Chapter 728: Chapter 26: The Cannon Fodder Best Friend of the Tragic Romance Heroine (26)

The other party was very impatient.

"Don’t you have any idea whether it has room to appreciate?! Don’t bother me, I’m hanging up!"

The second call was hung up just like that.

Jiang Zhi stared at his phone in disbelief, then looked around helplessly, his heart feeling as if it were being gripped by a giant hand, unable to catch his breath.

No worries, no worries, it’s all just an accident.

Anyway, he’s left with a lot.

The third, fourth, fifth...

"Sorry, my funds are tight right now, and I can’t come up with that much money. I don’t want to delay your chance to make money, goodbye."

"Don’t you know the situation on that street? The old town is about to be relocated; schools and hospitals have to move, and property prices there will drop, let alone shops!"

"Not buying insurance! A shop? What shop! That area is about to have a huge price reduction, anyone buying would be a fool!"

...

"Three million?! Are you kidding! Do you know how much I spent to buy this shop?" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

The last person started bargaining from the beginning, making Jiang Zhi leap up from the ground, his voice rising, his expression frantic.

The other party’s tone was indifferent.

"I’m telling you, this place of yours, at most, three million! Even at that price, I think it’s too high. I just thought about it, and two million and some change sounds about right."

"Bullshit!! The houses behind the area are priced at over fifty thousand per square meter, and for such a big shop, you’re giving me a thirty thousand average? Get lost!!"

Jiang Zhi hung up, redialing one by one, continuing to negotiate the price.

After making dozens of calls, half were willing to negotiate, half not, and among those willing, the highest offer was only slightly over three million.

After all the calls were made, Jiang Zhi looked haggard, his face ashen, slumping to the ground like his soul had left him, with a dead look in his eyes.

Wang Lili came over holding the child, urgently asking.

"How did it go? How much did you sell it for? Can it sell for one and a half million?"

"It’s over."

"What do you mean, over? How much did it sell for, tell me!"

Seeing his expression, Wang Lili felt like there was a stone blocking her throat, extremely uncomfortable.

"Jiang Zhi!"

"I was screwed over by Jiang Lai!!"

His eyes bloodshot, he roared like a mad beast, scaring the child in Wang Lili’s arms into crying again.

The child’s cries made Jiang Zhi’s head feel like it was about to explode.

He stood up and shouted loudly at the young child in front of him.

"What the hell are you crying for! Useless thing! What’s the point of having you?! You can’t even get a supermarket!"

Wang Lili, holding the child, hearing this, unhesitatingly put the child down and started slapping Jiang Zhi’s face.

"Jiang Zhi, you beast, you’re even cursing your son! That’s your own flesh and blood! You don’t even acknowledge your own child!"

Jiang Zhi was already on the verge of collapse.

He had planned to make a killing, scraping together eight million.

Two houses, a car, all mortgaged.

Took out a ten-day high-interest loan, just waiting to resell the shop after acquiring it, then redeem the house and car, making a clean profit of a few million.

But now?

The house, the car, all in someone else’s hands.

He had to pay several thousand yuan in interest every day.

Every day it drags on, it squeezes him more.

Now, he can’t even get his principal back, let alone make a profit!

Fueled by rage, Jiang Zhi lost his mind, grabbing Wang Lili’s hair...

The room echoed with a woman’s screams and a child’s cries.

Little Buding was livestreaming the Jiang Family situation.

"Jiang Zhi got screwed over badly, he wishes he could kill you now."

Jiang Lai was completely unaffected, sitting under the lamp quietly reading a book, and calmly said.

"Mm, there are plenty of people who want to kill me, one more won’t matter."

Many people were already aware of the old city relocation.

Typically, those who can put up millions to buy a shop are well-prepared, and have some awareness of the impending city relocation.

These things the savvy know, Jiang Zhi doesn’t.

His vision is short-sighted, only able to see immediate things.

At this point, Jiang Lai only needed to employ a few skilled actors to easily make Jiang Zhi, that fool, fall into the trap.

Eight million was about Jiang Zhi’s entire net worth.

Now, for him, the house, the car, all were gone.

Jiang Lai didn’t push things to the extreme, after all, the child was innocent, so he left some money for raising the child.

Compared to before, Jiang Lai had become much more gentle and kind now.

"Ah, I’m still too kind-hearted."

"...Are you kidding?"

A money-obsessed, greedy person, whose certain wealth just disappeared into thin air.

This is more painful than death for him.

Having dealt with Jiang Zhi’s family, half of Cai Xian’s bad luck had been changed.

The remaining half focuses on Fu Lihan.

A crazy male lead, going berserk online, killing anyone in his way, challenging anything sacred.

He’s incredibly audacious.

Little Buding wasn’t too worried about this kind of craze, after all, Jiang Lai herself was quite crazy.

In all these years, there were few who matched Jiang Lai in madness.

The only thing to worry about was Jiang Lai getting too heavy-handed and accidentally ruining Fu Lihan.

"Fu Lihan isn’t quite right in the head. If he doesn’t provoke you, keep your distance. You have backers now, he won’t do anything to you again, right?"

"Mm, you can go offline now."

"You’re really no fun."

Certainly disconnected from the task, yet insisted on wasting time on academic pursuits.

With that time, wouldn’t a chat with him be more worthwhile?

Jiang Lai ignored him, directly turning on the smart little robot, which Lu Zhixing bought for her, controlling the home’s technology and engaging in brief conversations.

"Play with it."

Little Buding looked indifferent.

"What do you take me for?"

Jiang Lai tapped the little robot’s head.

"Pudding, Pudding, please continue playing ’The Monk No Longer Wants to Fetch the Western Scriptures.’

"Okay, Pudding will continue to play Chapter 12 of ’The Monk No Longer Wants to Fetch the Western Scriptures.’

The emotionless mechanical voice sounded in the room.

Despite muttering, "I don’t want to read such a lame book", Little Buding couldn’t hear Jiang Lai calling him after the audiobook lasted for five minutes.

Accompanied by the audiobook, Jiang Lai smiled, dimmed the lights, and resumed working on the test papers.

——

Jiang Lai hadn’t heard any news from Zhao Zhaozhao for over a month.

Days went by peacefully, with Jiang Lai, unemployed and with no prospects, doing nothing but studying, spending remaining time eating with Lu Zhixing, watching sports with Mr. Lu, or simply binge-watching dramas or novels at home alone.

Living like this was not bad.

Then, Jiang Lai received a call from an unknown number.

Upon answering, an icy voice came through harshly.

"Where is Zhaozhao?"

"..."

"Jiang Lai, I know Zhaozhao is with you. I’ll give you three seconds to tell me where you’re hiding her."

"..."

"I’ve warned you countless times, don’t interfere with me and Zhaozhao!"