novelraw Chapter 132 - Time is money
Chapter 132 - Time is money
"Enxi, you're coming with us." Li Bingbing said, turning to her sister.
"Eh? Why should I come?" Shi Enxi couldn't help but ask.
Why was her presence needed?
"My wife is pregnant, sister Bingbing." Lu Mello interrupted.
Li Bingbing raised a brow, "And so? No one said that a pregnant woman can travel."
Shi Enxi ended up gulping nervously, "I don't think you will need my help, sister."
"I need a distraction to catch my prey."
If Lu Mengjie found out that Li Bingbing was in the country, there was a high possibility that she would end up running away instead of the moment she sees her.
Shi Enxi was her daughter's best friend so she was the perfect bait.
Lu Mello was against the idea, "But-"
"How about you think of it this way, Mello? If Enxi is with me, the men after her wouldn't be able to follow her. She'll be safer if she is out of the country. You can take care of Chen Gao and his men without worrying about your wife."
"Jiejie," Shi Enxi frowned. She wanted to deal with Chen Gao herself, after all, he was the one who killed her parents.
On the other hand, Lu Mello was somehow convinced by Li Bingbing's words.
When Shi Enxi saw the look on her husband's face, her frown went deeper.
"No, I'm staying."
He reached out and held her hand, "Your sister is right, Enxi."
"But Mello..."
"I'll capture Chen Gao for you and after that, you can do whatever you want to him."
She pursed her lips, "You can't give him to the police."
"I know. I'll send my own men to get him."
As long as Chen Gao wasn't killed by his wife, he can always put him to jail after her interrogation.
In the end, Shi Enxi didn't have a choice but to agree with Lu Mello "Fine... I'll go then."
Lu Mello turned to Li Bingbing, "How long are you planning on staying in Japan?"
Because of Lu Xian Yu's situation, Li Bingbing didn't want to stay long in that country, "As soon as possible."
"No, you have to stay there at least a week or two, until Chen Gao is caught."
"Liqin can stay with her but I'll be coming back with Mengjie as soon as possible."
Lu Mello nodded at the plan. He turned at Xia Liqin and saw his frowning face.
"You have to pay me up. I'm going to be babysitting your wife you know."
Shi Enxi and Li Bingbing turned to him.
"I'm not staying there with her if I'm not going to get paid. Time is money." Xia Liqin pouted, crossing his arms.
Lu Mello ended up chuckling, "Fine, fine, how much?"
Shi Enxi: "You're going to pay him?"
"5M per day," said his cousin, showing his five fingers at him.
Shi Enxi's brows ended up furrowing together, "That's too expensive!"
"No, it's not. You are pregnant. I have to follow you around. It's going to be tiring so 5M is a reasonable price," explained Xia Liqin.
He was the type of person who liked staying inside his rooms for days to play his games. He would only go out of his cave whenever he has to meet his business partners but aside from that, most of the fieldwork was done by his assistant. Company meetings were usually done by video calls. A total introvert.
Because of his prowess, he was monitoring his workers' moves from his cave, making sure that they were doing their jobs properly.
Li Bingbing ended up sighing, "Are you going to make your mother pay you too?"
"Yes. It'll be 15M from mother."
"This shameless child!" She ended up glaring at his son. "Are you lacking so much money?!"
"No."
"Then why are you charging me so much- no, why are you even charging me?! I am your mother! Liqin, don't challenge my bottom line!"
Xia Liqin went and sat on the sofa, "This is a risky trip and I might end up getting a heavy injury."
His mother ended up crossing her arms as she looked at him with disbelief, "How the hell are you going to end up having a heavy injury?"
"Mom is surely going to beat up Jiejie and I'm sure that I'll end up getting beaten in the process. Sister Enxi won't be able to stop mom so I'll be the one doing all the work. It should be 10M for medical expenses, 20M for lost labor cost, 10M mental injury compensation, and so on but since you are my mother, I gave you a huge discount."
Shi Enxi and Lu Mello were looking at the shameless man in front of them.
Li Bingbing ended up rolling her sleeves up, "How about I beat you up right now?"
Xia Liqin ended up standing again, he went and used Shi Enxi as a human shield. "That will cost 50M!"
Li Bingbing was already angry because of her daughter and now, her son was adding up to the problem.
Lu Mello pulled his wife away from Xia Liqin, "Sister Bingbing, I really think that you should discipline Qinqin well."
"Yeah, I also think that you should." Shi Enxi chimed in.
Xia Liqin took a step back every time his mother took a step forward towards him.
"O-okay! Okay! I won't let mother pay!" Xia Liqin exclaimed the moment he was cornered by Li Bingbing.
She smiled at him and patted his shoulder, "Good. You can charge anyone except me, understand?"
He nodded vigorously like a little child.
Shi Enxi pouted, "What do you mean by that? That's not fair you know."
Lu Mello nodded at his wife's words, "We're still your family. You shouldn't charge your family."
Xia Liqin turned to them, "I only listen to my mother."
Shi Enxi turned to her sister, "Jiejie."
"You're now rich enough to pay him so it should not matter, right?"
Shi Enxi scowled, she crossed her arms and scoffed. "Damn rich people."