CH 16

Wang Chengjin was still talking nonsense: “Mr. Li, this matter is simply too strenuous. Those people are quite difficult, I —”

Li Chengyuan interrupted coldly: “Get to the point.”

Xia Xingchi’s eyes scanned the picture of the little milk cake, thinking that since this person was so desperate to please Li Chengyuan, why didn’t he think about treating the guests to something to eat?

This was on par with his own stinginess, ah.

If Wang Chengjin knew that he thought so, he would definitely feel wronged: Today the boss obviously wanted to bring his lover out to play, and just asked him in passing to come over and report.

He had guessed that he would bring Young Master Xia, but didn’t expect that it would be a good-looking little lover instead……But no matter, he would be crazy to order food and “join them” to eat and talk.

Seeing that Li Chengyuan was impatient, Wang Chenjin quickly finished speaking: “All in all, if you do the math — the money owed by Young Master Xia is 15 million to be settled.”

“What……cough cough cough!”

Xia Xingchi was trying to determine through taste why the lemonade was so expensive, and almost choked to death when he heard these words.

Why didn’t he know that the original owner owed so much money?!

What kind of fate was this to be poor for two lifetimes, his debt increased tenfold after transmigrating?

The original owner had borrowed from more than a dozen loan sharks, so maybe he couldn’t remember the amount. They held his secrets and all kinds of information in their hands, walking on the edge of the law and daring to do anything for money.

Although Wang Chengjin was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, he was actually a local snake with connections and skills. He smelled a huge business opportunity —

This debt was quite messy, with many creditors and an amount that fluctuated erratically.

It was impossible for a busy boss to handle this mess in person. If he wanted to settle this chaotic bad debt, Mr. Li may need a “knowledgeable” right hand man.

A little kickback for this matter was worth millions. So relying on his thick skin and countless connections, Wang Chengjin finally contacted Li Chengyuan and assured him that it would be handled properly, and that all photos and information would be disposed of.

After Wang Chengjin made a quote, he quickly observed the situation, but saw that Li Chengyuan had remained calm and didn’t have a big reaction after hearing this.

The outcome was that the “little lover” sitting to the side could not sit still. Xia Xingchi was astonished and maddened: “Fifteen million? That’s impossible! Why would an ordinary person owe so much?!”

He had lived in the Xia residence for two days after transmigrating. Although the original owner had many luxuries that didn’t match his income, without investing or doing business, it was absolutely not possible to have so much money.

Wang Chengjin: “Some are gambling debts, and there is interest……this is a usury loan, the kind that doubles interest on a day-to-day basis.”

“Then are they not committing robbery?” Xia Xinchi said while pulling Li Chengyuan’s arm, “Usury is illegal. Li Chengyuan, we can’t pay back the money!”

Li Chengyuan deliberately kept silent, sounding out and silently observing Xia Xingchi’s words and reactions.

Now that some conjectures had been confirmed, he had more speculations about Xia Xingchi’s origins.

Wang Chengjin’s mood was not good. This “little lover” actually opposed it so fiercely?

He had wanted to take advantage of Mr. Li’s good relationship with Young Master Xia and extort him more. Who would have guessed that the person who came with him today was not Young Master Xia? This little lover was conceited due to being in the other’s good graces, using pillow talk to convince him not to pay back the “legitimate wife’s” money.

“This can’t be done!” Wang Chengjin hastened to remedy. “If you don’t pay back the money, or the police are called, even if the other party is caught, all the photos will be released and sent to everyone in Young Master Xia’s address book!”

Even if Xia Xingchi was not favored, Li Chengyuan wouldn’t want to lose face, right? He paid more than this for a single watch, and any ill-gotten leaked photo could earn a lot of money.

“But…..” Xia Xingchi gaped, feeling a sense of familiarity.

The original owner’s indecent photos were later exposed, and his career as a star was ruined — it turned out to be caused by this money?

If he didn’t want to be cannon fodder, he needed to avoid the countless pits that the original owner had stepped into, but he couldn’t help feeling at a loss. Let alone fifteen million, fifteen yuan could make him as distressed as if he was cutting flesh from his own body.

— How many veal steaks and milk cakes could that buy, ah!

As Xia Xingchi thought about it, he subconsciously glanced at the delicious food that he was coveting.

“Mr. Li, what do you think should be done?” Wang Chengjin turned his head and asked.

However, Li Chengyuan was still calm about these “serious” consequences, and only observed with interest the beautiful young man beside him who was struggling and thinking hard.

Wang Chengjin was dumbfounded, thinking to himself that this was simply foolishness!

He was indifferent to his fiance’s catastrophe, but instead listened to his little lover’s opinion?

Just as he was about to persuade him again, Li Chengyuan finally spoke, his tone seeming a little resigned: “Xia Xingchi, why are you being so stingy with yourself?”

“Because it is really too much money! And they’re breaking the law!”

While speaking, Xia Xingchi tilted his head and rubbed it against Li Chengyuan. Because a certain person had deliberately not stopped him before, he thought that they had to act as a couple and gradually became accustomed to it.

Wang Chengjin on the sidelines was stunned – Xia Xingchi? So he really was Young Master Xia……?!

But didn’t the rumors say he was average-looking and pudgy? No, no, no, this was not the point. The point was that he was about to share Mr. Li’s wealth. With so much money, how could he be so stingy!

Xia Xingchi rubbed his head so coquettishly that LiChengyuan was a little stiff and unnatural, his heart numb and itchy. But he didn’t push him away, and only pinched his ear lightly.

He made a lucky strike, and happened to grasp Xia Xingchi’s secret sensitive spot.

His earlobe was pinched by cool fingers, and his whole body suddenly trembled, his hands and feet going limp on the spot as if he had received an electric shock.

Immediately a little embarrassed, he remembered that they were “doing business” and had no choice but to endure it, thinking that he would have to tell Li Chengyuan not to touch that place in the future.

Li Chengyuan also noticed his abnormal reaction. He was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn’t help but want to pinch again.

Only then did he remember that there was an eyesore in the private booth, so he turned his head coldly and asked Wang Chengjin: “Do you have anything else to do?”

The double standard attitude was obvious.

Wang Chengjin knew that this was meant to drive away the guest. The boss had run out of patience, and his presence here was preventing them from flirting.

It was a challenge to negotiate this matter in one sitting. It was already good that Li Chengyuan was willing to see him, and there may be hope in the future.

Thus, he quickly left, not daring to be a third wheel for another second.

The booth fell silent.

Li Chengyuan was about to pinch that warm earlobe again, but Xia Xingchi suddenly took the initiative to “get off work.” Not only did he let go of his arm, but he also moved away.

Li Chengyuan: “……”

Perhaps one surnamed Wang should have been allowed to sit a little longer.

“My dear boss, you must have a solution, right?”

Xia Xingchi, who had a huge debt fall from the sky, looked over expectantly with a pair of big black eyes.

Even if Li Chengyuan was truly rich, his money didn’t fall from the sky either. Spending unjust money would make a little money-grubber feel especially distressed regardless of who it was spent on.

But of course it was not okay to just sit and wait for death and let indecent photos go flying around.

Xia Xingchi knew that the villain’s power was not only based on money, but was much more massive and inexplicable.

If he hadn’t died early due to poor health, he could have rewritten the original book as a “bad ending,” so it should be possible to solve this problem without wasting money.

When Li Chengyuan heard these words, he replied indifferently and without expression: “If you ask for help, you must display the attitude of asking for help.”

He had wanted to solve this trivial matter casually at first, but after thinking about it, he had a better plan.

In addition to probing Xia Xingchi’s reaction and identity, he had been waiting for this moment.

“Huh —” Xia Xingchi tilted his head. Although he was right, how could he have the correct “attitude” to repay the expensive favor of this big tycoon?

Just as he was thinking, he saw a cool, pale, slender hand clasp the menu in front of him and slowly knock twice. 

Seeing this, Xia Xingchi slapped his head: “I get it, you want to ask for a meal!”

“En.” Li Chengyuan nodded slightly, his expression calm and cold. “Sleep with me for another month.”

“Okay, no problem…..Ah?!” Xia Xingchi quaked.

He couldn’t believe his ears for a moment. The possibility of a misunderstanding in dialect flashed through his mind, and he suspected that he had heard it wrong.

It was a pity that a certain person not only had a deep and pleasant voice, but also had clear and standard pronunciation. He had obviously heard correctly.

“Li Chengyuan, you —” Dumbfounded, it took Xia Xingchi a long moment to regain his senses and get angry. “What do you mean!”

They had quarreled over this matter just yesterday, so he must be taking revenge by saying such things now.

Or did he want to prove that his so-called “strength of character” was no match for the catastrophe of this fifteen million debt?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he suddenly spouted off like a submachine gun: “I said I wouldn’t sell myself! If they want to publish the photos, they can publish them! Even if the face on the photos is now mine —”

The words came to an abrupt end here, and he realized at once that he had almost made a slip of the tongue in his anger, so he quickly shut up.

Li Chengyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing at the little angry hedgehog with its spikes sticking up, but he didn’t pursue this confusing and cryptic sentence.

He just asked indifferently: “Sleeping in the same bed counts as prostitution?”

His anger had already been half-frightened away by his slip of the tongue. Xia Xingchi was taken aback for a moment when he heard these words, and was too slow to be sure of their meaning.

“So you mean……actually sleeping?” He asked belatedly.

“Otherwise, what are you thinking about?” Li Chengyuan revealed a smile that was not a smile.

“I, I was also thinking that.”

Xia Xingchi blushed. It seemed that he lost his temper when he thought wrongly, and his guilt made him agree very quickly: “Okay then.”

Li Chengyuan lowered his head and took a sip of warm water to hide his triumphant smile.

This way, he didn’t have to go to his room to see him in the middle of the night, but could watch him at any time and even hold him in his arms.

Xia Xingchi spoke again: “But I don’t sleep very well.”

He always wanted to hug things when he fell asleep. What if he accidentally used the big villain as a pillow and he got angry when he woke up and beat him violently in the middle of the night?

He knew that Li Chengyuan’s sleep was very poor, and the book mentioned that when it got serious, he had to rely on sleeping pills every day to fall asleep.

Li Chengyuan didn’t give him any time to doubt, and directly made the final decision: “Bring your things to my room tonight – you order first.”

Xia Xingchi’s head was full of questions, and he was unable to solve them. He was at a loss when he saw the menu pushed in front of him.

The whole morning had been a tangle, and as expected, he had no time to mind him. Not only did he obliviously agree to the condition of the lamb entering the tiger’s den, but he was also blinded by all kinds of “sky-high” prices in the blink of an eye.

Since Li Chengyuan asked him to order, he could only bite the bullet and flip through the menu.

He felt his hands shaking more and more – even the cheapest ordinary sausage fried rice cost more than three hundred.

Xia Xingchi hesitated for a moment. Although this fried rice was relatively cheap, someone’s fragile glass stomach couldn’t handle greasy food.

Thinking of Li Chengyuan’s appearance when his stomach hurt, he couldn’t feed him indiscriminately just to save money.

His eyes finally stopped on a seemingly light and healthy seafood porridge, but he really couldn’t figure out why a bowl of porridge could sell for thousands.

In the past, this would cover his food expenses for more than half a year. The little money-grubber felt increasingly distressed as he thought about it, so he looked back and forth through the menu, hesitating over what to order.

Li Chengyuan sat next to him, seemingly expressionless, but in fact his eyes were full of malicious intentions. He vengefully wanted to make this little brat who only had money in his eyes feel distressed, spending money on him as if cutting flesh from his own body.