A Favor Done, A Husband Won

Chapter 730 - 724: Sweet Extra—Married Couple Variety Show 209

"Whoa! So heavy, just five blocks?" Hao Jin looked utterly speechless, just about to reach in and give three blocks to Jing Jihan first.But Jing Jihan was quicker, taking only one block from the box: "You guys just got the gold bars, keep them for now. I’ll take one as payback for the code. If there are any other codes, come straight to me."

"Huh? Mr. Jing, you only want one block?" Meng Li was surprised.

She initially thought the same as Hao Jin, wanting to give more to Mr. Jing.

Jing Jihan didn’t explain, and patted Hao Jin sympathetically on the shoulder: "Keep looking, good luck."

Then he left.

Shi Su heard Hao Jin and Meng Li behind them continuing to praise Mr. Jing’s magnanimity, saying he’s worthy of being the patron, not fussing over these useless things with the little guests.

Shi Su quickened her pace as she listened. As they walked, she slyly pinched Jing Jihan’s arm and whispered, "This way, they won’t trust us anymore in the future."

Jing Jihan smiled faintly: "A lesson learned, all’s fair in war and deceit, I’m teaching them a good lesson."

On the way, they encountered Liu Guochun and his wife, as well as Luo Fang and his wife, each holding one or two boxes in their hands and already possessing a few gold bars, but not many.

Jing Jihan cheated for varied reasons, managing to gain three or four more gold bars and remembered quite a few codes along the way.

When they regrouped with Wei Sinan and Ami, upon seeing the box Ami was carrying, Shi Su glanced at her own box again.

Watching Ami carry the box with such a cautious expression...

Shi Su’s guilt from their fraudulent acts alongside Jing Jihan evaporated instantly.

Apparently, Wei Sinan had been sneaky too, perhaps even gathering more gold bars than they did.

It turned out she had been too earnest in her acting and not enough in reality shows, as her showmanship was not even on par with Jing Jihan, the real financier.

"How many blocks?" Wei Sinan glanced at the box in Shi Su’s hands, knowingly giving them a look.

Shi Su didn’t intend to lie but also didn’t want to reveal the actual number, so she only said: "Quite a few."

Jing Jihan asked, "Where’s Zhou Xiaomiao?"

Ami, hearing her cousin suddenly use her full name, promptly lifted her box and said, "I have quite a few here too!"

Jing Jihan chuckled, not saying more. He took out the card in his hand and unopened boxes, exchanging passwords with Wei Sinan.

Since they now had gained much more experience, they quickly tried the codes and opened three boxes in no time.

But the combined gold bars in these three boxes only totaled ten, which they divided evenly before heading off again.

Once they went further, Shi Su weighed the box in her hand, feeling a bit anxious as she walked, occasionally looking up at the trees, losing the calm she had upon entering the forest initially.

"Where else could there be boxes? We’ve already recorded over a dozen codes." She said as she continued looking around.

Jing Jihan carried the other two heavier unopened boxes and looked at her: "Now you realize it’s a competition?"

Shi Su said: "...I felt a little guilty tricking Hao Jin at first, but it seems Ami has quite a few gold bars, though I’m not sure how they got them."

Jing Jihan chuckled: "Do you think Hao Jin didn’t notice after being tricked?"