I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping
Chapter 90: Additional charge required

Chapter 90: Additional charge required

After dinner, Jiang Chen dropped Li Shuru off at the entrance of the arts academy.

She had a dance class in the afternoon.

Up to this day, the two of them did not bother to hide anything and didn’t care about what was being said at school.

"Shu Rui, what does Jiang Chen mean by this?"

Zheng Jingjing had obviously heard about the love letter incident, and during a brief rest in the middle of class, she approached Li Shuru righteously indignant.

"How could he write a love letter to another girl? That’s just too much!"

Li Shuru was stretching her legs.

"He wrote it on behalf of Luo Peng," she said.

"You believe that? Maybe they’re in cahoots, conning you together!"

Li Shuru neither confirmed nor denied it, leaning her delicate body forward until her torso was parallel to the ground, her flexibility surpassing imagination.

If there were LSPs here, they would certainly drool and comment on her ability to utilize any pose.

"I think Jin Jin is right, men are very cunning in these things, not a single word is true, I saw the video, if it was written for someone else, why didn’t Jiang Chen say so? Why did he have to be the one to read it out loud? Is that something to be proud of?"

Xu Siyi and Guo Ran also came over.

"Shu Rui, I’ve seen that Luo Li’er, she is indeed pretty, any man would probably have little resistance to her."

Guo Ran also cautiously added her opinion, more restrained compared to the others.

Li Shuru straightened up and put down her long, straight, beautiful legs.

"Even if he really did write it, what of it?"

At her words, the three girls were all taken aback.

Then, Zheng Jingjing said urgently, "Shu Rui, what are you talking about? If it really was his own work, then he’s nothing but scum! You can’t let him off the hook!"

"Based on what?"

Li Shuru’s face remained calm. "Jiang Chen and I have no sort of relationship, if he writes a love letter to anyone, that’s his freedom, what right do I have to interfere or to criticize?"

"But Shu Rui, aren’t you guys..."

Xu Siyi hesitated.

Letting alone others, even their few roommates thought the two were in a relationship.

Facing the gaze of several sisters, Li Shuru couldn’t help but think of Jiang Chen’s silence at noon, and she felt inexplicably vexed.

"We are just friends."

"Shu Rui, did you guys have a fight?"

Zheng Jingjing, sensing something was amiss, tentatively asked.

"No."

Li Shuru shook her head and walked away.

The girls looked at each other in confusion.

"What’s going on?"

"Isn’t it obvious? Shu Rui must be angry," Guo Ran whispered.

"It’s over, Shu Rui has really fallen deep," Zheng Jingjing lamented.

Women understand women best.

The Shu Rui of the past, how carefree was she?

She had never experienced such emotional upheaval because of any man.

Even though Shu Rui tried to control it, she still sensed that trace of hard-to-conceal irritability.

If she hadn’t taken him to heart, she wouldn’t feel this way.

"I will stay outside tonight, won’t be coming back to the dorm," she said suddenly after class, as the girls left together.

Clearly.

She was purposely avoiding the topic of Jiang Chen’s love letter, not wanting to be questioned further by her roommates.

Xu Siyi and Guo Ran exchanged glances, tacitly remaining silent.

"Shu Rui, this isn’t your fault, it’s that guy Jiang Chen!"

Zheng Jingjing spoke harshly. "Men are all the same, once they get what they want they stop appreciating it. Shu Rui, I think you should fight back!"

"Fight back?"

"Jin Jin, what do you mean?" Xu Siyi interjected.

"No matter if that love letter was really written by someone else, his behavior is simply not right, Shu Rui. You mustn’t indulge this kind of behavior; otherwise, he will just become more and more excessive in the future. You need to make him understand that you’re in demand too!"

"Are you saying, let Shu Rui..."

Guo Ran seemed to grasp something but hesitated to speak further.

"That’s right, if he dares to play the first, you dare to play the fifteenth! If he cheats, then you cheat too!"

As soon as the words fell, even Xu Siyi couldn’t help but be stunned.

Guo Ran was even more bewildered, "Jin Jin, what are you talking about?! What kind of person do you take Shu Rui for!"

"Oh come on, I don’t really want Shu Rui to do anything inappropriate. I’m just saying, let her pretend a little, show that guy and make him feel threatened. Have you read ’Journey to the West’? To deal with men, you need to be like Tang Sanzang with Sun Wukong, constantly keeping him under the Tightening Spell."

Zheng Jingjing spoke methodically, making a compelling argument.

"Wow, I didn’t see that coming. You actually have quite some insights into dealing with men."

Xu Siyi said with surprise and amusement.

"Of course."

Zheng Jingjing snorted proudly.

"But isn’t this giving Jiang Chen too much importance?"

Xu Siyi glanced at Li Shuru.

Li Shuru was as calm as still water, giving no clue as to what she was thinking.

"Shu Rui, you have to listen to me, otherwise you’ll definitely suffer in the future."

Zheng Jingjing was genuinely considering what was best for her good friend.

No one understood better than her what was truly going on between Shu Rui and Jiang Chen.

Not even Si Yi and Guo Ran could compare.

As a direct witness, Zheng Jingjing had understood since coming down from the mountain that Jiang Chen would inevitably leave an indelible mark in Shu Rui’s heart, no matter how nonchalant she might appear; it couldn’t hide the fact.

Li Shuru didn’t express any opinion on Zheng Jingjing’s suggestion. Upon reaching the dormitory building, she got into a car alone.

"Vroom."

Under the watchful eyes of Zheng Jingjing and the other girls, the Palamera turned and drove away.

Back in her rented apartment, the first thing Li Shuru did was take a shower. She lay on the bed, and her mind involuntarily revisited Zheng Jingjing’s words.

’Journey to the West’.

Tang Sanzang.

Tightening Spell.

Like an incessant haunting tune, those words clung to her mind.

With no one around, she finally let go of her emotions, the like of which she hadn’t felt before, and she ruffled her hair in annoyance.

A segment of an English song for a ringtone suddenly sounded.

Li Shuru exhaled a breath, sat up from the bed, reached for the phone, glanced at the caller ID, and instantly became focused, setting aside all other thoughts as she quickly answered.

"Do you have a heart condition?"

The call was from Liang Zhenlun.

Hearing Li Shuru’s eager voice, Liang Zhenlun fell silent for a moment, then apologetically said, "Shu Rui, it’s not that, I have something I need to discuss with you..."

"What’s going on?"

Seeing the hesitation in the caller’s voice, Li Shuru frowned slightly.

"Three million might not be enough. He Ge says we need to add more..."

"We need to add more?"

Li Shuru was taken aback, then quickly responded, "Wasn’t it agreed to be three million?"

"Shu Rui, this is what He Ge said, three million won’t cut it."

Liang Zhenlun sounded quite troubled.

Li Shuru’s eyes flickered, a surge of anger rising within her, but she forcibly restrained it.

"How much more do we need to add?"

"One million."

Li Shuru was silent for a long moment.

Liang Zhenlun must have realized how shameful it was to jack up the price at the last minute and awkwardly said, "Shu Rui, maybe we should just forget it, I’ll go get your money back..."

"One million, right? I’ll pay it."

Li Shuru’s voice grew colder.

"But you need to tell Mr. He that I hope he can keep his promise."

Liang Zhenlun wanted to say something else, but the call had already been hung up by Li Shuru.