I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping
Chapter 230 - 227 Otherwise, just wait to marry me.

Chapter 230: 227 Otherwise, just wait to marry me.

The spring water babbled.

A high-end restaurant in East Sea, renowned for its reputation.

The reason for its name was its distinctive décor, which had no ground, but rather floating stone slabs like lotus leaves, surrounded by clear pools of water, reminiscent of a dreamy water town—customers dined in black-awning boats.

"Why not join Uncle Shi and the others?"

Inside one of the black-awning boats.

Two young men and women of prominent family backgrounds sat opposite each other, while their parents were dining at the nearby six-star hotel.

"Don’t you want it this way too?"

Miss Shi, holding her chopsticks, ate the beautifully crafted but meager dishes without much expression on her face.

Originally, the plan for today’s lunch was to have a gathering of both families, but it was changed to "dining separately" on her suggestion of "why not have a date alone".

Sun Xiyu also had some unknown purpose and, although she did not communicate with him in advance, chose to tacitly cooperate.

"... Shi Qianxi, have you encountered something recently?"

Sun Xiyu couldn’t help but ask, his tone quite tentative.

Actually, since the day he went to the airport to pick her up, he had felt that something was amiss. Shi Qianxi, who had been clingy before, was unexpectedly cold to him that day, and she hadn’t bothered him since. Today, under pressure from their elders, they had to share a meal, but her attitude was still lukewarm.

Though personally, Sun Xiyu was pleased to see this change in her.

Still, he couldn’t help but find it strange.

Very strange.

"What could possibly happen to me? It’s just that my mom has stopped my credit card, that’s all," said Miss Shi as if it were nothing.

Her card was stopped?

Sun Xiyu was a bit surprised, but it wasn’t his place to pry into family matters, and he felt that this witch indeed needed to be disciplined.

"Sun Xiyu, now that your parents and mine are both not here, there’s no need to keep hiding. I’m going to ask you a question, and I want you to answer me honestly." Shi Qianxi put a piece of tender jade bamboo shoot into her mouth, raised her head, and asked,

"Do you want to marry me?"

She didn’t even bother to ask "Do you like me?"

Sun Xiyu pressed his lips together and said nothing.

Shi Qianxi laughed.

She used to think he was a gentleman, but now she realized he was actually a coward.

"It’s just the two of us here. Can’t you even be honest about your own feelings?"

Luckily she came up with this plan; otherwise, if she really sat down with the elders, her "fiancé-to-be" would dare not say a word, and all the pressure would fall on her.

"What are you trying to say?"

"Haven’t I already said it?"

Shi Qianxi chuckled lightly, looking into his eyes, and repeated, "I’m asking you, do you really want to marry me or not?"

Sun Xiyu fell silent again.

Of course, he had an answer in his heart.

But he dared not speak it.

Because he knew all too well that this witch was capable of anything, and if he revealed his true feelings now, what if she went around spreading it? How would he explain it to his family?

If it affected the relationship between their families, how could he bear such responsibility?

This was the real difference between a true scion of wealth and a profligate.

If it were the latter, on the contrary, they would not consider so much at all.

"Alright, look how troubled you are."

Shi Qianxi seemed to know that she wouldn’t get a definitive answer and didn’t push further. She continued eating, and spoke indifferently, "So, let’s make a deal."

Sun Xiyu frowned slightly, truly overwhelmed by her barrage of moves.

"What deal?"

"I know you don’t really want to marry me, and I won’t force you. So, I’ll sabotage this arranged marriage. I’ll carry the infamy, but shouldn’t you show some gesture? You can’t just benefit without giving anything in return, right? The world doesn’t work like that, does it?"

It was like thunder heard in utter silence.

Sun Xiyu’s pupils contracted, and he couldn’t help but be moved.

What trick was this witch playing now?

Shi Qianxi lifted her head, smiling lightly.

"Don’t look at me like that. I’m not testing you or trying to scheme against you. I just realized that a melon forced off its vine is not sweet. Forcing you to marry me, even if we ended up together, you won’t treat me well, and if you’re unhappy, I won’t be happy either. What’s the point?"

Truly enlightened.

Was this still the same woman who could drive her boyfriend into the hospital with her car and choose to destroy rather than go without?

Sun Xiyu felt very unsettled, but upon closer observation, he noticed that she didn’t seem to be joking.

It appeared she was sincere.

But what was going on?

"Say something."

Shi Qianxi frowned slightly, "Do you agree or not?"

Although he didn’t know why she suddenly had this "epiphany," Sun Xiyu, sensing a chance to secure his future happiness, didn’t have time to think it over.

"What do you want me to do?"

As someone born into a merchant family, he naturally knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

You had to give something to get something.

But her intentions surprised him.

"Don’t be nervous. I don’t need you to do anything. What I want is simple, just money."

"Money?"

Sun Xiyu’s eyes unconsciously widened slightly.

Shi Qianxi nodded, speaking calmly, "You give me one billion, and I’ll take the blame for calling off the engagement. You won’t have any trouble."

Sun Xiyu was stunned.

He knew that getting away from this witch wouldn’t be easy, that he couldn’t escape paying a price, but he never expected that she would ask him for money.

Shi Qianxi’s terms truly caught him off guard.

"I can’t come up with that much money."

Sun Xiyu steadied himself.

"You can’t even produce one hundred million?"

Shi Qianxi certainly didn’t believe it, "Sun Xiyu, this is about the happiness of your lifetime. That guy surnamed Jiang, for the sake of that female student, he even paid eighty-six million."

"This is different."

Sun Xiyu was still somewhat dazed, pondering when this witch, who usually treated money like trash, had become so obsessed with it.

"How is this not the same thing?"

Shi Qianxi insisted without room for debate: "One hundred million, that’s my condition."

"Shi Qianxi, it’s not my fault that Aunt Meng cut off your credit cards, you can’t extort me, right?"

Sun Xiyu’s face showed anger.

"When did I ever extort you?"

Shi Qianxi replied calmly, "Don’t you think your happiness is worth one hundred million?"

Her level of insistence was so intense that even Jiang Chen found her tough to handle, let alone this scion of a noble family.

Sun Xiyu always felt something was a bit off, but he couldn’t quite pinpoint what was wrong.

"I really don’t have that much money."

He exhaled a breath.

"That guy Qin Yunxiao, just to get rid of his internet celebrity girlfriend, he spent two hundred million. Sun Xiyu, you can’t be worse off than him, right?"

"His internet celebrity girlfriend was pregnant. Are you pregnant? Nothing even happened between us, right? Plus, his family came up with the money to settle things. Can I ask my family for money like that?!"

Even someone with Sun Xiyu’s temperament was almost driven to red-faced fury by her, demonstrating just how formidable Miss Shi was.

Seeing that he seemed truly unable to come up with one hundred million, Shi Qianxi fell silent for a while and didn’t press further. She took a step back.

"Alright then, eighty million, and not a penny less."

Her tone was as if she was doing him a huge favor.

Sun Xiyu’s breathing grew heavy.

"I don’t even have eighty million."

Just as Miss Shi seemed about to explode, Sun Xiyu added, "Don’t think everyone is as lucky as you."

That remark was indeed heartfelt.

East Sea had its fair share of wealthy young masters and mistresses, but few were as carefree as Shi Qianxi.

Not everyone had the confidence to treat diamonds worth hundreds of millions like they were nothing.

Although it was meant as a compliment and was far from an insult, Shi Qianxi’s expression grew cold for reasons unknown.

"Then tell me straight, how much can you offer?"

Sun Xiyu felt choked up in the chest.

Why did he feel like he was being cornered by a creditor?

"Ten million."

For the sake of his own happiness, Young Master Sun decided to swallow his pride.

He had no power to resist his parents’ decisions. Therefore, to sabotage this arranged marriage, he could only rely on the witch sitting across from him.

"Ten million? Sun Xiyu, are you treating me like a beggar?"

Miss Shi was naturally furious.

"I can truly only offer that much money."

"You’re fooling a fool."

Shi Qianxi spoke coldly, "Eighty million, that’s my final offer. Otherwise, you can just wait to marry me!"

Sun Xiyu’s temples twitched, his chest felt like it had been punched several times, so stifled he wanted to cough up blood,

What does she mean by: otherwise, you can just wait to marry me?!

"Thirty million, not one penny more. That’s all I can come up with."

Sun Xiyu finally stated his bottom line.

Although they had always been close family friends, his family and the Shi Family still had certain disparities. Moreover, he wasn’t in control of the family yet. It hadn’t been easy for him to scrape together this amount without preparation.

The parents next door, engaged in lighthearted conversation, would probably have had some thoughts if they saw the confrontation between the two.

"Thirty million is too little."

Miss Shi, having demanded one hundred million right from the start, was of course dissatisfied with this amount.

"Then there’s nothing to talk about."

Even a clay Buddha has a three-point temper, to say nothing of a person.

Young Master Sun’s own temper was riled up as well.

"Fine, I won’t make things difficult for you. Fifty million, that should show enough sincerity, right?"

Born into a business family, even though she had never shown interest in the family trade, growing up in such an environment made Miss Shi quite adept in the ways of the business world. Seeing the other party about to flip the table and end the negotiations, she suddenly made a concession.

The situation was like that of ordinary people haggling over clothes in the market, where the seller steadfastly refuses until you’re about to leave, and then they beckon you back.

"I only have thirty million."

"You can borrow from your buddies, can’t you? Two million isn’t much, and with your reputation, it should be easy."

Miss Shi’s tone made it seem like a given.

Sun Xiyu’s face turned red, and he was barely able to hold back from cursing.

"You want me to borrow money for this?"

"Why not? You could come up with another reason, like Qin Yunxiao did, saying you got someone pregnant and needed money to deal with the mess. Isn’t that a good idea?"

Sun Xiyu clenched his hands unconsciously as his temples pulsed.

At this moment.

His mind was a blank, save for one thought.

He absolutely could not marry this woman.

Absolutely not!!!