Chapter 148 She almost killed him by calling him a fool
Even though Bai Qiu said he wasn't hungry, Shen Zhichu still ordered him a takeaway and urged him to eat.
Halfway through the meal, Shen Zhichu received a call. At this time, the call could be from either work or Li Jingshen. When Shen Zhichu took out her phone, she found that it was neither of them, but an unfamiliar number.
Shen Zhichu picked up the phone and listened: "Hello, who is this?"
"Miss Shen." A hoarse man's voice came from the phone, "Your brother owes 10 million in the casino, and now I need you to bring the money over now."
Ten million. Shen Zhichu had less than five million in her pocket, plus the two million Li Jingshen had given her before. Where could she get ten million?
Shen Zhichu pursed his lips and pretended to be calm: "I don't have any money, go find whoever owes you money, why are you calling me?"
The other party was obviously using the loudspeaker, and as soon as Shen Zhichu finished speaking, he heard Shen Xiuli's voice coming from inside.
"Sister, please save me. It's only 10 million. Go ask Li Jingshen for it! If I don't have the money, they will chop off my hands!"
Shen Xiuli would only call her sister in one situation, and that was when he was begging her. The voice of Shen Xiuli being beaten and begging for mercy came from the phone. Shen Zhichu's face was indifferent, and her eyes were even colder than usual.
The man said viciously: "Did you hear that, Miss Shen? If you don't come over then I will chop off your brother's hand."
"I really don't have that much money. It's useless for you to let me go. It's better to give me a few days to collect the money." Shen Zhichu said while thinking of a countermeasure. She glanced at Bai Qiu's worried eyes, stood up and walked to the window, lowering her voice so that they wouldn't hear her conversation.
"How could it be possible that the wife of President Li couldn't even come up with a mere 10 million?"
Shen Zhichu was awed in his heart: "Then ask Li Jingshen for it."
The man was furious: "I'm not kidding you."
Shen Zhichu pulled the corners of his lips, his tone was filled with cold sarcasm: "I'm not kidding you either. The relationship between Li Jingshen and me is not as it is said on the Internet. He won't give me money. Let me say it again. Either give me a few days, or you cut off Shen Xiuli's hand. I can't care whether he lives or dies, but you have to consider whether his life is worth 10 million."
The phone suddenly became quiet. If the screen hadn't shown that the call was in progress, Shen Zhichu would have thought that the call had been hung up.
The other party seemed to be discussing countermeasures. Shen Zhichu waited for nearly thirty seconds before hearing the man's voice: "Okay, then I'll give you a week's grace period. Come over at five o'clock this afternoon to sign the document. If you're one minute late, I'll chop off one of your brother's fingers."
The man warned, "You're here alone, so don't call the police!"
He was clearly asking for money, but now it became kidnapping. Shen Zhichu didn't listen to his threat: "Send me the address."
After saying that, she hung up the phone.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. For a moment, Shen Zhichu felt heavy-hearted, and his ears felt like two insects were plugging his eardrums and making a buzzing sound.
She reached out to hold on to the wall, barely able to maintain her support.
"Zhichu, who called you?" Su Miao asked from behind.
Shen Zhichu turned his back to them, took two deep breaths, forced himself to be alert, and pretended to be fine.
She put her phone in her bag, turned around and said, "I'm fine."
"But I just heard you mention money. Are you having financial problems?"
"I'm Li Jingshen's wife, how could I be short of money?" She repeated what the man said to her on the phone, with an indifferent look and a sarcastic tone.
"I've been out for quite a while, so I'm going back first." Shen Zhichu used Li Jingshen as an excuse, "Li Jingshen will be angry if I go back late."
Bai Qiu stood up and followed her: "I'll take you there."
Shen Zhichu paused, feeling very anxious: "Don't follow me, Bai Qiu, I already made it very clear last time. If you really want me to be good, stay away from me. You are a fool. There is no possibility between us!"
Bai Qiu's face turned pale and he was nailed to the spot. This was the first time Shen Zhichu showed impatience towards him.
He was indeed a fool. He had been called a fool every day for fourteen years in the orphanage. He thought he was used to it, but Shen Zhichu's call of "fool" almost cost him half his life. It turned out that his heart could still hurt so much, and being pierced by thousands of arrows was no different.
Something in Shen Zhichu's heart trembled, and the hand holding the bag tightened more and more. She lowered her eyes and turned away.
Bai Qiu followed carefully, watching Shen Zhichu hurriedly enter the elevator. Suddenly, he ran towards the stairs like crazy, and he reached the bottom of the five floors in just a moment.
But he was a step too late after all. When he ran to the hospital gate, he only had time to see Shen Zhichu get into the car.
Bai Qiu stood like a piece of wood in the hospital stairwell, looking at the direction where the car disappeared, then looked up at the bright sunlight above his head. Hot sweat broke out on his body, and his heart was trembling as if it was about to jump out of his throat.
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