Chapter 231 - 232: Honey Trap

Chapter 231: Chapter 232: Honey Trap

The onlookers were in an uproar.

Look, even the other boss was won over by him.

The crowd nodded incessantly.

Tang Ru quickly left.

This time, not only had she failed to hurt the popularity of Li Yang’s shop, but she had actually served as a foil to make them look even better.

"What a shameless hussy..." Zhang Rong muttered, watching her retreating back. She shot Li Yang a glare. "You brat. You were in there with her for so long. Were you trying to pull something?"

Li Yang looked utterly wronged. "Aunt Rong, what are you thinking? She was trying to seduce me, it’s true, but what kind of man am I? A man of integrity! I didn’t agree to anything."

"You, a man of integrity?" Zhang Rong looked at him with disgust. "You shameless brat, you don’t even have a moral compass. Don’t talk to me about integrity."

Feeling helpless, Li Yang stepped closer and said softly, "Aunt Rong, she promised that if I taught her my massage techniques, she’d let me massage her entire body. See how straightforward that boss lady is? What about you?"

Zhang Rong’s face paled, and she ground her teeth. "A true vixen! How dare she come here and try to lead you astray! You better keep your head on straight and don’t do anything stupid."

Li Yang gave a dry laugh. "Aunt Rong, she even offered to get a room with me. And you... you keep me running around, but you never give me a bite to eat."

Zhang Rong stomped her foot. "Do you have a death wish?"

Li Yang laughed dryly. "Alright, alright. I’ll be your loyal workhorse."

Zhang Rong huffed. "You little rascal..."

With the Tang Ru situation resolved, Li Yang had originally planned to go home, since there was nothing else for him to do here.

But then he thought about sticking around a little longer, ’Maybe I can coax Zhang Rong into bed.’

However, it was as if Zhang Rong now had a grudge against him, giving him no opportunity whatsoever.

Left with no other choice, Li Yang sighed and decided to leave.

Just as Li Yang’s back disappeared from view, Zhang Li came over and said to Zhang Rong, "Sister Rong, he’s gone."

Zhang Rong finally looked up. "Forget it. Just let him be."

But Zhang Li just smiled and said, "What’s wrong? Did you two have a fight?"

"Don’t talk about him..." Zhang Rong was still a little angry. "That rascal, all day long he thinks about nothing but..."

It wasn’t that she cared about him thinking about ’other things.’ Ever since she’d known Li Yang, he’d always been like this, and it never bothered her. But this time, hearing that someone dared to seduce him so brazenly made her heart race with panic.

Zhang Li immediately fell silent.

Li Yang left the shop, intending to go home.

But as soon as he reached the parking area, he saw Tang Ru waving at him.

Li Yang found it strange. ’What does this woman want now?’

"How about coming to my shop for a bit?" Tang Ru invited. "If you don’t want to go there, we could find a hotel."

Li Yang gave a wry smile. "Boss Tang, let’s just forget it. This is my own shop; there’s no way I’m going to help you sabotage myself."

Tang Ru smiled. "You’ve misunderstood. I don’t mean anything by it. If you’re not willing to teach me, that’s fine. But could I ask you for a favor?"

"A favor?" Li Yang thought for a moment, then asked, "What kind of favor?"

"Well, I have a friend who’s not in the best of health. Your medical skills are so amazing, maybe you could go take a look at her?" Tang Ru said, batting her eyelashes. "If you do me this favor, I’ll... let you do whatever you want with me."

’Damn, is she really going for it?’

"Is that all, Boss Lady?"

"I’ll pay you!" Tang Ru was exasperated. ’This guy is truly a money-grubber. I already said he could do whatever he wanted with me, and he’s still thinking about money.’

But how could she know? Right now, Li Yang only cared about money.

"Who is this person?" Li Yang didn’t agree right away.

"She’s a friend of mine, not in very good health. After what you did for me just now, I thought you might be able to help her. What do you say?" Tang Ru answered vaguely.

"Alright, but my kind of treatment doesn’t come cheap," Li Yang said.

"Fine, fine, fine..." Tang Ru nodded in agreement. "Money is no object. And neither am I."

Li Yang chuckled.

"In that case, I’ll schedule a time with my friend first and see if tomorrow works. Oh, right, let’s exchange contact information so we can get in touch tomorrow."

"Deal!"

After exchanging contact information, Li Yang left.

When he returned to the village, Liuwan and Yang Lin were already there.

"Here’s the plan and the price quote for the road..." Liuwan, a woman of few words, produced a quotation sheet.

Li Yang took one look and gave a wry smile.

Nearly five million!

"So?" Liuwan asked with a smile. "Do you still want to build it?"

"Build it!" Li Yang answered without a second thought. "And the sooner, the better!"

Liuwan looked at Li Yang in surprise. "Are you sure?"

After all, Li Yang had already given her two projects: the resort, for three and a half million, and the school, for six hundred thousand. That was already four million, one hundred thousand.

Adding another five million for this road, the total would come to nine million, one hundred thousand.

That was a huge sum of money.

"I’m sure!" Li Yang said with a nod. "This road must be built."

"Alright then!" Liuwan thought for a moment before saying, "According to standard procedure, you’ll need to pay me thirty percent upfront. When the project is halfway done, you’ll pay another forty percent. The final thirty percent can be paid after the project passes inspection."

"No problem!"