Chapter 57: Zhu Qing Moved, A Treasure Worth 30,000,000_1

"Alright, let's not talk about this, where have you been these days?" Zhu Zhuqing sat on Xu Ran's lap, her beautiful eyes looking at him as she spoke softly. A girl's unique sixth sense told her that Xu Ran might have been spending time with another girl these days.

"I've been dealing with some trivial matters," Xu Ran said directly, looking into Zhu Zhuqing's suddenly doubtful eyes. Did Zhu Qing actually doubt him? Was he, Xu Ran, that kind of person? He had been saving damsels in distress these days, not doing anything bad.

"Hmph, I don't believe it. Tell me, were you with other girls?" Zhu Zhuqing asked sharply, her hand involuntarily pinching Xu Ran's waist with force.

"Ouch, that really hurts," Xu Ran pretended to be in pain, tightening his grip around Zhu Zhuqing's waist a bit more. He could feel Zhu Zhuqing's attitude towards him changing quietly. Especially after he had been away for half a month, it seemed that Zhu Zhuqing had opened up her heart to him.

Before, if he wanted to hold her, she wouldn't allow it, but now she let him hold her so intimately.

Indeed, the secret to wooing girls is to retreat in the midst of battle, advancing through retreat.

Sometimes, when the romance is at its peak, taking a timely absence can accelerate the warming of the feelings.

"Did I hurt you?" As expected, seeing Xu Ran showing pain, Zhu Zhuqing immediately stopped her hand, looking at him with a face full of self-reproach.

"No, I was fooling you. My dear Zhu Qing didn't use strength, it doesn't hurt," Xu Ran said, embracing Zhu Zhuqing in his arms as they both fell down together, landing on the recliner.

"Ah," Zhu Zhuqing exclaimed softly, feeling the state she and Xu Ran were in, and couldn't help but blush. Xu Ran was hugging her tightly, one leg over her body, and they lay like that on the recliner, tilted at a thirty-degree angle, looking just like a loving couple.

Feeling the body that was pressing against her and exuding a manly aura, which was completely different from a woman's, Zhu Zhuqing's face flushed with waves of red, and her body couldn't help but feel a surge of affection.

Her heart thumped wildly, Xu Ran was too shameless.

As soon as he arrived home, he wanted to do this to her.

Having been away from home for so long, and immediately holding her when he returned.

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing lying obediently beside him, not daring to move, Xu Ran knew it was time.

In Xu Ran's hand appeared a pink necklace, "Heart of the Phantom Sea." This necklace could increase the wearer's cultivation speed by thirty percent, and it was the gift he had prepared for Zhu Zhuqing this time.

The moment the necklace was taken out, the entire room turned into a pink ocean, and on the white walls, it even seemed like a few pink whales were swimming, giving a strong visual impact.

Even Xu Ran couldn't help being somewhat astonished, this was a must-have for wooing girls. If he had more of these, wouldn't he be able to live a happy life?

What was the point of spending days earnestly fighting and killing?

Wooing girls was the most important thing.

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned as well, her beautiful eyes fixated on the necklace in Xu Ran's hand, looking at the one emitting a pink ocean glow. There was a glint of wonder in her eyes.

As the second daughter of the Zhu Clan, she wasn't someone who hadn't seen the world, but this was the first time she had seen such a beautiful piece of jewelry, and she couldn't help but fall in love with it at first sight.

Could this be the gift Xu Ran had prepared for her?

Zhu Zhuqing's heart pounded wildly, and her gaze towards Xu Ran softened a lot.

It turns out that the days Xu Ran was away, he was preparing a gift for her.

How ridiculous it was of her to suspect Xu Ran of seeing other women. It was truly laughable.

She was wrong, so very wrong.

How could Xu Ran be that kind of man?

At this moment, Xu Ran saw Zhu Zhuqing's yearning gaze and took the initiative to speak, and what he said was a showstopper.

"Some days ago, I learned that the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House was holding a grand auction. There were many treasures on offer, and when I got the list of items for auction, I immediately fell for this necklace," said Xu Ran, revealing a trace of affection. For most of a month, he had been traveling back and forth from Tiandou City, but even so, he didn't feel tired. With love in his heart, what did fatigue matter?

"Xu Ran, thank you," Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but feel deeply moved, and for a moment didn't know what to say. So Xu Ran had been gone for so long, all for her.

"Actually, there's a story behind this necklace."

"Once, there was a man who had many women around him, but the one he deeply loved was always his wife. Unfortunately, his wife didn't know, and thought her husband had betrayed her. She ended up on a seaside, blown away by the wind and waves, never to be seen again. And her husband waited by the sea every day. Day after day, he held the necklace his wife loved dearly, waiting for her return. This love, so worthy of song and tears, is just too great..." Xu Ran said, and even he couldn't help but be deeply moved by such a beautiful love.

"In the depth of the woods, you see a deer; in the blue sea, you see a whale; upon waking from dreams, I see you. Zhu Qing, I'm giving you this necklace, hoping that whether I am dreaming or awake, the first person I will always see is you," Xu Ran spoke, with a gaze full of affection, slowly moving the necklace towards Zhu Zhuqing's snow-white neck to put it on.

Following her neck, Xu Ran's gaze unconsciously moved downward, where he could even see...

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing's face flushed red, and her beautiful eyes rippled softly like gentle waves.

Her heart was filled with gratitude. The journey from Xingluo City to Tiandou City was very long, as the capitals of two great empires naturally lay far apart. But Xu Ran still resolutely went and returned in just half a month. He must have spent those days enduring a tough journey.

Nevertheless, she felt there was something odd about the story, as if it hinted at something. But what exactly was odd, she couldn't pinpoint at that moment. Right then, she was so overwhelmed with emotion, where could she find the presence of mind to think about anything else?

All she felt now was how beautiful the necklace was, and how moved she was by Xu Ran's gesture.

"How much did this necklace cost?" Zhu Zhuqing asked softly.

"Not much, three hundred golden soul coins," Xu Ran shook his head.

"Really?" said Zhu Zhuqing, her eyes becoming tearful.

When she thought it was just an ordinary, pretty necklace, she was wrong again, and spectacularly so.

She then started to circulate her own Soul Power, and visibly, the heaven earth origin energy in the air crazily surged towards her, that speed much faster than her usual practice.

At least, it had increased by thirty percent.

Could this necklace really enhance her cultivation speed by thirty percent? Was this really just an ordinary necklace? Could it truly be something one could buy for just three hundred golden soul coins?

It was probably impossible even for three hundred thousand.

Xu Ran was deceiving her again, worried she would be anxious. But with such a treasure, how could she not know its worth? Such an item would at least cost thirty million golden soul coins to obtain.