Chapter 42 - 42 42 What Isn't Selling

42: Chapter 42: What Isn’t Selling?

42: Chapter 42: What Isn’t Selling?

Su Jiao lowered her voice, her tone filled with threat and hostility.

Su Lu couldn’t be bothered with her and did not respond.

She simply treated Su Jiao’s words as a fart that the sea breeze dissipated.

After all, those with some discernment or slightly higher emotional intelligence would have let it go.

But Su Jiao evidently wasn’t that person, or perhaps, she had grown accustomed to speaking rudely to Su Lu for a long time.

Therefore, even outside, she couldn’t restrain herself right away.

She followed beside Su Lu, “What are you doing here!

Aren’t you the one who wouldn’t even answer my calls, acting all high and mighty!”

Su Jiao strutted around like a proud rooster.

Su Lu still couldn’t be bothered with her and merely glanced indifferently towards the other side of the deck.

Bo Jingshen was standing among several men; she only recognized Yan Sui and Jiang Li, the others seemed to be local prodigies from Hai City, probably friends of Jiang Li.

Jiang Li glanced her way unintentionally and smiled.

Su Jiao thought Jiang Li was smiling at her, so the fierceness on her face immediately retracted, revealing a charming smile.

Jiang Li walked over, holding two champagne glasses in his hand.

Su Jiao waited with a full-faced smile, but Jiang Li came over and handed a champagne glass to Su Lu instead.

Su Jiao was stunned.

She hadn’t expected that at all.

All she heard from her dad was that Su Lu had a bit of a rapport with Bo Jingshen, and Bo Jingshen had good relations with Jiang Li.

Su Jiao had assumed that Su Lu and Jiang Li were merely acquaintances, without much rapport.

And her father had sent her to Hai City to have Su Lu pull some strings so she could get to know Bo Jingshen better.

That’s why Su Jiao carried herself so haughtily, thinking why would Su Lu, who wasn’t even invited, show up here?

But she hadn’t expected Su Lu and Jiang Li to be so familiar!

“Don’t you get seasick?” asked Jiang Li.

Su Lu shook her head with a smile, “Not too much, but… are we really going out to sea?”

“The boat’s in the water now, of course, we’re going out to see.

Don’t worry, it’s very close by.” Jiang Li clinked her champagne glass gently, making a crisp sound, “Bo Jingshen likes fishing; I’ve prepared all the gear for him, let’s go deep-sea fishing.”

Saying this, Jiang Li drained the liquid from his glass, then smiled at Su Lu, “Don’t worry, it’s just soda water, I wouldn’t dare spike your drink.”

The bloody precedent set by Liu Qiming was still there.

What Su Lu didn’t know was that Bo Jingshen had informed her of the matters that disrupted several of Liu Qiming’s deals, and in the end, Bo Jingshen did not change his intention.

Those deals had simply fallen through.

Sometimes it’s like this, doing a favor for someone once counts as a favor, but if you do it again, even if it’s to cancel the previous favor, that doesn’t mean you don’t owe a favor, rather it counts as owing two.

So the matter with Liu Qiming could only be swallowed like a tooth lost in a fight.

Su Lu drank the soda water; Su Jiao at her side nudged her, meaning obvious.

Su Jiao’s smile was somewhat strained as she asked, “Didn’t expect Young Master Jiang and sister to be so close…”

Jiang Li, who had been bothered by Su Jiao all day, finally found some relief.

“Yes,” Jiang Li nodded, “Otherwise I wouldn’t have spent the whole day with you, your sister was worried you’d find Hai City boring and asked me to entertain you.

Mission accomplished.”

Su Jiao’s smile almost split her face.

Jiang Li turned to Su Lu and smiled, “I’ll head over first.”

Su Lu nodded, and Jiang Li walked past lightly.

Only then did Su Lu turn her head to look at Su Jiao, “What do you think I am here for?”

Su Jiao’s lips trembled, wanting to refute something, but couldn’t.

She had thought Su Lu was dependent on her, only to realize it was she who was the dependent one.

After struggling for a while, Su Jiao finally blurted out, “What’s so great about you!

You’re just cheap goods!

If dad could sell you once, he could sell you again!

Stop showing off to me here!”

Su Lu looked at her expressionlessly.

Su Jiao felt somewhat intimidated by her gaze, “What…

what are you looking at me like that for?

You think I’m afraid of you?”

The corners of Su Lu’s mouth gradually curved up, a very slight arc forming bit by bit.

“Sometimes I really don’t know whether to call you naive…

or stupid.” Su Lu’s voice was calm and composed, as if Su Jiao’s abusive words hadn’t affected her emotions at all.

“What do you mean!” Su Jiao glared at her.

Su Lu looked at her lightly, her voice soft and slow, “Do you think…

if Su Yukan arranged for someone like Jiang Li to have you, it wouldn’t be selling you?”

Su Jiao seemed not to grasp the meaning of Su Lu’s words.

“What do you mean?”

Su Lu just smiled, gazing steadily at Su Jiao, “How was Gu Xin from five years ago inferior to Jiang Li?”

Su Jiao was stunned.

Yes, Gu Xin from five years ago, was also a favored son of heaven.

The young master of the Gu Family, handsome and gentle, always gracing people with a smile, made one feel as if bathed in the spring breeze.

Even, he wasn’t an idle wastrel.

Where was he inferior to Jiang Li?

Not at all.

“I struggled, I resisted, I turned into that mess, simply because I didn’t want it; so, even if it was someone decent, it was still just being sold, only to a slightly better family.”

Su Lu was still smiling, “And you think…

not struggling, not resisting, even willingly accepting, means you’re not being sold?”

At these words, Su Jiao was like a stepped-on sore foot, enraged beyond measure, yet before she could retort—

Su Lu spoke lightly again, “So your earlier words, I’ll return them to you as they were: he could sell you once, he could sell you again, and even if someone like Jiang Li does not want you and the company is coincidentally facing some crisis, he will not hesitate to sell you to someone else.

He will work hard to sell you for a better price, after all, you are his beloved younger daughter.”

Su Jiao’s complexion turned pale, whether Su Lu’s words had hit a nerve, or had awakened her from a pleasant dream, was unclear.

Unable to come up with a strong rebuttal, she could only mutter over and over, “You’re talking nonsense, you’re talking nonsense.”

Not wishing to say more, nor wanting to stay by her side any longer, Su Lu walked towards the bow of the boat.

Behind her, there was a young man who had just boarded the ship, dressed in haute couture, his skin pale, features delicate, exuding an aristocratic air.

It was the person who had coincidentally seen her and Bo Jingshen at the hospital earlier.

The young man also hadn’t expected such a coincidence and couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, his eyes showing a hint of interest.

He had just come aboard and had heard Su Lu’s words just now.

This woman, she’s quite interesting.

“Hm?” The young man saw Su Jiao, who looked as if she had received a huge blow, suddenly walk quickly forward.

He frowned slightly, his lips barely moving before he made a sound.

Su Jiao had already charged behind Su Lu, pushing her forcefully in the back!