Chen Lian: "..."
Mother Shen: "...What's with that expression? You don't want it? Fine, forget it!"
She turned and left, and Chen Lian hurriedly followed, "No, no, no, Mom, I need it! I spent five, no, one hundred thousand yuan on that shampoo, no, that hair growth serum!"
Just as Ms. Shen took out her phone to pay, a gentle voice interrupted.
"What kind of shampoo costs 100,000 yuan? Cousin, have you been scammed?"
A boy stood at the corner; he was the cousin that Shen's mother had just praised. His face was full of worry, as if he genuinely cared about his cousin Shen Lian.
Chen Lian rolled her eyes. "What's it to you?"
Upon hearing this, Chen's mother's expression changed drastically. She glared at Chen Lian and said, "Are you trying to fool your mother?"
"Aunt, don't be angry. My cousin might have been scammed." The boy pushed up his glasses and gently comforted Chen's mother.
The more he tried to comfort her, the angrier Chen's mother became. "You're always so unreliable! Look at what you've done! You even lied to your own mother?"
Seeing the money she had in her hands about to slip away, Chen Lian was furious. "Hang Dongxu, what business is it of yours to meddle in my family's affairs? And what are you doing here so late again?"
Hang Dongxu came here with a purpose, of course.
What happened tonight resulted in him being removed from his position as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. Although he managed to avoid a demerit thanks to his silver tongue, he still lost face.
He couldn't swallow this insult no matter what; but if he wanted revenge, he had neither money nor power. The Hang family had been declining in recent years and couldn't offer him any help. After thinking it over, he could only rely on his married aunt for help.
I've been busy trying to please my dream girl lately, so I haven't been here for a while.
When Shen's mother saw Hang Dongxu, she was quite happy, but immediately found fault with everything her daughter did.
"Go back to your room! Stop being so unruly! What kind of behavior is this!"
Shen Lian left decisively, leaving her alone in a room with Hang Dongxu. Who knows what this scheming man would do to her next!
"Stop talking badly about me in front of my mom! Don't act like a gossip, not a man!"
She banged loudly on the door, which made Chen's mother so angry that she wanted to go in and hit her again.
Hang Dongxu, ever good-natured, gently advised, "Aunt, my cousin was just saying it casually. She's just being childish, please don't take it to heart."
The maid came to help Shen's mother blow-dry her hair, and Hang Dongxu offered to help, his attitude gentle and respectful, but in his mind he was quickly thinking about how to persuade Shen's mother to give him a sum of money.
As for Chen Lian? She's a pitiful little thing who's been suppressed by him for years, not worth worrying about at all. He doesn't have time to nitpick at Chen Lian tonight.
However, shampoo? Jiang Baili sent him a text message in the afternoon, mentioning that Xie Li had sold more than a dozen bottles of counterfeit shampoo to Chen Lian.
He lowered his eyes, looking like he needed to confirm things with his aunt.
——
The Xie family.
After Chen Lian hung up the video call, Xie Li thought for a moment and took out the half-empty bottle of hair growth serum he had left in the bathroom.
Since even Chen Lian knew about Jiang Baili's bad hair, it's clear that this matter was indeed widely circulated among the wealthy families of Linjiang City.
She should send some to Jiang Baili to use first, since her own hair has been growing well recently and she doesn't need to keep using strong medicine.
Jiang Baili opened the door and was somewhat surprised to see Xie Li standing outside. "What brings you here so late?"
Could it be that he came to ask her for help with his math homework? The math teacher assigned some really difficult problems today, and with Xie Li's mediocre skills, there's a high chance he won't be able to solve them.
Jiang Baili was full of confidence and had already thought of reasons to refuse.
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