With her words emboldened, Shang Duojin swallowed hard and asked, "Would you mind telling me about your family?"
I've known her for so long, and I've never heard her mention anything about her family.
Even when he and Qiao Mei visited Shu Qingqing's home, they went to her own studio apartment and didn't see any signs that anyone else was living there.
Upon hearing this, Shu Qingqing paused in her chewing of the shrimp, then continued chewing and swallowing. A hint of indifference appeared in her eyes as she stabbed a fried shrimp with her plastic fork, sneering, "What's there to say about those rotten people? If they were really good enough, I would have introduced them to you and Qiaoqiao long ago. But do they even deserve it?"
Shang Duojin had known Shu Qingqing for so long, but this was the first time he had ever seen her with such a cold gaze, and he was a little frightened.
Seeing that she didn't want to continue talking about her family, he could only laugh it off and change the subject, talking about how she made money.
"Well, I'm nineteen this year, and I can't keep relying on my family's money without contributing anything, so I'm thinking of getting my hands on a live streaming platform. I was just thinking of finding an opportunity to tell you about it, but I didn't expect to hear about money today, so..."
"So, you want to poach me to work for you?" Shu Qingqing raised an eyebrow to interrupt him, crossed her arms, and squinted at him.
She knew Shang Duojin quite well; aside from being a bit immature at times, he was generally reliable.
Basically, what they say isn't just empty talk.
"I do have this idea, but I don't know if you're willing. If you're not willing, I certainly won't force you. At most, there's a high chance of failure in the early stages of my business."
After listening to Shang Duojin's witty remarks, the little green snake Leiting looked at him with surprise, as if it were the first time she had met him.
Shu Qingqing was also dumbfounded, and looked at him with an indescribable expression: "Shang Duojin, did you take the wrong medicine today? If you really want me to work for you, just say so. Why do this disgusting thing? Look, it gives me goosebumps."
The girl brought her goosebump-covered arm to Shang Duojin's front, her eyes filled with malice.
This was the first time Shang Duojin had ever said something like this, and now that Shu Qingqing had directly exposed him, his face turned bright red.
"Alright, alright, I'll just say it straight. I really want to recruit you. Just tell me if you're willing or not!"
Seeing that it was indeed the case, Shu Qingqing's strange feeling dissipated a lot. She stroked her chin and said, "It's not that we can't consider it, but the main thing is that my contract with the original website has not expired yet. If I switch jobs now, I will have to pay a high termination fee. If I remember correctly, the fee is as high as 30 million interstellar coins."
X Station is a major station, and she is currently a very popular streamer on X Station, so the breach of contract fee is naturally much higher than that of a small streamer.
Shu Qingqing worked at X Station for a total of two years, and in those two years she only saved less than four million Star Coins.
And of all that he had saved, a small portion was sucked away by the pair of vampire leeches.
All of these combined are simply not enough compared to the penalty for breach of contract.
The Shang family is the richest in the intergalactic world, so a mere tens of millions is certainly within their reach.
But he just gave it to Shu Qingqing directly, thinking that Shu Qingqing definitely wouldn't want it.
After thinking for a moment, he tried to negotiate with her: "How about this, consider this 30 million as something you owe me first. If you come to my company, I will still pay you your monthly salary as usual until you can afford a house on Imperial Star. Then you can start to officially pay me back this 30 million, how about that?"
After saying that, fearing she might feel she couldn't repay the money, he assured her:
"You were on X site before, with so many streamers, the resources you could get were limited, and you didn't earn much. But I guarantee that once you come here, all the resources will be put on you first, and we will continue to pour the most resources into you. What do you think?"
The benefits offered by Shang Duojin were the best Shu Qingqing had ever heard of in her years in the industry.
After being stunned for a moment, she looked at him like he was an idiot and said, "Then what are you trying to achieve by giving me such good terms? Although I am a big streamer on X site, I can't necessarily help you recover 100% of your losses. What if I lose money? Wouldn't I feel guilty?"
Shang Duojin subconsciously replied, "Of course it's because it's you, I believe you!"
Upon hearing this, both of them were taken aback.
Especially Shu Qingqing, who is quite sensitive to emotions.
Shang Duojin, being a straightforward man, didn't think anything of it, but Shu Qingqing was different.
She stared at him strangely for a while, and the absurd guess she had made a year ago resurfaced in her mind.
So he suddenly closed the distance between himself and Shang Duojin and asked, "Mr. Shang, tell me honestly, you..."
"Buzzing..."
Before Shu Qingqing could finish speaking, her smart bracelet started vibrating.
When she opened it, she saw it was the number she had called before, but the person had pretended to be dead and didn't answer.
Upon seeing the word "parasite" in the contact's name, her face immediately darkened. She told Shang Duojin to wait while she went out to answer a call.
Shang Duojin remembered that she would only turn sour when she mentioned her family before, so when she saw her suddenly acting like this again, he immediately understood.
After watching her walk towards the balcony, he recalled what he had subconsciously said earlier, frowned, and asked Lei Ting in a low voice, "Lei Ting, don't you think I've been acting a little strange around that stinky woman lately?"
Thunder rolled his eyes so hard they almost reached the sky: "Master, something's not just a little off, it's definitely very off!"
Throughout the year, every time he saw Shu Qingqing, his eyes seemed to be glued to her. He would unconsciously imitate some of her habits, and the number of times he actually argued with her decreased significantly.
It was so bizarre that it almost made the animal think that its owner had fallen in love with Shu Qingqing.
But how could that be? The two of them are simply not compatible in terms of personality.
The chances of them being together are slim, but the chances of him transforming directly from a small green snake into a green snake are even slimmer.
Shu Qingqing was unaware that Shang Duojin and Lei Ting were talking about her; she was currently listening to the sobbing on the other end of the phone.
"Qingqing, you can't abandon your mother. She gave birth to you. That million was invested by your mother, and she'll get her money back right away. You can't send your mother to jail because of this!"
"Investment? Are you kidding me? With your level of education, where you can't even spell your own name correctly, what do you know about investment? I don't care where your money went, I'm only giving you three days. If you don't return it, you'd better wait to be taken to Orange!"
The woman opposite seemed to realize that Shu Qingqing had made up her mind. After sniffing, she stopped pretending to be pitiful and started cursing at her.
"You heartless, shameless slut, you're not even as useful as your fiancé, he..."
Upon hearing the word "fiancé," Shu Qingqing felt a sense of unease and interrupted, asking, "What do you mean? You borrowed money from Si Ming?!"
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