Chapter 41

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Translator: Cheese

Shift in affection

Xi Yun saw his expression of shock and shot him another blank look. In those eyes were the blatantly expressed words:

As expected, a total miserly scrooge.

Tang Qifeng instantly recalled the bold statement the eldest young miss had said at noon yesterday, standing in front of the doors of the toy shop. Once again, he sank into deep self-doubt.

Could it be that he really was stingy?!

He shouldn’t be?

Xi Yun grew impatient. “Are you still asking or not? If not then move aside. I still need to go to school.”

Tang Qifeng gritted his teeth and waved his hand, asking the driver to withdraw money again.

Xi Yun took a look at the hustle and bustle of people and beckoned, leading Tang Qifeng over to a small alley nearby, where they wouldn’t be spotted.

Xi Yun was not You Pinyan, who had a generous heart. He was a cautious child.

After receiving the money, he carefully counted to make sure there was no problem, then placed down his bookbag and prepared to place them inside.

Tang Qifeng: “I can ask now?”

Xi Yun stored the money in his book bag and zipped it up before saying, “What information do you want to request? Different people have different prices.”

Tang Qifeng: “The… the prices are different?”

Xi Yun, matter-of-factly: “Of course. I charge different fees for different homework subjects.”

Tang Qifeng: “…”

Were all elementary school kids such profiteers nowadays?

After being mystified for a long time, he asked, “What relationship do you and that girl you were with that day have with You Pinyan?”

Xi Yun smiled. “This information is more expensive. Let’s talk about the price first.”

Tang Qifeng: “How much?”

Xi Yun put up five fingers.

Tang Qifeng gave it some thought. “Fifty thousand1? That’s fine.” So long as the information was valuable, fifty thousand wasn’t expensive.

Xi Yun promptly rolled his eyes and took the deposit out to return to him.

“I don’t do business with cheapskates.”

He said as he pushed past him and left.

Tang Qifeng hurriedly stopped him and offered, speechless, “Five hundred thousand?”

Xi Yun sighed and looked at him helplessly. “Are all overbearing CEO’s so stingy nowadays?”

The expression on Tang Qifeng’s face suddenly became quite a sight.

O, overbearing CEO? Stingy?

What the hell ah? What were little school kids thinking in their heads nowadays?

Xi Yun could only state it outright. “I want five million. Isn’t that how people act on TV?”

“This is a check for five million, here. Leave my son.” The little kid perfectly imitated what he learned from the evil mother-in-law on TV.

This was a small country town, but overbearing CEO idol dramas were all the rage regardless of location.

Tang Qifeng wished he could bang his head against the mossy wall of the alleyway. The TV dramas have harmed him.

Five million, that was no small sum for a rich person. How could it be given away so casually?

Xi Yun snorted upon witnessing the man’s appearance. “Mine is definitely exclusive information that can’t be bought anywhere else. Once you buy it, you know you won’t suffer a loss.”

Tang Qifeng didn’t believe it.

Xi Yun: “I can tell you a bit. What you really want to ask isn’t what relationship You Pinyan and Su Tian jiejie have, but rather why You Pinyan isn’t willing to go back with you, right?”

Tang Qifeng paused, and his gaze as he looked at Xi Yun finally turned serious.

Truthfully, when he first bought information from Xi Yun, he had only wanted to approach the people in a roundabout manner. He didn’t expect that this little kid would touch on the crux of the matter right away.

Tang Qifeng finally grew serious. “If you can help me persuade Xiao Yan to go back, I can give you my five million.”

Even if the Tang family couldn’t compare with the wealth of the You family, it was still an outstanding elite family in the south. They could afford to take out five million.

The premise was that the information was worth five million.

And everyone knows about the check2~

Xi Yun: “You keep making Xiao Yan jiejie go back with you, but have you ever thought about why she doesn’t want to go back with you?”

Of course Tang Qifeng had thought about it. No doubt it was because of Auntie He and Xiao Yu. Xiao Yan had originally hated them, but with Uncle You blaming her because of the two of them, she took it out on the family.

Other than this, could there be any other reason?

There was a mysterious smile on Xi Yun’s face.

“When Pinyan jiejie was found by you, though she didn’t go back with you, she also didn’t run off somewhere else. Aren’t you curious why?”

Tang Qifeng: “…!”

That’s right ah. With Xiao Yan’s temper, if she hadn’t wanted to go back with him, she would have slipped away last night.

Xi Yun: “Because Pinyan jiejie is reluctant to leave here.”

Tang Qifeng: “Why is she reluctant to leave here?”

A small country town was lacking in its environment, lacking in convenience, lacking in everything. What about it made it attractive to the You family’s eldest young miss, who was used to seeing international cities and beautiful scenery?

Xi Yun raised a hand and made a money gesture. “The next part will be charged.”

Tang Qifeng paused, then quickly signed a check and handed it to the boy. “Five million. Hopefully your information will satisfy me.”

Xi Yun had only seen Su Tian’s check once. He quietly compared his with Su Tian’s and, finding that there were no issues, smiled cutely.

“I’m telling you, only I know this secret.”

Tang Qifeng stooped down and lowered his head.

Xi Yun stood on tiptoe and said mysteriously, “It’s because Pinyan jiejie likes Liu Kaiyan, so she’s reluctant to leave here. And of course, it’s even more impossible for her to go back with you.”

Tang Qifeng: “…!”

His eyes opened wide in shock.

How could that be? How could Xiao Yan fall for someone else?

Xi Yun didn’t seem to realize the man’s shock. He stuffed the check in his book bag, waved and said goodbye, and happily skipped off to school.

As soon as he walked out of the alleyway, the little child vigorously rubbed his chest. Who knew whether it was out of nervousness or excitement that his heart was nearly stopped.

Just now, Xi Yun’s expression had been steady3, but in actuality he’d been quite nervous inside.

So scary, so exciting, so… cool!

He instantly dealt with two bad guys trying to snatch his jiejie.

Tang Qifeng stood blankly in the small alleyway. His heart was practically rumbling thunder, blistering winds and lightning flashes, howling gales and torrential rains, blankets of black clouds…

His fiancee had actually shifted her affections to another man!

The most detestable thing was that the other party was a shabby high school student who was inferior to him in every way. Other than being younger than him, just where was he comparable to himself?

Hm?

You Pinyan was blind, was that it?!

After who knew how long, he finally gave a fierce kick to the wall, cursing. “Damn!”

He turned and got into the car. Liu Kaiyan, was it? He wanted to see just how that shabby high school kid compared to himself.

At Luocheng No. 14, when students were dismissed at midday, the students discovered a beautiful black car parked in front of the school gates. Someone who recognized it at first sight exclaimed in surprise:

“Isn’t this the car of that stupid second gen from yesterday?”

Other classmates asked who the stupid 2nd gen was.

The classmate who knew told the others about what happened yesterday, causing everyone to smile strangely as they passed by the car.

Su Tian, Wang Haoxue, and Liu Kaiyan were leaving school together and getting ready to go back to eat.

Since that time the K-brand bracelet had been trampled by Lin Xiuping, Wang Haoxue had been heartbroken for a long time. Su Tian decided to buy her a new bracelet as a birthday gift, as it was the little fatty’s birthday in a few days.

Wang Haoxue pulled over Su Tian and explained many times, this time don’t buy something so expensive. The most, most, most expensive it could be was no more than 5005.

Su Tian repeatedly had to agree and promise before the little fatty finally stopped.

The two girls enthusiastically read the latest fashion magazine as they walked along the road, choosing the styles Wang Haoxue liked. Liu Kaiyan patted the basketball as he followed them from behind, a light flickering in his eyes.

As they were walking, someone rushed over and called out to Su Tian, saying that the clown6 from yesterday was waiting at the gate. Maybe he was waiting for her?

Su Tian was stunned, then smiled and thanked them.

Liu Kaiyan: “Tiantian, do you think he’s here for that 110,000 yuan?”

Wang Haoxue also heard and found it pretty implausible. “No way ba. Can money that was given out be taken back? That doesn’t seem at all like someone who knows You Pinyan.”

The eldest young miss was much more generous than he was and casually gave away bracelets worth 180,000.

Su Tian: “Not likely. Let’s go and see.”

At any rate, his character was that of a noble-born son. The eldest young miss’s fiance wouldn’t do something so dishonest… right?

As soon as they reached the car, the window rolled down to reveal Tang Qifeng in the car seat.

Su Tian raised a brow. It wouldn’t be as Bigshot Liu7 said ba?

This was a bit too stingy ah.

Who knew that Su Tian, who had always been the focus of the crowd, was completely ignored this time.

Tang Qifeng looked at Liu Kaiyan, who was standing behind the two girls, and raised his chin. “You’re Liu Kaiyan? I have something to say to you. Get in.”

It was a pity that there was nobody to acknowledge his overbearing CEO act. Liu Kaiyan stood beneath the sun’s rays, his eyes growing indifferent the moment he saw the other man.

Bigshot Liu lifted the corners of his lips in a fake smile.

“If you have something to say, come out and say it.”

Su Tian and Wang Haoxue couldn’t hold it in. They exchanged glances and laughed quietly.

That’s right ah, you say “get in” and he’ll get in? Do you have money to give?

[1] Fifty thousand in Chinese is 五万, or five ten-thousand, so Xi Yun’s gesture makes more sense in the raws

[2. In reference to the “in-laws send away the love interest with a big fat check” trope as one of the premises for taking out five million. Just in case it was confusing

[3] 稳如老狗: steady as an old dog

[4] 洛城一中: I’m assuming this is the name of the school?? Someone correct me if I’m wrong

[5] ~$77

[6] 逗逼: a silly but amusing person

[7] 大佬: bigshot, tycoon, mogul

Cheese: xi yun’s such a cutie, even if he’s a devious money grubber

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