Chapter 82: Saving a Life is Worth More than Building a Seven-Level Pagoda

After the meal.

After paying the bill, Xu Shaochen led Song Xinran out of the restaurant.

“What’s going on? Why are all these people gathered here?”

As soon as they stepped out of the restaurant, they saw a large group of people gathered closely together. Song Xinran asked curiously.

Xu Shaochen’s lips curled up slightly. He put his arm around Song Xinran’s slender waist and said softly, “Sister Xinran, if you’re curious, why don’t we go take a look?”

“Well… alright.”

Song Xinran nodded and walked over with Xu Shaochen.

However, after squeezing into the crowd and seeing the scene before her, Song Xinran was instantly stunned. She stood there in a daze, her mind going blank.

In front of her was an overwhelming sea of roses. At a glance, there were at least thousands of them, forming a small floral ocean.

The red roses were arranged in the shape of a large heart, and in the center, the name ‘Song Xinran’ was spelled out with pink roses.

“Do you like it?”

Xu Shaochen asked as he leaned in close to Song Xinran’s ear.

This was what he had just ordered Long Er to arrange via text. The impact of this scene was something no woman could resist. You could see it in the nearly insane look on the faces of the women nearby.

“Yes.”

Song Xinran finally came back to her senses. She nodded, tears of emotion streaming down as she covered her face.

She hadn’t expected that Xu Shaochen would go this far just because of an offhand remark she had made earlier. How could she not be moved? Seeing this scene, the people around them also understood that Song Xinran was the center of attention.

Everyone looked at Song Xinran with envious eyes.

“If my boyfriend treated me this well, I’d let him have his way with me tonight!”

“Dream on! Do you know how much these flowers cost? Could your boyfriend afford them?”

“Oh my God, this young lady is so lucky. It’s just like a scene from a movie.”

“I hope they can stay together for a long, long time…”

The crowd buzzed with comments, all expressing envy and well-wishes for Song Xinran and Xu Shaochen.

“Kiss! Kiss!”

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted.

Of course, Xu Shaochen knew it was Long Er. He had arranged for this shout.

“Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!”

As soon as Long Er spoke, everyone started chanting, urging the two of them on.

“This…” Song Xinran’s face flushed red. She felt a bit shy and stood there, not knowing what to do.

After all, she had really considered Xu Shaochen as her younger brother before, and it was hard for her to change her mindset so quickly.

Xu Shaochen pulled Song Xinran into his arms. “Sister Xinran, with all these people here, you wouldn’t leave me hanging, would you?”

Hearing this, Song Xinran playfully glared at Xu Shaochen, then stood on tiptoes and shyly closed her eyes.

Xu Shaochen smiled and kissed her delicate, rosy lips.

“Clap, clap, clap…”

Everyone started clapping enthusiastically. They all felt that this was what love looked like.

Having money is really great.

After a long time, their lips parted.

With Song Xinran still shyly nestled in his embrace, Xu Shaochen looked at the crowd and said confidently, “Everyone, feel free to take these flowers home!”

“Woohoo!”

Hearing this, everyone rushed forward to grab the flowers.

“Now are you satisfied, you little rascal?” Song Xinran playfully punched Xu Shaochen in the chest. “I treated you as a younger brother, never realizing that you intended to go after your elder sister.”

Xu Shaochen laughed heartily and immediately swept Song Xinran up in a princess carry.

“Ah! What are you doing? Put me down, put me down!”

Song Xinran cried out in surprise and instinctively wrapped her arms around Xu Shaochen’s neck, struggling earnestly in his arms.

Xu Shaochen carried Song Xinran into the car, then instructed Long Er to drive them to Song Xinran’s place.

Over twenty minutes later, they arrived at the residential complex where Song Xinran lived.

“Sister Xinran, how about I come up for a drink?”

After getting out of the car, Xu Shaochen grinned at Song Xinran.

“You little rascal! Go to hell!”

Song Xinran glared at him fiercely, then hurried away with a red face, without looking back. But her walk seemed a bit awkward.

That scoundrel had been so restless in the car, even tearing her stockings. She didn’t dare let Xu Shaochen upstairs—bringing him up would be like inviting a wolf into her home!

“Sigh, I thought I’d score tonight.”

As he watched Song Xinran’s figure disappearing into the distance, Xu Shaochen sighed helplessly, making Long Er in the car twitch his lips.

Is this boss a walking human artillery? Wherever he goes, he tries to score.

Just as Xu Shaochen was about to get into the car to go home, he suddenly stopped because he saw a man crying by a nearby flower bed.

When he got closer, he noticed the man was holding a bottle of pesticide.

Xu Shaochen’s expression changed slightly. He grabbed the pesticide, “Brother, what’s making life so unbearable that you’d rather die?”

“Give me back the pesticide. My company went bankrupt. I don’t want to live anymore, so just leave me alone.” The middle-aged man cried, trying to grab back the pesticide.

Xu Shaochen frowned and gently comforted him, “Bankruptcy is just bankruptcy. Think about your wife. If you die, what will she do?”

“Wife? Hahaha… I just found out last week that my wife is cheating on me. If I die, she’d probably be thrilled!” The middle-aged man laughed hysterically, then suddenly started crying again.

Xu Shaochen wiped his forehead in frustration. His attempt to comfort the man seemed to have backfired, so he quickly added, “Well, then think about your kids. If you die, what will happen to them? At the very least, do it for them.”

Hearing this, the man began to wail even more, sobbing uncontrollably.

“Now what?” Xu Shaochen asked helplessly.

The man lifted his head and wailed, “After I found out about my wife’s affair, I got a paternity test the other day. My son… turns out he’s not even mine! Boohoo…”

Xu Shaochen: “…………”

In his mind, a thousand wild horses galloped past. He couldn’t believe how unlucky this man was.

His company went bankrupt, his wife cheated, and even his son wasn’t his. Just how on earth was Xu Shaochen supposed to comfort him now?

“No matter what, stay strong. If today is tough, don’t worry because tomorrow might be even worse… Oops, I mean, tomorrow will be better.”

“Can I really make a comeback?” the man chuckled bitterly, clearly lacking any confidence.

“How would you know unless you try? If you die now, your wife and her lover will just take your inheritance and live happily ever after, wouldn’t your death just make it easier for that pair of dogs? Think it over carefully.”

After patting the man on the shoulder, Xu Shaochen dropped those words, tossed the pesticide into the trash can, and got into the car to drive away.

Saving a life is worth more than building a seven-level pagoda.

As a stranger, that was the most he could do. After all, if someone truly wants to die, there’s no stopping them.

The man watched the departing Audi, and his eyes gradually hardened. Then, he slapped himself hard across the face.

“Smack!”

“Li Jianzhang, you useless fool! You’re only thirty-five years old—why can’t you make a comeback?”

Taking a deep breath, Li Jianzhang straightened his tie and collar, then got back on his feet.

He silently vowed that if he ever made a comeback, he would repay that unknown young man for saving his life tonight.