lf, the rest I can handle with my own energy!" The elder said at this moment. He was surprised by Xiāo Yáo's speed and even doubted it, but his body told him that he had indeed recovered a lot and cou...Chapter 450 Orchid Flower 2

"Are you really playing Mahjong" Orchid Flower asked after a moment of silence.

Indeed, playing Mahjong. How could one win twenty-three thousand This is simply too powerful.

"Yes, the stakes are just higher. He even let me turn several times." While responding to her question, Xianyao was busy preparing to grill fish. Having promised, he would do his best to fulfill it.

"You're so lucky to win everything from others!" Orchid Flower was a bit touched. This was truly instant wealth, while that Wang Laoye lost all his fortune overnight.

"It's not entirely everything, just most of it." Xianyao shook his head and said.

“That’s true, the Wang family is indeed wealthy; eight thousand taels is still manageable.” Orchid Flower nodded. She had conducted some research on the Wang family before.

"It's not eight thousand but eighteen thousand taels. I already took ten thousand from him." Xianyao shook his head again.

“…” The two of them fell silent. Ten thousand taels were taken previously How did they calculate this They couldn't figure it out.

"The brothel should be worth about seventeen or eighteen thousand taels. How do you account for that"

"It's not worth nearly that much. The most it could fetch is eight thousand taels; I've calculated all of their assets and this is the price." Xianyao said with a smile.

“That’s impossible… Wait, are you only calculating what’s on the surface” Orchid Flower suddenly understood. It had to be the case for Xianyao.

"Of course, things not obvious I wouldn’t bother figuring out." Xianyao said casually.

“……I see. Grilled fish… grilled fish…” Orchid Flower decided not to dwell on it and only thought about the fish.

“Got it; already grilling it, soon.” Xianyao replied while starting to grill the fish. The aroma was making Orchid Flower drool.

This time wasn’t like before when there were no materials available. Now that everything was available, the grilled fish would be even more delicious. Not only did Orchid Flower salivate, but so did other girls too.

It’s unexpected; Young Master still has this skill...

"Young Master, we want some too!"

"Grill yourselves." Xianyao rejected them乾脆地拒絕了，一個兩個還能接受，這群女人太多數量，心有餘而力不足。

“Then can you grill one for me” Peony looked at him, with an innocent expression.

“I’ll be grilling ten in a moment. You figure it out.” Xianyao frowned and decided to handle it this way, as it was the same as grilling just one fish.

"Alright then, we十大花魁分 later. The rest of you stand aside." Peony said arrogantly, intending to use her status壓製人。

Of course, everyone refused不服：

“Get lost; who says only the top ten can have it We all want a piece.”

"What about this: each takes a bite and we all taste" Someone suggested.

“Alright then…”

In the end, they seemed to agree. After all, they were sisters, with good feelings towards one another.

“Here you are, by the way, may I know your name It can’t be like Orchid Flower’s.” Xianyao handed a piece of grilled fish to the girl and asked with a smile.

If this girl was also like that, there would definitely be some issues with Heart Moon Fox心月狐的問題。

“Impossible. My name is far more elegant; I’m Huang Shishi 黃詩詩, poetry 詩.” The girl said smilingly and elegantly accepted the fish, took a bite, then gave an expression that it was delicious.

"Orchid Flower, this grilled fish tastes good... really delicious!" Huang Shishi immediately said.

“I know; I’m eating now. Also, call me Little Flower.” Orchid Flower replied with a look saying your words are redundant and continued eating the fish, hoping to get another from Xianyao once finished.

"They're all flowers…

"Don't bother me while I'm eating fish; I still want to eat another one..."

"..."

Xiaoyao stopped grilling the fish but continued cooking other things like meat and mushrooms. In his hands, delicious barbecues kept appearing. At this moment, the girls from Yihong Hall no longer felt it was a pity to have just eaten some fish, as there were plenty of other things available.

"There's also grilled meat! I want to eat..." Cuihua's eyes went somewhat blank; she wasn't just fond of barbecued fish but loved all kinds of delicious food.

Huang Shishi asked, "Aren’t you trying to lose weight" Recently, Cuihua had been eating too much and constantly complaining about her weight gain. However, the amount by which she'd gained was merely a few pounds; her figure still made most women envious.

Cuihua shot Huang Shishi a sideways glance and calmly stated, "Only when I’m full do I have the strength to lose weight..."

"..."

Under starlight, they barbecued food, drank wine, sang songs... This moment was very enjoyable for Xiaoyao and others. Perhaps it was one of the happiest moments in some people’s lives; everyone indulged themselves completely.

Awhile later, Lord Wang delivered a silver draft worth 80,000 taels and several contracts. He didn’t have enough silver drafts but had some farmland and shops, including an immovable property that even Xiaoyao hadn't anticipated. It wasn't located in a particularly valuable place, but it was situated within the territory of Flowstone Kingdom, specifically in Lu Family's location—Flow Moon City.

Flow Moon City was the capital of Flowstone Kingdom, which made sense given how much power the Lu Family held over the entire kingdom. The place they occupied naturally became the most important region and heartland of Flowstone Kingdom; such places were typically the capital cities.

The value of real estate in Flowstone Kingdom wasn’t high, but Flow Moon City was the kingdom’s capital city, so it still had some worth. Furthermore, its location at a crucial intersection within the territory made its value even higher.

This immovable property seemed to consist of several shops that earned rental income annually; they weren't Wang Family's own business ventures but might have been for future development purposes, which hadn’t yet materialized. This was why it had been selected by Wang Family as collateral for debt repayment.

Later on, Xiaoyao bid farewell to people and said he would sweep through gambling dens; this time his goal was to win money. So he only played simple games like big or small bets to win money from the gambling dens but not too much to avoid drawing attention. He’d withdraw around 100,000 taels after winning at each den.

He proceeded carefully; even though he won a significant sum of money, none of the gambling dens realized it was all him due to his use of disguises and changing appearances every time he won or exchanged chips. Over one night, he swept millions in gambling proceeds from various dens—nearly the total annual revenue for all of Silverheart City’s gambling dens combined. As a result, Xiaoyao became one of the wealthiest individuals overnight.

The Gambling Den Alliance only discovered after verifying that someone had taken away a year's worth of income but didn’t know who it was. They assumed it must be the so-called first-ranked gambler in the world and thus unfairly blamed him for Xiaoyao’s actions.

Xiaoyao wasn't particularly excited about suddenly becoming one of the richest people; money meant little to him as long as he had enough. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have become a household servant when he could easily make a fortune by being an acclaimed physician or charlatan.

This time it was just for backup purposes; there would be many future expenses since he needed to support several women and cultivate them into unparalleled martial artists, which would cost a considerable amount of medicinal pills. This was no small sum either. If one were to purchase the ingredients required directly, they'd need tens of thousands up to hundreds of thousands of taels.

So, it made sense to amass some funds for backup purposes; since he intended to have more money on hand, winning through less strenuous means was justified.

The next morning, Cuihua woke up in the main hall surrounded by a group of women who had also passed out from overdrinking last night while eating barbecues and drinking wine.

Simultaneously, she noticed that Huang Shishi was still sleeping. The previous day, Huang Shishi seemed to drink more than anyone else during their talent contest with the courtesans and became even more intoxicated.

"I’ve been too careless! I actually passed out drunk; if Miss finds out about this, she'll definitely scold me to death!" Cuihua murmured to herself. She felt somewhat relieved that no one else knew about it but quickly realized her relief was misplaced.

A voice rang in Cuihua's ears, making her heart palpitate: "I already know. Do you have anything to explain"

Cuihua turned and saw Moon Fox sitting by a table drinking wine and eating leftover barbecues that had been reheated.

"Ah, Miss! How did you get here Didn't you go to Medicine King Valley" Cuihua was puzzled as to how her mistress could be present when they were supposed to have split up earlier. Her mistress went to the valley for medicinal pills, some of which required demon crocodiles as ingredients and thus necessitated her personal retrieval.

"I’ve already completed my business at Medicine King Valley. I came here to check on your progress. Never would I expect to find you all indulging yourselves like this. It looks like we've secured the place, by the way, these barbecues are delicious! The chef has excellent skills."

In fact, Moon Fox had just arrived recently and originally intended to wake up Cuihua and Huang Shishi but suddenly felt hungry so started looking for food on the table. The barbecues were still fresh; she warmed them with inner strength after reheating a few bites. She then grew fond of their taste.

Moon Fox was naturally casual and didn’t mind eating leftovers like these, unlike many high-born ladies who insisted on perfection in everything.

"That is... Miss, this barbecue isn't prepared by the chef, but..." Cuihua hesitated to say anything about it, not wanting Moon Fox to know about Xiaoyao. But the situation made her hesitant.

It was easy to explain about the barbecue, but she couldn’t hide Yihong Hall’s ownership issue.

"Who cooked this You You don't have that skill; you only eat and don’t prepare anything. Shishi can cook a little bit but it's just average taste-wise, so it mustn't be her either," Moon Fox said, immediately excluding the two maids from the possibilities as she knew them well.tly, they were tired and needed rest."I can see my courtyard with the千裡eye. If used to monitor Flowing Moon City from here, it would be a great spot!" Xiaoyao pulled out a千裡eye (similar to binoculars)...