After the divorce, I became a rich girl

When Zhao Quan learned that Li Fei and Qi Baigang were arrested, the hand holding the phone began to tremble violently.

Cigarette ash fell on his suit, but he was unaware of it. He just mechanically took out another cigarette, and the flame of the lighter flickered on his trembling fingertips.

The floor-to-ceiling windows of the office framed the bustling street scene of the city, but at this moment they reflected his pale and distorted face.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly stood up, took a last look at the wall covered with project plans with his bloodshot eyes, and raised his hand to smooth out the wrinkles on his suit.

His Adam's apple rolled nervously twice, and he murmured softly to the empty office: "I can't blame others. It's all greed that hurt me."

However, even if he was to be arrested, he could not just do it like that. He had consulted a lawyer. His case was one of the most involved in the sale of substandard building materials and the amount involved was huge. It would probably take at least ten years to be prosecuted.

He has children, and his wife is a full-time housewife who has no work experience in all these years. He has to consider the future of his children.

Zhao Quan came to the door of Li Xuanbao's office. The frosted glass of the office reflected Zhao Quan's distorted face. He did not knock on the door, but pushed it open.

Li Xuanbao heard the door open and looked away from the computer screen. Seeing that it was Zhao Quan who came in, her delicate eyebrows furrowed tightly and her tone was full of impatience: "Who let you in? Don't you know to knock on the door?"

Zhao Quan seemed not to have heard Li Xuanbao's warning. He walked to the table with heavy steps and sat down heavily on the chair in front of Li Xuanbao. The wooden legs of the chair made a harsh sound by scraping against the ground.

His fingers unconsciously stroked the corners of the cigarette box, then he took out a cigarette, the flame of the lighter lit up at his trembling fingertips, and as the smoke rose, half of his face was hidden in the hazy smoke.

Li Xuanbao frowned and tapped the table with her fingertips irritably: "Director Zhao, I'll say it one last time..." Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhao Quan's sudden raising of his eyes.

Those bloodshot eyes were filled with an almost insane despair, like two burning flames, causing her to shrink back involuntarily.

The air seemed to freeze instantly. Zhao Quan silently took out his cell phone and pressed the play button heavily.

A familiar conversation came from the phone. It was the recording of Li Xuanbao lowering her voice and asking him to "find a way to send the inferior building materials to the Global Construction site" in the office that day.

The words were clear, and even the rustling of files being shuffled in the background could be heard distinctly.

The short two-minute recording seemed particularly long in the office.

The moment the video ended, Li Xuanbao's face was as dark as ink, his nails dug deep into his palms, and he said coldly: "Zhao Quan, are you threatening me?"

Zhao Quan took a deep puff of his cigarette, the cigarette butt flickering between his fingers. Then he suddenly started coughing violently. He hunched his back, clenched his knuckles around the edge of the table, and coughed until his eyes turned red before he could barely stand up.

Shrouded in smoke, his eyes were cloudy and crazy, staring at Li Xuanbao: "Boss Li, Global Construction has called the police. Zhang Yi, Li Fei, Huang Keren, and Qi Baigang have all been taken away by the police."

He paused, and the cigarette butt rolled heavily on the expensive wooden table, leaving a charred mark. "I will be the next one to be found. I am finished, but what about you?"

Li Xuanbao's pupils suddenly contracted and her fingertips unconsciously slid across the table. She didn't expect that Global Construction would call the police!

She originally thought that given Universal Construction's concerns, even if problems were found with the building materials, they would be handled quietly internally.

After all, once a construction quality scandal is exposed, the chain reaction of project delays, contract disputes, and collapse of reputation is enough to make any company overwhelmed.

What's more, as a hot topic, Li Jiawei's every move is followed by the media. If this scandal is related to her, all her industries will be implicated.

After a long while, Li Xuanbao took a deep breath, and her voice was as cold as ice: "Tell me, what do you want to exchange for this recording?"

Zhao Quan's fingers holding the cigarette trembled slightly, he pulled the corner of his mouth and exhaled a puff of turbid smoke: "Boss Li, as long as I don't give you up, the police won't be able to find you.

But I have taken a heavy blame, so you should at least give me some real comfort, right?"

Li Xuanbao almost sneered. Taking the blame? How dare he say that!

It was clearly him who first used inferior building materials on her construction site and embezzled the money for the building materials. Now he is "taking the blame for her"?

But Zhao Quan in front of her had red eyes and messy hair, like a trapped animal. She suppressed the disgust in her eyes, leaned forward, and kept her voice gentle: "Director Zhao is a smart man, and I am not the kind of person who treats my subordinates badly. Just ask for any conditions. Money, connections, as long as I can do it, I can ensure that you will have no worries about food and clothing in here."

Zhao Quan stared at Li Xuanbao, and a smile uglier than crying appeared on his lips, which eventually turned into a heavy sigh: "Boss Li, I know what I will go through. From the beginning of doing such things, I have been mentally prepared. It doesn't matter how I live in there.

You are a big shot in the business world, so you are certainly not short of money. But I...”

Speaking of his son, Zhao Quan paused for a moment and said, "But my son is only nine years old this year, and that's when he needs a father.

I will have to stay in there for at least ten or eight years this time. When I come out, he will be an adult..." The smoke blurred his red eyes, and the office was so quiet that one could hear the ticking of the second hand.

Li Xuanbao's fingertips unconsciously stroked the dial of her watch, her eyes wandered over Zhao Quan's face for a moment, and she said, "I know what you mean.

From today on, I will cover all your son's tuition and living expenses, including all expenses for further studies and studying abroad. When he wants to start a business as an adult, I will give him 3 million in start-up capital."

She paused, her eyes sharpening, "But this is our last deal. Tell me, what else do you want?"

Zhao Quan leaned back in the leather chair, but a twisted smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, like a trapped beast's last counterattack before death: "Eight million US dollars, deposit it into the Swiss account I designated.

Then I will buy two 150-square-meter properties in the most prosperous business district of Xishi, and write my son’s name on the property certificates.”

After saying this, he took a deep puff of the cigarette and then slowly exhaled a smoke ring. The smoke ring spread between the two of them, enveloping the madness and despair in his eyes in a gray mist.

Li Xuanbao's pupils shrank slightly, then returned to normal. Although the money was not a small amount, it was not much for her: "Deal." Then she stared at the phone in Zhao Quan's hand.

Zhao Quan pulled the corner of his mouth, opened his mobile phone in front of her, and dragged the recording that was enough to pose a fatal threat to Li Xuanbao into the shredding program.