Go buy her a bottle of Six Walnuts (a popular Chinese beverage), so she can nourish her brain.

Qiu Yuwei looked at Zhou Cheng with an expression of indignation!

She felt that Zhou Cheng didn't respect her at all; she could sense the overwhelming disdain in his eyes and the condescending posture he adopted whenever he looked at her!

This was what she could least tolerate. Just because she had accepted the Zhou Family's sponsorship and used some of their resources, did she have to work for them for the rest of her life? Could she not pursue her own freedom and love?

In her past life, she had worked tirelessly for the Zhou Family and put her heart and soul into the Chenyang Group, yet in the end, she was merely pursuing her own happiness.

As a result, she was kicked out by the Zhou Family! Her most beloved person was even personally sent to prison by Zhou Cheng!

And in this life, she had only drawn a clear line between herself and the Zhou Family, so why did Zhou Cheng still have to treat her this way?

He even had her only family member arrested while she was in detention!

“What about 'you'?” Zhou Cheng leaned back in his chair and spoke casually.

He made no effort to hide the disgust and disdain in his eyes.

Zhou Cheng didn't care if Qiu Yuwei cut ties with the Chenyang Group, because for the Chenyang Group, geniuses were everywhere.

If he needed them, he could just recruit from major prestigious universities; there were plenty of people more outstanding than Qiu Yuwei.

Therefore, if Qiu Yuwei had spoken politely that day, explained that she wanted to develop independently, and expressed her gratitude for the Chenyang Group's sponsorship—

And if she had responsibly stated her willingness to compensate for everything the Chenyang Group had invested in her and her family—

Zhou Cheng would have been more than happy to terminate the training contract with her. He wouldn't have made things difficult for her, nor would he have produced evidence that very day to pursue the theft case and send her to the detention center.

But the reality was that Qiu Yuwei spoke with hatred and an arrogant demand to cut ties with the Chenyang Group!

What? The Chenyang Group raised you just so you could talk to the Second Young Master of the Chenyang Group like this?

This was a typical case of ingratitude, a classic ungrateful wolf.

Since that was the case, Zhou Cheng enjoyed getting serious with such ungrateful wolves!

“You were the one who invited me to discuss things this time, so you should have been the host. I’m already being nice enough by going Dutch with you and not ordering any food out of consideration for your lack of money.”

“What? Does 'drawing a clear line' with my Chenyang Group mean that my Group continues to provide for you while you don't have to give anything back?”

Zhou Cheng said leisurely.

“Heh! The dignified Second Young Master of the Zhou Family, a scion of a top-tier wealthy family in Shanghai, can't even afford a single meal? Is your magnanimity really this small?”

Qiu Yuwei said mockingly.

He Yubing sat right next to Zhou Cheng. Listening to Qiu Yuwei's words, she felt a faint ache in her heart.

Qiu Yuwei used to be so obedient and sensible in front of her; how did she become like this?

However, these words had zero lethality against Zhou Cheng.

“I can spend any amount of money to treat someone, and I can host as many meals as I want, but for you, even a single grain of rice is a waste,” Zhou Cheng said.

After that, he didn't feel like wasting time on idle chatter with Qiu Yuwei anymore.

He directly told Qiu Yuwei to get to the point.

If it weren't for his lack of police force value and the pressure of the Dragon King's return forcing him to earn more, he really wouldn't have wanted to see Qiu Yuwei.

Hearing Zhou Cheng's words, Qiu Yuwei gritted her teeth and glared at him.

“I don't need your treat!”

After saying that, she took a laptop out of her backpack, opened it, and pulled up what she had prepared for this meeting.

Then she showed it to Zhou Cheng and He Yubing!

Zhou Cheng glanced at it, his brow furrowing slightly before immediately relaxing.

As for He Yubing, she was instantly shocked when she saw the contents of the laptop.

“Yuwei, where did you get these blueprints and data? How could you have these blueprints!”

What was shown on the laptop was exactly the first product Xingchen Technology Company was about to release! The Bionic Mechanical Arm!

The reason Zhou Cheng wasn't surprised was that he knew Qiu Yuwei was a Rebirth; she had been an executive at Xingchen Technology Company in her past life.

But He Yubing didn't know this, so she was extremely shocked!

She had no idea where Qiu Yuwei had obtained this data!

Qiu Yuwei sensed He Yubing's surprise but didn't answer her!

This was Qiu Yuwei's greatest advantage from her Rebirth. Although she didn't know Xingchen Technology's future technologies, she knew their first-generation products inside out.

Qiu Yuwei looked at Zhou Cheng confidently!

“Zhou Cheng! You should be very familiar with this. That's right, this is the Bionic Mechanical Arm that Xingchen Technology is currently researching. I don't know where your current R&D progress stands.”

“But as long as I'm around, as long as I sell this data to other Groups, you can forget about monopolizing the market!”

“At the same time, I've already registered patents for the appearance of the mechanical arm before your release. If you still release the same product, it will definitely be illegal!”

Qiu Yuwei spoke rapidly.

Zhou Cheng didn't say a word after hearing this.

He looked at Qiu Yuwei flatly.

So, if I'm not mistaken, is this Qiu Yuwei now using my own things to threaten me?

Xingchen Technology developed this long ago and is about to release it, and now you're bringing this out to threaten me?

Sell it to other Groups?

Even if Zhou Cheng didn't understand the manufacturing of mechanical arms, he knew that the most important parts of this Bionic Mechanical Arm were the internal intelligent sensors, the sensing chips, and various programs.

Zhou Cheng was certain that Qiu Yuwei only knew the external design of the Bionic Mechanical Arm and definitely wouldn't know the relevant programming.

As for appearance patents? That sort of thing could be fixed with a slight modification, couldn't it?

Besides, Xingchen Technology Company currently had several designs to choose from. They could just swap the originally planned appearance for another one.

Seeing that Zhou Cheng remained silent, Qiu Yuwei thought her words were having an effect!

“Don't worry, as long as you can agree to a few of my requests, I won't sell this data to other Groups! At the same time, you can release your product normally!”

“Otherwise, after you release the product, I will definitely post a video. You wouldn't want to see news about the Chenyang Group framing a top student Genius to prevent them from taking the College Entrance Examination while plundering their core technology, right?”

Uh... Listening to her, a row of ellipses appeared over Zhou Cheng's forehead.

“I advise you not to do that, because it's illegal,” Zhou Cheng said.

However, to Qiu Yuwei, Zhou Cheng's words made it seem like he was afraid.

“I only want fifty million, plus the best lawyer to help my mother fight her case so she gets a shorter sentence,” Qiu Yuwei said.

She hated Zhou Cheng to the bone! She hated the Zhou Family to the bone!

In her last life, they made her lose her freedom and her love!

In this life, having been reborn, they had directly ruined the life she had planned!

They had even thrown her mother into prison!

Uh... Zhou Cheng was stunned for a moment. He didn't know who gave Qiu Yuwei such confidence.

“Don't you know your mother is a fugitive and a human trafficker who kidnaps children?”

“I know, but she's still my mother! And she stopped trafficking children long ago. She realized her mistakes long ago; what more do you want from her?”

Hearing Qiu Yuwei's words, Zhou Cheng didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this point, only he knew that Qiu Yuwei had been kidnapped by Qiu Qing; it seemed no one else knew.

It's just, how is it that you're suddenly so grateful to a human trafficker, yet you treat the Chenyang Group—which truly nurtured you, brought you out of the mountains, and gave you a new life—as a lifelong enemy?

And your values are indeed wild and messy! You even said the classic line, 'She already knows she was wrong, what more do you want from her?'!”

Zhou Cheng told He Yubing to call Manager Wu over.

“Second Young Master, what are your orders?” Manager Wu arrived quickly.

“Open a private room on the second floor and prepare a few of my favorite dishes,” Zhou Cheng said.

Seeing Zhou Cheng's change in attitude, Qiu Yuwei thought she had successfully threatened him! She was secretly pleased, thinking that even if Zhou Cheng agreed, she would still sell the data! She might even start her own robotics company!

“Certainly, I'll go arrange it immediately,” Manager Wu replied and was about to leave.

But Zhou Cheng called him back.

“Also, go to the supermarket outside and buy her a bottle of Six Walnuts.” Zhou Cheng looked at Qiu Yuwei.

Manager Wu: ?

“To nourish her brain.”

Qiu Yuwei: ???

PS: Thanks to all the big brothers who sent gifts in January. For February, since it's the New Year and there's too much going on, I'll guarantee two chapters a day, with three chapters every now and then!