Chapter 37: High-Interest Loan, Time to Pay Up

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: High-Interest Loan, Time to Pay Up

Wang Luyao looked at Li Chao and chuckled. The next moment, she suddenly leaned up and planted a big kiss right on Ye Feng’s face. Then she turned her head to look at Li Chao.

"Now do you believe me?"

"You..." Li Chao looked as if he’d just swallowed a fly. He was utterly disgusted.

Ye Feng then looked at Wang Luyao and said, "Luyao, I’m telling you, that doesn’t count. I need to see your chest."

Wang Luyao turned to Ye Feng, giggled, and said, "Darling, I’m all yours. When we get home later, you can look wherever you want, hehe..."

’She was beyond impressed. Ye Feng was the perfect wingman this time!’

But to Li Chao’s ears, those words were a vicious final blow.

Li Chao’s face turned green with rage. He shot to his feet, glaring fiercely at Ye Feng as if he wanted to kill him on the spot.

But he still wanted to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor in front of Wang Luyao, so he suppressed his anger, turned to her, and said:

"Luyao, as far as I know, you’re short on funds and can’t get a loan from the bank, right? Can he solve that problem for you? No.

But I can!

If you agree to be my girlfriend, I can immediately mobilize funds for you. Is twenty million enough? If not, thirty million. You just have to say the word, and I’ll get it for you right away.

Once I inject capital, your Angel Garments can be revived. It could even soar.

But being with him... what can he give you? He can’t help you with anything.

Luyao, at our level, marriage is more about mutual leverage. The love component is no longer that important. You should understand this better than I do. With him, you can’t leverage any of his power. So don’t be foolish. Just say yes to me!"

After saying this, he once again proffered the diamond ring. He was full of confidence, certain that his speech would persuade Wang Luyao to make the right choice.

But to Li Chao’s surprise, Wang Luyao just chuckled and said, "Li Chao, you think I’m still short on funds? I’m telling you, you’re overthinking it. I’ve already secured enough capital, so I no longer need your help."

"Impossible! There’s no way you could have gotten a loan, because..." Li Chao shouted as soon as he heard this. But halfway through his sentence, he realized what he was saying and quickly shut his mouth.

Wang Luyao gave a cold laugh. "Because you’ve already spoken to the banks, telling them they absolutely could not give me a loan, right?"

"No, how could I do something like that?" Li Chao denied it at once, then looked at Wang Luyao and asked, "Luyao, you’re lying about getting the funds, aren’t you?"

Wang Luyao sneered. "Lie to you? Do I need to? To be honest, just a little while ago, Mr. Nangong from Holy Banner Bank already agreed to give me a loan..."

"Impossible," Li Chao said, shaking his head immediately. "Holy Banner Bank’s lending standards are even higher than the major banks. I’ve applied several times and was rejected for not meeting the qualifications. How could you possibly get a loan from Holy Banner Bank? It’s absolutely impossible."

Wang Luyao smiled sweetly. "What if Nangong Shan is a friend of Ye Feng’s?"

’Ye Feng is friends with Nangong Shan?’

That simple sentence rolled through Li Chao’s mind like a clap of thunder. He never would have imagined that this country bumpkin, Ye Feng, had such powerful connections.

At that moment, Wang Luyao looked at Li Chao and said with a smile, "So, I feel that for my marriage, I don’t want it to be mixed with so many vested interests. I’d rather it be based mostly on love. Do you understand what I mean now?"

Li Chao’s face instantly turned ashen. But in the next moment, he let out a cold laugh. "Luyao, do you really think getting a loan means you’re out of trouble? You’re overthinking it. I bet you’ll still agree to my proposal, because you will still need my help."

"In your dreams," Wang Luyao said with contempt, staring at Li Chao. But just as the words left her mouth, a BMW came roaring up and screeched to a halt. A man got out and walked straight toward them.

The man was bald, with a cyan dragon tattooed on his neck. His muscles bulged, and he radiated a ferocious aura.

Several other men followed behind him, also covered in tattoos of dragons and phoenixes. One look and you could tell they were bad news.

The bald man came up to Wang Luyao, looked at her, and said in a cold voice, "Wang Luyao, it’s time you paid back that twenty-million-dollar high-interest loan you borrowed from me!"

The newcomer was none other than Qin Long, a loan shark from Jiangcheng nicknamed Cyan Dragon. This was the man Wang Luyao had taken the high-interest loan from.

As soon as Qin Long finished speaking, Li Chao, standing nearby, said with a smug smile, "See, Luyao? You got the loan, but once you pay back his high-interest debt, you’ll be out of money again. So I was right when I said you’d still need my financial help, wasn’t I!"

But Wang Luyao just looked at Li Chao and chuckled, "I have the money to pay it back!"

Then she looked at Qin Long and said calmly, "Send me your account number. I’ll pay you back right now."

Qin Long was stunned for a moment, but he quickly recovered. He looked at Wang Luyao and shouted, "Wang Luyao, you’d better remember, you don’t owe me twenty million. With principal and interest, you have to pay me back twenty-nine million."

Wang Luyao pursed her lips into a smile and said calmly, "I know. Send me your account number. I’ll pay you all the money right now."

Qin Long was dumbfounded. ’This isn’t how it was supposed to go!’

His eyes couldn’t help but dart toward Li Chao at the side.

Li Chao, however, just chuckled and said, "Luyao, go ahead, pay him back. Once you give all the money to Cyan Dragon, you’ll still have no money to buy raw materials or organize production. You’ll still need my financial help. It makes no difference, hehe."

But Wang Luyao also chuckled. "What if, just maybe, I borrowed fifty million from Holy Banner Bank?"

"What? You borrowed fifty million from Holy Banner Bank?" Hearing this, Li Chao’s expression changed drastically.

’If Wang Luyao got a fifty-million-dollar loan, she could not only pay off Cyan Dragon’s debt but also have enough to organize production. Then... then where does that leave me?!’

’No, absolutely not.’

He turned his head and shot a look at Cyan Dragon.

Cyan Dragon instantly understood Li Chao’s meaning. He looked at Wang Luyao and said with a sinister grin, "Wang Luyao, I just remembered, the interest on my loan has gone up. So now, with principal and interest, you need to pay me back forty million. That’s right, forty million."

"You’re bullshitting me!" Wang Luyao shouted, furious. "We agreed on the interest when I took the loan! How can you just raise it whenever you feel like it? Do you have any respect for the contract?"

"Contract? Did we sign a contract? I don’t seem to remember," Qin Long said, scratching his head.

Wang Luyao chuckled. "You might not remember, but I just so happen to have it with me!"

With that, she pulled a paper contract from her bag and held it in front of Cyan Dragon. "Take a good look at the terms on this!"

But what happened next made Wang Luyao’s pupils shrink.