Chapter 30: Helping Auntie Pick Up Her Panties
"No way!"
Chen Daniu didn't dare hesitate for a second. 'I can't let anyone see these photos!'
"Er Bao, hurry up and delete these photos."
Liu Xue'e grew anxious too.
Gossip was a vicious thing. If word of this got out, she didn't know what would happen to Chen Daniu, but she certainly wouldn't be able to show her face in the village anymore.
"Er Bao, please, I'm begging you. You absolutely can't show those photos to anyone. Listen to me, just delete them. If you don't know how, I'll show you how myself."
At this point, Liu Xue'e threw caution to the wind. She tossed aside the clothes in her hands and beckoned to Chen Erbao. "Quick, come to me. I'll teach you right now."
Gritting her teeth, Liu Xue'e relaxed the legs she had been desperately squeezing together. The pink panties, which had been pinched between the soft flesh of her inner thighs, immediately fell to the ground.
Liu Xue'e looked at Chen Erbao, her eyes glistening. A slick trail marked her pale thigh. "Er Bao, why don't you help me pick up my panties?"
As a hot-blooded young man, how could Chen Erbao possibly withstand this?
He immediately recalled the image of Liu Xue'e's feet dangling in the air—so pale, so delicate. Her little feet, with her pink panties looped around one, had been trembling slightly.
'If I could just get her under me and have my way with her, I can't imagine how good that would feel.'
Chen Erbao was about to step forward, but just as he moved, he caught himself.
'Steady.'
'I've made it this far. I can't screw up now.'
'It was so hard to get this leverage on Chen Daniu. I can't let all my effort go to waste.'
Seeing Chen Erbao stop, Liu Xue'e became anxious. But before she could speak, Chen Erbao's voice cut in.
"Aunt Xue E, I just realized something. If these photos were as innocent as you two claim, why would you be so nervous?"
Liu Xue'e's expression changed, and Chen Daniu finally understood what was happening.
'That bastard Chen Erbao doesn't know nothing. On the contrary, he understands everything.'
'He's waiting for me to bring it up myself.'
Chen Daniu gritted his teeth, but he was powerless. After all, Chen Erbao had him by the balls.
Giving Chen Erbao a deep look, Chen Daniu said, "Chen Erbao, just say it. What do you really want?"
"What will it take for you to delete the photos?"
Chen Erbao grinned.
'Chen Daniu is the village chief, after all. He gets it.'
He put on a troubled expression. "Uncle Da Niu, what kind of person do you take me for?"
"But, if you really want to help me..."
Grinning to reveal a set of pearly white teeth, Chen Erbao said, "Isn't the official position for the village doctor still open?"
"As I recall, I'm the most suitable candidate."
Chen Daniu froze for a moment, then chuckled.
Just as Chen Erbao had said, he was the only one qualified for the position. He had met all the requirements before, but he never got the job because Chen Daniu had been blocking it.
He had once hinted to Chen Erbao that if he wanted the position, he'd have to pay up.
Fifty thousand, and he guaranteed the matter would be settled.
But Chen Erbao wasn't willing, so the matter had been dragging on ever since.
Just as the thought crossed his mind, Chen Erbao spoke up, "Uncle Da Niu, you're not going to say no, are you?"
"Because these photos...?"
Liu Xue'e immediately panicked and glared at Chen Daniu. "Chen Daniu, you bastard! If you actually let these photos get out and ruin my life, don't think you'll get off easy either!"
Having raised her daughter all by herself, Liu Xue'e was naturally not a pushover.
Her shout nearly scared Chen Daniu limp. He shot Liu Xue'e an irritated glare, then turned to Chen Erbao and chuckled.
"Chen Erbao, you've really played your cards well!"
How could he not see it? Chen Erbao had orchestrated this whole show himself, all for the sake of this final demand.
Being manipulated by Chen Erbao like this really left a bad taste in his mouth.
If it were any other matter, he would have done it, even if he was unhappy about it.
But this?
Chen Daniu put on a look of deep regret. "Er Bao, I'm not the kind of guy who doesn't know how things work. If it's something I can help with, I'll definitely help you."
"If you had coughed up the fifty thousand yuan before, the village doctor position would have been yours, even without all this drama."
"But now?"
Chen Erbao frowned. "What about now?"
Chen Daniu wore a gloating expression. "My time as village chief is about to end."
"A while ago, the county started promoting a program for university graduates to work at the grassroots level. They assigned a university student to be the new village official here about two or three months ago. I've only managed to hold on this long thanks to the connections I've built up over the years."
"In three to five days, at most, they'll arrive. When that happens, I'll have to step down and make way. Forget about the village doctor position—it'll be a question of whether the clinic can even stay open."
Chen Erbao's brow furrowed. He never would have thought things would turn out like this.
Chen Daniu was thrilled. "Er Bao, it's not that I'm trying to lecture you, but if you had just obediently paid up before, the village doctor position would have been yours long ago."
"Now, even if you wanted to bribe the new person, they might not even take your money."
Chen Erbao looked annoyed, staring at Chen Daniu. "You're not messing with me?"
Chen Daniu laughed in exasperation.
"Is there any need?"
"You'll find out when the time comes anyway."
He had the look of a dead pig that doesn't fear boiling water, confident that Chen Erbao couldn't do anything to him.
And it was true that Chen Erbao didn't have any better options, but the village doctor position was really important to him.
He racked his brain, and then his eyes lit up.
"Uncle Da Niu, are you sure you won't help me?"
Now, it was Chen Daniu's turn to be annoyed. "I've already explained everything to you."
"It's not that I won't help, it's that I'm powerless to help."
"I lost my say in village affairs a month ago. What can I do?"
Chen Erbao said, "So, Uncle Da Niu, you're not planning to do anything about these photos, then?"
Chen Daniu's face changed. "Chen Erbao, what the hell do you mean?"
"Are you threatening me? You want to go for mutual destruction?"
"I fucking told you, it's not that I won't help, I'm out of options!"
"You can't expect me to go to town and beg every person under the sun to get you that position, can you? The key thing is, it wouldn't even work!"
Chen Erbao chuckled. "Uncle Da Niu, you're right, you can't help with the village doctor position."
"But there's another matter you can definitely help with."
Chen Daniu looked wary. "What matter?"
Chen Erbao rubbed his fingers together.
"Money."
"Since that fifty thousand yuan isn't doing you any good, why not give it back to me? I can use it to... grease the wheels with the new village chief."
"Who knows, it might just work, right?"
Chen Daniu was completely baffled.
'What does he mean?'
'You never fucking gave me fifty thousand yuan!'
'Oh.'
'I get it.'
'Extortion!'
"Chen Erbao, you're fucking extorting me!"
Chen Erbao waved his phone. "Just tell me if you're going to pay up or not."
"You!"
Chen Daniu was fuming, and to make matters worse, Liu Xue'e was muttering from the side, "Just agree already! Aren't you afraid of Qin Lan finding out about this?"
HISS.
Chen Daniu drew a sharp, cold breath.
The mere mention of Qin Lan's name nearly made him wet his pants.
Glaring at Chen Erbao, Chen Daniu said, "Come see me tomorrow!"
'Success!'
Staring at Chen Daniu's retreating back, Chen Erbao's face was flushed with excitement.
He turned to leave.
But he had just taken a step.
"Er Bao, wait!"
Chen Erbao instinctively turned his head and found Liu Xue'e staring at him coquettishly.
"Didn't we just agree you were going to help me pick up my panties?"
