[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-245":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2079952,3287,"Chapter 245","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-245",245,"\u003Cp>If you make her buy ordinary clothes again, she'll have to grit her teeth just to afford mid-to-high-end skincare products and squeeze onto the subway.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She actually found this hard to accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing her like this, Li Li Xueying spoke in a delicate voice: \"453\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Sister Bai, please help me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"But... how can I help you with something like this!\" Bai Bai Jie said, her face flushed crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow, the boss will come over... we'll just do this....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Li Li Xueying then laid out her plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This... this won't do! How can I do such a thing? You should find someone else!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Bai Bai Jie immediately shook her head like a rattle drum.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, Li Li Xueying had been brewing this plan for so long and would not let her off the hook:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Is that so? Sister Bai... haven't you noticed that everything you've eaten and worn during this period has been provided by me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Let me calculate it for you; it should be around two million by now... Are you really unwilling to help me with just this small matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It could be said that Li Li Xueying had finally revealed her true intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I....\" Bai Bai Jie was instantly speechless; she wanted to say that at worst, she would pay him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the moment she thought of the amount, she felt dizzy; even if she sold herself,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>she still couldn't pay it back.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Sister Bai, I'm not actually forcing you; I'm begging you... Are you really unwilling to help your little sister?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Besides, think about what kind of person the boss is in the company; he is definitely not the type to deny responsibility after sleeping with someone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Regarding this, Bai Bai Jie agreed based on Lin Yi's performance at the company;\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>seeing a small part reveals the whole, and she believed he was not that kind of person.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Finally, under Li Li Xueying's persuasion, Bai Bai Jie helplessly agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, the following evening,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi arrived at the high-end residential compound where Li Li Xueying rented.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately, he saw that Li Li Xueying and Bai Bai Jie had cooked a table full of dishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I'm in for a treat...\" Lin Yi said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Sister Bai deserves credit for this too!\" Li Li Xueying said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Is that so? Secretary Bai knows how to cook as well!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi remarked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hehe, Boss, Sister Bai is skilled in many things; you'll have to experience them more in the future!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Li Li Xueying said with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Instantly, not knowing what she had thought of, Bai Bai Jie's cheeks turned completely scarlet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing her say this, Lin Yi turned to look at Bai Bai Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, she was breathtakingly beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Her cheeks and neck were flushed with a faint red.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Is that so? Then I certainly must experience it properly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Bai Bai Jie immediately turned her head away, not daring to meet his gaze at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just then, Li Li Xueying brought out a bottle of red wine specially prepared and opened an hour or two in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Come, Boss, have some red wine first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi glanced at her, somewhat unable to fathom what this woman was up to.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Nevertheless, he nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately, Li Li Xueying filled three glasses for each of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Come, Sister Bai, let us wish the Boss ever-growing business and a future as the world's richest man!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Li Li Xueying said to Bai Bai Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing this, Bai Bai Jie stood up, raised her wine glass, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Boss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Then I shall accept your auspicious words!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi smiled, raised his glass, and clinked it with theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then, the three of them chatted casually while drinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>During this time, whether due to having drunk too much or not, Bai Bai Jie kept complaining about her family pressuring her to go on blind dates.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She was only twenty-eight years old; was there really any need for such urgency?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Furthermore, while she might have been willing in the past to return to a small county town to work as a middle school teacher,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>now, she truly had no such inclination.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"My family said they found a middle school math teacher for me to meet, claiming such people are honest and decent, capable of managing a household!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie said with a look of helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Let me tell you, such people are the most boring; their honesty and decency simply mean they lack the means to be anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sister Bai, let me tell you, if you end up with someone like that, you will regret it for the rest of your life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Li Li Xueying said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To this, Bai Bai Jie nodded; she did not object.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Such a person, holed up in a small county town working as a teacher,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>if she really married someone like that, just imagining the dreary days ahead—waking up each morning thinking only of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea—\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>with money tight, she would probably have to think for a long time before daring to buy even a single bottle of high-end skincare products.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And that was not even counting what those small county towns in the north actually had;\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>how could they possibly compare to the bustling Magic City?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Did they have an IFC mall there? Did they have delicious high-end restaurants?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just thinking about returning home every day, watching some TV, and then crawling into bed was something Bai Bai Jie simply could not endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"In any case, I will definitely not go back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps slightly tipsy from the alcohol, Bai Bai Jie looked at Lin Yi with an aggressive yet hazy gaze and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Moreover, Boss, you said you would take care of me...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Uh... I suppose I did!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi nodded as he recalled the words he had spoken that day in the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Instantly, a very happy smile appeared on Bai Bai Jie's face:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Boss, let me toast you another glass!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately, Lin Yi clinked glasses with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Li Li Xueying made an excuse to wash the dishes, casting a meaningful glance at Bai Bai Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The latter's face, already slightly flushed from the alcohol, turned even redder.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Once Li Li Xueying had left,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi was just about to stand up when suddenly Bai Bai Jie threw her arms around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Secretary Bai, what are you doing...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Boss, I'm a bit drunk; could you carry me to the bedroom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Clinging to Lin Yi's firm waist, Bai Bai Jie said with a hazy gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Oh, no problem!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi was neither a fool nor an innocent virgin; when a woman invites you to her bedroom,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>what was about to happen went without saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In fact, unless one was those iron-straight men, otherwise, for any man,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>in a situation with such soft fragrance in his embrace, no one could resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At such a moment, there was absolutely no need to test a man's perseverance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: Seeking flowers, tips, and review votes for the new book; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>",1192,"2026-06-16T04:17:44.663Z","2026-06-17T08:50:51.634Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","244c62775839512ac0226f0edea5e2ee7dbbe03a5d33385eb4f0082976ecd635","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-246","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-244",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]