Chapter 82 Transaction Between the Two Parties
The tension in the director's office at Chunlei Welfare Home instantly escalated to its peak.
Li Hu and his men instinctively gripped their guns tighter, their palms sweating profusely.
This was the first time they had ever seen their own commander, so decisive and ruthless, so unfazed even in the face of a collapsing mountain, driven to such a state by a woman.
Who exactly is this woman? She's incredibly audacious!
The desperados sent by Zheng Kai looked at Bai Shu with a gaze that had gone from awe to fanaticism.
Awesome! That's fucking awesome!
In this world, there are very few people who would dare to point a gun at the Lu family's living devil, but this "Miss Bai" in front of us is the first one who would dare to flirt with him and manipulate him like this to his face!
Lu Jingyan's chest heaved violently, and the bloodshot in his eyes was so intense it looked like it was about to drip blood.
A surge of violent rage shot from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and he could barely control the urge to pull the trigger.
How dare this woman! How dare she utter such hurtful words with those eyes that resemble Wan Tang's!
But beneath that overwhelming rage lay a deeper sense of powerlessness that left him bewildered and helpless.
He couldn't kill her.
It wasn't because of the chips she held, but because of those eyes.
He feared that once the gunshot rang out, the light in those eyes would be extinguished forever, just like the evening peony.
"You're asking for it."
Lu Jingyan squeezed out three words through gritted teeth, hoarse, dry, and filled with suppressed madness.
However, Bai Shu smiled in the face of his almost murderous gaze.
She turned around gracefully, her high heels clicking crisply on the floor, ignoring the dozen or so dark gun barrels, and walked straight behind the large boss's desk, where she sat down elegantly.
Bai Shu poured herself a glass of water, took a slow sip to moisten her slightly hoarse throat, and then raised her eyelids to look at Lu Jingyan, who was still frozen in place.
"Commander Lu, don't look at me like that, I'm scared."
She said she was scared, but her peach blossom eyes were full of playful laughter and cold calculation.
"Why don't we talk business?"
Bai Zhu put down the water glass with a soft sound.
"You want what I have. I'll use the power you hold. It's fair, isn't it?"
Lu Jingyan was almost laughing out of anger.
Business?
He had never done such a frustrating business in his entire life!
"What makes you think you have the right to negotiate with me?" he said coldly.
Bai Zhu extended a slender finger and gently tapped the table, making a "tap, tap" sound.
"Without this original data, the evidence you have can at most cripple Lu Wenbo, but it won't kill him."
"Without the Lu family's ruthless methods, I, a mere 'foreign businessman,' cannot clean up this mess in Shanghai."
“And you say,” she paused, raised her chin, and said with a hint of provocation in her eyes, “that you, Commander Lu, dare not fire.”
Lu Jingyan's pupils suddenly shrank to the most dangerous pinpoints.
This woman sees him too clearly.
Bai Shu was satisfied with his reaction and continued, "My conditions are very simple, three in total."
"First, I want your Lu family to use all your resources to deliver everything I photographed in the welfare home, along with this data, completely and without missing a single word, to those old men in Beijing who have the final say."
"I want Lu Wenbo and the network behind him to rot in prison this time, never to rise again!"
Her voice wasn't loud, but every word was firm and resounding, carrying an undeniable ruthlessness.
Lu Jingyan's eyes flickered. This condition aligned with his own goals, and was even more ruthless and decisive.
“Second,” Bai Shu said, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth, his eyes gleaming with calculation.
“All the businesses Lu Wenbo has acquired and the connections he has built in Shanghai over the years, both the legitimate and illegitimate ones, I want them all. I want to use his legacy to pave the way for my business in Shanghai.”
Li Hu, who was listening from behind, gasped in shock.
Good heavens, this woman is asking for an outrageous amount!
It's not enough to just devour the second master of the Lu family alive; they'll chew up even the bone fragments and swallow them!
Lu Jingyan stared intently at her. This woman's greed and ambition were written nakedly on her face, without any attempt to conceal them. This was completely different from Wan Tang's reserved nature.
"And the third one?" he asked, almost gritting his teeth.
Bai Shu's gaze passed over him and drifted towards the dark night sky outside the window, as if it could penetrate all obstacles and see in a distant direction.
"Finally, I need a bodyguard."
She withdrew her gaze and returned it to Lu Jingyan's handsome yet cold face, her red lips parting slightly:
“You, Lu Jingyan, will come in person. Accompany me on this trip to settle a personal grudge.”
The office was deathly silent.
Everyone was stunned by Bai Shu's third condition.
Why would the Lu family's living devil, the rising star of the Beijing Military Region, personally act as her bodyguard?
Is this woman crazy?
This is no longer negotiating; this is blatant humiliation!
Lu Jingyan's face was no longer angry, only a cold, deathly stillness remained.
Looking at the woman before him, at her face that was both familiar and unfamiliar, at the unfathomable calculation and alienation in her eyes, an unprecedented sense of absurdity overwhelmed him.
He suddenly felt like laughing.
After Su Wantang left, he thought he would never smile again.
But at that moment, he actually laughed. The laughter was low and filled with endless sorrow and self-mockery.
What did this woman take him for? A tool to be used at will? A slave to be driven around at will?
Lu Jingyan should have refused outright and then used the strongest measures to take control of her and everything she possessed.
But……
When his gaze fell upon her captivating eyes once more, all words of refusal stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single one.
He had an inexplicable urge to take a look.
I want to see what this woman is up to.
I want to see what kind of demonic soul lies hidden beneath her skin that so closely resembles Wan Tang's.
This might be the only way for him to temporarily escape the pain of losing Wantang—to numb himself with a new puzzle.
Silence spread through the room.
Every second felt like an eternity.
Finally, Lu Jingyan slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, all the emotions in his eyes had faded, leaving only a calm as deep as an abyss.
"good."
He squeezed out the word through gritted teeth.
A victor's smile appeared on Bai Shu's face.
“But,” Lu Jingyan’s voice was as cold as ice.
"Until I'm sure everything is settled, you must stay within my sight. Wherever you go, I'll go. I won't leave your side."
This is his bottom line, and the only bit of initiative he has regained for himself.
He wanted to watch her and find out who she really was.
"make a deal."
Bai Zhu answered crisply and decisively, as if she had expected him to say that.
She picked up the heavy lead box on the table, tossed it over casually, and handed it over.
Lu Jingyan instinctively reached out and caught it.
The lead box was cold and heavy.
The instant he caught it, his fingertips inevitably touched the hand that had just handed him the box.
Her fingertips were cool and delicate.
A familiar, tingling sensation, like an electric current, shot through his fingertips and instantly spread throughout his body!
It's Wan Tang!
It was the feeling of her drawing circles in his palm with her slightly cool fingertips when he was holding her!
When Su Wantang touched his fingertips, which were calloused and burning hot, she recoiled as if she had been burned by fire!
Her heart skipped a beat at that moment, and a wave of bitterness and grievance almost overwhelmed her.
But she forcefully suppressed this emotion, so quickly that no one noticed.
She took a half step back, creating distance again, and her face regained its icy, aloof expression.
However, her slightly trembling fingertips and her face that paled slightly in an instant betrayed the turmoil in her heart.
Lu Jingyan caught the heavy lead box, but his entire mind was still on that brief touch.
He raised his head and stared at her with an almost manic look, trying to find even the slightest flaw in her face.
However, no.
Bai Shu had completely transformed back into the impeccable Boss Bai. She said calmly to her subordinates behind her, "Let's go."
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