The old man smiled and walked over to Robin.
He sat down on the seat beside Robin and said slowly, “Are you Robin? Robin Zhou?”
Robin surveyed the old man. His cheeks flushed red and he looked energetic though he was in old age and there were some wrinkles on his face.
“Yes, but you address me too politely.”
“Mr. Zhou is so modest. You deserve to be highly respected considering your status in the business world and your martial arts skills.”
“But you sent such a rude man to invite me here and had him told me that you would inform Mount Tian Sect of my whereabouts if I didn’t go with him. That’s your meaning, right?”
The old man did not apologize when he heard Robin’s question, but just said in a calm tone, “If I didn’t say so, it might be difficult to invite you to come here. But I can guarantee that if Mr. Zhou really doesn’t want to visit, I won’t be able to do that rude. I have always admired Mr. Zhou.”
“You admire me? Are you kidding?” Robin said with surprise.
But the man looked calm and continued, “Mr. Zhou, let’s get down to business. I don’t think you would like to waste your time on such trivial matters since you are here.”
The old man tried to muddle through, but Robin didn’t want to waste more time though he didn’t like the man.
“Well, let’s get down to business. I’ll settle the things with you when I deal with the matters.”
The old man gave a dry laugh.
“If it wasn’t for Mr. Zhou’s 300, 000, I wouldn’t have known that Mr. Zhou had come to this desert. That 300, 000 made me do a lot more things for the desert, so I won’t complain about anything.” The old man said it with a smile, so did Robin.
“I asked the red-haired man to tell you that you must haven’t given enough money to Old Yang so that he didn’t agree to sell that piece of land. You can’t blame me. I didn’t expect that the red-haired man would betray you for 300, 000. Did they not tell you?”
The old man felt embarrassed, but still remained composed, though his tone was no longer as mild as just now.
“Yes, but we are not as rich as Mr. Zhou. For you, 300, 000 is just a small amount of money, but for us, it’s hard-earned money.”
“No, my money is also hard-earned money.” Robin interrupted him immediately.
The old man did not dwell on this matter as the argument wouldn’t yield anything useful.
“I am not arguing with Mr. Zhou about this, or back to business. Since you have come here and knowing that you are a martial artist, I have thought of a thing that you will be interested in.”
“Yes?” Robin was curious.
The old man then gestured to the girl beside him to place something on the coffee table in front of Robin and them.
The girl slowly uncovered the cloth, and it was a small box with a very delicately embroidered peony embedded with gold silk on the outside.
“Open it up.”
The girl used a small key to unlock the box when she heard the old man’s order. Then box then clicked to open.
Robin peeked at it with curiosity, but he did not see something. What was inside was a delicate pure gold box.
Not only Robin, even Sienna was staring it.
The old man asked the girl to put the small box in front of Robin.
“What’s in this?” Robin asked.
“Just a small, insignificant thing. But before it is open, I want to ask a question,” said the old man.
“What do you want to ask? I’m going to lose my patience.”
“It’s not anything important, but if I don’t ask, I won’t be able to go on.”
“Well, well, go ahead. I hate to go along with men like you,” Robin said with dissatisfaction.
The old man was not angry, and continued, “I don’t think Mr. Zhou is greedy, cunning, and inhumane and will betray his friends and relatives as the rumor has said.”
“Stop,” Robin hurriedly waved his hand to stop the old man from going on, and he asked in confusion, “What rumors? Who said I am greedy, cunning, inhumane? Who the hell spread this rumor?”
“I didn’t mean that. But in the Zhou family, Yanchin, and City C, they would judge you like that. But in my mind, that wouldn’t be the case. You won’t go so far if you’re such an evil person,” the old man chuckled.
Although the old man stood by Robin, Robin did not appreciate him.
He just didn’t know he would be so notorious and infamous now.
Sienna also looked at him with a sneer.
“Well, whatever. If I teach them a lesson, they would say that I have become more powerful.”
The old man still chuckled, and he continued, “I just want to ask if Mr. Zhou is willing to pay another sum of money? If we have the money, we can continue with our undertaking, if not, then we have to stop it.”
Robin looked at the old man suspiciously and asked, “How much?”
“Not much, two billion.” The old man raised two fingers, on which years had left marks.
Robin looked as calm as ever, although the amount of money was large and it was enough to buy a village.
“Two billion is a lot. If it is two hundred thousand, I can give it to you without hesitation. What are you going to do with the money?”
“I knew Mr. Zhou would not refuse me. As long as you are interested, then I am sure I can let you give us two billion.”
Robin was interested.
“I’m curious how you’re going to let me give you the two billion.”
The old man pointed to the small goal box in front of him and said, “The answer is in here.”
He asked the girl who was standing by to open it.
The box made of gold was more gorgeous than the box just now, although the size was much smaller, the carving on it was exquisite. The faintly visible carved patterns on the flowers were like real.
Robin, who had seen famous antiques and fine art, was amazed by the piece of product.