Chapter 141: Earning Some Extra Cash
Unexplainably, Mei Ruyan felt a strange sensation in her heart, making her feel both embarrassed and somewhat enjoying it.
"What’s wrong with me?"
Feeling that inexplicable sensation in her heart, Mei Ruyan was a bit puzzled. Could it be that beneath her cold and glamorous exterior lies a fiery and restless heart?
Could she really be an introverted woman?
This thought flashed through Mei Ruyan’s mind, and her body began to feel unusual, slowing down her money counting.
"What’s wrong? What are you thinking about?"
Lin Tian keenly noticed Mei Ruyan’s unusual behavior and, seeing the blush on her fair cheeks, asked with concern.
Did I really upset her?
Can’t be right?
Why does it seem like she’s shy when angry?
Isn’t anger supposed to be expressed with gritted teeth?
"Four thousand eight hundred yuan!"
Mei Ruyan ignored Lin Tian’s concern and threw a stack of red notes onto the hospital bed.
"Two hundred short?"
Lin Tian immediately fixed his gaze on the eager Zhao, "Wearing a big gold chain and yet two hundred short out of five thousand!"
"Tsk tsk, I don’t know what your temper is, but if I were you, I’d throw in another thousand!"
Lin Tian’s words, initially sarcastic, criticizing Zhao for pretending to be generous, were followed by a backhanded compliment, making Zhao lose face and putting him in a dilemma.
Whether to add two hundred or pay another thousand, you decide. You’ve already got a big gold chain around your neck, are you really fussing over such little change?
At the very least, you’d throw in another thousand, wouldn’t you?
Seeing Mei Ruyan’s beautiful eyes fixed on him, Zhao felt his face burning. Though he had roughly counted just now, it was indeed five thousand. How could there be two hundred short?
Despite this doubt, as a man of social standing and pride, especially with the deal about to be sealed and Mei Ruyan about to leave with him, he couldn’t afford to appear too stingy.
Reluctantly, Zhao took out ten more red notes from his wallet, carefully counted them, and placed them on the hospital bed: "Here’s another thousand, I can take her now, right?"
After Zhao spoke, he deliberately pointed at Mei Ruyan.
"Check the money, is it correct?"
Lin Tian disregarded Zhao’s words and instructed Mei Ruyan.
Mei Ruyan didn’t need to check. With just one glance at the ten red notes, she could tell they were correct. But she didn’t want to leave with Zhao, so she picked up the money and pretended to count them seriously, finding it all correct, but she still said discontentedly, "There’s still one note missing!"
"Still short?"
When Zhao heard this, his fleshy face quivered slightly. He had just carefully counted the money; how could it be short?
Was the other party messing with him?
Zhao’s small bean-sized eyes narrowed. If not inspected closely, it would seem like he was closing his eyes.
Zhao’s face looked quite displeased: "I just checked the money, it’s definitely not short. What game are you two playing?"
"You think I’m lying to you?"
Mei Ruyan threw the thousand yuan in her hand to the ground and coldly said, "Fine, take your money and get out of this room immediately!"
To be honest, Mei Ruyan’s icy demeanor combined with her raised voice did have a bit of a scary effect.
Zhao trembled all over from the sudden shout, and his expression changed. The anger on his face immediately turned to a sycophantic smile.
"Hehe, pretty lady, don’t be angry. I was wrong; I gave you less, I gave you less!"
Zhao nodded and bowed in apology, not wanting the deal they had just struck to fall through. Moreover, because of Mei Ruyan’s outburst, his desire to conquer surged, and he was determined to win over Mei Ruyan today.
Later, I’ll see how arrogant you can still be!
Lin Tian had been observing Zhao’s every move, and seeing that smarmy smile when he saw a pretty girl was utterly disgusting: "Tsk tsk, you’re really not decent. Dressed in nouveau riche style but so petty?"
"Money? Do I lack money? It’s just that my eyes are bad lately and I keep miscounting!"
Zhao said, taking out another one hundred yuan from his black wallet, silently calculating: "Five thousand plus one thousand plus one hundred is sixty-one hundred, my monthly allowance is gone!"
Despite the pain in his heart, Zhao’s burning gaze looked at Mei Ruyan, silently comforting himself: "It’s worth it, to have such a beautiful woman accompany me, this money is well spent!"
"Just one hundred?"
Lin Tian saw Zhao take out one hundred from his wallet and mocked him again.
"I didn’t bring much money today, how about this for now? Is it okay?"
Zhao smiled outwardly, inwardly cursing: "You still want money! Are you trying to bleed me dry?"
"Okay, let’s go with this for now?"
Lin Tian smiled slightly, not saying anything more, and told Mei Ruyan, "Pick up the money on the ground, and while you’re at it, bring that hundred over!"
Standing by the hospital bed, Mei Ruyan heard Lin Tian’s words with a face full of reluctance. Why should she listen to him?
He’s not her boyfriend or husband, is he?
If he really was, would he sell her for six thousand one hundred yuan?
The more Mei Ruyan thought about it, the angrier she became, stubbornly standing there without any sign of obedience, which made Lin Tian smile bitterly on the hospital bed: "Did I really upset her?"
Though thinking this way, he boldly said, "Good wife! Be good... listen to me! Go and pick up the money!"
"Husband, you’ve seen my condition, I can’t get out of bed, and staying in the hospital costs quite a bit, so you’ll have to help earn some extra cash!"
"Earn extra cash?"
That completely infuriated Mei Ruyan. Although she knew Lin Tian was up to something, she didn’t know what game he was playing, and talking about earning extra cash for household expenses?
Any woman hearing such words would find it unacceptable.
"What did you say? Say it again?"
Due to her anger, Mei Ruyan’s black shoulder-length hair became slightly disheveled.
"Nothing, I said nothing!"
Lin Tian, having previously discussed things with Mei Ruyan, mistakenly assumed she would cooperate, and so he spoke without restraint, confidently and boldly.
But unexpectedly, it backfired and angered Mei Ruyan, making his little heart tremble with fear.
"Hey, if you two are going to fight, do it at home!"
Zhao, watching Lin Tian and Mei Ruyan bickering, said displeasedly.
After all, there’s another person in the room; can’t you consider my feelings?
"I’ve paid, shouldn’t you do as we agreed?"
Zhao stood with his arms crossed in front of his chest, posing like a rich man.
"Fine!"
Lin Tian agreed amiably on the surface, but inside he mocked: "You think I’d actually sell Mei Ruyan to someone like you?"