The boss gestured to his men to give him a glass of water.

Zhang Peng took the cup and gulped it down. He hadn't eaten or drunk anything for a day and a night, so this cup of water was a lifeline for him. After finishing the cup, he clearly felt it wasn't enough, and Zhang Peng wanted another cup.

"As long as you let me get the money, not only will you get rid of the water, but all your previous debts will also be wiped clean!" the boss said with a sneer.

Zhang Peng stared greedily at the water in the glass and swallowed hard.

“Xu Tian doesn’t care about me at all. He divorced my sister a long time ago and married someone richer. If you want to get the money, you have to work on the women around him.”

The leader pondered his words for a moment, a sly smile playing on his lips, his eyes gleaming with calculation. He slowly stood up and ordered his men to untie Zhang Peng.

"Looks like we need to give him a 'surprise.' If we can use some photos as leverage, he'll be more than willing to hand over the money."

After saying that, he patted Zhang Peng on the shoulder, and the air was filled with an atmosphere of conspiracy.

Seeing this, Zhang Peng hurriedly said, "Why don't you release me, and I'll help you get this done!"

"You?" The boss was very disdainful.

If Zhang Peng truly possessed that ability, he wouldn't have ended up in this predicament. Clearly, he still harbors ulterior motives and intends to leave this place.

Knowing they didn't trust him, Zhang Peng quickly said, "I know Xu Tian. He currently has three women in his life. One is the mistress of the Xu Group, his officially acknowledged girlfriend. Another is the darling daughter of the Zhao Group. And the third one has no background; she's the family I came to to avoid you before."

The boss looked at him with a piercing gaze, as if afraid he might be up to some trick.

Seeing that things were looking promising, Zhang Peng continued, "Let me out, and I'll bring her over later, how about that?"

After thinking it over carefully, the leader summoned his men.

"Brother Meng, are we really going to let him go? He's our only bargaining chip now," one of his men said.

The man called Meng Ge sneered, "Of course not. You take some men and find out what's going on with Xu Tian's side. Also, find out if the woman next to Xu Tian is as he says. Then come back and give me a message."

The men responded and left with their men. Zhang Peng saw that his plan had failed and his heart sank. If they didn't release the people, he wouldn't be able to escape at all. If he tried to escape by force and they found out, they would probably beat him to death.

Thinking of this, Zhang Peng's eyes went limp, and he could only hope that Zhang Qian could find a way to get him out.

Meng Ge turned to look at Zhang Peng and smiled, "Don't worry, as long as the information you provide is reliable, you won't suffer any hardship here."

After saying that, Brother Meng waved his hand and asked someone to get him some food. Zhang Peng didn't care about anything else at that moment. He hadn't eaten all day, so he didn't mind eating other people's leftover boxed lunches. He even wolfed them down.

……

At this point, Zhang Qian was desperate and had no choice but to call Zhao Lei. He had said that he would help her if she needed anything, but when she asked to borrow 100 million yuan, Zhao Lei scoffed on the other end of the phone and then hung up.

Zhang Qian felt utterly desolate. It seemed that only Xu Tian, ​​in the past, regarded her as a priceless treasure. But without Xu Tian, ​​she was nothing more than a woman with a price tag, not even worth that much.

Just as she was wondering what to do, Zhao Lei called her again. Overjoyed, Zhang Qian was given an address to meet. But when she saw the address, her heart sank.

Huaxiang Hotel, Room 303.

The implications were obvious. After a moment of internal struggle, Zhang Qian arrived at the hotel according to its address.

Bang bang bang!

Zhang Qian nervously knocked on the door. The door slowly opened, and what came into view was not Zhao Lei's familiar yet unfamiliar face, but Zhao Jing!

Zhao Jing was taken aback at first, then realized what was happening, her smile full of contempt and disdain.

Zhang Qian's hand froze in mid-air, her heart sinking as if gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand.

"Hey, isn't this Zhang Qian? What, is my brother so charming that you're willing to do anything to throw yourself into his arms?" Zhao Jing leaned against the door frame, arms crossed, looking like she was about to watch a good show.

Zhang Qian's face turned pale instantly. She wanted to explain, but found that her throat was blocked and she couldn't make a sound.

She had always looked down on Zhao Jing for juggling various men and changing them like clothes, but now she had fallen so low as to have to sleep with men to achieve her goals, and the man she was going to sleep with was Zhao Jing's brother.

"You don't need to be embarrassed. I knew what kind of person you were from the very beginning."

Zhao Jing smiled, but in her heart she cursed Zhao Lei to the core. She wondered why Zhao Lei had been so polite to her, asking for her help. It turned out he just wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate Zhang Qian. Even though she and Zhang Qian didn't get along, as a woman, she didn't want to do that.

Now that she had been exposed, Zhang Qian stopped pretending. "Who I am is none of your business to lecture me. Do you think you're any better than me? Do you dare say you've never slept with other men?"

Zhao Jing looked at her with amusement. "The nature of these things is not the same. Those men are playthings to me, but you are also a plaything to them. How can they be the same?"

Her words deeply stung Zhang Qian, who said in a frantic voice, "What's the difference? The more you act like this, the less Xu Tian will like you. Otherwise, why would he be with Chu Lan?"

Zhao Jing's expression changed, and she said coldly, "Let me give you a piece of advice: using your body to achieve your goals was wrong from the start. If you know what's good for you, get lost!"

Zhang Qian, however, couldn't tell the difference and pushed Zhao Jing aside to enter the room.

Zhao Jing shook her head. She had meant well, wanting to provoke Zhang Qian to save her once, but since Zhang Qian wouldn't listen, there was nothing she could do. Having done all she could, she left with that thought.

At the same time, Zhao Lei walked out of the bathroom with a bath towel wrapped around his lower body. Zhang Qian's breath hitched, and she stood by the window with a nervous expression.

"If you can't come up with a hundred million, how much can you lend me? I promise, in two years, no! One year is enough, I will definitely pay you back."

A playful smile curled at the corner of Zhao Lei's lips as he slowly approached Zhang Qian. Each step felt heavy and oppressive, as if treading on her heart. He stopped in front of her, his gaze sweeping over her body with undisguised contempt.

"Zhang Qian, who do you think you are? One hundred million? Do you think you're worth that much?" As he spoke, he reached out and gently pinched Zhang Qian's chin, forcing her to look up and meet his gaze. His eyes were full of indifference and mockery.

Zhang Qian's eyes quickly reddened, tears of humiliation welling up but stubbornly refusing to fall. Seeing this, Zhao Lei's smile deepened, his fingers sliding down to her neck, gently caressing it as if it were his most prized plaything.

"To tell you the truth, my feelings for you are nothing more than a charade. Do you really think I would go bankrupt for you? Ha, what a joke."

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