I am a master of both medicine and martial arts; after my release from prison, I will dominate the w

Su Wanning stood there, stunned. Even though her body was now dominated by a strong personality, her hardened heart was still trembling.

But her pride made her grit her teeth and say:

"Don't you think it's too awkward to talk about this now? Go back first, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Chu Yang nodded. "Understood."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Su Wanning felt a surge of panic and involuntarily called out, "Chu Yang! You…"

Chu Yang didn't turn around, but he found that Xie Bin and Jiang Yun were already gone.

"Those two guys are pretty fast! But can they outrun the monk, or outrun the temple?"

After mocking the two guys who ran away, he turned and left.

Just then, Gu Chen called out.

"Chu Yang! You're leaving already? I was just about to have a detailed discussion with your wife about the land reclamation project."

Chu Yang didn't turn his head, but simply waved his hand behind him, "Do as you please!"

The moment those three words left her lips, Su Wanning felt as if her heart had been trampled on.

It wasn't that she had lost the "protection" Chu Yang mentioned, but rather that she felt she might have hurt that man.

"Chu Yang, wait a minute!"

She had just taken a step when Zhou Ziming collapsed to the ground with a "thud," grabbing onto Su Wanning's skirt.

"Ah... I, my legs... I can't stand up. You go and chase after Brother Yang."

"I..." Su Wanning let out a heavy sigh. "Never mind! Let me help you first."

Chu Yang had already left the terrace by then.

A suspicious-looking man followed him all the way to the bathroom door.

He was hesitating whether to follow them in when the bathroom door was pushed open, and Chu Yang's figure flashed past him in a hurry.

He quickly notified his accomplices downstairs to keep a close eye on Chu Yang.

A few minutes later, news came from the people on the first floor that although Chu Yang moved quickly, they still caught up with him and found that he had already gotten into a taxi, and they sent people to follow him.

The news quickly reached Chu Song and Murong Lan's private viewing room.

Murong Lan's face was filled with resentment.

"How can he tolerate this? Is he even a man?"

Chu Song also snorted disdainfully, "He's really lost even his father's backbone. But if Xie Bin and Jiang Yun hadn't run away, maybe he would have fallen for it for the money."

A hint of doubt flashed across Murong Lan's pretty face. "Ai Qiandao didn't show up. Could he be just an alias for Chu Yang? If so, we won't have to worry about that damn 'Masked Young Master' anymore."

Chu Song nodded slightly and said, "That's right! Today's events have given me the answer I wanted. Otherwise, I don't know how long I would have been fooled by Ai Qiandao's identity. You can now go all out in your acquisition of the Su and Liu families."

Murong Lan smiled and pointed to Gu Chen, who was sitting opposite Su Wanning with his legs crossed below the glass curtain wall.

"Without Chu Yang, let's see who can protect her."

At this moment, Gu Chen had already received the news that Ai Qiandao would not appear at all, and he no longer had any concerns.

“Pah!”

A slap landed on Zhou Ziming's face.

Zhou Ziming was completely bewildered. Logically speaking, they were all in cahoots, so why did they have to fight?

He covered his face, looking at Gu Chen with grief and indignation, "Why did you hit me?"

Gu Chen looked impatient. "Either get lost! Or die!"

Su Wanning quickly grabbed his arm, afraid that he might get angry and clash with Gu Chen.

"Ziming, just bear with it for a moment."

The anger in Zhou Ziming's eyes intensified, and he suddenly roared, "Get out—I'll—get out—!"

He angrily turned his wheelchair around and headed towards the exit.

Su Wanning and everyone around her were stunned.

Gu Chen exclaimed, "Damn, this kid actually has some backbone!"

Su Wanning frowned and looked at Gu Chen. "Director, what issue would you like to discuss with me?"

Gu Chen slammed a document onto the table.

"This project can be given to you, but you need to pay a deposit of 50 billion now."

"What? Five hundred billion? The entire project only cost three hundred billion."

She's currently facing a severe cash shortage; let alone 50 billion, she can't even come up with 5 billion right now.

Gu Chen curled his lips into a sinister smile. "Small companies like yours always make a fuss. Are government projects really that easy to get?"

Su Wanning was extremely anxious. Biting her lower lip, she steeled herself and said, "Director, I will personally give you 500 million."

Gu Chen laughed loudly and slammed the recorder on the table with a "bang".

"You've openly offered bribes! For this one reason alone, the land reclamation project is off the market for the Su Group. If I put in a little more effort, you should at least spend a few days in a detention center. By the time you get out, the Su Group will be under the Murong family's name."

Su Wanning was startled upon hearing this.

This kind of thing is common in the business world; everyone openly haggles over prices.

The Great Xia Dynasty has very strict punishments for bribery and accepting bribes. Although the law is practically a formality, the consequences Gu Chen mentioned are not an exaggeration if someone is actually accused of bribery.

She couldn't understand why Gu Chen would flip the table like that.

"Director, why are you doing this? If it really doesn't work, you can just name your price."

Gu Chen turned off the recorder and looked at Su Wanning with a smirk.

"I don't like money! But I do have a soft spot for beautiful women. I just wonder how far President Su has gone for this project."

Su Wanning's whole body tensed up, and she trembled uncontrollably.

She glanced at the cake knife on the table and finally suppressed the thought.

"Director, I am a married woman, it's impossible for me to have that kind of thing with you."

Gu Chen laughed, "What a coincidence, I didn't want that kind of thing to happen between us either."

Su Wanning was stunned for a moment, but she still breathed a sigh of relief.

"Apart from that kind of thing, I can try my best to meet your requirements."

Gu Chen pointed to the floor tiles in front of him, "Kneel down!"

Su Wanning's delicate body trembled. "What did you say?"

Gu Chen sneered, "Don't count on Ai Qiandao anymore, he won't show up again. If you don't kneel, I'll hand over the evidence of your bribery. Then you and the Su family will be completely finished."

Su Wanning wouldn't care if others said such things, but Gu Chen was not only a director, but also the son of the provincial governor. With a little maneuvering, those words could become the fuse that destroys the Su family.

Moreover, the Liu family, who had just reached a strategic cooperation agreement, would also suffer a severe blow as a result.

Su Wanning trembled violently, her knees buckled, and she crashed heavily onto the cold floor tiles, her long dress spreading out like shattered butterfly wings.

Her nails dug deeply into her palms, and she tilted her pale face up, forcing out broken pleas: "Director... please... spare the Su family..."

Humiliated tears fell in front of Gu Chen's shiny leather shoes.

Those around them, seeing this, all started watching the drama unfold.

"Tsk tsk, she was just celebrating her lover's birthday and kicking her husband out, and now she's groveling to some big shot?"

"Heh, I used to think she was an unattainable beauty, but I never expected her to be so pathetic."

"This shameless woman deserves to be trampled underfoot!"

Su Wanning felt as if her heart had been torn apart.

At this moment, she experienced the feeling of being bombarded by public opinion. Chu Yang must have felt just as bad just now, right?

Gu Chen pursed his lips, looking quite satisfied.

"Let the Su family go? Heh, your kneeling here is certainly worth a lot of money."

He waved his shiny, custom-made crocodile leather shoes in front of Su Wanning. "Take off my shoes and socks, and use your tongue to lick my toes clean, one by one."

Su Wanning's head buzzed.

Even under her strong personality, tears of humiliation still streamed down her face like a burst dam.

There were so many opportunities; if she had seized just one of them, she wouldn't be suffering such humiliation now.

Perhaps... if Chu Yang doesn't leave, no one will dare to bully her like this.

For some reason, all she could think about was Chu Yang's name...