Chapter 9: The Goddess's Misunderstanding

  The neon lights in the city are flashing, the cool breeze is blowing, I'm holding Chu Xue's hand, feeling the warmth of her hands, and running wildly on the street. At this moment, I really want to keep running like this forever!

  "You don't have to run anymore! We're safe now!" Chu Xue panted and reminded.

  "No! They'll probably chase us here."

  "Let me go, I can't run anymore!" Chu Xue panted heavily and said. I had no choice but to let her go, seeing the sweat dripping from her forehead, another sinful scene emerged in my mind. How could this woman be so beautiful? Beautiful to the point of being lawless.

  "Thank you! You saved me again this time." After a short rest, Chu Xue finally said gratefully, then took out a stack of paper towels from her bag and handed them to me, indicating that I should wipe the sweat off my face.

  I took the tissue, secretly delighted, her voice was warm and pleasant at this moment, like heavenly music. It turns out that when the goddess is not fierce, she is even more captivating. I've saved her twice in a row, so my image in her mind should be much more impressive now! No longer a scoundrel with extremely poor character! Maybe her heart will soon open up to me! Haha...

  Don't be so smug, you've only completed a cycle in my body. Chu Xue spoke again, "Although you saved me twice, I don't think your character is good just because of that. You're probably just after the 500,000 yuan!"

  What! In her eyes, I'm just a money slave?! Although I desperately need 500,000 to save my life, being misunderstood by her like this makes me feel too humiliated. So I stiffened my neck and denied it: "You heard clearly, I risked my life to save you because...because...I love you! Not for the money!"

  Damn it, I was forced to say "I love you", these three words, how embarrassing!

  Chu Xue's face turned icy, as if she had guessed something. She suddenly pointed at me and cursed: "Shameless! Don't disgust me anymore! Or... or are you actually in cahoots with them? Are these two heroic rescues just a carefully planned act of yours?"

  What's wrong with this woman? Has she been kicked in the head by a donkey or something? How could she think like that? Am I really so despicable and shameless?

  I didn't even have time to defend myself, when Chu Xue continued: "No wonder, I wasn't clear what they were asking me for. It turns out that what they wanted was just money! If it wasn't your plan, why did you happen to be present both times they appeared? Don't tell me this is just a coincidence!"

  For a moment, I was stunned on the spot, speechless. If she had made up her mind that I was the mastermind behind the scenes, even if I swore to deny it, she would never believe me again. Unexpectedly, this woman was too clever for her own good and didn't know right from wrong.

  Seeing me not speaking, Chu Xue became even more convinced of her judgment. She raised the bag in her hand and slammed it at me fiercely, then stormed off, finally throwing a sentence at me: "Beast! I never want to see you again!"

  Bastard! She scolded me as a bastard, I looked up at the sky and sighed bitterly, what kind of world is this? I risked my life to save her, if she didn't appreciate it, that's fine, but she trampled on my dignity like this.

  I can stick to her like chewing gum, shamelessly and unscrupulously, or I can choose not to have self-respect and pester her. But she uses money to insult my feelings for her, misunderstands me as a despicable person who calculates everything, which makes it unacceptable to me.

  In the midst of depression and chaos, two more days have passed. During these two days, I've been thinking of ways to raise money on one hand, while not forgetting to cultivate my extraordinary abilities on the other. However, as for the matter of money, I still haven't come up with a viable plan. Can't just use my wife's dowry to make up for it, can I? Even so, those tens of thousands are nothing but a drop in the ocean compared to five hundred thousand.

  At noon that day, I was having a meal at the Paozi restaurant across from my residential area when I suddenly heard the following conversation coming from the direction of the cashier: "Do you see? Do you see? The man in the black suit is so handsome! He's handsome to the point of being heavenly. If he could be my boyfriend, I would definitely love him to death."

  I knew this sentence was directed at me because, at that moment, there were no other male customers in the restaurant except for me. So I turned my head around and saw two girls wearing the restaurant uniform frequently casting flirtatious glances at me.

  I smiled faintly, and their praise was not surprising to me, because after the birthmark disappeared, this face of mine is indeed handsome to the point of being a bit outrageous. But why doesn't Chu Xue seem interested in this face of mine?

  "Wow! He actually turned around and looked at me! And he even smiled at me, what a handsome face! Could it be that he's interested in me? Hehe... Should I go up to him and ask for his phone number or something, so we can easily make plans later?"

  "Don't be infatuated, someone as handsome as him can't possibly like a person like you? You're not much better looking than an old sow. I think he was actually looking at me just now!"

  "Hum! You're flattering yourself! He's obviously looking at me!"

  It seems that the two waitresses are both infatuated, but I can understand their infatuation because before this, I was also a thoroughbred infatuate who would think wildly and toss and turn all night just because I met an extremely beautiful woman.

  But now, it's not me who is infatuated with others, but rather others are infatuated with me. This is what they call "thirty years on the east bank of the river, thirty years on the west bank of the river, the flow of fortune changes!" I've been a loser for thirty years, and finally it's my turn to dominate!

  At a little past seven in the evening, I sat on the steps at the entrance of Building 19, smoking and waiting for Chu Xue to get off work. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the only way to get the 500,000 yuan was to continue being a scoundrel and pester her until she agreed to lend me the money. As long as she was willing to do so, I would be willing to be her servant for the rest of my life.

  Chu Xue hadn't arrived yet, but I saw Su Zi, who lived downstairs from me, walking out of the stairwell with a bag of trash. She was wearing a pale pink loungewear set, and her proud chest bounced along with each step, swaying rhythmically, enticingly. A woman like this must have a more complex lower half than the nine linked rings of the waterway - if you walked in, you'd definitely get lost.

  Last time I accidentally stumbled upon her affair with someone else, she promised to give me benefits afterwards. It's been three days and she still hasn't made a move. But I don't want to take advantage of her benefits either. After all, her husband is not a good man, if I insist on stirring up this muddy water, I might get into trouble.

  However, the flowing water is unintentional, and the fallen flower has feelings. When I pretended not to see her, she walked up to me, patted my shoulder, and looked at my face with ill intentions, exclaiming: "Isn't this Xia Jian? What are you doing sitting here? Are you waiting for me?"

  I let out a dry laugh, ignoring her, but didn't expect Su Zi to throw down the trash and then grab my arm, pulling me upstairs. With a flirtatious tone, she said: "Didn't I say last time that I'd give you a good deal? I was planning to find you tomorrow, but since we bumped into each other now, let's just do it today! Let's go inside quickly!"