The guarding policemen with high imagination looked at Wei Siyun even more strangely.

She mistreated her daughter when she was little and after getting saved, she’s still scolding her daughter. Now that she has run out money, she’s starting to see the error of her ways.

How shameless.

However, as outsiders, they couldn’t say anything. It’s difficult for outsiders to interfere on household affairs.

So, the policemen just reminded them to be quiet in the hospital and then went out.

Chacha then turned back to look at Wei Siyun and asked gently, “What’s wrong? So anxious?”

“I’ll tell you everything! Just don’t let me die. M-m-money……” Wei Siyun struggled for a while, then thinking that she’s very clever, she said, “I don’t need ten million, just one million is fine.”

Chacha gently pushed away Wei Siyun’s hand that was grasping the hem of her clothes and sat back on the chair by the window. She took time to straighten her clothes before asking, “I’ll keep you safe and give you one million. Don’t you think I’m losing out?”

Wei Siyun was stunned, realizing it made a lot of sense. She contemplated deeply and said, “Five hundred thousand.”

Chacha stared at her with a smile.

Wei Siyun was about to cry. “One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand is enough. I will never trouble you again in the future.”

If it were any lower, she wouldn’t be able to live. If she didn’t even get one hundred thousand, she might as well go find Chen Chacha, that biological daughter who wasn’t as good as barbecued pork. Maybe she could extort some money to spend.

Chacha thought for a moment and said, “Okay, but if you want to survive, you also need to put on some effort on your own.”

Wei Siyun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded frantically without caring about anything else.

“You’re still safe for a while, don’t be afraid. I’ll come over tomorrow and talk to you about the specific details.”

Although Wei Siyun wasn’t particularly smart, she’s still a little sharp. She guessed that Chen Cha probably didn’t want Jiao Yushi to know the details, which was why she suggested leaving.

If it wasn’t the case, it was still quite early in the day, so it wouldn’t be a problem to talk for another two hours.

Thus, Wei Siyun nodded and said, “Yeah, okay, I usually wake up at nine in the morning.”

Chacha hummed and left with Jiao Yushi.

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This translation is by Pocketrobbin at S h a n g h a i f a n t a s y . c o m

After returning home, Chacha sent her QQ number to Lu Caiwei, and was pulled into a chat group and received a warm welcome.

The next day, Jiao Yushi changed his mind and joined the opera club.

On the way to the hospital at noon, Chacha received a text message from Lu Caiwei. She obviously had QQ, but probably because she was rich, she didn’t care about the 20 cents text message fee.

Lu Caiwei said that because new members have joined, the opera club organized a small gathering.

——In fact, the opera club has gatherings all the time, and new people joining was just one of the reasons.

Chacha agreed to go.

She went to the hospital alone. Chacha held a glass of juice as she listened to Wei Siyun tell her the unfinished information from before. In fact, Chacha already knew it all. She was just going through the motions.

By the time she had drunk half of the juice, Wei Siyun also finished speaking.

Wei Siyun looked exultant. “Your biological father is a well-known wealthy person in the country. Are you surprised, ecstatic, shocked?”

Chacha showed a polite smile. “It’s okay.”

Wei Siyun said, “That Chen family’s businesses aren’t the same as the small-time ventures of yours.”

Chacha thought to herself that the Chen’s family big boss might not have as much liquidity as she does—— although their inherent assets and corporate value were definitely far greater than hers.

Wei Siyun achieved Buddhahood. Upon reflection, her fake daughter was only nineteen years old, yet she could easily give someone ten million.

She hasn’t finished her studies yet, but her grades were definitely good. One could tell from the fact that she had managed to endure for so many years that she’s very tenacious and wouldn’t get carried away easily. Her entrepreneurship was probably pretty good. Just look at her Weibo and one would know that her followers were increasing and not decreasing. Even if her business fails, she could still start again without fear with her Weibo account with tens of millions of followers.

Wei Siyun wanted to poke her own eyes blind. If she had known that her fake daughter was so promising, she would have treated her well, at least on the surface, and then clung to her to accumulate money.

It’s probably not too late now……

Wei Siyun’s tone became extraordinarily nice, “Now that I’ve told you everything I can, tell me, what do you want me to do? I’m in the same boat as you now, so I’ll definitely do whatever I can for you.”

Chacha was still smiling, but it’s more of a half-smile. “For me……?”

Wei Siyun gulped, feeling a little embarrassed and guilty to be looked at by Chen Cha with such a scrutinizing and sarcastic gaze.

Chacha restrained her expression and showed a gentle and friendly smile again, saying, “I appreciate the offer. I definitely won’t treat you unfairly.”

After Wei Siyun felt guilty and frightened, suddenly hearing those words made her feel as comfortable and reassured as if her soul was nourished by a hot spring. Her eyes sparkled.

Chacha told the other party, “You go find Chen Chacha and scold me in front of her to make her think that you believe I’m the person who found the attackers, and that I’m just pretending and wanted you dead. After gaining her trust, just tell me her whereabouts and her plans. If you can do this well, it’s not impossible to give you a bonus after the work is completed.”

“Bonus?” Wei Siyun focused on this point. “How much?”

Chacha answered, “For people like us, money is just an item that can be thrown away, but it cannot be thrown away casually. How much money you can get depends on how much you’ve done.”

Wei Siyun indicated she understood and confidently nodded.

Chacha showed a cooperative and appreciative smile.

In fact, what she just said was no different than not saying anything, because none of the words contained an exact promise.

What Wei Siyun could get after that depended on only one thing——Chacha’s mood.

After having a discussion with Wei Siyun, Chacha went back. Her phone number hasn’t changed, so there was no need to exchange phone numbers with Wei Siyun.

Once she arrived at the school, Chacha headed to the opera club.

The club sometimes had events where they volunteer to do some charity works, like giving performances and similar activities for orphanages, special schools and other places.

Everyone in the club has different classes, so before deciding the time, they would first find out the class schedule of each member and make sure that everyone was free.

Chacha had told them her class schedule beforehand.

Lu Caiwei informed her the gathering would start at three in the afternoon. Chacha arrived just in time for the welcome party for new club members. Then she saw Jiao Yushi in the center of the crowd, who was being gossiped about.

Why was Jiao Yushi there?

The welcome party was held at the club room. It was a very simple gathering so the debris was cleared to one side and a clean space was left in the middle.

The heavy curtains were all drawn and the room was very dark. The lights weren’t turned on, and instead, candles were lit all around. A group of people was sitting on the ground, forming a circle. But the biggest light was a desk lamp placed in the middle.

Sure enough, people in the 21st century couldn’t stand not using electronic devices at all.

Even if it’s just a desk lamp.

“Okay.” Lu Caiwei stood up. “Our two newcomers are here. Please introduce yourselves.”

“Jiao Yushi.”

“Chen Cha.”

The two of them introduced themselves very briefly, and then the other members introduced themselves as well. There were quite a few members of the opera club, about twenty people or so, and there were more than a dozen of them present. The others couldn’t come because they had classes.

After introducing themselves, Chacha and Jiao Yushi sat down together. Neither of them felt there was anything wrong with sitting on the floor. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. They just followed what everyone was doing.

Afterwards, the group ate, drank, played games, and laughed and joke until seven o’clock in the evening.

“I have a self-study class tonight. I’m off.”

“I have to rehearse for the library programs. I’m off.”

“I have a date. I’m off.”

The members stood up to say goodbye one by one, and in the end, there were only seven or eight people left.

Seeing that everyone was almost gone, Lu Caiwei slowly stood up and said, “I have to go home for dinner. I’m off.”

Everyone made sounds of dissent.

Chacha also stood up and said, “I have to get a package, so I’ll be going first.”

Chacha and Lu Caiwei walked out together. The road towards the school gate was quite long and if one wasn’t driving a bicycle or a small electric car, it would probably take half an hour to reach.

“My bicycle is parked in front.” Lu Caiwei asked, “What about you, do you have a bicycle or an e-bike?”

“No.” Chacha said, “I usually walk at school since I don’t have much time to exercise.”

“Hahaha.” Lu Caiwei was amused. “You’re going to the school gate, right? I’ll take you there.”

“Okay.”

Lu Caiwei fetched her bike and told Chacha to sit in the back. She then quickly took off, making Chacha almost topple over. She grabbed Lu Caiwei’s clothes, lean on the other person’s body, and hugged her waist.

When Chacha felt that she was safe, she heard Lu Caiwei laughing, “Ai, sorry, sorry, I scared you, hahaha.”

Chacha: “……” The other party couldn’t ever be serious.

“It’s fine.” Chacha’s tone was gentle and she said while smiling, “Are you always this abrupt?”

“Only at the start. I don’t know why, it just happens to be like this but it’ll be fine after a while.”

Apart from the bike’s speed being a little unstable at the beginning, they arrived at the school gate steadily. Chacha got off but didn’t leave right away. Instead, she stopped next to Lu Caiwei and asked, “Are you going to ride your bike back?”

“How’s that possible?” Lu Caiwei said, “My home is very far away from school. I’ll be waiting for someone here.”

Chacha nodded thoughtfully and asked, “Do you want me to wait here with you?”

Lu Caiwei froze for a moment. She looked at Chen Cha probingly and felt that the other party’s eyes were very pure. She said, “No need. Don’t you still have something to do? Go ahead and take care of your business.”

Chacha smiled and nodded. “Okay, then I’ll leave first.”

Lu Caiwei inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. She thought that her feeling of something being out of place just now was indeed just an illusion.

To be honest, because of her background, many people have been approaching her intentionally or unintentionally since she was a child, and it’s especially bad after going to college. However, thinking about Chen Cha this way seemed a bit excessive.

After all, Chen Cha had a good relationship with Jiao Yushi, had a lot of resources at her disposal, and was also close with Gu Fanghua. There’s absolutely no need to approach her. Lu Caiwei suddenly felt a bit ashamed. She was suspicious because of her identity.

Just as Chacha was about to leave, a bright red Maserati rushed in front of her, making her take a step back in fright.

Lu Caiwei hurriedly pulled Chen Cha behind her. Then she looked at the Maserati in displeasure, only to see Chen Chacha stepping out of the car.