Chapter 95: As Expected of the Scheming Young Lady

When Lin Li received Leng Ningxue’s call, he could hear the anger in her voice.

All along, Leng Ningxue had believed that everything she did was aboveboard, and she had never once thought of resorting to any crooked tricks. Yet she had never imagined that her own father would take the opposite side on this matter.

“I don’t know exactly who he has been in contact with, but judging by his usual way of doing things, those people will definitely stab you in the back when you are at your most difficult.”

“So I’m telling you to be careful. During this period, you absolutely must not get dragged into any bigger trouble.”

Leng Ningxue urged him anxiously.

Hearing how tense she sounded, Lin Li laughed.

“Everyone says you never pay attention to anything else in your daily life. Looks like they were talking nonsense.”

“Turns out you do care about me after all.”

Leng Ningxue was silent for a moment on the other end of the line, then said with annoyance, “Do you even know what I’m trying to tell you?”

“I just want you to be prepared in advance when you face someone else’s betrayal, not to joke around with me here.”

“You and I are already in the same boat. If you lose, I’ll definitely lose too.”

“So you have to keep our agreement. No matter what happens, you cannot fall.”

Leng Ningxue stressed this over and over, and Lin Li could only agree.

In truth, this was never anything serious to him.

Leng Tianyi had thought that by casually finding two useless lackeys, he could cause Lin Li trouble. But he did not know that everything he did was already under Lin Li’s control.

After ending the call with Leng Ningxue, Lin Li immediately received a call from Qin Lang.

“Uncle Lin, I’m sorry.”

When Lin Li heard that, he was not angry at all. On the contrary, he laughed with delight.

Although he had already expected this outcome, actually hearing it happen still made Lin Li very happy. It seemed that even Ye Aotian could miscalculate sometimes.

He was indeed no match for Ye Aotian, but through these methods he could still make Ye Aotian dance helplessly in the palm of his hand.

“What happened? Why are you crying all of a sudden?”

Lin Li snorted in displeasure. “Today should have been the bidding day. What is it, did you lose the bid?”

Qin Lang was crying so hard he could barely catch his breath.

After finally getting a chance to prove himself, he had somehow ruined everything. Anyone would be heartbroken.

“That damned Ye Aotian is just too rich.”

“For this project alone, he bid 1.2 billion.”

What?

1.2 billion?

Lin Li froze when he heard the number.

“Didn’t I tell you before? We can only put out at most 1 billion on our side.”

Qin Lang went on, “At first I really had already pushed it to that amount, but Ye Aotian kept following along. After that I even added a little more from my own savings.”

“Who would have thought Ye Aotian would suddenly come in with a final bid of 1.2 billion?”

“And that bastard even mocked me, saying that if I couldn’t come up with that much money, then I shouldn’t keep raising the price by one million at a time. It was humiliating.”

At first Lin Li had been full of confusion, but hearing this, he burst out laughing.

He had never expected such an amusing twist.

Ye Aotian, Ye Aotian. I may have been making trouble for you all this time, but I also know you are not so easy to defeat, so I’ve always been wary of you.

But I truly did not expect you to dig your own grave.

The more money Ye Aotian had tied up now, the less competition Lin Li would face in Tianxin District later.

How could he not be pleased?

Still, Lin Li said to Qin Lang, “You’ve already done very well this time. After all, we are not the ones who can command the whole market.”

“Since Ye Aotian wants this land so badly, then let him have it. I’d like to see whether he still has any money left to spend afterward.”

That said, Lin Li was also rather puzzled.

Ye Aotian had indeed gotten some information from this side, which was why he had resolved to fight Lin Li for the Huoxin New District project. But on reflection, Ye Aotian should have understood that this project was not that profitable. To suddenly throw out so much money was truly unbelievable.

That extra two hundred million was practically an overrun.

What was Ye Aotian willing to sacrifice so much for?

Of course, Lin Li would never believe that everything this man did was because he had discovered some great market opportunity.

More than anything, Lin Li was inclined to believe that this must have something to do with Ning Yurou.

Sure enough, after Lin Li chatted with Qin Lang for a while, Ning Yurou called as well.

The first thing she did was claim credit.

“How is it? I told you I’d use Huoxin New District to lock up Ye Aotian’s funds.”

“At first it was still a little difficult for you. Ye Aotian isn’t that easy to fool.”

As expected, that black-hearted young lady had made a move.

Otherwise, with Ye Aotian’s personality, he definitely would not have been so reckless.

Lin Li having Qin Lang take part in the bidding already showed that he was still worried about being seen through by Ye Aotian.

“What exactly did you say to Ye Aotian? How did you manage to give him such a crazy idea?”

Lin Li was genuinely curious now. What had Ning Yurou done to make Ye Aotian so naively believe that everything that followed would remain under his control?

“I told you before, Ye Aotian is very fond of me.”

“So I only made one request.”

“As long as he wins the Huoxin New District project and helps me build a clinic here, I’ll sleep with him once.”

What?

Lin Li clenched his fists.

The duck in hand could not just be allowed to fly away like that, could it? He had already made it very clear to Ning Yurou. Could it be that Ning Yurou still wanted to put herself in danger?

“Don’t worry. I still remember everything you told me before.”

Ning Yurou clearly sensed the change in Lin Li’s mood.

“Although I agreed to him, I never said when.”

“It could be tomorrow, it could be a year later, even ten years later.”

“Let him worry about it. Anyway, how I decide is my business, isn’t it?”

Ning Yurou spoke with complete confidence, clearly having anticipated all of this long ago.

Only then did Lin Li finally let out a breath of relief.

What was there for him to worry about?

She was Ning Yurou.

He had only ever seen her bully other people, never the other way around.