Chapter 4: Drool Part 1

Fu Zheng told Tao Zhi his plan and ideas without holding anything back.

Tao Zhi listened and could only respond with: “?”

“……”

Ah…… Huh? Huh!

“If you have no objections, we can start the operation right now,” Fu Zheng said as he released Tao Zhi’s face.

This bumpkin from some rural backwater had surprisingly soft skin.

The snow-white, delicate, and soft texture completely overturned Fu Zheng’s impressions of people from remote mountain villages.

Weren’t they all supposed to be grimy and tanned dark from the sun? Tao Zhi was completely different.

Fair-skinned and pretty, with a good personality and no temper. Soft and pliable, obediently agreeing to whatever he asked.

Tsk.

Fu Zheng rubbed his fingers together, straightened up, and slightly increased the distance between them.

“Wait, Fu Zheng!” As soon as Fu Zheng moved, Tao Zhi immediately stood up and grabbed his arm to stop him from leaving.

He was anxious as hell right now: “I do have objections! I have objections!”

“……I really can’t do it!” He had previously imagined the worst-case scenario as Fu Zheng’s brother turning out to be gay.

He was straight—how was he supposed to seduce a gay guy?

He would definitely come off as clumsy and stupid.

If he messed up Fu Zheng’s plan then, he’d surely get a harsh scolding.

That was the worst situation and consequence Tao Zhi could think of.

But Fu Zheng was clearly much more devious than him.

To think he could come up with the idea of having him cross-dress to seduce…… Tao Zhi shook his head like a rattle-drum, trying to convey his firm determination that he really couldn’t do it.

But Fu Zheng had made up his mind.

He asked Tao Zhi: “Do you have any better ideas then?”

“Huh? Uh?” Tao Zhi blanked out for a moment, not reacting right away.

How had it turned into him having to come up with ideas?

This was so weird.

But he didn’t realize that at all right now.

Tao Zhi was the type who easily went along with whatever others said.

He actually started thinking about it.

Five minutes later.

“……I can’t think of anything,” Tao Zhi mumbled.

“See?” Fu Zheng crossed his arms; this was within his expectations.

“No choice then.”

“But……” Tao Zhi still felt something was off.

“No buts. It’s settled,” Fu Zheng declared unilaterally, not allowing Tao Zhi to voice any more opinions.

Tao Zhi: “……”

QAQ

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Tao Zhi was thus forced onto the shelf like a duck onto a perch.

Of course, Fu Zheng would never mistreat Tao Zhi.

He transferred fifty thousand yuan to Tao Zhi on the spot.

……It seemed like a bit little, but this was already the most Fu Zheng could give Tao Zhi at the moment.

Because Fu Si Heng had frozen his card.

After beating him up in the dorm over the weekend and going back home, Fu Si Heng had frozen his card. Fu Zheng had called in a rage to demand answers, only to get blocked by Fu Si Heng.

Fu Zheng had nearly died of anger.

With no other choice, he had to turn to his dear mother, who was vacationing across the ocean.

But she only wired him a hundred thousand and said to him with deep affection and helplessness: “Little Zheng, Mommy can’t go against your brother either. Don’t tell anyone about this money, spend it sparingly. It’s a bit little, but it’s definitely enough for a college student.”

Fu Zheng: “……”

He was done.

He had never been this broke before.

Fu Zheng accepted the hundred thousand with a cold face and even had to say, “Thank you, Mom.”

As soon as the call ended, he started worrying over the balance.

Only a hundred thousand.

Tsk.

Fu Zheng had originally planned to give all hundred thousand to Tao Zhi.

He knew Tao Zhi was a student from a poor mountain area. Not only was his family poor, but they also owed debts. His tuition was covered by student loans. Coming to study out of town, his family had only given him a few hundred yuan for living expenses. He had to take part-time jobs everywhere just to afford meals.

In short, Tao Zhi desperately needed money.

A hundred thousand was pocket change to Fu Zheng, but a huge sum to Tao Zhi.

It should be enough to bluff him into doing his bidding.

He could always give Tao Zhi more later once it succeeded.

That had been Fu Zheng’s initial decision, but when it came time to transfer the money, he worried that giving it all at once would leave him with no leverage, putting him in a passive position.

So the hundred thousand became fifty thousand.

Half less.

But for a naive Tao Zhi who hadn’t seen much of the world……

He dazedly and groggily agreed.

By the time he sobered up, Fu Zheng had already grabbed his wrist and dragged him out of the dorm.

“……”

To Tao Zhi, Fu Zheng’s personality was overwhelmingly dominant.

And he had always been unable to handle that type. Even if Fu Zheng went further, refusing to give him money and forcibly threatening him into it, he might still have succumbed in the end.

Tao Zhi knew himself well.

At least now he had some money in hand.

……Thinking of the family debts, his sister’s tuition and living expenses, his mom’s medical bills.

There was no way he could return the money.

He tacitly accepted Fu Zheng’s plan.

But as they walked, he couldn’t help asking.

“Fu Zheng, are you and your brother half-brothers, like same father different mothers, or same mother different fathers?” Tao Zhi asked softly.

“Hah?” Fu Zheng was stunned for a moment: “No.”

Huh.

Tao Zhi thought some more.