Liu Tianjing sounded a bit impatient. "Grandpa, what are you doing?"
"Tomorrow is the treasure-hunting conference. Don't you forget to go with me, grandpa." Old Liu had an ingratiating smile on his face.
Hearing about the treasure-hunting conference, Liu Tianjing's face changed. "Grandpa, I've already told you I can't participate this year. I can't go!"
"Why can't you go?"
Old Liu frowned. If his granddaughter couldn't go, how could he compete with Old Lu!
"Didn't I already say that I've been the champion for three consecutive years. It's time to let others have a chance." Liu Tianjing waved her arms and rubbed her eyes. She was slouchy and showed no motivation to strive for success.
"You deserve the championship. It's not something you snatched. There's no need to give it up."
For the sake of the treasure-hunting competition tomorrow, Old Liu coaxed Liu Tianjing patiently, afraid that she might not go.
"Please help me, grandpa. That Old Lu has invited a very powerful master to compete with me. You don't want to see me lose to him, do you?"
Seeing that his granddaughter still wasn't very interested, Old Liu upped the ante. "If you go and help me win the competition, grandpa will buy you the game equipment your dad won't let you buy!"
"Deal!"
Liu Tianjing became interested. She rolled her eyes and nodded excitedly. Then she coughed lightly, feeling that her reaction was a bit over the top.
"Alright, I'll go with you just this once. It's not for the game. I just want to see how powerful that master is!"
"Good girl! You're really grandpa's good granddaughter!" Old Liu snorted out hot air from his nostrils and left contentedly.
After Old Liu left the door, Liu Tianjing rushed into the room. Ignoring her teammates scolding her for going AFK, she quit the game interface.
She opened the secret contacts in her phone, entered the password, and the phone screen showed - Group One of the White Lotus Sect, Leader Liu Shicheng.
Liu Tianjing dialed the number. It was an international call.
While waiting for the other end to answer, Liu Tianjing paced back and forth in the room, biting her fingernails. She let out a sigh of relief when the call was finally answered and sat back in front of the computer desk.
Liu Tianjing couldn't wait to say to the person on the other end of the phone. "Brother Liu!"
"Who is this?"
The male voice on the phone was lazy and sounded a bit sleepy.
Liu Tianjing quickly introduced herself. "Brother Liu, it's me, Liu Tianjing. We've cooperated three times before. Have you forgotten?"
"Oh, it's you." Liu Shicheng's tone was still casual. There were also the sounds of a woman breathing beside him. "What do you want?"
"Brother Liu, tomorrow is the treasure-hunting competition. Can you arrange some more people for me..."
Before Liu Tianjing could finish her sentence, Brother Liu on the other end of the phone clicked his tongue.
"Liu Tianjing, it's not that I don't want to help you. It's just that this year's treasure-hunting conference is not as easy to arrange people as before. The security has been tightened a lot, and it's not easy to arrange people to sneak in."
"Moreover, something happened to the brothers in the antique market. The risk of being discovered is too high."
Liu Tianjing clenched her fists and said nervously. "Brother Liu, I'll pay whatever it costs. Please help me this time!"
She had already promised her grandpa. If no one helped her, wouldn't her plan be exposed!
Hearing Liu Tianjing's sincere words, Liu Shicheng sounded reluctant but finally relented. "Alright. I'm only making an exception for you because you're my regular customer. If anything goes wrong, it's not my responsibility."
"I'll be careful. Thank you, Brother Liu!" Liu Tianjing nodded repeatedly. After hanging up the phone, she felt relieved and re-entered the game interface, putting on her headphones and humming.
La la la la... The competition tomorrow is in the bag!
The next day, at just seven o'clock, Father Lu's car drove up to the door to pick up Xu Qingqing. He even thoughtfully brought breakfast for her to eat on the way.
"Qingqing, you must help me teach those people a lesson and regain my face!"
"All the things we buy then, I won't take any of them. You can take them all!"
Father Lu waved his hand boldly.
All he wanted was to regain his face in front of his old friends. Everything else didn't matter.
"Uncle, there's no need. It's just a piece of cake." Xu Qingqing said with a smile. The nervousness she felt about going out with Father Lu disappeared.
When they arrived at the location of the treasure-hunting conference, they found that it was held in the antique market.
Because of the previous arrest of tomb raiders, everyone was on edge. Many merchants took out all their inventory for this treasure-hunting conference in order to sell more things.
This event was much bigger than before!
Father Lu had made an appointment with his old friends to meet at the east gate of the antique market.
The opening ceremony of the antique market was held at the east gate, and the podium was also set up there. The city mayor would give a speech.
By the time Xu Qingqing and the others arrived, the others were already there.
Old Liu was pulling his still sleepy granddaughter, Liu Tianjing, and encouraging her in her ear.
"My good granddaughter! Grandpa's hope is all on you. You must beat the helper Old Lu invited. Do you understand!"
"Is that even a question?" Liu Tianjing was tidying her bangs in front of a mirror.
Seeing Liu Tianjing so confident, the other old friends all instructed the juniors they had brought.
Old Li said to his granddaughter, Li Ying'er.
"Ying'er, we don't aim for first place this time. As long as you can get second, that's already great. You're still a college student, after all."
"Grandpa, I'll strive for first place!" Li Ying'er said confidently.
Hearing this, Liu Tianjing glanced at Li Ying'er with disdain. Li Ying'er was wearing thick black-framed glasses and didn't dress fashionably.
She actually thought she could beat her!
Old Liu was much more generous than Liu Tianjing. He encouraged Li Ying'er. "Old Li, it's good for young people to have motivation. The championship can't always go to my granddaughter!"
Although it sounded like encouragement, it was more like showing off.
Hearing this, Old Li blew his beard and glared. He immediately changed his words and said to his granddaughter. "Don't aim for second. If you're going to compete, aim for first!"
Father Lu's driver drove the car directly to the east gate. The old friends, who were full of hostility, recognized Father Lu's car and stopped arguing. They were ready to see how powerful the helper Father Lu had invited was.
Seeing his old friends eagerly waiting, Father Lu spat in his heart.
He knew these old foxes were waiting to see his joke. Well, he'd let them have a good look!
Father Lu stopped Xu Qingqing, who was about to get out of the car, and said with a smile. "Qingqing, wait a moment. Get out after I do."
"Okay." Although Xu Qingqing didn't understand, she took her hand off the door handle.
"The most powerful people always make a grand finale appearance!"
Father Lu tidied his hair and got out of the car.
Hearing Father Lu's words, Xu Qingqing couldn't help but burst out laughing. Father Lu wasn't as scary as Lu Chuanbai had described. He was clearly just an old rascal!
"Why did you come alone?"
As soon as Father Lu got out of the car, Old Liu and Old Li couldn't wait to look behind him.
"Where's the helper you were talking about?"