Send me the money. Prove it with actions

Three thirty in the afternoon.

By then, Xu Su and Huo Yuchen had each filled two baskets with apples.

After two hours of work, Master Xu was tired too, so he found a staff member to weigh them and exchange them for points.

Five minutes later, the app notified them of a change in points. Xu Su had earned 70 points in total, and Huo Yuchen had earned 56.

"Can't you give me a little more?"

Xu Su looked at the staff member with a hint of resentment. "At least round it up."

Looking slightly bewildered, the staff member gave an awkward smile. "Mr. Xu, yours is already a round number."

Xu Su said, "Says who? It's not round until it's 100!"

The staff member said, "..."

[You really know how to round up.]

[The poor girl is stunned. She's seen rounding up, but never like this.]

[Lesson mislearned. Next time my boss pays me 1,291, I'll ask him to round it up and give me 2,000.]

After they had rested for a while in the shade by the orchard entrance, Lu Jing and Shen Chuanzhu came up, along with Zhuang Luo and Li Weizhou.

Xu Su glanced over and saw that, apart from Li Weizhou, all three had gauze wrapped around their right hands, in exactly the same place as Huo Yuchen.

It looked like the hoes had rubbed their palms raw too.

Seeing Xu Su, Lu Jing hurried over and asked, "Xu Su, is picking apples easy?"

Xu Su said, "It's all right. Apart from sore hands, aching arms, a tired back, and a mental breakdown, there's nothing hard about it."

Lu Jing said, "...?"

[Hahahaha, I'm laughing myself into convulsions.]

[What a beautiful mental state.]

[HR girl here. Next time I'm interviewing someone and they ask whether the job is easy, I'm answering like this: apart from xxxxxxxxxx... there's nothing hard about it.]

Beside them, Zhuang Luo swept an unreadable look over Xu Su, then turned to Huo Yuchen. "Mr. Huo, how much did you pick?"

His tone was very gentle.

Unfortunately, the only answer he received was silence.

Huo Yuchen was leaning against the wall playing a game. He did not so much as blink at the question, as though he could not hear it.

Zhuang Luo immediately felt a little awkward.

Li Weizhou saw this and asked Xu Su, "How much did you pick?"

Xu Su raised an eyebrow.

How interesting. Asking me is one thing, but using that commanding tone? He really thinks he's somebody.

Scoffing inwardly, he folded his arms and looked at Li Weizhou with amusement.

"Somewhere between one and a thousand jin. Guess. Get it right and I'll tell you."

Li Weizhou's expression darkened slightly. "I was just asking. Do you have to be so difficult?"

Xu Su gave him a half-smile. "You think I'm being difficult? Then don't ask me! Did I beg you to ask?"

That tone was positively asking for it.

Li Weizhou's anger immediately deepened. "Xu Su, don't go too far!"

Xu Su did it again. "You think I'm going too far? Then get lost! Did I beg you to come near me?"

"..."

A vein twitched at his temple, a sign of the anger Li Weizhou could barely suppress.

In the livestream, Li Weizhou's fans immediately launched a fierce attack on Xu Su:

[Aaaaah, what a nasty fucking tone!!!]

[If being a little bitch ever becomes a crime, Xu Su is getting life at the very least!!!]

[There's a reason Best Actor Li doesn't want this nasty piece of shit! Who the fuck could kiss that poisonous mouth!]

[Thank goodness our Weizhou has a discerning eye and never fell for trash like that!]

Some fair-minded viewers also offered balanced opinions:

[How do I put this? Li Weizhou kind of had it coming. He knows perfectly well Xu Su can't stand him, yet he still goes right up to him and talks down to him. Isn't he asking for trouble?]

[Best Actor Li probably still thinks Xu Su will fawn over him like before.]

[Xu Su without his lovesick brain really isn't someone to underestimate!]

Zhuang Luo hurried forward to smooth things over. "That's enough, Weizhou. If Xu Su doesn't want to tell us, let it go. After all..."

He hesitated, then finally said, "We need to be more understanding toward him."

He put on such an understanding air, as though he were ever so gentle and considerate.

Xu Su could not help laughing.

Did this guy come straight out of Notre Dame?

He shifted his gaze to Zhuang Luo. "You're right. I do need a lot of understanding, so how exactly are you planning to show it?"

Zhuang Luo: ?

That left him at a loss. "Well, in our hearts, we..."

"Hey, ↗ don't keep it in your hearts."

Xu Su cut him off. "As the saying goes, sweet words are fake; money in my account is real. Since you want to be understanding, you should show me something tangible instead of just paying lip service."

"?"

Zhuang Luo froze again. "Xu Su, I'm not..."

Xu Su interrupted him again. "What? You're not really understanding? You're just saying it?"

Zhuang Luo hurriedly shook his head. "No, I really am..."

Xu Su cut him off a third time. "What? You really are understanding? Fine, then send me the money. Prove it with actions."

"..."

Now Zhuang Luo was completely dumbfounded.

He had not expected his earlier words to fail to provoke Xu Su or make him lose his temper, only to leave himself unable to back down.

Now he could neither agree nor refuse. He was stuck.

If he agreed, he would lose out, giving Xu Su money for nothing.

But if he refused, it would be tantamount to admitting that all his understanding toward Xu Su was fake.

[Aaaaaah, don't stop me! I'm going in there to kill Xu Su! How dare he bully our Luoluo like this!]

[Xu Su will get divine retribution sooner or later for bullying people like this!]

[What do you mean, bullying? Didn't Zhuang Luo say himself that he wanted to be understanding? Xu Su is just asking him to make it tangible. What does he have to feel wronged about?]

[Exactly! Such! A! Stubborn! Little! Fake! Innocent! In! The! Wind!]

[Huh?! Something's wrong with these comments. Why does it feel like Xu Su is starting to have fans!?]

[None of your business!]

Beside them, seeing the fake innocent being bullied so badly, Li Weizhou spoke up in a fury. "Xu Su! Have you no shame? Who goes around demanding money from people every time he opens his mouth!"

What a righteous condemnation.

Had it not come from the mouth of a shameless, mediocre yet overconfident kappa, Xu Su might actually have felt a twinge of moral discomfort.

Luckily, Li Weizhou was even more shameless.

And luckily, he himself was not a good person who cared about morals.

With a scoff, he said languidly, "That makes me shameless? Then someone taking..."

"Xu Su!"

The moment Li Weizhou heard a certain word, he panicked. "We're filming a show. Please watch what you say!"

He glared straight at Xu Su, his eyes full of warning.

Xu Su paid it no mind, his smile deepening. "If I don't even care about shame anymore, why would I care what I say?"

"You!"

Li Weizhou was thoroughly infuriated by that brazen declaration that he had nothing left to lose.

But with cameras all around, he retained enough sense to know that this was not a good time to argue. After one furious glare at Xu Su, he pulled Zhuang Luo away.