Capítulo 5: Chapter 5 Can You Return My Dowry?
Editor: Atlas Studios
Xu Ke never dreamed that Wong Qifu would actually release news of her engagement.
Upon returning home, Xu Ke dialed the phone, "Sister Wang, are you getting engaged?"
He still harbored a faint hope that he wasn't the one she was engaged to.
On the other end of the line, Wong Qifu said, "Yes."
"Then who is the groom?" Xu Ke swallowed.
"What does it have to do with you? Are you having regrets?"
Xu Ke immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "No, no, I was just curious."
If Wong Qifu said that, then it definitely wasn't him.
"You wouldn't regret missing out on me?" Wong Qifu suddenly asked.
Xu Ke's scalp tingled.
Expressing his true feelings would probably get him killed by Wong Qifu on the spot.
He forced himself and started babbling, "Regret, of course I regret it."
"Sister Wang is so outstanding, the man who marries Sister Wang must be the luckiest man in the world. Missing out on Sister Wang is the biggest regret of my life, but there's no helping it, reality is cruel, sigh."
Wong Qifu casually dropped a line, "Really?"
The tone made Xu Ke puzzled, so he chose to change the subject.
Not talking about this was definitely the right move.
So, Xu Ke awkwardly changed the subject, "By the way, Sister Wang, what's your bank account? I'll pay you back ten million."
Wong Qifu had yet to receive the money she was supposed to transfer, and the account number could be looked up by the person transferring the funds.
The question was as good as nonsense.
However, Xu Ke's aim was just to shift the topic, so this point wasn't very important.
Wong Qifu asked, "Why pay me back?"
"This money isn't mine to take," Xu Ke honestly replied.
Wong Qifu said teasingly, "Do you think you can just return Wong Qifu's dowry as you please?"
Xu Ke's mind short-circuited, "Dowry?"
"Yes, the luckiest man in the world," Wong Qifu mocked.
Xu Ke: "..."
"Sister Wang, you... you're not joking, right?"
Wong Qifu mockingly used Xu Ke's own words against him, "What, now that you have the chance to fix your biggest regret, you can't believe it?"
Xu Ke swallowed hard, "Didn't you tell me to leave?"
"I told you to leave, but when did I say I wouldn't marry you?" Wong Qifu was domineering, leaving no room for him to object.
Xu Ke was stunned.
Isn't this being unreasonable?
"Furthermore."
Wong Qifu's tone was gentle, as if a cat's paw were scratching Xu Ke's heart, "What's wrong with a girl being contrary? Sister also has her first love, and it's my first marriage, can't I act a little spoiled?"
Xu Ke's heart quivered from Wong Qifu's tone.
Anyone treated in such a manner by the multi-billionaire Wang Family Empress wouldn't be able to handle it.
"Uh, but..." Xu Ke wanted to refuse.
He couldn't bring himself to marry someone he didn't like, no matter what.
Wong Qifu, who had already made up her mind, interrupted Xu Ke's words, "Alright, that's it for now, Sister has things to do."
"We will get engaged on time three months from now."
"That soon?" Xu Ke's face changed color, wanting to refuse again.
Wong Qifu hung up the call.
"Beep beep beep."
Staring at his phone, Xu Ke was speechless for a long while. Was this considered being forced into a marriage?
Just then.
"Ding."
A notification of a deposit arrived.
"...Received, balance: 10,001,305.12 yuan." Xu Ke, who had never seen so many digits, gasped in shock.
Is this your way of being capricious?
Throwing ten million at me without a second thought?
...
At 10:30 PM.
Xu Ke sat on the narrow balcony, with the evening breeze on his face, and he sighed.
In just one day, it seemed like he had gone through years of drastic changes.
He not only lost his job, but the life he had looked forward to was gone as well, and he experienced Siao Jia's betrayal, hitting rock bottom.
With debt pressing on him so tightly and rent due in the middle of the month, the money felt like a deadly noose slowly tightening around Xu Ke's neck...
But, there were still solutions.
Xu Ke thought of the ten million in his account.
But after hesitating and struggling for a moment, he still resignedly gave up.
He couldn't touch the money.
If he did, he would no longer have the grounds to refuse Wong Qifu.
Xu Ke shook his head, putting down his phone. He had to find another way out, to fend for himself.
The fitness industry had completely targeted him; he couldn't stay any longer.
And with his resume currently blank, how could he possibly make enough money to repay his loans if he switched careers now?
Xu Ke sighed.
At this point, he remembered his master, who had taught him nothing...
He didn't understand why his master had taken him as a disciple yet forbade him from learning the medical Cultivation Technique; what was the reason for it?
If he had learned the Divine Doctor's medical skills back then, he wouldn't be so troubled by the lack of career options now.
In his senior year, when everyone else was interning, Xu Ke met a Divine Doctor with shocking medical skills and was taken as a disciple.
He thought he would learn how to heal the dead and mend bones, but unexpectedly...
The master said he wouldn't teach him any medical skills, saying that one's fate in the mortal world comes with its own opportunities, and then sent Xu Ke down the mountain.
Thus, Xu Ke learned nothing awe-inspiring after becoming a disciple, and it also wasted a lot of his time.
"Forget it, reminiscing is pointless."
Xu Ke sighed, looking back at the delivery uniform in the room.
When he was a coach, to buy Siao Jia a Gucci worth over ten thousand, he delivered food after work, not returning home until after midnight.
Xu Ke gave a self-deprecating smile. He hadn't expected that Siao Jia, decked out in Gucci, would run off, leaving only the delivery uniform behind.
With that thought, Xu Ke reached into his pocket, where only the keys to the single room and the new house remained.
The key to the electric bike was still at the new house; he'd need to make a trip there tomorrow...
-- Regalo
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