Borrowing Five Hundred Thousand Right Off the Bat

Before Qi Wang left for work, he even made breakfast for Qi Si and kept it warm in the kitchen.

Several hours passed, yet the breakfast was still steaming.

As Qi Si ate the warm breakfast, he couldn't help letting out a contented sigh.

Had the original owner saved the Milky Way in his past life or something?

Otherwise, how could he have such an amazing brother?

If this were his actual brother, he would wake up laughing even in his dreams.

Qi Si happily finished his breakfast. Just as he was considering what to do next, his phone rang.

The caller ID showed Lin Weiwei.

Qi Si raised an eyebrow.

An important second female lead from the original novel.

After pondering for a moment, Qi Si answered the call. He wanted to see what this supporting actress, who had all the gifted sons of heaven in the original novel wrapped around her finger, wanted.

"Hello?"

"Young Master Qi, what are you doing?" Lin Weiwei's soft, syrupy voice came through, carrying a hint of sweetness.

To be honest, that voice would count as heavenly music to most men.

No wonder the original owner had been utterly bewitched by Lin Weiwei.

Unfortunately, Qi Si was gay.

Not only was he uninterested in women to begin with, but Lin Weiwei was obviously putting on that voice deliberately.

"What is it?" Qi Si asked coldly.

He could have simply chosen not to answer, but he was curious about what Lin Weiwei wanted.

As a supporting character with even more scenes than the female lead, it was hard for Qi Si not to be curious.

Lin Weiwei on the other end probably hadn't expected Qi Si to suddenly be so cold toward her. She paused for a moment before continuing in her usual tone. "Young Master Qi, it's like this. I've run into a little trouble, so... could I borrow some money from you?"

Qi Si was surprised. He hadn't expected Lin Weiwei to be calling to borrow money.

Was there a scene like this in the original plot?

Oh, there really was.

Qi Si suddenly recalled a plot point mentioned in the book.

Lin Weiwei had participated in a variety show where the production team required the guests to call friends from their contact lists to borrow money.

Whoever borrowed the most would win.

Lin Weiwei had called the original owner at the time.

The original owner had been pursuing Lin Weiwei then, so the instant he received the call, he transferred one million to her without even waiting for her to say how much she wanted to borrow.

And afterward, Lin Weiwei never returned the money to the original owner.

Since the original owner never brought it up, Lin Weiwei acted as though it had never happened.

At that thought, Qi Si's blood pressure instantly spiked.

Fuck!

That money was earned by Qi Wang, who got up early and worked himself to the bone every day!

It was bad enough that the original owner didn't know how to cherish his brother, but he had treated the money his brother worked so hard to earn as if it had been blown in by the wind, giving it away whenever he pleased!

What kind of fucking little brother was that?!

Qi Si took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.

After calming himself down, he asked Lin Weiwei on the other end of the line, "How much do you want to borrow?"

Lin Weiwei really was filming a variety show. She had chosen to call Qi Si because she was certain he would not refuse her.

Because there was precedent, she was so confident.

Before this, whenever Lin Weiwei needed anything from Qi Si, he would come running over immediately.

Whenever Lin Weiwei wanted something, she only had to casually mention it in front of Qi Si, and he would promptly deliver it to her.

Lin Weiwei was far too confident.

So when she heard Qi Si ask how much she wanted to borrow, she was dazed for a moment.

There was nothing wrong with Qi Si asking that. A normal person's first reaction to hearing someone wanted to borrow money would naturally be to ask how much.

Yet for some reason, Lin Weiwei felt that something was off.

"Five hundred thousand. Of course, more would be even better." Lin Weiwei suppressed the unease in her heart. After considering that the highest amount any guest had borrowed so far was three hundred thousand, she named five hundred thousand.

Based on past experience, once Lin Weiwei asked, Qi Si would definitely not refuse.

The five hundred thousand would arrive in her account the very next second, perhaps even more than that.

That was what Lin Weiwei believed at this moment as well.

On the show, Lin Weiwei looked confidently and calmly at the camera.

Lin Weiwei's fans at the scene covered their mouths one after another, holding back the laughter that threatened to spill out so they would not give anything away.

There were quite a few fans who shipped Lin Weiwei and Qi Si as a couple. After all, the original owner had never hidden the fact that he was pursuing Lin Weiwei, making a huge spectacle of it.

Besides the resources the original owner had fed her, part of the reason Lin Weiwei had become so popular was the sheer scale of his pursuit.

A female actress—an attractive actress with some decent works under her belt—being passionately pursued by a good-looking rich second-generation heir was bound to draw attention.

With all those factors combined, she had practically claimed every advantage of timing, location, and support.

Under those circumstances, it would have been hard for Lin Weiwei not to become famous.

To the fans, Lin Weiwei's confidence at that moment was practically a declaration of ownership.

The other guests on set looked at Lin Weiwei's expression with envy and regret, already preparing themselves to fail the task.

However, to everyone's surprise, Qi Si did not follow the usual script this time.

"Five hundred thousand? When do you plan to pay it back?"

"What?"

Everyone froze.

Lin Weiwei thought she had misheard. In disbelief, she asked again, "Young Master Qi, what did you say?"

Qi Si repeated what he had just said. "I asked when you plan to pay the money back."

"Uh..." Lin Weiwei was speechless.

The expressions of the others shifted again and again, and the way they looked at Lin Weiwei grew complicated.

Hearing Lin Weiwei's hesitant stammering, Qi Si immediately became wary. "What? Don't tell me you never planned to pay it back?"

"Of course not!" Lin Weiwei's expression changed, and she denied it at once.

"Then when do you plan to pay it back?" Qi Si asked again.

"Soon," Lin Weiwei said through gritted teeth.

She could not have been more embarrassed right then and only wanted to end the call as quickly as possible.

She had thought that once she said that, Qi Si would stop wasting words, lend her the money, and get it over with.

Who would have thought Qi Si would speak again? "Fine. Write me an IOU."

"Huh?" Lin Weiwei was genuinely stunned by Qi Si's words this time.

She never could have imagined that Qi Si would actually ask her to write an IOU.

The fans at the scene were just as dumbfounded.

Everyone thought much the same as Lin Weiwei and wondered whether Qi Si had been kidnapped.

Otherwise, how could Lin Weiwei's greatest simp say something like that to her?

The way the guests at the scene looked at Lin Weiwei gradually became more peculiar as well.

Wasn't it said that the young master of the Qi Household liked Lin Weiwei to death?

Lin Weiwei herself often flaunted Qi Si's affection and smugly showed off in front of others.

She obviously enjoyed being pursued by Qi Si, yet she always acted as though it troubled her deeply.

She said she did not like the gifts Qi Si gave her, but she never hesitated when accepting them.

If she truly did not like him, why not reject him firmly?

Unlike the fans' angry reactions, not all the guests at the scene genuinely liked Lin Weiwei.

They were all socially savvy, though, so even if they disliked her, they would never show it.

Moreover, because Qi Si had liked her before, even those who disliked Lin Weiwei did not dare offend her casually.

What if Lin Weiwei whispered sweet nothings in Young Master Qi's ear? How could they withstand the Qi Household targeting them?