Chen Jie was slightly taken aback by Jiang Long's words.
He subconsciously glanced at Jiang Xue.
At this moment, Jiang Xue was radiant, her entire being brimming with youthful vitality.
To Chen Jie's surprise, she said nothing this time, neither objecting nor agreeing.
"Uncle Jiang..." Chen Jie began.
Jiang Long waved his hand: "No need to say more. To be frank, although I've done a few things for you, they were of no real consequence. Eliminating the Zhou family was your accomplishment!"
"All the wealth of the Zhou family belongs to you. I'll only accept it if you become family with us! If you don't agree, I'll insist on returning it to you!"
Chen Jie hesitated for a moment before replying, "Uncle, since you put it that way, then I accept."
"Hahaha... Good, Chen Jie, you go upstairs immediately and consummate your marriage with Xiao Xue!" Jiang Long burst into laughter.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xue's face immediately turned red, but she still did not object.
Chen Jie felt awkward. "Uncle, we've only known each other for a few days, and you're already making such demands..."
"What's the big deal? You'll be family from now on. That step will be taken sooner or later. I'm more open-minded than you think. Chen Jie, go ahead boldly. If this girl doesn't agree, slap her across the face!"
"Women need to be disciplined from time to time. Don't let her turn out like your aunt!"
Jiang Long said with a cold laugh.
"Uncle, we're still young. We can't rush into these things. We should at least get to know each other first, right? Otherwise, what's the difference between us and animals?" Chen Jie said with a smile.
"This..."
Jiang Long was about to say something more, but Chen Jie interrupted, "In any case, let's just take things slow. When the time is right, it will happen naturally. By the way, your body hasn't fully recovered yet. I'll go buy you some medicine."
Chen Jie wanted to change the subject.
"Alright then, I'll consider you family anyway. Oh, and Xiao Xue, go with Chen Jie. Get to know each other better on the way, alright? You don't need to come back too early tonight," Jiang Long instructed Jiang Xue.
"Dad, give me some money," Jiang Xue said, extending her hand.
"I'll give you five million, and I'll give Chen Jie ten million. You two can go buy a sports car too!" Jiang Long decided after some thought.
Jiang Xue nodded, not objecting.
They left without a word. Throughout the entire journey, Jiang Xue paid no attention to Chen Jie.
After leaving the pharmacy, Chen Jie said to Jiang Xue, "I need to go to the jade market. You go back first and brew this medicine for Uncle Jiang!"
Jiang Xue sneered, "What do you mean by that?"
Chen Jie frowned. "What are you talking about?"
Jiang Xue questioned, "What do you mean by the things my dad said to you?"
After saying this, she looked Chen Jie up and down.
Her face then showed undisguised disappointment.
This man was indeed handsome.
If before, she would have considered letting Chen Jie be her sycophant if he had the ability to destroy the Zhou family.
Unfortunately, Chen Jie, despite his skills, acted too impulsively and directly confronted the Zhou family.
In Jiang Xue's opinion, Chen Jie, with his abilities at such a young age, was bound to get his revenge eventually. Why the rush?
Now, his skills were gone, and he had become an ordinary person.
Jiang Xue took a deep breath and said, "I admit that destroying the Zhou family was remarkable, but your previous abilities were far more important than that. If you had used your skills and planned carefully, why would you have ended up in this situation? Therefore, I think there's something wrong with your head, and you're not worthy of me!"
"If I had your strength, I could have defeated the Zhou family one by one and avoided being crippled, allowing me to reach even greater heights! And you? You're stuck here for life, aren't you? Giving the Zhou family's assets to us means you'll only live a mediocre life as an ordinary person!"
Chen Jie smiled. "You say that if you had my strength, you could have done better. Then I ask you, have you ever had strength like mine?"
"No, I mean if!" Jiang Xue explained.
"You know it's 'if,' and you've never experienced it. What right do you have to question me?" Chen Jie retorted unceremoniously.
Jiang Xue retorted angrily, "I haven't experienced it, but if I were you, I would definitely be more outstanding than you!"
"Unfortunately, you have nothing. You're just a spoiled young lady! You think I'm crippled, but you don't realize the Zhou family are just ants in front of me. In the end, you're just a frog in a well," Chen Jie scoffed.
"Hillbilly, how dare you call me a frog in a well? You're finished! Originally, considering you gave the Zhou family's assets to my dad, I might have reluctantly let you be my kept man. But now I need to reconsider!"
Jiang Xue declared.
Chen Jie said calmly, "No need to reconsider. I only agreed to Uncle Jiang before because I wanted him to accept my repayment. In reality, I would never be your boyfriend!"
"You..."
Jiang Xue pointed at Chen Jie. She had previously thought that since Chen Jie had given the Zhou family's assets to her family, it would be unreasonable for her to reject him.
She had intended to make Chen Jie voluntarily give up this idea, but Chen Jie stated that he had never had such thoughts.
This made Jiang Xue feel like she was hitting cotton with a fist.
"If there's nothing else, I'm leaving," Chen Jie said, turning away.
She simply didn't believe that Chen Jie didn't find her attractive. She only thought Chen Jie was saying this to save face.
Before this, even Zhou Wei had wanted her, which was proof of her beauty. Not to mention her former classmates, who had all buzzed around her like flies.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xue became even more indignant.
She wanted to see how long Chen Jie would last before he started fawning over her.
So, she quickly caught up to Chen Jie and said, "I'll go with you. Since we're pretending to be a couple, I can't go home first!"
"As you wish."
The two soon arrived at the jade street.
Chen Jie ignored Jiang Xue and wandered around by himself.
He noticed that the jade stones at the roadside stalls lacked the characteristics for crafting artifacts.
He was puzzled for a moment. Logically, any jade stone of decent quality could be made into a simple artifact, yet he couldn't find a suitable one after searching for so long.
"Could they all be fake?"
Chen Jie felt his guess was likely correct. To buy genuine jade, he would have to go to a larger jade shop.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xue was annoyed that Chen Jie was ignoring her.
At this moment, they passed by a jade shop named Yizunfang.
Chen Jie glanced inside, and his eyes lit up.
He walked straight in.
Inside the jade shop, a variety of intricately carved finished jade pieces were displayed.
Chen Jie immediately recognized that about ninety percent of these jades met his requirements.
Just as he was about to pick up a piece of jade to examine it, a beautiful woman walked over.
The woman politely asked Chen Jie, "Sir, are you looking to buy jade?"
As Chen Jie was about to answer, another person walked in from outside: "Don't touch things you can't afford. If you break them, you won't be able to pay for them even if we sell you!"