“You… how do you know my size?”
The man hung up the phone and looked at the young girl on the bed who had shrunk back under the covers.
He chuckled lightly. “Practice makes perfect.”
Whoosh!
Lin Miao bit her lip.
He… he was simply shameless.
Suddenly, a crisp scent of cedarwood swept over her as a piece of clothing landed over her head.
“Put it on.”
The man’s words were concise, carrying an unintentional hint of command.
It was the aura cultivated by one who had long held a position of power.
“I don’t wear clothes that others have worn.”
The young miss turned her head in refusal.
She didn’t like having other people’s scent on her.
Last night was an exception (that was completely an accident).
Sheng Yanli let out a scoff. “High-maintenance.”
Lin Miao gave a proud little humph.
“No one has worn it.”
His clothes were new every day, tended to by dedicated staff to suit the needs of different occasions.
Only then was Lin Miao satisfied, taking it and putting it on.
The cool fabric was very comfortable.
It was completely different from ordinary materials on the market.
Clearly a high-end custom-made luxury piece.
Truly a capitalist.
Oh, right—she just remembered she was here to swindle some pocket money.
Wuwu, thinking about how her innocence had been thrown into the mix.
She’d have to add three more zeros to that pocket money.
Lin Miao quickly got dressed, the oversized hem falling just to her calves.
It was too big, like a child wearing an adult’s clothes.
Her lower half still felt chilly.
Lin Miao grabbed the blanket from the side and wrapped it around herself like a skirt, tying it in a tight knot, finally regaining a bit of security.
Alright, she needed to put on a bold front.
The upcoming negotiation would determine how much pocket money she got.
Watching the man walk out of the living room and sit down on the sofa.
Lin Miao immediately scurried after him.
The man wore a simple, understated white shirt of the same style as hers, radiating nobility and depth, exuding an invisible suffocating pressure.
At the moment, he leaned against the sofa, a half-smoked cigarette pinched between his fingers.
Watching the young girl who stumbled her way over behind him.
His phoenix eyes darkened.
Last night, he had lost his usual composure for the first time.
The feeling of losing control surprised even himself.
Of course, perhaps this young girl had a part to play in that too.
Lin Miao hurried forward and stopped in front of the man.
The words of accusation and questioning she had prepared died in her throat under his dark phoenix eyes.
Only her eyes were red.
As if she had suffered the greatest injustice.
The young girl bit her lip, her soft voice carrying an unmistakable grievance. “Mr. Sheng, I… I’ve lost my innocence.”
Watching the young girl on the verge of tears, Sheng Yanli flicked the ash from his cigarette, his expression indifferent, his eyes dark and unreadable.
Damn it!
Seeing a beautiful woman like me crying in front of you.
Having been ruined by you, you beast.
And you can still be so unmoved!
Lin Miao gritted her teeth, skipping any preamble and getting straight to the point. “I’m not asking Mr. Sheng to take responsibility for me. I know I’m not worthy of you.”
Damn it!
It’s you who’s not worthy of me.
Hmph, this young miss wouldn’t even look twice at a dog of a man like you.
She sniffled and continued, “So as long as Mr. Sheng gives me a sum of money, I’ll roll far, far away and never appear in front of you again.”
The meaning between the lines was: Give me the money, and we’ll call it even.
Silence hung in the air for a long time.
Lin Miao secretly peeked at the man in front of her.
What does it mean when he doesn’t speak?
Doesn’t want to give money?
Can’t be, right? Wasn’t it said that the Young Master of the Sheng family was generous with the women outside?
Shouldn’t a woman as sensible as me get paid immediately?
And disappear from his sight?
Why isn’t he following the script?
Finally, after a moment, the man raised a phoenix eye, a hint of mockery in his tone. “Oh? Didn’t you say last night that sleeping with me was your dream?”
“So, I helped you fulfill your dream, and now Miss Lin wants to turn around and ask me for money?”
Lin Miao: …
I’ll spit a mouthful of saltwater at you.
This man was simply shameless.
He was actually using her own words against her.
Lin Miao’s eyes grew even redder with anger, like a bullied rabbit.
Unable to win an argument with reason.
The young miss decided to resort to being unreasonable.
“No way, I’ve lost my innocence, so you have to pay up. Otherwise, I’ll keep clinging to you.”
Just what I’d want.
Sheng Yanli curled his lips, suppressing the thought in his mind.
He watched the little woman’s performance with amusement.
Her clumsy acting was full of holes.
A little liar full of lies.
The woman who had professed her love for him last night was now trying to distance herself from him in every way this morning.
Did she really think his bed was so easy to get out of?
He found himself rather intrigued, wanting to tease this little kitten in front of him.
He stubbed out the cigarette in his hand and leaned back lazily against the sofa.
The oppressive, suffocating aura from before had eased considerably.
His phoenix eyes lifted, his cool voice pleasant to the ear.
“How much do you want?”
Lin Miao’s eyes lit up.
There was hope.
She lifted her little chin high.
She extended a hand, her voice crisp with a hint of playful coyness.
“Fifty million.”
Sheng Yanli raised an eyebrow. Fifty million was nothing more than the amount he usually wagered with Gu Cheng and the others.
This little girl really knew how to save him money.
Lin Miao bit her lip, watching the man’s unreadable expression.
She wondered if fifty million was too high.
Meeting the man’s deep, dark phoenix eyes, Lin Miao swallowed hard.
After all, last night she had been up to no good.
If he did a thorough investigation, he’d find out she had drugged him.
So she quietly removed a zero.
“Five million.”
The man remained just as calm, and Lin Miao couldn’t read his thoughts at all.
So she kept lowering her bottom line.
“Th-three million.”
“I can’t go any lower. This is already my allowance for a whole year.”
One night in exchange for a year’s allowance.
That was the young lady’s bottom line.
Sheng Yanli let out a scoff. The little girl was truly naive.
“If… if you don’t want to pay up, I’ll… I’ll go to the Sheng family and tattle.”
“I’ll tell your little uncle to deal with you.”
Everyone knew that the head of the Sheng family was Sheng Mingnan’s little uncle.
And the only one who could ever deal with him.
But at those words, the man’s expression visibly darkened a few shades. His narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly there was a sense of a storm brewing, a mountain about to topple.
Lin Miao instinctively stepped back a few paces.
No way.
She was just making an empty threat. Did he have to take it so seriously?
“What did you just say?”
The man’s tone was low, sending a tremor through the girl’s heart.
“I… I was joking. I won’t tell your little uncle about this.”
After a few seconds, she added.
“But you still have to give me money.”
Sheng Yanli laughed in exasperation. So the little girl had mistaken him for Sheng Mingnan.
She didn’t even know who she had slept with.
This little girl was truly a scatterbrain.
A hint of irritation rose in his chest, and he licked his back teeth.
Sheng Yanli pulled the girl before him over, making her sit on his lap.
His large hand pinched her slightly chubby cheek.
“What… what are you doing?”
“I’m telling you, I’m not afraid of you.”
But the small frame beneath him was trembling violently.
Tsk. A timid little thing.