576: 492 -5(7k) 576: 492 -5(7k) “What’s the matter?”
Li Shuru frowned slightly.
Xue Yali looked at Jiang Chen and also felt that his expression was very strange.
It was like he had developed Parkinson’s, with his face twitching uncontrollably and irregularly.
Jiang Chen couldn’t afford to explain, as the cold, mechanical voice echoed in his mind, leaving him feeling incredibly desolate.
Oh, vast sky, why do you treat me so thin!
The second one being Pei Yunxi was bad enough.
But the third person turned out to be Lan Peizhi!
Was this really making him reenact a real-life version of the Journey to the West?!
[Name: Lan Peizhi]
[Host’s Favorability: 50]
[Relationship Binding Successful]
[Conquest Target: Reach a favorability of 90 to succeed]
[Supplementary Explanation: Spending amount eligible for a full rebate for this task]
The unfeeling voice resounded over and over again in his mind.
Compared to the previous two tasks, the starting favorability this time was unprecedentedly high at 50.
At first glance, it seemed like a perfect start.
But Jiang Chen couldn’t feel happy at all.
Lan Peizhi.
That was Lan Peizhi!
Pei Yunxi had already taken so much effort, but now, the new target had increased in difficulty by more than an order of magnitude?!
Indeed.
So-called hardship knows no bounds.
You think you’ve reached your limit, but fate always has a way to surprise you.
“What are you daydreaming about?”
Seeing him standing there like he had suddenly suffered a stroke, motionless, Li Shuru couldn’t help but gently push him.
“I suddenly feel a little stuffy.”
Jiang Chen said so.
“Then, shall we go out?” Xue Yali suggested.
Jiang Chen slowly exhaled, “No need.
I’m feeling better now.”
The various difficulties he had faced in life taught him one thing: escaping would never solve the problem.
The name Lan Peizhi had already been bound.
Leaving now wouldn’t change the reality.
Li Shuru’s rebate rate was one-tenth, Pei Yunxi’s was one-fifth, but with Lan Peizhi, it was raised to one-to-one.
This was probably the only comforting news he could take solace in for now.
However, compared to the despair-inducing difficulty, Jiang Chen still felt that a 100% rebate rate was a bit stingy.
It should at least offer a tenfold rebate, right?!
A hundredfold wouldn’t be too much to ask for.
But he had no power to bargain.
“Are you really okay?”
Li Shuru felt his complexion looked a bit pale.
“It’s nothing.
I should be fine after resting for a while.”
Jiang Chen forced a smile, glanced in Lan Peizhi’s direction, and then led Li Shuru and the others over.
In this situation, it definitely wouldn’t do not to greet her.
“Miss Lan, what a coincidence.
I just thought I was seeing things.”
As Jiang Chen approached the rest area, he put on a natural smile, but looking at that unforgettable face, his mindset had already undergone an earth-shattering change.
At the same time.
A question uncontrollably took root in the bottom of his heart.
This extraordinary woman, who couldn’t be described in just a sentence or two, how old was she?
Thirty?
Forty?
Certainly, she wasn’t the same age as Shi Zhenhua, right?!
That shouldn’t be possible.
Looking at her skin and complexion, she couldn’t possibly be that old…
Lan Peizhi noticed that this young man, who indeed seemed to have some fate with her, had an unusual look at the moment.
He seemed a bit nervous, even a little guilty.
She was accustomed to such reactions; after all, most people found it hard to remain calm in front of her.
However, she distinctly remembered that during their first formal meeting in Pujiang, he had seemed calmer than now.
“It is quite a coincidence.”
To the surprise of the bespectacled man, this extraordinary woman who had made countless brave men feel inferior actually stood up on her own initiative.
This made him develop a slight interest in this fellow he had never met before.
“Is Miss Lan here for a vacation?”
Jiang Chen asked casually.
“Hmm.”
Lan Peizhi answered noncommittally with a sound, her gaze sweeping over Li Shuru and the others.
Those who do not know fear nothing.
The Li sisters were just amazed by the incredible poise of this woman, oblivious to her illustrious identity, but Bai Haoran was different.
When Lan Peizhi’s gaze swept over him, this ruthless man’s complexion involuntarily flushed, trembling with an excitement he could not suppress.
Jiang Chen didn’t know how to continue the conversation.
“Song Chao Ge, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
A voice rang out.
Jiang Chen then realized, almost forgetting that bespectacled man.
The man stood up, extended a friendly smile and offered his hand.
“Jiang Chen.”
The two politely shook hands.
“Is Mr.
Jiang also here on vacation?”
The man with a distinguished name inquired kindly.
“Yes.”
Jiang Chen nodded with a smile.
Meanwhile, uncontrollably, he began to speculate about the man’s relationship with Lan Peizhi.
He definitely wouldn’t have been nosy before, but now the situation was different.
Could he possibly be a kept man?
Even with those unremarkable, black-rimmed glasses, he could see that this man in his twenties was not bad looking.
Just as wealthy men like to keep mistresses, it wasn’t anything shocking for a wealthy woman to have a few boy toys.
Furthermore, besides the two of them, there were no attendants around, which made people all the more speculative.
But upon reflection, Jiang Chen thought differently.
Who was Lan Peizhi?
While he certainly wasn’t familiar with her private life, his intuition told him that she definitely wasn’t that vulgar.
Yes.
Their relationship definitely wasn’t like that.
“Did Mr.
Jiang just arrive at the casino?”
Song Chao Ge was quite talkative.
“No, I was playing in the main hall earlier, but after losing all my chips, I came in here to see if I could change my luck.”
Song Chao Ge glanced at Li Shuru and the others, all empty-handed, “It seems Mr.
Jiang is a kindred spirit.”