Chapter 7: The Rise of Dragon (Part 2)

  Long Bao knocked on Jiao Siwei's office door, and Jiao Siwei replied from inside, "Come in."

  Long Bao swung open the door lock, just in time to meet Jiao Siwei's eyes, which had been lifted from the table. Long Bao noticed that Jiao Siwei's face was a bit stiff, so he chuckled and said: "Vice Chairman Jiao, busy?"

  Her beautiful face wore a faint smile as she politely said: "Oh, it's Chairman Long who has arrived. Please take a seat."

  Long Bao smiled and walked over to the sofa, sitting down. Jiao Siwei also put down the documents in his hand and sat down across from him. Long Bao cleared his throat and said, "Can we talk?"

  Ruo Si stroked her hair, which had fallen in front of her forehead, and said softly: "It's rare for the busy Dragon Chairman to have time to talk to me. This is my honor. What would you like to talk about?"

  Long Bao took out a cigarette and lit it, coughing lightly as he spoke slowly: "In the past few days, I've been going over everything in detail downstairs. I feel that our group has many shortcomings at present. I'd like to discuss with you how to solve these problems. Also, I want to make some adjustments to personnel at higher levels and go over it with you."

  Jiao Siwei smiled and said lightly, "I had a good dream last night, when I woke up, I was still wondering if something good would happen. It turns out that Chairman Long took the initiative to find me to discuss official business. Hmm, go ahead, I'm all ears."

  Long Bao smiled awkwardly, and suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. He looked up to find that Jiao Si Yu was staring at him with a gaze that seemed to hold deep meaning. Long Bao extinguished the cigarette in his hand, and his heart became calm once more. "I think," he said, "you also know my true intentions. Discussing the company's problems and personnel issues are just excuses. You're waiting for me to say what I really want to say."

  Jiao Si's eyes flickered slightly, and Long Bao sighed with a bitter smile, shaking his head. "Without a doubt, you're convinced I'm the culprit behind your father Jiao Lao's passing. You invested heavily to enter the group, not for simple reasons. Your ultimate goal must be to take revenge on me. I understand all this."

  Jiao Siwei's eyes narrowed slightly, shooting out a sharp gaze that pierced Long Bao's eyes. Long Bao's frank words were beyond her expectation!

  Long Bao continued with a bitter smile: "As soon as you made your move, many people advised me to stop you from acquiring shares. I thought about it for a long time, when will the grievances end? It's better to resolve the feud than to keep fighting. In the end, I still let you in and didn't play any tricks on you. You're very clear about this, otherwise, I could have easily kept you out. Of course, there's another point - I'm confident that with my vigilance, you won't be able to make any moves in the group's management."

  "Ah, you're still so confident?"

  Long Bao nodded and shook his head, not giving a direct answer. Instead, he said: "By telling you these things, from a strategic perspective, I'm probing your reaction while also informing you of my precautions. From your point of view, I'm the murderer of your father, and now that I'm standing in front of you, you must be eager to devour me whole. This is only natural. However, if all you wanted was for me to die, it would be simple - you could just hire an international assassin to take me out using various methods. Therefore, to prevent such a situation from arising and its consequences, I had already made my will in early August. If something were to happen to me, no one would be able to gain anything from the group."

  Jiao Si's expression remained unchanged, but Long Bao let out a sigh and said: "You wouldn't be so stupid, nor would you do something like that. So your revenge method can only be to make me unable to live or die, more painful than killing me directly. And it's very likely that you entered the group just to get close to me, in order to carry out your revenge plan."

  Long Bao gazed sincerely at Jiao Si's eyes and said, "Honestly, I really can't guess what your revenge plan is like, but I know that any plan needs time to be implemented, and it also takes me time to decipher your plan based on the clues you reveal. Unfortunately, this time is your secret, especially now that you have become the vice chairman of the group's board of directors, with ample time at your disposal, while I am forever in a passive position, just like a lab mouse."

  Jiao Si's beautiful face unfolded with a smile: "Hmm, little white mouse, but, Chairman Long, your skin is dark, like a small wild mouse."

  Long Bao chuckled twice: "Someone secretly told me that I'm putting a time bomb and a poisonous snake next to me, saying I'm inviting wolves into my home. They even suggested that I should take the initiative to get rid of you first, to eliminate future troubles."

  "En, that makes sense. Then let's get it over with quickly, I'm just a girl, you can take care of me in three or two moves, and then you'll be at ease, no need to worry day and night."

  Long Bao burst out laughing: "You see, am I really that bad?"

  She let out a low murmur, got up and walked back to her swivel chair, opened the drawer, pulled out a long white cigarette, lit it, and puffed out a blue-green mist.

  For a moment, both of them were silent. Long Bao sat still for a while, then got up and walked alone to the water dispenser, poured himself a cup of water with a paper cup, and just as he was about to raise the cup to his mouth, Jiao Siwei, who had been watching his every move, suddenly sneered: "Great Chairman, I advise you not to drink it. I've already poisoned it. If you die from poisoning, don't blame me!"

  Long Bao chuckled and drank the cup in one gulp, then got up to refill it. "If there's really poison, that'd be great! One cup of water down the hatch and I'm done for, gone from this world, no more worries about grudges or guarding against others' schemes. Heh heh, isn't that right?"

  Jiao Si stared at Long Bao's majestic and stern smile, and after a long while, she said: "You really aren't afraid that I'll poison you to death?"

  Long Hui looked back at Jiao Si's beautifully made-up face and said calmly, "Life only happens once, saying you're not afraid is a lie. I'm just not like ordinary people who fear death. At most, I can only live to be thirty years old, so dying a few years early doesn't matter. However, I believe you won't let me die that easily, Miss Jiao. You still haven't found the weakness in me that can truly kill me, have you? Am I right, Miss Jiao?"

  Jiao Siwei's face suddenly turned pale. A moment later, he hummed softly and said disdainfully, "There's no need for you to 'kindly' remind me, every person has a fatal weakness!"

  Long Baoxuan smiled and said, "I put my whole heart and soul into the group's affairs, with no desires or demands. I don't covet wealth, gamble, indulge in food and drink, or engage in debauchery. I'm not obsessed with material possessions, nor do I have a weakness for women or prostitutes. Without those terrible vices, naturally, I also don't have any fatal weaknesses."

  Jiao Si Yu Ge laughed and looked at Long Bao with a gaze as if looking at a monster, saying: "You're so confident that you don't have any weaknesses? You dare to say that you don't have... what is it, do you know?"

  Long Wan was quite surprised by Jiao Siwei's words, is it really what, can't just rely on not having money with Hua and Ye Ziheng to indulge in that kind of thing and say you don't have it? Can't simply and incorrectly interpret it as a physiological need for stimulation!

  He thought for a moment, then said: "Not bad, you are indeed more capable of enduring hardships than others. I admire this about you, because I couldn't do it myself. But now I understand, it's all because you've never experienced pleasure! You've always been living a hard life, so naturally you can be at peace with your work. You've never experienced the power of **, yet you boast that you won't succumb to it, haha, ridiculous! It seems I overestimated you before! Chairman Long, wait until you truly experience what it means to indulge in imperial-level pleasure, wait until you're intoxicated by wealth and luxury with those super-rich people, then come back and tell me you can resist what ordinary people can't!"

  Long Bao did not expect Jiao Si Wei's eloquence to be so sharp, now it's his turn to be speechless. Thinking about it, he himself didn't even have a clear and intuitive concept of what the life of a super-rich person was like, nor was he very clear about what money could buy, and his understanding of the meaning of funds was simply a simple recognition at the level of numbers and theory!

  Long Bao did not expect to be in a passive situation in this war of words. He ignored her sarcasm and controlled his tone, speaking as calmly as possible: "Let's put it this way, I've already shown you my cards, to be honest, I feel deeply guilty about Mr. Jiao's passing, you can't forgive me, I hope the grudges between our elders will stop with us, I owe a great debt of gratitude to Old Man Qian, I must repay him, if you think I'm your enemy, you can come and take revenge, let's not involve others."

  A deep sorrow flowed out of Long Bao's eyes: "I am a person cursed by the heavens, destined to never have friends or enemies, nor relatives. You must have investigated me and understood many things about me. I really want to advise you not to befriend me, nor be my enemy, but unfortunately, I cannot persuade you."

  Since Long Bao took the initiative to stir up trouble, Jiao Si Wei didn't have any reservations and looked at Long Bao with a proud gaze.

  Long Bao knew that Jiao Si Wei would never believe what he said, so after a moment of silence, he said: "Alright, I think if you didn't have confidence in my management abilities, you wouldn't have invested so much capital into Li Heng. From now on, I'll only consider you as a shareholder and investor of Li Heng. Your purpose for investing is also to gain returns, we can find some common ground to discuss the terms of cooperation."

  "Oh?" Jiao Siwei said coldly.

  "I let the board of directors appoint you as vice president of the group through you, and you cooperate with me to make personnel adjustments. I must change the current passive situation as soon as possible. Give me a few years, and I will bring the group onto the track of rapid development. In this way, you will also get good investment returns, and I will repay the kindness of Qian Lao. After a few years, I, Long Bao, will be at your disposal."

  Jiao Siyu burst out laughing, clapping her hands, and then seemed to be admiringly looking at Long Bao: "Chairman Long, you are indeed clever, knowing that for now you only have the highest authority in the group, but not truly grasping the enterprise! Hmm, it's inevitable that your subordinates don't obey you. Hehe, it seems that Chairman Long's desire for power is extraordinary, but without absolute power, there's no absolute autonomy, and everything is done with hesitation."

  The dragon's scales cannot be put down.

  Jiao Siwei walked lightly to Long Bao's front and sat down, lit a cigarette and started smoking, while staring at Long Bao with a meaningful gaze. She stared at him without blinking, and Long Bao looked back at her, their eyes locked in an intense and invisible confrontation, neither of them backing down.

  Jiao Siwei was slightly drawn in by the depth of Long Bao's pupils, and she seemed to see many things in that depth that she had never seen in any other man's eyes.

  Long Bao only thought that Jiao Si's eyes were beautiful, with a unique charm that was different from Jing Er, Autumn Ya, and Wen Li Xue Bingying, perhaps this charm still hid a bit of killing intent and hatred.

  Jiao Siwei couldn't help but laugh, throwing the cigarette butt into the ashtray. The unburned cigarette was still emitting a wisp of smoke that curled upwards. Jiao Siwei turned around and sat down beside Long Bao, sitting very close, her thigh unintentionally touching Long Bao's knee. A wave of unusual fragrance wafted from Jiao Siwei's body, directly piercing into Long Bao's nostrils, causing his heart to flutter!

  With a faint smile, a deep dimple appeared on her cheek, and her soft voice was full of temptation. "Alright, Chairman Long, since you're being honest with me, I'll share some secrets with you too. After Old Man Qian's death, several people contacted me to collaborate and take down Li Heng, but I didn't agree. Do you know why?"

  Long Bao shook his head.

  "Even my old man isn't a match for you, what makes them think they can beat you?" Jiao Siwei sneered.

  Long Wan smiled wryly.

  Jiao Siyu looked at Long Bao's slightly dark face and sighed: "The reason why I invested in Li Heng is because of four reasons. Firstly, I found an expert to study the entire battle process between you and my father. You are a talent, if you manage Li Heng, if I invest, I will definitely get a good return."

  Long Wan nodded and made an "uh-huh" sound from his throat.

  Jiao Si Yu said again: "Secondly, I want to stay by your side, the enemy, at all times, and constantly remind myself not to forget my hatred."

  Long Bao nodded and said, "Understood."

  "This is the third time, you can't guess, I'm just a girl, just graduated from college, no relatives, and can't find anyone reliable to help this orphan. The assets of over $300 million left by my father may bring me fatal danger. Those international scammers will play with your bones if they get their hands on you. Alas, this rich beauty might disappear in the human world if I'm not careful. My father always said, 'A poor man is not guilty, but a rich man is.' His friends are suspicious of me, and rather than being on guard against them every day, I'd rather put this money in your enemy's pocket. You, as an enemy, have some basic sense of justice, with a bit of the chivalrous spirit of ancient times. The trustworthiness should be pretty good, right? Otherwise, Zheng Sheng wouldn't have given such a large enterprise to you instead of his children. So, relatively speaking, it might be safer in your hands. And I think, you won't harm me, will you? Maybe you'll even protect me, because if something happens to me under your control, everyone would say it's definitely you taking revenge on me."

  Long Bao suddenly realized something and couldn't help but nod his head, saying: "Thanks. What about the fourth one?"

  His face suddenly covered with frost, he said fiercely: "I don't want you to die so quickly, I want to stay by your side, find out your weakness and then find an opportunity to eat your flesh, drink your blood, gnaw at your bones, take your life!"

  Before she could finish speaking, Jiao Siwei suddenly hugged Long Bao's head and viciously bit his lower lip!

  A sharp pain suddenly came from his lips, Long Biao was caught off guard by Jiao Siwei's sudden attack, and he stretched out his hand to push her away, but his palm touched her full chest, and he quickly withdrew it, only to use his elbow to resist Jiao Siwei's shoulder, groaning in pain.

  Jiao Siwei's fingernails dug deep into Long Bao's neck and cheeks, her teeth clenched tightly, filled with hatred!

  Long Bao did not expect Jiao Siwei to come up with such a strange move, and under the pain, he thought for a moment that this was Jiao Siwei venting his hatred, so he gritted his teeth and endured it.

  Jiao Siwei didn't let go, biting down hard, and her hands fiercely pounded and scratched Long Bao's face. Long Bao's neck and cheeks were scratched by Jiao Siwei's sharp fingernails, leaving many bloody marks. Meanwhile, Long Bao's lips were successfully bitten open by Jiao Siwei, and fresh blood flowed out. The salty, fishy smell filled her mouth, and incredibly, Jiao Siwei swallowed the fresh blood flowing from Long Bao!

  Long Bao instinctively dropped his arms, allowing Jiao Si to vent his emotions. But unexpectedly, Jiao Si suddenly let go of his mouth, pushed him away with force, and slapped him on the ear!

  Long Bao has lost the feeling of pain, he stands up, his hand touches the lips that have been injured so badly, looks up to see Jiao Si's mouth covered with his own blood, and his face is full of tears. He says in a low voice: "As long as you can get revenge."

  "Get out! Get out! Bastard! Get out!"

  Long Bao sighed and turned around to walk towards the door. Before he could even open it, Jiao Siwei shouted again with a sobbing tone: "Wait!"

  Long Bao stood still, without looking back at her, and only heard Jiao Si's trembling voice say: "I'll give you... three years' time... Three years later... You pay with your life..."

  Long Bao Sa nodded and said "en", pulled the door and went out, just as he closed the door, a burst of mournful and painful crying suddenly exploded in the room!

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