Chapter 192: The Avant-Garde Maid (6th Update)

"Brother Lang, you are truly amazing. You extorted thirty million from them, and they still have to thank you. You are truly a master of blackmail, unprecedented and unsurpassed," Li Mengxue laughed. "Now you've become a multi-millionaire in one go, even richer than me."

She felt more and more that Zhou Lang had a masculine charm. Being with Zhou Lang made her feel very secure, and she felt that becoming Zhou Lang's woman was the most correct decision she had ever made in her life.

"This money was originally compensation Wang Dacheng owed you, but since you didn't have a bank card ready, I had Wang Dacheng transfer the money to my card."

Zhou Lang handed his bank card to Li Mengxue.

"That won't do." Li Mengxue refused to take it.

"My money is your money," Zhou Lang laughed.

"If you give all the money to me, won't Zhao Xiaorou and Ivanova have any objections?" Li Mengxue asked. "Right now, I don't even know how to face Ivanova."

"They aren't people who care about money. Besides, Zhao Xiaorou's father is Governor Zhao Cang, and her family has a group company; their assets are at least in the hundreds of millions. Ivanova coming to work for you is purely because of her love for bartending. Although her parents are no longer with us, she owns a Judo gym, and her income is quite good—making over a million a year is no problem," Zhou Lang laughed.

"Alright, then I'll accept it. Anyway, I am your woman, and my money is your money," Li Mengxue felt warm inside.

"You already have one bar, why not open a hotel? Although bars are profitable, they aren't high-end enough. If you open a hotel that integrates leisure, entertainment, and dining, it would be more high-end and profitable," Zhou Lang suggested.

"Hmm, Cao Yanzhi originally studied hotel management, so managing a hotel might be even more effortless for her," Li Mengxue thought for a moment and said. She felt that what Zhou Lang said made sense.

If it were before, even if she had tens of millions in liquid assets, she wouldn't have invested in a hotel because, as a woman, managing it alone would be truly exhausting. But now, she had Zhou Lang. Although Zhou Lang wouldn't participate in the direct management of the company, he could provide her with strong mental support.

Of course, opening a hotel is not a simple matter. Whether to buy land to build a brand new hotel, acquire an existing hotel, or rent a building to run a hotel—all these need to be considered. It requires careful planning; nothing is accomplished overnight.

"Hmm, Cao Yanzhi is a talent. You can increase her benefits or something," Zhou Lang said. A person's strength is ultimately limited. For a boss, the key is to select a few excellent professional managers to share the burden. That way, one wouldn't be too exhausted. If one had to do everything personally, wouldn't they be worked to death?

"It's not enough to just keep people with good benefits," Li Mengxue laughed.

"You are like sisters. With both benefits and affection, she has no reason to leave," Zhou Lang said, confused.

"If you were the one to ask her to stay, she certainly wouldn't leave," Li Mengxue said.

"Why is that? She's a cold and beautiful girl with glasses. When I was working at The Bar, she barely paid any attention to me," Zhou Lang said.

"Because she likes you, and she's a bit shy to talk to you," Li Mengxue said. "Especially since she knows Ivanova became your girlfriend and that I also like you, she feels even more awkward and finds it hard to pursue you. Besides, her personality is indeed a bit cold; it's probably difficult for her to disregard everything to pursue a man."

Li Mengxue said this because she knew about Cao Yanzhi's feelings for Zhou Lang. Since Zhou Lang had already formed a harem, she hoped that Cao Yanzhi could join as well.

Besides not wanting to see Cao Yanzhi suffering from unrequited love—after all, she was someone who had been through it and had deep personal experience—she also had a small ulterior motive. She felt that since Ivanova and Zhao Xiaorou were the first to become Zhou Lang's women, their relationship must be quite good, and perhaps these two women would join forces to bully her, so she needed to find an ally.

"No way, a girl like Cao Yanzhi likes me? My charm can't be that great, right?" Zhou Lang said, shocked. Cao Yanzhi was a great beauty, usually rigorous in her work, wearing a pair of glasses—a total girl-with-glasses type, very cold and beautiful. He had thought this girl was a total workaholic with no interest in men.

"Of course your charm is great. You turned the tide twice at The Bar; anyone would be shocked. There aren't many real men like you who are so low-key these days. I reckon any single woman who sees you would be moved," Li Mengxue laughed. "As far as I know, you are already an idol in the hearts of the girls at The Bar. If it weren't for them knowing you have a girlfriend and feeling they aren't as good as that mixed-race girl, Ivanova, they would have probably thrown themselves at you long ago."

"Then that's trouble," Zhou Lang said, feeling a headache. It's a blessing for a man to be liked by beautiful women, but having too many beautiful women can sometimes feel like trouble.

"You already have three women anyway, why not just take in Cao Yanzhi too?" Li Mengxue suggested.

"It's rare for you to be so generous, but I don't just want every woman," Zhou Lang said.

"Stop pretending," Li Mengxue rolled her eyes at Zhou Lang. "Cao Yanzhi has looks, temperament, education, and talent. Which man wouldn't be moved?"

"Cough, cough… Sister Xue, matters of the heart also require opportunity. For example, between you and me, if your bar hadn't had an incident this time, we probably wouldn't have connected. And if I hadn't happened to send Zhou Xi to protect you, and if Zhou Xi hadn't told you I was a Cultivator, the possibility of us being together would have been very small," Zhou Lang laughed.

"That's true. However, leave this matter to me; I will find an opportunity to talk to Cao Yanzhi," Li Mengxue said.

"Sister, you are so enthusiastic about introducing women to me, I don't feel at ease," Zhou Lang said.

"You think I want you to find more women? I just can't bear to see Cao Yanzhi remain unhappy. Because seeing her now reminds me of my past self," Li Mengxue said. "You, don't play coy!"

…

After getting the thirty million from the blackmail, that night after returning to Lovers Bar, Zhou Lang, Li Mengxue, Ivanova, Cao Yanzhi, and Xiao Xi drank some red wine to celebrate.

At two in the morning, Zhou Lang took Ivanova home, while Xiao Xi escorted Li Mengxue home.

Although the possibility of Wang Dacheng taking revenge on Li Mengxue was very small, one could not rule out that Vice Mayor Yan Jialin and Xiao Keming's remnants might take action against Li Mengxue. Having Xiao Xi follow Li Mengxue could ensure everything was foolproof.

Xiao Xi was of course happy to be with Li Mengxue, because she could learn to drive from her, and she could also go online at Li Mengxue's Villa. Recently, she had become obsessed with these two things, and starting from last night, she was even researching online shopping.

…

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was Thursday.

Wang Zheng still didn't come to class, because the expert his father, Wang Dacheng, hired for him was delayed by some matters and hadn't arrived yet. He didn't want to come to school because he didn't want to see Zhou Lang.

Poor Wang Dacheng, having just been blackmailed for thirty million by Zhou Lang, had once again offended Zhou Lang because of his son, yet he didn't even know it.

This was understandable. Wang Zheng had told him when he was a freshman that there wasn't anyone in his class whose status could compare to his, so he wasn't afraid of offending anyone. How could he have imagined that a student with no power or influence who relied on working-study programs and part-time jobs to earn tuition fees would suddenly transform into a powerful figure with astonishing energy? If he knew that the expert he was asked to hire to deal with someone was for Zhou Lang, he probably wouldn't have dared to do it even if he had ten times the courage.

On Thursday night, Zhou Lang was Cultivating when the door suddenly opened. Xiao Xi walked in carrying a few bags.

"Xiao Xi, why are you back?" Zhou Lang stopped Cultivating and asked Xiao Xi.

"Brother Lang, it's been so long since I've been with you, I missed you. You are with Ivanova every day, you probably don't miss me at all. Are you wishing I wouldn't come back so I wouldn't get in the way of you two?" Xiao Xi said with great charm. She was becoming more and more like a modern metropolitan girl, wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, with a pair of high heels on her feet. Because her figure was just too good, she appeared both sexy and pure.

"Of course I missed you. In the days you weren't here, I really wasn't quite used to it," Zhou Lang said quickly, sensing Xiao Xi's jealousy.

"Brother Lang, let's go take a bath together. Let's have a romantic bath, and then let's do Dual Cultivation again. I bought a lot of clothes online. Tonight, I want to wear them for you to see," Xiao Xi said with a hint of shyness.

"You learned how to shop online?" Zhou Lang walked to Xiao Xi's side and said, "Let me see, what clothes did you buy?"

Xiao Xi handed the two bags to Zhou Lang, her face flushed red.

"This girl, after entering the secular world, has actually learned to be shy. Back when I first entered the ancestral copper coin 'Qiankun Palace', she helped me bathe without any shyness at all." Zhou Lang sighed with emotion as he looked through the two bags of clothes Xiao Xi had.

"This… these clothes are too provocative…"

As soon as he opened the bag, Zhou Lang was a bit stunned, because inside the bag were all sexy clothes: nurse outfits, classroom outfits, lace hollow-out bras, thongs, hip-hugging mini skirts… there was simply everything.

"Brother Lang, do I look good in these?" Xiao Xi asked with a red face.

"With your figure, of course you look good in them," Zhou Lang said. "It's just that these are a bit too revealing; you can't wear them out."

"Brother Lang, of course I know that. I'll wear something more conservative when I go out. These are for you to see alone. I'm going to take a bath first; you come right away, okay?" Xiao Xi's eyes shimmered as she took the two bags of clothes from Zhou Lang's hand and went to the bathroom.

"Women are born to love beauty. Once Xiao Xi goes online, she even becomes avant-garde. Her figure is already explosive; if she wears nurse outfits, hip-hugging mini skirts, black silk stockings, and whatnot, it would really be deadly."

Watching Xiao Xi's back, Zhou Lang suddenly became very "sexually" aroused. Xiao Xi had been protecting Li Mengxue for a while, and during this time, he hadn't had a chance to Dual Cultivate with her again. He really missed Xiao Xi's perfect body.

So Zhou Lang also went into the bathroom.

At this time, Xiao Xi had already taken off her T-shirt, revealing the spring scenery on her chest. She was wearing a newly bought, nearly translucent lingerie, and those mountain peaks were vaguely visible, extremely sexy.