Chapter 363: Humiliation
Chapter 363: Chapter 363: Humiliation
"Now that’s more like it." Cao Dong chuckled as he looked at Xu Xianhui. "This way, we both get what we want. Neither of us owes the other a thing, right?"
Xu Xianhui said through gritted teeth, "Give me the money first."
"Fine." Cao Dong didn’t waste any time. He went to get the money and threw it on the bed in front of Xu Xianhui. "Here. Take it. I won’t ask you to pay it back, and I don’t want to know what you do with it. From now on, we go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other."
"Why is it only two hundred?" Xu Xianhui picked up the thin stack of cash from the bed and counted it, then glared at Cao Dong angrily. "Didn’t you say one thousand?"
"A thousand?" Hearing her question, Cao Dong sneered. "What are you thinking? You think you’re worth a thousand for one time? I think even two hundred is too much. If you think it’s not enough, then give it back."
Xu Xianhui clutched the money in her hand tightly and said angrily, "You clearly promised me one thousand before."
"Promised?" Cao Dong laughed as if he’d heard the funniest joke. "See? Your true colors are showing now. You never planned on paying it back, did you? A thousand! Do you think that’s pocket change? Do you have any idea what a full-time worker’s salary is right now? Do you know how long it takes to save up two hundred yuan?"
"You!" Of course, Xu Xianhui knew all that, but she was desperate for money!
"Enough of this ’you’ and ’me’ nonsense, Xu Xianhui," Cao Dong said with a huff. "Let me tell you, if you had agreed to be my girlfriend back then, I might have even borrowed that thousand yuan for you. But this was a one-time thing. Our business is concluded, and we don’t owe each other anything. So stop bringing up the thousand."
Xu Xianhui listened to him, looked down at the money in her hand, and finally gritted her teeth. "Then I’ll be your girlfriend. Give me the money."
"Heh." Cao Dong shot Xu Xianhui a sidelong glance. "Too late. I’m not interested anymore. Go be someone else’s girlfriend. I don’t want you. What would I want with damaged goods?"
"*I’m* damaged goods?" Xu Xianhui was so furious her chest ached. "Who was it that drugged me? Who ruined me? You just get what you want, pull up your pants, and pretend you don’t know me? You better believe I’ll..."
"Go on. Do it," Cao Dong dared her, certain she wouldn’t make a scene. He sneered, "If I go down, you think you’ll come out of this unscathed? If you want to keep living a normal life, you’ll keep your mouth shut. Otherwise, I have plenty of ways to make sure you can never show your face in public again."
Xu Xianhui froze on the spot. ’What could I say? What could I do? I’ve lost my most precious possession, and all I got was two hundred yuan. If I take this money, it’s like I’ve sold myself for two hundred yuan.’
’I wish I had the dignity to refuse the money and make Cao Dong pay for what he did. But I don’t have the courage. The loan sharks are waiting for their money, and making him pay would mean exposing this whole ugly affair to everyone.’
’But two hundred yuan isn’t nearly enough to pay back the loan sharks. What am I going to do?’
Xu Xianhui looked down at the two hundred yuan in her hands. Humiliation and grievance made tears fall, drop by drop, onto the bills. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said to Cao Dong, "Give me another eight hundred yuan, and I can... I can... I can do this with you a few more times."
"What!" Cao Dong had never expected Xu Xianhui to say such a thing. He was stunned for a moment. When he snapped out of it, he couldn’t help but sneer, "Xu Xianhui, are you really turning yourself into a whore?"