My Super Beautiful Lady Boss-Chapter 585 - 580 Under Mount Everest

The next evening, Su Xuan arrived at the hotel where Qiuyue was staying. It was time for him to take her to find the antidote.

Slam!

The door flung open to reveal Qiuyue, still lounging on the couch in her pajamas, doing her beauty routine with a face mask on, while a yoga tutorial played on the TV. It looked like she was having a pretty good time.

Upon seeing Su Xuan enter, Qiuyue said nonchalantly, "What’s the matter? Did you start thinking about my enticing body and couldn’t help yourself from coming over?"

"Pah!"

Su Xuan really wanted to kick her. This woman had caused him nothing but trouble, and he couldn’t wait to get rid of her once and for all.

"Come on, let’s go wild in these final moments! I’ll spare no effort in making you feel ecstatic."

As she spoke, Qiuyue edged closer to him on purpose.

"Get lost!"

Su Xuan slapped her away, sending her sprawling. Qiuyue picked herself up from the floor without getting angry, tossed aside the fallen face mask, and picked up a new one.

"Tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to search for the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus. We have only five days left, and I believe we will definitely find it within that time," Su Xuan said confidently.

As soon as Su Xuan finished speaking, Qiuyue laughed. She looked at him with a mixture of condescension and derision, as if an eighty-year-old was watching a ten-year-old. "Do you even know how much Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus is worth? Do you know which mountain it grows on? Do you know where on the mountain it can usually be found? Do you know under what conditions it will wilt?"

In the past, Su Xuan had only heard that one needed to pick the Snow Lotus personally to ensure its purity for consumption, but he wasn’t very clear about the specifics.

"I don’t care. I must find it within five days."

Confidence was something innate to Su Xuan—an enviable trait, indeed.

"Suit yourself. I’m fine either way since I’ve only got five more days to live," Qiuyue said nonchalantly, resembling a dead pig that isn’t scared of boiling water, resigned to her fate. But Su Xuan was different. His life’s creed was that his fate was in his own hands, not dictated by the heavens.

"As long as it exists in this world, I must find it!"

Su Xuan began to repeatedly encourage Qiuyue. Her resigned attitude was not good. If she went to search for the antidote with such thoughts in her mind, she might lack the necessary drive.

Now that they’d talked it over, they would set off in search of the antidote the next morning. For tonight, Su Xuan tied Qiuyue up; suspecting she might not want to go, she could run away, and Su Xuan wasn’t about to be foolish enough to let her go at this point.

Now, Su Xuan had dismissed any possibility of Qiuyue having the antidote. If she had it, she would’ve taken it herself already. Moreover, he had searched through all her belongings, even those places more private, with the eyes of a searcher, not the lecherous gaze of a man.

At five o’clock the next morning, Su Xuan woke up Qiuyue. After a quick meal, they got into the off-road vehicle he had rented earlier. Most of Su Xuan’s money had gone to paying the hotel bill, but fortunately, he got some back when checking out that morning; otherwise, he would’ve been broke.

"Do you know where to look?" Qiuyue asked, fearing Su Xuan might wander aimlessly and die in some random place. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

"Mount Everest. Isn’t that correct?"

Su Xuan replied while activating the GPS system.

Mount Everest was the highest mountain within thousands of miles, perpetually covered in snow. For this trip, Su Xuan had even purchased items like down jackets, sleeping bags, compact food, fire starters, fuel, and more, filling up half of the vehicle.

Su Xuan hit the road and sent a message to Li Yuanyuan: "I’ll definitely be back within five days. Wait for me! Yuanyuan."

After sending the message, Su Xuan turned off his phone. He needed to focus solely on how to quickly find the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus without any distractions.

Qiuyue had given up on treatment and was indifferent to whatever Su Xuan did. She just let him be.

Mount Everest was five hundred miles from Qiutian City, neither too far nor too close, but the mountain roads were tough. Su Xuan estimated that at his driving speed, plus his skilled driving, they should reach their destination in about a day and a half, though they would have to slow down at night.

With his phone turned off, Su Xuan seemed to have vanished from Qiutian City; people knew of him but couldn’t find any trace.

Wang Fangqian, the owner of the Mercedes, had sent an assassin after Su Xuan and had been waiting for news. The wait continued without word from the assassin, which was unexpected given the assassin’s reputed reliability. Wang Fangqian started to wonder if the assassin had perished alongside Su Xuan, which was the outcome he most hoped for.

If both Qiuyue and Su Xuan were dead, it would save him a significant amount of money. That was the real ’killing two birds with one stone.’ Especially since Su Xuan seemed to have vanished into thin air, Wang Fangqian became even more convinced that Su Xuan might have died in some dark corner.

Therefore, Wang Fangqian grew increasingly brazen in his advances towards the female CEO Ma Yizhu. Knowing that Ma Yizhu couldn’t locate Su Xuan, his behavior became even more outrageous. Unable to reach Su Xuan by phone, and feeling aggrieved from both sides, Ma Yizhu now ate only one meal a day.

Su Xuan traveled nonstop day and night towards Mount Everest. Qiuyue, watching his relentless pace, worried that he might, from fatigue, crash off a cliff. The mountain path was very narrow, with endless abysses on both sides. Qiuyue’s heart raced at the sight, and while even the Assassin was like this, Su Xuan had an indifferent expression, his eyes fixed only on the road ahead.

Finally, after much effort, Su Xuan managed to drive the car to a small village at the foot of Mount Everest. It was surprising to find that primitive villagers still lived there, though there was some difficulty with the language.

The villagers called for their chief, who fortunately had worked in Qiutian City for a few years so he could barely communicate.

Su Xuan roughly inquired about the situation up the mountain. Over the past few days, he had seen from the meteorological station that there were no adverse conditions like avalanches.

But when they learned Su Xuan was searching for the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, they all kept silent and even urged him to leave quickly.

What was this all about?

Qiuyue, worthy of being a world-class Assassin, knew a bit more. She explained that the villagers regarded the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus as a holy object, considering it a seed of the Heavenly God, which mortals must not touch, or it would bring disaster to the village.

"What feudal superstition, if it were up to me, I would’ve smashed such backward notions long ago."

Su Xuan said indignantly.

Su Xuan hadn’t brought much money this time, but he found quite a lot on Qiuyue. Before setting off in the morning, he had taken fifty thousand yuan from it and thrown it in a bag in the car.

This time, money had to talk!

Su Xuan resorted to both carrot and stick, seemingly to protect the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus better for the villagers and investigate its growing environment while secretly holding deceitful intentions.

He also gave money to the village chief, claiming that they were indeed investigating the growth of the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus to prevent those with ill intentions from causing destruction. Su Xuan pounded his chest, promising that once he returned home, he would enact policies to declare the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus an internationally protected plant.

Su Xuan’s ability to bluff was truly extraordinary, especially when he further offered the village chief an additional fifty thousand yuan, making it a total of one hundred thousand yuan. The chief, unsure about the money, had someone sneak off to the richest man in the village, Wang Dachui, to fetch a cash-counting machine. Once he confirmed the bills were real, he beamed with joy.

"Haha, so you are comrades from the government! Why didn’t you say so earlier? It was all a misunderstanding; we’re all on the same side."

The village chief, with his white beard speckled, smiled kindly.

With that, Su Xuan began to inquire about the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus. He had been delayed on the road for a day, and by his calculation, he had only four days left. He could not wait any longer and did not want to waste a single minute.

"This Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, it’s a holy object on Mount Everest, mortal men can only gaze at it from afar, never to approach."

"One may admire but not disrespect it."

Qiuyue added. Su Xuan glared at her; she had no right to steal the spotlight.

The Old Village Chief nodded repeatedly and said to Su Xuan, "Yes, yes, exactly that phrase—admire but not play with. Our villagers have been blessed by the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus for generations, safeguarding our peace, happiness, and health. Thankfully, you are high-ranking people. If you were thieves, I would stop them even at the cost of my old life!"

"Indeed, quite right," Su Xuan replied, nodding eagerly, hoping the Old Village Chief would speak faster.

"I won’t hide it from you since you are from above. Besides us villagers, the greatest role is played by the Song Family on Mount Everest! They are the true guardians of the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus."

Upon hearing this, not only was Su Xuan surprised, Qiuyue’s eyes widened as well. She had never heard of this Song Family residing on such a high peak as Mount Everest. From what the Old Village Chief implied, they seemed like a substantial family.

"Tell me more."

Su Xuan urged eagerly.

"The Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus on Mount Everest is priceless in the market. Many bad people try to find it to seek huge profits. I’ve sent a few groups up there, but no one has ever come back."

The Old Village Chief, speaking jubilantly, didn’t forget to warm up a bowl of strong liquor, took a sip, and felt utterly comfortable as the wind howled outside and warmth filled the room.

Hearing that he had sent several groups up there and none had ever returned, Qiuyue’s heart sank, but she quickly calmed down, thinking that she had only four days to live, so it didn’t matter where she died.

Hearing that others had gone up and never returned, Su Xuan did not show it on his face. He was solely focused on obtaining the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, but the Old Village Chief’s words enlightened him—if the guardians of the Snow Lotus were the Song Family, then convincing the Song Family could get him the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, couldn’t it?

"It seems this trip wasn’t in vain; Li Yuanyuan and he can be saved!" Su Xuan thought to himself as he looked at the harsh weather outside.

The thing Su Xuan cared about most now was how to get in touch with the Song Family so that he could find the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus more quickly.

The Old Village Chief said at a leisurely pace, "I can have someone escort you part of the way, but the path ahead is too dangerous. I’m afraid it’s unsafe for the villagers, so you’ll have to go the rest of the way yourselves."

"No problem," Su Xuan interjected quickly, delighted at heart. He was going to the Song Family on Mount Everest without any gifts, and he still had four hundred thousand yuan left. He wondered if that would sway them. Su Xuan opened his cellphone hoping for some signal to borrow more money, but there was none.

"Here’s what we’ll do; the day is already turning to dusk so stay at my house tonight. Tomorrow morning, I’ll find some strong young men to take you up the mountain. The path is full of snow caves and such, and falling in would be disastrous. To speak plainly, this journey is a matter of life and death, and I advise you not to go."