14: Chapter 14 I just love helping others

Zhao Xiaoshuai remembered those God of Gamblers movies he watched as a child.

In his memory, Brother Fa would always give a casual wave, raise the bet by a few million or tens of millions, and then ask if the opponent would call.

He now felt as if possessed by Brother Fa, directly multiplying the opponent's bet several times over, then waited with a full-faced smile for the opponent to reveal their cards.

After all, like Brother Fa, he relied on cheat skills.

The sudden, sharp increase in the bet was like a bucket of cold water, completely sobering Jiang Qin up. As if suddenly realizing something, he pointed a finger at Zhao Xiaoshuai:

"So you're a plant!"

"Setting up a scam for your grandpa, huh?"

Sister Hong hurriedly spoke up at this point, "Sir, our business operates on a principle of fairness to all, young and old. This gentleman is also here for the first time."

Jiang Qin didn't believe a single word of it. "Cut the useless talk. If he's not a plant, I'll livestream myself standing on my head and drinking a whole basin of foot-washing water!"

"Even if I were looking for a top-tier escort, it wouldn't cost this much! What's so special about your masseuse? Is she inlaid with diamonds?"

"A shady joint, trying to fool people like they're idiots. If you guys weren't so insatiably greedy, your grandpa here might have actually fallen for it!"

Cursing and grumbling, Jiang Qin turned and walked away. "Your grandpa can go somewhere else and have all the fun he wants for a thousand bucks!"

"Another turtle backing out. How boring," Zhao Xiaoshuai shook his head, unimpressed.

Sister Hong looked over this extravagant patron, scrutinizing him from head to toe, now feeling somewhat uncertain herself.

To be honest, she thought he was probably just talking big and was unlikely to actually shell out sixty thousand for a foot wash.

"Handsome, our Yuyan is doing her first major service today. You've hit the jackpot."

Zhao Xiaoshuai actually believed this.

In the system's rating, Xu Yuyan's experience score was 8 points, meaning she had only been with one man in her life, had only ever loved one man.

"But handsome, for our major services, payment is required upfront. Also, there's one thing I need to confirm: do you still stand by what you said earlier?"

"Of course I do. It's just sixty-one thousand, right? Give me the QR code."

For such a high expenditure, Sister Hong naturally wouldn't quibble over the normal foot-washing fee. With a meaningful glance, the receptionist girl prepared the payment QR code.

*Beep!*

[cash-back card -1, multiplier copper card -1]

[Current cash-back rate: 142%, final cash-back amount: 86,620 yuan]

Seeing that he had genuinely earned sixty thousand from this one transaction, even the worldly-wise Sister Hong couldn't help but show her delight: "Handsome, you're a real sport!"

Although Zhao Xiaoshuai was secretly thrilled, he also silentlyMake complaints himself: 'If spending money equaled making money, you'd be a sport too...'

After this deal, his savings would surpass two hundred thousand.

"Yuyan will be off work after finishing this appointment. So, will you leave directly, or after the massage?"

The Red Romance establishment was a relatively cautious type. The boss lady was actually hinting that only massages were available in the shop; major services required taking the girl out.

Although Zhao Xiaoshuai didn't quite catch the hint, upon learning she was an old classmate, his initial intentions faded. He turned to Xu Yuyan and said:

"The massage doesn't really matter. If you can clock out right away, then let's go. We can chat outside."

Once outside, as Zhao Xiaoshuai was thinking of finding a convenient place, he heard Xu Yuyan say timidly, "My place is this way."

Generally, the shop would prepare specific rooms, privately referred to as 'playrooms.'

However, since this was Xu Yuyan's first time, many things hadn't been explained to her clearly yet.

Plus, her home was nearby anyway, and no one was there, so sheGo with the flow invited this generous-spending boss home.

After all, after deducting the shop's cut, she would still get over thirty thousand in one go.

This was an income she hadn't dared to imagine in recent years.

Zhao Xiaoshuai, not yet realizing she hadn't recognized him, simply took it as an old classmate inviting him home and didn't find it strange.

Entering the apartment, it was a small one-bedroom, one-living-room, one-bath unit, filled with thebreath of daily life.

He was still admiring his old classmate's place when Xu Yuyan, inexperienced and unsure what to do, could only silently start undressing. By now, she was almost down to her underwear.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

Zhao Xiaoshuai didn't expect things to develop this way when he turned around and quickly took a step back.

Xu Yuyan was clearly caught off guard by the question, unsure for a moment whether she should continue undressing.

Zhao Xiaoshuai had no choice but to explain the whole situation from beginning to end.

Upon learning he was a former classmate, Xu Yuyan's face flushed bright red instantly. In her fluster, she picked up a coat to wrap around herself, hanging her head, not daring to look at him.

After a long while, she finally explained to him the ins and outs of how things worked at the foot bath parlor.

Zhao Xiaoshuai listened, finding it both funny and exasperating. He had almost caused a huge misunderstanding. But remembering the brief glimpse earlier, theheat in his heart was reignited.

After an awkward silence between them, Xu Yuyan seemed to have made some kind of decision and asked in a small voice:

"Are you very rich now?"

Zhao Xiaoshuai thought about it. If he were considered very rich, his current cash was only around two hundred thousand.

But with Cheat Dad's existence, it was only a matter of time before he became afor real tycoon.

So he replied with full confidence, "I'm doing alright. Just a tiny bit rich."

"How much do you think I'm worth?"

Zhao Xiaoshuai was taken aback for a moment, then replied coolly, "How much do *you* think you're worth?"

He was a bit angry. Hearing these words from the white moonlight of his memories, a knot ofBlocking air formed in his chest.

It wasn't that he still had lingering feelings for Xu Yuyan. He was the type to give his all when in love, but once he moved on, he never looked back.

Sincethorough walking out of that relationship in his senior year of college, Xu Yuyan had become just a symbol in his memory.

However, he wouldn't allow the figure from his memory to be tainted, even by her own self.

"I don't know..." As if stung by his tone, Xu Yuyan's tears began to fall, one by one.

Zhao Xiaoshuai realized his own bluntness and felt some regret.

For the former high school belle to have come to this point, there must be many stories behind it.

Lashing out without understanding the situation really wasn't right of him.

He softened hismood, sat down beside her, and gently patted her back:

"Would you like to tell me what you've been through since high school?"

InNarrated in fits and starts, it was a very cliché story,It's nothing more than everyone fleeing when disaster strikes..

In high school, Xu Yuyan had her heart captured by aRogue Handsome campus troublemaker. Later, she attended an ordinary second-tier university, while he went to a regular technical school.

After starting university, despite her mother'sbe opposed to, she married that man. Later, her mother was diagnosed with uremia.

Her father had passed away early, soIt can be said the only people she could rely on were her husband and his family.

Her husband said he was going to the south to work and earn money, but then he never made contact again.

Simultaneously, themale's family also cut off contact with them.

She kept waiting for her husband to return, working and taking on side jobsDo your best, but it was still not enough to make ends meet.

It wasn't until recently, when she had spent all the family's savings and her mother needed continuous dialysis, that she felt forced to do this.

"Do you have any children?"

"No. Thankfully not, otherwise I wouldn't know how to get by."

"How much does it cost per month now?"

"For my mom, the cheapest is over four thousand a month, and that's not including other miscellaneous expenses. Unless you can come up with three to five hundred thousand in one go, this illness is just a bottomless pit."

Zhao Xiaoshuai thought for a moment and said calmly, "Don't do this kind of work anymore."

"I don't want to do it either. But how can I survive if I don't?"

"It's simple. I'm the kind of person who just loves helping others. I can give you a hundred thousand every month."

After all, she was an old classmate. He should help if he could, and it would also slightly make up for the old dreams of his youth.

Of course, the most important thing was that this old classmate could stably produce copper cards. Having fun while also making money—why wouldn't he do it?

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Meanwhile, at a certain police station in Chuncheng.

"Name."

"Jiang Qin. Officer, I just arrived from out of town. It's really my first time, and we hadn't even started yet. It's like I didn't do anything at all."

"I ask, you answer. No extra talk. Where are you from?"

"Guancheng."