Chapter 639: Visitors!
Chapter 639: Visitors!
Even though the primary purpose for the so-called shopping mall was to take on Zhao Geng Nian eventually, Lin Xuan Qi didn’t mind making as much money as he could in the meantime.
Which was why he had a slew of plans and events like promotions and lucky draws to bring in the crowd in the beginning.
And when the business of the shops in the shopping mall settled, he would bring in performance troupes or operas into the shopping mall occasionally to increase the footfall.
All of these efforts wouldn’t go to waste as he needed to make it convincing to Zhao Geng Nian, that he was trying to run a profitable business anyway.
He went on and said the same thing when a few other servants running their daily errands walked by.
And they were equally excited with the prospect of buying everything under one roof.
When he was done, it was already noon, and the summer sun wasn’t the greatest to be exposed to.
Lin Xuan Qi decided to head back to the mansion for lunch.
He alighted the horse carriage as usual but when he entered the gates, Xue Cong, Yue Jie, Yue Xin or Liu Shi Shi weren’t around to greet him.
Maybe they are busy with the work in the mansion. He thought to himself.
Even Xiu wasn’t around to check on the horse carriage to see if there were things to be brought into the mansion.
He didn’t think too much about it and walked towards the main hall as usual.
Then, he heard a child’s chuckle from within.
Sima Long was standing beside a cute chubby little girl by his side.
His daughter, Sima Dai Yu took a step staggeringly and sat down onto the ground after doing so.
"Go on, you can do it." Sima Long tried his best not to help her and encouraged her to continue her walk.
Zhang Jie, who was seated nearby, gave out a smile at them.
Xue Cong and the others, who were also inside the main hall, had their eyes on the cute chubby little girl, looking on at her every movement.
They felt all the worries in the world leave them with her around.
Sima Dai Yu tried to stand up again, and when she saw Lin Xuan Qi at the doors of the main hall, she glanced at him and gave out a chuckle with her arms wide open.
Lin Xuan Qi gave her a smile back but Sima Long wasn’t too pleased.
"Wait a moment. You’ve never done the same when you saw me." Sima Long carried his daughter into his arms and said.
But Sima Dai Yu ignored him and she tried to reach out to Lin Xuan Qi.
Sima Long shook his head at her and said, "Oh dear, what can I do in the future to prevent her from running away with those heartless young masters."
Lin Xuan Qi rolled his eyes at him.
"Here, let me carry her." Zhang Jie chimed in and took Sima Dai Yu away from her husband with a look of grievance.
Sima Long bit his tongue, knowing that he had said something wrong, and he scratched the back of his head while looking at her.
"It’s cooler in my room, we can talk there." Xue Cong stood up and said to Zhang Jie.
Zhang Jie nodded her head and they left with Sima Dai Yu into Xue Cong’s room, leaving the main hall for Lin Xuan Qi and Sima Long to talk.
"Brother Xuan Qi, we haven’t seen you in a while, and we thought that we could bring our daughter for a visit and also bring some herbs for your wife and concubines." Sima Long said and took his seat.
Lin Xuan Qi sat down in his favorite seat and the servants quickly helped pour a cup of tea for both of them.
"Thanks. Your daughter is cute and lovely, I think she took on her mother’s look." Lin Xuan Qi said and it was Sima Long’s turn to roll his eyes at him.
"She looks like me in certain angles." Sima Long protested and said.
"I’m sure she does." Lin Xuan Qi said with a chuckle.
It had indeed been a long while since he saw his buddy again.
And it felt great to be able to banter with him.
"How are things going? I heard that the edict from the Governor is being stopped and Qian Shi is coming over to Hong Feng City soon?" Sima Long asked and Lin Xuan Qi nodded his head to it.
"Thank the heavens that it was stopped. Otherwise, who would have the money ready to pay for the so-called tax?" Lin Xuan Qi shrugged his shoulders and said.
"You have something to do with it, don’t you?" Sima Long gave him a side-eye and asked.
"Me? No. I’m busy at the construction site at the moment." Lin Xuan Qi feigned innocence and replied.
"Are you sure?" Sima Long wasn’t too convinced but he had no evidence to prove it.
"Of course, I’m sure. Anyway, enough talk about that.
"How is the Sima Family now?" Lin Xuan Qi changed the topic and asked.
He wanted to be updated on what was happening with the Sima Family so that he would have an idea if they could help when the time came for him to confront Zhao Geng Nian eventually.
"We have been trying.
"However, the sales of our Artifacts aren’t as good as before.
"The other sects and clans aren’t doing too great themselves at the moment.
"We can only barely break even every month at the moment.
"And worst of all, the Spirit Stone mines we have aren’t producing as many Spirit Stones anymore." Sima Long said and gave out a long sigh.
Lin Xuan Qi took a sip of his tea and frowned.
Maybe Xiao Feng was telling the truth about the cultivation resources getting more scarce?
He thought silently to himself and pondered.
If it was true, it was best for him to make plans for his South Lin Sword Sect now.
He might have to grab all the Spirit Stones he could before they ran out.
And that would mean that more money would be required.