Girl, I'll Teach You Cultivation Chapter 268

Long Yingqing became a little envious. Though the Long family was wealthy, it wouldn't be feasible for them to spend 500 million euros to purchase a piece of jewelry. She believed the number of people who could do such a thing could be counted on one's fingers and Jiang Xiu was one of them. Her sight moved towards him, "I want to talk with you."
2 months had passed since that matter had happened, so it wasn't that fresh anymore. Though it had given rise to a sensation, after all, it couldn't be considered a significant event. Before Jiang Xiu could open his mouth, Cheng Lingran had already walked over to the side. "You both can have a chat."
Jiang Xiu looked at Long Yingqing. He knew what she wanted to talk about. The Long family was a branch of Heaven's Gate and the influence it held in China wasn't small, but since Jiang Xiu had destroyed Heaven's Gate, they had lost their patron and got suppressed from all sides in the country.
Long Yingqing said, "Heaven's Gate is no more, the Long family wishes to ask for your support."
Jiang Xiu looked at her with a fake smile on his face, "I already did a great favor to your Long family by letting them off the hook, and you want me to support them?"
"I know that this request is a little excessive, but my Long family has nowhere to go now."
If it were merely some hostile powers, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but the biggest pressure came from the authorities of China. A significantly large share of the Long family's assets was within China, and the authorities had control over the outflow of capital. The Long family couldn't shift their assets out and were thus stuck in a dilemma with only one thought remaining in their minds - Asking for Jiang Luoxia's help.
Jiang Xiu said, "Your Long family becoming a member of Heaven's Gate itself was akin to abandoning China."
The Chinese authorities rejected Heaven's Gate and China was a forbidden land for Heaven's Gate. Even the demigod of the Long family, Long Zaizong, wasn't allowed to stay in the country and had to live in Europe. Now that Heaven's Gate was destroyed, the Long family had lost their patron, and the authorities won't spare him that easily.
"My Long family knows this matter is quite troublesome and that's why we want your help."
"Why should I help your Long family?"
"The Long family wishes to pay allegiance to you and serve at your command."
Jiang Xiu sneered at her, "Your Long family has indeed made up a good plan. Right now, many families wish to pay allegiance to me, and there are more than a few of them which are more powerful than your Long family."
These words were no exaggeration. Especially those families who dabble in the martial arts world, they were all rushing like ducks towards Jiang Luoxia. If he wished for it, they'd be able to obtain a colossal patron.
Long Yingqing bit her lips, "Don't you feel even a little bit regretful about bullying me? I'm after all a girl. Don't you think your actions were wrong?"
Jiang Xiu felt this girl was a little naïve, but she had an earnest expression on her face as she said this. Perhaps these were the real thoughts in her mind. She continued, "As far as I'm concerned, it was a huge blow to me, but I'm willing to forgive you."
And our Deity Xiu just happens to like naïve people. He already had the intentions to take in the Long family into his ranks. This was because of the actions Long Zaizong's took for his granddaughter. It had enabled him to see a different side other than the usual cold-heartedness of the elite families and also let him see the magnificence of human nature. Just this was enough for Jiang Xiu to give them a chance.
He got up to leave. Long Yingqing nervously stepped forward but heard him say - "Alright, it's a deal. I'll save your Long family in exchange for your forgiveness."
Long Yingqing simply couldn't believe it, that he had really promised to do it for such a preposterous reason. She expressed her heartfelt gratitude, "Thank you!"
The Long family was a remnant branch of Heaven's Gate, and he knew clearly that other branches of Heaven's Gate held a lot of influence. Jiang Xiu wanted the Long family to rope in those powers, comprising those in Korea, Japan, and Europe.
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After lunch, Jiang Xiu was forced by Cheng Lingran to go visit NU to look for Cheng Lingsu.
When he arrived at the entrance, he recalled the nightmarish afternoon when his mother had forced him to propose marriage to Cheng Lingsu, and today was also an afternoon. He thought - I can be considered a filial son, right?
Jiang Xiu asked a person, "Fellow student, which way is the building for the freshers of Finance Dept.?"
That person replied, "I believe they are at the auditorium for the dress rehearsal."
After offering him words of gratitude, Jiang Xiu went to look for the auditorium. As the term entered into December, the student council became relatively busier. On the one hand, they had to prepare for the end-term examinations, and on the other hand, there were too many holidays. Christmas was arriving soon and the New Year's Day following that. The dress rehearsal was mostly for the New Year's Day evening party.
There were really too many people in the auditorium, roughly around 60-70 of them. They were all busy and discussing in groups of twos or threes. Some of them were arranging things on the stage.
Actually, today was the day the for selecting the program of the Finance Department. Many of them had washed out, and only two programs had made it into the list, finally passing through the qualifying rounds and obtaining the chance to perform on New Year's Day.
Jiang Xiu swept his gaze across the crowd and discovered Cheng Lingsu. She was wearing dancing attire and seemed like it was for modern dance, so he didn't go disturb her. He had come here today to make his name known - Hello everyone, I'm Cheng Lingsu's husband. I've already plucked the flower called Campus Diva Cheng so please restrain your beastly nature and keep away from this plucked flower.
He was here to let them know that Cheng Lingsu was already taken. To make those buzzing bees stay away from her.
Actually, he looked forward to seeing Cheng Lingsu set her sights on someone else. He could boldly and justly divorce her then, but he knew this wasn't feasible. It wasn't that he was confident in his charm but rather that he had absolute faith in Cheng Lingsu's character. A greedy girl like her would never renounce Jiang Luoxia, a person whose financial power kept flourishing. The only way it would be possible was if he returned to becoming a poor brat whose family owns a fruit stall.
"Hey, Kiddo. Get out of the way…"
Jiang Xiu was just getting bored of waiting when a group of hunks came by. It was a group of 4 boys, each of whose height was above 1.8 m, making them taller than Jiang Xiu. One of them had his hands in his jeans pockets, assuming a badass look and appeared to be their leader.
"What do you want?"
"Shut up and just move your ass…"
Jiang Xiu looked beside him and noticed there were many empty seats. He didn't want to invite trouble right now, so he shifted to the side. That cool boy sat down where Jiang Xiu was previously seated, and the other three sat down as well.
"Young Master Ai, it's that one!"
One of the pointed towards a girl on the stage. Her skin was snow white and eyes painted. She had the height of a northern girl yet also had an alluring graceful style of a woman of rustic Jiangnan. Each of her movements drew the gazes of everyone and just looking at her made one feel as if this world was too beautiful. If one could have her, it'd be akin to having the whole world as nothing else would matter.
That boy called Young Master Ai said, "This daddy wants a sexy one, not the kind of elegant beauty… you are… describing…" His words came to a stop as his gaze remained fixed on the girl, unable to move his eyes away from her.
It wasn't anyone else but rather the fresher campus diva of NU, Cheng Lingsu.
The moment this girl had shown up among the campus divas, it had given rise to a huge sensation, resulting in her becoming the woman of the moment as well as causing the boys to chase after her relentlessly.
After pausing for a moment, Young Master Ai said, "She's just ordinary!" but his eyes never moved away from Cheng Lingsu's body.
It was the application of Zhou Xingxing's words - A flower needs leaves to support it.
No harm could be done without anything to compare with.
But the fact was that the esthetics of humans couldn't cheat themselves. He couldn't find a single blemish on Cheng Lingsu. She was absolutely perfect, and even he hadn't realized that he had lost himself to her attraction long ago.
"Brat, are you also from the Finance Dept.?"
"No, I came to watch my wife."
Our Deity Xiu soliloquized internally that life had no meaning anymore when he said these words.
"Your wife, huh? Who is it? Tell me…"
Jiang Xiu pointed at Cheng Lingsu, "Her, Cheng Lingsu!"
"What?!"
The group cried out together.
"Stop boasting, alright? You say Cheng Lingsu is your wife? Brat, have you gone mad from infatuation?" One of the boys made a big fuss out of it. He walked to the side towards another group of students then said, "Tian Bu, this kid says your department's Cheng Lingsu is his wife."
That boy called Tian Bu started laughing as well, "He must be boasting."
"Who are you? I'm afraid Cheng Lingsu doesn't even know your name."
Jiang Xiu said, "Don't believe me if you don't want to!"
This was no matter to kid about. There was another reason the newly ascended campus diva, Cheng Lingsu, had become so popular. It was because she hadn't accepted anyone's confession. Rumors were that she had no boyfriend.
Though she always claimed that she had a boyfriend, no one had seen that boyfriend till now.
Everyone believed she was a pure girl.
"Kiddo, it looks like you were just talking big. You could've just chosen something reasonable to boast about. There was no need to brag about Cheng Lingsu being your wife. If this is true, this daddy will eat this table." He slapped the table with a look of ridicule on his face.
The people on the stage had taken notice of the commotion there. Cheng Lingsu also noticed Jiang Xiu there. Her eyes lit up in astonishment as she called out to him, "Husband!"
"…"
Jiang Xiu was left speechless.