Chapter 189: Men Only Slow Down Her Money-Making Speed

Lin Beitao glanced at her and scoffed, "You little girl, what do you know about love?"

"What's wrong with being a little girl? Don't always talk as if you're so much older than me. Besides, I've read far more romance stories than you have!" Xiao Yawen retorted unconvinced.

"Yes, yes," Lin Beitao said helplessly. "Whatever you say is right."

"Humph, as long as you know it."

In the end, Wu Kuan had almost no strength left to get back up.

Yet Guan Yanqing was still standing in the exact same spot. To be honest, he had barely moved an inch.

Wu Kuan finally understood the gap between himself and the person in front of him, as well as how reckless his recent actions had been.

"I concede, I concede!" Aunt Wu hurried over and helped Wu Kuan up. "Son, are you alright?"

"Mother, don't worry about me. I'm fine," Wu Kuan said with a defeated expression.

He could sense that Guan Yanqing had already shown him mercy; there wasn't even a single scratch on his body.

If Guan Yanqing had genuinely fought him, he feared he would have been sliced into pieces long ago.

"I admit defeat completely," Wu Kuan forced himself to say to Guan Yanqing.

Guan Yanqing handed the sword back to An Yu and said indifferently, "You flatter me."

"You child, why did you have to go and challenge him?" Aunt Wu said with heartache. "You've only just managed to come home, yet you're still fighting and killing. How exhausting."

"Mother, I am indeed tired," Wu Kuan smiled bitterly. "Let's go back."

"Alright, alright."

With that, Aunt Wu's family prepared to take their leave. Liao Shuxia hurriedly asked them to take back the gifts they had brought; after all, these were far too precious, and since the marriage between the two families had fallen through, they simply could not accept them.

However, Aunt Wu firmly refused to take them back, and in the end, Liao Shuxia had no choice but to let the matter rest.

Lin Sangqian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

How on earth could this Wu Kuan have developed feelings for her?

And didn't the system claim that successfully romancing a handsome man would directly grant her one thousand points?

It didn't seem to have increased at all.

Thinking this, Lin Sangqian couldn't help but enter the system space to take a look.

Over the past few years, excluding the points spent on exchanging items from the system, she now had over eight thousand points.

At this moment, the big screen on the system displayed: "Successfully romanced one handsome man, directly awarded one thousand points."

The displayed points were now approaching ten thousand.

Lin Sangqian was somewhat bewildered.

The last time she entered the system space was roughly ten days ago, and that prompt hadn't been there then.

Could it really be Wu Kuan?

"Is it Wu Kuan?" Lin Sangqian asked out loud.

The big screen displayed: "No."

"Not him?" Lin Sangqian was even more baffled. "If it's not Wu Kuan, then who is it? But Wu Kuan just said he liked me, doesn't that count as romancing him?"

The big screen flashed the two words "Handsome man," followed by three more words: "He doesn't deserve it."

Lin Sangqian: "..."

That was too hurtful!

Although Wu Kuan wasn't as handsome as Guan Yanqing or Gu Zhinan, he was still quite a good-looking young man!

This system had exceptionally high standards for handsome men.

"Then who was the one I romanced?"

"Surname Ling."

Ling?

Lin Sangqian frowned.

She didn't seem to know anyone with the surname Ling at all.

How could she have romanced someone like that?

Could this system be broken?

Just as she finished this thought, the system's big screen angrily flashed twice, as if to express that it was definitely not broken.

After a moment, the system calmed down, and a new line of text refreshed on the big screen: "The romantic progress with another handsome man has reached ninety-five percent. Please keep up the good work."

Lin Sangqian: "..."

How was she supposed to know that there were so many people harboring feelings for her...

What was she supposed to do about this?

Men would only slow down the speed at which she made money!

"Miss Lin?"

Guan Yanqing's voice sounded by her ear. Lin Sangqian snapped back to reality and managed a strained smile. "First Young Master Guan, what is it?"

Guan Yanqing looked at her for a long time before saying, "Nothing. Seeing that you've been spacing out just now, I thought..."

Thought she was thinking about that Wu Kuan.

Lin Sangqian blinked, waiting for him to continue, but Guan Yanqing clearly had no intention of elaborating further.

She felt a mild headache coming on.

There really were far too many things puzzling her today.

"Oh right, I'd like to go to the Yu residence to check on Gu Zhinan. Is that alright?" Lin Sangqian asked. "Today is the day for his acupuncture treatment again."

Actually, Guan Yanqing was extremely unhappy deep down.

The moment he recalled Gu Zhinan saying he wanted to marry Lin Sangqian, he wanted nothing more than to pin Gu Zhinan to the ground and beat him up.

However, poisoning was no trivial matter, and he didn't want Gu Zhinan to just drop dead either.

"Mm," Guan Yanqing nodded. "I'll go with you."

"Alright." Lin Sangqian didn't think too much of it, assuming he simply wanted to visit Yu Jingxiao at the Yu residence.

...

When the two arrived at the Yu residence, Lin Sangqian followed Guan Yanqing toward the room where Gu Zhinan was staying.

She suddenly thought of Qi Tong and Qi Eryu.

She wondered how that despicable pair was doing right now.

At that moment, two maidservants came walking toward them from the opposite direction.

The two didn't notice them and were chatting animatedly.

"I've been working at the Yu residence for four or five years now, and I never expected that someone as easygoing as the Young Master could be so ruthless! Oh my god, I mustered up the courage to take a peek last night, and it was truly miserable!"

"Heh, you call the Young Master ruthless? If you knew what those two wretched people did, you wouldn't think he's ruthless at all."

"Wretched people? But isn't the Mistress and Young Master Qi siblings?"

"They aren't biological siblings at all, there's no blood relation between them! Furthermore, they've been carrying on an illicit affair all this time! I heard the Mistress lied to the Young Master about many things in the past too! She's simply a shameless woman!"

"Oh my god... Then the Young Master is truly too pitiful!"

"Yeah, so it's completely deserved that the Young Master had their heel tendons severed and their tongues plucked out!"

"Then where does the Young Master plan to send them next?"

"As for that, I don't know."

Hearing this, Lin Sangqian didn't feel overly emotional.

After all, the one who had been deceived and betrayed was Yu Jingxiao, and he was the one whose wholehearted sincerity had been辜负 (let down). Only he knew how painful and sorrowful his heart was.

Therefore, no one was in a position to judge whether his actions were cruel or not.

As they neared the courtyard where Gu Zhinan lived, Lin Sangqian ran into Cheng Biao, who was stationed by Gu Zhinan's side.

"Sister Lin!" The moment Cheng Biao saw her, it was as if he had seen a close family member. "I finally get to see you again. I thought we were never destined to meet in this lifetime!"

"How could that be?" Lin Sangqian patted his shoulder with a solemn expression. "I promised to detoxify your boss. How have the brothers been doing these past couple of days?"

"They've been well-fed and watered, it's just that they lack freedom," Cheng Biao scratched his head. "The brothers have been used to being slovenly these past few years, and suddenly being confined like this really feels a bit unusual."

"You guys can't possibly remain bandits for the rest of your lives, can you?"

"We'll definitely listen to whatever the boss says. Whatever the boss tells us to be, we'll be!"