Chapter 695: Fall for the Provocation Tactic

Although Wang Lei feared Tang Qingquan's targeting, he still willingly followed Chen Yang's advice and went to work on game development with peace of mind.

Chen Yang never expected Chu Min to refuse to solve Xuehua Real Estate's problems, and even his offer of a high bonus as incentive was useless.

To persuade her, Chen Yang had to personally go to Tangchenyipin.

"Yo, what wind blew Chairman Chen here?" Chu Min, not at work, wearing a pink lounge outfit, looked at Chen Yang at the door with a half‑smile.

"I'm here about Xuehua Real Estate." Chen Yang seriously asked Chu Min: "Is the Tang Family's power in Modu really that terrifying? Even you can't handle it?"

Chu Min let Chen Yang enter first, then poured him a cup of tea. After that, she said: "I can definitely settle the Xuehua Real Estate matter if I step in, but since I'm risking offending the Tang Family to help you, I ought to get something out of it, right?"

Chen Yang said: "You like money, don't you? Name your price. As long as it's not excessive, I can accept it."

Chu Min waved her hand and said: "This young lady has been killing it in the stock market lately; I'm not short of cash for now."

Chen Yang immediately reminded her: "Those stocks are all the ones I recommended."

Chu Min laughed: "You only gave me a direction; the stocks I ultimately picked were my own choice. Trying to get me to work for you with that little favor probably won't cut it!"

Chen Yang directly asked her: "What exactly do you want?"

Chu Min gave Chen Yang a flirtatious glance and said in an ambiguous tone:

"I just want you!"

Chen Yang immediately pictured Old Master Chu's murderous gaze in his mind, and quickly changed the subject: "Chu Min, where's your sister?"

"She went back to Yangcheng." Chu Min smiled at Chen Yang and said: "You don't really think Chu Ning could help you out of this siege, do you?"

Chen Yang indeed had that thought. After all, Chu Ning also opposed his being with Chu Min. But he hadn't expected that after she got engaged to Tang Qingquan, she wouldn't stay long in Modu.

"She's only been here a few days—how did she go back already?"

"If she didn't go back, Tang Qingquan would probably go crazy." Chu Min thought of Chu Ning's "Words Become Law" ability and smiled even more happily.

Chen Yang curiously asked: "What happened between Chu Ning and Tang Qingquan?"

"Want to know? Then first keep me company with a drink." Chu Min took a bottle of Romanée‑Conti and two wine glasses from the cabinet.

Chen Yang knew his own alcohol tolerance well and said politely: "Chu Min, your wine looks expensive just by looking at it; giving it to someone like me who doesn't understand wine would be a bit wasteful."

Chu Min ignored Chen Yang, poured the wine into a decanter, then went alone into the kitchen to cook steak.

Her movements were very skilled—you could tell she'd had professional training. This made Chen Yang feel a bit surprised.

Keep in mind, Chu Ning had been with him for a long time and never set foot in the kitchen, whereas Chu Min, who usually seems more laid‑back, actually knows how to cook.

"Chu Min, you're a wealthy young lady and not short of money—why don't you hire a professional chef to cook at home?"

As Chu Min was searing the steak, her hand suddenly paused, and she replied in a cold voice: "When I was seventeen, I was kidnapped and held in the mountains for five days, and the one who sold out the information was our family's cook."

Hearing that, Chen Yang said with an apologetic expression: "Sorry, I didn't know……"

"It's fine, and it wasn't you who kidnapped me." Chu Min calmly brushed off his apology and turned her attention back to the steak.

Not long after, two fragrant steaks appeared on the table.

Chen Yang carefully cut a small bite with his knife and fork, put it in his mouth, and chewed slowly. He felt Chu Min's cooking could rival that of a five‑star hotel chef, and he couldn't help but praise: "This steak tastes great—if you opened a Western restaurant, I'd definitely go there often."

Seeing Chen Yang enjoy her steak, Chu Min smiled and said: "No need for all that trouble. Just marry me, and you'll have something to eat every day when you come home."

Chen Yang immediately felt the steak in his mouth lose its flavor. He said helplessly: "Chu Min, if you want money, I can give you. There's no need to push me into a dead end like this!"

While pouring Chen Yang a drink, Chu Min said: "I've already cut ties with the Chu Family; they have no reason to keep giving you trouble."

Chen Yang hadn't expected her to be so naïve, and he gave a wry smile: "Your veins carry Chu Family blood—you can't just say you're cut off and be done with it."

"Coward!" Chu Min rolled her eyes, then lifted her wine glass to clink with Chen Yang's.

"Can't we not drink?" Chen Yang glanced hesitantly at the wine on the table. Although he had watched Chu Min's decanting process and confirmed there was no problem, he had no confidence in his own alcohol tolerance.

Chu Min threatened Chen Yang in a stern tone: "If you don't drink, forget about the Xuehua Real Estate matter—any future attempts by Tianqi Pharmaceutical or the Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company to develop in Modu, I'll sabotage them all."

Chen Yang had no choice but to raise his glass and clink it with hers.

Romanée‑Conti truly lives up to its reputation as the nobility of red wines—Chen Yang fell in love after just one sip.

This indulgence in drink quickly made him lose himself.

When he woke up the next day, he found himself stark naked on a bed fragrant with scent. Worse still, lying beside him was also stark‑naked Chu Min…

We're doomed!

Thinking of the imminent storm‑like pursuit by Old Master Chu, Chen Yang couldn't help but shiver.

That shiver woke Chu Min as well. "Honey, why does your face look so awful?"

Chen Yang angrily said to her: "I told you drinking would cause trouble, but you just wouldn't believe me!"

Upon hearing that, Chu Min smirked triumphantly: "What trouble? I think this is pretty great!"

Chen Yang retorted unhappily: "What's good about it? Your grandfather will kill me!"

Chu Min gave Chen Yang a lascivious smile and said: "They say to die beneath peony flowers, even as a ghost you'd be charming. Since you're bound to die anyway, you might as well enjoy yourself to the fullest before then."

Seeing that she had trapped him and was still enjoying it, Chen Yang's anger flared, and he lunged at her without hesitation.

Half an hour later, when Chen Yang saw the bloodstains Chu Min had left on the sheets, he realized he had fallen for the provocation tactic.

"Chu Min, you wicked woman, you actually tricked me!"

"Chen Yang, just now it was all your initiative."

"Hmph, that's because I didn't know we hadn't slept together last night!"

"You're lying naked in my bed—even if nothing happened, nobody would believe it!"

"Hmph, as long as I don't admit it, who knows what I did!"

"Exactly, you can also deny it right now! Hurry up, put on your pants and get lost!"

Seeing Chu Min angry, Chen Yang immediately reined in his emotions. He sighed: "You could obviously find a better man—why go to such great lengths for me?"

Chu Min softly hummed: "Men with money and power—how many of them are faithful? You may have plenty of flaws that annoy me, but you're genuinely good to me. In this lifetime, besides my grandfather and my father, you're the third man who has taken the initiative to give for me without expecting anything in return."

Chen Yang's kindness toward Chu Min is entirely because of Chu Ning. But the rice is already cooked—rehashing this is pointless.

What we need to face now is how to quell Old Master Chu's fury……