Chapter 14 As long as you obey me, I will give you everything you want.
Shen Jingni was stunned in surprise.
Was Zhao Zonglan trying to coax her or threaten her?
It sounds weird.
Let's assume he had a change of heart and was just trying to appease her.
Shen Jingni sniffed, calmed herself down for a few seconds, and finally managed to stop her tears.
The mist in her peach blossom eyes had not yet dissipated, and she looked at him with a hint of timidity, yet she boldly raised her request.
"Then can you make up for all the previous losses?"
I have no idea how much the Shen family has lost; just thinking about it makes my heart ache.
As she spoke, she began to feign pitifulness again, "Your family is so wealthy, of course you don't care about that little bit of money. We are just ordinary people, and we rely on that to make a living."
This was the first time Zhao Zonglan had encountered something so interesting.
She sat on his lap and cried, not daring to even look at him, while simultaneously making demands without restraint. Her little scheme was blatantly obvious; she was obsessed with money.
The Shen family is, after all, a prestigious family with some foundation; even if they lose hundreds of millions, it won't damage their core.
He had no intention of doing anything to the Shen family.
But the prerequisite is that she can obey.
Zhao Zonglan brushed aside the stray hairs on her cheek with his fingers, casually wiping away the tear stains at the corners of her eyes, his gaze calm: "Shen Jingni, I am a businessman."
This was the first time he had called her name.
It seems we need to seriously negotiate with her.
Yes, he's a businessman, a ruthless capitalist who preys on people without spitting out the bones. He's not so easy to talk to.
Shen Jingni sat up straight, her small frame involuntarily straightening, and looked at him seriously, "What did Mr. Zhao mean by suddenly kissing me?"
Perhaps influenced by her family environment, she is a straightforward person who asks whatever she wants.
Since she was going to negotiate terms, she had no choice but to lay out all the bargaining chips that were in her favor.
Zhao Zonglan raised his hand, pinched her beautiful chin, his pupils dark and deep. He chuckled lightly without any emotion, "Didn't you say you were at my disposal?"
Shen Jingni recalled the grand promise she had made at the Zijing Tanyuan Garden a few days ago.
She really shot herself in the foot.
They must be out of their minds to make empty promises to capitalists.
But she wasn't going to admit defeat. "I spent the last few days getting up early and working late to deliver things to you and write you apology letters. Wasn't that enough sincerity?"
They're so hard to please.
It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned the apology letter; the moment she did, Zhao Zonglan was reminded of her hypocrisy.
With a grim expression, he picked up the letter from the table and handed it to her as evidence. "Is writing some ambiguous love words what Miss Shen calls sincerity?"
Shen Jingni looked somewhat puzzled, holding the letter with an innocent yet shocked expression.
Sweet words?
She quickly lowered her head, and with the help of the light from the window, she could barely make out the words on the paper.
When I saw the phrase "May I be like a star and you like the moon," I felt terrible.
Chuyou is such a rip-off.
These apology letters were all written by Chu You, and Shen Jingni copied them onto the letter paper by hand. However, when she wrote them, she was only focused on completing the task and didn't think about it at all, so she didn't know what she wrote.
Chu You grew up in Singapore and probably doesn't even know what this poem means.
"I...I'm not good at Chinese, I used this sentence incorrectly." Shen Jingni lowered her head guiltily, her voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.
Zhao Zonglan could tell she was lying.
But he wasn't in the mood to discuss these trivial poems and songs with her.
He took a cigarette from the pack, held it in his mouth without lighting it, and looked at her with a deep gaze.
She is young and not mature enough; she lacks shrewdness and composure.
The young lady raised by the Shen family in Hangzhou is bold and responsible, and her words and deeds are consistent, showing her integrity.
That's definitely true.
So he waited for her to take the bait herself.
Shen Jingni felt even more guilty under his gaze.
She felt like she was prey being targeted by Zhao Zonglan.
The hunter was calm and composed, seemingly a different person from the one who had just forcibly kissed her.
She was no match for Zhao Zonglan.
Finally, Shen Jingni couldn't overcome her inner turmoil. She raised her chin, her face contorted in distress, and asked, "So what do you want?"
Zhao Zonglan smiled.
He held a slender cigarette between his fingers, leaned back lazily on the sofa, and said with a slight parting of his thin lips, "I'm missing a woman by my side."
!
Shen Jingni was stunned.
When she realized what was happening, her expression changed, and she started crying again.
She cried and cursed him at the same time: "Zhao Zonglan, you bastard! You actually made me a mistress who can't be seen in public! I'm a member of the Shen family, sob sob sob... I'll be removed from the family register."
There's no reason for a daughter of a prominent family to become someone's mistress.
If her parents found out, they'd break her legs.
She couldn't bear this immense injustice!
Zhao Zonglan's head ached from her crying. He pinched the bridge of his nose helplessly and uttered three words indifferently: "Girlfriend."
Shen Jingni suddenly stopped crying.
Her eyes widened, tears still clinging to her eyelashes. "What did you say?"
A contract girlfriend is something I might consider.
It can be considered to have a proper title.
Zhao Zonglan never liked to repeat herself, and no one dared to both scold and question her like she did.
He flicked his lighter to light a cigarette, his expression cold and stern, his voice low and emotionless: "Give me your answer once you've thought it through."
"Of course, whether you like it or not, the result is the same."
A hegemonic tyrant.
Shen Jingni was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth.
However, she did start to seriously consider it.
After all, she was in the wrong first, and her promise backfired. If she refuses now and refuses to submit, the consequences will be dire.
Think about those tragic heroines in romance novels who seem to have no way to escape, but in the end they are always caught and brought back.
That's too cruel, it's torture, it's really unnecessary.
But if I agree...
Zhao Zonglan has been without a woman by his side for many years. As the head of the Zhao family, he does need a girlfriend in public to deal with his family and the outside world, so he probably won't mistreat her.
Besides, she'd been craving him for a long time, wanting to take him home to warm her bed, hug and kiss him, and so on. Hehe, she was going to enjoy the best of everything.
However, if it's just about beauty, that's not quite enough.
Shen Jingni decided to stay rational and try to get some more benefits for herself.
She leaned over, nestled against Zhao Zonglan's chest, looked up at him, and smiled sweetly and brightly, "What are the benefits of being Mr. Zhao's girlfriend?"
Feeling the softness against his chest, Zhao Zonglan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and that familiar restlessness began to stir again.
He lifted his eyelids, his voice slightly hoarse from the smoke, "What benefits do you want?"
Shen Jingni rolled her eyes and licked her lips. "Talking about benefits is a bit too formal."
"It's only natural for a boyfriend to give his girlfriend gifts from time to time, and of course I'll do my best to serve you..."
Zhao Zonglan only listened to the first half of the sentence. After that, she chattered on and on, acting coquettishly and trying to please.
He couldn't be bothered to listen; he was just scheming to gain some personal benefits.
After a lengthy preamble, Shen Jingni finally got to the point: "So, can I have that batch of Song brocade and luminous pearls?"
She even added with great pride, "I will buy it at the original price so that Mr. Zhao won't lose out, but you bought that luminous pearl for too high a price, so I can only pay in installments."
This was hardly a requirement for Zhao Zonglan.
But he didn't expect that the Shen family's little princess couldn't even come up with 50 million.
He's not even as good as Chang'an.
What a pitiful little thing.
His cool fingertips caressed her jade-like cheeks, his eyes hiding a desire that Shen Jingni couldn't understand.
"As long as you obey me, I will give you everything you want."
Whether he likes someone or not, loves someone or not, he's not interested and too lazy to find out.
He simply felt that such a beautiful and interesting little thing should belong to him, Zhao Zonglan.
No one else should even have the chance to covet it.
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