I Transmigrated Into a Villain and All the Heroines in This Novel Have Systems?

Chapter 15:

“Master Qi, shouldn’t you be fulfilling the bet now?”

Lin Chuan slowly stood up, walked over to Qi Xuan, and looked down at him from above.

“You… Can you… let me off the hook? Just take it as me owing you a favor. In the future, if you ever need anything, I won’t hesitate to help…” Qi Xuan looked at Lin Chuan with a face full of pleading.

“Heh… You personally agreed to the bet, but now you refuse to honor it. How can I trust your so-called favor? What if you just continue to go back on your word later? A person’s credibility, once lost, becomes utterly worthless.”

Lin Chuan’s tone was cold, almost devoid of emotion.

He had every reason to believe that if Qi Xuan had won this match, he would have been a hundred times more ruthless than him.

Seeing that pleading wouldn’t work, Qi Xuan immediately resorted to shamelessness. “Heh, I just refuse to fulfill the bet. What can you do about it?”

After all, his reputation was already ruined after this match. Adding the label of being untrustworthy wouldn’t make much of a difference.

When someone is truly shameless, they become invincible.

He had completely discarded his dignity—who could do anything about him now?

Seeing his blatant attempt to act shamelessly, Lin Chuan sneered coldly. “Trying to play rogue with me? It seems you haven’t heard about my reputation.”

“In Zhonghai, anyone who dares to renege on a debt to me… I will make their life worse than death. You better think carefully.”

His words were like a bucket of ice water, chilling Qi Xuan to the core.

He had almost forgotten—the young man standing before him was the infamous troublemaker of the Lin family.

If Lin Chuan wanted to deal with him, it would be as easy as crushing an ant.

“I… I’ll honor the bet!”

Like a defeated rooster, Qi Xuan drooped his head and dejectedly walked toward the public restroom.

Everyone watched his departing figure and couldn’t help but feel a sense of tragic solemnity, as if he were marching toward his doom.

Lin Chuan no longer paid attention to him. Instead, he turned around and collected the six antique pieces from the table.

The combined appraisal value of these six antiques amounted to a staggering 17.5 million.

An absolutely jaw-dropping figure.

With this money, he finally had the capital to catch up with Lin Hai.

However, what troubled him now was how to sell these antiques.

This wasn’t a small sum.

Finding a buyer who could afford antiques worth over ten million was no easy task.

Just as he was worrying about this, Fang Shijing suddenly approached him.

“Mr. Lin, may I discuss something with you?”

“What is it?” Lin Chuan frowned, thinking he was about to plead for Qi Xuan.

“It’s like this—some old friends of mine have recently asked me to help them find a few antiques. If you’re willing, would you consider selling these pieces to me?” Fang Shijing made an unexpected offer.

“How much can you pay?” Lin Chuan didn’t agree immediately but wanted to gauge his financial capability first.

If it involved installments or delayed payments, he wasn’t interested.

Fang Shijing seemed to read his thoughts and smiled. “These six antiques have been appraised at 17.5 million. How about this? I’ll round it up to 18 million. If you agree, I can transfer the money right now.”

Lin Chuan gave him a second look. “You’re even offering an extra 500,000? Mr. Fang, you’re quite generous.”

Fang Shijing laughed heartily. “I know that with your family background, 500,000 is nothing. Consider it a gesture of goodwill—just making a friend.”

Lin Chuan chuckled inwardly.

Who says I don’t care about 500,000?

Who would ever complain about having too much money?

“No problem, Mr. Fang. I’m happy to make this friendship official.”

He already had a good impression of Fang Shijing.

The man was upright, loyal, and worth befriending.

The two immediately exchanged contact details.

Fang Shijing then transferred 18 million on the spot, successfully acquiring the six antiques.

When the money hit his account, Lin Chuan couldn’t help but want to laugh out loud.

Coming to the antique street today had been an absolute goldmine.

If he could make money at this rate every day, then winning his match against Lin Hai wouldn’t even be a challenge.

“Hahaha…”

Just then, a burst of maniacal laughter echoed from the public restroom.

Moments later, a completely naked man rushed out.

His mouth was covered in a disgusting yellowish substance, and he kept shouting hysterically, “I’m an ignorant fool! I’m a big dumb donkey! Hahaha! I’m an ignorant fool! I’m a big dumb donkey!”

Several women in the crowd blushed and quickly looked away.

The remaining men stood dumbfounded, staring at Qi Xuan.

“He… has gone mad?”

Qi Xuan had lost his mind.

This once-promising young talent in Zhonghai’s antique industry had completely broken down after suffering repeated blows.

Now, he was running stark naked through the antique street, endlessly repeating the phrase, “I’m an ignorant fool! I’m a big dumb donkey!”

From that day on, Zhonghai’s antique world lost a young prodigy, but the antique street gained a lunatic.

Watching Qi Xuan’s retreating figure, Lin Chuan suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Great… Now that this incident had happened, his reputation in Zhonghai would only worsen.

Previously, he was merely known as a good-for-nothing, a bully, and a womanizer…

But now, there would be a new title added to his name—”The man who drove an antique genius insane.”

Still, he didn’t really care.

At this point, one more stain on his reputation wouldn’t make a difference.

After all, the original owner of this body was already infamous—what was one more crime to his name?

What he was really thinking about now was… where should he go next to make more money?

He had intercepted the original protagonist Qin Chao’s antiques in advance. When Qin Chao eventually arrived at the antique street, it wouldn’t be so easy for him to show off anymore.

The thought amused Lin Chuan.

At the same time, he recalled Qin Chao’s upcoming fortuitous encounters.

As the protagonist, personally favored by the original author, that guy had endless luck and ridiculous plot armor.

Thinking back, Lin Chuan did remember one particular lucky break.

And it was happening tomorrow.

According to the original plot, Qin Chao had taken a fancy to a stunning campus belle named Xia Tian, one of the novel’s destined heroines.

So, he had teamed up with Lin Hai to stage a fake hero-saving-the-beauty act.

In the end, Xia Tian, feeling grateful, had invited Qin Chao to an obscure private dining restaurant.

And it was in the backyard of that restaurant that Qin Chao dug up a priceless wild ginseng root.

If he wanted to steal this opportunity, he had to plan carefully.

Because this involved Qin Chao.

That guy was, after all, the original author’s “beloved son.” His luck and protagonist aura were beyond reason.

Going head-to-head with him without a solid plan might trigger an unpredictable butterfly effect…

And who knew?

In some unexpected moment, he might just get “crushed by the protagonist’s aura.”