My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 477 - 474 I Call You Hero

Gao Fei really didn't know what words to use to describe his mood at the moment, depressed? Furious? Enraged? None of these words were enough to convey Gao Fei's feelings right then.

He had risked his life to gather Amethysts and had finally managed to collect them, only to receive an answer that he "could not contact His Majesty the Emperor" directly. It was infuriating!

Gao Fei felt as though he had been cheated.

"Is this the answer you give me?" Gao Fei asked, his face darkened.

"I'm truly sorry," Zhao Dahai said with a wry smile: "It's my fault for not explaining things clearly beforehand." As he spoke, Zhao Dahai added, "I always thought that it would be impossible for you to gather ten thousand Amethysts, which is why I didn't explain so much." Zhao Dahai was telling the truth, if he had known that Gao Fei had the ability to collect ten thousand Amethysts, he certainly wouldn't have agreed to Gao Fei's request so lightly.

"Just tell me plainly, can you or can you not arrange for me to meet His Majesty the Emperor?" Gao Fei asked, suppressing his anger.

"This..." Zhao Dahai hesitated for a moment: "I can only try, but as for the outcome, I dare not make any guarantees."

Gao Fei's face grew even more unsightly, the rage in his chest churning ceaselessly, on the verge of erupting at any moment.

"If you trust me, I'll try for you," said Zhao Dahai: "If you don't trust me, then take the Amethysts back."

Gao Fei's face remained stern, and he said nothing.

Zhao Dahai also closed his mouth, waiting for Gao Fei's decision.

Time trickled away slowly.

Unconsciously a good deal of time had passed, and Gao Fei finally made a decision, nodding his head, "Fine, I'll trust you this once! I hope you don't make me regret it." At this point, Gao Fei could only depend on Zhao Dahai, and whether it would be successful or not was now a matter of luck.

"Good! I'll take these Amethysts then." Zhao Dahai swiftly collected the Amethysts: "You go back and wait for news. I'll contact you once I have an update."

"How long might that take?" Gao Fei asked.

"I can't say for sure," Zhao Dahai shook his head: "In the past, it would've taken about three days, but now that the Emperor has secluded himself, it's hard to say... it might be very soon, or it might take a long time, you need to have patience."

"My matter is very urgent, extremely urgent, it cannot be delayed for too long."

"I'll try to expedite it for you, as fast as I can."

"I entrust everything to you, I hope not to be disappointed." After saying this, Gao Fei turned to leave.

"Wait a moment." Zhao Dahai called out.

Gao Fei stopped in his tracks, turned around, and looked at Zhao Dahai with confusion: "Is there something else?"

"Umm... I'm a straightforward person, I can't keep things inside..."

"What are you trying to say?"

"I've heard that many children of powerful and noble families have been kidnapped, and the bandits are demanding Spirit Stones and Amethysts in huge quantities."

"What are you implying by telling me this?" Gao Fei's eyes narrowed.

"I just wanted to ask if this matter has anything to do with you?"

"Not at all! I'm only at the Nascent Soul Stage in Cultivation, even if you gave me a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to kidnap the children of powerful and noble families."

"Is that really the case?"

"Everything I've told you is the truth. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do about it." Even if he were beaten to death, Gao Fei would never admit to kidnapping the children of influential nobility.

Zhao Dahai looked deeply at Gao Fei, "Alright, let's just pretend I didn't ask. You can go now."

"Don't make me wait too long." Gao Fei turned and left with steady strides.

As Zhao Dahai watched Gao Fei's departing figure, his eyes flickered with an unusual light, "Is it really not related to you?" Even after Gao Fei's explanation, Zhao Dahai still found it hard to believe.

Forget it! It's not my concern anyway. Why waste my brain on this?

Zhao Dahai stood up, walked to a wall, and pressed several spots on it. The seemingly seamless wall immediately split in the middle, revealing an iron door. He gently pushed the door, and it slowly opened. Only when the iron door was completely open did Zhao Dahai step inside.

Behind the iron door was a narrow passage that only allowed one person to enter or exit.

Following the passage straight forward and taking two turns, one could see a square, secret room. Inside the room, there was a table with a lustrous jade pendant on it.

Zhao Dahai walked over, picked up the jade pendant, and tapped it a few times. Then, the jade pendant began to emit a faint green halo. This jade pendant was a treasure for transmitting messages, personally refined by the Emperor Himself, and it was very precious. Zhao Dahai spoke a few words to the jade pendant before putting it back down.

The faint green halo gradually dissipated, and the jade pendant returned to its original state.

After completing all of this, Zhao Dahai turned and left.

...

Gao Fei pushed open the door to the basement and stepped inside.

"You're finally here!" Linghu Piaoshui exclaimed anxiously, "When are you going to let us out?"

"You just want benefits, right? I'll give them to you!" Xiahou Bing said with an ashen face, "I'll give you any benefit you want."

"Yes, give us benefits and let us go quickly." The other spoilt young nobles shouted desperately.

They had truly had enough, spending their days in a basement without seeing the light of day, sitting on the damp, cold ground, and breathing in moldy air. If this continued, they would eventually break down.

"In a hurry?" A smirk appeared at the corner of Gao Fei's mouth, "There are so many children of the nobility in the Imperial City, why would I choose to kidnap you specifically?" Without waiting for the spoilt young nobles to answer, Gao Fei continued, "Because you're too arrogant, too domineering, too lawless. You dare to gallop on crowded streets in broad daylight, knocking people over and not even looking back as you ride away... Your arrogance enraged me, which is why I decided to kidnap you. To teach you a lesson and to extort your elders."

So that's why?

Everyone turned their heads to glare at Linghu Piaoshui. If looks could kill, Linghu Piaoshui would have been slain countless times.

"Why are you looking at me!" Linghu Piaoshui shouted, "I'm not the only one who rides horses on the streets, we all did it!"

"You were the one who knocked someone over!" Xiahou Bing said word by word.

"I... it was an accident..." Linghu Piaoshui said somewhat guiltily, "I didn't do it on purpose..."

"It's precisely because you knocked someone over and rode away without looking back that you enraged this hero, which is why we were captured!" Xiahou Bing hissed through clenched teeth, her rage boiling over, not feigned but genuine; she truly resented Linghu Piaoshui.

A hero? Gao Fei laughed, This little girl is quite interesting. Clearly hating me to death inside, yet she addresses me as a hero on the outside? What is a hero? It is someone who upholds justice in place of heaven. Although Gao Fei sometimes acted on his own principles and limits, and occasionally dealt with a few nuisances for the people, he would never dare to claim the title of a hero. He was far from being one.