Chapter 171
Chapter 171: Love-Brained—A Top-Tier Love Brain Appears
When Jiang Tea Tea heard Xiong Li Xin say he liked her and was buying the mall to give to her, she assumed he would do what rich people always did—throw money at her like a weapon.
She hadn’t expected this.
He offered her an entire mall with that kind of sincerity, asking only for the right to pursue her.
Fine. Fine. Fine.
Now she finally understood: even rotten bamboo could sprout a good shoot. Someone friendly with the Lang Yin Feng couple was actually a simple, pure-hearted bear.
Sui Xuan Chu quietly stepped one pace away from the group and tapped his lightbrain, opening a private video feed to his uncle.
Cheng Xiao Ting and Huang Da Zhuang were shocked too. They stared at the bear clan male—older than them by several years—who looked like he truly, genuinely liked their Sister Tea. Only real affection made someone this careful, this desperate to spend, just for a chance.
Jiang Tea Tea stayed silent.
Xiong Li Xin took it the wrong way. He thought he’d frightened her. He bent even deeper, shoved the contract closer with both hands, then rushed into a frantic self-introduction.
“Miss Jiang Tea Tea, my name is Xiong Li Xin. I’m twenty-three. S-rank strength ability—one punch can hit with a force of five thousand kilograms.”
“My family’s fixed assets include two mining stars and one agricultural star. On Barley Star, we also own tens of thousands of mu of land. Forests and lakes—more than I can count.”
“We have ten honey-industry coverage zones. In the whole M31 Star System, our honey business holds ten percent of the market. Domestically, it’s twenty percent.”
“My family only has one elder left—my grandfather. My parents were expanding our business when their private ship ran into star pirates. They fought back, but a meteor shower hit. Their ship was struck, and they died in space.”
“My grandfather dotes on me. He left a marriage fund for me—one billion. If you’re willing to give me a chance to pursue you, date you, and get engaged, you can freely allocate five hundred million of it. Once we register the marriage, you can freely control all my assets.”
“The mall I’m giving you today isn’t even expensive—just over ten billion. But the yearly shop rents exceed a hundred million. Please accept it as my gift—pocket money for you.”
“I know you’re still in school. I won’t make you drop out. I won’t affect your studies. I’ll support you with everything I have.”
“You can study as far as you want. All school expenses, and anything you need to buy—mechas, equipment—I’ll pay. I’ll get you the best.”
Lang Yin Feng and Lang Luo Feng both froze.
Wasn’t Xiong Li Xin supposed to be an uneducated, hard-to-deal-with chubby bear child who only knew how to eat, drink, and play?
In just a few hours, he looked like a completely different person. Had he been acting all along, afraid people would covet his family’s money?
Had they misjudged him and missed countless chances to keep a treasure like this close?
Cheng Xiao Ting tilted his head and whispered to Sui Xuan Chu, “Love brain. A rich, impulsive, love-at-first-sight, top-tier love brain.”
Sui Xuan Chu nodded. “Obviously.”
His uncle’s video connection was already live.
Heh. Time to turn up the intensity—let his uncle see just how popular his roommate was.
Cheng Mian and Mo Jing Chun didn’t speak. Their eyes stayed on Jiang Tea Tea’s face, waiting for her answer.
Jiang Tea Tea loosened Mo Jing Chun’s hand, stepped forward, and pushed the mall transfer contract back toward Xiong Li Xin. “Thank you for liking me. Thank you for confessing. But we’re not suitable.”
Xiong Li Xin snapped upright so fast it was almost comical. “Where are we not suitable? Tell me. I’ll change.”
The bear was so earnest it made even a demon hesitate to hurt him.
Jiang Tea Tea cleared her throat and blurted out nonsense with a straight face. “Our genders aren’t compatible…”
“I’ll change—” Xiong Li Xin blurted before she even finished. Then he realized what he’d said and froze. “Uh… gender? You’re saying our genders aren’t compatible? You’re female, I’m male. We’re compatible. Where’s the problem?”
Jiang Tea Tea lifted a hand and pointed at Cheng Lin Yue. “I mean our genders aren’t compatible because I like someone like her.”
The second those words landed, Cheng Xiao Ting and Huang Da Zhuang nearly choked, forcing their laughter down with sheer willpower.
Cheng Lin Yue didn’t dare move. She immediately cooperated, nodding hard. “Right. She likes someone like me.”
Lang Yin Feng and Lang Luo Feng both frowned, their eyes flicking back and forth between Jiang Tea Tea and Cheng Lin Yue in alarm.
Xiong Li Xin’s eyes widened. His mouth fell open. “You… she… you two… you two…”
Jiang Tea Tea nodded once, solemn as a judge. “Yes. Exactly what you’re imagining. We’re not compatible. Go find a female who suits you better. Goodbye.”
She turned and slipped into the flyer that Mo Jing Chun and Cheng Mian had arrived in. The others piled in behind her.
Lang Yin Feng and Lang Luo Feng exchanged a look. Lang Yin Feng boarded the flyer to guide the group home. Lang Luo Feng stayed behind to handle Xiong Li Xin.
Only when the flyer rose into the sky and vanished did Xiong Li Xin finally find his voice again. He looked at Lang Luo Feng, his voice choking. “Aunt Luo Feng… your daughter Miss Tea Tea doesn’t like males.”
He really liked her. He really wanted to have little bear cubs with her.
Why didn’t she like males?
Why didn’t she like him? He was so rich.
Lang Luo Feng’s eyes spun as she comforted him. “Li Xin… maybe Tea Tea doesn’t dislike you. Maybe you just scared her.”
Xiong Li Xin stared. “I scared her? I didn’t do anything. I just asked for a chance to pursue her.”
“I used to know a lot of females. The moment they saw me spend money, they weren’t scared. They liked sticking to me. But I didn’t like them. I didn’t want cubs with them.”
Lang Luo Feng pointed at the contract in his hands. “That scared her.”
Xiong Li Xin raised the mall contract and blinked his bear eyes, bewildered. “How did this scare her?”
“Does she not like mall real estate?”
“That can’t be true. The males I hang out with—and the females we meet—everyone likes these things.”
Lang Luo Feng couldn’t bear to let go of a grandson like this—an ally who could make the White Wolf Clan soar. She lied with a calm face. “Tea Tea isn’t like the females you know. She’s had a hard life.”
“People only see that she’s a mutant 3S-grade plant-type healer. Before that, she was abused by her foster parents.”
“You probably didn’t notice online. I’ll send it to you now, and you’ll understand. You gave too much. She got overwhelmed and scared.”
She searched StarNet and forwarded the reports about everything the Jiang family had done to Jiang Tea Tea.
Xiong family wealth attracted envy. If Jiang Tea Tea could hook them—first seize their mining-star rights, then take their honey business, then swallow them whole—then the White Wolf Clan could finally stand shoulder to shoulder with the Black Wolf Clan and never be looked down on again.
Xiong Li Xin read the full story, his eyes turning soft with pity. “Aunt Luo Feng… so she lived that kind of life for years. She never saw that much money. When I gave her money, she got scared.”
Lang Luo Feng went along with him, reaching casually for the contract. “Exactly. For years, she earned her pocket money by working. You suddenly handed her a mall worth over ten billion—of course she panicked. She probably thought you had bad intentions.”
“So how about this? Give me the contract first. I’ll take it and—”
Xiong Li Xin tightened his grip and wouldn’t let it go. He looked suddenly determined. “Thank you, Aunt Luo Feng. Now that I know why, I know how to pursue her.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll use my money to raise her all over again—teach her to spend, to splurge, to enjoy.”