"I didn't expect you would dare to ask me out."
Shen Beitang looked at Bai Ling across from him. She was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, all wrinkled and unironed.
Bai Ling's lipstick today is different from her usual light pink; it's unusually bright, just like the awkward aura she's trying so hard to project.
"You still need me, so why shouldn't I dare to ask you out?"
"Oh?" Shen Beitang raised an eyebrow and took a sip of coffee, not expecting Bai Ling to actually have some brains.
"I have many ways to get a contract, why should I choose you?"
Bai Ling confidently took a document out of her bag. "Because I've already gotten what you wanted."
Bai Ling placed the documents on the table, indicating that Shen Beitang could look at them as he pleased.
The document contains the joint agreement signed by all the villagers, agreeing to the demolition and voluntarily accepting compensation.
Bai Li was originally a cadre in the fishing village, but he was dissatisfied with his assignment.
He hid the consent form and promised all the villagers that as long as they joined him in the resistance, they would receive more compensation and houses.
Without the consent form, further development could not proceed, so the Jincheng project came to a standstill.
"This is a photocopy."
Everything above is correct, but there are obvious traces of colored printing where the official seal is affixed.
"Of course it's a photocopy. How could I possibly give you something so important right now?"
Bai Ling took out a list filled with various conditions.
"These are the conditions set by Bai Li. We'd like to meet tomorrow morning, in the presence of a lawyer, to fulfill our promise."
Shen Beitang nodded. She had anticipated every condition on the list, and they were all equally outrageous.
"Fifty million in savings, a 350-square-meter villa in the city center, a large apartment of no less than 200 square meters, and a Porsche Cayenne."
Shen Beitang could understand the above conditions; everyone desires pleasure, but the last one...
"Should we find him a beauty pageant winner, no older than 22?"
Shen Beitang shook the paper in his hand and smiled mockingly.
"Has your family gone mad?"
Bai Ling also felt a little uncomfortable and said through gritted teeth.
"These are the conditions. Remember to come tomorrow. Also, don't bring your bodyguards."
After saying that, Bai Ling picked up her bag and left. Shen Beitang looked at the obvious signs of alteration on the paper.
It's unknown how many of these conditions were added by Bai Ling herself.
Therefore, the nature of greed is universal.
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The following day, Jincheng was drizzling, and the fishing village, being located on an uneven terrain, accumulated even more water.
Several bodyguards around him were carrying several large boxes, their feet sinking deep into the mud.
"Didn't we agree that you weren't allowed to bring anyone along!"
Bai Li stood menacingly at the village entrance, holding a watermelon knife.
Shen Beitang waved his hand, signaling someone to put down the box, and then opened it, saying, "Aren't you going to look inside?"
Bai Li's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets the moment she saw it clearly.
He had never spent so much money on paper money for his father in his entire life, and his voice even began to tremble as he spoke.
"You, you put the money here, everyone else get out of here."
Shen Beitang gestured for the others to leave first, and then followed Bai Li into the village.
Bai Li hid the money in the empty room by the door, covered it completely with weeds, and then asked in a low voice.
"Where are the house and the car? Where is my wife?"
Shen Beitang looked at Bai Li with disgust; the man in front of her was as greedy as a rat crawling on the ground.
"I'll give it to you after you give me the things."
Bai Li glanced at the room full of money. He had already paid the bulk of the money, so he figured the other party wouldn't delay paying the smaller amounts.
"Okay, come in with me, the lawyer is waiting inside."
Compared to the homes of other villagers, Bai Li's place could hardly be called a home.
There wasn't a decent place to live; the roof was leaking everywhere, and basins were used to catch the dripping water.
There wasn't even a floor; the house was built on the mud floor.
"This is Attorney Cao."
Bai Li pointed to a person wearing a white shirt and said.
Attorney Cao's clothes looked wrinkled, and even his tie was tied incorrectly.
"Attorney Cao? Did you bring your lawyer's license?"
"Huh?" Attorney Cao looked at Bai Li nervously, rummaging through the worn briefcase beside him.
"I've left the certificate at the law firm."
Bai Li slammed his hand on the table impatiently: "I asked you to come here to get something for me, not to check my household registration!"
Shen Beitang flipped through the documents Bai Li had thrown at him; they were indeed the original documents.
"I took the things."
Shen Beitang breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave.
But then she saw Bai Li standing fiercely at the door, saying, "Little wench, it's easy to get in but hard to get out."
Bai Ling, who had been hiding in the shadows, stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, what do you think of the wife I found for you?"
Bai Li rubbed his hands together with a fawning smile, his blatant gaze fixed on her.
"She's even more beautiful than a beauty pageant winner, but my niece is still the best to me."
Bai Ling breathed a sigh of relief and took out the prepared bag.
"Now you can take out my copy, right?"
Bai Li's mind was now filled with how to torture Shen Beitang later. Besides, with so much money, giving her a little wouldn't hurt.
So he waved his hand impatiently: "It's only 5 million. If you dare to take more, I'll kill you!"
Bai Ling did not respond, but instead stood defiantly in front of Shen Beitang before leaving the house.
"Do you think Gu Zhun would want a woman who has been violated?"
Shen Beitang showed no panic and calmly asked, "So, you designed all of this?"
"Of course, since I couldn't kill you before, I'll make you filthy, so filthy that it's disgusting."
Attorney Cao, who was standing to the side, couldn't hold back any longer. He bent down and slowly walked to Bai Li's side, but his eyes were fixed on her.
"Big brother, I did a good job, right? Could I also..."
Bai Li glanced at him and then kicked him in the chest.
"Get out, this is my wife, you're not worthy of her." With that, she kicked the man out.
Bai Li haphazardly took off his clothes and laid them on the ground, leaving him only in a pair of bare underwear.
The middle-aged man's greasy body swayed, glistening with the oiliness that comes from years of not bathing.
"Beauty, you didn't expect this, did you? You ended up in my hands. I'll treat you well."
Suppressing his nausea, Shen Beitang pulled out a small knife he had prepared and held it in front of Bai Li.
"This is your last chance to change your ways, or you'll only face death."
Bai Li patted his greasy belly, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and drool dripped down the corners of his mouth.
"Death? Perfect. To die under the peony blossoms is to be a romantic ghost."
As he spoke, he lunged at Shen Beitang.
Shen Beitang took a step back, a cryptic smile appearing on his face.
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