CHAPTER 25: CHAPTER 25 DETAIL ORIENTED

His parents couldn’t stand his behavior, so they arranged a blind date for him. Not only did the woman look down on him, but his parents didn’t understand him either.

In an instant, Susu felt an overwhelming surge of emotions. A rich heir, a homebody with no social life, and so innocent. With so many labels, he’s the perfect catch! She had even asked a friend at the bank to verify the coins. They were all real!

This is no ordinary rich heir. If I can reel him in, I won’t have to scam for pennies anymore! My life will be set! Susu was quite confident in her methods. Although she wanted to fly to Xia Liang’s side and secure this jackpot immediately, she decided to probe a little more out of caution.

"Oh dear, what can be done? Brother Xia is so rich, it must be easy for him to find a girlfriend."

Hearing Susu’s words, Xia Liang instantly knew she was testing him and immediately adopted a distressed tone.

"The people in my circle despise me for being a homebody. They call me a total bore and look down on me. My parents won’t let me get involved with anyone else either, afraid they’re just after my money..."

As he said this, Xia Liang suddenly paused, his voice carrying a hint of hope.

"Susu, your family owns a company too. You wouldn’t look down on me, would you?"

When this audio message went out, the viewers in the live stream were stunned.

[Damn! Anchor, you’re awesome! An Oscar-winning actor right here!]

[I won’t even watch the National Day blockbusters if you’re not in them this year!]

[When masters clash, every move is lethal!]

[Damn! I have to admire it! Just listen to that tone! If I hadn’t seen the Anchor’s sly grin, I might have actually believed him.]

On the other end of the line, hearing Xia Liang’s words, Susu’s eyes grew brighter and brighter. Isn’t this exactly the perfect catch I imagined? I absolutely cannot let this opportunity slip by.

At that moment, Susu had made up her mind. She was no longer content with swindling a few coins from Xia Liang; she had set her sights on the man himself. One big score and I’ll be set for life! she thought. The idea of hooking Xia Liang and never again having to live in fear of being caught made Susu’s heart race. Her tone even became a bit eager.

"Of course not. Susu most likes how simple Brother Xia is. Despite being a rich heir, he doesn’t go out carousing, unlike Susu’s boyfriend. He spends every night drinking in foreign nightclubs..."

By the end, her voice was tinged with a sob, a truly eye-opening performance.

[She’s definitely a match for the Anchor. It’s all in the details.]

[She’s still a bit too eager. Notice her tone at the beginning. The Anchor still has the upper hand there.]

[Pah! The Anchor is so shameless, lusting after her body! Pah, despicable!]

[This is so thrilling! Better than a movie! A duel of wits, like swordplay without blades!]

The live stream chat was buzzing with discussion. Xia Liang raised a hand to quiet them.

"You’re all surprised by just this? What will you do when she comes over and we have a real acting competition? Calm down, calm down. People from other streams will think the viewers in my channel are so easily impressed."

After speaking, he tapped the dialogue box, and his previously placid tone changed in an instant.

"What an ingrate! He has a girlfriend as pretty as Susu and doesn’t know how to cherish her. If it were me, I would never be like that."

His voice was filled with anger, as if he felt a great injustice on Susu’s behalf, which was exactly what she wanted to hear.

Xia Liang’s words followed her internal script perfectly, unfolding exactly as she had hoped. Susu felt that Xia Liang was like the Monkey King, unable to escape her Five Fingers Mountain, his every move under her surveillance. Lost in her sense of intellectual superiority, Susu never imagined that she was the one walking step-by-step into the trap Xia Liang had set.

"Sigh, you’re right... Susu has been thinking, it would be great to be Brother Xia’s girlfriend. I could be with Brother Xia every day, without worrying about him going out and carousing. But unfortunately..."

Susu trailed off, but Xia Liang graciously finished the thought for her.

"There’s nothing unfortunate about it. That guy is out playing around all the time; he doesn’t love Susu at all. Break up with him and be with me. I’ll treat you right."

Although Susu wanted to agree immediately, she suppressed the urge. Agreeing too easily would seem abrupt, and she worried Xia Liang wouldn’t value it. Therefore, Susu decided to find a plausible excuse to "break up" with her boyfriend and officially become Xia Liang’s girlfriend. Three minutes later, she finally replied.

"We’ve only known each other for a day, and I don’t even know where you’re from. This is too fast. Who’s to say you won’t deceive me? Let me think about it, okay?"

Seeing Susu’s reply, Xia Liang felt a headache coming on and couldn’t help but complain to his stream.

"Damn, she’s still not agreeing even after all that? I really thought she’d impulsively say yes. She’s got some serious game, still playing hard to get. Looks like this is going to take another couple of days."

With that, Xia Liang listlessly picked up his phone.

"Alright then. It was presumptuous of me, so take your time to think it over. My teammates are calling me for a game, so I’m logging on."

After saying that, he paid Susu no more mind. On the other end of the line, Susu was dumbfounded. What the hell? He just left to play a game? Shouldn’t we be getting to know each other now? Like asking my age, where I live... I had my whole persona ready for him to ask! And now this?

Unwilling to give up, Susu sent a few more messages, but Xia Liang still didn’t reply. She couldn’t help but grit her teeth in frustration.

"He deserves to be single forever! Even as a rich heir, he’s nothing but a dead Fatty!"

But this very behavior made Susu lower her guard even more. Only a guy like this would have trouble finding a girlfriend, right?

Gleefully, she began scheming her next moves. Although the second-generation rich kid was easy to fool, she didn’t think his father, the first-generation founder, would be so simple.

Meanwhile, Xia Liang had already ended his stream and was on his way home.

「An hour later.」

Inside his rented apartment, Xia Liang was packing when his phone rang. It was an unknown number. Xia Liang was puzzled but answered anyway. A friendly, gentle voice came from the other end.

"Hello, sir! It has been several days since you purchased the Qingjiu Central Villa. May I ask when you would like to handle the move-in procedures?"

If this were the old Xia Liang, he would have been ecstatic, even with the System. Now, however, he just replied indifferently.

"Mm, I’ll be there in a bit."

It’s just a villa that cost a little over a hundred Yuan. Is it worth making such a big fuss about?

He hung up, collected only the coins in the room, and then hired a housekeeping service to clean the apartment from top to bottom. Afterward, Xia Liang found the landlord to return the keys.