"You, have already... towards me..."

  She had dialed all of Huang Guangyao's numbers, but Ma Lili didn't press the send button. Later she thought, let's take a stroll around the street first, and then think about the next step. She wanted to go to a more remote place to take a walk, and must not run into Shui Quanyuan, Zhao Ganquan or Qian Lifang, otherwise it would be troublesome!

  It seems that there are not many women who do not like shopping. Mary is even more so in this regard. In the past when she didn't have money, she liked to go for a stroll, and now that she has money, she likes it even more! Shopping itself is a pleasure, even if you don't buy anything. Just like most men like playing chess, playing cards, having dinner together, and chatting nonsense, winning or losing, whether it's good for the body or not, whether it's interesting or not are all secondary, what matters most is the process.

  After strolling for more than three hours, although walking very slowly, and with plenty of places to rest both inside and outside the shops, Malili was still exhausted, with a sore waist and back, and heavy legs. At noon, she only had a simple snack at a street stall. With her two hands full of purchased items, she really couldn't stroll anymore, it was time to head back and take a break.

  Just as Marily was about to hail a taxi, one happened to stop right in front of her. A man with a bushy beard who looked quite young smiled at her and said, "Beautiful lady, get in!" Marily laughed and said, "How did you know I wanted to take your taxi? Am I not waiting for my family to come pick me up?"

  "Ha! You're waiting for your own family to come pick you up, aren't they late? With all those things in your hand, aren't you tired? Come on up!"

  Mary sat in the back seat of the car and mentioned the name of her residential area, then suddenly wanted to chat with this man who had distinctive features. She smiled at the driver and said: "Driver, isn't driving tiring?" The driver replied: "Of course it's tiring. Sitting for several hours, my waist hurts, back hurts, neck hurts, and I don't even earn much money. Unlike you rich people, shopping around and buying so many things. My wife and I have no time to go shopping even if we wanted to. We're busy from dawn till dusk, earning just enough to make ends meet, with little left over!"

  Mary said: "How can you tell I'm rich? I'm still a student! I haven't even started working yet!"

  "Let me tell you, just because someone doesn't have money, it's not like they're not working hard. One glance at the things you're carrying and the clothes you're wearing, I can tell you're a rich person. Maybe your family has money, maybe your boyfriend has money, or maybe you've got money through other means. Anyway, whether you're rich or not, people like us who are always on the go outside, we've seen it all, so we can't say that one look is enough to be accurate, but ten looks and nine times out of ten should be no problem."

  Mary smiled and stopped talking. She leaned back in her soft seat, gently closing her eyes. This place is not close to where she lives, plus there are many cars now, many intersections, slow speed, it will take more than twenty minutes to get home. She wanted to take the opportunity to rest while on the bus.

  I didn't expect Mary to fall asleep!

  When she woke up, she found herself lying on a bed in a small room, with a man snoring beside her! And this man was the mustachioed driver!

  Bai Mengmeng said to General Manager Li, "Thank you for transferring 500,000 yuan into my bank account. However, I don't want it." General Manager Li said, "Why? Didn't you ask me to transfer it?"

  "I was just joking with Sunflower. Besides, can you really give me so much money for just eating a meal and drinking a cup of coffee?"

  "Really can."

  "I think there's no basis for what you're saying."

  "What counts as having confidence?"

  "Speak louder and use a more affirmative tone."

  "Alright, as long as you're not afraid of bursting your eardrums, I can speak in a high octave!"

  "That's not necessary. Honestly, Mr. Li, are you really willing to spend that much money just to have a meal and drink coffee with me?"

  "Really."

  "Do you know why I don't believe you?"

  "I know. Because I broke my promise last time and crossed the line."

  "This time, won't you go back on your word? Won't you cross the line?"

  "I won't."

  "If you want me to believe you, you must agree to two conditions."

  "Go on! Say it!"

  "Firstly, you give me the money, I'll hold onto it for now. We can go eat, drink coffee and sing together tomorrow or the day after. I'm heading home first, how's that?"

  "This..."

  "Why are you being so unreasonable? Did I have to follow your schedule and location just because you're treating me to a meal? Tell me, yes or no?"

  "Line."

  "Alright then, secondly, I have something else to attend to, I'm leaving. See you!" said Bai Mengmeng as he stood up.

  "Director Li also stood up and said: 'Ms Bai, can I say a few words?'"

  She stared blankly at Li, who was standing in front of her, and the scene from last time at the club appeared before her eyes: the man who had blocked her way, hugged her, and forcibly kissed her - it was this very man she despised, hated, and was furious with! But she had to let him speak his mind; otherwise, if she wanted to leave, could she really get away?

  Li said: "Firstly, there is no problem with eating tomorrow; secondly, if I give you another 500,000 or even 1 million yuan, can you let me go further?"

  "You can give me all your money and possessions, but I still won't go any further with you!"

  Li's face turned gloomy. He was a bit angry and humiliated. He walked closer to Bai Mengmeng, his voice not loud but with a fierce tone: "Since you've said it to this point, don't blame me for being rude to you! You look down on me as a man, treating my money like dirt, that's the greatest humiliation to me! Don't blame me for using extreme measures against you!" As he spoke, he glared at her with his eyes, making a gesture as if he was about to pounce on her.

  Bai Mengmeng took out his mobile phone and sternly said to Li: "As soon as I press the preset button, the information will be sent to my friends immediately. In that case, will you still have a good day?"

  Li stopped moving, his gaze slightly warmer as he said: "What can you do to me? What kind of friends do you have? Honestly, the amount I spend on bodyguards every month is tens or even hundreds of times more than what you earn from writing! Do you think you can threaten me with your beauty? Today, right here, on this floor, on this carpet, we'll settle everything! Tell me, are you going to lie down yourself or do I need to force you?"

  Bai Mengmeng didn't wait for Li to finish speaking, and quietly pressed the information transmission key. She shook her phone at Li and said: "If you dare to come hard with me, surname Li, I'll make you eat your words! Don't believe it? Come over here!"

  Li's eyes turned red, he didn't care about anything, and strode towards Bai Mengmeng with a fierce expression...

  Jin Hui Ping was surprised to see Dr. Wang, and laughed: "You think this number is unacceptable? Then how much do you think is acceptable? I didn't say you must accept this number."

  Dr. Wang took a deep breath and said, "If there's room for maneuvering, it's easy to handle, Xiaojin. If you really want me to come up with this number, I absolutely won't agree, because I don't have that much money. Giving in will benefit both of us, otherwise, we'll just end up like a fish and a net, both dead and destroyed. Twenty thousand, I'll give you ten thousand today, and the other ten thousand, within three days, no, two days, I'll get it ready for you. How about that?"

  95,000

  Twenty-one thousand one.

  94,000

  Twenty-two thousand two hundred.

  93,000

  Twenty-three thousand.

  "Doctor Wang, it seems we two can't agree on a number, how about we compromise?"

  "What kind of compromise?"

  "After haggling three times, my price is 930,000 and yours is 230,000. Adding the two together gives us 1,160,000. Dividing that by two makes it 580,000. I don't even want the extra 8,000, so just give me 500,000 and we'll call it a deal in three days?"

  "I don't even have 50,000! It's impossible to borrow it either!"

  "What should we do then?"

  "Let's get intimate first. Is that okay, Little Jin?"

  "Not good!"

  "Why?"

  "Don't ask why anymore. I'm leaving, if you really don't want to spend money for peace of mind, then..."

  "Don't blame you for being ruthless! Is it?"

  "I didn't say that!"

  "I'm going to strangle you!"

  "How dare you!"

  Mary opened her eyes wide, looking at the towel-covered quilt on her body. She looked again at the man with a goatee lying beside her, still fast asleep... She understood that she had been deceived by this man. Where was this place? How many times had they done that before? She didn't know anything about it.

  Listening to the hum of the air conditioner that was neither big nor small, Mary didn't move. She lay quietly, still not fully awake from her daze.

  A few minutes later, Malili's consciousness was fully restored. She knew that after falling asleep in the back seat of the taxi, she must have been taken to a secluded place by this black-hearted driver and made her inhale anesthetic gas or forced her to drink a large amount of sleeping pills, and then... otherwise, how could she not have any consciousness, being humiliated by this despicable man in such a place?

  Mary wanted to quietly leave this place of trouble, taking advantage of the fact that the man with the mustache had not yet woken up, and hurry away! She would rather suffer a loss than stay, anyway she was no longer a virgin, life was most important. However, when she tried to get up, she realized her right leg couldn't move: it was bound by thin iron wire that wasn't too tight or too loose!

  This despicable man! This driver who deserves to die! At this moment, Mali thought of Shui Quanyuan. If she went back to him and told him about how this black-hearted driver humiliated her, he would definitely make Zhao Ganquan and Qian Lifen find this driver and tear him apart!

  Just as Malili sat up and tried to remove the thin iron wire-like thing tied around her ankle, the man with a goatee beard woke up. He sat up, smiled at her and said: "Beauty, I'm really sorry, I didn't even dream that I could sleep with such an excellent woman like you. It's too wonderful!"

  Mary tried her best to calm down and said in a steady tone, "Didn't you say you have a wife? Why are you still doing this to me?"

  "Look at what you're saying? Don't you understand that a man like me can only have a wife like her? Her figure and face, how can they compare to a beautiful woman like you? A hundred women like her can't even compare to one woman like you! I'm just now realizing the difference between women is really huge!"

  "You... have already..."