Chapter 57: Dog Bites Dog (Part 1)
It doesn't match the huge desktop, which has only a square-sized mezzanine under the tabletop, which is in stark contrast to the fan-like tabletop on top, and looks a little petite.
But now no one has the heart to lament this contrast, and the contents of the square occupy all the minds of the two.
It was a small, dark red box, so small that it could be twisted with two fingers, like a ring box for a marriage proposal.
"That's it?" Li Shitai was disappointed for a moment, picked up the small box and looked left and right, and his depressed mood filled his whole face.
It's impossible for a box to fit prescriptions and atlases in such a big box! Even if it contains some priceless gems, it's not estimated to be worth much.
"Open it and take a look. Xu Lei took a deep breath, suppressed the urge to immediately snatch something from Li Shitai's hand, and said in a hoarse voice.
Li Shitai nodded, broke the lid of the box, did not break it, and took a closer look to find that there was a crystal shining at the junction of the lid and the box body.
Is this another fingerprint recognition system?
Li Shitai pressed the black line with his index finger, and sure enough, with a "click", the small box opened, revealing the contents inside.
It is undeniable that such a fingerprint lock is very advanced, but it is a pity that it is only useful to outsiders, but it is not guarded against the employees of Baicaotang.
Qi Yue has coveted it for a long time since he knew it, it was originally just a legend, and then it finally appeared, and in Xu Lei's eyes, the treasure that was about to belong to the Qi family finally unveiled its mysterious veil.
"What, that's it?" Li Shitai hung his eyes, unable to hide the disappointment in his heart, "Is there a mistake, is the old man making things up to fool us?"
Xu Lei's reaction was much more excited than Li Shitai's, his eyes stared at the contents of the box without blinking, and a trace of crazy desire flashed in his expression, anyone who looked at Xu Lei at this time would be cold all over.
It's a pity that Li Shitai is immersed in the gap between reality and fantasy, and missed the moment when Xu Lei's perfect mask was torn.
In the center of the small dark red box, a ring with a cold silver glow was lying quietly, from the outside, it was called a "ring" and even a little reluctant, there was no complicated pattern carving, no noble gem foil, just a silver ring.
Of course, if you see him on the finger of a beautiful woman, Li Shitai may have some appreciation, although this ring is simple to almost simple, but at a glance, you can still feel its sense of luxury.
But the problem was that compared to this layer of protection, as well as the Golden Mystery Pill prescription and the Fortune Needle Atlas that could unify the Lincheng Medical Dao, this silver ring was obviously overshadowed.
Li Shitai carefully twisted the ring with his fingers, looked up and down for a long time, and said suspiciously: "Or is this what kind of switch is this, the key to open the real secret room?"
Don't blame him, with Li Shitai's level of knowledge, he would think that this is just an ordinary ring, and rich people won't even look at it at all.
But Xu Lei knew that this was not the case, the moment he saw the contents of the small box, Xu Lei closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief, and the boulder that had been hanging in his heart for a long time finally landed.
Got it.
Sun Zhongjing didn't lie, this kind of gadget is a mechanism used by many warriors to hide things.
For this gadget, as a dignified young master, the original heir of the Xu family, and the future right-hand man of President Qi, he had to bow his head and take the initiative to seek cooperation with such an idiot as Li Shitai, endure humiliation for so long, and his efforts finally came to fruition.
Li Shitai didn't know him, in fact, Xu Lei couldn't say that he knew him, but from the description of the master sent by Wen Yulan, he was very sure that the inconspicuous silver ring in front of him was what he was looking for.
Crazy joy suddenly filled his chest, Xu Lei looked at Li Shitai, who was still studying the ring, sneered, and stretched out his hand: "Take it." ”
"What?" Li Shitai paused, frowned and looked at Xu Lei, a bad premonition flashed in his heart, "Xu Da Shao, what are you talking about, didn't you say that when you get something, you will take me to see Qi Da Shao?"
According to what was said before, Wen Yulan would introduce him to the eldest young master of the Qi family, and from then on he would be a member of the Qi family!
If it weren't for Xu Lei's repeated assurances that he could hug Qi Yue's thighs, and Qi Yue's personal assistant Wen Yulan appeared in time, he would not have risked being retaliated by the Lin family's madness to take on such a fatal job!
Li Shitai clutched the ring tightly, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out.
"Take your dirty hands off of it. The thing he was looking for was right in front of him, Xu Lei completely lost the patience to continue to communicate with Li Shitai, and said with a sinking face, "Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people." ”
After so many days of tossing with this old dog, my patience has long run out!
Li Shitai's heart tightened, only to feel a huge sense of oppression suddenly attack, his knees weakened, and his whole body shook and almost fell to his knees.
At some point, a strong man in black appeared at the door, staring at him with inorganic eyes, like looking at a dead man whose life was at an end of his life.
"You?!" Li Shitai blurted out, "You actually dare to go back on your face and want to swallow such a treasure alone?!"
Xu Lei seemed to have heard some funny joke, covered his mouth and laughed low for a long time, the dull laughter echoed in the study, but it could only make people feel depressed.
"Less dreaming, Li Shitai, take advantage of my good mood now, hand over the things, and you can continue to be your great doctor Li. Xu Lei slowly approached, forced Li Shitai into a corner step by step, and said with a gloomy smile, "Otherwise, don't you know best how to deal with disobedient children?"
"You, you madman!" Li Shitai clung to the wall in fear, looked around the study like a secret room, and finally had a feeling of being cocooned.
Xu Lei in front of him didn't seem to be in a hurry, his eyes were full of leisure, and his eyes glowing with cold light seemed to be telling a classic line of thunder: "Shout, shout and break your throat, and no one will come to save you." ”
Li Shitai swallowed nervously, clenched the small velvet box in his hand, and stumbled and asked, "You, you want to kill me?"
He was not a person who would rather bend than bend, he could betray Baicaotang for the sake of profit without hesitation, but now he is directly under the threat of his life, and it is not unacceptable for him to bow his head to Xu Lei.
Seeing Li Shitai's weakness, Xu Lei hooked the corners of his mouth with satisfaction: "How come, you are our partner, as a reward for helping us find this little thing, you will still get rich revenge." Well, this is just an inconspicuous little ring, of no use to you, so why waste your life for him?"