The Eternal Club 11: Remaining Lifespan: 365 Days
“Mr. Lu, how much does this time you speak of cost? How can we buy some from you?” Rong Zhijian asked Lu Li very politely after exchanging a few glances with the other three.
“The value that an individual creates with any given amount of time varies from person to person, so I usually use money as a yardstick. The price is fixed at 20% of one’s total assets generated in a year,” said Lu Li in an unflustered voice as he looked at Rong Zhijian. He didn’t answer the older man’s question directly.
Lu Li paused, then added, “And I only transact one year at a time.”
Rong Zhijian and the other three had heard Lu Li’s explanation very clearly.
If they used their own annual income to calculate their worth, then the cost of one year of time for them would be in the hundreds of millions.
This would certainly make it one of the most expensive commodities in the world.
At the same time, time was an intangible and ephemeral thing, so a high price only seemed logical.
As the old saying goes, all the money in the world can’t buy time. But this idiom didn’t seem to apply to Lu Li.
“Mr. Lu, we would like to buy a year of life for our uncle,” said Rong Zhijian respectfully as he bowed slightly at Lu Li.
“Sure.” Lu Li nodded.
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The five men within the 100X time boundary confirmed the price and exchanged a few more words.
Shortly after that, Lu Li waved his hand and ended the speed up mode.
Time for the five of them now went by at the same rate as the rest of the world.
All the members of the Rong family as well as all their bodyguards in black suits, the servants and medical staff stared in astonishment at how the four key members of the Rong family had suddenly appeared at the window.
“I will need everyone here to make sure your lips are sealed about everything that has happened today. If word gets out, that person shall be considered a traitor of the Rong family and an enemy of ours forever!” said Rong Zhiquan sternly as he scoured the room with an authoritative look on his face.
The threat in his words and expression was crystal clear.
The other three stared at the crowd with equally solemn faces.
Everyone was silent for a moment, but they quickly snapped out of their daze and began promising to keep their mouths shut.
“Don’t worry about that, Mr. Rong!”
“We didn’t see anything today!”
“You can be rest assured that our lips are sealed!”
Rong Zhijian turned to the butler next to him and said in a deep voice, “Uncle Li, lead everyone downstairs immediately.”
“And I mean everyone! Including the doctors!” Rong Zhijian repeated himself.
All the members of the Rong family had puzzled looks on their faces, but nobody dared to ask any questions since the ones heading the family looked so serious. They had no choice but to suppress all their burning questions and go downstairs obediently.
“Yes, Mr. Rong,” replied the old butler quietly as he bowed slightly.
In no time, every single person on the second story went downstairs except for the four key members of the Rong family, the old man lying on the bed in the bedroom and Lu Li.
Lu Li glanced at the old man on the bed, then suddenly instructed Rong Zhijian, “Get someone to bring a fingerprint pad up here.”
Rong Zhijian immediately nodded and ran to the staircase to tell the butler to get a fingerprint pad as quickly as possible.
A few minutes later, Lu Li walked into Rong Yiyou’s bedroom. Rong Zhijian and the other three followed behind him.
Lu Li approached the bed and sat down lightly next to the old man.
He took the folder out and took out a copy of the Time Selling Contract.
Then he pulled out a pen and filled out the necessary fields.
“One of you can sign on behalf of Old Mr. Rong, then he can sign off with his thumbprint,” said Lu Li to Rong Zhijian.
“Got it, Mr. Lu!” replied Rong Zhijian respectfully.
Rong Zhijian took the folder from Lu Li and glanced through the contract quickly. The contract seemed somewhat simple, but he didn’t dare to take it lightly at all.
He noted down all the terms and conditions stated in the contract, uncapped his own pen and signed the field for Party A on behalf of Rong Yiyou.
Another person quickly brought the fingerprint pad to Rong Yiyou, pressed Rong Yiyou’s thumb onto the pad, then pressed it again onto the Time Selling Contract.
Lu Li was very pleased with the whole process.
Once that was done, he took the contract back, gave it a quick glance, then signed his own name in the field for Party B.
At this point in time, Rong Yiyou’s stats were as follows:
The old man’s life was on its final countdown.
“With regard to payment, please transfer the agreed amount to my account within the next three working days or face the consequences,” Lu Li warned the four men after glancing at the countdown above Rong Yiyou’s head.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Lu!”
“That’s right! We wouldn’t dare to delay payment to you!”
“We’ll transfer it in a moment!”
Lu Li’s warning made the four men rather nervous, and they quickly assured Lu Li that they would pay up.
After they did that, Lu Li nodded and finally looked straight at Rong Yiyou.
The line displayed on the heartrate machine hooked up to Rong Yiyou was almost flat now.
Lu Li suddenly reached his hand out as if he was throwing something at Rong Yiyou.
But the moment he did that, something incredible happened.
Rong Yiyou’s heart pounded several times, and then a burst of energy seemed to flow through the old man as blood filled every major artery of his body.
His arms, skin and cheeks began to flush pink again.
The line displayed on the heartrate machine went back to normal as well.
Rong Yiyou’s arm suddenly moved, and his eyes slowly fluttered open.