After walking for a few miles, Qiao Zhen was completely unable to walk any further. She hugged Xu Li's arm, panting slightly, and said softly, "Honey, my feet hurt."
Xu Li finally resigned himself to his fate and squatted down, saying in a cold and concise tone, "Come up."
Qiao Zhen chuckled and bent over, clinging to Xu Li's back. She playfully pinched his cheeks with her hands. "I know I was wrong, you know? Confucius said, 'To err is human, to forgive divine.' Give me a chance to reform!"
Xu Li remained silent.
Qiao Zhen gave Xu Li another kiss on the cheek. "My dear wife is giving you a loving kiss. Does that make you feel less angry?"
Xu Li patted Qiao Zhen's buttocks with his large hand. They were quite bouncy. He couldn't help but squeeze them a few more times before saying in a low voice, "I'm not angry, just a little disheartened."
Qiao Zhen felt bad too. She silently buried her face in Xu Li's shoulder and silently shed tears.
Xu Li felt the person on top of him tremble slightly. He turned his head and heard Qiao Zhen's urgent and suppressed sobs. He panicked immediately and said, "Don't cry."
He put Qiao Zhen down from his back, awkwardly pulled her into his arms, and sighed after a long while, "You're just taking advantage of my love for you. My heart aches every time you cry, how can I not do what you want?"
Qiao Zhen pounded Xu Li's body with her clenched fists, but only cried harder. "Waaah—"
Xu Li chuckled and wrapped his large hand around her small one, then gently rubbed it before leaning in to kiss it. "Don't cry, don't cry, sweetie. It's all my fault, I was too stiff, did it hurt your hand?"
Qiao Zhen nodded with a wronged look, glared at Xu Li with reproach, and said indistinctly, "It's all your fault. I don't even know if those two brats are still here. How am I supposed to get back now?"
Xu Li pointed to a villa in front of him, "Look, that's yours."
Qiao Zhen instantly stopped her tears and sobs. "Was it a gift for me?"
Xu Li looked at Qiao Zhen, whose expression changed instantly, with a mix of amusement and exasperation. "You bought this two years ago."
Qiao Zhen replied indifferently, "Oh."
She thought Xu Li had bought it for her, but she was so happy for nothing.
Xu Li held her hand and said as they walked, "A rich young woman worth billions would still be interested in villas here?"
Qiao Zhen pouted at him, "Where would I get billions? It's only enough to buy a villa like this, and after paying the fees, I'll be so poor I only have enough for breakfast."
Xiao Ling: [I've compiled a summary of all your assets, totaling: 372,000,000.]
Qiao Zhen: [Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions... Holy crap! Thirty-seven billion! Didn't you say I only had one hundred million?]
Xiao Ling: [Sorry, I'm a professional system. 3.7 billion is the least I've earned since I started my missions. You should know that one requirement for becoming a full-fledged intern system is having a earning capacity of 5 billion.]
Qiao Zhen: [I want to change jobs.]
Xiao Ling: [The main system doesn't even look at you, you scumbag!]
Qiao Zhen looked at Xu Li, "You investigated me?"
The power dynamic between the two shifted instantly, and Qiao Zhen seized the opportunity, saying, "Either we wipe the slate clean of what happened before, or we go our separate ways now."
"Cancel it all."
Xu Li answered readily, "It wasn't easy for me to finally marry my wife."
Qiao Zhen raised her head high, instantly elevating her aura. "That's right, I'm a woman who can outmaneuver mistresses and outwit scoundrels. Since you're always on missions, I'm the perfect wife for you. Keep a good hand on Qiao Zhen, and you'll have no worries while on missions."
Xu Li led Qiao Zhen into the villa, and then waited until the swelling in Qiao Zhen's eyes subsided before returning home.
Yu Peng and Guan Shan Leng did not leave. Their gossip made them fearless. The two of them, who were in the same boat, faced Xu Li's piercing gaze and finally slipped away with awkward smiles.
From that day on, Qiao Zhen became completely obedient to Xu Li, and Xu Li was happy to enjoy Qiao Zhen's rare pampering.
However, the good times didn't last long. After hearing Yu Kewei's explicit and implicit remarks, Xu's mother took Yu Kewei and barged into Xu Li's villa when Xu Li was away. She threw a blank, signed check at Qiao Zhen's face and said, "Leave my son, name your price."
Qiao Zhen held the check in her hand like a precious treasure, then ran back to the study in her slippers to get a pen. In front of Xu's mother, she quickly filled in a string of numbers on the check.
Hearing the swishing sound, Xu's mother's eyelids twitched slightly. "Don't play those games with writing your name or ID card; they won't work here!"
Qiao Zhen respectfully handed over the check with both hands.
After reading the number on the check, Mrs. Xu slammed it on the table. "Fifty billion? Miss Qiao, I think you've been blinded by the allure of wealth and have lost your sense of proportion! Giving you a hundred million is already an overestimation!"
Yu Kewei concealed the smirk on her lips and reassured Xu's mother, "Auntie, Miss Qiao is still Ah Li's ex-girlfriend. You're insulting her, aren't you taking Ah Li with you?"
Qiao Zhen's gaze shifted between Xu's mother and Yu Kewei. She maintained a polite smile throughout. "I'm sorry, but my net worth is currently 3.7 billion. I won't leave unless I have at least 5 billion."
Yu Kewei couldn't help but sneer, "Miss Qiao, are you joking? You can earn 3.7 billion in just two years, so why did you rely on A Li to appease your parents before?"
“Why can’t it be? When it’s in the right place, at the right time, and at the right time, nothing is impossible.” Qiao Zhen refuted Yu Kewei’s disbelief in a few words. She crossed her arms and adopted the posture of a gold digger and a vicious female supporting character. “If you don’t have that much money, just say so. Why come here and humiliate yourself? Besides, your son isn’t even worth 5 billion. He’s too cheap.”
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