"Miss Song."
I had just taken out my phone to play a puzzle game when someone suddenly patted my shoulder hard.
Song Nuan was startled and turned around to see Zhong Guan staring at her menacingly.
She frowned instinctively and brushed Zhong Guan's hand away. "Mr. Zhong, instead of taking care of your daughter, you have time to come over for coffee?"
"I'd like to take up some of Miss Song's time. Please move over."
Zhong Guan gave an irrelevant answer.
His tone was firm and left no room for refusal. Song Nuan didn't know what he wanted to do, but if she went with him, there was a 70-80% chance that something bad would happen.
She's not stupid.
Quickly grabbing her handbag, Song Nuan stood up to run, but as soon as she turned around, two tall figures appeared in front of her. Song Nuan recognized them; they were Zhong Guan's bodyguards.
She turned around abruptly, her eyes full of vigilance. "Zhong Guan, what do you want to do?"
"This is a commercial area, with people coming and going, and there are surveillance cameras everywhere. There's a police station just 50 meters ahead. You should think about the consequences before you try to do anything to me."
Zhong Guan remained calm and waved his hand slowly.
The action is like a signal.
Suddenly, Song Nuan felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. The bodyguard swiftly pinned her down, grabbed her chin, and stuffed two cotton balls into her mouth, rendering her unable to speak.
Then he took out a mask and sunglasses and forced them on her.
As she left, bodyguards followed her on either side, each holding one of her arms.
After all that, who could tell she was being held hostage?
Several passersby glanced at her and discussed and guessed which big star Song Nuan was.
Song Nuan was so angry she almost fainted.
No matter how angry she was, there was nothing she could do. Zhong Guan had clearly come prepared, daring to openly take her hostage in the coffee shop and act immediately after she and Xu Yiran parted ways. He had been following her for at least some time.
After recognizing reality, Song Nuan quickly gave up struggling.
Zhong Guan won't do anything to her.
She comforted herself.
Soon, the car stopped, and Song Nuan was taken to a hotel room. The bodyguard released her and removed the cotton ball from her mouth.
Zhong Guan sat on the sofa and tossed a document over.
"What does Mr. Zhong mean?"
"Sign this contract and you can leave."
Song Nuan: "..."
What kind of contract would require a group director to personally go to a coffee shop to kidnap someone?
Picking up the document, Song Nuan opened the first page and was both speechless and amused when she saw the bolded words.
She chuckled and asked Zhong Guan, "Just for this?"
Zhong Guan handed her the pen.
Song Nuan didn't take it, but returned it along with the documents. "President Zhong must have caught the wrong person. Berlin Jewelry is a brand of the Li Group and has nothing to do with me. If I had to say what the connection is, it would be when I was a project manager at Qin's Group and I worked with Berlin Jewelry."
"It has nothing to do with you?"
Zhong Guan coldly scoffed, "The shares are all in your hands now, don't play dumb with me."
Song Nuan laughed out loud, "Where did President Zhong hear this news from?"
“Li Jingchen said it himself.”
Upon hearing this, Song Nuan was slightly taken aback, but after a few seconds her expression returned to normal, and she said with a faint smile, "I can tell you now that I don't have any shares in Berlin Jewelry, not even 1%."
Bang!
Zhong Guan slammed his fist on the table, his face grim. "You mean, Li Jingchen is lying to me?"
“That’s your business, but I’m sure I didn’t lie.” Song Nuan didn’t want to be too absolute. “Perhaps you misunderstood each other during the communication.”
Zhong Guan's patience was wearing thin, and his face grew increasingly grim.
With a wave of his hand, Song Nuan's hands and feet were tied together again by the bodyguards.
She didn't struggle, because struggling would be useless.
“I’ve said everything I need to say. If Mr. Zhong wants Berlin Jewelry, he’s trying to tie down Berlin’s shareholders. I’m not even an employee of Berlin, so it won’t work for you to tie me down.”
"Whether it's useful or not is none of your business to teach me."
Zhong Guan glared at her. If he hadn't retained a shred of rationality, he would have stripped her naked and thrown her out the moment Song Nuan refused to sign the contract.
"Li Jingchen swore that he gave you the shares, but you say you didn't. Which of you is lying?"
"I……"
Zhong Guan interrupted her, "I don't have time to play riddle games with you."
He gave his bodyguard a look, picked up his clothes, and left without hesitation.
Song Nuan stood there, stunned.
Just like that, you left?
She felt a little panicked and called out to Zhong Guan's retreating figure, "Zhong Guan, once Li Jingchen finds out I'm not here, he will definitely trace it back to you. Do you want to escalate the conflict with him?"
"Don't worry, he's too busy to deal with you lately."
The Li family is in complete chaos at this moment.
Li Guanyu has no brothers or sisters, only cousins. He rarely interacts with his extended family unless there is a major event.
Several uncles and elders came to the Li family today, which was completely unexpected for Li Guanyu.
"Guanyu, my company's project has been snatched away. I checked, and it's the Zhong family from Kyoto. Weren't they supposed to be related to you by marriage? How could they take my project for no reason?"
“My daughter is the same. She finally managed to get a spot with a top dance company in Kyoto and was about to send her for intensive training when she was suddenly told that they weren’t accepting anyone anymore. Could this also be related to the Zhong family?”
"What's this compared to what I've done? All the shows my son filmed have been taken down. He's worked for nothing these past two years!"
"Guanyu, you have to give us an explanation!"
Li Guanyu pressed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.
They chattered incessantly, their mouths never stopping, making an extremely noisy noise.
"I have no idea."
"Don't know? If you don't know, who does!"
Li Guanyu said, "Go ask Jing Chen. If it really was the Zhong family who pulled the strings behind the scenes, then only Jing Chen can solve this problem. No matter how much you complain to me, it won't help."
"this……"
Everyone hesitated.
Upon hearing Li Jingchen's name, everyone fell silent in unison.
Although they are relatives, they don't really have any contact with each other. Besides, they have witnessed Li Jingchen's methods and don't want to have any involvement with him unless absolutely necessary.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have come to put pressure on Li Guanyu.
Nobody wants to invite trouble.
The matter needs to be resolved, but not through Li Jingchen.
Li Feng, the eldest among the senior members, spoke up, "Jing Chen is your son. If anyone should say anything, it should be you who does."
Li Guanyu asked with a smile, "Brother, are you embarrassed to speak up? You are the elder, and Jing Chen is the junior. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Just say what you have to say."
He glanced at his phone. "Perfect timing, Jing Chen will be back soon."
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, the faces of the group all showed varying degrees of panic.
Just as I was thinking of finding an excuse to leave, I heard footsteps approaching.
A deep, indifferent voice rang out, "What day is it today? Why is the Li family so lively?"
"You, you, you..."
Li Jingchen glanced at the person who spoke.
He recognized the people, but couldn't recall their names. These relatives were usually very low-profile; they would stay at least two kilometers away from him whenever they saw him. But there were two other people...
His gaze swept around, and he said, "Uncle, you don't care about your own company, yet you have the leisure to come to my house for a chat?"
"It's almost the end of the year, aren't you worried about not being able to collect payments and having to declare bankruptcy next year?"
Li Feng's face turned as red as a pig's liver. He pointed at him and stammered for a long time before finally managing to speak clearly, "How did you know my company's project was snatched away!"
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