Chapter 89: Price Hike on the Spot

Chapter 89: Chapter 89: Price Hike on the Spot

Xu Yanran’s heart trembled slightly before she sneered.

It seems these guys came to settle the score with you right after getting out of prison! Chen Xiao, you’re doomed!

"Are you that confident?" Chen Xiao responded calmly.

They arrived even faster than he had expected. It seems the drug took effect early, and now they’re panicking.

Sure enough, when Luo Linlin and the others got out of the car, they looked grimy and distraught. Red rashes were breaking out on their faces, and their expressions were filled with fear and pain. Yet, as they looked at Chen Xiao and the others inside the house, they had no choice but to soften their tone, despite grinding their teeth in hatred.

"Qingli, please, just let us in so we can talk properly. Sisters like us don’t hold grudges overnight, right?" Luo Linlin pleaded.

Su Yingxue also played the emotional card. "That’s right, Qingli! We’ve been best friends for over ten years. There’s no need for things to come to this!"

But Luo Qingli was unmoved. "Pleading with me is useless. When you were plotting against me, why didn’t you remember that we were sisters? That we were best friends?"

The actions of these two women had completely revealed their true nature to her.

If she were the one in this predicament, would they have pitied her? No, they would have smugly lorded over her, stomping on her dignity again and again!

Xu Yanran realized something was amiss.

They aren’t here to settle accounts with Chen Xiao, but to beg for mercy?

Her confidence from just a moment ago began to waver.

Seeing that Luo Qingli wasn’t buying it, Luo Linlin took a deep breath and turned to Chen Xiao. "Chen Xiao, you must have a cure, right?!"

Chen Xiao just shrugged. "What if I do? I just don’t feel like curing you. What are you going to do about it?"

His arrogant demeanor nearly drove them mad with rage.

"Oh, by the way," Chen Xiao said with a smile, "judging by your appearance, I take it you’ve already been to a hospital for help?"

"I forgot to tell you, any medicine you got from the hospital will only stimulate my concoction, making it work faster. In less than three days, your faces will have completely ulcerated."

"Out of humanitarian concern, I could buy you a few masks to wear. That way, you won’t scare people when you go out in the future."

His words made them absolutely livid.

In the end, even Jiang Tianyi had to swallow his pride. He forced a smile that looked more painful than crying. "Big Brother Chen, we’ve genuinely come in sincerity this time. We were blind before, we were idiots! We hope you can be the bigger person, forgive what we did, and give us another chance!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we know we were wrong," Su Yingxue and the others pleaded, looking as pathetic as abandoned puppies.

Chen Xiao was unmoved. "I still prefer your old, defiant selves."

THUD! Jiang Tianyi dropped to his knees. "Big Brother Chen, I’m on my knees for you! Please!"

He didn’t want to be so shameless, but when he saw the horrifying scratch marks on Luo Linlin’s face, he was terrified. He was so handsome; he couldn’t bear the thought of his face being ruined!

Seeing him kneel, the others quickly followed suit, begging for mercy. They had already been to the hospital, but the doctors were completely helpless against their symptoms. In fact, the medicine they were given only made things worse. They had no choice but to come crawling back to Chen Xiao.

"Fine. Since you’ve all admitted your mistakes, I’ll be merciful and forgive you," Chen Xiao said nonchalantly. "Come in."

The group immediately scrambled after him.

Chen Xiao sat on the sofa, spreading his legs wide in a show of dominance. Seeing that the group had lost all their fight, he asked mockingly, "So, you came for the antidote?"

"Yes, yes, yes," Jiang Tianyi nodded repeatedly. "I’m willing to pay one million for the antidote."

He respectfully held out a bank card.

Chen Xiao slapped the card right out of his hand, sending it clattering to the floor.

"One million? Are you trying to shoo away a beggar?!" Chen Xiao sneered. "Are your faces only worth one million?"

Their faces flushed with shame, but they were speechless.

Jiang Tianyi took a deep breath. "Then how much do you want?"

Chen Xiao slowly raised a single finger.

"Ten million?!" Jiang Tianyi’s eyes widened.

"Ten million. Each," Chen Xiao enunciated clearly.

Luo Linlin shrieked, "You might as well just rob us!"

"Apologies, but this is far more profitable than robbery," Chen Xiao said with an infuriatingly calm smirk.

"You... You’re nothing but a bandit!" Xiao Han cursed.

Chen Xiao’s brow furrowed. "Now I’m unhappy. So, I’ve decided to raise the price. Twenty million each."

"You motherf—" Xiao Han completely snapped.

Chen Xiao’s icy voice cut him off. "Thirty million each."

Su Yingxue began to say angrily, "Chen Xiao, don’t you go too f—"

Before she could finish, Qin Zihao slapped her across the face, making her stagger back. "Shut up! You think that’s not enough? You want him to raise it again?"

Su Yingxue was filled with indignation, but she could only clutch her cheek and keep her mouth shut.

Chen Xiao’s cold gaze swept over them. "Any other objections?"

Everyone’s face was ashen. They all knew Chen Xiao was deliberately gouging them, but what could they do? To fix their faces, they had to pay up. No matter how humiliating it was, they had to endure.

Meanwhile, Luo Qingli watched the scene unfold with immense satisfaction.

It takes a villain to deal with villains. It was their bad luck to run into Chen Xiao.

"I’ll buy it! I’ll buy it! Thirty million, I’m in!" Jiang Tianyi shouted hastily. "I have the money!"

"I’ll buy one too!" Qin Zihao said, wincing at the cost.

"Me too," Xiao Han chimed in, terrified of being left without an antidote.

Although thirty million was a substantial sum, it was nothing compared to their faces and their lives.

Luo Linlin and Su Yingxue, however, looked distraught. They weren’t as wealthy as the three men. Even if they sold everything they owned, they couldn’t come up with thirty million. Finally, they could only turn and cast pleading glances at their boyfriends.

Luo Linlin shamelessly spoke up. "Xiao Han, you’ll... you’ll pay for me, right?"

"You’ve got some fucking nerve," Xiao Han spat. "You cheated on me, and you expect me to drop thirty million on you? In your wildest dreams! And by the way, we’re broken up. From now on, you’ll address me as Young Master Xiao."

Thoroughly humiliated, Luo Linlin could only scurry to a corner to make calls and try to scrape the money together.

Su Yingxue looked pitifully at Qin Zihao. "Zihao, I know you aren’t a heartless person. You’ll forgive me, won’t you? Thirty million isn’t a huge amount for you..."

"True, it’s not a huge amount," Qin Zihao said, looking at her like she was an idiot. "Tell you what, how about I spend that thirty million to hire ten thousand Brother Heis to give you the time of your life?"

"You—" Su Yingxue exploded with fury. "Qin Zihao, do you really want this to end in mutual destruction?!"

"To hell with your ’mutual destruction’!" Qin Zihao roared, kicking Su Yingxue so hard she went sprawling on her back. Her hair flew into disarray, and she looked as wretched as could be. "What right do you have to talk about mutual destruction with me?"

"Enough," Chen Xiao said, tired of watching their dog-eat-dog drama. "If you want to fight, take it outside. Don’t be an eyesore. From now on, it’s cash on delivery."