Metropolitan System - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Cupid and the God of Wealth

For some reason, Jiang Bai had a heavy feeling after listening to Su Mei’s story. He felt a slight sense of discomfort realizing that he was a third party spoiling the marriage of others. Although all parties seemed to have agreed to the entry of this third party, that still left a bad taste in his mouth. As for the reason for the discomfort, not even he himself could explain why. Was it envy? Or some other reason? He had no idea.

“I’m…I’m leaving. Thank you.” Su Mei took a deep breath, took her leave and lightly pecked Jiang Bai’s cheek before she got off the bed and left after putting her clothes on.

When she reached the door, she recalled something as she spoke softly, “Today…feels good. But I have already deleted you from my friend list. I doubt we will have a chance to see each other again. If I do get pregnant from this, I will take good care of the child. The room has already been paid for as well. You may leave after a good night’s sleep.”

“Oh, it is not possible get pregnant with only a single attempt. What will you do if you did not end up pregnant?” Jiang Bai blurted those words out as he gazed at Su Mei’s departing back. Su Mei was stunned when she heard those words.

“I’ve already checked my menstruation cycle. Today is the best day for me to get pregnant. If…if I’m not pregnant, I’ll look for you again,” Su Mei stuttered out a response after a short silence. Then, she quickly ran away. Her reply stunned Jiang Bai, but he quickly recovered and smiled. Alas, the smile did not last long as it soon turned into a helpless smile when he discovered the RMB 10,000 left under the pillow for him.

“What is this? Is this my prostitution fee?” Jiang Bai was furious. That woman was so lovable yet infuriating at the same time. If she was still here, it was unknown what Jiang Bai would do to her right now. And when he took his phone out, he found that Su Mei had indeed disappeared from his friend list. She had really blocked him!

That left Jiang Bai speechless. He shook his head and after putting his clothes on, he left as well. Before leaving, he turned to take one last look at the red spot on the bed, a bitter smile on his face. Unknown to him, while he was leaving, a white figure was stealthily looking at him from the distant with a complicated expression. After Jiang Bai’s figure vanished from her vision, she entered the room again. Looking at the red spot on the bed, she took in a deep breath. She then removed the bed sheet, folded it and stuffed it into a bag before rushing away.

After leaving the hotel, Jiang Bai did not bother calling Xiaotian. Instead, he took a taxi back home. When he arrived, he saw a black Lamborghini and two vans parked in front his apartment building. Such cars were rarely seen here. After all, this was a middle-class area. There would be cars worth millions appearing here every now and then, belonging to the small number of wealthy families in the neighborhood. But still, such families were in small number here. This was the first time Jiang Bai had seen a sports car worth millions at this neighborhood. He wondered who the owner was.

Whoosh!

Jiang Bai only gave the car one glance before he moved on. But the doors of the Lamborghini and the two vans were opened at this moment. Then, more than 10 burly men got off the vans, rushed over and surrounding him.

A familiar looking person got off the black Lamborghini and leisurely walked toward Jiang Bai. He was a rather good looking man of about 30 years old dressed in a set of black suit. He was Wu Tian, the person who was infatuated with Yao Lan and had been pestering her endlessly.

“What is this? Are you going to beat me up?” Jiang Bai raised his brow and stood there with his arms crossed. When he spoke, his voice was filled with derision.

“You’re actually not afraid? You got guts, kid.” Jiang Bai’s reaction caused Wu Tian to look at him in a whole new light.

“Why should I be afraid?” Jiang Bai showed an unrelenting attitude.

Wu Tian laughed and sized Jiang Bai up like he had just found an interesting toy before speaking, “Haha, you really got guts, kid. Others would have peed their pants from fear by now yet you still dare speak to me like that. That’s right. Today, I’m here for you.”

Wu Tian waved his hand and a man dressed in black took out a briefcase from the van before standing beside Wu Tian. And when Wu Tian waved his hand again, the man nodded and opened the briefcase, revealing a pile of neatly arranged cash in the bag. From the looks of it, there were at least several hundred thousand in cash here.

“What is the meaning of this?” Jiang Bai blanked out shortly before he asked with a frown.

“Leave Yao Lan and the RMB 500,000 here will be all yours. This is an option you can take. For a young man like you, this is already a large sum of money. You will be able to live off it doing nothing for quite a while. You can even find some other pretty girls to have some fun with. I hope you will stop showing yourself before Yao Lan. You have three days to sever your relationship with her. But remember to not let her know that I am the culprit who got you to leave her.”

After he was done speaking, Wu Tian shut the briefcase and tossed it over to Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai reached out and caught the briefcase.

“An option? What if I refuse?” Jiang Bai asked.

“Refuse? Simple, the cash will still be yours. You will be given one day to transfer it back home as this will be your funeral expenses. By tomorrow night, you will be at the bottom of the river!” Wu Tian sneered and left without giving Jiang Bai another glance after saying that. The burly men around them also glanced at Jiang Bai coldly before leaving.

“Ah…I agree.” When Jiang Bai saw that Wu Tian was about to leave, a wide smile formed on his face as he immediately agreed to the request. In the first place, he had no relationship whatsoever with Yao Lan. So there was nothing for him to sever even if he wanted. This guy was rich enough to offer him RMB 500,000 just to dump a woman, and powerful enough to have a bunch of fierce underlings working for him. Despite that, he was stupid enough to not investigate Jiang Bai’s actual relationship with Yao Lan before doing this? Did he not know that Jiang Bai had no relationship with Yao Lan, and the two had only met once?

“Smart choice.” Wu Tian said and roared with laughter before stepping on his pedal. And with a rumbling sound, the sports car sped off and vanished from Jiang Bai’s vision, leaving behind a row of skid marks on the ground.

When Jiang Bai saw that, he shook his head and muttered, “How long will your car last with a reckless driver like you? Sure, I agreed to leave Yao Lan. But we were never in a relationship anyway. Stop showing myself before her? Nope, I don’t plan to move out of this place.”

Jiang Bai decided to forget about the fool and walked back home. He knew that Wu Tian was definitely no ordinary person for him to have so much cash and to behave so arrogantly. But Jiang Bai had no fear.

Today was truly quite an odd day for him. It was like everyone was giving him free gifts.

Early in the morning, he received an offer for free sex with a beautiful woman, and was even paid RMB 10,000 as his prostitution fees. And next, his so-called “love rival” had appeared with RMB 500,000 in cash for him. Was this good luck or not?

Why was everyone giving him money today? Were both Cupid and God of Wealth visiting him today? With the odd thought in his mind, Jiang Bai stepped in the elevator and headed upstairs. Right after he stepped out, a purple silhouette appeared before him…