"You actually managed to wake him up!" Zhang Ling exclaimed in disbelief.
Just then, footsteps approached.
Zhang Ling's mother, Zhang Jiuhua, emerged from the bedroom, her high heels clicking.
She gracefully approached them and said to Zhang Ling, "Daughter, have you found a new target so quickly?"
"Mom, this is our dance teacher. He's very generous with his money. In just a few days, he spent over a million yuan on one of our female classmates!" Zhang Ling said with a smile.
"Oh? Is he coming back with you to be your boyfriend?" Zhang Jiuhua asked.
"Yes! Our Teacher Chen is a playboy. He pursued our class beauty and wants to pursue me next. Today, I'm going to give myself to him!" Zhang Ling declared.
Zheng Qingshu's body trembled. He pointed at Zhang Ling, "You wretch! You dare to hook up with Teacher Chen too! You're finished. From now on, I'm completely done with you! We have nothing to do with each other anymore!"
"Hahaha... You poor thing, you think I'd fall for a pig like you? You want to break up with me? I wanted to dump you ages ago!" Zhang Ling said scornfully.
"You..." Zheng Qingshu's body trembled with anger. "I've been giving you twenty thousand yuan pocket money every month, and this is how you treat me! Very well, I swear I won't give you another cent! And you can't get anything from me anymore!"
"Idiot, do you still have money to give me? You trashy man like you deserves to be a penniless bum!" Zhang Ling sneered.
"Jealous? Keep being jealous! I'll be worth billions next year, and you'll just be watching, won't you! It's laughable that I even considered making you my official girlfriend, but now you have no chance."
"Teacher Chen, let's go quickly! You have so many beautiful girlfriends, don't pay attention to these ugly freaks! They and their mother are not good people!" Zheng Qingshu only then remembered Chen Jie's identity.
He immediately sought help from Chen Jie.
However, Chen Jie did not leave immediately.
"I'm jealous? You say I'm jealous? You're not even awake yet! Look at how much money you have left before you talk!" Zhang Ling said coldly.
Just then, Zheng Qingshu's phone suddenly rang.
It was a text message notification.
He picked it up and his eyes widened. "What? When did I get a loan?"
Immediately after, his phone rang.
"Hello, Dad!"
A middle-aged man's voice came from the other end: "You little brat, what the hell are you doing? How did you mortgage our hotel? Give me an explanation, or I'll beat you to death!"
"Dad, what are you talking about? When did I mortgage the hotel? I'm not that stupid!"
"You're still playing dumb with me! Where are you? Come back immediately!" the other side roared.
Zheng Qingshu finally realized something was wrong. He quickly took out his phone to check.
Then his face turned pale, and he sat down on the sofa.
His father was right. He had indeed mortgaged the hotel for a loan, and it was at an extremely high interest rate.
What made him even more desperate was that as he scrolled through his phone, more and more loan notifications appeared.
His credit cards were maxed out.
This meant that all his assets were gone, and he was in massive debt.
He trembled and pointed at Zhang Ling, "You wretch! What did you do to me?"
"Hehehe... Zheng Qingshu, do you think our family is so rich because of what? It's all thanks to scumbag men like you!" Zhang Ling chuckled eerily.
Then, wrinkles that shouldn't have appeared on someone her age began to creep onto her face.
In the distance, Zhang Jiuhua also burst into laughter.
The thick layer of makeup on her face fell off, like old, peeling plaster on a dilapidated wall.
In a short while, she transformed into an ugly woman with a sallow complexion and deep wrinkles.
"Mom, after we pull off this last job, we can move to the next place to make money!" Zhang Ling said with a smile.
"But Teacher Chen's vital energy is too strong. I don't think I can handle him!"
Zhang Jiuhua glanced at Chen Jie. "Little brat, you're lucky. Today, the two of us will send you to heaven together!"
To their surprise, Chen Jie did not seem panicked at all.
Instead, he calmly said, "So, you use seduction to control men and make them hand over all their wealth to you."
"Who is this?" Chen Jie looked at Xia Quan beside him and asked doubtfully.
"Teacher Chen, this is Zhu's father! He must be a victim like me!" Zheng Qingshu quickly said. "Quickly wake him up!"
Chen Jie was taken aback. Recalling Zhu's absentmindedness today, he directly slapped Xia Quan on the forehead.
Xia Quan immediately sobered up.
Unlike Zheng Qingshu, he seemed to have no memory of what he had done.
Tears gradually streamed down his face. He silently walked towards the window and pushed it open, about to climb out.
"Uncle Xia, what are you doing? Don't do this!" Zheng Qingshu quickly stopped him.
Xia Quan murmured, "Everything is gone. My assets were all swindled away by them. Decades of hard work... Now, the only way to avoid my wife and daughter being burdened by debt is to die!"
"Serves you right! A scummy man like you deserves this punishment! Relying on your wealth, you flirted everywhere! You're unlucky to have met us this time!"
Zhang Jiuhua reached into her chest and pulled out a white cloth, throwing it with force.
The white cloth seemed to have eyes, automatically wrapping itself around the chandelier in the living room.
Two ends dangled down.
Zhang Jiuhua said, "Dying outside wouldn't be very dignified. Might as well die inside!"
Xia Quan, like a walking corpse, stiffly walked towards the white cloth and reached for it to tie a knot.
"Uncle Xia, don't do this! This puts me in a difficult position!" Zheng Qingshu tried to stop him again. He and Xia Quan were in similar predicaments, and now that Xia Quan wanted to die, he felt very awkward.
At this moment, Chen Jie simply sat down on the sofa.
He then said to Zhang Jiuhua and Zhang Ling, "Considering Zhang Ling is my dance student, how about this: I'll give you a chance. If you return the money you scammed them out of, and promise not to do evil anymore, I can let you go today."
Zhang Jiuhua and Zhang Ling exchanged glances.
Then, with a chuckle, they started laughing.
They looked at Chen Jie disdainfully. "Teacher Chen, I know you're rich and influential."
"But some things cannot be solved with money! You have no idea of our capabilities, and you cannot afford to offend us!"
"However, considering Li Ziling is my good friend, I won't treat you like Zheng Qingshu. As long as you give us a hundred million, you can leave unharmed!"