Li Zeliang said, "I'm not kidding. If I cooperate with Dongzheng on this project, I'll have to invest a huge amount of money. Lawyer Shen, isn't this amount enough for you to condescend to me?" He added, "Besides, Zhan Dongzhen is already in dire straits in the Zhan family. If this project fails to be negotiated and is abandoned, he may not be able to support it for a few more days and will be driven out by the shareholders. You know he is a concubine's son. If this happens, he will probably never be able to turn things around in the Zhan family. Didn't you say you wanted to help him? Why wouldn't you do such a simple favor?"
As he spoke, the anger that had just appeared on his face had completely disappeared, as if he had returned to being the rebellious and lazy Li Zeliang before.
"What if I don't agree?" Xie Yi asked coldly.
"You won't disagree. Because you know, no matter whether it is Zhan Dongzhen or Tang Qiao who you care about, I can make them fall into hell with just a flip of my hand." Judging from Li Zeliang's expression at the moment, it seemed that they were talking about something ordinary.
After a moment, he continued, "And if Zhan Dongzhen falls, Xie Minghao will also fall. So what do you think your sisters should do next?"
Xie Yi's eyes suddenly froze, and she stared at him, "You sent someone to investigate me?"
"This question is not within the scope of our discussion." Li Zeliang didn't want to answer her at all.
Xie Yi clenched her fists tightly, her knuckles turning white. Fortunately, she never grew long nails, otherwise their fingernails would have been broken. It was a long time before she opened her fists.
"In a moment, I will ask Secretary Lin to give you my address and room keys. You can move in tonight and the contract will take effect immediately." Li Zeliang said.
Xie Yi smiled sadly, "Then Mr. Li, please allow me to ask, when will the contract be terminated?"
Li Zeliang also smiled and said, "Wait until I get tired of it."
After Xieyi left, Li Zeliang stopped smiling and continued to read the document he had just read. He did not expect that he had not read a single word after reading it for a long time. He was annoyed and threw the document on the table. He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.
Few people came and went on his floor. They all knew that he liked quietness, so they walked and talked very carefully. At this moment, as Xieyi left, the room became very quiet, with only the wall clock ticking rhythmically. Suddenly, he heard a "snap" and the pen in his hand broke into two pieces.
He couldn't imagine that he would do such a stupid thing.
In the afternoon, Yang Wangjie received a call from Yin Xiaomei.
"Hehe." She laughed foolishly on the other end of the phone.
"What's wrong? You're so happy."
"Of course I'm happy that my heart knot has been untied," Yin Xiaomei said.
"What's the problem?"
"I told you last time about meeting Miss Shen. Haha, after all this time, you didn't take it to heart at all."
Yang Wangjie sneered. He didn't expect her to be so serious. "I've been so busy these past few days that I almost forgot my last name."
"No wonder they say birds of a feather flock together. You and my brother are similar. When you're working, you forget about food and sleep. And you're bored to death at other times."
Yang Wangjie reminded her: "You were going to tell me something, so where did you go off to?"
"Oh, Shen Xieyi and I are alumni of M University. I suddenly remembered it yesterday."
"Alumni?"
"Yes, she was my senior in college. When we were at M University, we were both in the Dream Theater," Yin Xiaomei explained, "It's a drama club in our school. No wonder she looked familiar."
"Really?" Yang Wangjie answered casually.
"She acted in a play with me before. I really miss that time." Yin Xiaomei sighed, "If my dad hadn't stopped me, I would have wanted to be an actor too."
"How old are you and you're already feeling sad about the passing of time?"
Although Yin Xiaomei is not much younger, she has always been treated as the treasure of the family, so she has a pure and cute personality and always gives people the impression that she will never grow up.
"Wang Jie, when can we invite Miss Shen out to reminisce about the past?"
“This…” Yang Wangjie was a little embarrassed.
"Ha, I get it. You have something on your mind. Are you attracted to Miss Shen?"
Yang Wangjie was unable to argue for a moment, so he could only say, "Let's talk about it when Miss Shen is free."
However, at this moment, Miss Shen was in Li Zeliang's apartment.
The apartment was not the kind of mansion covering thousands of square meters that most people imagined, where it would take several minutes to walk from the bedroom to the dining room. Instead, it was a very ordinary elevator apartment, except that the windows of each room could take in the scenery of the entire city, including the Mingcui Mountain at the other end of the city.
The house is decorated very simply, even the lamps are simple and bright in style and color.
In addition to the living room, the apartment has a bedroom, a study and an entertainment room with only a snooker table.
At this time, Xie Yi was in no mood to think about Li Zeliang's preferences. She had been sitting on the sofa in the living room motionless since she entered the house.
Li Zeliang not only asked Xiaolin to call a taxi to take her, but also openly gave her half a day off. I really don't know whether to say that he was abusing his power for personal gain or being lenient to his subordinates. The corners of Xieyi's mouth twitched in a sarcastic manner.
It was already getting dark when she arrived. She didn't know how long she had been sitting there. She only saw the sky outside the window gradually getting dark. Lights of various colors slowly lit up, making a corner of the dark sky appear bright red.
Alone and without turning on the lights, she just waited, immersed in the darkness, waiting for the man to appear.
Suddenly, she keenly heard a "ding-dong" sound, and the elevator on this floor seemed to ring once, and then there was a sound of footsteps, approaching this direction one by one. Her heart tightened, she straightened her back, held her breath, and held her handbag tightly with both hands. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, but when passing by this door, they did not stop at all and turned to another place.
not him.
After confirming these three words in his mind, Xieyi finally relaxed. He opened his palms and saw that they were covered with a thin layer of sweat.
Then, Xieyi's phone rang. There was very little noise around, so the sudden ringing startled her.
"Freehand painting." It was Aunt Ren calling.
"Aunt Ren."
"Xieqing was talking just now and suddenly mentioned you." Aunt Ren's tone was filled with joy, because since she fell ill, Xieqing had never known anyone other than those three people, including Xieyi.
"What did you mention about me?"
"After dinner, she suddenly asked, 'Dad, do you want to go and see some freehand paintings?' She asked me twice."
Xieyi smiled: "That's great."
It’s really good. After all, Xie Qing is her only blood relative in this world.
After hanging up the phone, she felt a little tired, so she curled up in the corner of the sofa with her clothes on and wanted to take a nap so that she would have the energy to deal with things after Li Zeliang came back. She leaned over, but felt something strange on her face, and reached out to touch it, and it turned out that tears were overflowing.
When my fingertips touched it, it was cold.
Xieyi lay on the sofa in a daze until dawn, and Li Zeliang did not show up all night. She quickly changed into yesterday's suit, washed up, and went to work on time.
Before ten o'clock, someone called her to attend a meeting.
"What is it?" she asked.
"The strategic coordination meeting at Lantian Bay." Xue Qigui's assistant replied, without mentioning that she had blocked Xie Yi from entering the meeting room yesterday.
Haha, Xie Yi thought, the contract he mentioned would take effect immediately as expected, and now her rights were fully restored. She couldn't help but snorted coldly and walked to the door of the conference hall, just in time to run into Li Zeliang and others coming towards her.
She turned her head away, not wanting to look at him.
Li Zeliang pursed his lips tightly and said nothing. Xue Qigui beside him said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Lawyer Shen, we have decided to adopt your proposal."
Xieyi nodded to Xue Qigui.
Many people were surprised by the company's reversal decision, and from time to time some people looked at Xie Yi with suspicion. She sat upright, her face normal.
Li Zeliang fulfilled his promise at the meeting. Perhaps no one knew what kind of deal was between him and her behind the scenes.
At night, Xieyi waited for a long time again, but still could not see Li Zeliang. If she had to stay on the sofa all night, her whole body would probably be uncomfortable, but she was absolutely unwilling to step into his bedroom. She changed into loose clothes and curled up on the sofa. Before she closed her eyes in a daze, she thought: I hope he won't show up tonight, and never show up.
After having dinner with others, Li Zeliang returned to the Li family's old house on Yuyang Road. He didn't live there often, but he suddenly showed up yesterday, catching everyone in the old house off guard and busying themselves for a long time.
Before I even entered the house today, the housekeeper, Old Tan, came over and asked, "Mr. Li, have you had dinner?" It was obvious that he had already prepared.
"I've eaten." Li Zeliang said, "Uncle Tan, I'm bothering you again."
"How can you say that? We always look forward to your coming. This old house seems deserted without any young people in it," said Old Tan.
Li Zeliang smiled and went back to his room to take a shower and change clothes.
Old Tan prepared a change of clothes and brought them into the bathroom, then asked cautiously, "Mr. Li, do you need any help?"
"No need." Li Zeliang said as he untied his tie.