"I like Qi Chuyao, so let me give you a piece of advice: get away from her right now, and don't be so ungrateful," Shen Liang said coldly.
Chen Xiao gave a dry chuckle. "And what if I'm not willing?"
With a sinister look in his eyes, Shen Liang gritted his teeth. "If you aren't willing, don't blame me for not being polite."
"Oh, well then, I'm not willing," Chen Xiao replied immediately.
Furious, Shen Liang felt as though Chen Xiao was treating him like an idiot and just playing with him.
Chen Xiao raised an eyebrow, looking at Shen Liang with a provocative gaze.
Shen Liang flew into a rage, roaring, "Cripple him right now! I'll take the blame if anything happens!"
The five men beside him exchanged glances, then raised their fists and rushed toward Chen Xiao.
They had been burning with resentment for a long time, watching Chen Xiao snatch away the campus beauty everyone adored.
Five against one.
They were confident they could take Chen Xiao down.
In truth, given Chen Xiao's strength, let alone five boys, even fifty boys would have been a breeze to handle.
In the blink of an eye.
Chen Xiao kicked all five boys sprawling to the ground.
The guy in glasses had his glasses knocked off, and they landed goodness knows where.
They rolled around on the ground, howling in pain.
The moment Chen Xiao kicked them into the air, they felt as though they saw their ancestors waving at them.
Seeing Chen Xiao walking toward him, Shen Liang felt his scalp go numb and panicked completely.
He retreated step by step, his voice trembling as he said, "I am the second young master of the Shen Family. Don't do anything reckless, or you won't come to a good end."
"The Shen Family? Never heard of it," Chen Xiao said, shaking his head.
Shen Liang stared blankly. He had intended to intimidate the guy, but the fellow wasn't scared at all.
Chen Xiao walked forward, reached out his right hand to grab Shen Liang by the throat, and gradually tightened his grip.
Finding it hard to breathe, Shen Liang asked with difficulty, "What... what are you doing?"
Tilt his head, Chen Xiao suddenly flashed an utterly harmless, innocent smile at Shen Liang.
"Now, you've been kidnapped by me."
What?
Shen Liang was dumbfounded, staring blankly at Chen Xiao.
"If you want to live, cough up three million in ransom, or I'll finish you off."
Shen Liang: "..."
You can actually *do* that?!
This is fucking brutal!
Just then, Chen Xiao received a call from Qi Chuyao.
"Chen Xiao, what are you up to?"
"I'm out making money," Chen Xiao said cheerfully.
Qi Chuyao: "..."
Holding her phone, she stood there looking completely bewildered.
Hearing Chen Xiao's words, Shen Liang felt like crying without tears. He wanted to find a piece of tofu and bash his head against it.
Usually, *he* was the one bullying others; never in his wildest dreams did he expect to be bullied himself.
After hanging up, Chen Xiao sent his location to Qi Chuyao.
He put away his phone, and seeing that Shen Liang had no reaction, he tightened his grip with his right hand once more.
Shen Liang's face turned beet red, the intense feeling of suffocation driving him to the absolute brink of panic.
"Don't finish me off! I'll pay... I'll give you the money!" Shen Liang managed to squeeze out.
"Hurry up and shell out then."
Chen Xiao smiled, releasing his grip, and looked at Shen Liang with expectant eyes.
He figured making money wasn't as hard as people on the internet made it out to be—three million landed in his hands just like that.
So simple.
Following a few operations on Shen Liang's end, Chen Xiao quickly received a notification that the three million had been credited to his account.
Chen Xiao patted Shen Liang's shoulder and chuckled lightly, "Alright, if I'm short on cash next time, I'll look you up again. Pleasant cooperation, huh?"
Shen Liang's face darkened, his mouth twitching violently.
Damn it!
It looks like this isn't over yet!
Chen Xiao turned around to buy a bottle of water, getting ready to wait for Qi Chuyao to arrive.
"This three million should be enough to last me a while."
Staring at Chen Xiao's retreating back, Shen Liang wore a resentful expression.
"You and Qi Chuyao, just you wait! You aholes, I won't let you off."
Shen Liang had never suffered such a massive insult before, and he vowed to get his revenge no matter what.
With that, he took the five men and left in utter disgrace.
A short while later, Qi Chuyao tracked him down and noticed a bottle of water in Chen Xiao's hand, which she found a bit strange.
"Where did you get the money?"
She remembered that Chen Xiao was broke, and Liu Feng's four hundred thousand had been given to her anyway.
"The money I just made," Chen Xiao replied.
Curious, Qi Chuyao asked, "How did you make it?"
Chen Xiao smiled and recounted his effortless moneymaking experience just now to Qi Chuyao.
After listening, Qi Chuyao burst into loud laughter—it turned out he had made it off Shen Liang.
But soon, a trace of worry crept into Qi Chuyao's mind.
"You need to be careful. Offending this Shen Liang means he might come looking for trouble with you again in the future," Qi Chuyao kindly reminded him.
Chen Xiao said with a hint of delight, "That's fantastic! I was hoping he'd come looking for trouble."
Qi Chuyao was a bit dazed. "Huh?"
"If he comes looking for trouble again, won't I have another chance to make money? Next time I'll start the bidding at six million," Chen Xiao said smugly.
Qi Chuyao: "..."
This way of making money was truly unexpected.
"Fine, but you still need to watch your own back," Qi Chuyao reminded him once more.
"I know," Chen Xiao replied casually.
"Still, there's nothing to fear. We have the Qi family, after all. Not just anyone can mess with people from the Qi family," Qi Chuyao said imperiously.
Chen Xiao feigned a deeply moved expression. "Chuyao, you are so good to me."
"I really have no way to repay you, so I can only offer myself to you. Let me stay in your room tonight."
Speechless, Qi Chuyao asked, "Chen Xiao, do you hear the sound of the wind blowing from afar?"
Not catching the drift, Chen Xiao asked in return, "What does that mean?"
"Get lost."
Shen Liang hadn't gone far. Watching the two of them laughing and chatting away, his teeth itched with hatred and his expression turned utterly hideous.
He pulled out his phone and made a call.
"Young Master Shen, what do you need?"
Shen Liang said venomously, "Help me cripple someone. Name your price."
The person on the other end of the line paused for a moment, then said, "No problem."
***
Meanwhile, Qi Zhenguo was sitting in the living room, brewing and sipping tea.
At the entrance, a woman rushed in looking travel-worn.
She had a graceful figure, exquisite makeup, and a pair of charming peach-blossom eyes.
The moment she caught sight of Qi Zhenguo, she froze in her tracks.
"Uncle, you... you're alright?"
Qi Zhenguo put down his teacup and said with a smile, "I'm fine."
The woman was named Qiu Shanya, and she was Qi Chuyao's cousin.
She had been away on a business trip in another city, but upon hearing the news that Qi Zhenguo was on his deathbed, she had rushed back in a panic.
Never did she expect to find him sitting right in front of her, fit and well.
"Uncle, shouldn't you be..."
At a complete loss, Qiu Shanya didn't know what to say.
Qi Zhenguo smiled and beckoned with his hand. "Shanya, sit down first, and I'll tell you all about it."
After Qi Zhenguo finished recounting how Chen Xiao had saved his life, Qiu Shanya wore a face full of shock.
"How is that possible? That's too miraculous!" Qiu Shanya exclaimed.
Even if someone on the verge of death was cured, it was impossible for them to be jumping around as good as new by the very next day.
Yet the result had happened right before her eyes, forcing her to believe it.
"Uncle, did you say that Chen Xiao is Qi Chuyao's fiancé?" Qiu Shanya asked immediately after recovering her wits.
Qi Zhenguo nodded with a smile. "That's right. I was just about to talk to you about this and ask for your help."