Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 669 -669: Encountering Splendid Auspiciousness (3)

Chuzheng found a hotel nearby to stay at and blocked all the ways Xiao Ze could possibly contact her.

The next day she contacted someone to sell the house.

The house originally belonged to her parents, and while it wasn’t particularly luxurious, it was situated in a bustling area of such a fast-paced city. Owning such an apartment was a source of envy.

With housing prices averaging over ten thousand, Chuzheng wasn’t asking for a high price, but she didn’t bargain to the bone, either.

Sometimes too low a price could also make it difficult to sell.

Chuzheng had everything in order, which made the process convenient.

When she took the agent to view the house, neither Xiao Ze nor Mrs. Xiao were there; she had no idea where they had gone, so they didn’t run into each other.

But this was probably for the best.

If they had met, who knows what issues could have arisen.

“Miss Jin, if there are any updates, I will notify you immediately,” the agent said with a smile after viewing the house.

“Mm, as soon as possible.”

The agent simply thought Chuzheng was in urgent need of money and promised to help sell the house as quickly as possible.

After parting ways with the agent, Chuzheng had just returned to the hotel when she received a phone call.

“Zhengzheng, where are you?” The girl on the other end of the phone sounded very worried. “Ah Ze said you ran away from home, what’s going on between you two? Did you have a fight? It’s not safe for a girl to be outside alone, where are you?”

Chuzheng didn’t say a word, but the person on the other end was already rattling off a string of questions.

This wasn’t just anyone.

It was Ning Jing, the same Xiao San who got involved with Xiao Ze while the original owner of the body was pregnant.

During high school, the original owner, to save time, chose to stay at school, and Ning Jing was her roommate.

Ning Jing came from a wealthy family and was a second-generation rich kid.

While in the dormitory, the two didn’t have much interaction.

After graduating from high school, it was unexpected that Ning Jing ended up at the same university. They became friends after interacting a bit more.

When the original owner was with Xiao Ze, she had never noticed anything between Ning Jing and Xiao Ze. At most, Xiao Ze would inquire about her through Ning Jing or ask Ning Jing to pass something to her. The original owner had no idea when these two started their affair.

But listen to what Ning Jing called Xiao Ze?

Ah Ze?

The original owner never called him that intimately.

There must have been premeditation!

Chuzheng was also puzzled, Ning Jing, a rich second-generation, was surrounded by tall, rich, and handsome men who were all better than Xiao Ze. Why would Ning Jing choose Xiao Ze?

“Zhengzheng, are you listening to me?”

Ning Jing, not hearing Chuzheng’s voice, seemed even more anxious.

“Did something happen to you? Where are you? Tell me, and I’ll come find you right away…”

Chuzheng simply hung up the phone and blocked her.

After being blocked, Ning Jing quickly found a new phone to call her.

Chuzheng wouldn’t answer, so Ning Jing would send text messages instead.

If Ning Jing hadn’t done those things, Chuzheng might have thought that she genuinely cared about her.

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[Main Quest: Spend two hundred thousand within an hour.]

Chuzheng: “…”

I’ve really fucked up!

Chuzheng stepped into the office just as the last second of being late ticked by.

“Chuzheng, why are you just now getting here?” As soon as she entered, a short-haired girl stopped her.

Chuzheng casually made an excuse: “Traffic jam.”

“Oh…” The short-haired girl didn’t say much more and continued with her own work.

The company where the original owner interned was an advertising agency, and she was currently in the creative department.

Chuzheng walked to her seat, and next to her an experienced employee who saw her come in immediately threw a stack of files at her: “Take these to the director’s office.”

“Don’t you have your own hands?”

Chuzheng retorted fiercely.

The old employee was stunned for a moment, her eyes catching a glimpse of Chuzheng’s icy demeanor. She felt slightly intimidated at heart, and after staring at her for several seconds, she took the documents back and went to deliver them herself.

The incident here attracted quite a few sideways glances from the office.

The short-haired girl who had sat next to her now carefully moved closer and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

“I’m fine.” She had rushed to make a big purchase early in the morning and then had to come to work; she was not fine at all.

“…” You don’t look fine at all.

With that fierce look, it was as if she wanted to kill someone.

Because of Chuzheng’s face of indifference, the old employee who usually bossed interns around over trivial matters didn’t dare to approach her.

People are always bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

“Did you see the bracelet on her wrist? It looks like it’s Cartier, worth two hundred thousand.”

“Pfft… an intern affording a two hundred thousand bracelet? Don’t make me laugh. Maybe it’s a counterfeit.”

“Right… she’s been acting odd today, even daring to talk back to Sister Liu. She’s not afraid of Sister Liu making things difficult for her.”

“I think the bracelet doesn’t look like a counterfeit.”

“Hey hey hey, I heard the director seems interested in her. What do you think… ”

A few women huddled together discussing.

Perhaps the gossip behind her back wasn’t satisfying enough, the women pushed and shoved until they reached Chuzheng.

“Chuzheng.”

The pen in Chuzheng’s hand paused, and she raised her eyes to look at the person next to her, silently asking what the matter was.

Even though it was the same familiar face, they felt as if she had become a completely different person, instilling a fear in their hearts as they approached her.

“Cough cough… we wanted to ask, how much was your bracelet?” What’s there to be scared of an intern!

Chuzheng glanced at her wrist.

She had gone straight to work after buying it this morning, forgetting to take it off.

“Two hundred thousand.”

Her tone was very calm, as if she was seriously answering their question without any intent to show off.

“…” The women exchanged looks with raised eyebrows, the one who asked the question showing a face full of surprise, “Really? Can we have a look?”

They still couldn’t quite believe it was real.

Chuzheng generously took off the bracelet and handed it to them.

“Seems like it’s real…” Their company occasionally received orders from jewelry companies, so they weren’t strangers to luxury goods.

“No way.”

“It looks real to me too; you can’t achieve this with a counterfeit. If this is a fake, I want one too.”

The women whispered among themselves, and once again turned their focus back to Chuzheng.

“Chuzheng, how can you afford such an expensive item? You didn’t win the lottery, did you?”

Chuzheng went along and replied, “Mhm.”

“…”

The women looked at each other, each touching the bracelet before somewhat reluctantly giving it back to Chuzheng.

Women have a different allure to jewelry and luxury goods; seeing something attractive, they can hardly walk away.

Chuzheng didn’t put it back on, instead she just threw it on the desk, “Anything else?”

So many people were blocking the way, the air wasn’t even circulating.

“No… no, nothing else.”

Everyone dispersed all at once, clearly not believing Chuzheng had bought it with lottery winnings.

But by the end of the morning, rumors had started spreading through the office.

The gist was that Chuzheng, an intern who didn’t appear to come from a wealthy family, suddenly wearing such luxury items, must have been involved in some shady dealings.

What these shady dealings were, was left to everyone’s imagination.