Chapter 965 - 340: The Little Princess of the Two-Star Group, Born a Noble (4)

Chapter 965: Chapter 340: The Little Princess of the Two-Star Group, Born a Noble (4)

"Oppa, just leave me a way to contact you, okay? I’m begging you." Li Xiuyan pleaded.

Yang Chen nodded and said, "How about this. If we happen to run into each other again, I’ll add you as a friend. Leave it to fate and see if we’re meant to be friends. Okay?"

This was Yang Chen’s go-to excuse for turning down girls, and they were always left speechless.

If there’s fate, you can be friends; if there isn’t, what the hell is there to talk about.

Li Xiuyan nodded very reluctantly and said, "Fine then. If we meet again next time, you have to remember to add me as a friend."

The elevator arrived. Yang Chen nodded with a smile, waved at her, then stepped into the elevator.

Yang Chen thought to himself, "Born nobles really are different from made nobles. I can’t even fake it as well as she does naturally—whatever random sentence she says is full of that high-and-mighty vibe."

Yang Chen found his car, tossed his stuff in the backseat, decided not to pick up any more passengers, and headed back to the hotel for some sleep so he could come out again at night to check out Beijing’s night scene.

Because there were too many cars, it was hard to get in and just as hard to get out; either way, he had to line up and wait slowly.

A ride that should’ve taken half an hour ended up taking a full hour before he got back to the hotel.

Maybe fate really was written in the stars.

Yang Chen had just stepped through the hotel entrance when he saw Li Xiuyan.

He’d originally planned to pretend he didn’t see her and quietly slip into the elevator.

But the hotel manager, Ge Zhengkang, who was talking to Li Xiuyan, spotted Yang Chen and hurriedly ran over.

"Mr. Yang, let me do it, let me!" Ge Zhengkang said.

Sigh...

This guy really never misses a chance to kiss up to Yang Chen.

Sometimes being a leader is pretty helpless too; suck-up behavior done at the wrong time backfires hard.

Yang Chen handed him the stuff in his hands.

Right then, Li Xiuyan saw Yang Chen, immediately put down her things, and ran over.

"Hehe... Oppa, oppa, does this mean we’re fated now?" Li Xiuyan asked.

Yang Chen said, "Let’s say yes, but it’s not heaven-ordained fate, it’s man-made fate."

Li Xiuyan said, "That’s fine. As long as it’s fate, it counts. Back at SKP, you said if we met again, you’d add me as a friend. Now it’s time to keep your promise."

Yang Chen nodded and typed his phone number into Li Xiuyan’s phone.

"Oppa, which room are you staying in? I’ll come visit you later and bring you some fruit." Li Xiuyan asked.

"Room 2001," Yang Chen answered.

Li Xiuyan’s eyes lit up. "What a coincidence! I’m in Room 2002. We’re neighbors. Come on, let’s go up together."

With that, she ran back to grab her things.

Ge Zhengkang quietly asked, "President Yang, do you know her?"

Yang Chen said, "Just met her. She’s out of money for the room, isn’t she?"

Ge Zhengkang said, "President Yang, your insight is truly sharp as a torch—she actually is out of money. Her stay ends tomorrow at noon. If she doesn’t pay more by then, how should we handle it?"

Yang Chen said, "Handle it however you’re supposed to. I’m not close with her; no need to save face for me."

Ge Zhengkang nodded, already knowing what he needed to do.

Very quickly, Yang Chen returned to his room.

Not long after, Li Xiuyan, now in a fluffy pajama set, came over with a fruit platter and knocked on his door.

Yang Chen had no choice but to open the door and let her in. "Sit wherever you like. Just don’t go in my bedroom, and you can do as you please."

Li Xiuyan smiled and nodded, handed the fruit platter to Yang Chen, and said, "Oppa, have some fruit. I’m going to check what’s different between your room and mine."

Yang Chen said, "The four presidential suites on the 20th floor all have the same setup."

Li Xiuyan walked straight into the lady’s room. Seeing the perfectly made bed, untouched, she showed a very satisfied smile.

She stepped back out, jogged over to Yang Chen, knelt down in front of him, and held up fruit for him to eat.

Yang Chen quickly stood up and said, "Don’t do that. I’m only a few years older than you; no need for such a big bow. I’d be the one who should give you a red envelope at this rate."

Li Xiuyan said, "Oppa, have some grapes. Come on, let me feed you."

Yang Chen bent down and ate one quickly. "Okay! Okay! Get up already."

Li Xiuyan changed posture and squatted beside him, handing him fruit.

Yang Chen glanced toward the lady’s room and instantly put two and two together.

Then he smiled helplessly and said, "You’re being this attentive... don’t tell me you’re thinking of moving into the lady’s room?"

Li Xiuyan immediately jumped up, clapped her hands, and said, "Oppa, you’re so smart—that’s exactly what I was thinking. None of my cards work right now, and my room is only paid up until tomorrow noon. I figured if I could move in with you, I wouldn’t have to pay anymore. Anyway, your lady’s room is empty and going to waste. Have some pity and let me sleep there. I promise I’ll remember your kindness forever. Once I’ve had my fun, I’ll go apologize to my dad and have him send me loads and loads of money, and I’ll pay you back ten times over. Deal?"

Yang Chen said, "Little girl, are people around you usually all protecting you and indulging you?"

Li Xiuyan nodded, as if that were only natural.

After all, as the Little Princess of the Two-Star Group, she’d definitely been the center of attention from the moment she was born.

Yang Chen said, "No wonder. Little girl, let me tell you, there actually are bad people in this world."

Li Xiuyan nodded again and said, "I know. But I’m Li Xiuyan. No matter how bad they are, they wouldn’t dare touch me, unless they have no family, no friends, no ties at all. Back home I don’t even need bodyguards when I go out; everybody knows me. Even the gangsters avoid me from afar—they don’t dare come near."

Tsk tsk tsk...

Another perfectly normal-sounding sentence overflowing with massive flex.

There really aren’t many people in the world qualified to say something like that.

But as the Little Princess of a Two-Star Group wealthy enough to rival a nation, she truly could say it, especially within Korea’s borders. There’s zero problem with it—after all, Korea is also known as the Two-Star Empire.

Other companies rely on state connections to grow big and strong.

But the Two-Star Group is different—they got big and strong first, then basically built a country.

They’re simply on another level of existence.

"Then can I ask why you’re doing this? You’ve got a perfectly good princess life, but you run away from home to experience the hardships of the poor?" Yang Chen asked.

Li Xiuyan pouted and replied, "You know how it is—big families love political marriages and alliances. Even though the Two-Star Group is already very powerful, my dad wants it to be even stronger, so he wants me to marry Lotte Group’s future heir, Shin Sang-woo. I just don’t want to accept that kind of marriage. I want to marry a guy I actually like."

Damn, this plot is literally copy-pasted from Maya’s story.

Maybe this is the one unhappy thing about being a rich-family girl—they mostly end up as sacrifices in political marriages.

If she likes the guy, then there’s nothing to complain about.

But if she doesn’t, then it’s pure torture.

Chaebol marriages in Korea are extremely common; only by joining forces can they survive better in that country controlled by conglomerates.

Since Li Zailong had already decided to marry his daughter into Lotte’s young master’s family, this matter was basically set in stone.

What Li Xiuyan was doing now was nothing more than winning herself a suspended sentence; it didn’t really change anything.

Yang Chen said, "I have a girlfriend just like you—she also couldn’t stand the political marriage her family arranged, so she ran away. Sigh... I actually sympathize with you a lot, but I really don’t want to tangle with a big family like yours. If I lose face, I’m not having it. If your dad loses face, your Two-Star Group won’t have it either. That kind of situation ends with us going at each other hard, and nobody walks away clean. People like us at the helm will be fine, but the brothers under us who do the dirty work will suffer."

Li Xiuyan said, "Oppa, relax. I promise I’ll never let my dad make things hard for you. I really have no other options now. If I absolutely can’t survive like this anymore, I can only do what my aunt did and kill myself. Right now I’m just hiding for as long as I can; every day I stay away is one more day alive. When I really can’t dodge it anymore, I’ll end things without hesitation. I’m just like my aunt—I’ll never compromise on something like this."

Among the princesses of the previous generation in the Two-Star Group, which is to say in Li Xiuyan’s aunt’s generation, there really had been one who committed suicide for love.

When this little girl said all that, there wasn’t a shred of emotion in her eyes; she might very well have already thought it through, and who knows what she’d do if it really came down to it.

"Sigh..."

Yang Chen let out a sigh.