My older sister is a villainous rich girl

Whatever the problem is, you can't let Chris find out now.

Otherwise, he felt he might very well lose his skull.

Perhaps because Wayne was so good at disguising himself, Chris didn't notice anything unusual about him at all, and was still in a state of butterflies in her stomach.

"You mustn't do that again next time!"

Chris would emphasize this sentence every time she was "bullied" by Wayne, but it never had any effect.

The sudden lapse in concentration lasted only a moment; Wayne quickly concealed his unease.

"Yes, yes, I'll definitely do it next time!"

Chris stared at him with wide eyes.

"Okay, okay, maybe next time." Wayne readily changed his tune.

Chris was so angry she wanted to hit him.

"Hey! Do you want me to say yes or no?" He laughed as he dodged Chris's attacks and ran back to his room, locking Chris out of the hallway.

Through the door, Wayne's arrogance grew increasingly overbearing.

"Miss Chris, have you ever heard that domestic violence is a very shameful act?"

“This isn’t domestic violence, this is clearly acting on behalf of God!” Chris replied confidently, banging on the door.

"Open the door!" she shouted. "If you dare to seduce me, then open the door!"

"I won't open it, I won't open it, I just won't open it~"

He moved a chair over and sat down by the door, comfortably crossing his legs.

He is prepared for a protracted war.

"Fine, you won't open it then." After uttering this harsh statement, Chris remained silent for a long time.

Just as Wayne was wondering if she was a sore loser and was leaving, the room door lock clicked as a key turned.

Under Wayne's desperate gaze—

The door was slowly pushed open.

"Wait, everything I just said doesn't count! Let's start over!"

Chapter 568 is about dissatisfaction with the price?

Finally, Wayne and Chris's farce came to an end only after Mrs. Ashville intervened.

"You two are both so grown up now, don't make me worry about everything."

Under the disapproving gaze of their mother, the two shook hands and made up.

“Wayne provoked me first.”

Chris glared at him with hatred, as if she wanted to tear a piece of flesh from him.

"I'm sorry!" Wayne apologized sincerely and with shame.

"Chris, it's your turn!" Ashville gave her daughter a warning look.

Biting her lip tightly, Chris whispered indistinctly, "I'm sorry."

It sounds like they're not being sincere at all.

"Alright, since both of them have realized their mistakes, let's leave it at that," Mrs. Ashville said fairly and impartially. "Neither of you is allowed to cause any more trouble, do you understand?"

However, judging from Chris's expression, she was not satisfied with the result at all.

Wayne decided to stop while he was ahead, lest Chris get so angry that she would never speak to him again.

"Actually, it's all my fault. Mother, you don't need to worry about us. Chris and I were just playing around for a while," he explained half-heartedly.

If it weren't for the fact that their commotion attracted Mrs. Ashville's attention and she happened to witness Chris "teaching" Wayne a lesson, it would have just been ordinary flirting between the two of them.

“Wayne, you don’t need to speak up for Chris.”

Ashville didn't believe Wayne's excuses at all. "Chris has always been willful and capricious. We can't keep indulging her like this."

Chris pouted when she heard this, feeling a little hurt by her mother's words.

Seeing the situation was turning sour, Wayne quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the scene: "Ahem... it's getting late, I'll take Chris back to rest first! Have a good night's sleep!"

Using his consistently positive image in the eyes of parents, Wayne successfully led her out of Mrs. Ashville's sight.

However, as soon as the two returned upstairs, Chris shook off his hand.

"Are you satisfied now? You get to play the good guys and I get to play the bad guys!" she accused indignantly.

But probably to avoid being heard by his mother again, he deliberately kept the volume very low.

Wayne understood that she must be in a bad mood, and patiently comforted her, "I promise! No matter what, I will definitely stand with you. If you are a good person, I am a good person; if you are a bad person, I am a bad person."

Hearing him state his position without hesitation, Chris lowered her eyelids and remained silent for a moment.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that to you."

She rubbed her face. "...I'm tired. You should go to sleep early too."

As Chris's slightly weary figure disappeared into the shadows, a dull thud of a door closing followed, leaving an unspeakable silence filling the empty corridor.

Wayne suddenly felt that he had done too many wrong things.

Perhaps it was because his attempts to woo Ge Li during the day were not fulfilled, or perhaps it was because he had been too complacent in his feelings lately...

Why is it that even at times like that, the image of Ge Li suddenly pops into my mind?

He closed his eyes and sighed softly.

……

weekend.

Following the address he had gathered from asking around, Wayne finally found the location of the Starfish Dessert Shop.

Compared to the other shops he had accompanied Chris to before, this one wasn't in a particularly bustling area, but it was still quite large and had a good number of customers. The overall decor had a nautical feel, with many starfish-shaped decorations adorning the area around the shop's signboard.

Perhaps because his attire was significantly more expensive, a shop assistant greeted Wayne with a warm smile as soon as he entered the door.

"Welcome! Would you like your food made to order or would you like to place a reservation?"

Wayne glanced around casually and discovered that the dessert shop actually had more than one floor, with some customers also patronizing it upstairs.

"Is your boss here? I'd like to discuss a long-term supply contract with him."

He took out the business card he had specifically asked for during the picnic at the Lily Club a couple of days ago and showed it to the shop assistant.

However, the shop assistant's first reaction upon seeing the business card was rather odd. "Ah, another one."

Wayne raised an eyebrow: "What, another one?"

Realizing her rudeness, the shop assistant laughed awkwardly: "Ah haha, it's nothing. It's just that a customer came to see our boss with a VIP pass just now... Please come with me, our manager's office is upstairs."

Wayne was somewhat surprised to hear this.

Could it be a kindred spirit who shares the same ideals as me?

At that moment, he was quite relaxed, as if he were on a sightseeing tour, completely unaware that he was facing the risk of competition.

But as soon as he followed the shop assistant into the manager's office, the curious look on his face instantly vanished.

The person sitting calmly in the middle of the reception chairs was none other than Ge Li.

Hearing the noise at the door, Ge Li turned around.

Their eyes met, and the room fell silent.

"Oh! It's Young Master Wayne!" The middle-aged man on the other side of the conference table saw the newcomer and quickly stood up to greet him.

The reason why the Starfish Dessert Shop was able to participate in the Lily Society's dinner last time was entirely due to Wayne extending an invitation to them in the name of the president. Based on this alone, it was impossible for the shop manager, Haywood, not to appreciate it.

His abrupt interruption of their eye contact caused Wayne to naturally avert his gaze from Ge Li.

“Mr. Heywood, I’ve come uninvited today, and I hope I haven’t disturbed your business,” he said, hinting meaningfully.

"No! No!" Haywood denied repeatedly, and welcomed Wayne to sit down.

The small office was immediately divided into three distinct camps.

"This Miss Ge Li has only been here for a short time. By the way, you two should know each other, right?" the middle-aged shop manager asked with a smile.

Seeing that Ge Li remained silent for a long time without saying anything, Wayne had no choice but to step in and smooth things over.

"Of course we know each other. We're both members of the Lily Society." He demurely adjusted the buttons on his cuffs.

Before the store manager could continue with further pleasantries, Ge Li bluntly questioned, "So—what's your answer, store manager?"

"You just need to answer me whether you're selling or not."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Wayne then realized that the situation he had temporarily joined was probably not a good one.

Heywood's face looked rather grim.

“Miss Ge Li! I have always respected your father’s abilities and talents, but that does not mean that we have to give in just because of your family’s privileged background.”

"Are you not satisfied with the price?" Ascletis remained unmoved. "You can name your own acceptable target price."

Chapter 569 You really want to go against me?

The pretty girl had a cold voice.

Surrounded by his servants, Gothic Edgeworth was determined to achieve his goal.

A sense of foreboding crept into Wayne's mind.

"Wait, I want to confirm, what do you mean by 'whether to sell or not'?"

Store manager Haywood sighed and explained, "Miss Gele wants to buy out our off-season crop growing technology, but this is our closely guarded secret, the foundation of our business, and it's really..."

He looked troubled.

"I heard you want to make your shop the largest and most stylish dessert shop in the capital?" Ge Li said casually, propping himself up on his knees.

"You couldn't have done that without the Edgeworth family's support."

It was neither advice nor a threat, but simply a plain statement of an obvious fact.

Heywood's expression changed upon hearing this.

Meanwhile, Wayne was wondering if Ge Li's plans had simply clashed with what his family was planning to do.

"...Ahem." He cleared his throat deliberately so that everyone else on the field would notice his presence.

"Without the Edgeworth family's support, it wouldn't be a very important matter."

After saying that, he smiled at Manager Haywood, "Besides Edgeworth, aren't there also our Wincher family?"

Ge Li clenched his fists tightly.

"Are you really going to go against me?" Her voice grew even colder.

“This isn’t called being right, this is called fair competition,” Wayne said calmly.

If he hadn't happened to stumble upon it, he wouldn't have cared whether Ge Li achieved his goal or not. But now, with so many outsiders in front of him, Wayne couldn't allow the Edgeworth family to grow stronger.

"Good, very good." Ge Li was inspired by him and even sat up straight.

"I'd like to hear how much you're willing to offer."

As for the opinions of the dessert shop's owners... she had already ignored those trivial matters.

Wayne glanced around the room and realized that no one seemed interested in telling him about Gothic's previous offer, so he kept a close eye on things.

“This is a trade secret, and of course it can only be discussed in a sufficiently private setting,” he said matter-of-factly. “I will arrange a separate meeting with Mr. Heywood at his home; this visit is merely to extend an invitation.”

“Mr. Haywood, do you have a moment?” Wayne asked, turning his head.

Since they had extended such an invitation, Haywood certainly couldn't refuse without giving them face.

But he didn't have the guts to just leave the Edgeworth family's representative aside, so he could only stand awkwardly between Wayne and Goethe, looking back and forth in a dilemma.

"This small shop...this small shop just wants to do business properly. Both of you have huge families behind you, why make things difficult for me?"