas at Tian Shu County's Golden Dragon Treasure Hall, you'd have to wait several days just to see one or two stalks."

  Li Luo carefully examined these rare materials, sensing the intensity of energy contained within them. After about half a day, he regretfully put all the materials away.

  "Is the noble guest not satisfied?" The maid asked softly, without a hint of impatience, while thinking to herself that the young man in front of her was so captivating, even when frowning.

  This is really my cup of tea.

  Li Luo shook his head and said, "It seems that the thousand-year-old material does not meet my requirements. Is there any extraordinary material in the ten-thousand-year-old level?"

  The maid's beautiful eyes lit up instantly, a rare material of the highest quality, with prices ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of gold coins. The young man in front of her was even more valuable than she had imagined.

  But just as she was about to speak, a voice came from the side: "Let me serve this noble guest."

  The maid's willow eyebrows suddenly stood up, who dares to come and snatch what I have set my eyes on?

  She turned her head in a huff, and then saw a delicate and lovely little face. She was stunned for a moment, and the anger on her cheeks instantly transformed into a smile at an incredible speed: "Little, miss... how did you come here?"

  As a member of the Jinlongbao headquarters, how could she not know that the person in front of her was the golden daughter of their Fish Association leader.

  "This is my friend, I'll take care of her." Lü Qing'er smiled slightly at the maid and said.

  The maid nodded hastily and retreated with utmost obedience, but her eyes clearly showed endless regret.

  "Qing er?"

  Li Luo gazed at Lü Qing'er who appeared before him, and wasn't overly surprised, after all he had already known her identity.

  "Director Shaofu, you've come to our Golden Dragon Treasure House and have captivated all of our maidservants, making them dizzy with infatuation. If you were to come a few more times, wouldn't we be unable to do business at all?" Lü Qing'er said with a smile.

  Li Luo said with a hint of self-blame: "Sorry, but these looks were given by my parents, and I have no choice."

  Lü Qing'er shot him a displeased glance, this guy, saying he was fat really made him pant.

  "I arrived in Dashacheng a little earlier than you, my mother urged me to come with her... by the way, I've also heard about what happened at Xiyangwu, is everything okay?" Lu Qing'er asked with concern.

  "It's just been set up by someone, it's normal, this kind of thing is not rare in these years." Li Luo waved his hand.

  "Go on, with your skills, you will surely revive Luolan Prefecture in the future." Lü Qing'er encouraged.

  "You think so highly of me..."

  Li Luo smiled and shook his head, not saying anything more about it. Instead, he glanced at Lü Qing'er with a teasing expression and said, "You just said you'd serve me, didn't you?"

  "What services do you have? Tell me about them."

  Lü Qing'er smiled slightly, stretched out her hands, and on them were ice silkworm gloves. At this moment, under the urging of her inner strength, the white phosphorus on the gloves suddenly stood upright, flashing with cold light.

  "What service do you want?"

  "Look at your attitude."

  Li Luozheng scolded in a stern tone: "What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and bring me the Wanliangji rare material!"

  Lü Qing'er glanced at Li Luo and said, "Top-grade materials of the Wanliang level don't appear every day in Jindragon Treasure House. Among them, wood and earth attributes are even rarer. Such high-level materials will be put up for auction. I can take you to have a look."

  "No need for further ado, let's go." Li Luo waved his hand.

  Seeing this guy being so unkind as to treat himself like a maid, Lü Qing'er was so angry that she bit her teeth and restrained the urge to hammer him, turned her head and led the way forward.

  However, when she turned around, a smile involuntarily appeared on her bright and pretty face.

  ...

  On the second floor, Ning Zhao gazed at Li Luo and Lü Qing'er as they walked far away. Her palm slightly tightened around the wine cup before she downed the remaining wine in one gulp, a hint of melancholy in her heart.

  He also saw the happy smile on Lü Qing'er's face earlier, which was clearly different from what he had shown here.

  That silver-haired youth, where did he come from?

  "Hehe, that's Li Luo, the young master of Luolan Manor..." Just as he was thinking this, a laugh sounded in his ear.

  Ning Zhao turned her head and saw a handsome blue-haired young man standing beside her, smiling at Li Luo's figure below.

  "It seems that the young master of Beizhuan is quite familiar with him." Ning Zhao smiled, and in front of her was a blue-haired youth, who was none other than Du Ze Fu's young master, Du Ze Beizhuan.

  "We're all very concerned about every move of the Luo Lan Mansion, after all, we are sworn enemies. I naturally understand him." Dou Ze Bei Xuan smiled and said.

  "Douzefu recently poached the manager from Xi Yang House, but it ended up making Xi Yang House a laughing stock." Ning Zhao said.

  "It's even more ridiculous that this Li Luo, with the strength of a second-grade cultivator, became the new president of the Xiyang House."

  Dou Ze Bei Xuan smiled and said: "After all, they can't give the position of General Manager to that Pang Qian Chi, that's a person of Pei Huan."

  "By the way, Ning Zhao, can you check what this Li Luo Shao is doing at Jindragon Treasure House?"

  Ning Zhao's eyelids drooped slightly as he said, "This is probably not in line with the rules. Keeping client confidentiality is also a tenet of our Golden Dragon Treasure House."

  Dou Ze Bei Xuan smiled and said, "I heard that when they were at Nan Feng Academy, Lü Qing'er and Li Luo were quite close. During the big exam at Tian Shu County's academy, Li Luo even saved her..."

  Ning Zhao fell silent for a moment, picked up the wine jug beside him, filled his cup to the brim, and then drank it all in one gulp before turning around and walking out.

  Dou Ze followed with a smile.

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