Chapter 238: Chapter 238: Fall in Love with Us
“Two billion?! Are you serious? If you really give it to me, you’ll be my second Golden Sister, my Golden Master. That’s enough, I could kick him twenty times without batting an eye.”
Jiang Nanshu even considered the strategy of kicking him, then making up, and then kicking him again to cheat him of his Disgust Value.
Lu Qingyan pulled Jiang Nanshu’s hand and looked at Yan Yidan with a cold expression, “What exactly do you want?”
Yan Yidan shrugged innocently, “I’m just giving your fiancée a choice. If she’s willing to call off the engagement, she can make any demand, as long as I can fulfill it.”
Jiang Nanshu smacked her lips.
“How come everyone in this world starts their net worth with billions? This is twenty billion we’re talking about—it’s one-fifth of what I need to complete my mission!”
Lu Qingyan grew irritated whenever he heard Jiang Nanshu mention missions.
He looked at her, “What are you thinking? Jiang Nanshu, I respect your choice. If you want to call off the engagement and break up with me, I’ll let you go. I won’t try to hold on to someone who would abandon me for money.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
“Who are you kidding? Polite much? Unfortunately for you, I am exactly that kind of person!”
Jiang Nanshu’s face slowly revealed her dilemma, and she was in a serious internal struggle.
“Should I call it off? I like twenty billion a lot more.”
Without any change in demeanor, Lu Qingyan continued, “After we call off the engagement, I’ll immediately go abroad to develop my career, and I won’t return to the country within five years.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
“Alright, you’re ruthless; you win!”
Her inner voice was grinding its teeth, and her expression looked utterly insulted, “Brother Qingyan, how could I possibly abandon you for twenty billion… that stinking money? Even if she offered me two hundred billion, I wouldn’t leave you!”
Yan Yidan’s smile deepened, “Alright, then I’ll give you two hundred and twenty billion.”
Jiang Nanshu: “!!!”
“Sister, please, no more, what are you doing to me? Ah, I’m going mad! Is this guy really that much in demand?”
Her heart bled inside, though she knew Yan Yidan was just tantalizing her with empty promises, who wouldn’t be tempted by such an easily accessible pie?
Jiang Nanshu’s expression nearly cracked.
She held her chest, looking at Lu Qingyan with a somewhat pained expression.
Lu Qingyan: “…”
His brows cooled and his voice remained calm, “Didn’t you hear her? She can’t live without me.”
Yan Yidan’s smile remained, “I don’t believe there is anyone who can’t be swayed by money. If there is, then I just haven’t offered enough.”
“I can add another ten billion. Miss Jiang, think about it, two hundred and thirty billion for a fiancé—it’s a real bargain.”
Not just Jiang Nanshu was stunned.
Everyone present was bewildered.
What was supposed to be a battle for affection turned into Yan Yidan’s auction, with such staggering amounts.
Two hundred and thirty billion, she could return to her original world with that sum and have those people committed to a mental institution.
Lu Qingyan scoffed, “Is two hundred and thirty billion a lot? To me, it’s nothing.”
Jiang Nanshu’s gaze shifted from Yan Yidan to Lu Qingyan.
“Where did you get so much money? You didn’t inherit the Lu Family fortune! You better not be lying to me!”
Yan Yidan wasn’t the least bit flustered and pulled out a bank card, “Sister, unlike men who just make empty promises, I deal in reality. This card holds a total of three hundred billion. You call off the engagement, and the card is yours.”
She handed it to Jiang Nanshu, her eyes full of confidence.
Jiang Nanshu was already tired.
She wanted to take it, but her hand was tightly held by Lu Qingyan.
It somewhat sobered up the money-loving part of her brain.
“If I take the money and fail to complete the mission, not being able to leave this world is a failure to me. What’s the use!”
Lu Qingyan’s bet was that the mission was more important to Jiang Nanshu than money.
Jiang Nanshu took a deep breath, her eyes fixed on the bank card as she refused, “I’m really sorry… I can’t agree to this.”
Yan Yidan: “…”
That’s really strange!
She seemed to love money so much!
Why reject this free gift?
Is it bad to leave the guy?
Does she really love this man that much?
Yan Yidan felt conflicted, having underestimated Jiang Nanshu’s love—the corner was tough to turn.
Since it was tough, she decided to change her approach.
So with a resigned sigh, “You really are as smitten with him as the rumors say. But I don’t want to give up just like that. It’s not easy to find someone attractive who also suits my tastes. So let’s not talk about such vulgar things as money. How about we compete fairly?”
“Actually, we could still talk about it.”
Jiang Nanshu’s heart was bleeding.
“That damn man owes me three hundred billion! If he doesn’t pay me back, I’ll throw him into the sea to feed the sharks.”
“How do we compete fairly?” Jiang Nanshu asked.
Yan Yidan looked at the hands they were holding.
He then looked toward Lu Qingyan’s indifferent face.
He slowly suggested, “It wouldn’t be too much to add me to your love affair, would it?”
Lu Qingyan: “…”
Jiang Nanshu: “?”
Do you hear what you’re saying?
What do you mean by ‘add one more?’
What kind of love affair involves three people? Isn’t that bizarre?
Jiang Nanshu felt their group was explosive enough to make waves just walking out together.
And seeing Yan Yidan’s relentlessness, she was somewhat headachy.
She didn’t really want to offend her.
What if she decided to dump Lu Qingyan, and Sister Ma Jia, appreciating her understanding, flipped her another bank card?
Yan Yidan, fixing her gaze on Jiang Nanshu, continued, “So now the three of us are in a love relationship. You can cheat on him, but you can’t cheat on me, okay?”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
“Sorry, I misspoke, got it backward,” she corrected seriously after giving Lu Qingyan another look. “That should’ve been said to you.”
Lu Qingyan: “…”
Your target could not be more obvious.
Why are you so fixated on someone else’s wife?
Is someone else’s wife that enticing?
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
This is insane, utterly avant-garde.
She clearly had only one boyfriend, and now she has a girlfriend too?
It’s absurd, to say the least.
It’s crazier than someone who’s escaped from an asylum.
Jiang’s gaze shifted to Xu Xi, who entered from the classroom door, a cup of steaming red bean milk tea in hand.
Sensing the atmosphere was off,
She stopped at the entrance.
Jiang Nanshu glanced at Yan Yidan and then at Lu Qingyan, who seemed to be starting to get a dark expression.
She exhaled deeply and made a significant decision.
She waved toward Xu Xi.
Xu Xi then scurried over, grinning, “Jiangjiang.”
With a serious expression, Jiang Nanshu looked at Lu Qingyan and Yan Yidan,”Since we’re all in this love affair, it wouldn’t be too much to add another one, right? Our Five Love combination will surely start a trend at Jing University.”
She smiled at the slightly stunned Xu Xi, “Welcome to our big family.”
Xu Xi: “…”
Lu Qingyan watched the chaotic quartet.
Feeling somewhat overwhelmed.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yang Jiashu coming in.
With a cool tone, he called, “Jiashu, come over.”
“Ah?” Yang Jiashu looked puzzled.
Upon seeing Yan Yidan, he nodded subtly to greet her.
Then he looked toward Lu Qingyan, “What is it, Brother Yan?”
Lu Qingyan stared hard at Yan Yidan, the one who came up with this rotten idea.
His thin lips parted slightly, “Join our love affair.”
He said with a smile to Yan Yidan, “You wouldn’t mind Five Love, would you?”
Yang Jiashu: “???”
He stared dumbfounded at the four people excluding him.
Coincidentally, all four were intently staring back at him, waiting for his consent.
“…”
Are you all insane?
“I—I do mind…” Yang Jiashu raised his hand, his voice faint as he expressed his opinion.
Lu Qingyan’s dark eyes devoid of emotion, prodded, “Speak up?”
Yang Jiashu: “…”
He swallowed hard, choosing submission over offending Lu Qingyan and sacrificing himself.
Finally, he suppressed the expression that almost broke his composure.
Then he said despondently, “I prefer even numbers…”
He waved backward, “Yun Chuan… are you in for Six Love?”
Jiang Yunchuan: “…”