How I Became The Devil's Last and Only Love
Chapter 161 - 147: Betting on a Written Agreement

Chapter 161: Chapter 147: Betting on a Written Agreement

Fang Anning sternly threatened He Tingchen with a serious expression on her face.

He Tingchen, however, spoke lightly, "You think you’re doing Li Xiaoxiao a favor, but she may not be willing to clarify the matter."

"How could that be? Xiaoxiao is not that kind of person," Fang Anning immediately retorted.

He Tingchen said, "Well, since you don’t believe me, why don’t we make a bet?"

"A bet? What kind of bet?" Fang Anning frowned.

He Tingchen said, "Let’s bet. If Li Xiaoxiao wishes to clarify, I promise you that I will clarify the matter immediately. Also, I’ll agree to any condition you propose, no matter what it is. But if Li Xiaoxiao refuses to clarify, you must also agree to a condition I propose, no matter what it is."

"What do you want me to agree to?" Fang Anning asked with a frown and confusion.

He Tingchen said, "I told you, you have to agree to anything I ask for, which I have not yet decided. I will let you know once I have thought of it. The condition I agree to is the same: no matter what you ask of me, I will agree."

"You would agree to anything I propose?" Fang Anning asked in shock.

He Tingchen nodded.

"If I propose not to provide cord blood for your son, you would agree to that?" Fang Anning asked.

He Tingchen hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Fang Anning furrowed her brows doubtfully as she looked at him. Why did this feel so unreal?

He had gone to great lengths to get her pregnant, hoping she would provide cord blood. How could he give up so easily?

"I don’t believe it, verbal agreements are worth nothing. Let’s put it in writing," Fang Anning said.

"Fine, I’ll give you a written agreement," He Tingchen said.

He called in Wen Yi and instructed Wen Yi to draft a written agreement.

Wen Yi was stunned when he heard about the agreement and glanced at them in amazement, wondering why his boss would do something that only a little boy would do.

But seeing his boss look so serious, not as if he were joking, he had no choice but to follow the instructions.

Soon, the agreement was drafted, and Wen Yi showed it to his boss and Fang Anning.

After reading it over with no issues, Fang Anning happily added her name to it.

She did not necessarily have to use this written agreement to make the demand not to donate the cord blood. She could also make other demands; having one more bargaining chip was always a good thing.

However, she never considered that she had also made a promise to He Tingchen.

If Li Xiaoxiao refuses to clarify the rumors, then she would owe He Tingchen a favor, and he could propose any demand to her later.

"Now you can go find Li Xiaoxiao, but you can’t tell her about our agreement and see how she responds," He Tingchen said.

"Rest assured, I’m not that despicable. I won’t tell her," Fang Anning said.

"I don’t trust you. Take this with you, and I can hear your conversation," He Tingchen handed her a listening device.

"Are you really that mistrustful of me?" Fang Anning said angrily.

"I don’t trust you; you are quite cunning," He Tingchen said.

Fang Anning, grinding her teeth in anger, had no choice but to put the listening device in her bag.

He Tingchen added, "Be sure to turn it on when you see Li Xiaoxiao; otherwise, I’ll consider it a breach of contract, and the written agreement will be void."

"I know," Fang Anning said irritably.

She held her waist and prepared to leave.

He Tingchen watched her and slightly frowned. He stood up and said, "I’ll take you downstairs."

"No need," Fang Anning refused.

He Tingchen ignored her and insisted on helping her down the stairs by her arm. As they passed the front desk, the receptionist was gobsmacked.

So it was true what they said about her big belly; indeed, it was the boss’s seed.

"Drive slowly on the road."

After helping Fang Anning into the car, He Tingchen also instructed Chen Rui.

Chen Rui nodded in agreement and slowly started the car to take Fang Anning to Li Xiaoxiao’s residence.

He Tingchen soon received a call from Mrs. Chen.

In fact, while He Tingchen was negotiating with Fang Anning, Mrs. Chen had called several times, but He Tingchen had hung up.

Now Mrs. Chen called again, and as soon as the call connected, she complained to He Tingchen, "Sir, the wife was cross and wouldn’t let me follow her."

"What did the old master say?" He Tingchen asked.

Mrs. Chen felt awkward, wondering how the master knew she had gone to the old master to complain first?

"Mr. Elder says... it’s my fault that the wife is estranged from me."

He Tingchen said, "I know you are loyal to me, and I know you really want to save that child. But you have to remember who you are taking care of now, who your real master is. It’s your own problem if she can’t trust you. If this problem can’t be resolved, I’ll have you transferred away and find someone else to take care of her."

"Mr., no, please don’t, I understand now, I will definitely take good care of the wife in the future and make her trust me," Mrs. Chen said hastily and nervously.

She has been in the He family for so many years and already regards it as her own home. Where could she possibly go if she were to leave here?

"Fang Anning is naturally suspicious and stubborn. Now that she has lost trust in you, it might not be easy to regain her trust," He Tingchen said.

"Then... what should I do?" Mrs. Chen worriedly said.

He Tingchen said, "I’ll show you a clear path. Her current distress is merely because of the child. You figure out what to do."

After that, He Tingchen hung up the phone.

Mrs. Chen held her phone, dumbfounded for a moment, then a light bulb went off in her head and she suddenly thought of a plan, becoming overjoyed.

On Fang Anning’s end, after being dropped off at Li Xiaoxiao’s place by Chen Rui, there were a lot of reporters squatting at Li Xiaoxiao’s door.

However, Fang Anning had called Li Xiaoxiao in advance and entered through the back door, arriving at Li Xiaoxiao’s house.

Turns out the place where Li Xiaoxiao was staying was provided by Huayu. After she left Huayu, her new company also arranged accommodation for her.

It’s just that she wasn’t highly regarded at the beginning, so the place wasn’t very nice. But due to the sudden spike in popularity and traffic surge yesterday, the company temporarily switched her to a different apartment in the same building, which didn’t cause too much of a stir.

This apartment was much nicer than the previous one, and after Fang Anning toured it, she said, "This place is nice, quite suitable for one person to live."

"Anning, listen to me explain, the scandal isn’t what you think. I wanted to explain to you last night, but it was too busy and chaotic, so I didn’t get a chance to call you. Are you here because you’re angry? It’s really not what you think," Li Xiaoxiao said hastily.

Fang Anning said, "Don’t worry, I am very angry, but not at you. What exactly happened yesterday?"

Li Xiaoxiao told her about the events of the previous day and added, "Luckily, Mr. He helped, but he definitely didn’t do it for me, it was for you. If it weren’t for your connection, he wouldn’t have helped me at all."

"You’re saying he helped you? Really?" Fang Anning frowned.

She thought the scandal was deliberately stirred up by He Tingchen, and although He Tingchen had told her it was a misunderstanding, she didn’t actually believe it.

A misunderstanding?

How could there be so many coincidences, and just with Li Xiaoxiao?

But now, hearing what she said, Fang Anning felt maybe she had indeed misunderstood him.

"Of course, it’s a misunderstanding. It’s a good thing that Mr. He was there," Li Xiaoxiao said gratefully.

Fang Anning felt embarrassed and said awkwardly, "But I just went to find He Tingchen and berated him heavily, thinking he deliberately created the scandal with you to upset me."

"What? You’ve already seen Mr. He and even berated him?" Li Xiaoxiao was surprised.

Fang Anning nodded awkwardly.

Li Xiaoxiao quickly said, "Anning, why are you so impulsive? You weren’t such an impulsive person before, how could you blame him without knowing the whole story? He kindly helped me, and you misunderstood him."

"You, girl, are complaining about me? Who am I doing all this for? Plus, even if I misunderstood him, he didn’t explain it either. Do you know what they are saying about you online? They are describing you in terrible ways, calling you the snake in ’The Farmer and the Snake,’ a scheming green tea bitch," Fang Anning said angrily.

Li Xiaoxiao said, "I know about those rumors online, but it’s okay. Not only will this not harm me, but it will also increase my traffic and bring me more resources. Once this hype dies down and I acquire some resources, I’ll release one or two good works, and people will naturally forget about this incident, and by then I will have made it big."

"Ah, there’s such a tactic?" Fang Anning was shocked as she looked at her.

Li Xiaoxiao said, "Of course, you’ve known me all these years, have you forgotten that I loved to research the gossip in the entertainment industry? Many times, gossip can drive a star’s traffic, and I remember telling you before."

"I was busy making money, how could I have the time to think so much and remember these things?" Fang Anning quickly said.

Li Xiaoxiao said, "So you don’t have to worry about this nor do anything. This won’t affect me negatively; in fact, it’s a good thing. See, even my change of apartments proves it."

"So, you don’t plan to clear the air?" Fang Anning asked with a frown.

Damn, He Tingchen guessed right.

Doesn’t that mean she would become the one who has to agree to conditions?

Li Xiaoxiao said, "Of course not. Let the heat rise a bit more first. As long as you don’t misunderstand, it doesn’t matter to me. Is Mr. He looking to clarify? Anning, could you please ask Mr. He to wait another couple of days before clarifying? This is a great opportunity for me. I now understand clearly, if you’re not famous as a star, you’ll just get pushed around, so I must seize this chance to become famous."

Li Xiaoxiao pleaded while holding Fang Anning’s hand.

Fang Anning felt faint.

She silently bit her lip, not daring to tell Li Xiaoxiao that she had made a written promise with He Tingchen.

She nodded in agreement to Li Xiaoxiao, chatted a bit more, and then left.

Once she got in the car, she took out her phone and called He Tingchen with a dark expression, "You’ve won, you guessed correctly, state any request you have."

He Tingchen curved his lips, slowly saying, "As I said, I haven’t decided yet. When I have, I’ll naturally tell you."

"Better be something I can do," Fang Anning said.

He Tingchen said, "Don’t worry, I won’t ask for something you can’t do."

"And, better not be asking for my life," Fang Anning added.