100,000/Hour Professional Stand-in Chapter 41.1: Men Are Easily Fooled (1)

As formidable as Li Xiaoxing was, Ji Fanyin was also skilled at dealing with tough situations herself. 

After a symbolistic handshake of cooperation, Li Xiaoxing said, “I’ve already dealt with Cen Xiangyang. He won’t contact you again.”

His tone sounded almost like an official notice coming down from a higher-up in a company. 

Ji Fanyin thought about it for a moment before asking, “How do you intend to make up for my losses?”

“I know your fee structure,” said Li Xiaoxing, “I’ll double the prices, from the lowest to the highest.”

“That’ll do,” Ji Fanyin agreed. 

I lost one client but gained another one that can make up for two. Great.

“This deal depends on you delivering what you have promised,” added Li Xiaoxing.

“No problem.” Ji Fanyin glanced at her watch and said, “It just so happens that I haven’t had dinner yet. Mr Li?”

Li Xiaoxing looked at her.

It was honestly hard to read his expression, but Ji Fanyin had played far too many roles in her previous life—during which, she had to understand how the brain wirings of those characters worked—and that allowed her to figure out after two seconds that it was an expression of doubt. 

“We can begin the lessons tonight,” she explained.

Li Xiaoxing fell silent. He straightened up his body and lowered the divider. 

“Mr Li?” the secretary asked. 

“Reserve two seats for dinner,” ordered Li Xiaoxing.

“Understood.”

“Transfer 400,000 dollars into her account,” he added.

The secretary was visibly astonished for a moment before he propped up his glasses and replied, “Understood.”

Ji Fanyin was happy that she got to freeload a meal once again. 

The first thing she did after receiving her double wages was to refund Cen Xiangyang’s 200,000 dollars. At the same time, she asked half-jokingly, “Will Director Cen come after me for this?”

“That’s your problem,” replied Li Xiaoxing coldly.

Ji Fanyin’s eyebrows shot up. “If I’m not mistaken, isn’t it due to Mr Li’s intervention that I’ve offended Director Cen?”

“Then you shouldn’t have chosen to dabble in such high-risk ‘work’.”

Ji Fanyin thought that there was

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