Standing in front of the Fengchen Construction Company building, Zhu Jingrong wrung her hands uneasily and nervously, the fear in her heart reaching its peak in an instant.
She subconsciously fiddled with her shoulder-length hair and clothes until she confirmed that there was nothing wrong again and again before stepping into the shockingly tall building in front of her, as if it was waiting for her to walk into a trap with its bloody mouth open.
At this moment, she really wanted to run away, but she knew that she couldn't do that. Once she turned around and left, she knew that she wouldn't have the courage to walk back here again. So no matter how afraid she was and how much she resisted approaching the building, she still had to bite the bullet and walk in, because this was related to the happiness of their family.
Her father, Zhu Xuehuang, had been hooked on playing stocks under the instigation of his friends. Who knew that he would be trapped instead of earning money? In order to recover from his disadvantage, Zhu Xuehuang had embezzled public funds and invested all his money in stocks. This investment amounted to tens of millions. It was difficult to hide such a large number. Seeing that the truth had been exposed, the company even threatened to file a complaint next Monday if they did not return the public funds. However, how could he get such a large sum of money to make up for it?
Seeing that the day was approaching and he couldn't raise any money, coupled with his fear, Zhu Xuehuang actually 'packed up' and fled alone, mercilessly leaving Zhu Jingrong and Zhu Boyang behind.
That day was the most glorious day of Zhu Jingrong's life. Because she successfully got into a famous national university in Taibei, everyone praised her, and she felt very happy. Who knew that as soon as she stepped into the house, she would find that her father had selfishly abandoned them because he was afraid of being caught. This sudden bolt from the blue made her unable to think.
However, she knew that she could not escape, and she could not escape. She would never allow herself to be as selfish as her father and escape. Once she did that, she would be no different from her selfish father.
Moreover, she still had a younger brother who had just advanced to the third year of junior high school to raise, so even though the fear in her heart was getting stronger and stronger, she still ordered herself to face it bravely.
She had come here today to plead for mercy. She did not expect her father's superior to let them go. She only hoped that he would be lenient and let this huge sum be repaid in installments. That way, she would be satisfied.
However, things were not as simple as she had imagined.
It was rumored that the chairman of Fengchen Construction Company, Kang Zhenglun, was as shrewd as a fox and as cruel as a tiger. Not only did he not easily let go of the evil people, but he would also give them a fatal blow. Therefore, in the business world, unless it was necessary, very few people were willing to discuss business with him face to face. The people who had worked with him once said,"His aura of a king always makes people unconsciously fall into his control, involuntarily following his footsteps step by step, and finally falling into the trap he has long set.”
Because she had heard too many rumors about Kang Zhenglun before she came, she could not muster the courage to take a step inside even though she was already standing at the door.
Zhu Jingrong stared at her watch and smiled bitterly. It was already 1:59 in the afternoon, and there was only one minute left in the agreed time. Seeing that she was about to face the result of being late, she was so afraid that she couldn't lift her feet, as if they were rooted to the ground.
It was clearly the scorching sun outside, but her hands and feet were shivering.
I don't care! Zhu Jingrong took a deep breath and resolutely prepared to face the upcoming reality. Even if the future was difficult, even if she had to enter the tiger's den, she had no choice.
Walking toward the service area, Zhu Jingrong asked the counter lady anxiously and carefully,
"I have an appointment with your chairman.!”
Before Zhu Jingrong could finish her words, she was interrupted by the counter lady. She flipped through her notebook and replied impatiently,"Our chairman doesn't have any visitors at this time.”
"Yes, yes!" Zhu Jing Rong hurriedly said," I'll make an appointment with him at two o'clock.”
"Two points?" The lady raised her eyebrows in displeasure. After looking at her watch, she gloated and waited for a good show. "It's already 2:05. Please go back. Our chairman hates it when people are late. Please make another appointment.”
"Please do me a favor and tell him that this matter is very important to me. Can I trouble you?!”She didn't give up and pleaded again. She knew that Kang Zhenglun hated people who weren't punctual the most, but seeing that time was tight, she had no choice but to meet him today. If she couldn't meet him, then it would really be over.
Today was Friday, and the day after tomorrow was the weekend. It would be Monday, and Kang Zhenglun was going to file a complaint on Monday, so she had to see him today no matter what.
"I don't care if you're important or not. If the chairman doesn't want to see you, he doesn't want to see you. How many times do you want me to say it before you understand?”
"I'm sorry, I know this is difficult for you, but I have to see him today, or it'll be too late. I beg you to make a call. It's good to try. Maybe he'll change his mind and let me see him.”Zhu Jing Rong begged her once more, almost kneeling down.
"Alright, but I can't guarantee that the chairman will be willing to see you.”The counter lady was not a cold-hearted person. How could she refuse when the other party had already begged so much? She had no choice but to make a call.
After a while, the counter lady hung up the phone and turned to face Zhu Jingrong.
"You're lucky that the chairman is willing to let bygones be bygones and meet you. In a while, the chairman's personal secretary, Miss Lin, will come downstairs to bring you over.”
"Thank you. You've helped me a lot.”Zhu Jing Rong was sincerely grateful for her help.
Not long after, a woman in a light yellow suit walked out of the elevator door that had just opened. She came in front of Zhu Jing Rong without hesitation.
"Miss Zhu, right?" Secretary Lin asked tentatively. Seeing Zhu Jingrong nod slowly, she continued,"Please follow me. Our chairman has been waiting for you for a while.”
"I'm very sorry." Zhu Jing Rong said in a low voice, but in her heart she blamed herself for hesitating outside for so long. Now, the other party must be very unhappy.
After that, Zhu Jingrong followed Secretary Lin to a large door and stopped. As she got closer to Kang Zhenglun, she seemed to see the courage in her heart gradually disappearing.
Secretary Lin knocked on the tightly shut door." Chairman, Miss Zhu is here.”
These few simple words were like throwing Zhu Jing Rong into a bottomless abyss. She could only let her body fall, but she didn't have the ability to get up.
"Let her in." A deep and attractive unique voice came from the other end of the door. If it wasn't for the fact that she roughly knew what kind of person was inside, Zhu Jing Rong would have almost been intoxicated.
"You can go in now." Secretary Lin saw that she was in a daze, so she pushed her and said coldly.
"Oh!" Only after being pushed did Zhu Jing Rong wake up. What was she thinking? What time was it now? How could she stand there in a daze?
She was forced to open the door and walk in. Her line of sight was immediately taken away by the tall figure standing in front of the window.
Kang Zhenglun turned to face Zhu Jingrong. She only took a glance at him before she understood that she had no chance of winning this game.
This person exuded the aura of a leader. His bright eyes stared at her without blinking, making her want to avoid or escape this tense space. His relaxed yet waiting expression made her shiver uncontrollably. At this moment, she was like a prey that he had set his eyes on, waiting for him to come and hunt her.
Kang Zhenglun's gaze caused Zhu Jingrong to reflexively want to escape. Just as the thought rose in her mind, her gaze also shifted in an instant. Under the circumstances where she didn't dare to look at his handsome and devilish face, she could only let her gaze slide from top to bottom, finally stopping on his polished leather shoes. However, the way she looked at him filled her mind with endless fantasies, and her cheeks could not help but heat up.
At the same time that Zhu Jingrong shifted her gaze, Kang Zhenglun maintained the same posture, staring at her without moving.
Unlike his tall and strong body, she looked very small in front of him. Her height was probably not even as tall as his broad shoulders. Her fragile appearance made people want to hold her in their hands and protect her. Her pale little face was flushed at this moment, adding an indescribable elegance to her.
Looking at her made him want to play an evil game. As soon as the thought rose, he actually looked forward to it like a teenage boy. How unbelievable!
Kang Zhenglun recalled the phone call he had just hung up and the threat his parents had made him. They threatened him over the phone that they could not get married, but at least they could get a grandson to play with. He originally didn't want to pay attention to their words, but at this moment, he suddenly wanted to do as his parents said, and he believed that Zhu Jing Rong had this qualification.
You want a grandson? Kang Zhenglun laughed dryly with ill intentions. His gaze on her became sharper and hotter, as if he was examining an object, not letting go of anything from head to toe.
"Xue Huang Zhu's daughter?" Even though he was 100% sure that she was, he still wanted to hear her answer personally.
Kang Zhenglun's sudden voice gave Zhu Jingrong a fright. After reconsidering his question, she slowly nodded in response.
"What was it called again?" Kang Zhenglun asked casually.
"Zhu Jing Rong." She said timidly, afraid that she would offend him accidentally.
"Do you know that you're already five minutes late?”He said with a smile, but that smile never reached his eyes.
"I'm sorry for wasting your precious time.”She kept apologizing to him.
"Why? Didn't anyone tell you that I hate it when people are late?”Kang Zhenglun narrowed his eyes and asked emotionlessly. "I'm not an unreasonable person. Tell me the reason why you're late. If it's excusable, perhaps I can let bygones be bygones.”
Zhu Jing Rong opened her mouth wide but remained speechless. How could she say that she was afraid to face him, so she hesitated in front of the building for nearly half an hour? "I'm sorry." She had no choice but to apologize again and again.
"Don't you have anything else to say other than sorry?”Kang Zhenglun raised his eyebrows impatiently.
" I..." She swallowed carefully and spoke in a low voice, unable to hide her timidity. "Then what do you want me to say?”
Kang Zhenglun rolled his eyes and nearly spat out white foam. In his eyes, this little girl was really an idiot! Of course, he knew that she was afraid of him, but there was no need to be so afraid. It was as if he was a murderous demon standing in front of her. It was true that he was cold and heartless, but he did not think that he had become a fatuous ruler who did not investigate the truth.
"Forget it, forget it." He spread his arms helplessly and stopped making things difficult for her.
Zhu Jing Rong also saw that he was somewhat impatient, and her heart was even more nervous, afraid that he would chase her out on the spot if he was unhappy. "Please don't be angry, I…"
"I said forget it!" His tone was a little heavy because he was upset, and it scared her so much that she dodged to the door. Leaning against the door, she was like an abandoned kitten, waiting for others to extend their warm hands to her.
Kang Zhenglun approached her as if he was inspecting a product. From her hair to the white cloth shoes on her feet, nothing could escape his sharp gaze. After a while, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and evil thoughts began to flash in his mind.
"If I remember correctly, you weren't the one who embezzled the public funds, right?”He had asked on purpose to make the naive her fall into his evil trap.
Due to his sudden approach, she involuntarily took a few steps back. She was already very afraid of him, and now he was like a cat that saw a cornered mouse. Knowing that its prey had no way to escape, it began to play a game of teasing.
Zhu Jing nodded silently, not daring to look directly into his good-looking and evil eyes. Those dark eyes that were like midnight seemed to be able to seduce people's souls, always making her involuntarily follow his pace.
"Then why are you here today? I don't remember having anything between us that needs to be discussed face to face like this.”
Kang Zhenglun's principles in dealing with people had always been special. If someone had a grudge against him, they would definitely find his family. However, he was not sure. Unless that person was dead, he would rarely touch his family. However, this still depended on his mood.
More importantly, he was in a bad mood after being wanted by his parents. In other words, he did not intend to let her off easily.
"Yes." Zhu Jing Rong hastily replied, and immediately looked away after accidentally meeting his eyes. She would be afraid if she stared at him, but if she didn't, she didn't know where to put her embarrassed eyes. In this dilemma, he suddenly reached out and held her delicate chin. She could not break free and did not dare to use force to break free. She could only give up and stare at him. "I hope you can give me some time. I'll think of a way to raise the money to pay you back.”
"Raise money? What method do you have to raise such a large sum of money in a short period of time?”Kang Zhenglun raised his eyebrows disapprovingly. He did not believe that she had the ability to raise this money. Of course, he knew that Zhu Xuehuang had abandoned his family and ran away a long time ago. Even Zhu Xuehuang was helpless, so what shocking methods could she have?
"I know that my ability is limited, so I came to ask you to give me a few more years to pay back the money.”
"How many years do you have?" He let go of her chin and turned his back to her. "Then let me ask you, how much time do you want me to give you to repay this money?”
" I…" Zhu Jing Rong bit her lip, not knowing what to say. She knew that he looked down on her, but in fact, it was true. He had only asked a simple and necessary question, and she could not answer it. Based on this, what right did she have to negotiate with him?
"I think with your current financial situation, you won't be able to pay back this money in your lifetime, right?”He answered the most realistic question for her as if it had nothing to do with him.
"No matter what, I will work hard to raise it!”In a moment of desperation, she tugged at the hem of his suit jacket, hoping that he would kindly agree to her request.
She could ignore her father for the time being, but recently, the news of her father embezzling public funds had somehow leaked out, and even her younger brother Zhu Boyang was affected, making him even more self-abased.
Seeing her brother's transformation, she could not bear it and felt even more sorry for him. After all, she had practically raised her brother single-handedly. Therefore, she had no other choice but to come to Kang Zhenglun and beg him to completely seal off this hurtful news and give her brother a quiet environment to study. She was willing to work for him for the rest of her life to repay him.
"Then please tell me, how are you going to raise such a large sum of money?”The fact that she might jump into a fire pit suddenly appeared in his mind. Kang Zhenglun's eyes shot out a cold and fierce light, and the leisurely smile on his face disappeared. In its place was a complicated emotion that he could not understand. He actually couldn't bear to see her fall into the dust? How unbelievable was this!
"Or do you want to jump into the fire pit?" Finally, he told the truth that he was most unwilling to accept.
Zhu Jing Rong bit her lower lip, blood seeping out. He was right about what she might do if she had no choice. He did not give her a chance to choose. She was willing to do anything for her only brother.
"I had no choice but to sell myself to someone else," she said slowly.”
As long as she was willing, she believed that she could definitely earn what she needed in this industry. However, that was a forced thought. She did not want to do so before things reached a dead end. Especially when she thought that there might be hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of men touching her back and forth, a sense of disgust welled up in her stomach.
Kang Zhenglun's anger almost reached its peak in an instant. He quickly grabbed her wrist. Having lost his mind, he no longer cared about whether his strength was strong enough to hurt her. He only wanted to force her to give up that damn idea. "I won't allow it!"
He had forgotten that he had no right to order her around, and even more so, he had forgotten who had forced her onto this path of no return. Right now, he was like a mad lion, only wanting to vent his anger on her.
"I have no other choice." She turned her face away and bit her lower lip even harder, trying to replace the pain in her wrist with another kind of discomfort. For some reason, she did not want him to see her fragile side. It was as if she had no chance of winning if he knew.
"Since you have chosen to do this, I have a good suggestion.”Realizing that he had lost his composure, Kang Zhenglun quickly suppressed the waves of anger that came at him and quickly put on an impudent smile.
Zhu Jing Rong looked at him warily, her intuition telling her that his suggestion was definitely not a good one.
Kang Zhenglun examined her with a smile on his face. His tone was as relaxed as if he was talking about the weather, as if what he was about to say was normal.
"I want you to be my mistress."
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