NABC Chapter 52 Ox-Horse-Man
Chapter 52 Ox-Horse-Man
The man changed positions eight hundred times in a minute, and then flipped through a magazine with a rustling sound.
Shen Xi's brow twitched as she listened. Should she eat this meal or not?
"Mommy, eat!" The little boy has now learned to boss Shen Xi around and demand that she eat the chicken and bamboo shoot porridge in front of her.
Shen Xi pinched the little boy's fair and clean face. He had deep eyes like his father's, as if they could draw people in.
It's commonly known as the affectionate look in one's eyes when looking at a dog.
Xiao Jiangdu smiled innocently at Shen Xi, stirring the soup with a SpongeBob SquarePants-patterned spoon.
With a creak.
"What's wrong, Xiaoman? Do you want to feed the table?" Jiang Ci got up from the sofa at some point and pulled out the chair next to Jiang Du.
Jiang Du accidentally spilled a few drops of porridge on the table.
Shen Xi glanced at it, then lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Jiang Ci picked up the child and switched places with Xiao Jiangdu, now facing Shen Xi. The stunned little boy finally came to his senses and stared with wide eyes, accusing his father.
Jiang Ci slowly took the tissues handed to him by Butler Li and carefully wiped the table, while glancing at the woman opposite him who looked like she wanted to stuff food into her bowl.
Tsk, I ignored him when he was a child, and I still ignore him now that he's grown up.
It's okay, he was a jerk to begin with.
"Miss Shen, what do you think of this chicken and bamboo shoot congee?"
Jiang Ci leaned back lazily in his chair, a slight smile playing on his lips, his eyes sparkling, displaying a rare air of a dashing young master.
As a result, the atmosphere was completely ruined in the next second.
"Click, click, click."
President Jiang looked toward the source of the sound with a grim expression. The little boy was chewing on a cracker in a rather unladylike manner, rolling his eyes and looking at his father with a hint of disdain.
Jiang Ci's face turned pale instantly. She should have sent the child away!
Seeing this, Shen Xi tried her best to suppress the smile on her lips. "Pretty good."
She didn't bother to thank her politely; after all, coming here was like helping out, and having breakfast with her was no big deal.
"Has Miss Shen always been this aloof?" Jiang Ci turned back again, winking and looking at her teasingly.
Hmph, I'll only say four words when I ask you to.
Shen Xi felt a bit indigestion. A male lead whose net worth was unknown, and who had been extremely indifferent to her before, was now turning around and accusing her of being aloof!
"Mr. Jiang, you're too kind. I..."
Jiang Ci interrupted her with a calm expression.
"When you speak to me, you don't need to use official jargon. Just call me Jiang Ci."
The constant calling of "Mr. Jiang" sent chills down his spine.
Shen Xi felt she should leave after finishing her meal; staying any longer made her wonder what the male lead was trying to do!
"Well, what I was trying to say was that after visiting the children, I plan to go back this afternoon," Shen Xi said, continuing to drink her porridge without looking up.
Hmph, who's going to spoil you, young master!
Jiang Ci blinked and casually said, "I think you might not be able to leave today."
"Why?" Shen Xi asked calmly.
Jiang Ci didn't answer immediately. Instead, he turned to his son, who was watching the show with amusement, and said, "I think you're full. You can go upstairs now."
"Butler, take the young master to the study to practice calligraphy."
The child looked down at the half-bowl of porridge in front of him: ...
How come I don't know I'm full?
Butler Li immediately put away his gossipy gaze and led the slow-moving young master upstairs.
Jiang Ci interrupted Shen Xi only after she finished eating, and immediately handed her two tissues.
Shen Xi looked up, her clear, cold eyes filled with obvious doubt.
The man opposite her remained calm, his fingertips twitching as he unlocked his phone and pushed it in front of Shen Xi.
“When Ms. Shen signed the prenuptial agreement with me, the agreement was for 60 million. But later, Ms. Shen may have had some things that she hadn’t settled privately, so she borrowed another 40 million from me. I transferred 100 million directly from my personal account to Ms. Shen. The agreement is due this September. I wonder when Ms. Shen plans to repay it?”
Jiang Ci rested his chin on his hand, looking at her with a relaxed and amused expression, a smile playing at the corners of his eyes.
How much? Forty million?!
...One hundred million?!
Shen Xi was instantly struck dumb, completely stunned. Heavens, you might as well just strike her dead!
She couldn't pay back 40 million even if she worked for several lifetimes!
Jiang Ci looked at her innocently. "You little rascal, run! Now let's see how you escape!"
The fake Shen Xi did borrow 40 million from him, and he did lend it to her. At the time, he didn't care whether she would pay it back or not.
For him at that time, the 40 million was worth it for a period of peace. Fortunately, he had entrusted the matter to Assistant Li, who left him an IOU.
Sometimes Shen Xi really wanted to call the police and sue him for extortion!
She silently counted in her heart how much forty million was.
Wait, how many zeros?!
When so many zeros appeared, she really wanted to find a grave and move in.
Forty million is 0.4 million!
Almost halfway to my goal!!!
What kind of good person would give their betrothed partner a hundred million and then feel comfortable divorcing them so they can run wild outside?
Shen Xi raised her hand tremblingly, "I...have an objection."
Jiang Ci lifted his eyelids and looked at her mischievously, "Please speak."
"I...can't pay it back."
She really couldn't pay it back. Even if she got a million after the ten-round competition, it wouldn't be enough to pay back even a fraction of the debt to the other party.
On the contrary, she really admired the original owner of the body, who was able to spend 100 million yuan in such a short period of time, and only left her a few hundred yuan in the bank account.
Shen Xi even thought to herself, "If you had left me even a million, I wouldn't be so resentful now."
"It's okay, you don't have to pay it back."
Jiang Ci's gaze was calm and deep. "My company's general assistant recently took maternity leave. I wonder if Miss Shen would be interested in joining us?"
Based on her years of experience reading novels, Shen Xi felt that these were all tropes, but they were all ways the male lead used tricks on the female lead!
So where is the female lead now?
Why is the male lead beating people up?
"There must be many applicants for the position of General Manager Jiang's assistant. I don't know anything about it, so I can't be of any help."
Shen Xi felt uneasy. Logically speaking, the male lead should have already met the female lead by now... right?
The plot is so badly messed up that even its own creator wouldn't recognize it.
"If Miss Shen is willing to go, our accounts will be settled within a year."
Jiang Ci avoided talking about anything else, setting another trap.
"But I have other jobs, which would conflict with my work?" Shen Xi frowned, somewhat hesitant.
She was really tempted by the offer to wipe out 40 million in one go.
“It’s okay, you can do your own work at that time,” Jiang Ci said, as if to say, “I’m easy to talk to.”
Only Shen Xi looked ashen-faced. "Oh, Your Honor!"
She's going to work two jobs?!
Even cattle and horses aren't this bad!