Chapter 84

 

  Although Chu Chen didn't attack her with mental power, Yu Ran felt a sense of oppression coming from her brain, as if someone was stirring it up with a hook. She curled up into a ball and shivered uncontrollably.

  "Give... I'll give the money."

  Time seemed to have passed for a long time, but it also seemed to have only passed for a moment.

  When Yu Ran squeezed these words out of her mouth, the oppression all over her body suddenly disappeared, and even the atmosphere became relaxed.

  She opened her mouth to breath heavily.

        Clever people may become the victim of their own ingenuity.
[聪明反被聪明误 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wùa: lit. clever people may become the victim of their own ingenuity (idiom); fig. cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good]

  Yu Ran deliberately chose to live in this place because renting on this street didn't require identity information, and also there was that kind of business being done downstairs. Ordinary people who didn't have permission couldn't enter at all.

  But she didn't expect that this would also become a cage trapping her.

  In this chaotic place, it was very simple to erase the traces of existence of an ordinary woman like her.

  The group of people downstairs would do anything for money. As long as these people paid a little money, they would turn a blind eye...

  Thinking of this, Yu Ran shuddered again.

  She bit her lower lip and said, "Let me go first."

  Chu Chen looked at Hu Zi.

  With just one look, Hu Zi immediately understood and reached out to let go of Yu Ran.

  Yu Ran's body was no longer restrained. She sat up, leaned on the sofa, and smoothed her messy hair with her hands.

  Recalling Chu Chen's various behaviors when he was in the Chu family, Yu Ran couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

  That's right.

  She was indeed not a good person, but since she could put on a play, how could Chu Chen not be able to put on a play like her?

  Moreover, now that the Chu family had reached this stage, wasn't it all Chu Chen's fault?

  Whether it was her affair with Chu Zhou, and then let Chu Weiyun know about it, or whether Chu Yu and Chu You went gambling, causing the Chu family to go bankrupt, it was Chu Chen's handwriting.

  Otherwise...

  Otherwise, she wouldn't be in such a mess now, and she might still be living a good life as a rich wife in the Chu family.

  Yu Ran had been planning for so long to successfully marry Chu Weiyun, but it all came to nothing.

  There was hatred in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it at all.

  Looking at the burly men around her who were glaring at her like a tiger watching its prey, Yu Ran could only open her bracelet and return the five million to Chu Chen.
[虎视眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān: lit. To glare like a tiger watching its prey (idiom); fig. To eye covetously]

  However, what she didn't expect was that Chu Chen didn't leave even after taking the money.

  He blinked and said, "I wonder if Aunt Yu Ran misunderstood something? These five million are originally mine, and you just returned it to the original owner. As for my fee, naturally I need aunt to give me more."

  "Don't call me aunt!"

  Yu Ran felt depressed, and she looked at Chu Chen warily, "How much more do you want?"

  "It's not expensive. It's only two million."

  Chu Chen showed a gentle smile, "After all, my worth has skyrocketed now. Someone with high status like me, still bother to do this little thing for you, you should feel honored."

  The anger in Yu Ran's heart suddenly rushed to her head!

  What Chu Chen said was really infuriating! ! !

  No wonder Chu Weiyun was always annoyed by Chu Chen in the past.

  And she knew that Chu Chen must have checked her account! Because there was only two million left in her account!

  "Chu Chen, you are not giving me a way to survive..."

  Yu Ran raised her hand to wipe her tears.

  She had practiced how to cry in the past. At this time, her legs were curled up, one arm was holding the crook of the leg, and the other hand was wiping the tears on her cheek with the back of her hand.

        Although her face was full of tears, she didn't cry hysterically. It felt like raindrops on a pear blossom.
[梨花带雨 lí huā dài yǔ: lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom); fig. tear-stained face of a beauty]

  Chu Chen didn't say anything, he just looked at Yu Ran quietly.

  Looking at Chu Chen like this, Yu Ran couldn't cry anymore.

  She knew that she was the passive party now, just like a fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered. If she hadn't given the five million before, it would be fine if she didn't give it now, but she had already given out the five million...
[任人宰割 rèn rén zǎi gē: lit. to get slaughtered; fig. to be at the mercy of others, to be taken advantage of]

  When things were done halfway, if they didn't continue, they always felt like they were at a disadvantage.

  Yu Ran was afraid of death, so she could only listen to Chu Chen's words and reluctantly gave the money to Chu Chen.

  Chu Chen placed the two new spaceship tickets in front of Yu Ran.

  Yu Ran looked at it and reached out to take one of them.

  "It's not that I don't want to give you a way to survive." Chu Chen said, "Didn't I still leave small change for you?"

  Yu Ran: "..."

  What kind of small change? At most, she could use it to rent a house only. Even if she lived frugally, it could only last for a month and a half...

  Yu Ran paused.

  She looked at Chu Chen with a complicated expression.

  Did Chu Chen plan everything?

  "Aunt Yu Ran."

  Chu Chen said with a smile, "It's better not to do the things that hurt others like you did before. Find a house on the new planet, find a job, and be a good person."

        After saying that, Chu Chen stood up and said, "I won't bother Aunt to pack her things."

  Chu Chen looked at Li Fen: "Let's go."

  Li Fen, who had been watching the whole process but remained very quiet, said "hmm".

  Everyone came out of the residential building.

  All the people who were sitting in the alley had disappeared. The whole street was very quiet, and even the shops on both sides were closed.

  Chu Chen glanced at it and shrugged his shoulder.

  He turned around and teased Hu Zi: "Look at you, how noisy you are, it scares people."

  Hu Zi smiled innocently and scratched his head.

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