TRSGVM 07

Chapter 07

Aunt Chen had quite high emotional intelligence.

Back when Qi Lin said that Qi Xueyao smelled nice, she had already quietly left.

Qi Xueyao sat down to eat, and Qi Lin followed over and sat beside her.

Seeing Qi Lin sit next to her, Qi Xueyao felt a wave of disgust in her heart and immediately turned her body away.

But a woman’s sixth sense was surprisingly sharp. Even though she couldn’t see Qi Lin, she could feel that he had been staring at her the entire time.

“Qi Lin, what exactly do you want?”

Qi Xueyao finally couldn’t hold it in any longer.

She put down the chopsticks in her hand and turned around to ask him.

“I don’t want anything. I just think Sister Xueyao looks pretty.”

“Sister Xueyao, how about you be my girlfriend?”

Qi Lin still wore that carefree, playboy-like expression, and the words he spoke made Qi Xueyao’s chest rise and fall with anger.

“Qi Lin, do you even know what you’re saying? Although we’re from the same village, I’ve always treated you as a younger brother! I could never become your girlfriend in this lifetime.”

Qi Xueyao said with an embarrassed and angry expression.

Did Qi Lin really want Qi Xueyao to become his girlfriend?

Of course not.

What he really wanted was to see Qi Xueyao so angry that she was on the verge of breaking down, yet completely helpless against him.

And would Qi Xueyao be willing to become Qi Lin’s girlfriend?

The answer was also certain.

No.

Because Qi Lin knew that Qi Xueyao had a university classmate with whom she had a very good relationship.

They had already agreed that once the other party successfully started his business, Qi Xueyao would agree to become his girlfriend.

“Let’s not play the moral blackmail card here, Sister Xueyao.”

“We just grew up in the same village. In my eyes, you’re simply a beautiful woman. Why can’t I say things like that?”

“Also, what do you mean by saying you treat me as a younger brother? Are you planning to divide my family’s inheritance too?”

Qi Lin had already reached the peak of his “thick-skinned cultivation.”

If this were his previous life, he might have been left speechless by Qi Xueyao’s words, his face filled with shame.

But this time, Qi Lin’s skin was already thicker than a city wall. How could someone like Qi Xueyao shake him?

Logically speaking, for a villain to immediately create conflict with the target at the very beginning was definitely not appropriate.

But don’t forget—Qi Lin had just been reborn.

Just a short while ago, he had gone to Qi Xueyao’s villa to borrow money, hoping to help his father overcome the family’s crisis.

Not to mention how great the favor his family had shown Qi Xueyao was.

Back then, when Qi Xueyao had first come out to work, she had lived in Qi Lin’s house for three whole years.

The Qi family never charged her a single cent.

Whatever Qi Lin ate, Qi Xueyao ate the same.

All the fruits, drinks, snacks, and household items in the house were completely open for her use.

But when Qi Lin went to Qi Xueyao’s house, how did she treat him?

At that time, Qi Xueyao had already succeeded in her business and had become a billionaire female entrepreneur.

She had also married that university classmate.

When Qi Lin entered the house, he greeted them as usual, calling them sister and brother-in-law.

Qi Xueyao’s husband glanced at Qi Lin, didn’t even bother to greet him, and went straight upstairs.

Before leaving, he gave Qi Xueyao a look, reminding her that if Qi Lin was asking for help, she absolutely must not agree.

“Sister Xueyao, you see… back when you had just started working, you lived at my house for three years. Now my family has encountered some trouble. Could you possibly…”

Qi Xueyao didn’t even ask Qi Lin to sit down, let alone offer tea or fruit.

But when you’re under someone else’s roof, you have no choice but to bow your head. Qi Lin could only stand there, pleading bitterly.

“I know everything you just mentioned. How about this—I’ll have my employee rent a 10-square-meter room for you right now. I’ll pay the rent for three years in advance. If your family has nowhere to live, you can move in immediately. Consider it my way of repaying the favor your family showed me.”

Qi Xueyao glanced at Qi Lin indifferently and said in a cold tone.

Such heartless words.

It was the hottest period of summer, the scorching heat of the dog days.

Yet at that moment, Qi Lin felt ice-cold all over his body.

A 10-square-meter room.

Three people from his family squeezed together.

What difference was that from living in a doghouse?

Back when Qi Xueyao stayed in his home, she had lived in a 30-square-meter room in their villa.

Her food and living conditions were practically the same as those of a wealthy young lady.

His family had taken such good care of her.

And this was how she repaid their kindness?

At that moment, Qi Lin finally remembered something his father had once said to him.

“Qi Lin, your dad only agreed to let that girl live in our villa because of you. Otherwise, with her father’s status, I wouldn’t have agreed. If you really like that girl, you should take her sooner rather than later.”

This was the conversation his father had with him when Qi Xueyao first moved in.

“Qi Lin, I urgently need some money right now. Could you go ask your father to lend it to me?”

One day, Qi Xueyao had asked Qi Lin to help her borrow money from his father.

Qi Lin had softened and agreed immediately.

He told his father about it.

His father gave the foolish son of a landlord a deep look and then said earnestly,

“That girl is naturally good at using her resources to get things done. And I’ve long seen that the person she likes isn’t you at all. Even if you lend her money, it will end up being like drawing water with a bamboo basket.”

“When a person gains something, they are destined to lose something as well. You chose to live comfortably as a rich second generation, but that girl despises people like that the most. Do you understand what I mean?”

Qi Lin certainly understood.

His father’s words left him disheartened.

But back then, Qi Lin was still someone with a conscience.

He didn’t hate Qi Xueyao because of it.

However, because his father didn’t lend the money, Qi Xueyao began to resent the Qi family.

Although she never showed it on the surface.

As the saying goes:
“A small kindness breeds gratitude, but a great kindness breeds resentment.”

Even though she ate and lived in Qi Lin’s home, and his father had helped Qi Xueyao many times, she still ended up hating their family just because they refused to lend her money.

Later, when the Qi family went bankrupt, she even took the opportunity to humiliate Qi Lin.

After experiencing such humiliation from Qi Xueyao, how could Qi Lin still speak to her normally?

Right now, his mind was filled with only one thought.

To destroy Qi Xueyao’s business.

To destroy Qi Xueyao’s happiness.

Morality?

In his previous life, morality had only brought him endless suffering.

But now—

To hell with morality.