Chapter 32 I'll Make You Live Like a Queen
Ning Shuyin realized that Zhou Zhiheng was using his special ability, [Equivalent Exchange].
Zhou Zhiheng's superpower is very mysterious.
Ning Shuyin also took a long time to understand the novel.
This ability allows for forced transactions between two parties. These transactions are not limited to money; they also include more abstract concepts.
But abstract exchanges require him to maintain them with his own energy.
For example, right now, he's using money to buy her time—these 10 minutes.
Ning Shuyin was able to keenly sense that the restaurant's huge revenue was more like a lever.
The white mist around him was maintained by him expending his special power.
However, this ability is already outrageous enough.
The Zhou family's ability to maintain its position as the number one conglomerate in the interstellar space is inextricably linked to Zhou Zhiheng's capabilities.
At that moment, his gaze swept over the black card in her hand.
"The Marshal gave you this card? Looks like you have quite a few men."
Zhou Zhiheng's face was exceptionally pure and beautiful. But at this moment, his purple eyes were filled with hostility.
He said coldly, "Unfortunately, on my turf, your backer is too far away to reach you."
"What exactly do you want?" Ning Shuyin asked, dissatisfied.
“It’s very simple.” Zhou Zhiheng waved his finger casually.
A bodyguard immediately stepped forward and displayed a light screen in front of Ning Shuyin.
The screen displayed a legal document with the title "Application to Waive Dating Match".
"Sign it," Zhou Zhiheng said casually.
Ning Shuyin glanced at the document, her gaze lingering on the last few lines. She frowned and said, "I won't sign it."
"Why won't you sign?" Zhou Zhiheng's purple eyes revealed his confusion.
He pointed to the screen, as if explaining a math problem to a slow learner: "Actively canceling a match is a complicated process with huge costs. For ordinary people, not dating means going to jail."
He continued casually, "But this cost is nothing to me. My legal team easily found a legal loophole. If you voluntarily apply for cancellation, I will pay all the compensation for you. In addition, I will give you another sum of money."
Ning Shuyin almost laughed in anger after hearing this.
"If that's the case, Mr. Zhou, why don't you sign it? You could save this money."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiheng's handsome face instantly darkened.
His voice carried an air of arrogance: "Of course I can't sign it. Even if I could circumvent the law and avoid jail time, I'd still be punished with a century of community service. I'm too busy; I don't have the time."
Ning Shuyin couldn't help but scoff and retorted angrily, "Then my time is also very valuable."
Zhou Zhiheng burst out laughing upon hearing this.
"What's the value of an ordinary person's time? Miss Ning, you don't really expect to go on a date with me, do you?"
He took a step closer, looking down at Ning Shuyin.
"I don't care why those two men, Situ and Loran, would put up dating someone like you. As for me—"
He chuckled again.
"Stop dreaming. There are hundreds of galaxies between you and me. It is already a great honor for you that I am willing to stand here and talk to you today."
"..."
Ning Shuyin had already cursed this capitalist to the bone in her mind.
These interstellar villains are all truly bizarre.
Although Zhou Zhiheng didn't immediately pull her into bed upon meeting her, and was a handsome younger man, things didn't turn out much better; he launched into a personal attack right from the start.
She actually saved his space station just two days ago.
Situ Linchen kept the entire process confidential, and Zhou Zhiheng had no idea who was responsible for saving the space station.
She couldn't say.
However, she disdained to say it.
Ning Shuyin adjusted her breathing and spoke to Zhou Zhiheng, word by word.
“Mr. Zhou, I am very grateful to you for explaining the distance between us. I am indeed just an ordinary person, so I am used to solving problems in an ordinary way.”
"For example, obeying the law and completing dating matching."
"you--!"
Zhou Zhiheng was speechless for a moment, and anger appeared on his handsome face.
Seeing that he was angry, Ning Shuyin also snorted.
She didn't want to date this man; she has a temper too.
"Mr. Zhou, since you participated in the Rose Society's matching program, you should have a sense of contractual obligation. Once you sign a contract, you must accept it, and once the terms are set, you must abide by them. Now that the results are out, are you going back on your word?"
"You're so angry that you block my way in front of your own restaurant. Don't you feel ashamed?"
[Zhou Zhiheng's favorability rating has decreased by 30 points.]
[Current favorability rating: -80 (Extreme hatred).]
These words completely enraged Zhou Zhiheng.
"Very good." The last bit of patience in his eyes vanished.
"Ning Shuyin, you have successfully angered me."
Before he finished speaking, a glimmer of light flashed in the depths of his eerie purple eyes.
"Then I'll use my own methods to make you 'voluntarily' sign this agreement!"
A surge of energy emanated from Zhou Zhiheng.
"Equivalent exchange, initiate!"
Another superpower activated.
In the blink of an eye, the scene before me changed.
Ning Shuyin was pulled into a pure white space by Zhou Zhiheng.
The space was vast and boundless, with only the two of them present.
Zhou Zhiheng's voice rang directly in her mind.
“Ning Shuyin, I can offer you the wealth stipulated in the contract. Now, I will use this ‘value’ to exchange for your ‘willingness’ to sign this agreement!”
He has already stated the terms of the exchange.
However--
One second, two seconds...
For the first time, cracks appeared on Zhou Zhiheng's confident face.
He spoke again, raising the bar for the deal.
"Ning Shuyin, I'll improve our terms and double the amount of money I'll give you."
However, the supernatural space still did not shrink, indicating that the transaction was unsuccessful.
“Ning Shuyin, I promise you double the price, plus a VIP pass to the Cloud Corridor. You can come whenever you want.”
“Ning Shuyin, I promise you three times the price, plus VIP status at all venues under the Zhou family’s name. You can sign any bill you want.”
...
"Five times the price."
"Six times the price."
"Ning Shuyin, I can give you unimaginable wealth, enough to make you live like a queen on any planet in the Alliance. Now, I'm using this value to exchange for your willingness to sign this agreement!"
The situation gradually spiraled out of control.
Zhou Zhiheng had almost completely disregarded whether the price was reasonable.
Even so, the "transaction successful" message never appeared.
Zhou Zhiheng's superpower was like hitting an invisible wall; the enormous "value" power used for the exchange was bounced back intact.
He had already implied his own "energy" in the offer to make the exchange.
But all he felt was a sharp, piercing pain that ran through his entire body.
The exchange... still failed?
How could that be!
He stared at Ning Shuyin in shock.
His superpower gave him an unbelievable result—the value of the target's "autonomy" was immeasurable.
Deep within Ning Shuyin's subconscious, her free will and power of choice constitute her personality.
That thing is priceless.
It was something he would rather sacrifice his energy for than obtain.
"you……"
Zhou Zhiheng glared at the ordinary girl in front of him, feeling for the first time that things were out of his control.
He was pale and in excruciating pain all over his body.
The ability of "equivalent exchange" is not without limitations.
On the contrary, this ability has many limitations.
If there is a "price difference" between the two parties in the transaction, he needs to consume his own sea of consciousness energy to make up for it.
Unequal or failed transactions can cause him great harm, even endangering his life.
His current condition prevents him from continuing to trade.
The white space dissipated naturally.
Just then, a clear and anxious female voice came from inside the restaurant.
"Shuyin! Why are you still standing here and not coming in?"
Su Qianqian peeked out from the restaurant entrance.
Clearly, her friend couldn't wait for her and came out to look for her.
She spotted Ning Shuyin standing at the restaurant entrance, but then she saw a group of bodyguards in black surrounding her.
A handsome young man in a Tang suit, almost otherworldly in appearance, was facing her coldly.
"And who is he?" Su Qianqian asked.
At this moment, Ning Shuyin's only thought was, "It's over! The main storyline is in danger!"
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