Chapter Forty-Four: Take It Away!

  There were 250,000 yuan in cash in the bag. Wu Tian's heart was filled with joy. After two months of living a life that was cleaner than his face, he had accumulated a debt, but now he could finally turn things around. He took down the pharmacy of a second-tier hospital and received a bonus of 100,000 yuan. He and An Qing each got 25,000 yuan, leaving 50,000 yuan remaining. He had already asked Xiao Lan to hand it over to Zhou Xiang. An Qing said this was the rule, as for how the hospital would divide up the 50,000 yuan, that was Zhou Xiang's problem.

  After work, Wu Tian and An Qing had a big meal together to celebrate. An Qing couldn't drink, but today she also drank several cups, her delicate face turned red, and her eyes were like two sparkling springs. Throughout the process, she kept thanking Wu Tian, finally even crying with joy, after all, this was her first business deal in five months at the company.

  With a full stomach and enough wine, Wu Tian sent An Qing, who was already drunk and dizzy, back home. Her house was in an old and small district with no streetlights or security guards, making it hard to imagine how someone as timid as An Qing commuted to work every day. The house wasn't big, about 60-70 square meters, but An Qing kept it very clean. On a half-person-high cabinet stood a photo frame containing a black and white photograph of a woman who looked elegant and beautiful, resembling An Qing when she didn't wear glasses - probably An Qing's deceased mother.

  After settling An Qing down, Wu Tian left, lamenting the difficulties of Xiao Yao's fate while also feeling a surge of love and pity in his heart. Wu Tian secretly told himself that from now on, he must take good care of this little girl to prevent her from getting hurt again.

  "Ah!"

  Wu Tian returned home, and as soon as he opened the door with his key, he saw Chen Chen sitting expressionlessly in the living room, her legs tightly closed, her arms wrapped around her chest, staring intently at the TV. However, although her eyes were fixed on the TV, her mind seemed to be thinking about something else, because a gunfight scene was being shown on TV, which was what she disliked watching the most.

  Wu Tian didn't take it seriously, the other party had been ignoring him for days, and he was happy to be quiet, the two were originally not close, returning to a parallel state is better.

  "Halt!"

  Wu Tian Zheng was about to return to his room when he heard a voice in his ear. He turned his head to look at the TV, which was showing a gunfight scene, with constant gunfire and explosions, but he didn't know why the female lead hadn't died yet after being shot three times - was she supposed to wait until the male lead appeared before dying? Then he looked over at Chen Chen, who was still staring intently at the TV without even glancing at him.

  Auditory hallucination? Wu Tian shook his head and walked towards his own room. Probably because he had a lot of money on him, he kept imagining scenarios where robbers might appear to steal from him, which was why he had this illusion.

  "Halt!"

  Wu Tian stopped and this time he heard it clearly, so he turned his head to look at Chen Chen and asked, "Are you talking to me?"

  Chen Chen still didn't look at Wu Tian and didn't answer his question, saying lightly, "I heard you signed a deal today and took down a second-tier hospital."

  "Wow, this matter has reached President Chen's ears?" Wu Tian sat down beside Chen Chen, putting his feet on the coffee table and said with a smile, "Thank you, President Chen, for your concern. I didn't think that despite being busy with many things, you still have the leisure to care about such trivial matters. But who was it that had so much to say, bothering President Chen with such small talk?"

  "It was Jingyun who told me." Chenchen said.

  "Really? I didn't expect Qingyun to care about me so much. Indeed, a night of marriage is a hundred days of kindness, and a hundred days of marriage... Hmm hmm hmm. By the way, what do you want to say?" Wu Tian looked at Chen Chen and asked, "Something that can make the usually taciturn CEO Chen speak up again must be important. If there's something on your mind, just say it, don't be polite with me. As a Jianghu girl of my generation, I value loyalty above all else. If I can help, I won't; if I can't help, I'll watch the show from the sidelines."

  "......!" Chen Chen's expressionless face gradually turned cold, as if a layer of frost had been added, and even the indoor temperature seemed to drop.

  Wu Tian pretended not to see, still looking at Chen Chen with a 'sincere' gaze, the kind of eyes that Xiao Lan said was innocent and childlike. After closing the deal, Wu Tian felt his back straighten up even more in front of Chen Chen. What's this called? This is called Heaven never seals off all exits for a man. Want to starve me to death in the business department? No way!

  Chen Chen moved, she reached out and took out a notebook from under the cushion, it was her special notebook for keeping accounts, recording the debts Wu Tian owed her.

  "You've received quite a bit of bonus, haven't you? The 14,520.03 yuan you owe me should be paid back too, shouldn't it?" Chen Chen said coldly, his movements and expression just like the judge of life and death in the underworld.

  Wu Tian was taken aback, so Chen Chen was talking about this matter. This woman is too venomous, the money hasn't even warmed up in his hands and she already wants to take it away? Originally, this sum of money should have been directly deposited into his salary card, but Wu Tian was worried that this woman would snatch it from him, so he deliberately went to the finance department to collect it. He didn't expect that this woman would be waiting for him at home.

  It's indeed a bandit!

  "How can it be over 14,000? Just the other day when we were settling accounts, wasn't it only 6,420.03?" Wu Tian furrowed his brow and asked, "How did it suddenly increase by over 8,000?"

  "Repair costs, you think crashing into my car will be the end of it?"

  "My car is also broken, and I haven't even asked you for compensation yet. You're the one who's being a bad person and accusing me first!"

  "It was you who bumped into me, so it's your responsibility."

  "Nonsense! If you hadn't blocked me in front, I would have bumped into your butt? Besides, I'm also late because of this and my salary will be deducted. Are you going to take responsibility too?"

  "Is it my fault that the gas tank is empty?" Chen Chen turned her head and gazed coldly at Wu Tian, this was the first time in three days she had looked him straight in the eye. "Are you a man or not? If you are, then be more straightforward."

  "What if I don't give it to you?" Wu Tian asked with narrowed eyes.

  "Then I can only ask the company's finance department to pay all your bonuses into your salary card from now on, and not allow cash payments." Chen Chen said with a cold smile.

  Wu Tianyi heard this and thought it was unacceptable. He had just started in the marketing department and there was still more money to be made.

  Only women and small men are difficult to raise.

  He didn't say another word, and immediately pulled out two stacks of money from his bag, one thick and one thin, 150,000 yuan, and slapped them heavily on the coffee table, "slap".

  "Take it and go!" Wu Tian stood up and said loudly, "This is 15,000. Take the remaining money to buy sweets, no need to find change. Brother has a lot of money."

  Chen Chen held the money in his hand and counted it out one by one in front of Wu Tian, occasionally taking out a bill to shine it under the light to check its authenticity.

  "Count it carefully, even if there's a fake one, you gave it."

  Wu Tian carried his bag and was about to return to his own room when Chen Chen spoke again.

  "There's a bottle of Chanel perfume missing from my drawer, do you know where it is?"

  Wu Tian's footsteps stopped, this woman had at least seven or eight bottles of perfume in her drawer, did she even know about one bottle?

  "Joke, how would I know what's in your house? And besides, I've never even sprayed that stuff before. Even if you spray it on me, I'd find it suffocating." Wu Tian said with a look of disgust.

  "Really? Besides perfume, my jewelry box has also been touched. Do you know?" Chen Chen asked again, a seemingly ordinary question that revealed his deep suspicion of Wu Tian.

  "Could it be a thief?" Wu Tian's face changed to one of surprise, and even he himself admired how quickly he could change his expression, almost as fast as Chen Chen.

  "The thief wouldn't steal the jade bangle or diamond necklace after rummaging through my dresser, but only stole a bottle of perfume. Have you ever seen such an ungreedy thief?"

  "I've never seen this before, but it fully illustrates that nowadays thieves are knowledgeable, cultured, and understand the law. They know that stealing a large amount will violate criminal law. Stealing just one bottle of perfume, who would care? It's only a few hundred yuan, the police wouldn't even bother to take the case. And it can be used to impress a girlfriend. You have to say, this thief is really clever."

  "Oh? Is that so?" Chen Chen finished counting the money and put it away, looking at Wu Tian with a scrutinizing gaze, his expression seeming to say: Don't pretend anymore, it was you who stole it, confess!

  "What do you mean?" Wu Tian furrowed his brow and asked loudly, "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would flip over your jewelry box and take a broken perfume bottle from you? Am I, Wu Tian, that kind of person?"

  "I didn't say that."

  "That's great!" Wu Tian glared at Chen Chen and said with a straight face, "In the future, keep an eye on your own things, don't lose them yourself and then blame others. Do you think you're some kind of rare treasure that everyone likes? Hmph!" After finishing speaking, Wu Tian swaggered into his own room and slammed the door shut.

  "Wow!"

  Leaning against the door, Wu Tian let out a sigh of relief, what a close call.

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