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"...What?" Lu Yibai's tone was still a little confused, clearly not yet realizing that he had been tricked.

"Eh..." Xie Zhaoyuan sighed deliberately, her face clearly trying to suppress a laugh, but she insisted on looking somewhat troubled.

"President Lu, don't you know? I was the one who told Pei Xingzhi about your collusion with Fang Bo. If I hadn't been so talkative, Pei Xingzhi probably wouldn't have suspected you even now."

"You—" Lu Yibai's tone changed instantly, his previous gentleness and patience vanished without a trace, leaving only his usual ferocity.

"How do you know about what happened between me and Fang Bo? Who told you?"

Xie Zhaoyuan raised her chin slightly, looking proud: "Nobody told me, I found out on my own."

"How could you possibly know this?" Lu Yibai said through gritted teeth, "The only people who know about this are Qin Sisi and me!"

Xie Zhaoyuan: "Do you think Qin Sisi will tell me?"

“…” Lu Yibai remained silent.

Xie Zhaoyuan smiled slightly: "Qin Sisi is your accomplice, how could she possibly tell me about this? Besides, if Pei Xingzhi wants to rescue Fang Bo from your clutches, he must suspect you as early as possible. At that time, neither Qin Sisi nor you were down on your luck, so she had no reason to be so foolish as to tell me something like this."

"Lu Yibai, do you understand?"

Lu Yibai understood, of course.

Pei Xingzhi has already captured Fang Bo and obtained everything he wanted. Even if Qin Sisi wanted to seek refuge with him and use Fang Bo to exchange for a better future, she no longer had the chance.

Therefore, Pei Xingzhi must have been watching her for a long time, which also shows that Xie Zhaoyuan was not lying to him; she really knew it herself.

"How could you possibly know about this?" Lu Yibai couldn't understand it at all. "I didn't tell you, Qin Sisi didn't tell you, and Fang Bo certainly wouldn't have told you. Nobody told you, so how could you possibly know?"

"Hmph," Xie Zhaoyuan chuckled, her tone full of smugness, "President Lu, don't worry about how I found out. The most important thing right now is to negotiate our deal, isn't it?"

"..." Lu Yibai neither denied nor accepted.

But for Xie Zhaoyuan, as long as he didn't hang up, it meant he wanted to continue listening.

So Xie Zhaoyuan continued, "President Lu, this is not a private matter between you and Pei Xingzhi, but rather a matter between us. I have the right to get involved."

"If you want to resolve this matter quickly, you'd better tell me now. My meaning is the same as Pei Xingzhi's. After the meeting with him, I will relay the contents of this phone call to him in full. Please rest assured, Mr. Lu."

Lu Yibai hesitated for a moment, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but asked with a half-smile, "Do you know what Pei Xingzhi wants?"

"Of course I know!" Xie Zhaoyuan said firmly. "I am Pei Xingzhi's wife and the mother of his son. I know all his thoughts."

"Mr. Lu can rest assured to do business with me."

“…Okay.” Lu Yibai gritted his teeth and agreed.

Every day Fang Bo lives increases his danger. As long as he can resolve this thorny problem quickly, whether he makes a deal with Pei Xingzhi or Xie Zhaoyuan doesn't really matter.

"Tell me, what do you want?" he asked directly.

Xie Zhaoyuan raised an eyebrow at Pei Xingzhi, wanting to ask for his opinion, but unexpectedly he shrugged and mouthed to Xie Zhaoyuan, "Do whatever you want."

“…Alright.” Xie Zhao reluctantly accepted the task.

"Ahem..." She cleared her throat, and a bad idea instantly popped into her head after a quick thought.

"Mr. Lu, where are you now?" she asked casually.

Lu Yibai answered honestly, "I work at the Lu Group."

Xie Zhaoyuan: "Then how about this, Mr. Lu, you can come out of the Lu Group first, and then take a taxi to the Brilliant Plaza in the city center. We'll meet there."

"……what?"

Lu Yibai could barely understand meeting at Brilliant Plaza, but what did Xie Zhaoyuan mean by specifically emphasizing that he should take a taxi there?

Why should I take a taxi? Can't I drive myself?

"Mr. Lu, can you drive those cars under your name freely now?" Xie Zhaoyuan said with a straight face, "Your cars are either Bentleys or Porsches. Driving any one of them would be a real head-turner!"

"The things we need to discuss are not things that can be discussed openly. Is it really appropriate for you to be so high-profile?"

“This…” Lu Yibai hesitated.

Xie Zhaoyuan then added, "The more shameful something is, the more discreet you should be. Dress simply and hail an inconspicuous Didi car; that way, no one will notice us."

"...Do we really have to take a taxi?" Lu Yibai was reluctant. "I think I can borrow a car from my employee."

"Of course not!" Xie Zhaoyuan immediately rejected the idea. "The Lu Group is currently in the eye of the storm, and countless eyes in Yuncheng are watching. If a car were to drive out of the Lu Group at this time, I'm sure those gossip reporters and nosy netizens would follow it relentlessly! Our deal would definitely fall through!"

"So for safety's sake, I still suggest that President Lu sneak out of the Lu Group and then hide in a corner to hail a Didi ride."

"What do you think?"

“…Alright then.” Although he wasn’t very willing, Lu Yibai had to admit that Xie Zhaoyuan’s words made a lot of sense.

"Then I'll set off now. Where shall we meet?"

Xie Zhaoyuan: "I'm at Brilliant Plaza now. I'll tell you the exact address when you get there."

"Okay." Lu Yibai agreed. "I'll call a taxi now. Keep your phone accessible at all times."

“No problem!” Xie Zhaoyuan pursed her lips, suppressing a laugh. “The things Fang Bo gave me are all on Pei Xingzhi’s computer. I’ll take this opportunity to have Pei Xingzhi’s assistant organize them and send them to me.”

"Once the transaction is complete, they are yours to dispose of as you see fit."

Lu Yibai: "Mm."

Then he hung up the phone.

"Why did you send him to Brilliant Plaza?" Pei Xingzhi didn't understand Xie Zhaoyuan's intention.

Xie Zhaoyuan handed the phone back to him, her smile both mischievous and innocent: "I wasn't doing anything, I just suddenly wanted to call him over to see how the construction of Brilliant Plaza is going."

"Hmm?" Pei Xingzhi frowned in confusion, his gaze on Xie Zhaoyuan filled with obvious inquiry.

Xie Zhaoyuan didn't explain, she just smiled at him. After thinking about it for a while, he understood what Xie Zhaoyuan wanted to do.

"Hey...you, you." He raised his hand and gently pinched Xie Zhaoyuan's nose. "You little rascal, you're the one with the most mischievous ideas!"

"Hmph!" Xie Zhaoyuan wasn't angry at all; on the contrary, she was quite proud.

"Pei Xingzhi, I'm hungry. Take me to eat quickly."