006 A heavy load and a long road

Because they had quite a bit to drink last night, Jiang Chen and his roommates fell asleep as soon as they got back to the dormitory, only to be woken up by a barrage of pounding on the door.

"Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen, open the door quickly!"

"Who is it?!"

Luo Peng rubbed his head, got up irritably, and pulled the door open, only to find a guy from the next dorm over.

"What time do you think it is, and you're still sleeping."

"Drank too much last night." Luo Peng yawned.

"Where's Jiang Chen?"

"Still asleep, what's up?"

"Still asleep my ass!"

The guy barged right into the dorm and yanked off Jiang Chen's blanket.

"Jiang Chen, get up, something good's happening!"

Only then did Jiang Chen groggily open his eyes.

The beer he had ordered was no big deal, but the key was the three glasses of foreign liquor he'd had at Li Shuru's table, which packed quite the punch.

Li Shao and Bai Zheli were woken up in turn, both rubbing their heads and sitting up in bed.

"What's the good thing?"

"Li Shuru is downstairs!"

"Who?"

Luo Peng was taken aback, wondering if he had heard wrong.

"Li Shuru! The beauty of the Arts College, she's been waiting for you downstairs for over ten minutes, hurry up and get down there!"

The guy was pulling and dragging with excitement, and also quite incredulous.

Who is Jiang Chen?

He's the known lickspittle of the school.

A disgrace among men.

Yet today, the Arts College beauty had taken it upon herself to seek him out.

This news had already caused a stir throughout the entire male dormitory.

Luo Peng couldn't believe it and hurried to the balcony to poke his head out and take a look.

Under the tree, causing passing guys to turn their heads one after another, was the sexy figure if not Li Shuru then who?

Just then, Li Shuru looked up, and Luo Peng quickly pulled back his body, utterly shocked.

Damn!

What's going on?

"Is it really Li Shuru?"

Li Shao got down from the bed.

Luo Peng turned around, and nodded woodenly.

Li Shao was stunned too.

Jiang Chen didn't seem surprised at all, rubbed his face, faced the dragging, jumped off the bed, and calmly said, "I'll brush my teeth first."

The rest could only watch as he dawdled for another fifteen minutes before finally sauntering out of the dorm at a leisurely pace.

"When did Jiang Chen get to know Li Shuru?"

The guy asked Luo Peng and the others.

But by this time, Luo Peng and the rest were also clueless, completely bewildered.

"Let's check it out."

The group quickly moved towards the balcony.

Downstairs.

Jiang Chen walked out of the dormitory building, flashing a smile akin to gentle sunshine.

"Shu Rui."

Li Shuru watched him quietly, oblivious to the surrounding peeks and gossip.

"You should know why I've come to find you, right?"

"Of course."

Jiang Chen stopped two steps away, maintaining a perfect distance.

"No need for thanks, it was just a meal, nothing worth mentioning."

Listen to that tone.

Last night, Jiang Chen tried out the "Lickspittle Gold" method he had on his strategy target, and sure enough, it worked flawlessly with every payment method, directly deducting from his lickspittle account.

5888.

For the former Jiang Chen, this was undoubtedly an astronomical figure, but now that he wielded a net worth of a hundred trillion, spending 5888 was nothing more than scooping a ladle of water from the sea.

"Do you think you look cool doing this, Jiang Chen?"

Watching Jiang Chen act like money was dirt, Li Shuru laughed.

Can't help but admit it.

She truly was a lovely and enchanting girl, young but with an indescribable charm.

A guy walking by was so captivated that he nearly crashed into a tree.

"I hate three types of people the most: those who overestimate themselves, those who pretend to be something they're not, and do you think that by paying for my meal, I will start to like you?"

"No, no, no."

Jiang Chen had an incredibly strong composure, facing such humiliation without even changing expression.

"It's just a meal. I really hadn't thought of getting anything out of it, and you don't need to take it to heart, I'm willing to do this."

Looking into his clean and sincere eyes, Li Shuru slightly furrowed her brow.

This guy, it seemed like he was not pretending.

"Do you know the third kind of person I hate the most?"

"What?"

"Stupid people."

Li Shuru said coldly, "That money isn't much to me, but for you, it must be quite a large sum, right? What about your life afterward? Torturing yourself to please others is the stupidest thing one can do."

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow.

He had, of course, heard of Li Shuru.

Vain.

Lavish lifestyle.

Despising the poor while loving the rich.

Aside from being pretty, she hardly had any merits.

But at this moment, he found that although what the girl said wasn't nice to hear, she was quite honest, definitely better than those faking innocence.

Unintentionally, Jiang Chen thought of his ex-girlfriend Ai Qian and sighed inwardly.

He had really licked the wrong person before.

"I seem to have all three of those qualities."

Jiang Chen gave a bitter smile.

Without another word, Li Shuru picked up the Chanel bag and pulled out a stack of cash from it.

"This is six thousand."

Jiang Chen was stunned.

"You really don't need to..."

"Do you want everyone to see this?"

Staring at that decisive and coldly beautiful face, Jiang Chen could only accept the money in the end.

After all was said and done, he even made a little more than a hundred in profit.

In some way, wasn't this considered exploiting a loophole?

"We are not from the same world. I hope you won't come to bother me again in the future."

Clearly, Li Shuru didn't want to have anything to do with Jiang Chen, and after returning the money, she turned to leave.

"Then what does it take to be considered from your world?"

Jiang Chen asked softly.

"Would driving a luxury car worth a million count?"

Li Shuru halted in her steps.

"Shu Rui, I won't give up. I know you look down on me now, but I will work hard to catch your eye."

How touching.

"There's no need to waste your time on me. At least in one regard—you simply can't afford my material needs. Maybe with your talents, you could get rich in the future, but I can't wait that long."

With that, Li Shuru didn't linger any longer, put on her sunglasses, and walked away quickly amid admiring glances.

Such a straightforward girl.

And very realistic.

Jiang Chen weighed the stack of cash in his hand without any sense of defeat until Li Shuru's figure disappeared, then casually turned and walked back into the dormitory building.

"Chen Brother, what's up? What did Li Shuru want with you?"

Seeing Jiang Chen return, Bai Zheli hurriedly asked.

The heart of gossip is in everyone.

How proud is Li Shuru?

To seek out someone notorious in the school for being a bootlicker was indeed intriguing.

"Jiang Chen, what does it mean that she gave you money?"

Luo Peng was full of confusion. Although they couldn't hear the conversation clearly from the balcony, they could clearly see the stack of cash.

"It's simple, she gave me money to keep me from bothering her any longer."

Jiang Chen's response was nonchalant.

Luo Peng and the others were momentarily taken aback.

Jiang Chen fiddled with the stack of bills.

Coming in person to return the money—and in cash at that—meant she wanted absolutely nothing to do with him.

The path of a bootlicker seemed long and arduous.

"Struck it rich—I knew it was so easy to make money, why would I bother working?"

He chuckled without a hint of shame.

"Come on, let's go eat. It's on me!"