Lin Rou sneered and quickly got up and left the coffee shop.
What IOU, what three million? It's almost the end of the world, who cares about this?
As I descended the steps, the moonlight bathed me, and the humiliation I had suffered at the police station vanished from my heart.
Lin Rou clutched the bag containing the jade bracelet tightly. Her superpowers could make her a powerful figure in the apocalypse, living a life of endless glory, but the supplies in her spatial storage were the true guarantee of survival.
This time, she'll definitely live better than anyone else!
Thinking of this, Lin Rou frowned again: the three million she got from Bai Yan had now been returned to her, and she didn't have enough funds to stockpile supplies.
She needs to stockpile a lot of supplies, including enough rice, flour, cooking oil to last her a lifetime, as well as a large amount of daily necessities. Two years after the apocalypse in her previous life, she didn't even have a pair of shoes that didn't expose her toes.
She didn't want to continue in such an embarrassing situation if she had to do it all over again.
Just then, Zhou Yunan called her. Lin Rou clutched her bag, her gaze hesitant.
She didn't want to owe Zhou Yunan any favors. She wanted to build her own team after the apocalypse, and Zhou Yunan was one of the people she wanted to win over.
In her past life, she was Zhou Yunan's lover. During their affair, she learned a lot about the Zhou family. After her rebirth, she used this knowledge to help Zhou Yunan a lot.
She wanted Zhou Yunan to owe her a favor so that she could have more say once the team was established.
But now that the apocalypse is approaching, she needs money, and she needs to quickly acquire a lot of money.
"Where are you? Let's meet." Zhou Yunan asked over the phone.
Lin Rou looked around the area and quickly gave him the location of a hotel.
About half an hour later, Zhou Yunan arrived at the hotel. Lin Rou had just finished showering and, wearing a bathrobe, went to open the door for him. As usual, she placed her slender hand on his shoulder and said in a charming tone, "Why did you suddenly come to see me? Didn't you say I was a shrew before?"
Zhou Yunan removed her hand from her shoulder and asked her, "Did you steal Bai Yan's jade bracelet?"
Lin Rou quickly withdrew her hand: "How did you know? Did Bai Yan tell you?"
She sneered, "Always pretending to be a pure and innocent person, just pretentious and hypocritical." She didn't want to talk about this embarrassing matter anymore.
Lin Rou looked at Zhou Yunan, feeling a pang of pride that he was asking for money.
But then she thought about their current relationship. Although they were lovers, they were equals, especially since he was going to give her an imperial green jade bracelet...
The imperial green jewels cost tens of millions, but she only asked for five million.
“Zhou Yunan, I need some money right now. I have something very important to do.”
"Haven't you always wanted to know why I know so much about the Zhou family?" Lin Rou said, "I'll tell you after I finish this. I promise you'll be very surprised."
Zhou Yunan looked Lin Rou up and down.
He's a businessman, and businessmen are cunning. He even tried his best to suppress Bai Yan when they were dating, so how could he not be wary of Lin Rou?
She got close to him, helped him so much, and knew so much about him. But he had also investigated her; she was just an ordinary girl from a single-parent family. How did she know all this?
She didn't want his money at first, but she did after the jade bracelet incident. Why did she suddenly want money?
"How much do you want?" Zhou Yunan asked.
"Five million." Lin Rou blinked slightly.
“Honey, you’ve helped me so much and solved so many problems. Five million? Of course I’ll give it to you if you want it.”
"But darling, why do you want Bai Yan's jade bracelet so much?"
"Is there anything special about this jade bracelet? Honey, I offered to buy you imperial green jade before, but you refused. That's worth much more than five million."
"You wanted a jade bracelet back then, and now you're suddenly asking me for five million?"
Zhou Yunan said, "From the very first time you met me, you said you wanted to cooperate with me. You're like an alien, knowing so much about me, while I know nothing at all."
"Honey, you have to let me know a little about you, right?"
It was just a bracelet; he didn't understand why Lin Rou had gone to such lengths.
The unknown aspects of her life certainly piqued his interest, but they also made him feel threatened.
"It's just a jade bracelet; I don't need any reason to take it." Lin Rou's expression turned cold. "Zhou Yunan, it's only five million; do you have to waste so much breath on me?"
"Okay, I won't force you if you don't want to tell me, but you have to tell me what you want to do with these five million."
Zhou Yunan chuckled. Of course, he could tell that she really needed the money: "Five million, baby. This is more than just money to you. If you really had it, you wouldn't be bowing down to me now."
"If you want my help, you have to tell me. Cooperation requires mutual understanding."
"You!" Lin Rou's eyes instantly blazed with anger. She hated Bai Yan, and she also hated Zhou Yunan's arrogant attitude!
It was like this in my past life, but it's different in this life!
Zhou Yunan's attitude further solidified Lin Rou's resolve not to tell him about the space; it was her safeguard.
"I don't need your help!" Lin Rou's gaze turned slightly cold: "Whatever I want to do, I will succeed no matter what."
Lin Rou changed her clothes and went out, glancing back at Zhou Yunan one last time: "Zhou Yunan, you are indeed the president of Zhou's Group, but at that time your status will be worthless. You'll find out then."
She said slowly, "I'm not cooperating with you; I'm giving you an opportunity."
After saying that, she slammed the hotel door shut and strode away. Zhou Yunan's expression wasn't good. Lin Rou said she'd give him a chance—what chance?
...
On the other side, Bai Yan accepted the IOU and then smiled at Qin Lang beside her: "Captain Qin helped me a lot today. How about I treat you to a big meal later?"
Qin Lang frowned, looking at Bai Yan with confusion: "Why did you sell the bracelet to her? You're not short of money, and besides, it was your birth mother's keepsake."
Bai Yan looked at Qin Lang with her beautiful eyes, then said softly, "I didn't tell Captain Qin that it was my mother's keepsake. How did Captain Qin know?"
Of course, I found out from the materials copied from the research lab.
She quickly realized what was happening and, after leaving the coffee shop, kept calling herself Captain Qin.
His gaze was inscrutable. "You know who I am? When did you find out?"
“I knew from the beginning.” Bai Yan tilted her head to look at him, her face innocent and naive: “I know your identities, and I know why you came here.”
Qin Lang's throat tightened slightly, and he was about to say something.
Their phones rang at the same time, and they each answered the call.
"Dean, Professor Zhan has brought armed troops to our research institute. He says he wants to seal us off and arrest you." Xiao Chen's voice came through the phone.
At the same time, Qin Lang also answered Xiao Lu's call: "Boss, Zhan Mingri submitted a report bypassing his superiors and is now here with his men. They're in the research lab."
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