The sudden voice from behind caught her by surprise.
She turned her head.
He was clad in a jet-black suit, the blue tie displaying a discreet elegance, and his lustrous black hair suggested an air of handsome rebellion. He seemed to stand with a lazy tilt, the half-consumed cigarette between his fingers indicating he'd been there watching for quite some time.
Gazing at Su Tingyan, he leisurely picked up the slim cigarette in his hands, exhaling a wisp of smoke through his rose-colored lips. The smoke veiled his exceptionally handsome features, adding an ethereal, heart-thwarting quality to his appearance.
Was he that top card?
Su Tingyan hadn't expected to encounter him so soon again.
Moreover, in such an outfit, he looked even more striking than he did in bed—a presence that could go unnoticed on the streets for his profession.
No wonder he's the top card...
Su Tingyan curved her lips into a smile, her face revealing a hint of surprise with the laughter.
"What, you followed me here because you're interested in my proposal this morning?"
Followed her?
Lin Xu casually snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray nearby.
Actually, she wasn't wrong.
He was a bit interested in her.
"The person inside..."
"Oh, that one? My ex-fiancé. As you saw, I got dumped, horribly so."
From her tone, he could not detect the slightest bit of misery.
"You're not going in to clear things up?"
He watched as the two people inside, having hugged enough, slowly moved away.
Su Tingyan shrugged, "Would I use a clumsy method like Su Qingqing's? Besides, I'm not keen on someone who doesn't fancy me, so let's get back to our deal..."
She sized him up, thinking his luxurious attire indicated a preference for extravagant living.
This wasn't good; the Su Family didn't have much money to squander on such a person.
But fortunately, she wasn't planning on spending a lifetime with him. She just really needed his help to get out of an urgent dilemma for the time being.
She said, "If you think thirty million is too little, I can add more."
"I just want to ask, what will you do next if I don't agree?"
She hadn't expected him to ask that.
Su Tingyan paused before replying, "Maybe I'll find one of your colleagues or something... to try again."
"Alright, then let's not bother with a second time."
As expected.
Lin Xu knew she wouldn't give up so easily.
"You agree?"
Su Tingyan found this top card truly unpredictable...
But, his agreement was for the best.
She indeed couldn't imagine finding another person with such high quality genes as his.
Especially after seeing him by daylight with his exceptional demeanor and innate nobility, she was even more satisfied.
Looking at the agreement in the civil affairs office.
"Your name is Lin Xu?"
A look of dissatisfaction emerged on Su Tingyan's face.
"What, you know him?"
He lifted his eyelid slightly on one side.
"I don't know him, just don't like the surname."
Su Tingyan was now very sensitive to that surname.
Sharing a surname with Lin Jingzhen unavoidably brought back some unpleasant memories.
"Well, nobody's perfect." With her current situation, Su Tingyan didn't have much room for pickiness.
"???"
Used to seeing people flatter and fawn upon hearing his name, Lin Xu couldn't help but laugh at her disdainful expression.
"The ring is yours." Su Tingyan tossed the ring to him efficiently, "By the way, do you have a fixed residence?"
"Fixed? Not really." Lin Xu often lived in various places, as he hadn't settled down and frequently traveled, with the Lin Family's old house being where he stayed the most.