Chapter 55.2 : He’s Using Himself to Squeeze Money Out of Tang Jianren! (Part 2)
At that moment, Tang Qingmo cut in coldly, "Stop embarrassing yourselves. Shut up."
"You—!" Tang Ruoling frowned.
She was about to open her mouth and lash out, when she suddenly heard him say, "Tianren, you can explain your situation to these idiots now."
Huh!?
Tianren?
Tang Qingmo was actually calling the Lu family's young master so intimately?!
Lu Tianren nodded. "Yes, Young Master Tang."
"Greetings to everyone from the Tang family. This morning, our Lu family received assistance from Young Master Tang. As a token of gratitude, when we learned that Young Master Tang was in need of a bodyguard, I volunteered to come."
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Lu Tianren's words left everyone in the Tang family utterly dumbfounded!
So Tang Qingmo hadn't offended Lu Tianren at all—he had actually helped them instead!
But this was the Lu family's young master, Chairman Lu's adopted son!
How could someone like him possibly serve as Tang Qingmo's bodyguard?!
"Y-Young Master Lu, you really have a sense of humor," Tang Jianren said. Having seen his fair share of the world, he quickly regained his composure and forced out an awkward smile.
"Our Tang family being able to help yours is already an honor. How could we possibly accept repayment? Besides, Chairman Lu—"
Lu Tianren cut him off. "Patriarch Tang, I'd like to make one thing clear."
"I am here because of Young Master Tang alone. I have nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the Tang family. Please understand this clearly, and stop making baseless accusations or slandering Young Master Tang."
The Tang family members: "..."
Lu Tianren's words were like a slap across their faces!
They had blamed Tang Qingmo without even asking a single question—and all of it had been witnessed firsthand.
"W-We understand!" Tang Jianren continued to force a stiff smile. "It's Qingmo's good fortune to receive Young Master Lu's care. Our Tang family must repay you properly!"
"Besides, both Young Master Lu and I have the character 'Ren' in our names—clearly our two families are fated!"
Lu Tianren: ...
He was completely stunned by Tang Jianren's sheer shamelessness.
Meanwhile, Tang Qingmo mocked him casually. "Since Patriarch Tang wants to repay Tianren, how much salary are you planning to give him?"
"Eh?" Now it was Tang Jianren's turn to freeze.
"Didn't I say it yesterday? I'll find the person, you pay the money." Tang Qingmo patted Lu Tianren on the shoulder.
"The person's here now. So how much monthly salary are you offering?"
"I… I…" Tang Jianren was dumbstruck.
This was Lu Tianren—the young master of the Lu family!
Who on earth knew how much money it would take to hire the Lu family's young master?!
In truth, not only the Tang family but even Lu Tianren himself was a little shocked.
After all, that morning Lu Rongsheng had already told Tang Qingmo that for this year, Lu Tianren would treat it as gaining experience, and no salary was necessary.
Yet now, Tang Qingmo was clearly using him to squeeze money out of Tang Jianren!
Seeing Tang Jianren unable to speak, Tang Qingmo turned to Lu Tianren and asked, "Tianren, what's the usual monthly salary for a CEO in your family?"
"Roughly… eight hundred thousand?"
After all, the Lu family was a nationally renowned martial arts clan. Anyone qualified to serve as a CEO there would at the very least be a Sixth-Rank martial artist.
Tang Qingmo's smile instantly turned radiant. "In that case, let's round it up to a nice number—one million."
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