Manxi

The engagement of the most adored daughter of the Li Family was broken off. Her furious family members railed against the heartless man and vowed to make him pay the price. * Later on, Li Qiao met her ex-fiancé’s big brother by chance. Some said he was the most mysterious man in Nanyang and his name was Shang Yu, aka Shang Shaoyan. While some others called him the overbearing and obsessive underground Overlord of Nanyang from whom everyone should stay away. Standing in the misty rain, Li Qiao gazed at the ruthless and untamed man with a shallow smile, said, “Hello, I’m Li Qiao.” She would become her ex-fiancé’s sister-in-law, if not wife. * Li Qiao and her ex-fiancé met again on the street several months later when he sneered at her, “Are you following me? Haven’t you given up hope yet?” A harsh voice berated him from behind, “Show some respect to your sister-in-law!” From now on, only one rumor was circulating in Nanyang City – The merciless Overlord of Nanyang had one woman he uncritically doted on. Her name was Li Qiao.

The Favored Heiress

Li Qiao watched Li Shaoquan expressionlessly as she took the banana from his hand, peeled one and put it to her mouth, speaking in a detached tone, "So, have you found a way to cover this month's living expenses?"


Li Shaoquan's expression hardened as he put out his cigarette and stood up, wiping his hands on the seams of his pants, and asked solemnly, "Dad, you said to look up who?"


It wasn't that Li Shaoquan was spineless, ever since he became addicted to the internet, Li Qiao's second uncle was so angry that he cut off all his sources of income.


For about five or six years, Li Shaoquan's daily expenses were all covered by Li Qiao.


Li Qiao glanced at him with a half-smile, took a bite of the banana, and with her mobile phone in hand transferred five hundred thousand to him, "Shang Yu."


Li Shaoquan sat back down and upon seeing the deposit notification on his mobile, cheekily said a word of thanks to dad.


He then skillfully opened up a built-in search bar on his computer, asking again, "Which Yu?"


Li Qiao thought of Shang Yu's rich, dark charisma, pursed the corners of her mouth, and even the banana in her mouth seemed to taste sweeter.


After the sound of rapid typing, Li Shaoquan raised his head with a peculiar look, scratching his messy hair, "There's no such person, did you get the name wrong?"


Li Qiao threw the banana peel into the trash can casually, her perfectly shaped doe eyes looking out the window, she murmured, "Then try... Shang Shaoyan."


However, after typing only two characters, Li Shaoquan abruptly stopped, looking at Li Qiao with disbelief in his voice, "Shang Shaoyan, is it the Shang, Shaoyan I know?"


"Otherwise?" Li Qiao raised her eyebrows slightly.


Li Shaoquan furrowed his brow, asking seriously, "This ancestor from the South Sea, what has he done to offend you?"


With a series of questions, Li Qiao's patience was nearly exhausted, her gaze lazily drifting to Li Shaoquan, "Are you unable to find it?"


Li Shaoquan felt his computer skills were being utterly disrespected.


He huffed and continued tapping on the keyboard silently, one minute, three minutes, five minutes...


As time ticked away, the only sounds in the study were the clicking of the keyboard and Li Shaoquan's exclamations, "Eh? Mm? Eh? Ah? Holy shit..."


Listening to his interjections, Li Qiao guessed... he probably failed.


Still want to join the Red Hacker Alliance? To clean toilets?


Ten minutes passed; Li Qiao silently turned to leave, planning to return home.


Fifty thousand spent for loneliness, what a loss.


Just at that moment, Li Shaoquan suddenly howled like a wolf, slapping the table vigorously, shouting at Li Qiao, "I'm in, I'm in, come and see!"


Li Qiao halted mid-step, her eyes instantly sparkling with interest.


She strutted back to Li Shaoquan's side. He had already started reading aloud to himself, "Shang Shaoyan, ancestry from Parma, twenty-seven years old... Holy shit, what is this?"


Following his shocked gaze, the information on the computer screen had been disrupted, and within a few seconds, he was counterattacked.


The dark page left only a large red exclamation point and an English word: WARNING!


This outcome, Li Qiao was not surprised.


She stared at the red exclamation mark, her lips curving into a knowing smile.


At that moment, Li Shaoquan stared dumbfounded at the computer screen, poking at the keyboard and clicking the mouse, but it was unresponsive.


Late when Li Qiao stepped out the door, she could still faintly hear Li Shaoquan's wailing from the study, "Dad, my code is gone—"


Chapter 11: With Money, You're the Daddy