24: Chapter 24 Don't be ungrateful

Five minutes ago, a silver-white Bentley Continental slammed on its brakes and stopped at the entrance of the Western restaurant.

A second-generation rich kid with a flashy, slicked-back hairstyle got out of the car and walked into the restaurant.

The manager recognized the visitor at a glance and greeted him with a fawning smile.

"Young Master Li, what wind blew you here!"

Although there were many second-generation rich kids in Nanling City, there weren't many like him who brought a different woman to eat Western food every few days.

As a manager, he naturally wouldn't fail to recognize his regular customers.

Li Zhuoran didn't say much, coolly replying with two words.

"Finding someone."

Seeing this, the manager tactfully stepped aside and made a gesturing motion for Li Zhuoran to proceed.

Li Zhuoran had previously arranged for a lackey to secretly monitor Chen Yao's every move.

As soon as Chen Yao stepped out tonight, Li Zhuoran received a report from his lackey.

Upon hearing that Chen Yao had arranged to meet a young man here tonight with her younger sister, Li Zhuoran felt an immediate surge of displeasure.

He felt he was just about to win over this long-legged, curvy legal beauty.

At that point, he'd open up a sea-view room in Sanya, have a bottle of red wine for a little drink, and have a few days of intense 'deep communication.'

Not only would Chen Yao not resist, she would even have to bow and scrape to thank him for being willing to lend her money to save her mother.

Of course, this money wasn't being lent for free; Li Zhuoran had already agreed with Chen Yao that it would be calculated according to standard market interest.

In other words, this woman was not only free, but she was even proactively paying interest to deliver herself to his door.

Such a good deal was rare.

So Li Zhuoran would absolutely not allow any complications to arise now.

However, as Li Zhuoran walked to the door of the private room, he heard Chen Yao's excited voice coming from inside.

She seemed to be thanking the other party for being willing to lend her money.

"That bitch, she actually went to find someone else behind my back!"

"Don't even think about escaping my grasp!"

Fuming with rage, Li Zhuoran reached out and pushed open the door to the private room.

"Yaoyao, didn't I promise to transfer the money to you in a few days?"

"Why did you have to go looking for someone else!"

Li Zhuoran walked into the private room, suppressing the anger in his heart and putting on the appearance of a gentleman.

He pulled over a chair and sat down between Chen Yao and Lin Yi.

Lin Yi frowned, feeling that the newcomer looked a bit familiar.

Recalling carefully, it seemed that when he met Chen Yao at the Nanling Hotel last night, this man was the one sitting across from her.

At that time, he had thought the two were in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.

But now, looking at the way Chen Yao looked at this man—with a hint of disgust amidst her panic—it seemed their relationship wasn't good.

Li Zhuoran also sized Lin Yi up.

Lin Yi was currently wearing the clothes Ye Shuangshuang had taken him to pick out yesterday.

Though they were well-fitting and handsome, in the eyes of a second-generation rich kid like Li Zhuoran, clothes costing a few thousand yuan were no different from street stall goods.

With just this one glance, Li Zhuoran determined that the man in front of him wasn't anyone wealthy.

He felt a sense of relief in his heart.

"Yaoyao, your mother's surgery costs are not a small amount; you don't need to trouble others."

"Do you think just anyone can casually take out so much money?"

"Be good, be obedient. I've already bought the plane tickets; we can leave for Sanya the day after tomorrow."

"At that time, not only will I lend you all the remaining treatment costs, but I'll also help you put in a word with the director of Nanling Hospital."

"My father has always had a very good relationship with the director."

"When the time comes, the hospital will surely put more heart into your mother's treatment."

After saying that, Li Zhuoran reached out to take Chen Yao's hand.

Before Chen Yao could react, Chen Fei pulled her sister's hand back first and stood in front of her.

"Mr. Li, please show some self-respect. Don't think I don't know what you're planning."

"My sister doesn't like you at all. She was only willing to go to dinner with you yesterday because she wanted to borrow money for our mother's surgery."

"Now we've already borrowed the money, so please don't harass my sister anymore in the future!"

Chen Fei was huffing with anger, her impressive chest rising and falling slightly from her fury.

This moment left Li Zhuoran dazed.

He hadn't known that Chen Yao actually had such a cute younger sister.

Li Zhuoran licked his lips and gave an ill-intentioned smile.

He made up his mind to take down both of these sisters together.

"You say you've borrowed the money?"

"Aren't you afraid you've been tricked by this poor loser!"

"Over six million in cash flow, do you know how large a sum of money that is?"

"Bragging without even a script. I think he's watched too many brainless power-fantasy dramas and thinks he's some kind of overbearing CEO!"

Li Zhuoran snorted coldly and gave Lin Yi a disdainful roll of his eyes.

Hearing Li Zhuoran say this, Lin Yi also felt displeased.

And combined with what Chen Fei just said, it seemed this second-generation rich kid wanted to take advantage of the sisters' urgent need for money to strike while the iron was hot.

How could these rich people have such filthy minds!

"If I can produce that much money, what would you have to say then?"

Lin Yi rested his chin on his hand, wearing a playful expression.

"Stop pretending. If you can produce that much money, I'll kowtow to you right now and call you Grandfather!"

"Fine, you said it. I hope you're a man of your word."

Lin Yi looked at Li Zhuoran coldly and gave a contemptuous smile.

You dog, looking down on people!

Looking down on me, are you?

I have the system with me; the more I spend, the more money I'll have!

I'll open your eyes today!

Lin Yi took out his phone, went to the transfer page, and then handed the phone to Chen Yao.

"Enter your bank card number."

Chen Yao hurriedly shook her head.

"Mr. Lin, we haven't signed a loan contract yet!"

Lin Yi waved his hand.

"It's just a mere six million plus, no need to sign."

Lin Yi spoke as if it were nothing, but Li Zhuoran had a face full of disdain.

"Tch, your tone is certainly arrogant."

"I'm afraid you won't even save up six million in your entire lifetime."

"Keep pretending, I'll see how long you can keep it up!"

Li Zhuoran's own monthly allowance was only five hundred thousand; he'd have to figure something out to scrape together over six million.

Yet this poor loser in front of him, dressed in street stall gear, actually had the audacity to think six million was a small amount.

His head must have been kicked by a donkey; he'd say any big lie just to pick up girls.

"Yaoyao, give him the card number and let him transfer it now!"

"I want to see how he handles the aftermath in a moment!"

Li Zhuoran urged.

Chen Yao was somewhat hesitant at this moment.

But after seeing the certain look in Lin Yi's eyes, she still took the phone and entered her bank card number.

Ding!

In less than half a minute, Chen Yao's phone received an incoming transfer text message.

Chen Yao hurriedly opened her phone to look.

It showed that one million had arrived in her bank card.

She hadn't expected Lin Yi to really send her a huge sum of one million without a second word.

Adding the gift income of over five hundred thousand he tipped her sister Chen Fei yesterday, he had already given the sisters 1.5 million!

However, this amount was still some distance from covering the full surgery costs.

Didn't Lin Yi just promise to lend over six million...

How come now...

Chen Yao's thoughts shifted, and she seemed to understand something.

Perhaps Lin Yi just wanted to use this transfer to prove that he indeed had the financial capacity.

As for the balance, that would probably wait until after she signed a loan contract with him.

After all, he also had to protect his own property's safety.

It was understandable.

At this time, Li Zhuoran, who was beside them, leaned his head over and saw the text alert on Chen Yao's phone.

"Hahahaha, I thought you were so rich!"

"I'm afraid this one million was everything you had in your family savings!"

"Yaoyao, I'll give you one last chance. Think it through carefully."

"If you come with me, I will definitely make up the rest of the money for you."

"But if you don't know what's good for you, then don't blame me for being heartless."

"Don't wait until you find out you've been tricked by this poor loser to come back and beg me."

"I won't be soft-hearted then."