Chapter 655: Chapter 651: Bargaining

"Th-this might not be easy," Su Shengguo said, looking at the girl. "Since you know about our relationship with Su Qing, you should also know that we were never on good terms with her to begin with."

"I know," the girl said with a small smile. "But it’s up to us to make things happen, wouldn’t you say?"

The girl was smiling on the outside, but she was gritting her teeth inwardly. ’If my preferred plan hadn’t been so likely to fail, I never would have come to Su Shengguo’s family.’ It was obvious that getting Su Shengguo’s family to suck up to Su Qing would be much more difficult.

But she had to try. ’Right now, these are the only two paths I can take. One of them has to work out,’ the girl thought to herself, maintaining a calm expression as she looked at Su Shengguo and Zheng Erlian.

Su Shengguo was silent for a long moment before asking, "And then what?"

"And then... well, you’ll have to complete the first step before I can tell you what the second step is."

Su Shengguo recalled what Su Qing had said, then added, "S-so, what’s in it for us?"

The girl raised an eyebrow at his words. "You need to be clear about something. I’m helping you. Helping you get revenge for your daughter. Are you just going to stand by and let your daughter die in vain? And on top of that, you think I should pay you for helping you?"

"Actually, I can see what’s going on," Su Shengguo said. "You have a grudge against Su Qing, don’t you? You want to use us to deal with her. We’d be getting revenge for our daughter, but aren’t you also using us to achieve your own goals?"

Hearing this, the girl couldn’t help but frown slightly. ’This Su Shengguo is even greedier than I thought.’ But her brow quickly smoothed over. ’Greed is good. Only greedy people will stop at nothing. The word ’greed’... it’s the best carrot there is.’

Su Shengguo continued, "I don’t know what you’ll have us do later, but I know it’s definitely risky. Since there’s risk involved, my family won’t be able to go back to Xiyuan County. Otherwise, we’d just be waiting to get caught. We’ll have to go far, far away. And for that, we need money. Am I right?"

"You’re right." The girl smiled. "You have a point. And I admit, I have a score to settle with Su Qing. I want to take her down. On that point, our goals are aligned. How about this: I’ll give you one hundred yuan now, and when it’s done, I’ll give you another hundred. How’s that?"

"One thousand yuan," Su Shengguo said, gritting his teeth. "Pay us one thousand yuan up front. After it’s done, you’ll pay another thousand. Two thousand yuan in total."

"Are you robbing me?" The girl’s brow furrowed. Su Shengguo’s outrageous demand was truly surprising. "You shouldn’t be so greedy."

"Is two thousand really that much?" Su Shengguo countered. "I don’t even have to think about it to know this is going to be dangerous. There are four of us in my family. Two thousand yuan isn’t much at all. You have to at least give us enough to run far away and find a safe place."

The girl narrowed her eyes. "Five hundred yuan in total."

"No way." It was Zheng Erlian who spoke up. "Two thousand yuan. Not a single cent less."

"You should know that being too greedy never ends well," the girl said, glaring at Zheng Erlian.

"We’re the ones taking the risk," Zheng Erlian retorted, refusing to back down. She and the girl went back and forth for several rounds, each sticking to their position.

Seeing that the time was right, Su Shengguo cut in, "Alright, let’s both compromise. You’ll give us eighteen hundred in total. Nine hundred up front."

"Hah. You two are impossibly greedy. I’ll concede a bit. One thousand at most. Five hundred up front."

"Sixteen hundred."

"Eleven hundred."

"Fifteen hundred."

...

In the end, the two parties settled on a price of one thousand three hundred and eighty yuan, with an advance deposit of seven hundred yuan to be paid to Su Shengguo and his wife.

The girl shot Su Shengguo and Zheng Erlian a look of disgust. "Since we have a deal, you two had better do a good job. If you try to fool me, you’ll find out I’m not to be trifled with."

Getting so much money put Zheng Erlian in a much better mood. Her family was currently dirt poor, but with this money, they could finally live a little better, no matter what happened.

"Don’t worry, we’ll definitely make up with Su Qing properly," Su Shengguo said with a smile. "By the way, I still don’t know your name. We’re partners now, so you have to tell me what to call you, right?"

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