249 She Who Should Not Be Named (2/2)

Xu Jian gritted his teeth. ”I'm not the police!”

Am I asking for too much? Ye Shuang put her hands together for three seconds and decided to deny Xu Jian's hard work. ”In any case, you don't have the necessary information. We'll talk more about it during lunch tomorrow.”

Before Xu Jian could reply, Ye Shuang hung up. Tossing the documents away, she could finally rest without pressure.

…

The next day, Xu Jian really asked for a holiday from Xu He to get off work early. Xu He asked for the reason, and after Xu Jian said it was to have lunch with Ye Shuang, he approved of the request immediately. He even mocked his nephew slightly, talking about love and an old flame.

Xu Jian met up with Ye Shuang. Compared to how they met when Xu Jian was still working at An Corps, Xu Jian had dropped down from a successful person to a pretty white face. It was Ye Shuang who drove and Ye Shuang who came to fetch him. Other than preparing his wallet to pay for the lunch, the rest was handled by Ye Shuang.

If they were not working together and really in a relationship, Xu Jian would not have held on for a second. Finding a girlfriend that was better than him in every respect was too hurtful to his ego.

”Hmm, continue maintaining this hurt front.” Ye Shuang held the steering wheel in one hand, and she sent a message while adding this without lifting her head.

Xu Jian was only making a self-deprecating joke—he did not expect the girl would really reply so heartlessly. Instantly, he felt like coughing out blood. ”At the very least, we have been in love before—couldn't you have left some good memories for me?”

”If you're better than me, Xu He would not have been your opponent.” After she finished sending the message, the light turned green. Ye Shuang put away her phone, and the car moved forward. ”You're lacking, so Uncle Xu has been trying to support you. After all, I'm quite a good catch, and he's more urgent than you.”

Xu Jian thought about it. ”You mean to force my uncle to give me more access?”

”That ultimately will depend on your ability.” Ye Shuang giggled wickedly. ”It's not that bad that your ability isn't too good—your uncle has to be careful of his junior outshining him. But if you're too weak, it wouldn't work either. It's best if you have something that he values, but the rest of you is not that important.”

Like being able to get an old flame's interest but unable to maintain it…

Xu Jian was trying to figure out what Ye Shuang meant when he glanced out the window and realized that Ye Shuang's car was driving to an extremely scary place. This scary was not the environment… or in a way, it could be about the environment…

The scariness came from the price tag.

With the appetite of a common male, even if they ordered the cheapest dish there, they would need to pay at least four hundred to five hundred at the end of the meal. Now, Ye Shuang had the appetite of three normal males, and there was no way that she would only order the cheap stuff.

As Ye Shuang parked, Xu Jian almost involuntarily reached to his wallet. His face was filled with terror and disbelief. Once upon a time, he had been part of the rich, but now, he had a monthly salary of several thousand. A meal would expend at least a third of his salary, so there was no way he would do something like that.

”Why… why are we here?” When Xu Jian alighted from the car, he already was on the verge of tears. He felt like hugging the car door and not moving.

”Because your uncle is here.” Ye Shuang looked at the map on her phone and shrugged. ”I thought about just having a steamboat, but we are running out of time, and we need some progress. Your uncle would not have come to observe your situation, so we just need to have a little 'chance encounter'.”

Xu Jian had tears down his face. ”I thought you wouldn't be so cruel. My wallet only has 1000—what are we supposed to do when we can't pay the bill?”

”It'll be fine!” Ye Shuang waved her hands easily. ”We still have the uncle to rely on! He wouldn't have his junior pay the bill, right?”

The problem was that he was already an adult, and he needed his uncle to pay on his 'date'? If this was shared with his friends, he would die from shame. Xu Jian was in deep despair, and he tried to reason with Ye Shuang.

Unfortunately, Ye Shuang was no longer as soft as she had once been. She had already transformed into that person that could not be named in San Lin City. Therefore, as much as Xu Jian tried to resist, ultimately, he was picked up by Ye Shuang easily with two of her fingers.