CHAPTER 98: CHAPTER 98 WORTH 10 YUAN

"How about coming to my place for dinner tonight?"

"Okay..." Luu Qi was about to agree, but she suddenly remembered Xi Yiqian was at home. If both she and Xia Liang went, She would be home alone. Realizing this, Luu Qi quickly changed her tune. "Well... I’m not really that hungry. Maybe next time."

Seeing that Qingxue was about to speak again, Luu Qi hurriedly interjected. "Sister Qingxue, this is my first time visiting, and I didn’t bring a gift. It would be too embarrassing to stay for dinner. Next time, I’ll definitely come next time."

"Alright then!" Hearing Luu Qi put it that way, Qingxue had no choice but to give up. "See you next week then."

"Okay!" Luu Qi readily agreed. Her job was part-time, so she only helped out at the coffee shop on Saturdays and Sundays. The rest of the week, she had to attend classes at school.

It wasn’t quite dark yet, and Qin Shiya also refused to let them walk her home.

After Qingxue left, Luu Qi turned to Xia Liang, looking smug. "Brother, how did I do today?"

Hearing this, he casually reached into his backpack and pulled out a bank card. "Great! You did great today! Your little performance was worth at least ten yuan! Here, take this..."

Xia Liang tossed the bank card to Luu Qi. "This is a shopping card with ten yuan on it. The PIN is six zeros. Feel free to use it!"

"Huh?"

What? Luu Qi had just been making a casual comment. She wasn’t expecting a reward; in fact, she had been ready to bicker with Xia Liang. But he just threw her a bank card with ten yuan on it? Is my cousin... getting a little too full of himself? Ten yuan?

The tiny bank card felt incredibly heavy in her hand. She instinctively moved to return it, but Xia Liang said teasingly, "What, are you shy? Your brother is a ’ten-thousand-yuan-household’ now. From now on, you can use this to buy things for Xi Yiqian and Sister Qingxue. Take it. Why be so formal with me?"

Only then did Luu Qi remember that Xia Liang was indeed a man of means now. Ten yuan was just pocket change to him. She also knew his personality; he would never take back something he had given away. If she tried to force it on him, he’d probably just toss it out the window. That was just the kind of person he was.

With that in mind, Luu Qi nodded in resignation. "Alright then. Since you’re giving it to me so sincerely, I shall graciously accept."

She tucked the card into her small purse.

I’m already making plans. Hmm, in the future, I can’t let Sister Xi Yi and Sister Shi Ya pay for everything. My brother is loaded now... As the self-proclaimed guardian of his harem, I have to use this money wisely. Whenever we buy things, I’ll just say my brother insisted and swipe the card for them!

Thinking of this, Luu Qi suddenly announced, "I’ve decided!"

"Decided what?" Xia Liang asked, puzzled.

Luu Qi started counting on her fingers. "From now on, I’ll spend Monday to Friday with Sister Xi Yi, and Saturday and Sunday... I’ll spend with Sister Shi Ya."

Xia Liang didn’t have much of an opinion on this. "Whatever makes you happy."

Luu Qi pouted. "Brother, how can you say that? I’m doing all this for you!"

Helpless, Xia Liang could only nod. "Alright, alright, alright!"

...

When the two of them returned home, Xi Yiqian had already prepared dinner. The sight of the table full of delicious, fragrant dishes made their mouths water, and their appetites surged.

"Brother! You’re a grown man! How can you still snatch food from me?"

"Because I want to. You can’t stop me!"

"Brother! Can’t you just let me have it for once?"

"Not a chance!"

「Half an hour later...」

The battle finally drew to a close when Xia Liang, from under Luu Qi’s very chopsticks, snatched away the last piece of sweet and sour pork.

...

After the meal, Xia Liang sat in the living room watching TV while Xi Yiqian washed the dishes, with Luu Qi naturally helping her. Watching this peaceful scene, Xia Liang couldn’t help but sigh. How great would it be if things could stay like this forever?

Time ticked by...

By eleven o’clock, Xi Yiqian and Luu Qi had gone to sleep. Only Xia Liang was still awake, valiantly protecting Konoha Village.

「However, elsewhere...」

In an apartment near Qingyun Music University...

"Holy shit!" a girl suddenly exclaimed.

Her live stream chat lit up.

"What’s wrong, Sannian?"

"What’s Su Sannian screaming about?"

"Don’t tell me there’s someone under Sannian’s desk?"

"Seriously? You can make a dirty joke out of anything, can’t you?"

...

The girl was none other than Su Yi. Since she was a live streamer who sometimes had to sing at night, she had opted for an apartment near the school instead of a dorm to avoid disturbing others.

Seeing the questions in her stream’s chat, Su Yi didn’t keep them in suspense. She held her phone up to the camera and played a video her best friend had just sent her. It was a recording of Xia Liang beating up the three human traffickers earlier that day and using hypnotism to interrogate Scorpion.

After they watched it, a heated discussion erupted in Su Yi’s chat.

"Is this for real?"

"Holy crap... it’s a publicity stunt, right?"

"Has to be. If that was real, it wouldn’t be hypnotism, it would be straight-up magic!"

"Agreed... probably from a movie shoot."

Amid the debate, some of her older fans found the man in the video strangely familiar.

"Sannian... why does this guy look so familiar?"

"+1. Sannian, did you hit on him before?"

"I remember now!"

"Me too!"

"Isn’t that the iron-clad straight man delivery guy Sannian flirted with a few days ago?"

"Oh my god! It really is him!"

Suddenly, quite a few people recalled the previous encounter. Seeing that Su Yi apparently knew Xia Liang, viewers immediately started sending gifts.

"Sannian, didn’t you get his WeChat? Just ask him out tomorrow and find out!"

"Exactly! If you’re still not convinced, just have him perform for you!"

"Sannian! Contact him now!"

"Quick, ask him out!"

...

In no time, the screen was flooded with comments spamming "Ask him out."

To be honest, Su Yi was very tempted. Besides the chance to ride the wave of popularity, it would be even better if she could start something with Xia Liang. But then she remembered she had sent him dozens of messages over the past three days without a single reply. Her excitement instantly deflated.

She muttered, "Just drop it. I’ve been trying to reach him for days, but he’s completely ignoring me."

Her words stunned many in the live stream chat.

"How is that possible?"

"Right? Who could resist the charms of Su Sannian? I don’t believe it."

"I agree! Unless he’s not a man!"

"Sannian’s a total score! Dying for it would be worth it!"

Seeing these comments, the viewers who knew the real story burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha! This brings me back to that day."

"The terror of Su Sannian being completely owned."

"A new Chapter in Sannian’s history of shame!"

"Let me tell you guys, this dude is a man. A one-hundred-percent, bona fide man!"