"Okay, then I'll name my price!"

Zhang Tianxiong's face twisted into a ferocious grin: "Back then, you owed me ten million, plus interest, it became twenty million!"

During the three years I spent laying low in the north, I had no income. You will be responsible for all the losses; just pay me thirty million!

He held up five fingers and said, "You owe me a total of fifty million!"

"What?"

"Fifty million?"

Gu Tingchen's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "Why don't you just rob me? I only owed you ten million back then, and now you want me to pay back fifty million?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhang Tianxiong raised his hand and slapped him across the face.

"I'm going to take you, so what can you do about it?"

"If I hadn't kept it a secret back then, your gambling debts and loan sharking would have been exposed. Not only would Liu Qingyao have known, but your family would have broken your legs long ago. How could you have healthy limbs today?"

Gu Tingchen had a long face.

"I'm grateful to you for keeping this a secret for me back then!"

"But Brother Xiong, I really can't come up with fifty million. Could you lower the price a bit?"

"You bastard, don't try any tricks on me!"

Zhang Tianxiong kicked him to the ground, his eyes flashing with malice.

"I've already found out that Lin Xueyan's OEM order for you is worth 500 million. Even if the three of you split it, you'll still get around 170 million. I'm being merciful by asking for 50 million from you!"

"Still haggling? If you keep arguing, I'll break one of your legs!"

Gu Tingchen shivered.

Zhang Tianxiong, who had been on the run in the north for three years, had just returned to Jiangnan, yet he knew so much about his affairs.

Sigh! Forget it, Zhang Tianxiong is a ruthless character in the underworld. If I anger him, I won't even be able to save my own life.

Fifty million it is, consider it a loss to avert disaster.

He was about to nod in agreement.

Zhang Tianxiong spoke again.

"Actually, as long as you listen to me, I'm very easy to talk to."

"You won't get paid for the outsourced work so quickly either."

"I'll give you two months. Bring fifty million, along with Liu Qingyao, and deliver them to me!"

Gu Tingchen was startled, his pupils dilating.

"You still want Liu Qingyao?"

Is there a problem?

Zhang Tianxiong shouted angrily: "You planned that incident at the beach three years ago. We agreed that she would spend one night with me and a few brothers, and then we would film it and sell it on the black market to offset the ten million you owe me."

"But later Liu Qingyao fell off a cliff, and the good deed didn't work out."

"Now that Liu Qingyao is alright, you have to fulfill your promise from back then. You have no choice but to do it!"

Gu Tingchen felt utterly hopeless, while Zhang Tianxiong still remembered his promise from back then.

He's a complete scumbag; he's capable of handing Liu Qingyao over to Zhang Tianxiong.

The problem is that the 500 million yuan electronics manufacturing order was signed by Liu Qingyao.

If something happens to her, the contract manufacturing project will be abandoned halfway.

Without this contract manufacturing fee, where would he find the 50 million to repay Zhang Tianxiong?

He was about to explain to Zhang Tianxiong.

However, Zhang Tianxiong didn't give him a chance, holding his chin and grinning maliciously.

"I don't want to hear any more of your nonsense."

"Remember, I want to see Wu Wan and Liu Qingyao in two months!"

After saying that, he released him and led several men in black away.

Gu Tingcong slumped to the ground, on the verge of collapse.

Three years ago, he lost all his savings of tens of millions of yuan due to his gambling addiction and owed Zhang Tianxiong a gambling debt of ten million yuan.

He dared not let his family know about this, because there was a rule in the family that if anyone in the family lost a huge sum of money gambling, they would have their leg broken and be expelled from the family.

Therefore, he asked Zhang Tianxiong to keep it a secret and not to come to his home to collect the debt.

But who is Zhang Tianxiong? I can keep it a secret, but the money must be returned.

When Gu Tingchen was driven to a dead end, he learned that Zhang Tianxiong had long coveted Liu Qingyao.

So he lost his humanity and came up with an idea in front of Zhang Tianxiong.

He lured Liu Qingyao to the beach, where Zhang Tianxiong and others disguised themselves as petty thugs who robbed her, taking turns servicing Liu Qingyao. They then filmed the process and uploaded it to the dark web to sell for money.

The condition is that his ten million gambling debt be offset.

Zhang Tianxiong readily agreed upon hearing this.

To his surprise, Liu Qingyao resisted to the end and eventually fell off the cliff.

He thought she was dead, so he fled abroad, while Zhang Tianxiong and others fled to the north to avoid trouble.

Three years later, Zhang Tianxiong returned and found him.

This is really a headache.

Zhang Tianxiong wants both money and manpower, what can we do?

However, with only two months left, we can only take it one step at a time. Hopefully, we can find a solution.

He sat there blankly for more than ten minutes before getting up and leaving, looking utterly dejected.

The next day at eight o'clock, Ye Tianyu arrived at the company to start work.

Lin Man rushed out of the office and almost bumped into him.

"Ah! Ye Tianyu, I was just about to come find you!"

"You're here! Perfect timing! Let me treat you to coffee!"

Without saying a word, she pulled Ye Tianyu into her office.

"Secretary Lin, thank you, but I've already had breakfast!"

Ye Tianyu was a little confused. What was Lin Man up to today? Why was she being so enthusiastic?

"I'm treating you to coffee, not breakfast!"

Lin Man pressed his shoulder and sat him down, handing him a cup of coffee.

Ye Tianyu looked at her strangely: "Secretary Lin, what's wrong with you today? Why are you being so nice to me?"

"Oh dear! When have I ever been unkind to you?"

Lin Man stretched her pretty face in front of him and said mysteriously, "I have some news for you. President Fang's boyfriend, Lin Hao, is returning to China tomorrow!"

Ye Tianyu was stunned for a moment, then immediately remembered Fang Xueqing's request to go to the airport with her to pick someone up tomorrow.

So, the phone call Fang Xueqing received last night when she left the Imperial Garden Hotel was indeed from her boyfriend.

The person picking her up from the airport tomorrow is her boyfriend.

A strange feeling welled up inside him again.

Fearing that Lin Man might notice something, Ye Tianyu put on an indifferent expression.

"What's the big deal about Ms. Fang's boyfriend returning to China?"

"Hehe! Really?"

Lin Man looked at him with a grin: "Aren't you jealous?"

"Pfft!"

Ye Tianyu sneezed, put down his coffee, immediately stood up, and changed his expression.

"Secretary Lin, you're teasing me first thing in the morning, how boring!"

"I don't want to listen to your nonsense, I'm going back to my office!"

After saying that, he was about to leave.

Oh dear! You're actually angry!

Lin Man quickly stopped him: "I was just joking with you, teasing you, why are you taking it so seriously!"

"I don't like your jokes. What if President Fang hears this?" Ye Tianyu turned and walked away.

Lin Man quickly grabbed his arm, pouting.

"Okay, it's my fault. I shouldn't have joked like that with you!"

"I brought you in here because I wanted to ask if you could come with me to my class reunion tonight?"

"What?"

"Do you want me to go with you to the class reunion?"

Ye Tianyu shuddered. Lin Man, a girl, had invited him to accompany her to the party; the meaning couldn't be clearer.