Top-Tier Superpower Student

"Wang Yuan, you have no shame, recording us the whole time." Ouyang Qingtian looked at the mobile phone in Wang Yuan's hand, his face turning pale then flushed, finally managing to spit out those words after a long struggle.

Li Yuan, standing nearby, also looked distressed. He hadn't expected Wang Yuan to have made a recording. If this got out, they could forget about mixing with anyone in Capital City ever again. A bet was a bet, and they couldn't afford to lose.

"Shameless? Do you even have the right to say that?" Wang Yuan smirked at Ouyang Qingtian. "Last time you guys posted my video online, didn't think you were being shameless then, huh?"

Wang Yuan no longer cared about ripping off the facade; it was bound to happen sooner or later. Well, it might as well be now.

"Don't slander me! If you're going to say that, bring proof," Ouyang Qingtian's face underwent a drastic change when he heard Wang Yuan adamantly accusing him of uploading the video. He raised his voice a few decibels.

"Heh… Whether or not it was you, don't you know it yourself? I might not have proof for that, but I do have proof for the bet," said Wang Yuan, a cold smirk appearing on his face as he looked down on Ouyang Qingtian.

"Brother Wang, we all know each other here; there's no need to make things this messy," Li Yuan intervened as he saw the fight intensifying, trying to smooth things over. "We will pay you, a bet is a bet. But ten billion isn't a small number, even for us it would take some time to gather. Surely you can give us a little time, right?"

"Get lost, don't think I don't know about you, you're the sneakiest of them all. There's no way you're buying time on credit. If you don't produce the money today, I'm sure my old man would be happy to go to your house to collect the ten billion," Wang Yuan replied, his demeanor as aggressive as a butcher's dog, completely uncompromising.

"Heh… Brother Wang, you're being a bit unreasonable now," Li Yuan said, his face showing a slight awkward smile, but a fierce look flickered through his eyes. This bastard was driving them into a corner. If they really had to pull funds from their family coffers, their standing within the family would definitely change. They wouldn't necessarily become outcasts, but their resources would dwindle, which would make them practically immobile in Capital City.

"I and Brother Ouyang each own a store on Xuefu Road, not small by any means. How about if I give them to you as collateral, just give us a few days and I'm sure we'll be able to gather the ten billion," Li Yuan said, ready to dig into his own savings to buy some time.

"Li Yuan, who are you to speak for me? How can we possibly give those Xuefu Road stores to this bastard," Ouyang Qingtian immediately objected upon hearing Li Yuan volunteer the stores without his consent.

That store had been hard-won, in a city where every inch of land was like gold. Was owning a store in a prime location like Xuefu Road easy? Their stores might not be worth ten billion, but they were worth tens of millions!

"Heh… Brother Wang, don't take it to heart with Brother Ouyang; he's drunk, just spouting nonsense," seeing Ouyang Qingtian's fast rebuttal, Li Yuan quickly tried to appease Wang Yuan, then pulled Ouyang Qingtian aside and whispered.

"What are you doing? Can't you see the situation we're in? If Wang Yuan really goes to our families, how can a store compare?"

"It's true, but seeing that bastard's arrogant face just pisses me off. Damn it, how did we get into this mess?" Ouyang Qingtian said with a displeased expression.

"Endure it for now, don't lose the big picture for something minor, it would be more loss than gain," Li Yuan tried to console Ouyang Qingtian. "What he swallows today, he will have to spit out double tomorrow."

"Fine, let's just give them to him. Those stores cost a fortune when I bought them," Ouyang Wuqing looked pained, but nodded in agreement.

"Alright." Once Ouyang Qingtian agreed, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, then turned his attention back to Wang Yuan. "How about it, Brother Wang? Does this work for you?"

"The two stores on Xuefu Road, huh." Wang Yuan stroked his chin, hesitant. According to Li Yuan, taking over those stores would definitely be profitable, and it was only a few days' delay. But he wasn't planning to let them off that easily.

He vividly remembered how he'd nearly become a laughingstock after his video got uploaded; every time he went out, people would point at him and whisper.

Now that he'd finally caught a break, how could he let them off so easily?

"Since when did Wang Yuan become so cheap, appeased by just two stores?" At that moment, a voice came from the door. It was Lin Tian, holding Bai Xiaoluo's hand as he joined Wang Yuan. "Where's your pride? You're from the Wang family, for heaven's sake. It's just two stores; I'll give them to you."

"Is that you? (Who are you?)" Upon seeing Lin Tian, both Li Yuan and Ouyang Qingtian exclaimed in unison. Li Yuan's pupils involuntarily narrowed; he'd never dreamed he'd run into Lin Tian here.

Meanwhile, Ouyang Qingtian looked completely baffled, having never met Lin Tian before, yet here he was, meddling in their affairs.

But when he saw Bai Xiaoluo's hand in Lin Tian's, his face instantly turned to rage. "Who the hell are you to hold Xiaoluo's hand?"

"Ouyang Qingtian, watch your language; he is my master, and I won't stand for any disrespect," Lin Tian didn't say a word, but Bai Xiaoluo immediately jumped in, scolding Ouyang Qingtian.

"What? You're calling him master?" Hearing Bai Xiaoluo referring to Lin Tian that way, Ouyang Qingtian was incredulous, his expression darkening quickly. He glared at Lin Tian and said, "Kid, I don't care who you are, but you better stay away from Xiaoluo, or I'll make your life a living hell."

Unlike Wang Yuan and Li Yuan, Ouyang Qingtian truly loved Bai Xiaoluo, a fact well-known throughout Capital City. He'd always treated her as off-limits, and anyone who dared approach her would face his wrath.

Now, to see her calling another man "master" right in front of him, how could he not be infuriated? How could he not be livid?

Li Yuan, too, was shocked to see Lin Tian had ties to the Bai family's princess. When did his reach extend so far? Why hadn't the Li family caught wind of this?

Given the circumstances, he wisely chose to stay silent. He and Lin Tian had never met, and although he only knew Lin Tian from photos and probably wasn't recognized by Lin Tian, he was sure Lin Tian's visit to the Capital City had something to do with the Li family.