After hearing Molly's explanation, Jiang Wanqing felt completely overwhelmed. She never expected it to be like this, and could only say that she had meant well but ended up causing trouble.
"Sigh, you..."
"I'm sorry, Wanqing, I didn't know it would backfire, but... but what's in it for him? He promised to help, so why is he competing with us for this land?"
She was completely baffled. Logically speaking, they had no grudges or conflicts with Zheng Yuan, so even if he didn't want to help, he wouldn't have resorted to such underhanded tactics to block their way.
"It's my fault, I didn't tell you that I had already cut ties with him a long time ago."
Jiang Wanqing sighed. She thought that once she resolved things with Zheng Yuan, there was no need to tell others and cause more trouble. Who knew that she would plant such a time bomb in advance?
"Huh? You two aren't in contact anymore?"
Molly belatedly realized that if that was the case, then everything made sense. No wonder she felt something was off when she was talking to Zheng Yuan, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Now it all became clear.
"It's a long story, but I never expected him to do it this way..."
"So what do we do now? Should we continue to negotiate with him? Or should we just give up on this land and look for other land?"
Jiang Wanqing shook her head, her eyes clear: "We must talk. Now that he knows about our factory project, if he wants to stop us, even if we find another location, he will still intervene. There's no escaping it."
"Why? He used to be a really nice person..."
"Hmph, who is good without conditions?" Jiang Wanqing closed her eyes.
They had only taken half a day off, and things weren't going smoothly. They had spent a lot of time, and with evening fast approaching, Jiang Wanqing finally made a decision.
"I'm going to talk to Zheng Yuan."
“I’ll go with you!” Molly looked at her firmly: “I’m the one who caused this mess, so I have to go.”
Knowing she couldn't stop her, and rather than letting her cause more trouble, Jiang Wanqing nodded.
"Okay, let's hurry up."
Once they made their decision, the two headed to Zheng Yuan's factory area. As soon as they arrived at the gate, the old man saw Molly and Jiang Wanqing and greeted them with a smile.
"You're here! This factory manager's assistant is something else. He said at least one of you two would be here today, and told me to let you in as soon as I saw you. He also said the factory manager is waiting for you, hahaha... Come on in."
"Thank you, sir."
Ignorance is no excuse. The old man was only focused on being enthusiastic and didn't know what had happened; he just noticed that they looked a bit worried.
The two arrived at Zheng Yuan's office. The door was open, and Zheng Yuan looked towards the door when he heard the noise.
"You're here, come in."
Seeing that they were waiting for them here, Jiang Wanqing naturally didn't give them a pleasant look, but she still maintained basic rationality.
Molly was furious and went in to unleash a torrent of abuse on Zheng Yuan.
"Comrade Zheng, I never expected you to be this kind of person! I thought you were sincere in agreeing to help, but it turns out you've only made things worse!"
"Comrade Molly, calm down, sit down and talk slowly. Everyone's here today, so it's a good time to clear things up." Zheng Yuan seemed more relaxed than when they met the other day.
Or perhaps he has a sense of self-satisfaction about manipulating people.
He sat down, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and crossed his legs.
"You say I'm more of a hindrance than a help? What makes you say that?"
"Of course you deliberately tried to compete with us for that piece of land to build a factory!"
"Oh? Is that so? If I really intended to compete for it, I'm afraid you wouldn't even have a chance to talk to me." He spread his hands, speaking frankly.
This sight is truly unsettling; it perfectly captures the smugness of a petty person!
Jiang Wanqing gritted her teeth: "You've achieved your goal. Just say what you want to talk about. I don't have time to beat around the bush with you."
He pushed a cup of tea over, seemingly as warm and polite as ever, but the coldness in his eyes was undeniable.
"Wanqing, do you have to talk to me like that? Why are you being so formal?"
Molly gritted her teeth inwardly, thinking to herself, "I'm being lenient by not cursing at you!"
"We've already made things clear between us; there's no need for us to reminisce."
He raised an eyebrow and clicked his tongue: "Yes, it's been made clear, but I also said that you would come back to beg me on your own, and isn't that what happened today?"
"you……"
Molly was about to act impulsively again, so Jiang Wanqing quickly pressed her down to sit and shook her head at her.
"Calm down."
"Yes, impulsiveness is the devil. A moment of impulsiveness can bring endless troubles. I believe you have already tasted this, Wanqing."
These words were a blatant threat. If things didn't go through today, Zheng Yuan would cause them trouble elsewhere in the future!
"What do you want to talk about? Or rather, what do you want in return for not interfering in our affairs?"
Not having time to waste words with him, Jiang Wanqing asked directly. The other party was clearly a fox, a sly smile appearing on his face.
"You know what I want. I just want you back in my life, or rather, back to help me. If you agree, I'll pretend nothing happened before. You want to set up a factory to sell moisturizing cream, right? I'll help you. I can even invest. Site selection and approval won't be a problem. It can be done in less than three days. But if you don't agree, then don't even think about getting it done in three days, or even three years. I have plenty of time to waste with you."
His condescending attitude, as if he were in a superior position, was extremely uncomfortable to watch.
Thinking back to Zheng Yuan from a few days ago, if Molly hadn't known that this was his true identity, she would have thought he had been possessed or had become a different person.
"You think you can stop me? I have enough knowledge and technology to help your opponent deal with you. Otherwise, let's try hurting each other and see who has the last laugh!"
Jiang Wanqing refused to yield and confronted him directly. Zheng Yuan tightened his grip on her fingers, his eyes blazing with fury.
However, he quickly calmed down and suddenly burst into laughter.
"Of course I know how resolute you are, but... you probably wouldn't want me to hurt your friends, would you?"
He tilted his head, shrugged, and grimaced; his appearance and actions were quite disgusting.
"What friend?" Jiang Wanqing asked.
Instead of answering directly, he took one of the two copies of the contract from his desk drawer and handed it to her.
"As a top student from the University of Washington, you should be able to understand this. I don't need to explain it to you, right?"
Jiang Wanqing quickly skimmed through the contents, flipped to the signature section at the end, and felt a chill run through her body when she saw Hong Xing's name.
"It's Hung Hing?!"
Molly gasped; no wonder they couldn't find him anywhere.
"What did you do to Hung Hing!" She almost lunged at Zheng Yuan and grabbed his collar.
The other party smiled calmly: "He's doing well and has adapted to life in my factory. However... I'm the factory manager, and he's a worker. This contract you have is valid for life. You're smart enough to know what that means."
He was still speaking to Jiang Wanqing; he didn't even bother to talk to Molly.
"You're despicable!"
If she doesn't comply, the retribution will fall on the poor Hung Hing.
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