In the large conference room.
Jiao Shiheng smiled as he shook Leng Qingqiu's hand. "President Leng, you're young and decisive—truly an outstanding young talent! Come, come, let's sign the contract. A win-win partnership, hahaha, a win-win partnership!"
Leng Qingqiu forced a polite smile. "Sorry to have kept you waiting."
"Ah, no problem, no problem. It's good that you're here, good that you're here! Would you like to look over the contract again?"
Leng Qingqiu said, "No need. Let's sign it directly."
"Oh, how decisive! As expected of Northern Country's number-one beautiful businesswoman—so straightforward! Good, good, good, let's sign it, let's sign it!"
At that moment, the doors were kicked open.
With a deafening crash, everyone turned to look.
The glass doors shattered all over the floor.
Lu Chengwen stood in the doorway with his hands in his pockets, his face grim as a vicious thug. He radiated authority without even showing anger.
The security guard beside him was about to step forward when Zhao Gang pressed a hand against his chest.
Zhao Gang pointed at him. "Young Master Lu is handling business. If you don't want to die, get lost!"
Lu Chengwen might not have had much else, but his notorious reputation was absolutely real.
If someone didn't know Lu Chengwen, they might as well never have lived in Xue City.
If someone had never secretly cursed Lu Chengwen in their heart, they might as well never have lived in Xue City.
No one dared to touch Lu Chengwen.
Lu Chengwen loosened his tie and stepped over the broken glass. The dozen or so men Zhao Gang had brought surged in behind him like a pack of bandits, forcing both teams to either side.
Leng Qingqiu suddenly felt that Lu Chengwen was ridiculously handsome.
That aura, that reckless bandit-like presence, that dominance of treating heaven as first, earth as second, and himself as third—there was nothing to criticize.
Leng Qingqiu liked strong men.
What she hated most were simps.
Could a man without a temper even be called a man?
Especially since she knew he was acting this way to protect her, to defend her. She felt even less resentment and instead found herself a little excited.
Yet she still pretended to be angry. "Lu Chengwen! What are you doing?"
Jiao Shiheng was dumbfounded too. "Oh my, President Leng, who is this person? Why is he so rude?"
Leng Qingqiu said, "It's fine. I'm here."
"Oh, oh, oh."
Leng Qingqiu feigned anger. "Lu Chengwen, we're discussing business. Don't cause trouble!"
"What business, my ass!"
Like some underworld boss, Lu Chengwen walked in with a grim face and vicious gaze. He swept his eyes around the room, and everyone lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes.
Lu Chengwen said, "Jiao Shiheng, get over here!"
How could Jiao Shiheng dare go near him? This guy did not look like a good person!
Jiao Shiheng turned to look at Leng Qingqiu. She reassured him, "It's fine. Don't worry, I'm here."
Leng Qingqiu shouted angrily, "Lu Chengwen, stop being unreasonable! Don't make me turn against you!"
"Turn against me?" Lu Chengwen laughed. "Today, I'm the one turning against you first! Jiao, Leng Qingqiu is my fiancée. How dare you flirt with her?"
Jiao Shiheng froze. "Oh my, oh my! It's Young Master Lu! My apologies, my apologies! It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! President Leng and I were discussing business. I didn't flirt with her, I didn't flirt with her!"
Lu Chengwen walked over, picked up the contract from the table, and glanced at it. "Damn."
He tore up the contract and flung it into Jiao Shiheng's face. "Beat him!"
Zhao Gang immediately knocked Jiao Shiheng to the ground with one punch. Stepping on his chest, he raised a baseball bat, then suddenly stopped. "Young Master Lu, how should I beat him?"
Lu Chengwen sat in a nearby executive chair, crossed one leg over the other like some lord, and said, "Just beat him until he can't get up before noon tomorrow."
"Got it!" Zhao Gang was about to swing the baseball bat, but he turned back to Lu Chengwen. "Young Master Lu, isn't that timing a little too precise? I'm afraid I can't get it that exact!"
"Why the hell do you have so much nonsense to say? Just beat him!"
Jiao Shiheng's team had never seen anything like this. Not a single person stepped forward to intervene.
Jiao Shiheng shouted, "President Leng! President Leng! Explain this, explain this..."
Leng Qingqiu said, "It's fine, it's fine. I'm here."
"Huh? This is still fine? Ahhh—!"
Zhao Gang had already started beating him.
Lu Chengwen slowly rocked in the chair, feeling absolutely great. If Long Aotian didn't exist in this world, I really could do whatever I wanted.
Jiao Shiheng squealed miserably as he was beaten.
Leng Qingqiu said from the side, "Lu Chengwen, stop! Don't hit him so hard!"
Jiao Shiheng's people were practically going insane.
What the hell was wrong with these two?
One wanted their boss beaten so precisely that he could not get up before noon tomorrow.
The other was actually saying, "Don't hit him so hard"? Then how hard was he supposed to be hit? Was this even breaking up a fight?
Lu Chengwen looked at Leng Qingqiu with a roguish expression. "I, Lu Chengwen, am Xue City's number-one young villain! This is my style. Got a problem with it?"
Leng Qingqiu was amused by his deliberately shameless act. She pushed him lightly and said in a low voice, "Stop hitting him."
She sounded as though she were acting coquettish and yielding to him.
"Hm?"
Leng Qingqiu rolled her eyes. "Stop hitting him. I just won't sign the contract."
Lu Chengwen said, "Zhao Gang."
Zhao Gang said, "Young Master Lu, I'll be done soon. Based on your requirement, I estimate there are still three hours, twenty-five minutes, and thirty-nine seconds left."
Han Yue's mouth twitched.
She thought, What is wrong with these two? They're really beating him according to a timeline? And how did they even figure that out? They got it down to the second?
Lu Chengwen said, "Fine, fine. Stop hitting him. Let them get out."
The farce came to an end.
Jiao Shiheng had never imagined that tens of billions in cash were about to enter his account, only for something like this to happen.
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And if there had been any reason at all, that would have been one thing. But he insisted I had flirted with Leng Qingqiu. With the way I look, could I possibly flirt with her?
Even Lu Chengwen couldn't flirt with Leng Qingqiu successfully. Wouldn't I be courting death by trying?
This was far too bizarre!
Lu Chengwen and Jiao Shiheng's people all left.
Lu Chengwen turned back to Leng Qingqiu's team. "Why are you all still standing here? Waiting for me to pay you?"
Han Yue was terrified.
She knew better than anyone how frightening this Young Master Lu could be. When he was thick-skinned, his shameless smiling act was real enough, but when he turned hostile, he truly did not care about anyone.
Han Yue nervously glanced at Leng Qingqiu, who gave her a look.
Han Yue immediately said, "Everyone, leave. Let President Leng and Young Master Lu talk alone."
Everyone left.
Lu Chengwen remained seated there, still acting like some lord.
"Stop shaking your leg!" Leng Qingqiu smacked Lu Chengwen.
Lu Chengwen said disdainfully, "This is my style!"
"If you keep pretending to be a bully in front of me, I'll turn against you."
"Hey, no, no. I was just kidding."
"Tell me. How did you know he was here to cheat me?"
"Huh? He was here to cheat you? Damn, so that was it. If I'd known, I should've had him beaten for a few more hours."
Leng Qingqiu glared fiercely at Lu Chengwen. "Tell me the truth. How did you know?"
"I don't know."
"You're still refusing to tell the truth?"
"If I don't know, what am I supposed to say?"
Leng Qingqiu got angry. "You don't know, is that it? Then don't bother me with your problems from now on. Never show your face in front of me again!"
"Hahaha, it's a deal!"
Lu Chengwen stood up. "We still need to settle the engagement as soon as possible. Have you told your family?"
"I did. The tenth of next month."
"No, I mean we need to cancel the engagement and never have anything to do with each other again."
"Oh, I'll see how I feel."
"Don't see how you feel! I... Look, call your dad and your mom right now and explain everything clearly."
"Lu Chengwen, what exactly do you mean? You were the one chasing me for the past three years!"
"Didn't you reject me?"
"I agree now."
"Why?"
"Because I like you. Because I'm happy. Because I love you."
Lu Chengwen instantly became agitated. "Big sister, stop messing with me. You hate me, you're sick of me, you've wanted to strangle me to death. Everyone in Xue City knows that. I don't get it. You never liked me to begin with, and now I'm not pestering you anymore. We can just go our separate ways—shouldn't that be perfectly natural? Why is it so hard to cut ties with you?"
"You really want to cut ties?"
"Yes."
"Tell me why."
Lu Chengwen thought:
If I could tell you, wouldn't I have told you long ago? The problem is that I can't!
Is that really so important? What matters is that you don't like me! You like Long Aotian!
Leng Qingqiu calmly said, "I don't care what is going on in that dog brain of yours. If you refuse to tell me the truth, I won't give you what you want."
Lu Chengwen looked at her and suddenly smiled.
If I don't give you a taste of some ruthless tactics, you won't know that the Horse King has three eyes.
Lu Chengwen stood and walked up to her, closing in on Leng Qingqiu.
Leng Qingqiu instinctively leaned back, her hips resting against the edge of the table. "What are you doing?"
"Sure enough, women are just asking for it."
Lu Chengwen smiled. "When I liked you, you kept rejecting me and pretending to be all pure. Now that I want to dump you, you suddenly want to act up."
Leng Qingqiu's eyes widened. "Lu Chengwen! Watch your mouth!"
Lu Chengwen grabbed Leng Qingqiu by the chin, acting like a hoodlum. "Today, I'm doing this the hard way."
Leng Qingqiu's mind went blank with a buzz.
He... is he going to kiss me?
This bastard, he's simply inhuman!
So annoying! Just looking at that shameless face of his irritates me.
He's coming closer, he's coming closer. Oh no...
I'm still... not quite ready. Does my breath smell?
Oh my god! What am I thinking? He's going to kiss me!
Lu Chengwen slowly moved closer to Leng Qingqiu and thought:
Why isn't this girl moving? Move! Just slap me across the face and we're done! If things turn ugly, we can cancel the engagement. What a perfect plot!
Damn it, why are you closing your eyes? Big sister, are you serious? Open them, open them! What does this mean? You've given up resisting?
Lu Chengwen held her breathtakingly beautiful face in his hand, while this beautiful, aloof woman had even closed her eyes.
Any normal person—any normal person at all—would rather be riddled with machine-gun bullets than not kiss her.
But Lu Chengwen could not.
Because she was the Main Heroine, Long Aotian's foremost Main Heroine. He could not touch her.
But now, he was stuck in an impossible position.
It was another game of seeing who blinked first.
Leng Qingqiu heard Lu Chengwen's inner thoughts. Not only was she not angry, a faint smile even appeared on the face he held.
She thought happily, So that's it. You're pretending to be a bastard in front of me? You think I'll fall for that? If you've got the guts, kiss me. Go on, kiss me.
Lu Chengwen hurriedly changed tactics and released Leng Qingqiu's face. "Take the initiative. Come kiss me. I hope you know what's good for you."
Leng Qingqiu opened her eyes and looked at Lu Chengwen. Their gazes met.
Lu Chengwen panicked.
He could not see even the slightest anger on her face, not a trace of annoyance, not the tiniest hint of resistance.
Instead, Leng Qingqiu gently lifted both her fair hands and cupped Lu Chengwen's face.
Now Lu Chengwen's brain could no longer keep up.
Big sister... what are you doing?
Damn, your character setting has collapsed! You can tolerate even this? Are you really going to offer yourself up?
There's no logic to this! None at all!
Things have reached this point, so what... what are you going to do!?
Lu Chengwen watched that breathtaking face, those delicate red lips, draw closer and closer to his own.
No way?
Lu Chengwen could not believe it.
Has today's plot really fallen apart to this extent?
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