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"Five million?" Master, do you take me for a fool? " He Xinlan said warily, "Five million, who would believe that I could buy a ring like that?"

As she spoke, He Xinlan sized up the old monk again and said, "Don't tell me you're some swindler that disguises himself as a monk?"

Nowadays, there were often swindlers who pretended to be family. For many years, the old people would believe them because they saw them as a family member. In the end, not only were they cheated, they were even thankful.

In He Xinlan's eyes, this old monk was undoubtedly such a person. Spending five million to buy an unremarkable jade ring, he wouldn't believe it even if it was told.

"Almsgiver must be joking. I am a monk from the Shaolin Temple, and not the swindler that you speak of." The old monk was not the least bit angered by He Xinlan's suspicions. He maintained his amiable demeanor and spoke with an amiable tone, as if he was a highly respected monk.

"It's not that I don't believe you, but it's just that, Grandmaster, you're a big shot, where did all this money come from?" He Xinlan frowned, her suspicion not diminishing in the slightest. When she was young, she followed her husband on his travels to the north. She had seen all sorts of people before, so she naturally wouldn't be so trusting.

The old monk laughed and said, "I have no affinity with the Buddhist name and am a temple overseer of the Shaolin Temple. Naturally, I have the right to use some of the monasteries' finances."

He was an esteemed monk from the Shaolin Temple. His buddhist arts were superb and his reputation was widespread in the entire province. How could he buy his ring like this old monk?

Thinking of this, He Xinlan felt that this old monk was undoubtedly a swindler. After some thought, he refused. "This ring was given to me by my son-in-law. I won't sell it."

"Amitabha." The old monk clasped his hands and said with a regretful expression, "In that case, I will not force you." If you change your mind in the future, you can naturally come to the Shaolin Temple to find me. " With that, the old monk once again chanted a Buddhist prayer and sat in silence.

"What a strange liar." What a strange liar. He Xinlan pursed her lips and closed her eyes to rest.

… ….

When he finally returned to the joint rental house, Chen Feng suddenly had a feeling that something was off.

Ever since Li Li's mother, He Xinlan, came to visit her daughter, Chen Feng had been spending the night in the mortuary. Although the mortuary was incomparably free and undisturbed, for the current Chen Feng, he suddenly felt a sense of loneliness.

Solitude was something that he had never encountered before in his previous life.

In his previous life, Chen Feng cultivated for ten thousand years and had always been alone. His disciples all had their own matters to attend to and would not be around all year round. However, at that time, Chen Feng never had such an emotion.

"Could it be because I'm in the mortal world?" Chen Feng had a vague premonition that there was something in his Dao Heart. However, he could not grasp it.

"Hey, what are you standing there in a daze for? Hurry up and give me a hand!" Li Li opened the door and entered while carrying a large cardboard box.

"Why did you come back so early today?" Chen Feng hurriedly went forward and took the box from Li Li as he said with a smile.

"Hu — —" Li Li Li stretched out her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead as she let out a long breath. "It's really heavy." With that, she frowned and shook her aching arm.

With the swing of her arm, Li Li's voluptuous figure was moving up and down, causing Chen Feng to have a burst of reverie.

"Why am I becoming more and more evil?" Chen Feng muttered to himself, but his eyes never left Li Li's beautiful figure.

"Hmph, perverted guy, what are you thinking about?" Li Li stared fiercely at Chen Feng as she spoke.

"Ah, no, I was just thinking why did you suddenly bring back so many things. Aren't these the books and documents on your desk in the police station?" Chen Feng's old face turned red as he hurriedly quibbled.

"Is that so?" Li Li looked at Chen Feng doubtfully. Then, she curled her lips, stuck out her chest, and said proudly, "Aunt has been promoted today."

"Promotions? "Where did you get to?" Chen Feng was slightly surprised, but from the bottom of his heart, he was truly happy for Li Li.

"Haha, aunt, I'm the vice captain of the Criminal Police now. "Kid, from now on, don't you dare commit any crimes. Otherwise, with just a single order from me, you'll be caught in there." Li Li pointed at Chen Feng's nose in a provocative manner and said happily.

Seeing Li Li's green fingers stop in front of his nose, Chen Feng suddenly bit forward.

"Ah, you big scoundrel, are you going to do something bad again?" Li Li's hands retracted as she retreated back to her own room. Her movements were so fast that even Chen Feng, a Condensing Yuan Realm expert, could not match up to her in terms of speed.

"Chen Feng, accompany me to dinner tonight. Due to the transfer of personnel from the Criminal Police squad, a special dinner was organized." Li Li stuck her head out from the half-closed door and playfully said, "Don't embarrass me tonight."

Xiang Restaurant was a well-known restaurant in the city. Because of the good dishes, the delicious food, and the low price, it was very popular among the working class.

At this moment, it was already dinnertime. The Xiang Restaurant was already packed full to the brim.

Chen Feng and Li Li walked into the restaurant side by side.

"It's all because of you. You took your time. You're late." Li Li complained from time to time.

Chen Feng's face was filled with apology. However, he was secretly sweating in his heart: If it wasn't for you, this silly girl, pointing the wrong way, would we have been late?

"Ah, Lily, you've finally arrived. We thought that you wouldn't come." A fashionable lady walked up with a smiling face and grabbed onto Lily's small hand.

"Eh, this is?" The woman suddenly saw Chen Feng and asked in surprise, "Lily, is this your boyfriend?"

Lily glanced at Chen Feng and said expressionlessly, "I guess so."

"Wow, Lily, you really do have a boyfriend." The woman hugged Li Li Li's arm and teased, "Not bad, you're quite handsome."

"What's there to be handsome for? He's just a big bad guy." Li Li teased the woman in a low voice.

The woman seemed to have a good relationship with Li Li. The two of them bickered for a while before looking at Chen Feng, who was awkwardly standing at the side. "Hello, I'm Lily's good sister, Lu Hui. "Looks like what Lily said was right. Your boyfriend is really quite handsome."

"Err …" Chen Feng was somewhat puzzled. Could it be that Li Li was advertising him outside?

Noticing Chen Feng's somewhat doubtful expression, Li Li pulled Chen Feng to the side and explained.

It turned out that she had been promoted to vice captain of the Criminal Police Force after the transfer of manpower. However, the captain had been transferred from somewhere else. He was a handsome man. As soon as he saw Li Li, he wanted to court Li Li Li, but was stopped by Li Li's boyfriend. Therefore, everyone asked Li Li to bring her boyfriend tonight. Li Li was unable to stand up against the crowd, which was why such a scene had occurred.

"You can't embarrass me tonight." After explaining, Li Li had a pleading expression.

"So that's how it is." Chen Feng smiled and then hugged Li Li's shoulder. Smiling, he turned around and said to the fashionable lady, "Hello. My name is Chen Feng. I'm Lily's fiancé."