Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One
Chapter 24: The Dignity of Greenery

Chapter 24: Chapter 24: The Dignity of Greenery

Zhou Bai gritted his teeth as he drove back, feeling his eyes burning red with anger.

By the way, the apartment where his girlfriend lives was previously his.

Back when he was still in university, he had a chance encounter with a girl who was doggedly striving and struggling with her studies. After several such encounters and some unintended exchanges, along with various accidental misunderstandings where he took on significant emotional responsibility...

In short, they started dating.

After they began dating, as a real second-generation rich kid, how could Zhou Bai allow his girlfriend and her family to live in a rundown, crime-ridden, soon-to-be-demolished old building?

So he insisted that his always self-reliant girlfriend accept this apartment.

For this, they even engaged in a long tug-of-war —

What a resilient and strong girl she was!

She, the unyielding little flower, absolutely refused to take advantage of her boyfriend!

If Zhou Bai hadn’t exhausted all his wits and schemes, bending over backward — his girlfriend wouldn’t have agreed!

Now, as Zhou Bai’s car sped down the road, gripping the steering wheel tightly, a new doubt crept into his mind —

Was it really him who insisted on giving away the apartment back then, and did his girlfriend only reluctantly accept it?

Zhou Bai’s rationality and composure only barely managed to get him back to the villa.

The moment he got out of the car, he had already drafted a text message to his girlfriend, quite straightforward and clear —

[Let’s break up.]

...

However, all of this was several days ago.

As a grown man, being blatantly cuckolded is not a glorious thing, and as a wealthy but not wasteful second-generation, Zhou Bai had to maintain his moral standing, and thus could only swallow his anger quietly.

Yet once he saw through it, many things had corresponding solutions.

For instance — the first thing was to call the bank and freeze his supplementary card.

And immediately notify the property management to list the apartment with a real estate agent.

Thankfully, because his impoverished girlfriend’s family was in debt and her father was an irresponsible gambler, being a real estate mogul’s son, Zhou Bai, to ensure his girlfriend’s interest, the transfer of the apartment had not been able to go through smoothly.

The breakup came too suddenly, like a tornado.

During this time, his girlfriend came crying to try and salvage the relationship, but the photos hammered the truth too hard, the filters and flowery smiles dispelled 99% of the excuses...

Therefore, the moment he received Chu River’s email, he was lying on the sofa aimlessly browsing live streams.

What can solve worries? Spending money only.

As an honest, non-pretentious rich second-generation, when sad, wandering through major live streaming rooms and impulsively buying is already a basic operation.

The loud voice of the host was still shouting in his phone:

"It’s on the shelf! Only 50 pieces! It’s time to be quick with your hands! First-come, first-served, no restock, no restock, sisters, 5! 4! 3! 2! 1——"

He was just about to click the link when an email occupied the screen.

Truly occupied the entire screen.

The text was in bright green.

[Do you want to know how many ways the word ’green’ can be written?]

A stimulated person can’t stand this word right now.

When Zhou Bai gathered his senses, his finger had already clicked in.

There were no unnecessary words inside, just one screenshot after another, seemingly chat logs.

But when these chat logs frequently mentioned his name, Zhou Bai immediately sat upright.

—It was the conversation between his ex-girlfriend and her "boyfriend."

[An Xiaoxue: What should I do? Brother An, it’s all your fault for insisting on taking pictures, he saw the photos!]

[Zhao An: So what if he saw them? What, you really fell for that pretty boy? Anyway, we’re not losing out on this wave.]

[An Xiaoxue: No, Brother An, I just tried, and the bank card is frozen.

Also, this apartment, this apartment... you insisted I make up a story about covering my dad’s gambling debt...

In the end, Zhou Bai said someone like me with debts shouldn’t have large assets! We haven’t even transferred the apartment!]

[Zhao An: What the hell have you been doing!!!]

[The apartment hasn’t been transferred, and we didn’t receive anything. After all this, we only managed to siphon tens of thousands from the card?!]

[An Xiaoxue: Brother, didn’t you say to lay a long line to catch a big fish? What if I marry him...]

[Zhao An: Keep dreaming!]

[Zhao An: You think you can marry him? You haven’t even gotten rid of the foot bath city smell yet, you think a few cosmetic surgeries are enough?]

[I’m thinking, this can’t end like this, we didn’t even get any money out of it, are we going to let it go for nothing...]

[Let’s come up with a plan, let’s do a big job, just grab him and come back—]

Zhou Bai’s eyes were brimming with rage.

What a pair of scoundrels!

He was truly blind before!

...

And as the anger gradually subsided, Zhou Bai was faced with another problem—

Who got the screenshots?

Could it be that there’s dissent within the kidnapping group?

He suddenly realized that the bright green overhead was now considered trivial.

Because according to their plan, this wasn’t just a simple cheating story, but a bunch of desperados!

But as for the email...

Zhou Bai immediately replied to the other party:

[Who are you? What do you want?]

?

So cooperative?

Chu River perked up at the internet cafe!

She pondered repeatedly, cautiously and solemnly wording her response:

"No other intention, just want to borrow some money to spend."

Zhou Bai: ...Fuck!

Did he just poke a hornet’s nest?!

Seeing two extortion emails in succession was indeed too much stimulation for Zhou Bai.

Now, he’s just a piece of fat meat, and everyone wants to take a bite, right?

With malice in his heart, he replied unceremoniously:

[How much do you want?]

Chu River was rather pleased.

—So straightforward, as expected of a wealthy person!

So she also mused over the current prices and thought it was best to be a bit subtle this first time, asking for a reasonable amount that could let her enjoy a happy summer holiday.

"Just borrow 1 million first."

million?!

Zhou Bai was almost amused by anger.

The appetite of kidnappers these days is really not small.

The scheming dog couple planned a kidnapping and mentioned nothing less than 50 million for a release!

Now the one providing information also immediately asks for 1 million...

Zhou Bai wasn’t an idiot, not to mention whether it’s internal strife, but complying this one time means it would never end!

He sneerp, typing cold, hard characters:

[Sure, but first you have to have that dog couple brought to justice.]

The other party didn’t reply for a while.

Meanwhile, at the internet cafe, the school slacker barely dared to peek at the school genius’s screen out of the corner of their eye.

Thank heavens, it’s in Chinese!

This time it’s alright, as the search directory was being frantically flipped, they could more or less make out the first two characters—

"Criminal Law"

School Slacker: ...

The realm of the school genius, terrifying as expected!

A full 10 minutes passed before Zhou Bai finally received a reply, the tone simple yet full of provocation—

[I checked the information. Cheating is a moral issue, not illegal, and kidnapping hasn’t been carried out, so the sentencing would be minimal. What are you aiming for?]

Zhou Bai’s anger flared once more, furiously replying, his finger almost poking a hole in the screen—

[If you can get them a 10 to 8-year sentence, I’ll give you 2 million.]

Chu River: ???

Is there really such a good deal?

It felt like being back in the Star Sea Era, in her days stirring the winds and clouds as a Star Police officer.

Professional ethics immediately rose up— as long as the money is sufficient, any requirement is correct.

She solemnly replied:

"Rest assured, your demands will definitely be met."

million, here I come!