Chapter 28: I'm Really Blackmailing, Why Are You All Kneeling?
Sheng Lan Academy, Principal's Office.
The heavy mahogany door was kicked open by Lu Shixuan.
He was still wearing that glittering gold suit, collar wide open, with an expression that was thirty percent mockery and seventy percent arrogance—the spitting image of a bandit who had just kidnapped a commoner girl.
Chu Yaoyao's wrist was held in his tight grip as she followed behind him like a mistreated little wife.
Inside the principal's office, besides the principal who was covered in cold sweat, sat a middle-aged man.
The man wore an exquisite gray suit, his hair slicked back so smoothly a fly would slip on it, and he was holding a teacup, putting on the airs of a member of a prestigious family.
Chu Yaoyao's second uncle, Chu Nantian.
In the Chu Family, he was the culprit who had always advocated for selling Chu Yaoyao into a marriage alliance with a big shot from the Capital.
"Yaoyao, you're finally willing to show your face."
Chu Nantian set down his teacup, his eyes sweeping coldly over Lu Shixuan's hand gripping Chu Yaoyao.
He then assumed the dignity of an elder, his tone unfriendly.
"Young Master Lu, although the Lu family is powerful, Yaoyao is a Chu after all. Pulling her around like this in public, are you not looking down on our Chu Family a bit too much?"
Lu Shixuan sneered, pulled over a swivel chair, and sat down swaggeringly.
He casually yanked Chu Yaoyao into his arms with a movement so rough it made the principal want to call the police.
"The Chu Family? What kind of washed-up household dares to mention 'face' in front of This Young Master?"
Lu Shixuan pulled an unlit cigar from his pocket and pointed it at Chu Nantian's nose, his tone arrogant to the extreme.
"Since you've come knocking, let's get straight to the point."
"I've taken a liking to Chu Yaoyao. Name a price."
"This Young Master is going to blackmail your Chu Family. Hand over this girl's custody, her household registration, and those pathetic shares she has under the Chu Family name—all of it!"
Chu Nantian's hands were shaking with rage.
"Lu Shixuan! This is robbery! Yaoyao is my own niece!"
Lu Shixuan was already overjoyed in his heart.
Yes!
It's exactly robbery!
Go ahead and sue me!
This old fox Chu Nantian is acting like a virtuous gentleman.
In reality, he's already squandered the Chu Family's meager assets. To cover a three-hundred-million-yuan deficit from embezzling public funds, he's planning to sell Yaoyao to that sixty-year-old Cripple Wang as a second wife.
If Yaoyao really goes back with him, she'll be locked in an attic tonight and forced to register the marriage tomorrow.
This wave of 'blackmail' will not only strip this old guy of his dignity but also allow Yaoyao to completely break ties with that man-eating Chu Family.
Sigh, a deficit of three hundred million dollars, and this old guy still dares to talk to me about 'face'?
System, for this act of 'kidnapping a commoner girl' like a bully, the villain points must be exploding, right?
The air in the principal's office instantly froze.
Chu Yaoyao's originally terrified expression turned into endless shock and an aching heart the moment she heard his inner voice.
Embezzling three hundred million in public funds?
Second Uncle actually wants to sell me to Cripple Wang?
So Lu Shixuan's ferocious appearance at the gate earlier was to "snatch" me away before the Chu Family arrived.
His so-called blackmail is actually him redeeming me!
Chu Nantian obviously didn't hear the inner voice; he slammed his hand on the desk and stood up.
"Lu Shixuan, don't go too far! Three hundred million! If you can produce three hundred million, I might consider..."
"Three hundred million?"
Lu Shixuan scoffed, his eyes full of disdain.
"Do you think This Young Master runs a bank? Giving money is impossible; it's impossible to give money in this lifetime."
He pulled a stack of crumpled papers from his pocket and threw them directly in Chu Nantian's face.
"This is evidence of your money laundering in the West Suburb project last year, as well as bank statements showing you embezzled Chu Family funds to cover gambling debts."
"Second Uncle Chu, do you want to take these things and rot in prison, or do you want to sign this share transfer agreement and the severance of relationship certificate right now?"
As Chu Nantian looked at the contents of those papers, his face instantly turned from the color of pig liver to a deathly pale.
Cold sweat poured down like rain.
How did Lu Shixuan know these secrets?
Those were secrets hidden in the deepest part of his safe—even his wife didn't know!
"You... you..."
Chu Nantian pointed at Lu Shixuan, his voice trembling so much he couldn't form a sentence.
Lu Shixuan shifted into a comfortable position, his tone grim.
"This Young Master's patience is limited. I'll give you three seconds to consider."
"Three."
"Two."
"I'll sign! I'll sign!"
Chu Nantian slumped into his chair as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
With a trembling hand, he signed the agreement Lu Shixuan had prepared long ago.
In front of this demon, he felt as if all his secrets had nowhere to hide.
Lu Shixuan snatched the agreement with an extremely rude motion.
Without even glancing at it, he stuffed it directly into Chu Yaoyao's hand.
"Take it! This Young Master has plenty of this kind of scrap paper; don't bother me with this kind of thing again in the future!"
"Also, from now on, you are This Young Master's exclusive little lackey. If you dare to run away, I'll send you to the station too!"
Lu Shixuan stood up and pulled Chu Yaoyao toward the exit.
Phew, settled.
This old guy has been scared witless; he definitely won't dare to trouble Yaoyao again for a while.
As for that three-hundred-million deficit, Eldest Sister should have already received my 'anonymous report.' The Chu Family is likely in for a major upheaval tonight.
Yaoyao, oh Yaoyao, you're free now. Don't hang around a bully like me anymore; go find a proper male lead to fall in love with.
This act of blackmailing family property and threatening an elder is truly a model for villains.
System!
Settle up!
Quick!
Chu Yaoyao gripped the agreement tightly, the sweat on her palms dampening the corners of the paper.
A free person.
For these words, he not only helped her uncover her uncle's conspiracy but also personally severed her shackles.
And yet, he still wants to push her away?
Chu Yaoyao suddenly stopped and firmly grabbed Lu Shixuan's hand.
"Young Master Lu."
"What? Regretting it? Want to go back and be a second wife?" Lu Shixuan turned around and glared at her fiercely.
Chu Yaoyao suddenly stood on her tiptoes and whispered in his ear.
"I'm not leaving."
"You blackmailed my entire family. For the rest of my life... I am yours."
Lu Shixuan stood petrified in the hallway.
Huh?
What do you mean you're all mine?
System!
Come out!
Is there a bug in the plot somewhere?
Ding!
Detected that the host has completed the "Extremely Greedy Blackmail" mission.
Since the host successfully rescued the female lead from dire straits and conveniently took down a commercial cancer, the school-wide favorability has overflowed once again.
Reward: God-level Negotiation Technique (Advanced Version: Any opponent in front of the host will have the illusion that 'he knows all my secrets').
Reward: 20 million cash.
villain points: -5,000 (host, you have already become the person all the young girls in the Capital most want to be 'blackmailed' by. Please behave yourself).
Lu Shixuan closed his eyes in despair.
This villain role... I really can't play it anymore.