114: Chapter 114 Sit down, huh? Sit up?

After giving Su Ye another deep look, Liu Yi kicked Qin Qitian, who was still curled up on the ground clutching his precious jewels.

"Hey, what do you say?"

One had to know that Su Ye was now at the level of an amateur athlete, and he hadn't held back much earlier. Even if he hadn't completely crushed them, it was a heavy blow, and Qin Qitian still hadn't recovered.

However, Qin Qitian had heard the previous exchange clearly. Although Su Ye's background was unclear, judging by the behavior of Yu Chen and Chen Ze, it likely wasn't inferior to the two of them. Qin Qitian reckoned that if his family went head-to-head with Su Ye, they might still have a fighting chance. If he forced Liu Yi to intervene on his behalf, Liu Yi wouldn't go all out, and by then, his family would be facing strikes from the three families of Su Ye, Yu Chen, and Chen Ze, which would truly mean they were not far from falling apart.

But now he couldn't just play dead, so he had to bite the bullet and agree. Qin Qitian didn't dare imagine whether his father would break his legs if he went home and told him about this. At this moment, he wished he could just faint so he would have a way out.

Qin Qitian spat out a few words through gritted teeth: "Fine! I accept!"

Liu Yi looked at Yu Chen and said: "Then let the two of them resolve it themselves!"

He then turned and left, feeling that he had done all he could; at the very least, he had given the Qin Family a chance.

Yu Chen glanced at Qin Qitian at his feet and then said to Su Ye: "Let's go, Little Su."

Chen Ze winked and added: "Are you coming up to have tea with us, or are you going to—hmm-hmm?"

Hearing Chen Ze's words, Deng Jiaqi couldn't help but tremble, but she kept her head down and said nothing. She understood that this was no longer a question of whether she would accompany Qin Qitian or not.

Su Ye looked at Chen Ze speechlessly. Was he really such a lecherous ghost? He clearly didn't have any thoughts of that kind; he was just standing up for his younger self.

After thinking about it, Su Ye felt he still needed to explain things to Deng Jiaqi: "Brother Ze, you and Brother Chen go on up first. I need to settle some things here, and I'll come up in a bit."

Chen Ze stood to the side, winking and grimacing without speaking. Yu Chen checked the time and said: "There's still half an hour. If you want to attend the auction, hurry up."

Su Ye was secretly "furious." Hurry up? Who are you looking down on?

"Alright, alright, you guys hurry off. Thanks, brothers. I'll handle things from here."

Although the others besides Chen Ze and Yu Chen hadn't spoken, the fact that they could walk down and stand on Su Ye's side already indicated their stance.

Perhaps they wouldn't take action, but it still counted as a favor, one that Su Ye would definitely have to repay later.

Seeing Su Ye pushing the two of them away, Chen Ze laughed heartily: "Alright, alright, let's clear out. Look at how anxious Little Su is."

The others also gave Su Ye a look with smiles on their faces before following him toward the third floor.

Su Ye glanced at Qin Qitian, who was still playing dead and hadn't climbed up yet, then grabbed Deng Jiaqi and headed toward a room on the second floor of the cabin.

After Su Ye's footsteps faded and disappeared, Qin Qitian finally steadied himself against the cruise ship's railing and stood up, his gaze dark and vicious as he looked in Su Ye's direction. Today, Su Ye had ripped off his and the Qin Family's face, crushed it, and trampled it into the mud. This grudge had to be avenged no matter what.

The Qin Family's foundation was already insufficient; even after spending several years building it up, it was still somewhat shaky. If there was no explanation for today's incident, then the Qin Family wouldn't be able to survive in Sichuan Province in the future. Who knew how many jackals would rush up to tear the Qin Family, this piece of fat meat, to shreds and swallow it whole.

After using his card to open the room, Su Ye plopped down onto the sofa and took out a bottle of mineral water to drink.

Seeing Deng Jiaqi standing to the side, looking somewhat at a loss, Su Ye smiled and said: "What are you standing there for? Sit!"

Hearing this, Deng Jiaqi hesitated for a moment before beginning to lift her sailor uniform, revealing her smooth, flat stomach, and whispered: "300,000."

Su Ye was stunned for a moment, then grabbed Deng Jiaqi's wrist, stopping the exposure of her skin at that very moment.

"What are you doing? What 300,000?"

Deng Jiaqi raised her small face, her reddish eyes brimming with mist, thinking: Even if this person saved me, he's still a playboy just like Qin Qitian. Is he not even willing to give me the 300,000?

Thinking of her mother at home enduring such pain, Deng Jiaqi sniffled, threw her sense of shame to the ground, and said loudly: "Didn't you say to 'do' it? Also, the price I agreed on with Qin Qitian was 300,000, and not a cent less. It's my first time, but I can do it more than once with you."

Su Ye looked at this stubborn girl with a complex gaze. She gradually overlapped with the Deng Jiaqi in his memories, yet she also felt fractured. Su Ye didn't know what Deng Jiaqi had experienced in these eight or nine years to make her become like this.

Pulling Deng Jiaqi's hand to lower her lifted clothes, Su Ye pointed to the sofa on the side and said: "Money is easy to talk about. When I said 'sit' just now, I meant 'sit down,' not 'do' it! Do you understand?"

Deng Jiaqi's fair, tender little face turned red instantly. After hesitating for a moment, she sat on the sofa next to Su Ye, with a coffee table separating them.

Su Ye first took out a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to Deng Jiaqi, then said: "Deng Jiaqi, can you take a close look at who I am?"

As soon as Deng Jiaqi heard Su Ye call her name, the hand holding the water trembled. Except for a limited number of people, no one here would know her name.

She raised her head and looked earnestly at Su Ye, wanting to rely on that faint sense of familiarity to recall who Su Ye really was.

Just as Su Ye was feeling a bit disappointed in his heart and wanted to tell Deng Jiaqi the answer, her gaze suddenly focused on a tiny mole on Su Ye's earlobe, and she said with surprise: "You are Su Ye!!!"

Hearing Deng Jiaqi call out his name, Su Ye felt a sudden, inexplicable sense of immense satisfaction in his heart. Perhaps it was because hearing his name made Su Ye feel that the friendship from back then hadn't disappeared.

After all, aside from very close people, who could still call out the other's name after eight or nine years of separation without contact, especially after transitioning from youth to adulthood?

"That's right, it's me."

Deng Jiaqi said excitedly: "Why are you in—"

Halfway through, Deng Jiaqi's voice grew lower and lower until it was inaudible.

Yes, Su Ye came here as a client, one of the most powerful and influential people in Sichuan Province. And what about her? She was here to sell herself, a "bad" girl. How would Su Ye view her?

Now, she and Su Ye were no longer the classmates they once were; they were as different as heaven and earth. Although she was here out of necessity, she didn't want anyone she knew to find out. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and teardrops streamed down her cheeks.

Su Ye sensed that Deng Jiaqi's emotions were off, and upon a moment's thought, he realized what she was thinking.

After sighing lightly in his heart, he said: "Can you tell me why you suddenly transferred schools back then?"