Free Web NovelChapter 123: Chapter 123: The Truth About the Wooden Box _1
Zhang Ruoxue again hurriedly said, "But I can write you an IOU! After all, no one carries around a hundred million for shopping, right?"
Zhang Ruoxue’s explanation seemed reasonable, so Ye Ming did not say anything more.
After that, Zhang Ruoxue took out some paper and pen, wrote an IOU for Ye Ming, and didn’t forget to threaten, "If this medicine doesn’t work, I will make you pay a severe price."
Ye Ming nodded leisurely and replied, "I’ll be waiting for you to come to me anytime!"
After the transaction concluded, Zhang Ruoxue snorted in discontent, pocketed the Essence Elixir, and immediately contacted someone to pick her up.
Before long, a convoy had arrived outside Xiaosang Village. Xiao Lian had never seen such a large entourage and, naturally, was quite frightened.
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After Zhang Ruoxue left, Ye Ming also started the journey home with Xu Lele.
All the way, Xu Lele was filled with curiosity about Ye Ming’s Herbal Pill.
"If one Herbal Pill can add a year to one’s life, then a hundred pills would mean living an extra hundred years, right?" Xu Lele widened her eyes and curiously asked, "So, if one had countless pills, then could they live forever?"
Ye Ming chuckled and replied, "That’s definitely not possible. All medicines have their poisons, and this kind of medication has such a potent effect that it poses a large burden when absorbed. The first pill might be effective, but by the second or third pill, the efficacy would significantly wane."
"So, there is no such thing as immortality."
Xu Lele pouted and let out a chortle.
Ye Ming then took out another pill and said to Xu Lele, "This Herbal Pill is for you, take it back and hand it to Uncle Xu on my behalf."
Ye Ming’s gesture took Xu Lele by surprise, and she hurriedly tried to decline, "How could I? This pill could sell for a hundred million; it’s too valuable."
"Instead, when the time comes, you could use this pill to come to my house to ask for my hand in marriage. A gift worth a hundred million would surely astonish my father."
Xu Lele’s words touched Ye Ming, but he insisted on handing the pill to Xu Lele.
"It’s just one pill, I can afford it. Besides, with Uncle Xu’s visit, I didn’t have a proper gift to give, so let this pill be the gift."
Ye Ming calmly said, "With my abilities, I will surely have something more valuable than this for your bridal gift in the future, so this really isn’t much."
"Just keep it, and by the way, you can use it to apologize to Uncle Xu, considering what happened today..."
Xu Lele’s cheeks flushed, recalling her own actions and feeling somewhat ashamed.
Her father must be very worried about her now.
In the end, unable to refuse any further, Xu Lele happily accepted the Essence Elixir.
As they spoke, the two had already returned to Hai City.
Xu Lele was about to leave, when she suddenly said, "Since you’ve given me such an important gift, I should give you one in return."
She took out an aged sheepskin paper from her backpack and handed it to Ye Ming.
Upon seeing the item, Ye Ming suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
He opened it and saw that it was a marriage contract.
It was a marriage contract between him and Xu Lele.
Ye Ming was astonished and quickly asked, "A marriage contract, why do you and I also have one?"
He had thought that his only marriage contract was with Xia Ningning, but to his surprise, he and Xu Lele had one as well.
And he had never known about it.
Xu Lele let out a sly laugh and said mysteriously, "As for that, after I leave, you should go and ask Ningning about it."
"When you come to ask for my hand in marriage, remember to bring this marriage contract!"
After leaving those words behind, Xu Lele turned and left.
This sentence sent Ye Ming’s emotions surging, unable to calm down for a long time.
He stared blankly at the marriage certificate in his hand, lost in thought.
All night, he considered the matter, with his grandfather also coming to mind.
Could it be that his grandfather had anticipated all of this?
After a difficult night, the next morning Ye Ming received a phone call from Xia Ningning.
"I knew you would call me, so I decided to call you first,"
"Meet me at the coffee shop next to the Garden Hotel. I’ll be waiting for you."
After saying this, Xia Ningning hung up the phone.
Ye Ming hastily washed up and immediately rushed to the coffee shop mentioned by Xia Ningning. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
She was sitting by the window, seemingly having waited for a long time.
Ye Ming, unable to contain his impatience, asked, "What’s going on? Why do Le Le and I also have a marriage certificate?"
Xia Ningning found his clueless appearance somewhat amusing.
She said, "Are you really that clueless or are you just pretending? How can you know nothing about such an important matter?"
Ye Ming nodded with certainty: "I really don’t know anything."
Without keeping him in suspense any longer, Xia Ningning took out a wooden box and passed it to Ye Ming.
"Take a look for yourself, this was always meant to be yours."
Upon receiving the box, Ye Ming hurriedly opened it, and what he saw inside left him stunned.
In the box, there were many identical marriage certificates.
Besides the ones for Xia Ningning and Xu Lele, there were six others. frёeωebɳovel.com
Ye Ming felt a headache coming on: "A total of eight marriage certificates? How can this be?"
The people on these marriage certificates were all strangers to Ye Ming, of course, apart from Xu Lele and Xia Ningning. He had never even heard of the rest.
Ye Ming began to wonder, just how afraid was his grandfather that he would not find a wife? To have arranged so many marriage engagements.
All these girls, was he supposed to reject them one by one?
Xia Ningning asked in an exasperated tone, "This important box, has no one ever mentioned it to you before? You’re not kidding me, are you?"
Ye Ming explained helplessly, "To be honest, I was very young when my grandfather passed away. I always thought it was a toy he left for me. I never opened it."
"And I had no idea about the marriage certificates within."
Xia Ningning pursed her lips: "Then it’s up to you to figure it out. I’ll see how you choose and how you will explain this to Le Le!"
After dropping this remark, Xia Ningning didn’t say more. She got up and left, leaving Ye Ming with a bewildered face.
After she left, Ye Ming closely examined each marriage certificate and began to look up each person’s identity.
He was shocked when he found out more.
Each of these individuals had extraordinary identities: there were daughters of wealthy families, offspring of powerful figures, and some who didn’t even appear in the ordinary world, belonging to reclusive families of the martial world.
If he had to meet them one by one, it would take a considerable amount of time.
These kinds of important figures aren’t usually easy to meet.
Ye Ming sighed and, too lazy to ponder further, thought that he couldn’t marry all of them anyway. It might be better to leave it to fate.
It was at that moment that Ye Ming suddenly discovered a small brocade pouch underneath the marriage certificates.
