“This kind of thing… is putting me in a really difficult position, Miss Shen? Chen Luo is my brother!”
Xu Anping wore a ‘please spare me’ expression. Seeing this, Shen Qiu paused for a few seconds, then raised her hand and held up two thumbs as she spoke.
“200,000! Will you do it?”
“…Even though Chen Luo and I weren’t born from the same mother, I’ve long treated him as my own flesh-and-blood brother!”
Xu Anping added upon hearing that.
“300,000!”
As Shen Qiu’s words fell, she held up another thumb, looking like someone who wasn’t short on money at all.
At this moment, Xu Anping truly hesitated. He stayed up late every night writing novels, working himself to the bone for just a few thousand yuan a month.
Miss Shen was offering 300,000 in one go, and he had already told Shen Qiu where Chen Luo was. In other words, Shen Qiu would find Chen Luo sooner or later. He was merely speeding up the process.
After some consideration.
Xu Anping looked at Shen Qiu and said three words.
“…That’ll cost extra!”
Hearing this, Shen Qiu smiled at Xu Anping, raised her hand and extended the last two thumbs, then said to Xu Anping with perfect composure.
“500,000!”
“Deal.”
Xu Anping agreed without hesitation. Shen Qiu was equally straightforward, directly pulling out a bank card and tossing it to Xu Anping.
Then she said, “The PIN is six 6s. There’s over 500,000 in it. Now get Chen Luo to come out for me.”
Xu Anping pocketed the bank card, then took out his phone and called Chen Luo. By now it was already past 1 AM.
A few seconds later.
Chen Luo, who had been fast asleep, was woken by the phone call. He opened his eyes, found his phone, and was about to hang up, but saw clearly that it was his good buddy Xu Anping calling.
He paused for a few seconds before answering the call, then spoke in a tone full of complaint.
“Calling me in the middle of the night, what do you want?”
“Brother Luo, want to come out for a drink? My treat.”
Xu Anping said in a very enthusiastic tone.
“Drink my ass! It’s already past one!”
Chen Luo directly rejected Xu Anping.
“Don’t be like that!”
Xu Anping hurriedly continued upon hearing that: “Let me tell you the truth, I’ve run into some trouble lately and want you to help me analyze it, Brother Luo!”
Hearing this.
Chen Luo perked up a bit. After pausing for a few seconds, he asked with a laugh.
“What’s wrong with you? Got your heart fluttering over some masseuse girl? Want to turn public property into private property, huh?”
“…No.”
Xu Anping spoke in a tone suggesting he had something hard to say, sighed softly, and said.
“I can’t explain it clearly over the phone. Come to the Night Rose bar and I’ll tell you there.”
“Night Rose?!”
Upon hearing those words, Chen Luo’s face froze. Then he asked Xu Anping without any reservation: “Can we change to a different bar?”
“…”
Caught off guard by Chen Luo’s sudden question, Xu Anping didn’t know how to answer for a moment. Beside him, Shen Qiu quickly whispered a reminder.
“Just tell him you’ve already booked the private room.”
Hearing this.
Xu Anping’s brain caught up and he said in an honest tone: “No can do! I’ve already booked the private room! Canceling would be a waste of money!”
“…Fine!”
Chen Luo thought for a moment and nodded in reply: “Then come pick me up in your car!”
Hearing this.
Xu Anping turned to look at Shen Qiu again, his eyes seeking her opinion. Shen Qiu looked at Xu Anping’s frightened appearance.
She immediately gave him a look of refusal.
It wasn’t that she was afraid Xu Anping would run, but rather that she feared this guy wouldn’t be able to keep up his act on the way and would arouse Chen Luo’s suspicion.
After all, Xu Anping was already stumbling over his words on the phone right now.
Going to pick up Chen Luo.
When the two of them chatted on the way, could this guy keep up the act?
She figured it was a long shot!
So having Chen Luo come to them was the best choice!
As for Xu Anping.
After being rejected by Shen Qiu’s look, he thought for a moment and said.
“I’ve already been sitting in the private room drinking, so I can’t drive now.”
“Damn! You started drinking without me! I’m definitely flicking your little ding-dong later!”
Chen Luo replied upon hearing that.
Then he hung up the phone.
He got out of bed, put on his clothes, and walked out of his room in the dark to go downstairs.
Then he called a ride-hailing car to head to the Night Rose bar.
On the way.
Chen Luo couldn’t help but think of Shen Qiu again, and felt an inexplicable sense of worry in his heart.
“It’s fine, it’s fine. The world isn’t full of such coincidences!”
Chen Luo comforted himself inwardly.
More than half an hour later.
Past two o’clock.
Chen Luo arrived at the Night Rose bar. Inside, the young men and women on the dance floor were dancing wildly. Chen Luo glanced at a few young beauties, then withdrew his gaze and sent a message to Xu Anping.
“Which private room are you in?”
“Private Room 001.”
Xu Anping replied.
Seeing this message, Chen Luo nearly flinched instinctively.
His heart pounded inexplicably.
Xu Anping actually booked Private Room 001. Could it really be that crazy woman Shen Qiu who found me?
Surely not!
Old Xu is my brother, he wouldn’t sell me out!
Chen Luo pondered for a moment.
He ultimately chose to trust Xu Anping. After all, they had been good buddies for many years, and Xu Anping was the brother Chen Luo trusted most in this world.
Then.
Chen Luo once again arrived at the door of Private Room 001. He raised his hand and pushed open the door, only to see Xu Anping sitting in the center of the sofa. Beside him, near the restroom, sat a beautiful woman in a tight dress.
She had her legs crossed, her head slightly lowered, her long hair falling down and obscuring her face.
The room was very dim.
Chen Luo couldn’t see her face clearly, but her figure was visible.
And it was absolutely stunning.
Even in the dim room, one could vaguely make out those proud, sculpted contours.
Immediately.
Chen Luo said in a teasing tone: “Old Xu, didn’t you say you were heartbroken? How come you called a girl to drink with you? Don’t tell me you’re planning to get me drunk and drag me back down with you!”
Hearing this.
Xu Anping wore a guilty expression and didn’t even know how to respond to Chen Luo. This guy actually couldn’t even recognize Shen Qiu.
He even mistook her for a bar hostess!
It was truly unbelievable!
“Why aren’t you saying anything? You ordered this much alcohol? Can you even finish it all?”
Chen Luo sat down beside Xu Anping, picked up a bottle opener, and pried open a bottle as he spoke. Xu Anping still didn’t say a word.
Meanwhile, Shen Qiu, who was sitting on one side of the sofa, finally spoke slowly in reply.
“He can’t drink. I’ll drink with you!”
As she spoke, she stood up.
She swayed her slender waist and slowly walked toward Chen Luo. Hearing this familiar voice, Chen Luo slowly raised his head to look at the hostess.
The distance between them gradually closed.
Until Shen Qiu reached a position less than half a meter from him.
Chen Luo’s brain stuttered.
He finally recognized that the ‘hostess’ he had just taken her for was Shen Qiu.
In an instant.
Chen Luo felt a chill run down his back. It really was this violent woman.
Only…
He never imagined that Xu Anping had actually betrayed him!
Chen Luo looked at Xu Anping.
The latter wore a face full of embarrassment.
“Xu Anping, go outside and close the door behind you.”
Shen Qiu said with a smile.
Hearing this.
Xu Anping immediately got up and left Private Room 001, leaving only Chen Luo sitting on the sofa, dumbfounded.
After Xu Anping went out.
Shen Qiu leaned close to Chen Luo’s ear and whispered: “Chen Luo, I finally get to see you again!”