Ji Cheng had come specifically to ask Ji Yunhuai about the Riverside project with the Gu Corporation, but barely two sentences into their conversation, Ji Yunhuai had snapped at him and thrown him out. Still seething, he ran into Lu Xiaoxiao.
That was clearly unexpected, but if he could turn her against Ji Yunhuai and make his life unpleasant, he would feel a good deal better himself.
After declaring his offer of "five million," Ji Cheng felt his confidence return.
He knew Lu Xiaoxiao's background. She was the Lu Family's adopted daughter, and the family was among the ambitious new elite that had risen in recent years. In theory, she should not be short of money, but the key lay in her status as an adopted daughter.
Ji Cheng did not believe the Lu Family would treat an adopted daughter as well as their biological daughter. That being the case, five million should be an astronomical sum to this girl. What reason would she have to refuse?
It all made perfect sense to Ji Cheng, and the smile at the corners of his mouth grew a little more genuine.
But Lu Xiaoxiao's reaction was nothing like what he had imagined.
The girl stood stunned for a moment, then her expression turned extremely strange. The corners of her mouth hovered on the verge of rising, as though he had hit on something utterly hilarious, and her features began to twitch.
Then her shoulders shook uncontrollably. Broken chuckles finally escaped her throat before turning into outright laughter, until tears nearly spilled from her eyes.
Until now, Lu Xiaoxiao had only found Ji Cheng irritating. But now she genuinely thought he was hilarious... no, ridiculous! She had never met anyone with such a natural talent for being a clown!
*Hahahahahahaha! The rich-parent-pays-to-break-up-the-couple scene