Hearing this, Lu Zheng scoffed disdainfully and said, "I don't care what excuse you use to argue, and I don't want to guess what your motives are, but let me tell you, Qiao Zhen, you will never escape my grasp in this lifetime."
"I...did it for the money."
Upon hearing his words, Qiao Zhen hastily told a lie.
Lu Zheng, who was dressing himself, sneered as he looked at Qiao Zhen as if he wanted to devour her: "Name your price, I'll pay you, but I'm afraid you won't live to spend it."
Qiao Zhen met his sharp eyes and felt a pang of panic, but she still mustered her courage and said, "Give me money, or marry me!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng seemed to find it amusing. He chuckled, buttoned up the last button of his shirt, and looked at Qiao Zhen with a mocking expression: "I have no intention of getting married."
"So what do you mean?"
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen became furious.
"What?" Lu Zheng looked at him with a sneer. In fact, he knew everything, but he was just pretending not to understand.
"You've slept with me so many times, aren't you going to take responsibility for me?"
Qiao Zhen raised her stubborn face and looked at him.
Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng's face remained disdainful, and his expression towards her even held a hint of contempt.
"There are plenty of substitutes for a woman like you. If you don't listen to me, I can replace you anytime."
Hearing his words, Qiao Zhen also lost her temper and immediately retorted, "Sure, then hurry up and find another one, I'd love to!"
"Hmph." Lu Zheng sneered, then said, "Remember this, Qiao Zhen: I'm the one who will abandon you, but don't even think about leaving me on your own."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the door opened with a click.
Watching Lu Zheng's departing figure, Qiao Zhen inexplicably became angry and sent him an email directly from her computer.
"In that case, let's just break up. It's better for us to maintain the relationship between the sugar daddy and the mistress."
After sending the email, she didn't care whether Lu Zheng agreed or not, and assumed that she was single again.
After doing all this, he found Gu Xijue again as dawn broke.
After hearing her story, Gu Xijue couldn't help but be surprised. "Zhenzhen, you just broke up with him like that?"
"Yeah, why should I be so hung up on a guy like that?"
Qiao Zhen couldn't understand why Gu Xijue was making this face when it was clearly Lu Zheng's fault.
Upon hearing this, Gu Xijue immediately explained, "I didn't mean that. I just felt that you were doing things a bit too fast, and I couldn't keep up with your pace for a moment."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen was too lazy to waste words with him and said directly, "Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether we separate or not, since this thing is just a name without substance anyway."
After all, he had already said those things that day, so there was no need for me to insist anymore.
Hearing this, Gu Xijue sighed and then took her hand: "I understand you, Zhenzhen, but I will always be there to support you."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen's smile softened somewhat. "Thank you."
Meanwhile, after Lu Zheng entered the company, he saw the email sent by Qiao Zhen.
Lu Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, staring intently at the screen. After a long while, a smile appeared on his lips.
His words were laced with undisguised sarcasm: "If you're going to try to play hard to get with me, you're probably still too green."
As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up his phone and dialed a number: "Bring Qiao Zhen here within ten minutes."
At this moment, Qiao Zhen and Gu Xijue were discussing in the coffee shop when they saw Lu Zheng walking gracefully towards them from not far away.
"Ms. Qiao, Mr. Lu needs you to come over. Please cooperate with us."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen frowned, looked at them with a puzzled expression, and said sharply, "Didn't you break up? What are you doing here?"
"Please come with us." The leader did not answer her question.
"If I'm not mistaken, Miss Qiao seems to have broken up with your Mr. Lu. In that case, isn't it a bit unreasonable for you to force her to do this?"
Gu Xijue's expression was also a little displeased, but he still managed to suppress his anger and calmly looked at them.
"Never mind." Qiao Zhen grasped his hand and then stood up.
"He's always been so domineering and ruthless."
Qiao Zhen sneered and added, "So that's why I broke up with him."
The car started up quickly, and as the sound of the engine slowly faded away, Gu Xijue's gaze turned vicious, and his face became ashen.
“Lu Zheng.” Gu Xijue’s thin lips pursed slightly, his heaving chest betraying his expressionless face. “Qiao Zhen can only be mine.”
Inside the building—
"Mr. Lu, what brings you here today?"
Qiao Zhen pushed open the door, strode into the room, stared intently at him, and spoke with a hint of aloofness.
"Do you think you can get rid of work after you unilaterally break up with someone?"
Lu Zheng mocked mercilessly.
"Mr. Lu, I took the day off today. It seems like your reason isn't very convincing, is it?"
Lu Zheng didn't answer his question, but just continued talking to himself: "Do you know where the idiom 'to let go before catching' comes from?"
"I don't want to waste any more time with you. Let's get straight to the point." Qiao Zhen frowned, pulled out a chair with a jarring sound, and pulled it back.
"You should know what you've done. Do you think you can just say it and it will stand the test of time?"
Hearing Lu Zheng's aggressive tone, Qiao Zhenhu laughed: "So you called me here today just for this? If you want to catch up, let's do it another day. I have other things to do."
"Look at this." Lu Zheng turned the computer upside down with a blank expression, and the screen was spread out in front of Qiao Zhen. It was the news he had seen earlier.
"It's obvious that you and your little star have a good relationship."
This refers to the previous rumors about her and Cui Yi.
Lu Zheng spoke in a mocking tone, his eyes filled with undisguised sarcasm. He leaned back in his office chair, watching the discussion with a lazy expression, seemingly looking forward to how she would perform next.
"Didn't you already know about this and resolve it?"
Qiao Zhen was somewhat helpless. Why bring up such old, stale stuff again? What's the point?
"I've already said it, whether I have a good relationship with him or not is none of your business. Besides, I don't know how these photos got leaked. But please mind your own business." A cold smile flashed across Qiao Zhen's face.
"Stop pretending. If you want to play hard to get with me, at least improve your acting. You have the nerve to show such terrible acting skills." Lu Zheng mocked mercilessly.
Qiao Zhen was inexplicably angry: "Who do you think you are? Do you think I need to spend money to get myself into a scandalous headline for a man I have absolutely no legitimate relationship with?"
Moreover, Cui Yi himself admitted that he had fabricated the scandal.
"I can tell you very clearly that it's pointless for you to keep dwelling on the past. It will only annoy you more. And you're just an ordinary person in my eyes now. I don't need to go to such lengths for you."
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