Since it is cooperation, it certainly cannot be done unilaterally.
She had thought about it before coming to Zhou Li to negotiate. After the negotiation was completed, she would go to talk to Zheng Lin. Zheng Linxu and Zhou Li would investigate together, which would be a win-win situation. Zhou Li had no reason to refuse.
But things did not develop as smoothly as Jiang Mingzhu imagined.
Zhou Li: "I will not cooperate with you."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Why?"
Zhou Li: "There is no need to explain to you."
After saying that, he let go of Jiang Mingzhu and left, turning around without any regret.
Jiang Mingzhu was stunned for a few seconds, and her brain was working rapidly. Then she stood up and ran over to block the door of the villa.
Jiang Mingzhu stood at the door with her arms spread out and successfully stopped Zhou Li.
She was running too fast just now, causing her to be panting, breathing rapidly, her chest was heaving, and her face was flushed.
Zhou Li: "Get out of the way."
Jiang Mingzhu refused to give in to anything.
She had confessed everything to Zhou Li today, and she would not be reconciled if she could not get the results she wanted.
With her head burning, Jiang Mingzhu asked him: "What will it take for you to cooperate? You tell me your conditions. As long as they are not excessive, I will agree."
Jiang Mingzhu can be sure that Zhou Li has a lot of evidence. He and Zhan Yubai get along almost every day, and they have invested in Su Min's laboratory. No one is more suitable for cooperation than him.
Jiang Mingzhu's words, which she thought were sincere, completely changed when they reached Zhou Li's ears.
Once again he was reminded of what she had just said.
Zhou Li sneered sarcastically: "Didn't I say that as long as I can get revenge, I can do anything I want from you?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "What do you want me to do? Go to bed with you and continue to be your lover?"
Zhou Li's thoughts about her were nothing more than this, and he had already shown it clearly during their previous interactions.
If you want to negotiate, you have to present bargaining chips that are attractive to the other party. As someone who graduated with an economics major, she knows this best.
Jiang Mingzhu: "Yes, I promise you, you can play whatever you want, but my requirement is to sign an agreement."
Zhou Li took a step forward, hooked a finger on her chin, and raised her face to see her expression clearly.
She was calm and restrained, and she was really talking to him about this "cooperation" with a business mentality.
He wanted to talk about feelings with her, and she just wanted to talk about deals with him.
Others have always said that he is cold and unkind and rejects people thousands of miles away, but now Zhou Li feels that he is nothing compared to Jiang Mingzhu.
He is a loser and a total loser.
Zhou Li's eyes finally settled on Jiang Mingzhu's lips. Jiang Mingzhu could clearly see the twinkling color in those deep eyes, with a light that would last until death.
Zhou Li was in this state every time he was excited in bed. She was very familiar with it.
After not getting Zhou Li's answer for a long time, Jiang Mingzhu couldn't hold back her breath and stood up on tiptoes to touch his Adam's apple with her lips.
"What position do you want to use, the sofa or the bedroom?" She used the only leverage available to her to the fullest.
Jiang Mingzhu stuck out her tongue and licked his raised Adam's apple. Just when she was about to take the next step, Zhou Li suddenly pushed against her shoulder and gave her a hard push.
Jiang Mingzhu's whole body hit the door panel, the back of her head was hit, and her brain was buzzing.
When she reacted, she met Zhou Li's eyes filled with murderous intent. She felt that she might be killed by him in the next second.
But Jiang Mingzhu couldn't figure out why he was angry. Didn't he always want to sleep with her before?
Zhou Li: "Do you want to cooperate? Yes, I will sign an agreement with you."
Jiang Mingzhu: "When will you sign?"
Zhou Li is a man of uncertainties. If he agrees now, he may regret it later. Jiang Mingzhu just wants to implement the cooperation as soon as possible.
She responded with a sneer from Zhou Li, and then her shoulders were released.
Jiang Mingzhu saw Zhou Li took out his mobile phone and scanned
In the past, I dialed Liang Cong's number.
Zhou Li put the phone to his ear and walked toward the balcony. Jiang Mingzhu vaguely heard him say, "Let the legal department notarize an agreement for me."
The moment these words fell into her eardrums, Jiang Mingzhu's tense nerves finally relaxed. She leaned against the door panel and sat helplessly on the spot.
The confrontation with Zhou Li just now had drained her strength.
——
At twelve o'clock in the morning, Jiang Mingzhu, who was lying on the sofa and taking a nap, was pushed awake by a force.
She opened her eyes, and the expression on her face after being woken up was slightly dissatisfied and a bit confused.
Jiang Mingzhu was a little angry when she got up, but after giving Zhou Li a cold look, she couldn't vent her anger even if she was angry.
Zhou Li threw the two documents in his hand to Jiang Mingzhu. Jiang Mingzhu glanced at the contract, but she didn't expect him to be so efficient.
After getting the contract, Jiang Mingzhu started to read it. She could trust Wanhua's legal department, and besides, this kind of agreement had no technical content——
When she saw the third page, Jiang Mingzhu's facial features wrinkled up.
She raised her head and looked at Zhou Li opposite: "What do these lines mean?"
Zhou Li: "Are you illiterate?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Why do you ask me to resign and not let me meet Yuanye? Even if I am your lover, I have the freedom to make friends, right?"
Zhou Li: "You don't have to sign."
Jiang Mingzhu: "..."
She held back ten thousand curse words, and even wanted to throw the two contracts in Zhou Li's face, but finally held back: "Yuan Ye is very good to me, and it doesn't make sense for me to not see him for no reason. Can you please be reasonable? "
Zhou Li remained silent. This time he stood up and walked up to her, trying to snatch the two agreements from her hands.
Jiang Mingzhu held on tightly.
Zhou Li: "Let go."
Jiang Mingzhu: "No, I haven't signed it yet."
Zhou Li: "Don't you want to be reasonable?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "...You pretend I didn't say anything."
Zhou Li let go of the document, raised his wrist and glanced at the time: "One minute, forget it if you don't sign."
In the end, Jiang Mingzhu could only sign her name on Party B's signature. Zhou Li got the ink pad from somewhere and asked her to put her fingerprints on it. At first glance, it looked like a contract of betrayal.
Jiang Mingzhu sneered. It was indeed no different from a contract of betrayal.
Jiang Mingzhu originally planned to confess to Yuan Ye after the matter was resolved, but signing this agreement meant that she would have a showdown with Yuan Ye.
One incident after another was exhausting, and Jiang Mingzhu leaned softly on the sofa.
When she was distracted, she suddenly heard a door closing, which was deafening.
Jiang Mingzhu looked back and saw that Zhou Li had already left.
She was surprised and relieved at the same time. It was good to leave. She didn't have the strength to deal with him tonight.
——
The car was speeding on the highway. Zhou Li held the steering wheel tightly, staring at the empty road ahead with his scarlet eyes, as if a blazing fire was burning in his chest.
The words Jiang Mingzhu said and what she said to He Chuyan kept lingering in her ears——
"When I find out the truth, I'll kick him out."
From the beginning to now, her goal has been clear. What she is looking for is not Zhou Li, but Zhan Yubai's fiancé.
