Lu Shao is cunning; Miss Nan has fallen for his tricks again.

Chapter 2 Premarital Cohabitation
In the evening, Zhou Zan just came out of the beauty salon.

Nan Xu, driving a Ferrari, rolled down the window and spoke to Zhou Zan, "Ride in my car, I'll take you home?" Nan Xu's project was progressing a little faster than Zhou Zan's.

Zhou Zan's skirt was ruffled by the wind. "No, my dad is coming to pick me up later."

Zhou Zan is three years younger than Nan Xu and just graduated this year. The two have been friends for many years.

Nanxu looked at the sky outside the window and said, "It's about to rain. Let me take you home."

Zhou Zan shook his head. Nan Xu sighed softly.

Zhou Zan is good in every way, except that she listens to her father too much. Zhou Zan lost her mother at a young age and was raised by her father, so she listens to him very much.

Nanxu didn't persist and started to leave.

The rain came suddenly and heavily. Nanxu had just left when the rain intensified.

The sky was gray.

A black sedan was parked next to the beauty salon. Zhou Zan opened the passenger door and got in.

A black sedan slowly drove into a British-style villa.

"Why didn't you let Nanxu bring you back from the beauty salon?" Zhou Qi took the coffee handed to him by the housekeeper.

“Didn’t you say you would pick me up? So I didn’t let her take me,” Zhou Zan replied obediently.

"Zanzan, Dad is very pleased." Zhou Qi was very satisfied with Zhou Zan's answer. He liked obedient children and enjoyed the thrill of being in control.

"Well... Dad, if there's nothing else, I'll go upstairs now," Zhou Zan replied cautiously.

"it is good."

Zhou Qi watched Zhou Zan's retreating figure as she went upstairs, a smile playing on his lips. His daughter was as obedient as ever; that was wonderful.

As soon as Nan Xu opened the door, she saw Nan Shan lying on the sofa, completely drunk.

Nanxu smelled the alcohol and, disgusted, went to the kitchen to make a cup of honey water. She placed it on the coffee table.

Lin Jingshu came downstairs and glanced at Nanshan.

"Why are you back so late? Have you eaten?"

Nanxu sat on the sofa and said, "I've already eaten." Then she glanced at Nanshan on the sofa and asked, "Why did my dad drink so much again?"

"I guess he's cleaning up Nan Yu's mess again. He'll probably ask a few old friends for help." Lin Jingshu poured Nan Xu a cup of flower tea.

Nan Xu took the teacup and said coldly, "How many times has this happened? Aren't his old friends annoyed?"

Since Nan Yu took over the company, he has handled numerous projects, both large and small, and faced various risks, more than ten times.

No matter how much help Nanshan's friends provide, he won't always have someone to help him. Besides, this time the risk is greater, unlike before.

"Come up here, I have something to tell you." Lin Jingshu patted Nan Xu on the shoulder.

"What about my dad?"

"The maid can help you up in a bit. You come up with me first."

Upstairs, in Lin Jingshu's bedroom.

"What have you thought about the marriage alliance with the Lu family?"

Nan Xu didn't really take this to heart; she had even almost forgotten that "I'm fine with anything."

Lin Jingshu was stunned. "Anything is fine? Ah Ning, this is not a game, this is marriage!"

"Mom, I've never even seen what he looks like, what am I supposed to think about?" Nan Xu said helplessly.

At this point, Lin Jingshu suddenly remembered. Lu Zhiyan rarely appeared in public, and there were hardly any photos of his face.

"Yes, I'm so busy I'm completely overwhelmed." Lin Jingshu rubbed her forehead.

Nan Xu was a little curious. Lin Jing Shu spent all her time shopping and getting beauty treatments; what could she possibly be busy with?
"Mom, what are you busy with?"

"I went to the sales office today and bought you a few houses." He said, taking out a thick stack of property certificates from the drawer.

Nan Xu took the books and counted them carefully; there were nine.

"Why did you buy me so many houses?" Nanxu asked while opening the property certificate.

They're all large apartments in prime locations, and two are villas in the suburbs. "If the Nan family goes bankrupt this time, I'll divorce your father," Lin Jingshu said casually, as if it weren't him who was getting a divorce.

Nan Xu was somewhat taken aback. She knew her parents' marriage was arranged and they had no real feelings for each other. But she hadn't expected Lin Jing Shu to be so heartless.

Looking into Nan Xu's eyes, Lin Jing Shu knew what Nan Xu was thinking. She explained, "A Ning, when you first graduated, you didn't plan to take the postgraduate entrance exam, so I suggested you do an internship at the company."

“Your dad didn’t agree, but insisted that you study in France for another three years. Fine, I won’t say anything. But now that you’ve returned from your studies, he still won’t let you join the company.” Lin Jingshu’s tone was full of resentment.

“His heart and soul are only for Nan Yu, and even though Nan Yu is an idiot, he still refuses to budge. Aning, you are my only daughter. Of course, I have to think of you.” As she spoke, Lin Jingshu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

She hates Nanshan, she always has.

Nan Xu was well aware of Nan Shan's favoritism; she had known it since childhood.

"I want to agree to the marriage alliance."

Lin Jingshu paused in wiping her tears. "Why? We have plenty of money, and your maternal grandfather's family will also help us. You don't need to wrong yourself, Aning!"

Nanxu couldn't understand it either; marrying Lu Zhiyan didn't seem so bad. It would easily render Nanshan's life's efforts futile.

"Mom, I've made up my mind. I will take responsibility for my actions."

Lu Zhiyan gazed at the rain outside the French windows and took a sip of wine from his glass.

He loves rainy nights; he always thinks that things done in the rain are crazier and more exciting.

The ringtone from the cell phone on the table broke the silence in the room.

Lu Zhiyan tightened his grip on the wine glass. He picked up the phone on the table.

"Mr. Lu?" came an uncertain voice from the other end of the phone.

Without even thinking, Lu Zhiyan knew who it was.

"Yes, it is," a deep, slightly hoarse voice said.

"I am..." Before he could finish speaking, Lu Zhiyan interrupted him.

"I know who you are. What do you want?"

Nan Xu was stunned for a moment; she hadn't expected Lu Zhiyan to speak so directly.

"Um, I'd like to discuss the matter of arranged marriage with you."

Without even thinking, Lu Zhiyan asked, "What do you want to discuss?"

Seeing that Lu Zhiyan spoke so directly, Nan Xu didn't hesitate and went straight to the point: "I think 300 million a month is too little."

"Oh? How much would Miss Nan like?" Lu Zhiyan asked, toying with the wine glass in his hand.

Nan Xu hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Ten million?"

A chuckle came from the phone: "Is this your final quote?"

Nan Xu tightened her grip on her phone. Lu Zhiyan's voice was so penetrating; she liked it very much.

After waiting a while, she finally spoke, "Mmm."

Lu Zhiyan never expected that after waiting for so long, he would only receive ten million.

He then said, "Okay, but there's no limit to how much I can give you, A Ning."

Nan Xu hung up the phone immediately. Her face was practically bleeding. No other man had ever called her that before.

Ah Ning? Who taught him to call her that?

Lu Zhiyan looked at the phone that had been hung up and chuckled softly.

So easily swayed? It's just a name.

He then edited a message and sent it to Nanxu.

"I'll have Uncle Ji pick you up tomorrow and bring you to stay with me for a month as a trial marriage."

Nan Xu looked at the messages on her phone.

The sky seemed to have fallen. A monthly salary of ten million, an annual salary of one hundred and twenty million. She sold herself.

(End of this chapter)