Chapter 371

Chapter 371 Don’t Be Too Good to Women!

Su Rui and Lin Aoxue were staring at each other, while the phone nearby kept ringing persistently.

“Why aren’t you answering?” Lin Aoxue continued to fix her gaze on Su Rui’s eyes, her stare sharp and aggressive.

“I don’t want to answer, it’s my phone and I decide.” Su Rui glared right back without backing down, his eyes fierce and domineering.

Such a lovely night with a gentle breeze and bright moon, so tranquil and serene, yet these two people had turned it into a tense standoff. What a pair of oddballs.

The phone rang, then stopped, then started ringing again.

“If you don’t answer the phone, it proves you did it.” Lin Aoxue seemed to have caught a hint of something.

“If I didn’t do it then I didn’t do it, you can’t prove I did it just because you say I did it.” Su Rui was impressive, managing to come up with a tongue twister even at a moment like this.

“If you won’t answer, I’ll answer it for you.”

With that, Lin Aoxue reached out and grabbed the phone.

Since the phone was on the nightstand, which was closer to Lin Aoxue, by the time Su Rui noticed her move it was already too late. He wanted to lunge for the phone, but the moment his body shifted he nearly exposed himself, so he could only watch helplessly as Lin Aoxue walked away with the phone.

The young mistress of the Lin family raised the phone provocatively and gave it a little shake, then pressed the answer button.

She hadn’t even said a word before loud laughter burst through the line.

“Hahaha, Apollo, did you borrow money and then lose the nerve to answer your phone? Dragging your feet like a woman. Let me ask you, when are you planning to pay back that 100 billion dollars? I have to say, you really go big, you actually shocked me. Didn’t you say you just wanted to give Gaoqi Bank a little warning? What the hell was that? You practically beat them half to death!”

“Hahaha, what a rush, what a thrill!” Stadtmeier continued laughing heartily.

“A rush my ass, a thrill my ass!”

Su Rui’s face darkened completely, and in his mind he had already cursed the God of Wealth’s entire family tree eighteen generations back.

Stadtmeier, you absolute idiot! Could you maybe find out who’s on the other end before going off like that? Don’t you know, the person who answered isn’t me!

This guy usually seemed pretty sharp, so what was wrong with him today, did he have mush for brains or just pure fat up there?

Lin Aoxue held the phone, listening to the voice on the other end, a complicated expression crossing her face.

All of this had really been done by Su Rui.

Something that so many financial conglomerates had failed to accomplish, he had actually pulled it off.

If she hadn’t passed this matter to him through Zhou Anke as a joke, he probably never would have done something so earth-shattering.

Before this, Lin Aoxue had only been suspicious. Gaoqi’s representatives had just suppressed Bikang Group that very day, and by evening Gaoqi’s stock had suffered an unprecedented limit-down on the NYSE across the ocean. If all of this was just a coincidence, it was far too convenient.

But now, Lin Aoxue was completely certain. The world didn’t have that many coincidences, and all of this was Su Rui’s doing.

For Bikang, he had actually borrowed 100 billion dollars! Before this, that kind of capital was something Lin Aoxue hadn’t even dared to imagine.

Although Bikang Group was a fairly well-known pharmaceutical conglomerate in Ninghai and across China, it had never possessed capital on the scale of hundreds of billions of dollars, and wouldn’t even know where to go to borrow that much, because Bikang simply didn’t have enough collateral.

Lin Aoxue wasn’t just an academic genius in technology, she also had a deep understanding of finance, and it was precisely because of that understanding that she knew how terrifying the consequences of actively attacking Gaoqi could be. If it then provoked a counterattack from the other side, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This would absolutely end in mutual destruction. Even though Gaoqi’s stock had fallen badly, the losses of the attacking party would definitely be even greater. Even a victory would be a pyrrhic one.

If Gaoqi lost 5 billion in bonds, the attacking party would have to give up at least 8 billion dollars.

That was nearly 600 to 700 billion yuan.

Just thinking about that number made Lin Aoxue feel short of breath.

She never could have imagined that Su Rui would do so much for her.

Borrowed 100 billion, lost 8 billion, just to vent Bikang’s frustration. Just to give Gaoqi Bank a warning.

In Lin Aoxue’s view, there was no such thing as a truly interest-free loan in this world, especially when it came to large sums of money. The more you borrowed, the more you had to repay. Private lending in China had even reached interest rates of 4 to 5 percent per month.

If calculated at that rate, just the interest on the 100 billion dollars Su Rui borrowed would be 40 to 50 billion.

That was simply an astronomical figure beyond imagination. Could he even handle it?

Looking at this man lying in bed, wrapped in a blanket with his calves sticking out, completely undignified, Lin Aoxue suddenly felt a surge of indescribable emotion welling up inside her.

That feeling of being moved released itself from her heart and gradually spread throughout her entire body, making her nose sting.

At that moment, the voice on the other end of the phone rang out again: “Hey Apollo, why aren’t you saying anything? Are you feeling guilty because you don’t have the money to pay me back? To be honest, I’m broke too, that 100 billion was my entire fortune.”

“Your entire fortune my foot! You think I don’t know how much money you have!” Su Rui thought irritably, though these words weren’t appropriate to say out loud in front of Lin Aoxue.

“When that masked guy of yours came to borrow the money, he promised me high interest, don’t you forget that when the time comes!” Stadtmeier deliberately withheld information, trying to set Su Rui up. In reality, the strategist had only promised him a reward of 1 billion dollars, with no mention of high interest.

However, those words, falling on Lin Aoxue’s ears, naturally carried an entirely different meaning.

Su Rui had really gone and borrowed money at loan shark rates for her sake.

At this moment, Lin Aoxue felt a heaviness in her chest.

“Apollo, why have you gone quiet? Did I scare you?” Stadtmeier laughed heartily. “Let me tell you straight, don’t even think about wriggling out of this debt no matter what, otherwise I’ll have to resort to extreme measures.”

Lin Aoxue held the phone with a complicated expression, while Su Rui was grinding his teeth.

That bastard Stadtmeier, next time he would definitely tear that big mouth of his apart.

It seemed the God of Wealth was in quite a good mood tonight. Even though Su Rui wasn’t responding, he kept talking to himself.

“I have to say, Apollo, your methods really did shock me. I may have plenty of money, but I’ve never dared to set my sights on Gaoqi Bank. And then you, an outsider coming into the financial world, threw a massive pile of money at them and actually nearly brought the most professional investment bank to its knees.”

“By the way, don’t you Chinese have an old saying, something like a hero flies into a rage for the sake of a beauty?” Stadtmeier laughed with mischievous intent. “Was it because of Lin Aoxue from Bikang Group that you did all this? I told you long ago, don’t act so impulsively, especially not for a woman. Look at this, your woman only got mocked a few times, and you not only used up all the reserves of your Temple of Apollo, but also borrowed 100 billion dollars to throw at them. If there’s a next time, are you going to make all of Gaoqi Bank’s senior executives disappear from the face of the earth?”

Lin Aoxue clearly heard four words — Temple of Apollo.

Su Rui couldn’t hold back any longer and shouted furiously: “Damn you Stadtmeier, I can’t guarantee whether I’ll make all of Gaoqi Bank’s senior executives disappear from the face of the earth, but I can guarantee that if you say one more word, I’ll make you disappear from the face of the earth!”

“Getting all worked up out of embarrassment is no fun.” Stadtmeier proved himself quite the chatterbox tonight and continued with a laugh: “Actually I do admire you. It seems Lin Aoxue holds a very important place in your heart, otherwise how could you possibly do so much for her? Sigh, since ancient times heroes have always had a weakness for beautiful women. Have you ever considered, if the big players standing behind Gaoqi Bank retaliate against the Temple of Apollo over this, how will you handle it?”

Retaliate against the Temple of Apollo? Lin Aoxue’s expression tightened.

After a brief pause, the chatterbox continued: “Of course, if I keep lecturing you’ll definitely blow up again. Anyway, my main purpose is to get my money back, don’t forget that.”

Su Rui was just about to roar back, when he saw Lin Aoxue actually bring the phone to her own ear and say coldly: “Thank you for your support. We will repay the money.”

We?

Su Rui was taken aback, and Stadtmeier on the other end was equally startled: “We? Who are you? It should be nighttime in China right now. A woman holding Apollo’s phone, you must be Lin Aoxue, right? Hahaha, I guessed correctly, you two are already sleeping together…”

Lin Aoxue gave a cold snort: “You guessed right.”

With that, she hung up the phone.

On the other side of the ocean, Stadtmeier listened to the disconnection tone and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Everything he’d said just now was just joking around. He knew better than anyone what kind of person Apollo was. Although beautiful women surrounded him, he had basically never touched any of them. He probably hadn’t even held this Lin Aoxue’s hand.

In Stadtmeier’s view, Su Rui was an absolutely loyal and devoted man. The saying about going through fire and water for a friend fit him perfectly. Even if the one insulted by Gaoqi hadn’t been his woman but his friend or brother, he would equally have borrowed 100 billion dollars for their sake and sent Gaoqi Bank spinning in confusion.

In Su Rui’s dictionary, helping meant helping, and he would never prioritize based on the nature of the relationship.

This was also part of Su Rui’s personal charm, otherwise Stadtmeier wouldn’t have become such a close friend with him.

“Apollo, oh Apollo, I warned you long ago, don’t treat women too well, don’t treat women too well, but you just wouldn’t listen.” Thinking back on Lin Aoxue’s words just now, Stadtmeier said with a sigh: “Even if you haven’t fallen for this woman, I’d say she’s already fallen for you.”