READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 14: Chapter 14 They Are Rivals
"Brother Hao, I couldn't help it! A powerful expert suddenly appeared, extremely terrifying. He even broke the arms of my four underlings," Da Hai argued.
"Enough, trash is trash! How am I supposed to explain this to my cousin now? You can't even handle the Su family, how are we supposed to keep our hold in Yun City? Get lost right now, and don't even think about getting this month's pay."
"Brother Hao, this..."
Da Hai looked straight at Zhou Tianhao, realizing that getting his pay from Zhou Tianhao was what mattered most. Without the money, he wouldn't be able to work for him anymore!
"Looking at me for what? You not satisfied, huh? Scram," Zhou Tianhao slapped Da Hai across the face without hesitation.
A burning pain spread across Da Hai's face, but he dared not express his anger.
After all, behind Zhou Tianhao was Yang Junsheng. It was one thing to offend others, but provoking Yang Junsheng would not end well.
"I'm sorry, Brother Hao, I'll be leaving then," Da Hai said through clenched teeth.
"Scram! Tell your men to go back to raising pigs, they're utterly useless," Zhou Tianhao continued cursing.
His mind was also a mess, failing to take down the Su family meant he had no way to account for it to Yang Junsheng.
The next step of his plan was now impossible to execute.
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Elsewhere, at the Peerless Medical Hall.
When Wang Ye returned to the medical hall, Chen Li was waiting for him.
"Junior Brother, you're finally back. Senior Sister has been looking for you!"
"Senior Sister? What does she want with me?" Wang Ye asked.
"What else could it be, it's about your marriage arrangement, of course! Senior Sister knows that it's not easy for you to fulfill those conditions on your own, so she's trying to figure out a way to help you," Chen Li replied.
Xia Qingxin also understood that the most difficult part for Wang Ye would definitely be the three billion in cash.
In fact, if Xia Qingxin were to secretly assist him, it wouldn't be difficult. But she knew that Wang Ye would surely not accept it. After all, ever since he was young, Wang Ye had been a very upright person and would never deceive others.
"Tell Senior Sister not to worry about me. Don't I already have a plan? You mentioned the Medical Ingredients Fair and the Treasure Appraisal Convention. As long as I take part in these two events, I can get the three billion cash," Wang Ye said with a smile.
After hearing this, Chen Li couldn't help but smile wryly. "Junior Brother, you're oversimplifying things. Do you think it's easy to win the championship in these two competitions? It would be impressive if you even win one, let alone both; that's incredibly difficult."
Wang Ye had been living in the mountains ever since he was sensible, so he had no concept of the difficulty of such competitions.
But deep in his heart, there was a belief that he must win the championship.
Moreover, in his own heart, as long as it was something he wanted to do, he could certainly do it.
"Sister, believe in me, I can definitely do it," Wang Ye said with a resolute look in his eyes.
Seeing Wang Ye's determination, Chen Li didn't want to say much more. She just nodded in encouragement, "Senior Sister believes in you, perform well! The preliminary round of the Treasure Appraisal Convention is tomorrow, and I have already signed you up. Make sure to impress during the preliminaries."
"Okay, I will perform well."
"Mhm," Chen Li said, gently patting Wang Ye's head.
In fact, Chen Li and Xia Qingxin had already agreed that if Wang Ye couldn't manage it, they would help him secretly.
Of course, they wouldn't just give Wang Ye the three billion directly, but would pool the money from several of Wang Ye's other senior sisters.
After all, besides Xia Qingxin and Chen Li, Wang Ye's other senior sisters were also incredibly capable.
Raising three billion in funds was no difficulty for them.
This way, it wouldn't breach the conditions set by Su Wanqing, nor would Wang Ye feel like it was cheating.
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Early the next morning, Wang Ye got up and went to the site of the antique appraisal competition with Chen Li.
The antique appraisal competition was taking place on Yun City's Antique Street.
Although it was only the preliminary round, it was already bustling.
However, for Wang Ye, the preliminaries were quite easy.
Because the preliminaries were not combat competitions but selection rounds.
The test was on the appraisal of antiques and calligraphy, as well as the identification of jewelry and gemstones. Anyone with some skill could pass the selection.
But when Wang Ye was participating in the selection, he saw that Su Wanqing was also taking part in the selection.
And the two of them ended up in the same group.
When Su Wanqing saw Wang Ye, she immediately showed an unhappy expression.
Wang Ye originally wanted to strike up a conversation with her, but seeing her expression, he eventually had no choice but to give up.
After the selection began, Su Wanqing was ranked ahead of Wang Ye.
So Wang Ye observed the entire process of Su Wanqing's participation in the selection, which made him realize that Su Wanqing's strength was not to be underestimated.
Antique appraisal and jewelry appreciation were effortless for Su Wanqing.
It also made Wang Ye feel that he had met his match. This Antique Appraisal Competition might end up being a contest between him and Su Wanqing at the end.
After Su Wanqing smoothly passed the selection, it was Wang Ye's turn.
At that moment, Chen Li, who had been following Wang Ye, spoke up to cheer him on, "Wang Ye, good luck, you are the best."
This scene was just witnessed by Su Wanqing.
As soon as Su Wanqing saw such a beautiful woman by Wang Ye's side, her expression immediately became a bit strange.
Her expression was complicated, it was unclear whether she was jealous, resentful, or thinking about something else.
Chen Li also glanced at Su Wanqing, but she did not know that she was the Su Wanqing engaged to Wang Ye, so she did not give it much thought.
Wang Ye did not notice this scene and just focused on participating in the selection.
The result of the selection was not at all surprising, and Wang Ye easily passed.
After the selection competition ended, the first round of the formal competition would start early the next morning.
However, this afternoon was also the opening of the Herbal Medicine Conference, and as a participant, Wang Ye had to attend.
So for Wang Ye, the time was quite pressing.
After the selection competition ended, Wang Ye followed Chen Li back to the Peerless Medical Hall.
On the way, Chen Li said to Wang Ye, "Junior brother, your charm is truly impressive! During the selection competition just now, there was a girl who was staring at you the whole time!"
The girl Chen Li was talking about was in fact Su Wanqing.
Although Su Wanqing seemed to look down on Wang Ye, she still kept an eye on him, perhaps thinking Wang Ye would be her rival in the future.
"Really? Senior sister, you might be mistaken! Who would pay attention to me?" Wang Ye casually replied.
But in his heart, he had already considered the possibility that it could be Su Wanqing.
"Why not? My junior brother is so outstanding, you have a lot of admirers. But you already have an engagement, so you can't think about others. Otherwise, you could actually get to know that girl, after all, she is very beautiful."
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