182: 182 millionaires!
182: 182 millionaires!
Jiang Chen didn’t know how he had fallen asleep last night or at what time, but when he woke up the next day, the sun was shining brightly.
He checked his phone and was surprised to find it was already noon, and he could see a message Luo Peng had sent two hours earlier.
“Took a sick day for you, don’t worry, get some more sleep,” it read.
Accompanied by a suggestive emoji.
Jiang Chen exhaled and sat up in bed, looking out through the French windows at the lush greenery outside, then suddenly froze.
Wait a minute.
He realized something and hurriedly checked his ‘Lickspittle Gold’ to find that Li Shuru’s name had disappeared from his conquest targets!
Obviously.
The task was completed!
Jiang Chen was somewhat dumbfounded.
Although he had left last night, the shameful thing he had done couldn’t be undone, and he truly hadn’t intended to take advantage of anyone, but sometimes, things really were out of his control.
Who could have resisted under last night’s circumstances?
He had thought that he might have ruined everything, possibly causing Li Shuru to see him as nothing but a wolf in sheep’s clothing, pretending all along, and that everything could regress back to square one overnight.
But who would have thought that Li Shuru’s regard for him had actually increased rather than decreased, and she had successfully crossed the final hurdle!
After a brief daze, Jiang Chen quickly checked his available funds.
24,569,800
“Units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands…
twenty million!”
He counted several times, and although he had anticipated it, seeing the cash-back amount still made it hard for Jiang Chen to contain his excitement, and he was visibly overjoyed!
That’s right!
It was over twenty-four million!
He had spent over two hundred million on Li Shuru, and sure enough, he got a ten percent cash-back!
While it wasn’t even close to the price of the villa, Jiang Chen was completely satisfied!
After all, this money was no longer just ‘Lickspittle Gold’ to be spent on others, but his own property that he could freely use!
In other words, from now on, the world had one more millionaire!
Luckily, he was already accustomed to a ‘money is no object’ lifestyle, having bought a nearly two-hundred-million-yuan villa to give away, and just yesterday, he had spent over eighty million in compensation for a diamond.
Now Jiang Chen was not a simpleton who had never seen the world.
He took a deep breath to compose himself, got out of bed, and went to wash up.
Coming out of his side bedroom, the villa was quiet.
He instinctively glanced at the master bedroom and saw the door was closed tight.
It was already noon, and it seemed unlikely that Li Shuru was still in bed.
Had she left?
Considering the outrageous things he had done the night before, it would be understandable if she chose not to wake him.
Jiang Chen went downstairs and soon saw that the Panamera was still parked outside the villa.
Clearly, Li Shuru hadn’t left.
Could she still be sleeping?
Feeling guilty, Jiang Chen didn’t dare to go up and call her directly.
Instead, he sat obediently in the living room for nearly half an hour.
Approaching one o’clock in the afternoon, there was still no sign of activity upstairs, and he couldn’t sit still any longer.
Even though the lickspittle task was over, it didn’t mean that he and Li Shuru could draw a clear boundary between them.
The things that needed to be faced, still had to be faced.
With a heavy heart, Jiang Chen went back upstairs, courageously approached the master bedroom, and knocked on the door.
“Knock, knock, knock…
Shu Rui, are you still sleeping?” he asked.
After a dozen seconds.
The door finally opened.
Li Shuru appeared to have just woken up, her hair in disarray and still wearing that silk nightgown, suggesting she hadn’t slept any earlier than he had.
“It’s almost one o’clock, time to have lunch,” Jiang Chen said awkwardly.
Li Shuru looked at him for a moment, then said expressionlessly, “Wait a minute.”
After washing up and changing clothes, twenty more minutes had nearly passed.
By the time the two of them left, it was already past one o’clock.
Jiang Chen took the initiative to act as the chauffeur, offering his services eagerly.
“Shall we go back to school for lunch?”
“Let’s just find a place to eat, I’m hungry,”
said Li Shuru lazily.
Going back to school would indeed take quite some time.
Jiang Chen glanced at her still slightly swollen lips, his heart skipped a beat, and of course, he didn’t dare to object.
Having wandered around inside the previous night, Jiang Chen had become somewhat familiar with the layout of Spring and Autumn Plaza.
He drove the Panamera towards the exit.
Li Shuru leaned back in her seat, casually observing the landscape outside the window.
The atmosphere was serene, yet somehow also eerie.
In theory, he could say that his kindness to her was heavy as a mountain, and Shu Rui herself had mentioned this more than once.
However, after what happened last night, Jiang Chen understood that his status was probably no longer that of the so-called “benefactor.”
This time was different from the last time they had shared a bed in a hotel.
That time, he was innocent, but last night…
Even though he pulled back at the last moment, to a girl, the things he did meant there was not much difference between whether he crossed the final line or not.
Even if it wasn’t all his fault, he had been minding his own business, taking a shower and humming a tune in his room, when Li Shuru insisted on asking him to fetch hot water, which ended up with her deliberately – deliberately teasing him…
That’s right.
Upon reflecting on the previous night’s events, Jiang Chen realized that Shu Rui seemed to have done it on purpose, at least that final look in her eyes that made him completely lose control was far from normal.
Of course.
While he thought this in his mind, Jiang Chen definitely wouldn’t say it out loud.
No matter what, he had taken great advantage, and to throw the responsibility onto the woman would just be too shameless.
It was still his lack of self-control that was to blame; he needed to strengthen his discipline.
Preoccupied with his thoughts, Jiang Chen’s driving speed was not fast, and since they were still within a residential area with some distance to the exit, a fiery red BMW M8 appeared from behind.
Seemingly unhappy with the Panamera’s sluggish speed, it suddenly accelerated, overtaking them from the side.
“Vroom…”
Jiang Chen subconsciously turned his head for a glance.
The appearance of such a car in a place like Spring and Autumn Plaza was nothing unexpected.
The starting price for this two-door sports coupe was nearly two million, and it was clearly a woman sitting inside, wearing sunglasses and with an extraordinary aura.
Because the car windows made the view unclear, and since she quickly overtook and moved forward, a fleeting glimpse wasn’t enough for Jiang Chen to make out the driver’s face.
However, he felt vaguely that the owner of the M8 looked somewhat familiar.
Before he could ponder where this sense of familiarity came from, a voice gave him a clue.
[Name: Pei Yunxi]
[Host Goodwill: 30]
[Loyal Dog Relationship Binding]
[Conquest Goal: Reach a goodwill of 90 for success]
[Additional Note: Upon completing this mission, the host may receive a twenty percent cashback]
[Please begin your loyal dog action promptly, host]
“Pfft…”
Jiang Chen abruptly stepped on the brakes, a tumultuous wave surging within him.
The unexpected stop caused Li Shuru to lurch forward involuntarily, but fortunately, her safety awareness was excellent, as she had buckled her seatbelt upon getting into the car; otherwise, she would have hit the windshield for sure.
“What happened?”
She looked at Jiang Chen in surprise.
With both hands on the steering wheel, Jiang Chen’s mind buzzed, unable to hear what Shu Rui was saying, gazing straight ahead, his eyes seemingly fixed only on the BMW M8 in front of him.
The driver, of course, was unaware of the incident behind her and didn’t stop, quickly moving away and soon disappearing from view.