How I Became The Devil's Last and Only Love
Chapter 44: Encountering a Crooked Agent

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Encountering a Crooked Agent

Fang Anning went to find Li Xiaoxiao with gifts in hand.

Li Xiaoxiao came out of the company and hugged her tightly, excitedly saying, "You’re finally back, I’ve missed you to death."

"I only went away for a few days and you missed me?" Fang Anning pushed her away.

Li Xiaoxiao pouted and said, "It’s not because I’m not worried about you, being with someone like King of Hell; it’s like you could lose your life at any moment."

"That’s not wrong," Fang Anning nodded in agreement.

Li Xiaoxiao asked in surprise, "What, has he laid a hand on you?"

Fang Anning thought to herself, it’s been countless times, anytime and anywhere.

But to avoid worrying Li Xiaoxiao, she said with a smile, "No, that didn’t happen. It’s just that his reputation isn’t that good, so I’ve always been very careful."

"That’s good then, you must be careful," Li Xiaoxiao said.

Fang Anning nodded.

She took out cosmetics and a jewelry box from her bag and said to Li Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, I’ve never given you anything nice, these two gifts are for you, consider them souvenirs from my trip."

"Wow, a Chanel set? What’s this?" Li Xiaoxiao was shocked by the gifts.

She hurriedly picked up the skincare set, double-checked it, and confirmed it was genuine.

Then she saw the jewelry box and opened it with confusion.

When she saw the necklace inside, her eyes nearly popped out in astonishment, "Is it this expensive?"

Fang Anning said proudly, "Yes, I never thought I’d receive such an expensive gift in my life. I also have a necklace; it was given to me by someone else, I didn’t spend a penny. This skincare set was paid for by He Tingchen, so you don’t have to feel bad, just take it and use it."

"Anning, I can’t accept this, something so expensive. What if he comes after us for a settlement in the future? You’re supposed to leave him, it’s best not to use his things," Li Xiaoxiao hurriedly refused.

"Silly girl, such trinkets he won’t care about. Moreover, he said it’s a gift to me, if he later asks for them back in a settlement, that would be so petty. After all, he is Yun City’s richest man; he won’t be that stingy. You can use it with peace of mind; it’s my gift to you, it has nothing to do with him."

After all, she’s going to bear his child, so it’s not like he would be so petty about such small things.

Moreover, it wasn’t him who gave the necklace but that Mr. Bai.

Even if there’s a settlement, it would be with Mr. Bai, not He Tingchen.

"Can I really accept it?" Li Xiaoxiao was still unsettled.

Fang Anning immediately unpacked the skincare set and took the necklace out of the box, personally putting it on for her.

"Now there’s no need to refuse," Fang Anning said.

"Mhm."

Li Xiaoxiao nodded her head vigorously, touching the necklace with a silly grin.

Fang Anning took out another gift and said, "This is for Turnip; did you check out the house situation I asked you about last time?"

"I did. I’ve got my eye on a two-bedroom house, not bad. The price is also very reasonable, just waiting for you to come back so we can meet the landlord and sign the contract," Li Xiaoxiao said.

Fang Anning nodded and immediately said, "Let’s go now, is it convenient for you to ask for leave from your boss? We need to get this done today."

Li Xiaoxiao nodded.

Luckily her job wasn’t that important, and taking time off was easy, even if it meant deductions from her salary.

It didn’t matter, it wasn’t much money anyway.

The two took a taxi instead of using Chen Rui’s car.

Li Xiaoxiao knew the He family had arranged a driver for Fang Anning and curiously asked, "Why not take your car? It would be so convenient."

"Silly girl, if we take Chen Rui’s car, wouldn’t he just go and tell He Tingchen about this? I don’t want He Tingchen to know about this, so we have to be secretive," Fang Anning said.

"Oh, right! Anning, you’re so smart. If I got married over there, I’d probably have died early like the previous four," Li Xiaoxiao said with lingering fear.

Fang Anning, with her arm around her shoulder, said, "Don’t worry, I’ll protect you from now on and never let anyone bully you."

Li Xiaoxiao smiled happily and leaned on Fang Anning’s shoulder.

The two went to see the agent and then had the agent take them to meet the landlord.

Fortunately, Fang Anning arrived and found out after talking to the landlord that the agent had secretly added a hundred thousand yuan to their price, infuriating Fang Anning who started arguing with the agent on the spot.

The agent, Chen Biao, didn’t expect the naive and sweet girl he met before to bring such a shrewd girl with her, exposing his little scheme right then and there.

The landlord was also a woman.

Seeing three women, he deliberately bullied them, raging, "What are you yelling about? I’m the agent here, I decide how much the commission is. You too, why tell her so much? Isn’t signing the contract enough?"

The landlord, a widow, was scared by Chen Biao’s yelling and hurriedly said in panic, "Anyway, that’s my price, the rest is up to you."

Angered, Fang Anning immediately rolled up her sleeves, charged at Chen Biao, and yelled, "So you think you can cheat and swindle and then yell at us? Let me tell you, now that I know about your scam, I won’t pay even a penny for the agency fee. I plan to bypass you and sign directly with this lady landlord, and you can get lost."

"You dare to bypass the deal?" Chen Biao’s face turned green with anger.

Fang Anning snorted coldly, "Everybody’s trying to make a living here, it’s never easy for anyone. It’d be okay if you took some reasonable agency fee, but to cheat us out of a hundred thousand, do you think our money is that easily earned? If it weren’t for your shamelessness, why would I bypass the deal? Today, I’m set on bypassing."

"Fine, you brat, looks like you’re asking for a beating."

Chen Biao got angry, raising his hand to hit Fang Anning.

The landlord got terrified, and Li Xiaoxiao screamed out loud in fear.

But unexpectedly, Fang Anning turned around, grabbed a beer bottle, and smashed it on the table.

Pointing the jagged edge towards Chen Biao, she said, "What, you want to hit me? If you dare, come on over!"

Chen Biao was frightened by Fang Anning.

He hadn’t expected this woman to be so fierce, more so than him, immediately resorting to a weapon.

"Fine, just you wait," Chen Biao pointed at Fang Anning with a harsh threat and turned to flee.

"Anning, you scared me to death," Li Xiaoxiao hugged Fang Anning and burst into tears.

Fang Anning threw the beer bottle to the ground and with a sigh of relief, said with residual fear, "It’s okay, I’m here, what’s there to be afraid of?"

The landlord hastily said, "Having offended him, he won’t come to retaliate, will he?"

Fang Anning comforted her again, "Don’t worry, big sister, let’s hurry and sign the contract. Once the contract is signed and you have the money, it’s no longer your concern. If he takes revenge, he’ll come after me, he won’t find you."

The landlord nodded her head, hurriedly wanting to sign the contract and complete the transfer with Fang Anning.

However, the house was for Lu Tianyu; he had to come in person to proceed.

So, Fang Anning had already called Lu Tianyu earlier, asking him to come over. She didn’t specify the reason, just mentioned she needed to talk.

Fang Anning’s call naturally brought Lu Tianyu over.

It’s just that he was a bit late and missed the situation with Chen Biao. Otherwise, Chen Biao wouldn’t have been able to leave so easily today.