But Yang Qing's regret wasn't about offending Xu Ke. She regretted not persuading Li Jun to send Xu Ke to the hospital at noon. Otherwise, how would she have ended up in this predicament?

All of this was Xu Ke's fault. It was all because that ungrateful bastard had disregarded their past relationship and refused to speak up for her. It was truly the right decision for Siao Jia to abandon him.

Yang Qing's eyes filled with venomous resentment as she stared fixedly at Xu Ke's retreating figure.

...

After a short wait in line, Xu Ke got his credit card. At his own request, the credit limit wasn't very high, similar to his other two cards. Then, he left the bank. As he walked out, escorted respectfully by Qi Tianming, he noticed that Yang Qing was already gone, though he didn't give it much thought.

...

Xu Ke felt a bit uncomfortable.

Keeping ten million in my account is too ostentatious; it would be better to transfer it back to Wong Qifu. If this is what happens every time my ID gets scanned, how am I supposed to conduct my banking in peace? Seeing Qi Tianming's attitude, I can already imagine what would happen at other branches. I tried to transfer the money back to Wong Qifu's account while I was there, but frustratingly, transfers of ten million require a prior appointment. That means I couldn't get it done this afternoon and had to schedule one for tomorrow.

He couldn't help but shake his head.

It's really different for people with real influence. An ordinary person like me might have ten million in an account, but I still need to make an appointment to transfer it. But when Wong Qifu wants to make a transfer, it happens instantly—ten million appeared in my account overnight. The difference is stark!

Xu Ke shook his head.

Just then, his phone suddenly rang.

RING, RING, RING.

Xu Ke pulled it out. Sister Wang?

He answered, "Sister Wang, good afternoon. What's up?"

Wong Qifu's voice came through the receiver, somewhat languid. "If I hadn't called you, were you just not going to bother saying hello to me? You're really not doing a very good job as a fiancé."

"Uh, I was a bit busy and couldn't get around to it," Xu Ke said.

"What could be more important than me?"

Xu Ke broke into a cold sweat and quickly changed the subject. "Nothing... Oh, by the way, Sister Wang, did you need something?"

Wong Qifu chuckled softly. "I'm fine, just checking in. I'm going for afternoon tea soon. Where are you now? I'll come pick you up."

Xu Ke's expression changed as he caught his disheveled reflection in the glass of the bank's door, his head still bandaged. He firmly declined, "Sister Wang, I'm still busy. Let's meet another day."

I do want to meet her face-to-face to try and clear everything up. But if she sees me like this, with her resources, it wouldn't take her long to investigate and find out Li Jun was responsible. If she ends up confronting the Li Family because of me, I'll just owe her even more. The Wang Family can certainly afford to disregard the Li Family, but dealing with the scion of a prominent family always comes at a price. I can't take on any more debt!

"Alright," Wong Qifu said, not pressing the matter. "Then I'll go have my afternoon tea."

"Okay," Xu Ke agreed.

They both hung up. Xu Ke shook his head and decided to head home for now.

...

「Wang Family Corporation.」

Wong Qifu put down her phone. In front of her stood Wang Wu, the same driver who had brought Xu Ke to the company earlier.

"Miss Wang, about Mister Xu at the intersection today..."

Wang Wu was a trusted confidant of Wong Qifu's father and one of the very few people she truly relied on. Otherwise, he would never have been the one sent to pick up Xu Ke.

"It's fine, Uncle Wu. I know," Wong Qifu said, her face an emotionless mask.

Gazing at the photo on her phone, her red lips parted slightly. Worried about troubling me with such a small thing? How silly.

...

「Ten o'clock at night. The Golden K Bar.」

It was Tianhai's most luxurious bar. Usually, at ten o'clock, the Golden K Bar would just be warming up, but tonight, it had already exploded with energy. Pounding dance music and dazzling lights pulsed through the venue, the heavy beat hammering against one's chest. Even the darkest corners were filled with the clinking of glasses and unrestrained howls of laughter.

Amidst the cacophony, a few phrases could be heard again and again:

"Thanks, Young Master Li!"

"Young Master Li is the man!"

The frenzy was all thanks to an announcement the bar owner had made ten minutes earlier.

"Tonight's tab is on Young Master Li!"

The moment he said it, the entire bar had erupted.

...

At that moment, Li Jun was sitting in the bar's largest booth, surrounded by handsome men and beautiful women, with the exquisitely made-up and utterly captivating Siao Jia right by his side.

"Young Master Li, you're so generous, treating everyone to drinks like this!"

"Yeah, and you're so down-to-earth, partying with us in the main hall instead of hiding in a private room."

"Young Master Li, allow me to toast you!"

A few men laughed heartily as they raised their glasses to Li Jun, while several other gorgeous women threw seductive glances his way.

Noticing this, Siao Jia quickly tightened her grip on Li Jun's arm.

Li Jun just laughed, full of himself. "I'm in a good mood today, so of course I have to be generous!"

The others cheered even louder, showering him with praise.

Then, Li Jun pulled out a stack of photos and handed them to Siao Jia. "Take these."

The photos showed Xu Ke coaching several shapely female trainees. However, due to the camera angles, the poses looked extremely intimate and ambiguous.

Siao Jia's expression shifted. "What are these?"

"I had his boss clip them from the surveillance footage. If you use them right, you can completely frame him for cheating."

"Trying to defy me? I can crush him with one hand," Li Jun sneered.

Hearing this, Siao Jia was stunned, a flicker of excitement in her eyes. This means I can use this fabricated evidence to stir up some serious trouble, can't I?

Just then, a commotion broke out at the bar's entrance.

Li Jun frowned. "What's going on?"

"Wong Qifu is here."

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