Everyone had left, and Lu Chengwen stayed behind to spend some tender time with Leng Qingqiu.
With no outsiders around, Leng Qingqiu let down all her defenses and curled up in Lu Chengwen's arms like a docile little kitten.
Lu Chengwen sat sprawled on the sofa, petting his kitten. He murmured sweet nothings to Leng Qingqiu while playing with her tiny feet.
Leng Qingqiu blushed furiously, unable to bear the embarrassment. "You're such a pervert."
Lu Chengwen leaned close to her ear. "I can be even more perverted."
"How?"
"You want to know?"
"Hmph. No."
Lu Chengwen smiled. "Sigh, Huo Wenting won't let this go. She took a loss this time, so she's probably going to hit us hard. Do you have a contingency plan?"
"Yes."
"Just don't make me seduce her. I feel sick just looking at her."
Leng Qingqiu was surprised. "Didn't you used to like women of our type? Beautiful and sexy, capable and smart, and ridiculously rich besides. She's a genuine rich lady!"
"I like you, not a type. As for money, money's a bastard. I make money so I can live freely. Marrying her would mean becoming money's bastard. I'm not doing it."
Leng Qingqiu knew Lu Chengwen was just sweet-talking her, but she was still delighted.
"By the way, Li Yangyang has been wanting to see you. At first, she said she wanted to report on work, but once that excuse stopped working, she started dropping hints. Did you drug her or something?"
"Absolutely not!" Lu Chengwen said. "She's... sort of a fan of mine."
Leng Qingqiu suddenly became serious. "The first thing Huo Wenting will likely do is make the banks stop lending to us."
"She can even control the banks!?"
"From a financial perspective, what she has is hard currency. She has