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Fan Liuer turned her head and met Li Chenbi's gaze, then quietly backed away a little.

Li Chenbi's face darkened further, and his voice grew even colder, "I knew it, nothing good ever comes of his appearance."

Fan Liuer couldn't let this topic continue, so she quickly changed the subject, "What if I win?"

Li Chenbi looked at her, remained silent for two seconds, and then spoke: "If you win, I will give you the freedom to choose."

"Whether you stay or leave, I'll accept it."

"You want wealth, status, or freedom? I'll give you anything. But there's a condition: you must stay by my side until the bet is settled."

Fan Liuer frowned. "Then I'll still go with you. What's the point of this bet?"

"If you're not by my side, how can I get you to open your heart?"

Li Chenbi's words made some sense, leaving Fan Liuer unable to refute them for the time being.

But something still felt off.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Li Chenbi sighed, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you without your consent. Of course, if you need anything, I'm willing to be generous."

Fan Liuer's expression was indescribable. "Giving generously doesn't seem to be used in this way, does it?"

"Why worry about the details? Are you going to take the bet or not?"

Fan Liuer stared at Li Chenbi, her voice skeptical of his words, "If I win, are you really willing to give me a choice?"

"When have I ever lied to you?" Li Chenbi had barely finished speaking when he remembered something and added, "Those two things don't count."

Fan Liuer: "..."

She muttered to herself, "Anyway, you get to decide everything."

Li Chenbi: "At least I have never broken my promises to you."

That's true...

Fan Liuer was tempted; the bet was very alluring to her.

Even if she didn't gamble with Li Chenbi, he wouldn't let her go now, and he would still bother her every day, which is very annoying.

Why not take a gamble with him? If he wins, it means he must have done something to make her willing to give him her heart. At that point, she would stay willingly.

If she wins, she'll have gained even more.

Regardless of winning or losing, she won't lose out.

However, Fan Liuer was more cautious this time. "What is the deadline?"

"ten years."

Fan Liuer raised her voice, "Ten years? Why don't you just say a lifetime?"

Li Chenbi raised an eyebrow. "A lifetime is fine too, as long as you're willing."

Fan Liuer: "I'm not giving you advice. Ten years is too long. I might be dead by then."

Li Chenbi's tone turned serious: "Don't talk nonsense."

Fan Liuer held up her index finger, "One year."

Li Chenbi bent her thumb up, "Eight years."

Fan Liuer retracted her thumb and raised her middle finger. "Two years!"

Li Chenbi grabbed her hand directly. "Alright, five years. Stop haggling."

"No, five years is a long time. In five years, a child can grow up to be quite big."

Li Chenbi gripped her hand tightly. "Whom do you want to have your child with?"

"I'm just giving an example. Three years, at most three years, otherwise I won't gamble anymore."

"Okay." Li Chenbi agreed readily this time, much to Fan Liuer's surprise.

She stared at Li Chenbi for a while before realizing that she had been tricked by him again.

He deliberately took so long at first, and then slowly bargained with her.

"Shady businessman!" she muttered under her breath.

Li Chenbi's gloomy mood finally improved after a whole day. He leaned down and smiled at her.

"The bet is now in effect."

Since Fan Liuer had already agreed, she was too lazy to waste her energy arguing with him about his scheming.

"Okay, so are we still moving now?"

Li Chenbi stood up, his gaze passing over Fan Liuer and landing on Qi Weiming not far away.

Qi Weiming kept staring at them, his face dark.

"I'm not moving. I still have two weeks of vacation left. When my vacation ends, you can leave with me."

This was also agreed upon in the bet, and Fan Liuer had no objections. "Okay, then you can go inside first; it's cooler inside."

As she spoke, she turned her head to look behind her, "I still need to talk to him."

Li Chenbi was dissatisfied again, "You're not going with him, so what's there to talk about?"

"They've been looking for me, I have to give them an explanation."

Li Chenbi grasped her shoulder, "I will explain to him, you don't need to go."

Fan Liuer turned her head to look at him, "I'm afraid you two will start fighting again."

Li Chenbi scoffed, his eyes filled with disdain, "He's no match for me."

"I'll go by myself," Fan Liuer said, removing his hand.

Li Chenbi frowned, about to speak, when Fan Liuer said, "This is ultimately a matter between him and me. We're not in that kind of relationship now, so of course I have to talk to him myself."

"Don't interfere," she said seriously to Li Chenbi.

Her words echoed in Li Chenbi's mind again. He suppressed his irritation and forced out a single word.

"OK."

"Then you should go back to your room first," Fan Liuer gestured to him.

Li Chenbi emphasized each word, "I'll be here watching you talk."

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Li Chenbi, Fan Liuer gave up and turned to walk towards Qi Weiming.

The moment she turned around, Qi Weiming's expression immediately changed, a bright smile spreading across his face as he took the initiative to approach Fan Liuer.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting," Fan Liuer said apologetically.

Qi Weiming immediately said, "No need to apologize. I know it's not your fault. Li Chenbi has always been unreasonable and domineering." As he spoke, his eyes showed pity, "It must have been hard being by his side. It's all my fault for not finding you sooner."

Fan Liuer felt a little embarrassed. During the time she was with Li Chenbi, apart from the hardship in bed, she hadn't really suffered any hardship.

"Uh... I thought you weren't here anymore, so..."

This was the first time in her life she had experienced something so embarrassing, and Fan Liuer was at a loss for words.

Qi Weiming seemed to understand what she meant and quickly said, "I know, you were forced into this situation, I understand, you don't need to feel sorry for me."

Fan Liuer: "..."

Why should I feel sorry for you?

Qi Weiming exclaimed, clearly not expecting her to answer that way.

Fan Liuer looked at him and said seriously, "I didn't get together with someone else knowing you were alive. Everyone said you were dead, and I didn't know you were still alive. You can only blame fate for playing tricks on you."

Qi Weiming nodded blankly, "Uh... if you can think of it that way, that's great."

He thought that her personality seemed a little different from what he had imagined.

A soft laugh came from behind Fan Liuer.

They were talking quite loudly. He had taken the initiative to greet her earlier, which meant that Fan Liuer hadn't gone very far. At this moment, Li Chenbi was not far behind Fan Liuer.

He had clearly overheard their conversation.