Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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Liao Lieying was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she jumped up from her seat like a startled rabbit.

She hurriedly straightened her slightly disheveled clothes, then quickly ran to the door, took a deep breath, and gently opened the door.

There was a rapid knocking at the door, and Huang Zhirou's familiar voice came into the room.

Upon hearing Huang Zhirou's voice, Liao Lieying's expression instantly turned sour.

She frowned and asked impatiently, "What is it?"

Huang Zhirou answered cautiously, "There's an important phone call for you; it's from your father."

Upon hearing this, Liao Lieying was as if struck by lightning. She was startled, and the displeasure on her face vanished instantly, replaced by a mixture of surprise and tension.

After a while, she caught her breath and her tone became much calmer as she asked, "Did you say what happened?"

Huang Zhirou shook her head and said softly:

"The old man didn't say it explicitly, but he just wanted you to call him back as soon as possible."

Liao Lieying was somewhat surprised, but she didn't talk to Huang Zhirou for long. She turned around, walked quickly to He Yuzhu's side, and told him in a low voice what had just happened.

After exchanging a few words, Liao Lieying reached for the phone on the table and dialed her father's number.

The call was answered quickly. Liao Lieying responded softly a few times, and then listened silently to the other person speak.

After a moment, her expression grew increasingly serious. A little while later, she handed the phone to He Yuzhu, who was standing next to her.

He Yuzhu took the phone and held it to his ear. As soon as he spoke, he heard a slightly deep voice from the other end of the line:

"Did you sell a radio recently?"

He Yuzhu answered frankly, "Yes, I didn't expect that this matter had reached your ears."

Liao Baoshan continued on the other end of the phone:

"That's right! Someone has already come to me and specifically asked me to persuade you not to lower the price of the radio so much."

He Yuzhu immediately understood, and without hesitation asked, "Are you from Jimmy Trading Company?"

"No, it's that man named Elton Bowles. He's also in the radio sales business. They really want to get in touch with you through me so we can discuss the price of the radios."

Nowadays, there are so many brands of transistor radios on the market, more than a dozen!

Moreover, almost all of these brands are from the United States. However, only two of them are from England.

And the trading company controlled by Elton Bowles mainly deals in English goods. I really don't know how he managed to find Liao Baoshan's place.

He Yuzhu quickly said:

"Oh dear, it's really hard to explain clearly over the phone. How about this, I'll come and visit you in person?"

Liao Baoshan readily agreed, "Sure, then come over this afternoon, and we can have afternoon tea together."

After He Yuzhu hung up the phone, Liao Lieying, who was standing next to him, immediately asked impatiently:

"Zhu Zi, what's your real thought about this? Should we raise the price, or should we just fight them to the bitter end and refuse to budge an inch?"

As for raising prices, that's definitely out of the question, but He Yuzhu couldn't help but hesitate about whether to stubbornly hold on.

After all, just yesterday, only Sally Morrison came to discuss the price. Who could have imagined that today someone else would appear and act as an intermediary through Liao Baoshan?

He Yuzhu frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said:

"Sigh, it seems I really underestimated this issue before."

He knew all too well that Hong Kong was no place to be trifled with; it was a cruel society where the strong preyed on the weak and people devoured each other without spitting out the bones.

Looking back, I realize that what I used to do was just run a small hardware and auto parts business.

Because competition in this type of business was not yet fierce, and with Du Guanghe mediating and coordinating, those thorny issues were quickly and properly handled, and everything went relatively smoothly.

However, just two days later, He Yuzhu clearly felt a heavy pressure surging in like a tidal wave.

This was something Liao Baoshan had never expected, as his opponent had managed to persuade him to participate so easily.

Although she could refuse Liao Baoshan without hesitation, what if he turned around and incited foreign firms or even high-ranking officials to pressure and coerce her? The consequences would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu couldn't help but ponder to himself:

"Let's wait until this afternoon to make a decision. In the meantime, I need to rack my brains to come up with a perfect solution to the current problem."

Just then, Liao Lieying, who was standing nearby, leaned forward with a curious expression and asked:

"So what kind of solution can you come up with?"

He Yuzhu shook his head helplessly and replied with a wry smile:

“My dear young lady, there’s no such thing as a solution that can just pop into your head out of thin air! This time, it’s your father himself who’s trying to force me to raise the prices of the goods back up.”

Before she could finish speaking, Liao Lieying suddenly snuggled into He Yuzhu's arms, nuzzling him gently like a docile kitten, and quickly kissed him on the cheek. Then, she whispered in a seductive tone:

"Why don't we just leave these worries behind and come back to the villa with you to relax? Maybe when you're in a good mood, you'll have a sudden inspiration and come up with a brilliant idea."

He Yuzhu smiled and nodded in agreement:

"Yes, that's a pretty good idea!"

His gaze was fixed firmly on Liao Lieying, his eyes gleaming with excitement. Now that he had such a brilliant idea, what was there to hesitate about?

Without hesitation, He Yuzhu took Liao Lieying's soft little hand and walked out of the office with light steps.

Before leaving, He Yuzhu turned to Huang Zhirou and instructed her:

"Zhirou, I probably won't be coming back today."

Hearing this, Huang Zhirou's expectant gaze instantly turned somewhat resentful. She helplessly watched the two figures disappear, sighing inwardly that the promise she had just made with He Yuzhu was likely to be broken again.

Afterwards, He Yuzhu and Liao Lieying got into their respective cars and drove out of the headquarters building one after the other.

The vehicle traveled along the winding mountain road and finally arrived at the luxury villa located atop Victoria Peak. Built into the hillside, the villa was surrounded by lush greenery, creating a tranquil and pleasant environment.

After entering the villa, the two went to the bathroom together and took a comfortable hot shower.

The warm water gently washed over their skin, as if washing away the fatigue of their journey.

After showering, the two, dressed in loose bathrobes, slowly walked to the bedside. Liao Lieying expertly and gently lifted little He Yuzhu, her movements exceptionally tender.

Just then, He Yuzhu said earnestly to Liao Lieying:

"I need to tell you about some precautions first. This is no joke."

After hearing this, Liao Lieying's eyes widened in surprise.

She had initially thought that what He Yuzhu had said earlier was just a casual remark, but she never expected that he would actually intend to help her become a martial arts master.

"Is this really okay?" Liao Lieying asked, full of doubt.

After all, unlike Xu Huizhen and others, she was a complete novice with no martial arts background and had never even possessed a trace of vital energy.

Whether one can successfully open the dantian and retain vital energy remains to be seen and needs to be verified through practice.

After Liao Lieying finally understood all the precautions, He Yuzhu carefully began to slowly inject his own vital energy into her body.

At this moment, Liao Lieying was completely clueless about all of this, and had no idea how to control and utilize this energy. Therefore, she could only obediently remain in a passive state of acceptance.

The moment the vital energy was injected, Liao Lieying suddenly felt a warm torrent rushing into her body through a specific channel, and then smoothly reaching the lower part of her abdomen.

In an instant, my entire abdomen felt as if it were enveloped by a blazing fire, warm and comforting.

The scorching airflow was like a nimble little snake, constantly swimming and swirling around her abdomen.

However, something unexpected happened.

Just as the heat was flowing freely through her abdomen, it suddenly seemed to discover a small opening, and like water bursting through a dam, it rushed into that small spot.

Immediately afterwards, Liao Lieying was surprised to find that the previously uncontrollable warm current had become obedient, as if she could control it at will.

Faced with such a miraculous change, she was filled with astonishment, but fortunately she remembered He Yuzhu's repeated instructions, so she suppressed her inner impulse and never rashly tried to manipulate this magical power.

Meanwhile, He Yuzhu, standing to the side, was also extremely nervous, his forehead already covered with fine beads of sweat.

He focused intently on everything before him, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

After confirming that Liao Lieying had successfully received and initially adapted to the Yuan Qi, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

He raised his hand and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, adjusted his breathing slightly to calm himself down, and a satisfied smile gradually appeared on his face.

It is important to know that, under normal circumstances, if an ordinary person wants to embark on the path of martial arts, they often need to start from the outside, practicing various fist and foot techniques day after day without stopping, so as to gradually guide the natural generation of their own vital energy within their body.

This process is long and arduous, and cannot be accomplished overnight.

With vital energy, one can open up the dantian, a place for storage.

The most difficult task has now been accomplished: successfully opening up the dantian within Liao Lieying's body.

However, at this time all the vital energy still belonged to He Yuzhu himself. The next step was to open up the Ren and Du meridians so that Liao Lieying could enter the Dark Force realm.

Then, adjusting his posture, He Yuzhu manipulated the injected vital energy to flow into the Du meridian.

Liao Lieying was dumbfounded; she only felt a surge of heat flowing up her spine, past the Baihui acupoint, and then down her face, all the way back to her pubic bone.

Then, after overcoming a rather difficult hurdle, they entered the spine again.

Originally, this energy was completely beyond her control, but after this turn of events...

Liao Lieying suddenly discovered that within this stream of energy, an additional energy had appeared out of nowhere, and she was now able to control it.