Someone is claiming to be a master of Shooting Eagle Martial Arts and is damn selling the heart method online.
You wouldn’t expect even a grade-schooler to believe that, right?
But my wife not only fell for it, she even gave the scam artist two hundred thousand!
Two hundred thousand, mind you, enough to support an ordinary family for several years.
Even though Zhao Yongkang had become a Prince Consort of a wealthy family, living in a luxury house, wearing custom clothes, with a monthly allowance exceeding millions, he had completely achieved financial freedom.
Yet, deep down, Zhao Yongkang was still a man of humble beginnings.
A lot of times, he really couldn’t stand his wife’s views on spending money.
But Zhao Yongkang didn’t want these trivial matters to affect their marital relationship, hence he had kept silent all along.
This wasn’t just squandering money, it was being foolishly duped.
Zhao Yongkang racked his brains for the right words, wanting to warn his wife she might have been conned without wounding her pride.
Yet, this time the difficulty level was sky-high.
Because this was clearly a scam, and one of those with a very convincing technique at that.
Zhao Yongkang, with his noble and handsome face, couldn’t help but show a hint of helplessness and gloom.
Before Zhao Yongkang could think of a good solution, from the other side, He Tiantian had already made a video call to Su Muxue.
"Sitian—" Zhao Yongkang subconsciously wanted to intervene.
He really feared his wife would pass on that crap cultivation technique to Su Muxue, and since Muxue was so young and couldn’t control her emotions, she might not be able to help bursting into laughter.
That would be... absolutely mortifying.
His wife was someone who cared a lot about her pride, and she had a fierce temper to match.
Although, recently, she had grown closer to her niece.
But after all, they weren’t related by blood, and it’s not easy to build a relationship; to destroy it though—
Perhaps a thoughtless chuckle from Su Muxue would infuriate "He Sitian", and then a grudge could easily form between her and Muxue.
But abruptly interrupting his wife’s conversation with her niece wouldn’t be ideal either.
He hadn’t even thought of the perfect wording yet, how would he interrupt and explain it all, let alone resolve the situation?
While Zhao Yongkang hesitated, He Tiantian was already boastfully telling Su Muxue on the other end: "Muxue, I’ve acquired two real Secret Martial Arts Manuals for you!"
"Secret Martial Arts Manuals?" Su Muxue stuttered.
"Yes, have you watched Heroic Legend of the Condor? Oh, right, I forgot you’re from the 2000s—"
There seemed to be some innuendos in He Tiantian’s words.
Su Muxue sighed helplessly, "Auntie, just because we post-2000 kids were born later doesn’t mean we are fools or blind. There are so many resources online, and Jin’s works are remade every few years!"
Indeed she hadn’t seen the Weng Meiling or Zhou Xun versions of the series, but she had watched the one with Li Yitong.
She heard that this version even used the music from the Weng Meiling version, which gave off a kind of thrilling, spine-tingling feeling.
"Oh good, good that you’ve watched it!"
He Tiantian, unaffected by Su Muxue’s barb and in a tone of "that’s great," continued, "Since you’ve seen it, you should know that Peach Blossom Island has many martial arts secrets, right?"
"Hehe, I’ve spent two hundred thousand to buy you a set of the Orchid Brushing Acupoint Hand and the Luoying Divine Sword from the master!"
He Tiantian said proudly, "To acquire such excellent Martial Arts Heart Methods for just two hundred thousand, it’s a steal, right?"
She was at her wits’ end, wanting to say auntie you’ve been scammed, but seeing the complacently proud face on the screen that said ’look how amazing I am’, Muxue didn’t say a word in the end.
Why do they say she’s the female lead? Even if she found the situation absurd, she didn’t let it show.
Stunned like a wooden chicken for a few seconds, then Su Muxue slowly smiled: "Thank you, auntie!"
Yes, putting everything else aside, just her auntie’s intentions alone were enough to make Su Muxue feel grateful.
Other things, like being scammed, didn’t matter anymore.
Su Muxue would definitely not say to her aunt things like "there are no Martial Arts, you’ve been duped."
In fact, to honor the two hundred thousand her auntie had spent, Su Muxue would seriously practice according to the "Secret Martial Arts Manuals" He Tiantian had purchased for her.
┭┮﹏┭┮, Su Muxue just hoped that no one would see her secretly practicing, let alone laugh at her.
Having made up her mind, Su Muxue accepted the existence of the "Secret Manuals."
But, when she saw the compressed files being transferred over from her aunt’s phone, her smile almost cracked—
That con artist who ripped off my auntie, couldn’t you be a bit more professional?
Even if it’s a scam, could you not put a bit more effort into it?
Giving out weathered paper books would have looked way better than a bunch of compressed files, for goodness’ sake!