Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five.

"Go out with me."

"pay...?"

"what?"

Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

His reaction was intense, as were the reactions of everyone else present.

What's going on?

"Are you serious?" Zhou Fengliu swallowed hard. "We've only met a few times... Why are you putting on this dating act?"

to be frank.

Zhou Fengliu was a little confused.

At this moment, did he feel incredibly charming? Had he become the male version of Xia He...?

How come everyone seems to be able to bother him?

Could it be that he's too handsome?

Zhou Fengliu admitted that he might resemble Hu Ge a little, earning him the nickname "Little Hu Ge of Tianjin," but surely it's not that far off?

"Yes, we haven't met many times... but I'm serious. I don't dislike you, but I can't say I like you either. However, for my father and family, I can accept you wholeheartedly."

Ignoring the surprised looks on everyone's faces, Feng Shayan continued speaking to herself:

"I will try to get used to you, and even fall in love with you..."

"..."

Listening to Feng Shayan's words, Zhou Fengliu felt that the plot sounded familiar.

Large family marriages, bundled sales...

Okay, okay...

So you're starting to use the urban fantasy trope, huh? The cold-faced CEO falls in love with me?

Zhou Fengliu realized that things were not as simple as they seemed.

He originally thought it was because of his natural charm, but when he looked... it was still a matter of mutual benefit. Feng Zhenghao still wanted to use his daughter to tie him to the Tianxia Society.

"Xu San, did you see that? This...this...it's a honey trap! Holy crap."

Xu Si finally understood. He had initially thought it was a joke, but now he realized it was a scheme by the World Society to kidnap people.

Xu Si went up to give Feng Shayan a sharp kick, but Xu San stopped him: "Calm down, I believe Xiao Zhou knows what he's doing..."

"Quickly, Chu Lan, Bao Bao, give him a hand and carry him inside." Under Xu San's command, Zhang Chu Lan and Feng Bao Bao carried the cursing Xu Si towards the villa.

After Xu San got rid of Xu Si, he breathed a sigh of relief and saw him push up his glasses and pat Zhou Fengliu on the shoulder: "We'll wait for you."

He then returned to the villa and handed the space over to Zhou Fengliu.

"?"

They've all left?

Zhou Fengliu looked around but saw no one else. Faced with the hot, white-haired Feng Shayan in front of him, he decided to tactfully thwart the scheme.

"Miss Feng, didn't you tell me last night not to take your father's words to heart? And you've changed your mind the very next day? Did your father give you some strong medicine again?"

Feng Shayan did not respond to Zhou Fengliu's words.

Seeing this, Zhou Fengliu cleared his throat and continued:

"No answer is the best answer. I know that. Big families are bound to be chaotic, but you have to stick to your principles, right? There's no such thing as just marrying out easily. You have to strive to be a breath of fresh air in this big family."

"How long have I known Miss Feng? How many times have we met? This is all too hasty. I have always firmly believed in one saying: an unclear beginning will only end in an unclear end."

"Love may begin with attraction at first sight, but it needs to develop gradually over time... Don't you think so?"

Zhou Fengliu's witty remarks almost got him into character.

Looking at Feng Shayan now, she seems to have changed her opinion of Zhou Fengliu, especially after that ambiguous beginning and ambiguous ending, which directly hit her sweet spot.

She herself was somewhat resistant to her father's decision, with a rebellious streak running through her veins, and she found Zhou Fengliu's words quite reasonable.

“What you said makes a lot of sense, but being born into such a family means I have no choice in what I do. I don’t hate you, but do you hate me?” Feng Shayan asked Zhou Fengliu in return.

"It's not that I dislike her. We've only met a few times," Zhou Fengliu said. To him, Feng Shayan was just a stranger. How could someone he had only met a few times be considered dislike?

“Since I don’t dislike you and you don’t dislike me... why don’t you help me?” Feng Shayan said.

"...?"

When Zhou Fengliu heard Feng Shayan say that, the thought of a melodramatic, clichéd plot from a soap opera popped into his mind.

"pretend..."

"Stop, stop." Upon hearing the word "pretend," Zhou Fengliu immediately interrupted Feng Shayan's spellcasting.

In his past life, he had read far too many melodramatic urban novels, things like pretending to be husband and wife, a few chapters of contract, and then actually becoming husband and wife in the end...

He definitely didn't want this kind of bizarre situation to happen to him...

"Stop it. We're all adults. If you can't stand it, then be rebellious. Even if you have to cry, make a scene, or threaten suicide with your dad, you'd rather die than do this fake thing."

After interrupting Feng Shayan, Zhou Fengliu spoke quietly.

"You don't want to help me?"

"Didn't I tell you? This is the era of free love. Be a little rebellious, find someone you like, and stop listening to your dad all the time... Love is something that needs to be nurtured slowly and steadily."

"Let's talk about it later."

Hearing Zhou Fengliu say that, Feng Shayan couldn't insist anymore: "Alright, I understand."

"Yes, it's good that you know." Zhou Fengliu nodded.

"Let's find some time to get a hotel room..."

Before Zhou Fengliu could even feel relieved that a troublesome problem had been resolved, Feng Shayan's next words startled him.

"What the hell? What's going on?"

"Didn't you say we'd talk about it later?" Feng Shayan raised an eyebrow slightly: "Did I misunderstand?"

Okay, okay...

What does "勾八" mean?

Zhou Fengliu's eyes widened, clearly not expecting Feng Shayan's thought process to be so unusual.

This is a talented person...

"Are you serious?"

"What do you think? If you think it's true, then it's true; if you think it's false, then it's false. I'm leaving now."

Feng Shayan joked, waved to Zhou Fengliu, and prepared to leave.

Chapter 30 Making money isn't shameful! (Second update)

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she turned around again.

"What if I want to pay more?"

Feng Shayan suddenly thought of the scene last night when she persuaded Zhou Fengliu to go to the World Society. She was very curious whether Zhou Fengliu would compromise because of money, so she asked.

"Add money?"

“Yes, it’s like, if you pretended my boyfriend would give you 10,000 yuan a day, would you do it?” Feng Shayan added.

"How many?"

Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow.

Ten thousand...

Is this the evil of the rich?

"If it's for work, I can pay more."

"?" Feng Shayan raised an eyebrow upon hearing Zhou Fengliu's words: "Why is that possible?"

"It makes money, it's not shabby."

Zhou Fengliu said that this is his job, and he will earn money standing up.

"..."

Okay, okay...

You'll be fine with just more money, right?

Feng Shayan said that this week's romantic guy is just a "money-grubbing lay Buddhist," and he's so real. She's never seen anyone so pure.

"Didn't you just earn 100,000 last night? Are you that short of money?"

“Oh no, you’re a rich girl, and we’re just working class. You have no idea how high the housing prices are in Tianjin these days... How much money do we working class people have to earn to make a living?”

Zhou Fengliu would never say that he earns money to enjoy life.