"Okay." Qiao Zhen replied simply and hung up the phone. She intended to leave, but when she looked up, she met Lu Zheng's face.
Qiao Zhen's expression stiffened, and she forced a smile, saying, "What a coincidence."
"You're being discharged from the hospital without even telling me?"
Lu Zheng asked, his tone slightly displeased.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen paused, looking somewhat puzzled.
"What, Mr. Lu, do I need to report to you when I'm discharged from the hospital?"
Seeing Qiao Zhen's stubbornness, Lu Zheng felt a surge of anger.
But for some reason, he has been unable to send it in front of Qiao Zhen lately.
"Qiao Zhen, you know my temper. You should know what the consequences are for angering me."
Qiao Zhen was tired of hearing Lu Zheng's obsessive words, and her tone became somewhat impatient.
"Mr. Lu, if you really can't stand me, you can fire me."
After speaking, Qiao Zhen looked up and met Lu Zheng's eyes.
He knew that even if Lu Zheng was angry, he wouldn't do that.
After a long silence, Lu Zheng looked at Qiao Zhen and suddenly sneered, "Qiao Zhen, I've really spoiled you too much."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Zheng pulled Qiao Zhen into his arms and dragged him all the way to the parking lot.
"Let me go, Lu Zheng!"
Qiao Zhen shouted, looking at Lu Zheng's face, he suddenly felt a little regretful.
I really underestimated Lu Zheng's determination.
Lu Zheng locked Qiao Zhen in the car, then sat in the driver's seat and started the car.
Qiao Zhen looked at him and said in an unhappy tone, "Lu Zheng, do you really have to treat me like this?"
Hearing this, Lu Zheng merely curled the corners of his lips: "I've always been like this, and you're only just realizing it now?"
Qiao Zhen stopped talking and stared at the scenery outside the car window with her head down, but Lu Zheng could see Qiao Zhen's dark face out of the corner of his eye.
Back home, Lu Zheng's actions remained decisive. After locking Qiao Zhen in her room, he quickly disarmed her.
"You!" Qiao Zhen protested, her face flushed, pounding on Lu Zheng's chest. "You're shameless!"
Unexpectedly, Lu Zheng readily accepted the compliment: "Thank you for the compliment."
Without any hesitation, Lu Zheng leaned down and kissed her.
Because she had been recuperating in the hospital recently, Qiao Zhen had never had anything like this with strangers before, so this sudden incident startled her so much that she trembled all over.
"No..." A few waves welled up in Qiao Zhen's eyes as she squinted slightly.
In his hazy vision, he saw Lu Zheng's triumphant smile, and anger surged within him.
"Why are you treating me like this? Why don't I even have the right to resist?"
Qiao Zhen said, unable to bear it any longer.
"Because you are mine."
After saying this, Lu Zheng bit Qiao Zhen's lip hard, leaving his mark, which made Qiao Zhen hiss in pain.
"I don't belong to anyone, don't try to imprison me with those kinds of words!"
After saying that, Qiao Zhen wiped her lips hard, as if trying to erase the trace of Lu Zheng's presence.
Lu Zheng suddenly grabbed Qiao Zhen's hand, his expression mocking: "These kinds of things are never something you can decide."
"I advise you to know your place and not to try to oppose me."
After saying that, Qiao Zhen casually picked up the quilt next to her, threw herself on top of him, and then left the villa.
Watching Lu Zheng's departing figure, Qiao Zhen angrily punched the blanket in frustration.
"That bastard!"
After Lu Zheng left, Qiao Zhen was left all alone in the huge villa.
Qiao Zhen felt she couldn't just sit and wait for her fate, so she took out her phone and called Gu Xijue.
"How's the case of the Tang family's tax evasion going?"
"It's basically a done deal, it's just a matter of time. But when I got this done, I promised Tang Yue that I would get her out of here."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen was somewhat surprised: "Does she mean she's abandoning the Tang family?"
"Yes, you can understand it that way. After all, when disaster strikes, everyone flies away."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but feel a little sad.
In Tang Yue's eyes, family ties are nothing more than a tool to maintain relationships; they are not as important as personal interests.
"I understand," Qiao Zhen replied and then hung up the phone.
Time quickly passed, and it was after the Tang family's tax evasion was investigated. Watching the news reports about the Tang family's tax evasion, Qiao Zhen ate sunflower seeds while changing channels with great interest.
However, she didn't see Tang Yue at all; it seemed she was hiding.
Just then, Lu Zheng pushed open the door and came in. Seeing Qiao Zhen's appearance, he silently handed her a piece of cake.
Qiao Zhen glanced at him, then silently took the small cake and began to eat it by herself.
"Are you aware of the Tang family's tax evasion?"
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen nodded while changing the channel on the remote: "I know, I was just watching the news."
"You weren't involved in this, were you?"
For some reason, Lu Zheng suddenly asked these questions.
Qiao Zhen stopped eating sunflower seeds and looked at Lu Zheng, saying, "What if I said yes?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng pursed his lips: "I told you not to have any contact with Gu Xijue, and this is your response?"
"Mr. Gu has offended you, so why can't I have contact with him?"
Qiao Zhen turned her head and asked.
Looking at Qiao Zhen's confident demeanor, Lu Zheng frowned and said, "Don't forget, you're my employee now."
"Besides, you know better than I how the people around you perceive me."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen's smile froze, and she silently began eating the cake in her hand.
"I didn't specifically contact Gu Xijue; it was just to get rid of Tang Yue."
Qiao Zhen couldn't help but laugh at the thought of Tang Yue's suspicious and paranoid demeanor at the company.
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