Chapter 57: No Rush, I’ll Wait for You
"......"
Ling Qiu fell silent for a moment, then offered a faint smile. "So, I’ve been played by you?"
Sister Gardenia smiled radiantly. "Don’t make it sound so harsh. You could say… after our last meeting, I accidentally became interested in you. Your image kept appearing in my mind even while I was trying to sleep. So, I missed you so much that I set up this little scheme to bring you back to see me."
Ling Qiu: This woman… she’s surprisingly good at flirting!
Heaven and earth bear witness.
This woman was undoubtedly one of those so-called earthly enchantresses—a rare beauty who could utter such words in a beguiling tone… If it were any other man, his heart would have been racing by now!
Some women seduce men with their looks.
Some ignite men’s desires with their figures.
But this woman…
She could provoke a man’s reaction with a single, simple sentence.
"So, who are you really?" Ling Qiu asked, his voice deep.
Sister Gardenia smiled slightly, walked behind the bar, and took out a stack of files.
With a crisp motion, she placed them directly on the bar. "I knew you’d ask that, so I’ve recorded all my information in here. Since you’re so curious, you can look for yourself. To show my sincerity, I’ve even noted when I first became a woman. I promise, the information in here about me is more detailed and precise than any intelligence agency in the world could ever gather."
Ling Qiu paused, then a playful smile touched his lips.
This woman…
Remarkable!
He rarely gave compliments, but this woman…
Ling Qiu had to regard her in a new light.
With a simple file folder, she had turned the tables entirely!
Ling Qiu replied calmly, "I won’t be looking at these documents. Put them away."
"Oh?" Sister Gardenia pursed her lips in a smile. "Aren’t you curious about who I am?"
Ling Qiu laughed, "Since you’re willing to hand over your information so readily, then… it certainly won’t contain what I truly want to know."
His words made Sister Gardenia’s beautiful eyes shimmer; she looked at Ling Qiu with a gaze that seemed almost to peel away his clothes and examine every detail of him.
That look…
Was as if she wanted to strip him bare and count every hair on his body!
"Are you sure you won’t look? Inside, I’ve also recorded… what kind of man I like, and the environment I most wish to… experience intimacy with the man I love…"
Ling Qiu replied coolly, "Not interested."
"What a pity."
Sister Gardenia leaned forward onto the bar, resting her chin in one hand. The soft area below her collarbone pressed enticingly against the edge of the bar… this woman… she was wearing nothing underneath!
A deep cleft, paired with the longing in her eyes—eyes that promised she could devour Ling Qiu whole—her allure was boundless!
Yet, from start to finish, Ling Qiu remained utterly unmoved by her actions.
She even began to doubt whether her own charm was somehow lacking.
"Kid, you’re making things very difficult for me~~"
Sister Gardenia sighed softly. "Given this situation, since you refuse to look at the information I offered you, next… you’ll probably resort to the most direct methods, right?"
Ling Qiu’s eyes sharpened. "A smart woman."
As he finished speaking, Ling Qiu’s aura suddenly surged, condensing in his palm in an instant!
A hum rose.
A vibration and magnetic field seemed to gather in his hand, its presence formidable!
The curtains beside him quivered and fluttered with the force of his aura.
For Ling Qiu, when he wished to achieve a goal, all beauty and flirtation were mere distractions—he would cut through them as easily as chopping vegetables!
"Oh dear…"
Sister Gardenia sighed again, taking two packs of cigarettes from beneath the bar. "Kid, you’re breaking my heart. I anticipated you’d be hungry, so I sacrificed dearly to give you a fierce ghost as a snack, and even prepared this gift for you… Yet you want to lay hands on me~~ Hmm… truly insensitive…"
Ling Qiu’s eyes grew sharp once more!
This woman…
Knew that…
He would be hungry??
Ling Qiu understood perfectly—the "hungry" she spoke of referred specifically to his lack of soul energy!
Thinking carefully, since she anticipated his abilities…
That fierce ghost was clearly sent to die!
Her words confirmed this.
And as for the gift…
Ling Qiu looked at the two packs of cigarettes she placed on the bar.
The packaging was plain white, without any design, and a small yellow paper was stuck to the seal.
Ling Qiu’s intuition told him…
This woman surely had another agenda.
At the very least… she held no hostility toward him!
At that moment, Ling Qiu’s curiosity was truly piqued.
Woman, you’ve succeeded in capturing my attention!
Ling Qiu slowly withdrew his aura and asked, "Before I make my move, I’ll give you one last chance. What… exactly is your intention?"
Sister Gardenia pursed her lips in a smile. "Sharp mind. At last… you realize I’m not your enemy."
She picked up the two packs of cigarettes and walked toward Ling Qiu. "These are my gifts to you. They’re rare, and time was short, so I could only prepare two packs for you. But… they should last you a while."
Ling Qiu squinted, took the cigarettes, and examined them in his palm.
What?!
The yellow slip sealing the cigarettes was… a talisman!
A soul-sealing charm!
Without hesitation, Ling Qiu tore it off, and immediately…
A rich surge of soul energy flowed out from the gap in the seal!
Sister Gardenia smiled. "Look at you, so impatient~~ Don’t tear the soul-sealing charm so roughly, or too much soul energy will escape and be wasted."
She picked up the discarded talisman and handed it back to Ling Qiu. "Since you’ve accepted the gift, why not taste it?"
At this moment…
Ling Qiu had a pretty good idea.
He took a cigarette from the pack, studied it carefully, and sniffed it—his eyes narrowed!
As he suspected…
These cigarettes were made entirely from soul energy!
In other words…
Whenever Ling Qiu wished, he could light one of these cigarettes and "fill his stomach" anytime, anywhere!
Ling Qiu looked at Sister Gardenia again, his gaze growing more intrigued.
To have produced two whole packs of "souls" in such a short time…
Just how much soul energy had this woman amassed?!
For Ling Qiu…
This was the true definition of a wealthy woman!