Chapter 18: Interested in a Monthly Subscription? There's a Discount!

President Yu Xiuli's face turned black upon hearing this...

But he couldn't find any words to rebut her; this girl wasn't just a sharp-tongued brat—did she have crane crown red on her tongue or something?

"President Yu," Gu Xia brushed her palms together, "I helped you dodge an assassin's knife just now in a moment of urgency, how do you plan to thank me?"

"How would you like me to thank you?" Yu Xiuli looked down at the Pikachu in front of him, amused and amused.

"This knife, considering we are husband and wife, I will give you a discount. How about 1,800? Of course... if you want to subscribe monthly, I can offer you an even better deal."

Yu Xiuli stiffened... A monthly subscription... What kind of strategy was this?

As he was pondering, Gu Xia explained, "I see it's not easy for you wealthy folks, just take you for example. You've only been in Lacity for a short time, and you've already encountered two waves of assassins. You'll surely have even more trouble in the future. If you subscribe monthly, pay me a lump sum each month, and I can protect you well. It's like spending money to avert disaster."

"But you didn't protect me just now..." Yu Xiuli felt this was unfair in his heart. Isn't protection supposed to involve leaping onto roofs and vaulting over walls, taking on ten by oneself, like with Zhongnanhai bodyguards?

"But I helped you escape, saved your life... I have good physical health, which is why I could run for several kilometers even with a drag like you... If it were any other woman, wearing high heels, they'd struggle on their own—let alone run with you! Are you kidding?"

"This counts as protecting me by helping me escape? Wait... drag..." President Yu became petrified again. Such words, unfamiliar to him before, were now being tossed around by Gu Xia.

"What else then? Should I have left you back there to be turned into a sieve by that female assassin?" Gu Xia retorted.

Yu Xiuli was once again at a loss for words...

"So, President Yu, do you want a monthly subscription or not?" Gu Xia giggled.

"I don't." Yu Xiuli felt that he couldn't keep getting conned by this brazen girl. If this kept up, he may very well go bankrupt.

After the unpleasant conversation, Yu Xiuli took out his cellphone and called for his bodyguard.

Five minutes later, the bodyguard arrived in a car to take the two of them back to the hotel.

It was only when Gu Xia returned to the hotel that she realized she had thought too much. Not only were the two not staying in the same room, but they weren't even on the same floor.

Gu Xia stayed on the 61st floor, but she heard that Yu Xiuli was on the 66th floor, and the bodyguards followed him up.

Gu Xia herself felt awesome, staying in a 120 square meter executive suite. She almost turned on her phone to take pictures and post to her circle of friends.

But then she thought about being bombarded by Lu You as soon as she turned on her phone, so she decided against it and resisted the urge.

Gu Xia went directly to undress and started drawing a bath... enjoying the wonderful moment.

In the presidential suite on the 66th floor

From the moment he entered, Yu Xiuli seemed like a completely different person.

There was no longer a warm smile nor a silly expression on his face.

His entire presence was like that of a refrigerator as he walked to the bar and poured himself a glass of champagne, his long fingers exceptionally attractive.

"President Yu, do we need to continue arranging for assassins?" The man behind him asked in a low voice.

"No need. She's not that foolish. Since she doesn't want to show her true face, I'm not in a hurry... there's plenty of time," he responded.

"Yes."

After the man withdrew, Yu Xiuli took his champagne and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out at the extravagant night scene of Lacity.

He recalled the information he had looked up before—

Gu Xia, female, 24 years old, the adopted daughter of the retired old superpower user Gu Shang, petite and cute, a bit of a hot temper, loves to cause trouble, vivacious nature, poor school grades, lacking in martial arts skills, including her four years at Superpower University, just muddling along, always at the bottom of every exam, after graduation, she could only join the patrol team with assistance from friends' connections, earning a meager salary. Her entire life's experiences were not only unremarkable but downright pitiful.

But... Yu Xiuli knew that none of it was the truth; this woman was nothing like that.

Including the previous two encounters with assassins, she just ran, never confronting them directly, seamless, making one really think she was a complete loser.

But if she truly were a loser, could she have helped that snub-nosed monkey-faced man win time after time? Turn a few hundred into tens of thousands?

The cool champagne slid down his sensual throat... he whispered softly into the night, "Gu Xia, I actually... am really looking forward to meeting the real you, behind all those layers of masks."