Oh no! I, the weakling, have become the villain!

Chapter 178 This woman is dishonest

After hearing what her subordinate said, Xu Lan said to Xu Yao with relief, "Alright, you're a trustworthy guy."

"Now that things have come to this, I won't talk about anything else. What you really need to do in this matter is to..."

"Since you've already gone this far, I'll just leave without saying anything more."

"Wait a minute." Xu Yao said only after seeing the woman was about to leave, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"Let me tell you, that's how things are right now. If you were to do something else, then things would be alright."

"But here's the problem. Anyway, I don't care what you want to do, but things have come to this point, so I need to know something."

"So, does that mean you're interested in me?" Xu Yao asked.

"Who's interested in you? You're really shameless," Xu Lan said.

Actually, Su Chen had no choice. The main thing now was to delay Xu Lan's time, and Su Chen himself came for Xu Lan's popular herb.

Only this woman knows the whereabouts of the Wind-Swept Grass, and there's really nothing I can do about it.

You said things have come to this point, so what can I do? There's no way to change things now.

In short, that's how things are. As for other things, that's beyond Xu Yao's control.

That's why Xu Yao wanted to stall for time with Xu Lan here.

Xu Lan seemed to realize that Xu Yao was deliberately stalling for time, and then she said, "I'm telling you, you rascal."

"Just tell me what's on your mind. If you don't tell me, what else can I say?"

"Anyway, many things are right here. If we really want to do something, then of course we should do it."

"But since we're going to do it this way, there's no good idea, so kid, just say whatever you want to say."

At this point, Xu Yao said directly, "Alright, I see that nothing can be kept from you after all."

"Actually, I don't have anything else to do. I just want to know."

"Do you know the whereabouts of the Wind-Swept Grass? Tell me, I need the Wind-Swept Grass," Xu Yao said.

After hearing Xu Yao's words, Xu Lan smiled and said, "You're quite an interesting fellow."

"If you want to know about this Wind-Swept Grass, there's no point in asking me. You should ask someone else."

"What? Don't you know?" Su Chen asked curiously.

"Of course I didn't know. How could such a good thing as Wind-blown Grass be here with me?" Xu Lan said.

Although Xu Lan said this, Xu Yao did not actually believe what she said, and even knew that Xu Lan was lying to him.

But since they've already said that, what else is there to say?

At this moment, Xu Yao said to Xu Lan, "Xu Lan, do you think I would believe you?"

'You surely know where the Wind-Swept Grass is, so I won't go into details, but there's really nothing we can do about it.'

"If you tell me where the Wind-Swept Grass is, I promise you won't suffer any losses."

"You need to understand this. I actually need this Wind-Swept Grass to make things for myself. If you don't give it to me..."

“Then I’ll have to use other methods,” Xu Yao said.

Xu Lan simply smiled and said, "You can use whatever means you want, but if I don't know something, I don't know it. Do you think you can force me to take this thing out? I don't believe you."

Su Chen had originally thought he could get Xu Lan to produce the Wind-Swept Grass, but now it seems that...

Xu Lan not only had no intention of creating the Wind-Swept Grass, but she even intended to keep telling herself that she didn't know.

From this perspective, things are hard to say; that's just how things are right now.

In short, if we can't do anything else, that would be the best thing, but that's the problem.

If we can actually get it done, that would be the best outcome. But if we have to do something else, then things definitely won't work.

At this moment, Xu Yao said to Xu Lan, "I really want this Wind-Swept Grass. If you tell me..."

“Then I can promise you, I guarantee I’ll give you a higher return, how about that? I’m not saying I’m going to take advantage of you for free,” Xu Yao said.

Xu Lan, however, insisted that she did not know about this "Fengmi Grass".

Xu Yao was now at a loss. After all, if the other party insisted that he didn't have this thing, there was really nothing you could do.

Just when Xu Yao was at his wit's end with the woman, the appraiser suddenly appeared in front of them.

After the appraiser appeared, he said to Xu Lan, "Madam, if you have any Wind-Swept Grass for me..."

“Then I’m willing to pay a high price to buy it,” the appraiser said.

The sudden appearance of the appraiser caught Xu Lan completely off guard.

After all, Xu Lan herself hadn't expected this, but that's the crux of the matter.

Regardless, Xu Lan herself knew that there was essentially no other way to resolve this matter.

So Xu Lan looked at the appraiser and said, "I really don't know what you're talking about, but I really don't have this Wind-Swept Grass."

“I’ll pay double the price!” the appraiser said, looking at Xu Lan.

Xu Lan was now attracted by the price offered by the appraiser, after all, the Wind-Swept Grass was really expensive.

However, the normal market price is already very high, and now the appraiser is offering double the price, which makes Xu Lan hesitate.

Upon seeing Xu Lan's expression, the appraiser immediately said, "Since this Wind-Swept Grass is with you..."

"If you yourself are also somewhat hesitant, how about a fixed price of three times the normal price?"

“It’s already very high. You have to understand that I wanted this Wind-Swept Grass, but if I didn’t want it, no one would offer you this price.”

"So you decide for yourself," the appraiser said.

Xu Lan hesitated now, because the price was indeed three times higher than usual.

If he really agreed to the appraiser's request, he could get three times the price.

Thinking of this, Xu Lan asked, "Are you really willing to pay this price?"

“Of course, now that I’ve already told you, how could I possibly joke about it?” the appraiser said.

Xu Lan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll sell you this Wind-Swept Grass. Wait for me, I'll go back and get it."