Chapter 90 You and I Team Up, Wreaking Havoc Together

Thank you, Miss Xiao. There was nothing else for him to do; Lin Li still had to remain unfailingly courteous to Xiao Mei'er. Who could blame him? The woman was bristling with thorns, and one wrong move could spell disaster.

Through it all, Xiao Mei'er studied Lin Li with utmost seriousness. She had heard so much about him before that her curiosity toward the man before her only deepened. What sort of temperament did a man possess if he could seize the entire Qin family and hold it firmly in his grasp in such a short time? The more she thought about it, the more intrigued she became.

The two went downstairs, and Lin Li got into Xiao Mei'er's car—a very flashy red Ferrari.

“Mr. Lin, you seem to have something on your mind.”

Lin Li gave an awkward smile.

“I thought I was hiding it rather well, yet I didn’t expect you to see through me so quickly, Miss Xiao?”

Xiao Mei'er let out a silvery laugh. “That’s not the important part. And don’t keep calling me Miss Xiao—am I really that cold? If Brother Lin would like, you may call me Mei'er.”

She cast him a sidelong glance, her beautiful eyes practically stealing one’s soul.

Though Xiao Mei'er was indeed a few years younger than him, her methods and abilities were far more mature than Lin Li’s. All of Lin Li’s disguises were meaningless in her eyes.

“Very well, Mei'er.”

He sounded a little awkward, and it was precisely that awkwardness that made Xiao Mei'er laugh softly again.

How amusing. Who would have thought that Lin Li, the man who had taken the entire Qin family, would be such an interesting character?

Soon the two arrived at a private tea estate. One look at the layout made it clear that ordinary people would never be allowed in. Even if they came, they would not be able to enter; this place entertained only the distinguished and powerful.

Xiao Mei'er merely had to show her face, and the guards were easily dealt with. Then she led Lin Li inside.

“Whenever I have nothing to do, I like to come here and wander around,” Xiao Mei'er murmured.

This, too, was recorded in the original story.

Taking the opportunity, Lin Li said, “Dragon-Soaring Tea Estate is indeed a very famous place in Jiang City.”

“I heard the owner here is also a very close friend of yours, Mei'er?”

That Lin Li could bring up this level of detail clearly surprised Xiao Mei'er. His earlier demeanor had made her suspect that some of her previous impressions of him had been preconceived. Perhaps this young man was not as formidable as she had imagined. After all, throughout the whole encounter, Lin Li had seemed so ordinary that it was difficult to feel any real excitement.

But the moment he finished that sentence, Xiao Mei'er's gaze changed.

She knew she had misjudged him.

Lin Li was not nearly as simple as she had thought. From such a trivial matter alone, it was obvious that he had already investigated her thoroughly beforehand.

“Brother Lin really is more capable than I expected.”

“Most people wouldn’t know these things, yet you always seem to know at just the right moment.”

Xiao Mei'er gave him a sideways look.

Lin Li only smiled and said nothing.

The two soon reached a private room upstairs. After sitting down, Lin Li did not bother with pleasantries and went straight to the point.

“Mei'er, you should know why I came here, shouldn’t you?”

Xiao Mei'er shook her head. “I don’t know. I only heard that you’ve been very close lately with the young ladies of the Ning family and the Leng family.”

“Two of the four great families of Jiang City, and you are friends with both their heiresses.”

“And now you’ve come looking for me—could it be you want me to become your friend as well?”

Lin Li asked directly in return, “Aren’t we already?”

That immediately left Xiao Mei'er at a loss for words.

She did not know how to answer, so she could only let out a delicate huff. “I’m more curious about why you sought me out this time. You caused such a stir out there; surely it wasn’t just to see my face.”

She looked at Lin Li intently, knowing he must have come for another reason.

“I’ve opened a new Yixuan Beauty Salon, but as you know, because of what the Qin family did before, no one has the courage to come here and spend money.”

“So I need to find someone to cooperate with me.”

When Xiao Mei'er heard this, she bared her teeth in a smile.

“So Brother Lin thought of me at a time like this? On what grounds do you think I would agree, given your means?”

She regarded Lin Li with great interest.

What Lin Li had just said was, in fact, perfectly reasonable. As mentioned before, the Qin family had committed all manner of wicked deeds throughout Jiang City, offending countless people. As a result, no matter what they did now, it was hard to wash away the stain on their name. That was why the beauty salon had been in such dismal business for so long: the Qin family had caused it tremendous harm, leaving it in its present state.

Xiao Mei'er did not believe that joining them would change anything. It might even drag her own family into the same wave of criticism.

“I know you may not agree so easily right now, but I think you should still make an on-site inspection.”

As he spoke, Lin Li placed the prepared ointment on the table.

“This is our new product: Floral Beauty Ointment.”

“The greatest effect of this ointment is that it can remove scars from the body, though the process may be a little painful.”

“So it needs to be assisted by this bottle of oral pills.”

Floral Beauty Ointment was naturally the Beautifying Elixir. Although the refinement process was based on an elixir, once successfully refined it had to be ground into powder and then blended with water in the proper ratio.

So Lin Li simply renamed it Floral Beauty Ointment.

In doing so, he also prevented anyone from recognizing the ingredients and effects of the elixir. He knew full well that once people discovered he still possessed such a treasure, there would surely be no end of trouble. Better to cut off those problems in advance than invite them later.

Xiao Mei'er studied Lin Li carefully, trying to find some flaw in him. Yet she had to admit that there truly seemed to be no weakness at all to be found. Even what he had just said did not sound like a joke.

On that point, Xiao Mei'er was quite confident.

“It seems you really do have great faith in your product.”

Lin Li smiled and nodded.

“Of course. If I didn’t have even this much confidence, how would I dare open a beauty salon like this?”

“To be honest, Yixuan Beauty Salon is not lacking in capability, and the manager was definitely chosen with great care. The only problem is that our Qin family’s reputation is not very good, and it has instead affected the salon’s operations.”