"you?"

Jiang Zhenghua looked Wang Qian up and down. He was about to say something sarcastic, but then he seemed to remember something, and his disdainful expression changed.

"Wang Qian, right?"

He reached out and patted Wang Qian on the shoulder, asking meaningfully, "So, what are your conditions?"

Having spent many years navigating the business world, he was already intimately familiar with many of the rules of the workplace.

Wu Yanping miraculously only received him as a sponsor, which certainly wasn't because he was rich.

Because at least half of all the sponsors are richer than him.

It's even less likely because he's handsome.

After all, he was already in his sixties, with white hair and a face full of wrinkles. No matter how strange Wu Yanping's hobbies were, she could not possibly like an old man she had never met before.

Therefore, the most likely explanation is that Wang Qian interfered.

Wang Qian's arrangement for Wu Yanping to meet with him likely had only one purpose.

With his support, they came to Linjiang City for development.

This is probably why Wu Yanping kept refusing him, but Wang Qian always managed to persuade her at crucial moments.

This is her way of showing him goodwill!

"President Jiang, what do you mean by that?"

Wang Qian was startled. He glanced around as if afraid of being overheard, and said in a fierce but weak voice, "Miss Wu and I are from the same family. Our friendship is purely platonic. I would never use this relationship to achieve my goals. Absolutely not!"

When he said the last sentence, Wang Qian deliberately raised his voice, so that almost everyone present could hear it.

But the more guilty he acted, the wider Jiang Zhenghua's smile became.

"Alright, I know your friendship with Miss Wu can't be measured by material things. I was being presumptuous!"

He shook his head and sighed, "Since Miss Wu wants to rest, I won't disturb you any longer. How about we talk privately another day?"

"This...is acceptable!"

Wang Qian hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Jiang Zhenghua didn't linger any longer. He picked up the bottle of XO he had only taken a sip of and left.

However, before leaving, he couldn't help but give Wang Qian a meaningful look.

Wang Qian understood and nodded slightly.

Jiang Zhenghua left satisfied.

...

Not long after.

Wang Qian returned to the top floor of the Yiwangxi Hotel.

"So? Did Jiang Zhenghua fall for it?"

As soon as Wang Qian opened the door and came in, Wu Yanping, who had returned a step earlier, and Gao Churou, who had been waiting impatiently, rushed to greet him.

The meeting with Jiang Zhenghua just now was nothing more than a performance.

Although Wu Yanping felt that her performance was incredibly convincing, she had no idea whether it would achieve its purpose.

"all the best!"

Wang Qian made an "OK" gesture. "The bait has been cast, and the fish have already smelled the aroma. As for whether they will take the bait or not, that depends on whether Jiang Zhenghua will ask to meet with me alone."

Then he looked at Gao Churou and said, "Sister Rou, whether we can handle that shrew tomorrow depends on you."

"You've all completed the first step of the plan. If I fail to do so, wouldn't that just be causing you trouble?"

Gao Churou glanced at Wu Yanping, seemingly unintentionally, and said eagerly, "Don't worry, that resentful woman won't escape my grasp!"

...

The next day, early morning.

The mist lingered in the air above the city, refusing to dissipate for a long time.

At this time of year, it's still very cold in the mornings. Apart from elderly people who need to get up early to buy groceries and office workers who need to get up early, almost no one wants to go out.

But at this moment, on the second floor of a luxurious villa, a middle-aged woman with graying temples and a bloated figure was leaning against the railing, lost in thought.

Before she knew it, two lines of tears were streaming down her cheeks.

"He didn't come back last night, he must have spent the night at some vixen's place again!"

"But even if he comes back, he won't come into my room."

How ironic!

"I have achieved the life that many people dream of, but I have also lost the most basic happiness as a woman."

She muttered a few self-deprecating words to herself, then prepared to turn around and go back into the house.

thump!

The sound of a stone falling into the water suddenly came from below.

Looking down instinctively, Qiu Minxia's expression immediately changed.

There is a river right below her villa.

At that moment, a woman who looked to be around thirty years old, with a plump figure and a round face, was standing on the riverbank, trying to jump into the river.

Suicide attempt?

Qiu Minxia immediately made that connection.

This woman looked completely distraught; she must have suffered some kind of blow and was determined to die.

"Haha, I've given so much for you, stayed alone in this empty house for so many years, and you actually abandoned me and left with another woman. What's the point of me living?"

The woman on the river laughed like a madwoman, slowly walking towards the riverbank.

But she seemed to have not yet made up her mind and hesitated to jump into the river.

"Hey, don't do anything rash!"

Upon seeing this, Qiu Minxia shouted anxiously and ran downstairs.

Because she was too fat, she ran slowly and was panting heavily.

However, the woman on the riverbank did not jump. When she approached, she immediately said warily, "Don't come any closer. My business is none of your concern."

"Sis, what's bothering you?"

Qiu Minxia patiently persuaded her, "It's better to live a miserable life than to die. There's no need for you to seek death; it's not worth it."

You don't understand!

The woman shook her head, choking back tears, and said, "I poured my heart out to him, but he was philandering outside, and even said I wasn't worth a single hair of that vixen. What's the point of my life?"

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