CHAPTER 20: CHAPTER 20 SHOWING OFF WEALTH

"Are you challenging me? Fine, I accept your challenge."

[Go for it!]

[Anchor! Go, go, go!]

[I support you!]

[I believe you can do it.]

While Xia Liang was calm, Susu was tossing and turning. The guy had been chatting with her so happily just a moment ago, so why did he suddenly go to sleep? It was only nine o’clock. Who goes to sleep at nine? Shaking her head, she marked the note next to Xia Liang’s name as ’pending’ and continued to look for her next target.

「At eight o’clock in the morning.」

Sunlight spilled into the room. Awakened by her alarm clock, Susu immediately got up.

Susu: "Good morning~"

She attached a picture of herself at work. Needless to say, this was a mass message. To achieve the best effect, the photo was one Susu had taken herself in advance for this very purpose.

Meanwhile, Xia Liang opened his eyes. After getting out of bed and stretching, he finally checked his phone. He saw that Susu had already messaged him. Opening the image, he saw a beautiful, fair-skinned girl with delicate features, sitting and working in a yellow business suit.

After waking up fully and seeing Susu’s message, Xia Liang didn’t reply immediately. His stream wasn’t live yet, and who knew if chatting would count toward his mission? After washing up, Xia Liang finally started the broadcast.

[Anchor? What’s the follow-up?]

[Anchor! Did Susu message you?]

[What’s your move on the female streamer?]

[Don’t tell me she’s ignoring you now, right?]

...

Looking at the barrage of comments, Xia Liang raised the phone in his hand.

"This is the message Susu sent today. Alright, we’re going to strike hard!"

As he spoke, Xia Liang began to reply to Susu’s message.

"Morning, you look very pretty. Are you at work?"

This time, Susu didn’t reply instantly. She waited for about a minute before responding. Xia Liang, who was chatting with his viewers, opened the message.

Susu: "Yes, I’m working at my dad’s company."

"Wow! A rich girl! Please send my regards to my father-in-law."

When Xia Liang sent this message, a glint of surprise flashed in Susu’s eyes.

Hook, line, and sinker!

While disdainfully picturing Xia Liang as some fat slob on the other end of the line, she began to craft her response.

Susu: "I have a boyfriend. He’s studying in the United States. We got together in college and have been dating for four years now. If I hadn’t added you by mistake, I wouldn’t be chatting with other guys."

It had to be said, Susu’s message was cleverly constructed. Although she revealed she had a boyfriend, the fact that he was in the United States gave Xia Liang an opening to continue the conversation. Later, with a little prodding from Susu and some hints that she wanted to break up, she could create the illusion that he actually had a chance with her.

But what she didn’t know was that Teacher Xia had already seen through her game and didn’t take the bait. Susu had cast her net, and now it was his turn to cast his.

"Oh, that’s a real shame. I don’t have a girlfriend, and I thought you didn’t either. I was hoping something might happen between us."

As he sent this, Xia Liang switched the stream’s camera to the Mosquito Live Streaming Drone. While heading downstairs, he addressed his audience.

"Alright, your anchor just woke up. I’m heading out to grab a bite to eat and, at the same time, lay our bait."

Saying this, Xia Liang turned on his phone’s video recorder, preparing to prove his identity as a rich second-generation heir. Of course, he didn’t have a luxury car at the moment, and though he owned a mansion, he hadn’t claimed it yet. The simplest, most direct method was...

"Money!"

This sparked immense curiosity in the stream chat.

[Anchor, what kind of bait are you going to use?]

[Could the Anchor be a secret rich heir?]

[Pull the other one! Look at his tiny apartment, not even 40 square meters. How could he be a rich heir?]

[I agree, I have no idea what the Anchor is— HOLY CRAP!]

[DAMN! What the hell is that?]

[Anchor, did you rob a bank?]

At that moment, Xia Liang had simply pulled open a drawer.

Inside was a box full of coins.

This was all just loose change he’d gotten back from purchases and tossed into the drawer. Most of them were one-Yuan coins, with a good number of fifty-cent coins mixed in. At a glance, there were over fifty of them.

In the old currency, that was a whopping fifty million!

Xia Liang casually scooped up a handful of the coins. He pointed the camera at them while speaking into his phone.

"Hey, since you’re at work, I won’t bother you. I was going to... ah, never mind. You’re busy..."

He closed the drawer, stopped the recording, and sent the video. When Susu saw it, she shot up from her bed. She gulped, watching the clip over and over again in disbelief.

She wasn’t the only one. The entire stream audience was dumbfounded.

[Wait, what did I just see?]

[Money! So much money!]

[So many coins, and there are one-Yuan ones! I saw more than fifty!]

[...Over fifty? Doesn’t that mean it’s over fifty Yuan?! My God!]

[Brother! Do you remember me? Mom sold me to pay for your education!]

[Anchor, please be my sugar daddy!]

[So rich it’s inhuman!]

...

In an instant, the entire stream chat exploded.

That was over fifty Yuan! You have to understand, you rarely see a sight like that, even on TV. After all, if anyone else got their hands on a one-Yuan coin, they’d put on gloves before touching it. They would pick it up gingerly, terrified of scratching or denting it.

But someone like Xia Liang, who just scooped up a handful and shoved them into his pocket? That was beyond their wildest dreams.

Xia Liang had, of course, anticipated his audience’s reaction. He just calmly gestured at the screen as if to quiet them down.

"So? How was that for bait?"

[Smooth! So damn smooth, Anchor!]

[That’s the biggest flex I’ve ever seen in my life!]

[I don’t think I could ever learn to be that nonchalant picking up coins like the Anchor was.]

[With so much money at home, aren’t you afraid of getting robbed?]

[Same question!]

...

Seeing this question, Xia Liang scratched his head. Even though he knew the change in prices had made these coins incredibly valuable, a part of him still subconsciously dismissed them as pocket change.

"It’s such a small amount, it doesn’t even count as spending money. If it gets stolen, so be it. I’ll just call the police."

Holy hell!

Xia Liang’s brazen words made countless viewers in the stream twitch.

Meanwhile, Susu stared at the video on her phone. She shot up from her bed, gulping as she watched the clip over and over in disbelief.

Is this real?

She had already pegged Xia Liang as a fat slob. This sudden reveal of a box full of money had caught her completely off guard, so much so that she forgot to even think of a reply.