Chapter 6 - A Benefactor!

Ding!

The sound of the System woke Xin Jin up early in the morning, though not as early as Luo Mei as she was no longer in bed and he could hear the sound of her humming and the smell of breakfast being made.

[Congratulations on winning the Heart of Luo Mei. Your reward for this mission is 5000 Luck Points and 1500 Charm Points.]

"Nice." Xin Jin said aloud when he got the notification.

[What do you want to do now that you have some Points to play around with?] asked the System with a curious tone

"You said I could use my luck points for pretty much whatever I wanted right?" He asked

[Correct. as long as it exists in the universe, it is susceptible to my power.] it said confidently

"Then can I use the Points to learn the techniques I got with the ring?" Xin Jin inquired

[You can.]

"Alright, then I want to learn all three."

[Okay.]

Suddenly a bunch of information was downloaded into his brain as he felt like he had mastered them perfectly.

[You have just learned the three Spirit King Level Techniques, Feathered Serpent Steps, 4 Immortal Diamond Body Technique, and 16 Directional Slash.]

[300 Luck Points deducted from your total.]

[4700 remaining.]

.....

Jumping back in time a few hours...

While Xin Jin was enjoying his time with Luo Mei, Li Chen back at The Waning Star was having something between the greatest moment of his life as well as a nervous breakdown.

As it happened, Li Chen was actually a former adventurer of some experience. He can also be considered fairly strong for Sky City being a Level 7 Spirit Warrior. Don't let his current size fool you. So when someone had asked to see him, he wasn't worried about trouble, since if he couldn't win, he could at least flee.

However, What made him so humble so quickly before Xin Jin was exactly that experience.

He Knew he could win against Xin Jin in a 1v1 but the aura Luo Mei gave off was terrifying. At least a high tier Spirit Master. If not a full blown Grandmaster. In which case, she could squish him like a bug.

When he was presented with the deal, he nearly choked on his own breath.

5000 Taels of Gold.

That's more Gold than he would see in 20 years of hard work. In addition to owning The Waning Star he was also the head chef. Along with 2 of his 3 wives, 3 of his daughters work as waitresses or Hostess. So a family run business for sure.

As soon as Xin Jin left, he kicked everyone else out and gathered his whole family in the upstairs office.

"We have a Benefactor." He said with barely contained joy.

His wives and children, especially his oldest son Li Fang, looked at him curiously

"So who is it?" Asked his youngest wife, who was about 36 in appearance and had quite the mom vibe.

"And how much did he give us?" Asked the oldest, an about 41 but still very attractive brunette, and also most pragmatic of his wives.

"His name is Young Master Xin Jin, and he bought half of our restaurant for 5000 Taels of Gold."

"....."

"....."

Every single person was struck Dumb by what they just heard.

5000 Taels of a Gold.

Not silver. Gold!

Who does that? and not even for the whole restaurant, just half.

"So, I've decided to fire all of you, and hire a bunch of professional people to do your jobs." He said jokingly after a few moments of silence

His words brought everyone back to their senses.

"Pffft"

"Hahaha"

everyone started laughing

"Alright, but you owe us a nice vacation as soon as possible! We haven't been on a trip in forever. I want to go see the Cloud Geese at Violette Falls." Li Chen's youngest wife pouted playfully

After that conversation he got to work reordering his business. He hired a new head chef plus 4 assistant cooks, and a dozen new servers and staff.

Plus, he finally bought the property behind his restaurant for 800 taels of Gold that he always wanted and had plans drawn up to build a new 4 story Pavillion there to increase business.

These are only the first of many big changes to occur to Sky City with the arrival of Xin Jin.

.....

It was just after breakfast and Xin Jin was laying on the grass under the Apricot Tree as he used Luo Mei's soft thighs as a very nice pillow while she played with his hair while wearing a gentle smile.

Suddenly Xin Jin opened his eyes and sat up before looking at Luo Mei with a mischievous grin.

"Say it again." He said

"why?" She pouted

"Say it." He said again, leaving no wiggle room.

"H-husband." Luo Mei stuttered before turning bright red and hiding her face with the sleeve of her dress.

"Hehehe. This is what you called me last night. I'm just making sure you remember." Xin Jin said teasingly

"Okay, okay." He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her in close.

"Do you want to go out and play?" he asked Luo Mei

"mnn" She nodded after a moment of thought.

Xin Jin smiled slightly before taking her small hand in his and they made their way toward a tea and sweet shop called Golden Leaf Treats.

It was a fairly quaint little place with a wide variety of pastries and cakes run by a fairly humble elderly couple who had owned the place for 40 years.

Luo Mei ordered a cake with strawberry on top as well as a chocolate cupcake thing.

As for Xin Jin, he always preferred things on the sour side so he got a lemon tart thing that was very good. Paired with a nice pallet cleansing tea, it was quite enjoyable.

Suddenly Luo Mei asked "Are you going to buy this place too?"

Xin Jin raised his brow slightly at her words.

"I was thinking about it. Why, do you think I shouldn't?" He asked her.