You Have Courted Death, Kid!

Lanzi Group, President's Office.

Leng Qingqiu was buried in handling the group's documents when the telephone on her desk suddenly rang.

Leng Qingqiu's brows furrowed slightly. Though the abrupt interruption displeased her somewhat, she did not hesitate and casually picked up the call.

Anyone who knew the number to her office phone was, at the very least, a boss worth hundreds of millions. They might have a partnership project to discuss with her, so Leng Qingqiu naturally did not dare neglect it.

Squeezed by the joint suppression of her competitors, coupled with the lack of progress on the products recently under development, Lanzi Group's cash flow was on the verge of collapse. It had reached a critical moment of life or death.

Therefore, Leng Qingqiu would not let even the slightest opportunity slip away at a time like this.

"Hello, this is Leng Qingqiu, president of Lanzi Group..."

"What?"

"Lingxiao Capital wants to invest in and acquire shares of Lanzi Group?"

Upon hearing this sudden piece of good news, Leng Qingqiu jumped to her feet in excitement.

"Alright. I'll be waiting at Yuexin Restaurant at twelve noon tomorrow."

"Alright, thank you..."

"Phew..."

After taking a deep breath and calming her slightly ragged breathing, Leng Qingqiu hung up and finally reined in her excitement. She immediately messaged her secretary, Li Yanran, asking her to come to the office.

About five minutes later, a knock sounded by Leng Qingqiu's ear.

"Come in."

After receiving Leng Qingqiu's permission, a tall, exquisitely beautiful woman dressed like a secretary in a black bodycon skirt entered the office.

"President, you wanted to see me?"

Li Yanran placed a stack of documents on Leng Qingqiu's desk and quietly waited for her instructions.

Li Yanran wore an off-white blouse, her slender, long legs wrapped in black stockings, with high heels on her feet. She was the very picture of an urban office worker.

Though her looks fell slightly short of Leng Qingqiu's, she could still absolutely be called a peerless beauty.

Outside the door, Xiao Chen, who had been leaning against the corner of the wall, hurriedly pressed his ear to it after seeing Li Yanran enter the office. He listened intently, hoping to eavesdrop on the two women's conversation.

Xiao Chen was twenty-four this year. After graduating from high school at eighteen, he had gone abroad to make his way in the world and, by a stroke of chance, become a mercenary.

Relying on his exceptional courage and decent luck, he had flourished overseas over the years and built his own mercenary corps from scratch.

Tired of living with his life on the line, Xiao Chen had returned to the Dragon Kingdom, to Linjiang City, the city he could never stop thinking about.

After returning home, Xiao Chen had originally planned to visit the Orphanage immediately to look for his childhood sweetheart.

Yet by chance, Xiao Chen had met Leng Qingqiu and fallen in love with her at first sight.

He had long since regarded Leng Qingqiu as his woman, which was why he had come to Lanzi Group to apply for the position of her bodyguard.

Although Xiao Chen had tried every possible way to show off these past few days, Leng Qingqiu lived up to her name. She was aloof by nature and a complete workaholic, so Xiao Chen had not found any particularly suitable opportunities.

However, Xiao Chen was not discouraged. Leng Qingqiu's frosty aura that kept people at arm's length instead further stirred his desire to conquer her.

After all, the colder the iceberg beauty, the greater the sense of accomplishment in conquering her.

Moreover, Xiao Chen had heard that Lanzi Group had recently run into some cash-flow problems, and he knew his chance to perform had arrived.

As long as he invested in Lanzi Group and brought it back from the brink, why would he need to worry about failing to win the favor of a workaholic like Leng Qingqiu?

Over the years, he had earned considerable wealth by assassinating leaders of small countries in Africa and trafficking arms and enslaved people. He had several billion at least; helping Lanzi Group recover was no difficult task.

But Xiao Chen also understood the value of timely aid, so he had not chosen to act immediately. Instead, he had quietly waited for the right moment.

He would wait until the group truly stood at the brink of life and death before injecting funds. That way, it would leave an even deeper impression on Leng Qingqiu.

Lanzi Group was filled with beauties, and Leng Qingqiu's secretary, Li Yanran, was likewise a stunning beauty. Naturally, Xiao Chen coveted her as well.

He had long regarded Lanzi Group as the base camp of his future harem, fantasizing about it countless times...

Only children made choices. Xiao Chen, of course, wanted them all!

In Xiao Chen's eyes, both Leng Qingqiu and Li Yanran were already his women, and they would eventually submit beneath his six-centimeter spear!

"Clear my schedule for tomorrow. Come with me to Yuexin Restaurant at noon tomorrow..."

Glancing at Li Yanran, Leng Qingqiu gave the instruction indifferently.

"To Yuexin Restaurant?"

"President, could it be that you've already secured funding?"

Hearing Leng Qingqiu say this, Li Yanran instantly understood what her superior had in mind, her tone carrying a hint of surprise.

Li Yanran had joined Lanzi Group as Leng Qingqiu's secretary after graduating from university. Having worked there for three years, she naturally knew Leng Qingqiu extremely well.

Usually, Leng Qingqiu would choose this place for meals whenever she discussed business cooperation with other company presidents.

Outside the door, Xiao Chen's heart abruptly tightened upon hearing this news, and a host of bad premonitions rose within him...

"That's right. Lingxiao Capital just called."

"Their chairman wants to discuss investing in and acquiring shares of Lanzi Group with me tomorrow. You'll come with me then..."

At the mention of this matter, the corners of Leng Qingqiu's lips lifted slightly, a faint smile appearing on her pretty face.

"Lingxiao Capital's chairman... is that Jiang Che, the man known as the God of Investment?"

Li Yanran blinked. Clearly, she had long heard Jiang Che's great name.

After all, Jiang Che's achievements over the past three years had been far too dazzling. He had long caused a stir among high society, so naturally she had heard of him.

It was said that projects invested in by the God of Investment had almost never suffered losses.

In just three years, he had turned Lingxiao Capital from a small company valued at five billion into a major enterprise valued at one hundred billion. That was why he had earned the title of God of Investment.

"That's him. With Lingxiao Capital entering the picture, if we can close this deal, the group can be brought back to life in an instant!"

Leng Qingqiu nodded heavily, her expression more solemn than ever before.

She understood that this was her only chance at present.

No matter what, Leng Qingqiu would seize it firmly!

"Understood, President. I'll go make arrangements for tomorrow."

Li Yanran nodded slightly, then strode elegantly out of the President's Office on her beautiful black-stockinged legs.

Outside the door, Xiao Chen, who had overheard the women's entire conversation, had a thoroughly dark expression. His body trembled faintly with rage as he slammed a heavy fist into the corridor wall, cracking it open with a deep fissure.

Xiao Chen had originally intended to step in and save the crumbling Lanzi Group in three days, but he had not expected someone to cut in halfway.

Damn it. No matter who this Lingxiao Capital boss was, Xiao Chen was going to kill him!

Tomorrow, he would definitely find a way to accompany Leng Qingqiu to that meal.

How dare he disrupt Blood Wolf's plans? You have courted death, kid!