26: Chapter 26: Making a Bet with Xin’er!

26: Chapter 26: Making a Bet with Xin’er!

The image is too beautiful, I can’t bear to look directly at it!

“Xin’er, let me scrub the pot for you!”

Wu Jie hurried to the kitchen, not daring to linger.

“I’ve already washed it!” Tang Xin took off her apron and threw it to Wu Jie.

She then walked out of the kitchen to find Lin Wan bending over to take a close look at the egg noodles, tsk-tsking in admiration, “Lin, your figure is just too good!

How do you keep in shape?

If you want some, I can make another serving for you.”

“I do yoga and running!” Lin Wan stood straight up, shaking her head, “You guys go ahead and eat, just smelling it is enough to fill me up!

Eating a late-night snack feels so guilty!”

“Dieting?” Tang Xin pulled out a chair and sat down, “How can you have the energy to lose weight if you don’t eat well?”

Lin Wan sighed, “No way around it, I guess.

I gain weight easily but losing it is hard, so I have to control my diet.

Go on, you eat.

I’m going to use the restroom and then catch some more sleep.”

After saying that, Lin Wan yawned and headed for the restroom.

Throughout the entire time, she didn’t notice anything amiss.

Feeling a bit like a thief with a guilty conscience, Wu Jie sat down and started to eat his noodles.

Tang Xin sneakily glanced toward the restroom, then leaned in closer, giggling, “How was it?

You must have seen everything just now, right?”

“Seen what?

Don’t talk nonsense!” Wu Jie replied in a low voice.

Tang Xin huffed softly, pointed at Wu Jie’s collar with her chopsticks, and said with a smirk:

“When Lin bent over just now, you dare say you didn’t look?

I saw it all!

You’ve had quite the eyeful, haven’t you?”

Wu Jie kept his head down and mutter as he ate his noodles, “That’s exactly why I wanted to go scrub pots in the kitchen—to get away.”

“Yo!

I didn’t expect Mr.

Loyalty to actually have such integrity!” Tang Xin giggled, “Based on Lin’s rental conditions, you must be a single office worker, and Lin told me you work at Tanglong Industrial Group.

So, do you know Tang Xiao?”

“Of course!

She’s our CEO, who doesn’t know her?”

As Tang Xin ate her noodles, she said, “Actually, she is my cousin.

I used to live with her, but she was too strict, so I moved out.”

Her tone paused, and Tang Xin watched Wu Jie with narrowed eyes.

“From the moment we met, you seemed hesitant.

Looks like you knew already that she and I are sisters, right?”

Unable to deny it, Wu Jie nodded, “The first time I scrolled through a live stream and saw you, I thought you looked very similar.”

Tang Xin smiled and said, “Then, you wouldn’t tattle on me, would you?”

Wu Jie hesitated.

“Don’t hesitate!

Give me a straight answer.

If you agree to keep my secret for me, I’ll help you pursue Lin.

Based on my observations and analysis, she’s definitely single, and…

definitely still flawless!”

The last four words, Tang Xin whispered very quietly.

Pfft!

Wu Jie nearly burst into laughter, but fortunately, he covered it in time, or he would have sprayed Tang Xin’s face with noodles.

“Come on!

No need to get so excited, right?”

Tang Xin muttered to herself, trying not to chuckle.

Wu Jie hastily took a paper napkin to wipe his mouth.

“Look at you, a girl as pretty as a flower, who seems so pure and cute.

How can you be so bold?

Couldn’t you speak more subtly?”

Tang Xin coldly snorted, “Please, what era do you think this is?

We’re both adults, at the age where it’s time to talk about marriage.

If we don’t talk about love, should we exchange poetry instead?

Just tell me straight.

If you like me, I’ll help you, but on the condition that you keep my secret.

I don’t want my sister to know I haven’t gone back to school.”

Wu Jie laughed, “I appreciate the offer, but pursuing her…

let’s hold that thought!

And don’t worry, I won’t snitch to your sister.

But…

are you sure your parents know how bold you are?”

“This is bold?” Tang Xin snorted dismissively, “You haven’t met my parents yet—they’re the real definition of bold!

Alright, hurry up and eat.

I’m dying of sleepiness here!”

The two quickly finished their noodles.

As Wu Jie cleaned up and washed the dishes, Tang Xin leaned against the kitchen door, saying:

“I’ll say something that might hurt, but with your qualifications, chasing after Lin is going to be really difficult.”

“Based on your attire, I’d guess your income isn’t very high, probably around six thousand at most, and after paying for rent and utilities, there wouldn’t be much left, right?”

“With housing prices as they are, having no house, no car, and no savings, trying to pursue a top-notch beauty like Lin is seriously tough!”

“In any case, it’s not that I want to discourage you, but you and her…

heh, you’re simply from two different worlds!”

Tang Xin saw Wu Jie keep silent and chuckled, “What’s the matter?

Secretly crying?”

Wu Jie put away the dishes and turned around.

“Can you not look down on people so much?”

Tang Xin curled her lips and laughed, “What’s wrong?

Little universe about to explode?

Then why don’t we make a bet?

If you can win Lin’s heart with your own ability, or buy a three-bedroom apartment no worse than this within one year, I’ll consider you the winner.”

“If you win, I’ll spend three days with you, shopping, watching movies, anything you ask me to do!”

“However, if you lose, then you’ll have to be my helper for a month.

You’ll have to accompany me in my games, and do whatever I tell you to, even take beatings for me.

Do you dare to bet?”

Wu Jie wiped his hands and shook his head, “Why is it that if I win, you only accompany me for three days, but if I lose, I have to serve you for a whole month?”

Tang Xin snorted with a laugh, “Three days is too little for you?

Do you have four kidneys or something?”

“…”

Wu Jie was suddenly speechless.

It’s true that looks can be deceiving!

Under Tang Xin’s pure and sweet exterior, how could such a wild and unrestrained heart be hiding?

Is there no decency at all?

“Fine!

Three days is three days, and I promise I won’t let your sister find out you’re living here during the bet!”

“Haha!

That’s the spirit, Mr.

Loyalty.

I believe that in a year, you could certainly afford to buy a restroom!”

Tang Xin clenched her fists tightly, as if cheering on.

But the words she spoke were truly heart-stinging!

However…

Wu Jie just smiled without saying a word.

Now that I’m possessed by a system, never mind a year to buy a house, I could probably get it sorted in just three or five months.

Looking at Tang Xin’s tall and slender figure, Wu Jie’s lips curled slightly, a cold sneer crossing his face.

Back in the room, who could sleep?

To earn money and buy a house, he studied project materials throughout the night!

The next day.

Early in the morning, Wu Jie drove to the project site and, after having breakfast in the workers’ canteen, delved into a sea of various documents, scrutinizing them intensely.

Around nine in the morning, Wang Kun brought along several merchants to inspect the site.

Steel reinforcement, cement, bricks, fire safety, elevators…

Representatives from all the major suppliers were gathered there, each of them nodding and bowing to Wang Kun, faces brimming with eager smiles.

Everyone wanted to win the bid, to become the supplier for the multi-billion project and make big money.

How could they not be respectful towards Wang Kun?

Later, at the pre-bidding meeting, Wang Kun spoke confidently and dominantly.

It was as if he had the final say in the entire project, deciding who would get the contracts.

Therefore, when he finished speaking, the applause was thunderous.

But just at that moment, Wu Jie stood up…