So What If the Beautiful Campus Belle Loves Money? (50)

One week later.

At a café.

Hua Jinchen's mother got straight to the point. "Miss Shi, I won't beat around the bush."

"I've looked into your background. You come from an ordinary family, with no social resources or connections whatsoever. You and our Hua Family belong to completely different worlds."

She continued, "You should know that, in a family like ours, marriage is never just a matter between two people. Hua Jinchen needs a wife who can help him, not someone who... drags him down."

She paused, the smile on her lips deepening, tinged with condescending pity.

"I've already started looking for a suitable fiancée for him. You and he aren't right for each other."

Shi Zheng said nothing.

Hua Jinchen's mother took a check from her bag and pushed it in front of Shi Zheng.

"This is breakup money. It's enough to keep you fed and clothed for the rest of your life. I won't hold you accountable for the money you've taken from him. Take this money, leave him, and stop clinging to him."

Shi Zheng glanced down at the figure on the check—three million.

"Three million?" She looked up at Hua Jinchen's mother. "Auntie, is your son worth so little?"

Hua Jinchen's mother's smile froze.

She hadn't expected that reaction from Shi Zheng.

"You—"

"Three million is too little." Shi Zheng pushed the check back. "Add another zero, and I might consider it."

Hua Jinchen's mother stared at her, surprise flashing in her eyes before it was replaced by deeper contempt.

So that was it.

She really was after the money.

For the sake of her son's future happiness, Hua Jinchen's mother ultimately chose to compromise.

She took out her checkbook again, swiftly wrote down a string of numbers, tore off the check, and pushed it across the table.

She gritted her teeth. "...Fine. Thirty million."

Shi Zheng picked up the check, looked at the figure, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Thank you, Auntie."

She carefully folded the check and put it in her bag, then took out her phone right in front of Hua Jinchen's mother.

"Rest assured, now that I've taken the money, I promise I won't bother your son."

She opened her chat with Hua Jinchen and quickly typed a message: [We're breaking up. Don't contact me again.]

She sent it.

Then she blocked him on every contact channel.

Watching her carry out the whole sequence as smoothly as flowing water, Hua Jinchen's mother looked at her with even deeper contempt.

"As expected of someone from the bottom rung of society. So shortsighted."

She picked up her coffee and took a small sip, her tone filled with undisguised superiority. "Remember what you promised me. Don't have anything more to do with my son."

With that, Hua Jinchen's mother stood, picked up her bag, and left the café.

"Goodbye, Auntie."

Once she was gone, Shi Zheng took out her phone and dialed another number.

The call was answered after one ring.

"Zhengzheng?"

Gu Yanshen was a little surprised that Shi Zheng had called him.

Ever since the matter with Su Qingqing had ended, they had not been in contact with each other openly again.

"I have something to tell you. Come over." Shi Zheng gave him the café's address.

"Okay."

The call ended.

Shi Zheng put her phone on the table, picked up her coffee, and took a small sip.

Fifteen minutes later.

Gu Yanshen pushed open the door and hurried into the café.

His gaze swept quickly around the café before settling on her by the window.

He hurried over and sat down across from her, his breathing still a little uneven. "What's wrong? What happened?"

The corners of Shi Zheng's lips curved up. "Gu Yanshen."

"Hmm?"

"Would you be willing to be my boyfriend?"

Gu Yanshen's movements came to an abrupt halt.

He stared at her as though he hadn't heard what she'd said.

"...What did you say?"

"I said, would you be willing to be my boyfriend?"

Gu Yanshen fell silent for three seconds.

"Are you serious?" His voice was a little hoarse. "You're not messing with me?"

Shi Zheng tilted her head. "Do I look like I'm joking?"

[Gu Yanshen's current affection level: 95.]

Gu Yanshen suddenly smiled.

The smile spread from his eyes to his lips.

"Yes, of course I am."

Gu Yanshen agreed at once, as though afraid she would change her mind the next second.

He had waited a long time for this day. How could he possibly give it up so easily?

Then, as if remembering something, he frowned slightly. "Why so suddenly... What about Hua Jinchen?"

Shi Zheng briefly told him about her conversation with Hua Jinchen's mother.

After hearing her out, Gu Yanshen's face showed undisguised relief. "Looks like my luck really is pretty good."

"Zhengzheng, my family won't be like that. My parents can't control me, and I have the final say at the company. No one can go over my head to make things difficult for you."

He took her hand and promised, "Trust me."

Shi Zheng said, "I do."