I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping
Chapter 100 Risking Wealth and Fortune (Seeking Monthly Votes! Thanks for the Rewards!)

Chapter 100: 100 Risking Wealth and Fortune (Seeking Monthly Votes! Thanks for the Rewards!)

Stepping out of the bar, Jiang Chen’s expression instantly relaxed, satisfied with his own performance just now.

Without being able to expose his bootlicking ways, he knew that no matter how he explained, he couldn’t provide enough convincing power. So he had to make a risky move, retreat in order to advance, create a diversion, and dismantle Li Shuru’s logical thinking, leaving her unable to think.

Of course.

This approach carried a certain risk.

If things didn’t work out, all his previous efforts would have been in vain.

But as the saying goes, fortune favors the bold!

Although he left the bar casually, Jiang Chen consciously slowed his pace after exiting the door, silently counting in his mind.

"Six."

"Seven."

"Eight."

"Nine."

Just as he was about to count to ten, a feminine shout came from behind him, breathless.

"Wait!"

Jiang Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief deep down and didn’t push his luck further, stopping in his tracks, though with style he didn’t turn around.

You have to carry out the act to the fullest, after all.

"Do you really intend to just walk away like this?"

Hearing the footsteps behind him, Jiang Chen calmly said, "I’ve said all that needs to be said."

If Luo Peng were here, he would definitely applaud and cheer for him.

He really hit the nail on the head with this act.

"And then?"

Li Shuru came in front of him, then turned around, blocking Jiang Chen face to face.

"What do you mean, ’and then’?"

Jiang Chen frowned slightly.

"You mean to say, you don’t want to have anything to do with me from now on? Is that it?"

Li Shuru pressed on urgently.

"No."

Jiang Chen stopped being frivolous, speaking softly, "I just think that we both need some time to calm down right now."

This sounds so much like a line from a metropolitan idol drama.

But after the shock of discovering that "Cold River Lone Shadow" was Jiang Chen, and bombarded by his long-winded speech just before, Li Shuru indeed had little capacity left for thought. Feeling somewhat apologetic for her malicious conjectures just now, she also couldn’t help but feel somewhat wronged.

When had she ever been treated this way by a man?

"Jiang Chen, I admit that what I said just now was impulsive, but do you need to react so intensely? You are a man, and I am a woman, can’t you just indulge me a little?"

Listen.

Where is the proud and lofty campus belle from before?

Jiang Chen kept a poker face, but on the inside, he felt a great sense of relief.

It was clear.

He had gambled correctly.

Just like when he faced Ai Qian’s death threats on the rooftop garden of the library, he walked away firmly. When dealing with women, one really can’t submit unconditionally, or you may end up passive at every turn.

If he hadn’t chosen to leave just now but had stayed inside trying to please Li Shuru in every way possible, would she be acting like this?

"I don’t care how others misunderstand me."

Saying this, Jiang Chen stopped in time.

Li Shuru’s pride was finally dismantled; she bit her lip, lowered her gaze, and said in an unprecedentedly gentle tone, "...I’m sorry."

Jiang Chen didn’t show it on the surface, but inside, his heart was filled with joy.

He knew that he had achieved his strategic goal and it was time to take his victory.

"Are you still angry?"

After a moment, his tone also became more gentle.

Li Shuru shook her head, lifting her captivating eyes to look straight at him, seeming a bit aggrieved.

Jiang Chen cleared his throat, "Then let’s go back."

Li Shuru stood still, not moving at all.

Jiang Chen’s eyes showed inquiry.

"I don’t want to go back."

"I want to watch a movie."

Jiang Chen was a bit surprised, but since the girl had put forward such a request, he naturally couldn’t refuse.

"At this hour, there shouldn’t be many movies showing,"

"Any movie is fine."

After a brief conflict, the two quickly made up. Li Shuru handed the car keys to Jiang Chen to drive, but Jiang Chen immediately said, "I drank too."

He suspected this girl might be doing it on purpose: ostensibly reconciled, but actually bearing a grudge, trying to make him drunk-drive and then get caught.

’Dealing with women and small-minded people is so difficult,’ the saying wasn’t for nothing.

If Li Shuru knew what he was thinking at that moment, she would likely have turned around and left without a word, but she didn’t have the ability to read minds.

"Call a designated driver?"

Jiang Chen asked tentatively.

"Never mind, there seems to be a cinema not far from here, let’s just walk."

Jiang Chen nodded.

They walked side by side under the moonlight, passersby bustling around them, amidst the traffic and the noise of the city.

"Jiang Chen, you’ve spent so much money on me, aren’t you worried that I won’t be able to pay you back?"

Li Shuru brushed a strand of hair from her cheek.

"I never thought about asking you to repay me."

Jiang Chen said, almost reflexively.

Li Shuru turned her head.

"What I mean is, the money from the live stream tips was given willingly. You don’t need to pay me back for that. If you really want to repay me, then repay the three million. With your ability, that amount of money shouldn’t be a problem."

Jiang Chen explained.

"That amount of money."

Li Shuru smiled, turned her head to look at him, with sparkling eyes, "You couldn’t possibly be a trillionaire, could you?"

"What about it? Do you feel like you’ve hit the jackpot? Better start thinking about how to suck up to me."

Jiang Chen’s words seemed playful, lightly dodging the weight of the topic.

Three million, in a second- or third-tier city, might be enough for a house. But in her mouth, it seemed insignificant.

Although he knew the trillion was a joke – after all, even the country’s richest person didn’t have that much money – Li Shuru no longer dared to make any easy guesses about Jiang Chen’s actual financial resources.

"You think too highly of me. Three million might be insignificant to you, but to me, it could mean years, or even a decade of hard work."

"Isn’t your live streaming quite lucrative?"

Jiang Chen asked.

Li Shuru glanced at him with a sidelong look.

"Are you doing this on purpose? The reason I was confident I could pay you back quickly was because of ’The Lone Shadow of the Cold River.’ But now, look how it is."

Jiang Chen forced a smile.

"If it really won’t work out, I can just use my car as collateral for you, to start paying you back a little."

"That’s too formal. If you have money, you can pay me back; if you don’t, then don’t worry about it. After all, we didn’t sign any IOU, and I can’t really do anything to you."

"That’s true, huh."

Li Shuru, as if she just came to her senses, lamented: "If only I knew, I would have borrowed more from you back then."

Jiang Chen burst into laughter, "Haha, it’s too late for regrets now."

"Will you continue to send me gifts in the future?"

Li Shuru tilted her head.

"Well, that depends on my mood. Like the outfit you wore last night, I wasn’t too pleased with it. You’re a female university student, yet you dressed like a young housewife, what propriety is that? And your videos, they are well-shot, but how to put it, they seem a tad too flirtatious..."

"Jiang Chen, go die!"

Li Shuru instinctively aimed to use the fearsome skill, a woman’s natural talent known as the Claw of the Bewitching Bone.

Prepared for this, Jiang Chen took off running.

"Stop right there!"

Li Shuru gritted her teeth, chasing after him.

Passersby looked on with smiles, their gaze filled with goodwill, reminiscing about the joys of youth.