Looking at the smiling Shen Qiang, and noticing the ruby ring on his long, snow-white middle finger, Xiu Ju watched him nervously and asked, "Are you proposing to me?"

Shen Qiang laughed, "I didn't say, you can interpret it however you want."

Xiu Ju, somewhat displeased, raised an eyebrow and said, "Shen Qiang, then what does it mean for you to put this ring on me? Think carefully, I absolutely do not allow my man to be unfaithful."

"Then just consider it as me sharing the loot with you," Shen Qiang laughed.

Xiu Ju was not pleased and rolled her eyes, "Then I don't want it."

Shen Qiang laughed, tossed the separated packaging bag and cardboard box next to the trash can, and said solemnly, "Anyway, I've given it to you, whether you wear it or throw it away is up to you. Moreover, I want to remind you Xiu Ju, I treat everyone around me the same, I am sincere with all of them, I won't abandon any of them because of someone, nor will I abandon someone because of them."

"Unless..." Shen Qiang looked at Xiu Ju very seriously, "one day they no longer want to be with me, they choose to leave on their own, otherwise I will never abandon them."

Xiu Ju frowned, and abruptly pulled the ring off her middle finger, pretending to throw it away, but seeing Shen Qiang hum a song carefreely and head towards the bathroom without even looking at her.

This made Xiu Ju wave her hand several times before, after a thought, she stored the ring in her Storage Ring.

Afterward, listening to the slightly off-tune singing coming from the bathroom, Xiu Ju's expression unexpectedly turned somewhat tender.

"That jar, should be the one that was taken by Bianyi from the antique market, worth over seventy million. Along with the jewelry worth one hundred and twenty million stolen two years ago, and this ruby ring, just the items in this box alone are worth two billion."

"Shen Qiang spent one billion seven hundred million, and just the items in this box have already recouped his money, and there are still sixteen boxes that haven't arrived yet."

Xiu Ju opened her cellphone, logged onto the Bounty Hunters website, and upon seeing, was shocked to find that all the time-limited tasks to steal the safe had already been marked as completed.

"Such a brilliant move by Shen Qiang, a perfect undercut strategy." Sitting on the bed, Xiu Ju, looking at the long row of completed tasks, understood clearly that if the Bounty Hunters platform hasn't received the items from the tasks, it would not declare the tasks completed.

This meant that all the good stuff Bianyi placed hidden across the country had already been taken by Shen Qiang, and Bianyi was still in the dark about it.

...

After her shower, Xiu Ju got into bed.

Although she knew it was meaningless, Xiu Ju still drew out a silk thread between them.

Shen Qiang, looking very beautiful, turned off the light.

Then, he unconsciously moved closer, gently embracing Xiu Ju's waist with his large hand, and whispered in her ear, "Let's talk about something, I'm too excited to sleep. I just contacted the platform, the other boxes have all been collected successfully, if there are no surprises, they should all be here by tomorrow morning before ten."

Xiu Ju turned around, glancing sideways at Shen Qiang beside her, and said, "You're making a mistake, and you're even proud of it?"

Shen Qiang laughed, propping his head with his hand, and looking very seriously at Xiu Ju's shining eyes under the dim light, said, "Rules are rigid, people are flexible, what mistake have I made? Police officers often go undercover to catch criminals, oh, the officers commit crimes alongside those scoundrels just to eliminate the social scum."

This comment made Xiu Ju laugh, "Oh, so righteous and noble, then you should turn in those items. That set of diamond jewelry is stolen, its origins are dubious, just based on this, Bianyi has enough to worry about."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Xiu Ju, you're still too naive if you think you can trick me. If I were to turn these things over to the authorities, it would almost equate to my admitting that all these boxes I took were Bianyi's. Then, the follow-up would be very troublesome, various procedures, inquiries, investigations. If things go well, they'll present me with a silk banner and praise me for eradicating harm for the people. If not, I'll be branded as a notorious bandit."

"So you might as well stop mentioning these pointless things. I think we'd better discuss life instead."

Xiu Ju laughed, "You? Discuss life with me? Do you even know what I've been through, what I've encountered?"

Shen Qiang smiled as he watched her, his left hand drew her waist closer to him, then he said seriously, "I know no one can become a powerhouse of the Mixed Element Realm casually. Your growth process must have also been a history drenched in blood and tears."

"Yes, there's blood, there are tears, and there's shit." Xiu Ju nodded.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed, "Don't be vulgar, be civilized, you're a moral paragon."

Xiu Ju smiled, "You've said it yourself, I'm not your life coach, I'm not qualified to lecture you."

"But you are qualified to be my girlfriend." Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow.

Xiu Ju frowned, looked at Shen Qiang, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Why are you so arrogant? Do you know that in Dragon Group, there are plenty of young men pursuing me, and I don't even bother with them?"

"Ugly people often make bizarre moves, it's scientifically proven. The uglier and less confident a woman is, the harder she is to pursue because they always suspect that men who pursue them have ulterior motives, hence they always inexplicably do some strange things and say it's a test," Shen Qiang said smilingly.

Xiu Ju was anxious, "Am I that ugly?"

Shen Qiang nodded earnestly, "Yes, a face full of freckles, lifeless eyes, dressed outdated, you have that feel of a rural, older, single female teacher."

"Get lost!" Xiu Ju shouted, turning her back to Shen Qiang, angrily said, "Keep your distance, don't talk to me anymore."

Listening to her frantic voice, Shen Qiang laughed, reached for her waist again, and she flung his hand away. He reached again, and she threw it off again. Yet another reach, and she became frantic, turned around and sat up, saying, "Shen Qiang, do you believe I'd castrate you if you keep this up?"

Shen Qiang looked at her with a smile, "I don't believe it because I know you like me."

"Bragging shamelessly, am I crazy? To like a bad guy like you?"

Looking at Xiu Ju's angry face, Shen Qiang calmly smiled, "I am a doctor, so I'm very clear that the safe distance between people is one meter. Only when other people are beyond this range, do people feel safe."

"Especially between a man and a woman, when you allow me to get within one meter of you, you may not have realized it, but in reality, your heart has already accepted me."

Xiu Ju was stunned, then angrily said, "Stop showing off your little psychological knowledge in front of me, I just don't want you always sleeping on the floor."

"We now have money for two rooms," Shen Qiang said with a smile as he looked at her.

Xiu Ju was stunned, then frantically said, "Then I'll just leave, okay?"

As she was about to get up,

at that moment, Shen Qiang pulled her into his embrace, stared into her eyes, and said very seriously, "Bianyi is a very sinister guy. In the battle against him, I don't have absolute assurance of victory. I don't know what the future holds; I only know that right now, I, Shen Qiang, want you."

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