I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

Su Li hugged the folder to her chest, her heart in her throat. "Does it really have to be like that?"

"Can we use something else instead? You can choose any of the Su family's businesses. Is that alright?"

"Or if you want anything else, I'll do my best to make it happen!"

"What do you think?" Qin Ge stood up from his chair, ripped away the folder Su Li was hiding in front of her chest, and leaned close to her face. "We agreed on this beforehand. You want to back out?"

"It's not that I'm backing out..." As Qin Ge's face drew closer, Su Li's body stiffened. "It's just... I'm scared..."

In her spare time these past few days, she had been busy asking Xie Bingning many questions about Qin Ge. She thought she had prepared herself mentally, but when she stood in front of Qin Ge, she still couldn't help but feel nervous.

Su Li didn't dare look Qin Ge in the eye, and glanced around. "Then...then at least let's go somewhere else?"

"Gua Ge, we're back!"

Yang Xiaomeng's voice came, followed by the appearance of Qin Ge's parents and Su Wenxi.

"We have guests! No wonder you didn't come out to play with us!"

"What's your name, beautiful lady?"

Su Li breathed a sigh of relief, her extreme tension suddenly dissipating, her body going limp. "Hello, my name is Su Li."

After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Su Li quickly made an excuse to slip away.

Qin Ge didn't say anything, but secretly found it amusing. "You can run away on the first day of the month, but can you run away on the fifteenth?"

That's so rude. Am I that scary?

At 8 p.m. the next day, Qin Ge arrived at a bar called Pearl on the Sea.

Just like its name suggests, this bar is built on the sea, like a large ship moored on the shore.

Whether it's a pearl or not, I don't know.

Su Li found out that Li Shuyan was celebrating his birthday here tonight and had booked the entire bar.

"Could you tell me exactly what you want to do to Li Shuyan? I need to know what you're planning to do!"

When Qin Ge arrived at the bar entrance, Su Li was already waiting there.

Recalling her hasty escape from Villa No. 3 yesterday afternoon, she still couldn't help but blush with embarrassment.

Qin Ge said seriously, "If someone wants to renege on their promise, I have no choice but to find another target."

"I think Li Shuyan is quite good; judging from the photos, she's no worse than you."

He glanced at Su Li's prominently displayed breasts, "Her figure is even slightly better than yours."

"I didn't cheat!" Su Li looked down following Qin Ge's gaze, her face immediately flushed with embarrassment. "I just wasn't mentally prepared..."

In what way is my figure worse than Li Shuyan's?

"So how long do you plan to prepare, three years or five years?"

"Will you be free once you become an old maid and I lose interest in you?"

The two entered the bar smoothly with the invitation that Su Li had obtained.

The bar was already quite crowded, with people gathered in twos and threes, chatting and drinking. They all looked wealthy and influential.

One of the tall women, dressed in a simple dress, was particularly eye-catching. She was surrounded by seven or eight people, chatting and laughing.

Su Li gently tugged at Qin Ge's sleeve, pointed at the woman, and said, "That's Li Shuyan."

She took a breath, slowly exhaled, pulled in her stomach, straightened her chest, and secretly compared herself to Li Shuyan.

In no way can my figure be inferior to Li Shuyan's? Absolutely not!

"Do you know Li Shuyan?" Qin Ge stared at Li Shuyan. She was indeed much prettier in person than in the photos, and everyone around her paled in comparison.

Su Li shook her head. "She probably doesn't know me, so we can't really be considered acquaintances!"

"What exactly do you want to do? The Li family has a lot of influence in Haicheng. Don't do anything reckless."

In fact, considering only Li Shaoting's branch of the family, the Su family is no worse than the Li family.

But compared to the entire Li family clan association, the Su family is no match.

Su Li had pondered Qin Ge's intentions. She originally thought that Qin Ge wanted to take control of the Li family in the same way he helped her control the Su family, but later she realized that something was not quite right.

Qin Ge had absolutely no interest in the Su family's assets!

Since they're not interested in the Su family, there's no reason they should be interested in the Li family either.

This confused Su Li. Could it be that he was just a womanizer?

Nobody's that bored, right?

However, it's still something to be happy about that I'm more important to others than the Su family's vast assets.

"Do you really think I have such a bad impression of me?"

"I haven't done anything inappropriate to you, so why do you think I'm the kind of person who does inappropriate things?"

Qin Ge found a seat and looked around the bar.

This bar is quite unique; instead of huge speakers and loud music, it's equipped with many entertainment facilities.

It has all kinds of board games, tabletop games, billiards, and even old-fashioned arcade games.

"That's because you haven't had your chance yet..." Su Li muttered softly.

That day, Qin Ge carried a bamboo stick and fought his way from the Su family's main gate to the inner hall. Wasn't that considered reckless?

Su Li didn't reject Qin Ge. Her grandfather had even told her that she had a hard time controlling the current situation of the Su family.

It wasn't a matter of ability, but rather that her grandfather had passed away first, followed by her father's disappearance. Under such circumstances, it was difficult for the Su family not to be coveted by others.

Once she gives the impression of being weak and easily bullied, and is targeted by multiple forces at the same time, even if she is very capable, she will find it difficult to avoid being devoured.

If Qin Ge is willing to continue helping, these problems can be avoided.

Actually, Qin Ge doesn't need to do anything. It's enough to let people know that the Su family is not just about Su Li, a weak woman, and that she is not someone who can be easily bullied.

The Su family's foundation is solid; no force in Haicheng can swallow them up on its own, not even the Li family.

Qin Ge kept a close eye on Li Shuyan's every move, pondering how to strike up a perfect conversation.

"Can't you just tell me what you want to do?"

"ah--"

Su Li had just poked Qin Ge when she was pulled into his arms and couldn't break free.

"Be quiet, don't disturb me while I'm admiring the beautiful woman."

Qin Ge's gaze remained fixed on Li Shuyan.

"Am I not beautiful?" Su Li muttered to herself, a hint of resentment in her eyes. "Holding one up, and still eyeing others!"

Since I can't break free, I might as well give up struggling. It actually feels quite comfortable, doesn't it?

Su Li could accept kisses and hugs, but she panicked if things went any further.

"His muscles are so firm, you can feel the lines even like this..." While lost in thought, Su Li reached out with one hand as if possessed.

He has abs...

"What are you doing?" Qin Ge looked down at Su Li's hand on his abdomen, his mind full of questions.

This girl is too bold, but this occasion doesn't seem quite right.

"Ah?!" Su Li recoiled as if electrocuted, her face flushing red to the roots of her neck. "I, I..."

"There were... there were mosquitoes just now."

Her voice was so low that she could barely hear it herself.

What was wrong with me? Did my brain short-circuit?

I'm too ashamed to show my face!