C14 You Still Want to Have a Future

He sure thinks far ahead.

"Thinking about the future?" Qiao Lishan looked at Chi Jinxi's angry face and almost couldn't hold back her laughter. "Are you suggesting a possibility? Leaving Mu Tian'ai and marrying me?"

"Dream on! I would never marry someone as toxic as you!" Chi Jinxi immediately looked disgusted, taking a step back as if avoiding a disease.

Seeing his reaction, the smile on Qiao Lishan's face grew wider, and the mockery in her eyes intensified, turning into a sharp glare directed at Chi Jinxi. Inside, she was seething, tempted to slap him twice.

She had seen shameless people before, but never anyone this shameless! He was the ultimate jerk!

"No future, so why talk about later? My family isn't a charity or a retirement home. A raw diamond is worth a few million dollars. Can't you even afford that? Or has the Chi family fallen so low that they need the Qiao family to support them every step of the way?"

Qiao Lishan raised her voice, speaking with utter calm.

"Qiao Lishan! You really think you're something, don't you? The Chi family's development is way ahead of the Qiao family. Why would we lack a few million dollars? You promised me before that if I ever needed anything, I could ask you, and you'd make it happen! Now you can't deliver, and you have the nerve to say this to me?" Chi Jinxi retorted angrily.

"Look at him, acting like he's got the upper hand!"

Qiao Lishan was thoroughly disgusted by his relentless attitude. She took a deep breath, reminding herself not to get upset over trash. It's just not worth it. Absolutely not.

"You promised you'd marry me before. Why is it that I have to keep my promise, but you don't?"

"Isn't it because you're just so clingy? You like sticking to me, and since you're willing, what can I do about it, right?" Chi Jinxi maintained his arrogant demeanor, looking down at Qiao Lishan. "Before, I didn't want to hurt your pride, but since you've brought it up, I might as well be honest. There aren't many women as foolish as you. If you were genuinely sincere, I'd accept it. You're a good girl, I admit that. But now, you're just being gross."

Calling her foolish and then a good girl? Did she dig up his ancestors' graves or something? This was like a slap followed by a sweet treat.

"I'm not a good girl. Go find your good girl. It's getting late, you should go back to Mu Tian'ai. Wouldn't want her causing me trouble later."

Heaven forbid she gets accused of trying to seduce Chi Jinxi again; she'd never be able to explain her way out of that one.

After all, if someone like Mu Tian'ai can handle it, then it's not worth much.

"Qiao Lishan, I think you're deliberately testing my patience!" Chi Jinxi shouted, his voice full of anger.

He couldn't believe that after a high fever, Qiao Lishan seemed like a completely different person. Unlike the naive and sweet girl she used to be, she was now much harder to deceive.

"I hope you can maintain your own standards. That would truly be a relief for me," Qiao Lishan said, stepping aside and signaling to the housekeeper to show Chi Jinxi the door.

"Trying the same trick twice on me, Qiao Lishan? Do you think I'm as clueless as you?"

"I just think having a brain is a wonderful thing."