A woman’s temper flares up quickly and fades just as fast.
Lou Yuming’s precise handling of the situation made Song Xi stop arguing with him, and the atmosphere in the car returned to harmony.
A full eighty thousand yuan, and the next month's medical expenses were covered!
A dazzlingly bright smile bloomed on Song Xi's face, almost blinding.
Lou Yuming looked at her deeply. It wasn't as difficult as he had imagined.
He tossed his phone aside and said, "Since you're no longer angry, it's time to deal with the real business."
"Real business?" Song Xi eyed him warily.
Could it be that he was still thinking of messing around!
"What are you thinking about?" Lou Yuming saw through her thoughts at a glance.
"What are *you* thinking about!"
Her defensive posture sparked a desire in Lou Yuming to tease a kitten.
He reached out his hand, and Song Xi dodged instantly.
"It's broad daylight, have some decency!"
"I'd like to see who lacks decency."
Her face was suddenly pinched. Lou Yuming commanded, "Open your eyes."
Song Xi hesitantly opened her eyes a sliver and saw the man's playful expression.
"You did this to yourself, aren't you going to take care of it?"
Song Xi lowered her eyelashes and saw the small wound on his fingertip, thinking to herself: Such a grown man, and so dramatic.
"I'll go buy you a band-aid."
She was about to get up when he pulled her back down.
"You think a band-aid is enough to appease me?"
"Then what do you want?"
"One hundred thousand."
Song Xi was shocked: "Are you robbing me!"
Lou Yuming said nothing, clearing his throat.
Yao Yifan, outside the car, said slowly, "Sir's esteemed personage, with a net worth of hundreds of millions, one hundred thousand yuan is actually very little in comparison, Miss Song."
Song Xi was startled by his sudden voice: "You! You're in cahoots, in league with each other!"
Lou Yuming crossed his long legs and said lazily, "There's room for negotiation. Eighty thousand."
He was clearly trying to get back the money he had just given her!
Song Xi was choked with anger. Vile capitalism, being so stingy even with this little money!
"Stingy!"
Lou Yuming rested his chin on his hand. "If you don't pay, then you'll tell me honestly."
"Tell you what?"
"What do you think?"
Song Xi was already being led on by him, not yet realizing that this was an unfair negotiation.
She pondered for a moment and said, "You're not talking about that ex-boyfriend thing Zhang Qi was saying outside just now, are you?"
Lou Yuming hummed in response.
"That was fake!"
"?"
Song Xi said, "If I hadn't lied to him like that, how could I have stayed safely by his side for so long!"
Indeed, given Zhang Qi's temperament, if his girlfriend of so long hadn't let him touch her, he would surely be angry, and might even force himself on her.
He had mentioned an ex-boyfriend a few times before when talking to Zhang Qi, but hadn't paid much attention. Hearing it again today, he had actually become a little concerned and wanted to get to the bottom of it.
However, this roundabout way of asking was so unlike his usual decisive way of handling things.
When did he become... so cautious?
Song Xi, being intelligent, proactively leaned in, cupped his face with both hands, and asked, "What, you care?"
She smiled, her eyes bright and alluring, with a hint of smugness at the corner of her eyes.
Lou Yuming turned his head, a strange feeling flashing through his heart. He lowered his voice and uttered three words.
"Not necessarily."
It was true, Zhang Qi had called her aunt, and he hadn't denied it, which meant he indeed had a proper girlfriend by his side.
Heh, as expected, a man's mouth, a liar's ghost.
Song Xi's expression changed like a chameleon's. She said with self-deprecation, "I knew it," and let go of him.
"I want to go home."
She suddenly spoke, her tone a little sharp.
He didn't know what tantrum she was throwing now, but this time Lou Yuming didn't indulge her.
He opened the car door. After she got out in a huff, he suddenly said coldly, "Seven o'clock tonight, don't be late."
"I'm not going!"
Lou Yuming closed the car door: "Try not going."
Song Xi tossed her head, turned, and walked away.
Yao Yifan watched from the side, his heart pounding.
Meanwhile, Zhang Qi told Anna about encountering Lou Yuming, but deliberately omitted the fact that there was a woman with him.
Anna had treated him well, and if this kind of thing came out and Lou Yuming found out, he wouldn't come out of it unscathed!
And it was enough that the woman wasn't Song Xi. If it were, where would he hide his face! He'd become a joke in the entire circle!
Zhang Qi was being unusually clever for once. Outwardly, he appeared calm, but inwardly, he was terrified.
"Alright."
Anna listened to everything he said with a blank expression and then suddenly asked, "Are you hungry? I'll take you to a restaurant for dinner at seven tonight."