Chapter 60: Chapter 60: The Human Oil King
“What’s with Jiang Yan, treating his own sister Jiang Li ?”
“He didn’t really do anything, did he? When Jiang Li found a place to live, she didn’t bother with him either, right? Why do you all start yelling when a man does it? Talk about double standards.”
“Exactly. Maybe it was Jiang Li’s own doing that got her kicked out.”
“?? Sister Li actually saved the village chief’s child, and this is how he repays her?”
“Maybe there’s something unspeakable that forced the village chief to make Jiang Li leave. Don’t moral bind us from behind a screen, okay?”
In the face of Jiang Yan’s provocation, Jiang Li calmly raised her head and looked at him, “Are you the owner of this house?”
Jiang Li: “Then why should I ask you to take me in?”
“Hahahaha, Sister Li is as stable as ever in her performance.”
“Sister Li really is a logic monster, directly using minimal effort to move a heavy weight.”
At this moment, the old uncle also heard the noise at the door and slowly walked over.
Seeing Jiang Li standing alone, his eyes moved, and he quickly made a few hand gestures.
Jiang Li’s gaze shifted from Jiang Yan, and her expression immediately became much more gentle, politely nodding at the old uncle.
“I’m sorry to disturb you, elder, I’m indeed here to ask for shelter. If it’s not convenient for you, I can look for another place.”
The old uncle smiled, waved his hand, and made some more gestures.
Jiang Li’s eyes curved, “That’s great, thank you, uncle.”
Then, carrying her luggage, she walked past Jiang Yan and into the house.
“No way,” he hurriedly turned and followed her, “You can actually understand his hand gestures? What did he say to you?”
“The uncle said it’s very convenient for him to take me in, but I’ll be put out by having to stay in your room tonight,” Jiang Li said slowly.
Jiang Yan immediately jumped up, “Why?!”
“Because there’s only one spare room left at uncle’s place,” Jiang Li looked at him, lightly batting her eyelids, “Uncle said men should yield to women, so you go sleep in the living room, and I’ll sleep in your room.”
“I’m dying of laughter, Jiang Yan was just complaining about his sleeping space, and now he has to sleep on the floor.”
“This teaches us that we should learn to be content.”
“Jiang Li is so amazing, she can even understand sign language; the uncle seemed really happy when he saw she understood his gestures.”
Jiang Yan was stunned.
But there was nothing he could do now.
If Jiang Li really had to sleep on the floor and mom saw it, he really would be done for.
So he could only walk into the living room with a dark face.
“You can sleep in my room, but I have a condition,” Jiang Yan said, not wanting to suffer any losses.
Jiang Li gracefully sat down on the chair, her beautiful eyes steadily gazing at him.
She had just bathed and changed into a cream-colored dress, the dim lighting cast a soft glow around her, transforming into a gentle twilight.
Her plain face was as beautiful as a fine ink and water painting, making the slightly shabby living room appear much brighter and more elegant with her arrival.
Jiang Yan extended his hand, “Lend me your mobile phone for an hour.”
“Hahahaha, brother, I’m dying of laughter, is that all the ambition you have?”
“Jiang Yan is just like another me in this world, I also feel lonely, empty, and cold without my phone for a night, I understand.”
“I thought Jiang Yan would make some outrageous demand, but he just wants to play with a mobile phone, hilarious.”
Jiang Li remained silent for a moment, “What do you want my phone for?”
“I just said I want to play with it for a while, this crappy program won’t let me smoke, won’t let me drink, took away my phone, and without going online, I’m really going to get depressed.”
“Fine then, internet fee is a thousand for half an hour, I’ll put it on your tab.”
“Jiang Li, have you gone fucking money-crazy?! I’m your real brother, you can’t rip off your own brother ?!”
Jiang Li indifferently moved her gaze away, waving her slender fingers, “If you’re not willing, just keep playing with your old-school phone.”
Jiang Yan clenched his back teeth hard.
“Alright, a thousand it is. I’ll give you two thousand; let me play for an hour.”
Saying this, Jiang Li opened her backpack, took out some paper and a pen, scribbled something on it, and handed it to Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan took the paper and his eyes bulged even more.
“No way, Jiang Li, an IOU? Are you serious? And in traditional characters?”
“What else? Of course you need an IOU when you owe money. What if you bail on the debt?” Jiang Li looked completely unyielding and cold, leaving no room for negotiation.
After all this time together, Jiang Yan had fully grasped the character of his sister.
Going head-to-head with her, he wouldn’t get anything good out of it, and might even suffer more.
With no other choice, he reluctantly signed his name on the IOU.
After securing the IOU, Jiang Li immediately handed over her phone to him.
The moment he held the smartphone, Jiang Yan was so excited he almost cried.
Just as he was about to give the phone a loving kiss, Jiang Li sternly blocked his move with her hand.
“Jiang Yan, please mind the hygiene, this is my phone.”
Jiang Yan quickly retracted his hand.
“I’ve signed the IOU already. For this hour, the phone is mine. You can’t control it.”
Having said this, he stepped back and, in front of Jiang Li, kissed the screen once.
His cheeky expression immediately caused a public outrage in the live-streaming room.
[Ah ah ah, I can’t take it anymore. My germophobia is kicking in.]
[Now I finally understand why Jiang Li dislikes him so much. He’s too disgusting, even if this brother is devastatingly handsome, it’s still a no!]
[Just when I thought I’d feel sorry for Jiang Yan, in the next second, I couldn’t do it anymore. Serve him right! Lili, please chew him out for me!]
Unexpectedly, besides a fleeting darkening of her expression, Jiang Li didn’t have any other reaction and quickly reclaimed her calm seat.
Jiang Yan, on the other hand, sat triumphantly on the doorstep with the phone, logged into his Weibo account.
Instantly, he was bombarded with 99+ messages.
Without exception, they all were from people who had watched the live stream and came to scold him.
So he immediately went on the offensive, sending insults back to each one of them, including those in the comment section who had put him down.
And those who had complimented his looks, of course, received his praise in return, along with a carefully crafted selfie.
[Ahhhhh, I can’t handle it anymore, I just got a selfie from Jiang Yan, and I regret complimenting his looks.]
[The peak of narcissism, how can he be so self-obsessed!]
[I’m done, Jiang Yan has such a nasty temper. I just complained about him a bit on Weibo, and he told me to go look in a mirror. Such a terrible character, deep deep dislike!]
While Jiang Yan was engrossed in sparring with his haters, Jiang Li’s voice of disdain came from behind him.
Turning around, he noticed that the young girl had somehow appeared behind him.
He quickly covered the screen.
“Hey, you’re violating someone’s right to privacy!”
Jiang Li stood up straight, “This is my phone, watching it openly and squarely does not constitute an invasion of privacy.”
“So lending the phone was just to make excuses for yourself. Jiang Yan, are you that lacking in confidence?”