Free Web NovelChapter 167: Chapter 167: You Can’t Afford to Mess With Us
"Sis, what’s wrong?!"
The door to the private room was thrown open, and a burly, menacing man stormed in.
He bore a slight resemblance to Bao Cuilian. His name was Bao Dacheng, and the moment he entered, he fixed a predatory glare on Shen Lingxue and Su Yanyun.
"Dacheng, our company is worth at least thirty million. But these two kept lowballing me, so of course, I had to give a little. But even after I dropped the price to twenty million, they would only offer fifteen. Do you really think they’re here to negotiate in good faith?" Bao Cuilian pulled out a pack of cigarettes and placed one between her lips.
"Sis, you were already being generous, but these two bitches don’t know what’s good for them!"
Bao Dacheng growled, grinding his teeth. "You should head out. I’ll take care of things here. I promise that in ten minutes... no, half an hour... I’ll give you a result you’ll be happy with."
"Alright, little brother. Do be gentle, won’t you?"
Bao Cuilian stood up with a wild smirk, her eyes landing on Shen Lingxue and Su Yanyun. "Ladies, since you don’t know how to cooperate, I’ll let my brother teach you some manners. Take your time and enjoy it. He’s a very... robust man."
With that, she swayed her voluptuous hips and turned to leave.
"How absurd!"
Suddenly, Shen Lingxue rose to her feet, completely unafraid. "Never mind your company’s office building or its proprietary technology. Let’s just talk about the land. If it still had at least thirty years left on the lease, what would be the issue with twenty million?"
"Shen Lingxue, what are you trying to say?" Bao Cuilian’s expression darkened.
Shen Lingxue said calmly, "I just learned from a friend that the land your company, Meilian, sits on was purchased secondhand when you were first established. The lease now has less than a year remaining. Our offer dropping from eighteen million to fifteen million is perfectly reasonable, wouldn’t you agree?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Bao Cuilian just shook her head and smiled, seemingly unfazed that Shen Lingxue had seen through her scheme.
"Shen Lingxue, I admit it. Everything you said is true. I really underestimated you, letting you find that out. But so what? The price is twenty million, and you *will* buy it. Otherwise, I’ll let my little brother give you two some... special attention." Bao Cuilian took two contracts from her purse and slapped them on the table.
"Of course, you could just sign them right now. Then I’d be happy to let you go," Bao Cuilian added, glaring imperiously at Shen Lingxue and Su Yanyun.
"Bao Cuilian, I actually feel sorry for you."
Shen Lingxue shot back without hesitation, "And you have the nerve to say you’ve been navigating the real world for twenty years? Is coercion all you’ve learned? Someone as vile and insidious as you... you must have slept your way to the top to get everything you have, didn’t you?!"
"You!"
Bao Cuilian pointed a trembling finger at Shen Lingxue, speechless.
It was true.
When she first entered the working world, a mere woman on her own, she had been kept by a powerful man.
She’d had no other choice.
Besides, her sacrifice hadn’t been for nothing; she gained things ordinary people never could and didn’t feel ashamed of it.
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But she was also a person who cared about her reputation and had always concealed how she’d gotten by.
Yet now, Shen Lingxue had so bluntly stated the one thing she never wanted the world to hear, and she instantly turned pale with rage.
"Sis, get out of here!"
Just then, Bao Dacheng roared again and ripped his shirt to pieces. "I’m gonna have myself a royal threesome today!"
"You two from the Bao family, listen up!"
Suddenly, Su Yanyun, who had been silent the whole time, snatched up a pair of chopsticks and brandished them. "Lingxue is from the Shen Family! You can’t afford to mess with them!"
"I already told you, I’m not afraid of the Shen Family!" Bao Cuilian seemed to have some powerful backing as she took a hard drag from her cigarette.
’This is bad,’ Shen Lingxue thought.
’No wonder Jiang Xinghai had warned me to be extra careful lately.’
’Judging from Bao Cuilian’s words and behavior, she doesn’t seem to have any respect for my Shen Family at all!’
Fortunately, the moment Bao Cuilian had lost her temper, Shen Lingxue had sent a message to Jiang Xinghai.
She was confident that, given the distance, Jiang Xinghai would arrive within ten minutes at the latest. All they had to do now was stall.
"Alright, little brother, you can start now!"
"You two can scream all you want. Scream until you’re hoarse. No one will come to save you, because this is still my territory!" Bao Cuilian shot them a glacial smile and stepped out of the room. Just as she was turning to lock the door behind her—
"Bao Cuilian, if you don’t want your entire family to be wiped out, you’ll let us go right now. I can pretend this never happened." Shen Lingxue knew she had to do something.
’Otherwise, the moment that door closes, it’s over for me and Su Yanyun!’
"The Bao Family, wiped out?"
Sure enough, Bao Cuilian froze in her tracks.
She tilted her head slightly, a mocking look in her eyes. "You don’t need to worry about whether the Bao Family will be wiped out. As for your Shen Family... its day of reckoning isn’t far off!"
"It’s just twenty million, isn’t it?"
Shen Lingxue sighed heavily. "Let us leave first, and I’ll give it to you."
’Jiang Xinghai still hasn’t shown up. I can’t risk my safety and Su Yanyun’s over money.’
