Chapter 725: Same Birthday as Elder Chen

That person?

The three of them all knew who she meant by "that person."

A Monarch personally leaving the city to welcome someone? Even if the ruler of another nation were visiting, the Monarch would never venture outside the city walls to greet them.

"Don’t be reckless," Xiang Minghou said gravely.

"I’m not being reckless! Dad, just listen to me. I’m not the little girl I used to be—I’m very strong now." Back then, she had been too young and hadn’t dared to make a show of her strength.

’But things are different now. My skills have returned, and the blessing value in my space is stable. A little showing off should be fine.’

Xiang Minghou hesitated. No matter how strong she was, he couldn’t rest easy unless he was with her.

"Mr. Qian? You know, right? I’m much stronger than before." Seeing that she couldn’t get through to Xiang Minghou, Ye Qianning’s gaze shifted to Qian Fanji.

Qian Fanji couldn’t deny that she had been very strong back then, but the accident still happened. "We should discuss this further."

Ye Qianning pouted, feeling a little hurt.

"Little one, you just got back. There’s no hurry. The most important thing is to recover your health first." Zhan Chi also felt they needed to take things slowly.

Xiang Minghou grunted in agreement. "You do need to rest and recover properly."

"Alright."

Ye Qianning also felt she had been too hasty.

’They have no idea how much wealth I’ve accumulated over the past ten years. My space is rich with Crystal Stones, and the fruits grown on its land are abundant.’

’It might only look like a few plots of land, but for the first few years, I couldn’t even get up. I spent every day in the space, planting and harvesting. Every type of fruit is piled up like a mountain.’

’Many of them don’t exist in this world. Just taking one out could be worth a fortune.’

"The Shopkeeper told me you usually leave early and return late. What have you been busy with?" Qian Fanji asked.

"Gathering intelligence on the four nations. The island was isolated from the rest of the world, and I only just came ashore. I need to understand the current situation."

"You can ask me if there’s anything you want to know."

"I’ve mostly caught up on business matters, but I heard something interesting today."

"What is it?"

The others were all quite curious.

"You all know of Nanyuan’s Old Prince Feng, right? His birthday is on the twelfth of the sixth month."

"The twelfth of the sixth month? How is that the same day as Elder Chen’s birthday?" Zhan Chi exclaimed in surprise.

"That’s right, it’s the same day as Master’s birthday. And yesterday, Old Prince Feng ordered his steward to draw up invitations. He plans to celebrate his birthday in Dayu City, and he’s booked the Immortal Sea Building." The invitations would probably be ready by dawn.

"I heard Old Prince Feng is here representing the Nanyuan Chamber of Commerce for the four-nation business summit. Why is he celebrating a birthday?"

"He probably received my invitation and decided this on the spur of the moment."

"What invitation?"

"Today, I had Luo Feng send invitations to all the prominent figures in Dayu City for a celebration at the Immortal Sea Building on the twelfth of the sixth month, for Master’s birthday." With that, Ye Qianning finally saw Nanyuan’s true attitude and purpose for this visit.

"Old Prince Feng has an extremely high reputation in Nanyuan. Furthermore, for the past two years, rumors have been circulating that once the ten-year contract expires, Nanyuan will not sign a new agreement with Gu Shuo. He knows the relationship between Elder Chen and the Gu family, so he’s trying to suppress the businesses of both." Qian Fanji got straight to the point.

"Nanyuan has grown prosperous, so they’ve gotten bold," Zhan Chi scoffed. "No one knows how much Gu Shuo lost back then. Ever since Nanyuan signed the agreement with him, they slowly began to prosper. Now that every household is wealthy, they want to cast Gu Shuo aside? That’s no way to do things."

Xiang Minghou didn’t understand business matters. For years, he was either killing people or on the run from being killed. All he knew was that many of Gu Shuo’s properties were inns and restaurants, which made finding a place to stay quite convenient.