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Chapter 490: What Kind of Heaven-Defying Act Is This?
Chapter 490: What Kind of Heaven-Defying Act Is This?
Chapter 490: Chapter 490: What Kind of Heaven-Defying Act Is This?
Translator: 549690339
The text message was from Jiang Xiaoyan.
It contained only a few terse words: Jiang Xu, farewell forever, we will no longer meet again.
Jiang Xu’s pupils dilated.
He pulled An Nuonuo to a halt.
Showed her the message.
An Nuonuo immediately tensed up, “What’s wrong with Sister Xiao Yan, hurry up and call her to ask.”
Jiang Xu dialed Jiang Xiaoyan’s phone.
But it wasn’t connecting.
He then reached out to Jiang Yuanfeng.
“You still have the nerve to call me!”
As soon as the connection was made, there came Jiang Yuanfeng’s furious roar.
Jiang Xu asked in a deep voice, “Uncle, what on earth happened?”
“You don’t know!” Jiang Yuanfeng was beyond angry: “Xiao Yan has entered the monastery; she’s now at the Huiping Temple in Magic City.”
Jiang Xu:”???”
An Nuonuo:”???”
The two exchanged glances and were thoroughly bewildered on the spot.
They had thought of millions of possibilities just now, but it never crossed their minds this could be the one.
No, that’s not right.
This is the twenty-first century.
Why on earth would you enter a monastery just like that?
Jiang Xu almost lost his composure and asked, “Uncle, why would she suddenly decide to become a nun for no apparent reason?”
“Hmph, it’s all because of you,’1 Jiang Yuanfeng said through clenched teeth: “She said that since she can’t have the love she wants, she would renounce worldly desires, shave her head to become a nun, and from now on, cease dealing with worldly matters.”
Jiang Xu didn’t know what to say for a moment.
After finishing the call with Jiang Yuanfeng, he left a message for Jiang Xiaoyan on WeChat.
[What the hell are you doing, reply to my message when you see it, don’t make me slap you.]
A few minutes later, Jiang Xiaoyan replied: I have already forsaken the secular world, Jiang benefactor, do not disturb my cultivation in the future.
Jiang Xu: Speak human language.
Jiang Xiaoyan: Ah, mind your own business about the affairs of a beautiful girl.
Jiang Xu: I’m counting to three.
Jiang Xiaoyan: Fine fine, it was just to deceive a competitor, hurry up and post something on Weibo, make it sound sad about me.
Jiang Xu thought this was more like it.
From what he knew about Jiang Xiaoyan.
He would sooner believe Jiang Xiaoyan was a man than that she would enter a monastery.
An Nuonuo also breathed a sigh of relief, genuinely worried that Jiang Xiaoyan might do something regrettable.
Jiang Xiaoyan had asked him to post on Weibo, but for now, he had to go home where he could use his computer to do so.
Let’s first visit the Little Eagle Museum.
As they entered, Jiang Xu and An Nuonuo both felt as if they had stepped back into ancient times.
The vast majority of the antiques displayed here originated from their own country.
Every Dragon Country person who visited would feel an indescribable heaviness in their heart.
“How many of these cultural relics here were looted from our place?” An Nuonuo muttered to herself, her expression complex.
Jiang Xu’s tone was cold: “Probably around twenty-three thousand or so. Ridiculously, only ten percent of these belong to Eagle Country’s history, the rest are all ours.
Inside are items ranging from Shang and Zhou dynasty bronzes to Tang and Song dynasty porcelains, Ming and Qing dynasty gold and jade artifacts, and many are unparalleled treasures.”
“Then…” An Nuonuo bit her lip, “Can’t we buy back a small part of them and then return them to our country?”
“We won’t buy,” Jiang Xu shook his head, “Even if we could buy back each cultural relic for one dollar, we still wouldn’t buy them.”
“Why is that?” An Nuonuo was puzzled.
“These originally belong to us,” Jiang Xu’s eyes flickered with a chilling light: “Why should we have to pay for them?
One day, they will obediently return these cultural relics to us without any cost.”
An Nuonuo nodded vigorously: “Yes, it will definitely happen.”
Jiang Xu smiled.
Having a girlfriend who doesn’t dampen the spirits is simply wonderful.
“Pssh, what a fool’s dream. That will never happen.”
A middle-aged woman with black hair and yellow skin snorted with mockery.
From her attire, she was clearly one of those immigrants.
An Nuonuo did not take it kindly and unusually fought back, “The country is growing stronger, and that day will certainly come.”
“Stop dreaming,” the middle-aged woman said with disdain. “That backward and poor country, even if given a hundred years, could never catch up with the great Eagle Country.”
As she spoke, her face lit up with a fervent glow.
An Nuonuo was very angry, “You’re clearly from Dragon Country, how could you say such things?”
“What nonsense are you spouting!” the middle-aged woman retorted angrily. “Who is from Dragon Country? I am a proud citizen of Eagle Country, okay?
Get lost quickly, this place is too noble, not somewhere for country bumpkins like you to come.”
An Nuonuo’s eyes reddened, and she felt incredibly wronged.
More than that, she just couldn’t understand.
How could someone elevate another country while belittling their own like this?
Is this still human behavior?
Jiang Xu, on the other hand, wasn’t very bothered.
He had seen plenty of these types of people in his previous life.
They would despise, look down upon, demean, and even maliciously slander their own country.
But when it came to foreign lands, even to a country so poor it couldn’t afford clothes, they would be extremely reverent and obsequious.
Jiang Xu took An Nuonuo’s hand, intending to leave.
But then he noticed the gold bracelet on the woman’s wrist.
That was what the investment company gave to all new employees when they started.
Each employee got two, which they could give to their mothers or other relatives.
Because the design was quite unique, Jiang Xu recognized it immediately.
He suddenly chuckled and looked at the middle-aged woman: “Does someone in your family work for ‘Nuonuo Investment Limited Liability Company’?” “How did you know?” The middle-aged woman was astonished, then quickly boasted with pride: “My son works there.
It’s a multinational company with high benefits.
See this gold bracelet? The company gave it to me.
You two country bumpkins definitely can’t get into such a good company.”
Jiang Xu smiled, “What’s your son’s name?”
“Mike!”
Jiang Xu nodded his head.
Immediately, he took out his phone and dialed his department manager’s number: “Is there an employee named Mike?”
The department manager answered respectfully, “Yes, sir. He’s in charge of logistics. May I ask if there is an issue?”
Jiang Xu spoke indifferently, “His mother has offended the boss, fire him.”
The department manager said respectfully, “Very well, I’ll handle it right away.”
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xu looked at the woman: “Go home and tell your son he’s been fired.”
“Heh, stop with the nonsense here.” The middle-aged woman looked down disdainfully: “These petty tricks won’t fool me.”
No sooner had she spoken than her phone began to ring.
“Hello, my dear son, what’s up?”
“Mom, have you lost your mind? I’ve been fired by the company. How did you manage to offend our boss?”
The middle-aged woman was dumbfounded.
Then, a look of fear spread across her face.
It turned out that what Jiang Xu had said was all true.
She immediately started pleading, “I’m sorry, I just…”
Jiang Xu walked away with An Nuonuo.
He didn’t want to listen to the old woman’s nonsense.
The middle-aged woman collapsed to the ground, couldn’t help but slap herself twice: “I’m such an idiot!”
The two left the museum, wandering aimlessly.
Unintentionally, they ended up in a secluded place.
“What is that?” An Nuonuo asked curiously, looking ahead.