My Beautiful CEO.

"That's not right. If business is good, how could we be short of money?" Li Cheng asked.

"Although Mr. Zhang earns a lot, he also spends money recklessly. I remember he was particularly fond of gambling, sometimes losing millions in one night, and he also cheated many of his relatives behind their backs."

"No matter how good our business is, it's still just the service industry. How can we afford to gamble like that? He might be short of money right now! I saw him come back and start cursing at people, and he was unhappy with everyone he saw!"

Upon hearing Ah Yan's story, Li Cheng suddenly had an idea. He hugged Ah Yan and kissed her, saying, "Take me to meet your boss. Maybe we can finalize our cooperation."

"Really? Then you'll become our shareholder, which means you'll be my boss. Don't forget me when you become successful, and give me some lucrative jobs too."

Ah Yan is a very realistic person, Li Cheng smiled helplessly.

"Take me inside."

Ah Yan quickly tidied her clothes and then took Li Cheng to the foot massage parlor.

When they arrived at the door of a room, they knocked, and an impatient voice came from inside.

"Who is it? Leave me alone and get lost!"

"Boss, it's me, Ayan. Someone outside is looking for you," Ayan said in a friendly tone.

At that moment, a man opened the door and said angrily, "What are you doing here? Boss Zhang is still resting. He stayed up all night last night. Let's talk about it another day."

Ayan looked at Li Cheng, who said, "I'm here to hang out with Boss Zhang."

"What do you want to play?" the man asked.

Just then, someone inside seemed to hear the noise. Li Cheng looked and saw that it was Scarface.

Scarface saw Li Cheng and said, "Mr. Li, what brings you here?"

"I wanted to talk business with your boss, Mr. Zhang. You're here too?" Li Cheng said.

"Are you going to pay me back?" Scarface asked expectantly.

"Well, I don't know if your boss Zhang has the time right now. I'd like to talk to him about this in person."

Scarface told Li Cheng to wait a moment, then went inside and came out a while later, saying, "Boss Zhang said you can go in."

Li Cheng then swaggered in.

At this moment, Boss Zhang was still yawning and rubbing his eyes. He looked Li Cheng up and down and said, "Boss Li? What brings you here? Please have a seat."

Li Cheng sat down without any ceremony, lit a cigarette for him, and said, "Boss Zhang, are you still busy? I won't beat around the bush, I'm here to give you money."

Mr. Zhang said with some surprise, "Is it because of Yang Tao? Hey, Mr. Li, you're so serious. You actually personally delivered money for a woman."

Scarface chimed in, "It's nothing, it's just small change for Mr. Li."

"Women are nothing to worry about, it's just a little money, just something to have fun with." Li Cheng took out the money he had withdrawn and handed it over.

Scarface chuckled and looked at the amount, only to find it was 100,000? He said, "Boss Li, we agreed before that redeeming Yang Tao would cost at least 260,000. Why do you only have 100,000 here?"

"My card has reached its limit, and I've been having some cash flow problems lately. You can use this 100,000 yuan for now, and I'll make up the rest for you in a few days."

Scarface glanced at Boss Zhang, who nodded, accepted the 100,000 yuan, and said, "This is nothing. Boss Li is Zhang Qing's brother-in-law, so he shouldn't care about this little bit of money. How about we have a meal together?"

Mr. Zhang was just being polite, but Li Cheng said, "Okay, you wait here, I'm going to the restroom."

After saying that, Li Cheng deliberately left his phone on the sofa, where he secretly started recording.

After a while, Li Cheng returned, secretly checked his phone, and saw that the recording was complete.

Li Cheng said, "Didn't we say we'd eat together? It's on me, you can pick any place you like."

Mr. Zhang was a little surprised, because he was just being polite, but he didn't expect Li Cheng to agree. He said, "Alright, whatever you like then. There's a decent hotel not far away."

He then ordered Scarface to take a few subordinates to reserve a table.

Li Cheng simply put on his Bluetooth headset and started recording the audio.

Hearing Scarface say, "Boss Zhang, this Boss Li is really a fool. He's willing to spend so much money on a cheap piece of trash like Yang Tao. He's already given her 150,000 to 160,000."

Mr. Zhang said, "It's alright. Li Cheng's backer is Zhang Qing, so he definitely doesn't lack money. It doesn't matter."

“But why didn’t he give it all at once?” Scarface asked.

"Are you stupid? If you were Boss Li, would you pay it all at once? Besides, business people often have cash flow problems. Anyway, I feel that Li Cheng doesn't care much about money."

"That's right. His family's luxury cars are all worth millions. Yang Tao is so lucky to have met such a rich and foolish sugar daddy."

"I have to say, Li Cheng is actually quite honest. I was just being polite, and he agreed. I've been having bad luck lately, I've spent all my money, and I have nowhere to eat, drink, and have fun. I didn't expect him to come to me like this."

"Why don't we just skip the eating, drinking, and having fun, and just say we have something to do?"

"Get lost. There's no point in cultivating a relationship with a rich idiot like him. Maybe we can work together in the future. Making money off him isn't hard. What's a meal?" Boss Zhang said.

"That's right. Should we ask him if he wants to play a couple of hands of cards later? We can take the opportunity to make some money off him."

"That's a good idea. I'll stop here; it seems he's coming back."

The recording ends here.

Li Cheng quickly deleted the recording, pretended to have finished the call, and then went to a private room in a nearby hotel.

Mr. Zhang said with a smile, "Mr. Li, the environment here is quite nice, isn't it? Thank you for spending so much."

A meal here costs over a thousand yuan, which is a bit painful for Li Cheng, but a person who is going to do important things cannot be affected by such expenses.

"It's alright, we're all just making friends. How much longer will it take for the food to arrive?"

"Half an hour, I think?"

"Since you're just killing time anyway, Mr. Zhang, would you like to play mahjong?" Li Cheng asked.

Mr. Zhang's eyes lit up, feeling that this was exactly what he wanted to do, and he said, "Let's play, but there are too few people, just the two of us, how can we play?"

Li Cheng pointed to Scarface and Zhang's henchmen and said, "They're people too, aren't they? Just here to make up the numbers?"

Mr. Zhang said in a pretentious manner, "Isn't this too much trouble? They're all our people, aren't you afraid there will be cheaters among us?"

Li Cheng smiled and said, "What's the big deal? Don't be so formal. There are no fathers and sons in a casino!"

"Alright, let's have some fun then. How much should we bet?" Boss Zhang asked Li Cheng.

"Two hundred as a base, with no upper limit! Are you interested?" Li Cheng asked.

"Okay, okay, I'll bet a thousand and win it all myself."

Li Cheng nodded and also took out a thousand yuan to bet on himself to win. Scarface and the other person probably didn't have much money on them either; they were just following along.