Chapter 17: This costs money too?

If Qin Xueli were forced to say what had changed about Zheng Qian, she couldn't quite put it into words.

It seemed he had become more confident, possessing that imposing, masculine aura.

The kind of temperament a real man should have.

The other colleagues in the company saw this scene and felt a surge of satisfaction.

Ding Hongfei usually relied on his status as a team leader to throw his weight around, bullying and suppressing ordinary employees.

Seeing him get slapped in the face by Zheng Qian today was satisfying!

"I'm leaving now, no need to see me out." Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zheng Qian held his box and left the company.

Arriving downstairs, Zheng Qian hesitated for a few minutes, took out a few work notebooks from the box, and threw the rest into the trash can.

Immediately after, he received a call from Lawyer Wang Zhao, saying he had reached an agreement with Mrs. Pang: "Mr. Zheng, when would be convenient for you to set a time to sign the contract?"

"The same coffee shop, I'm heading over now."

"Alright."

After meeting Lawyer Wang Zhao at the coffee shop, Zheng Qian asked him how much the deal was for.

"Twenty-two million."

"Even a million less than before?"

"Yes."

"I investigated Mrs. Pang's background and social connections and found that Mr. Pang's company has been on a downward trend for the past three years. Recently, they even got involved in a lawsuit and are in urgent need of cash to compensate the plaintiff."

"I went directly to Mr. Pang and laid my cards on the table. If they didn't sell, I would apply to the court to freeze the property at Jiangshan International. If it went through judicial auction, it probably wouldn't even sell for fifteen million. In the end, they agreed to sell it to us for twenty million."

This wasn't the kind of efficiency Jin Lu could buy with twenty thousand yuan.

Zheng Qian had spent a full ten million.

Just to vent some frustration for Jin Lu.

It definitely wouldn't be appropriate for Jin Lu not to be present for such an occasion.

Zheng Qian immediately messaged Jin Lu, telling her to come to the coffee shop right away.

"Shall we go in first? Mrs. Pang and Mr. Pang are both here today."

After sitting down, Zheng Qian sat opposite the two of them.

Looking at Mrs. Pang again, the arrogant and overbearing expression, the feigned madness, and the gibberish were all gone; only a pitiful look remained on her face.

"It would have been better to sell it earlier. By holding out for a higher price, you ended up selling it for three million less in the end."

Although Zheng Qian spent an extra ten million, Mrs. Pang and Mr. Pang didn't make a single cent extra.

This ten million was to let Jin Lu vent her frustration. Zheng Qian didn't care about the money; he felt that a smile from a beautiful woman was worth the price.

"Mr. Zheng, it was my fault. I shouldn't have acted that way." Mrs. Pang looked dejected. Mr. Pang beside her glanced at her coldly. It seemed that after Lawyer Wang Zhao talked to them, Mr. Pang had scolded Mrs. Pang quite a bit for playing clever tricks.

"Isn't Ms. Jin coming today? I want to apologize to her in person."

Just as they mentioned Jin Lu, she hurried into the coffee shop in a rush.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Jin Lu didn't know what had occurred yet; Zheng Qian hadn't told her it was about the property, only that there was a huge emergency and asked her to come over immediately.

Upon seeing Jin Lu, Mrs. Pang immediately stood up and bowed to apologize:

"Ms. Jin, I am truly sorry. It was my fault for wasting your valuable time."

Jin Lu was naturally bewildered. What was going on here?

"Ms. Jin, Mrs. Pang has agreed to sell this property for twenty million. As long as you sign here, the property in Building 7 of Jiangshan International will belong to you." Lawyer Wang Zhao had already prepared all the paperwork in advance.

Jin Lu stared blankly at Zheng Qian, not knowing what tricks he had pulled to make a miser like Mrs. Pang relent and even lower the price by three million.

Zheng Qian just smiled sheepishly.

Jin Lu took the pen handed over by Lawyer Wang Zhao and carefully looked over the contract.

"Should the house only be in my name?" Jin Lu knitted her pretty brows.

"Yes, only yours." Zheng Qian nodded. "Sign it quickly. Once signed, it's yours, and I can transfer the money to Mr. Pang."

If he wrote both their names, he wasn't sure if the system would judge it as a violation and not give him the cash back, so writing only Jin Lu's name was safer.

[Spent 20,000,000 yuan, system cashback 200,000,000 yuan, already received.]

Two hundred million received.

I, Zheng Qian, am making money!

After receiving the payment of twenty million, Mr. Pang and Mrs. Pang left the coffee shop.

Immediately after, Lawyer Wang Zhao also received a transfer of eight million.

"Ms. Jin, you and Mr. Zheng chat first, I'll take my leave..." After receiving the money, Lawyer Wang Zhao greeted Jin Lu and quickly left.

Seeing this, Jin Lu was clearly a bit beyond her range of understanding.

She sat down beside Zheng Qian, placed her delicate hand on the back of his, and asked with an extremely alluring look in her eyes: "What did you do?"

"Why would Mrs. Pang agree to sell that villa in Jiangshan International for just twenty million? And why did Mr. Pang come too?"

"Also, when I was coming over, I messaged Lawyer Wang Zhao, thinking something had happened to you, but I saw a red exclamation mark. What's that about?"

"Lawyer Wang Zhao blocked you? I don't know anything about that, I'm innocent..." Zheng Qian leaned close to Jin Lu's body and took a deep breath of her fragrance.

Actually, without him saying it, Jin Lu could guess.

Zheng Qian must have had Lawyer Wang Zhao, this elite lawyer, use his resources and connections to find dirt on Mrs. Pang and Mr. Pang, and it must have cost a huge sum of money.

Lawyer Wang Zhao must have witnessed the financial power of this man, Zheng Qian, felt inferior, and therefore deleted her.

That must be it.

Looking at this man leaning on her and smelling her scent, Jin Lu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Perhaps the money spent could have directly bought it at the high price of thirty million that Mrs. Pang had quoted.

For her, is it really worth it?

Silly man!

"Going home? I made you lunch, it's almost cold."

"Alright."

On the way back to Jiangshan International with Jin Lu driving, she stopped in front of a convenience store.

"What's wrong?"

"Going down to buy some essentials."

"What essentials?" Zheng Qian still didn't quite understand.

"We didn't need them the first time, but we might need them later, let's buy some to keep on hand."

After two seconds of silence in the car, Zheng Qian finally realized.

What Jin Lu was talking about were condoms!

"Alright, you stay in the car, I'll go buy them."

Zheng Qian jogged into the convenience store and bought two boxes of the best quality ones.

[Spent 169 yuan, system cashback 1,690 yuan, already received.]

?

This counts too?

Zheng Qian was stunned. Does buying condoms also count as spending money?

Returning to the Jiangshan villa, Zheng Qian ate the lunch Jin Lu had made.

Must say, this woman had a knack for cooking, especially the beef, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the braised pork belly was delicious and not greasy.

While Jin Lu was washing the dishes, Zheng Qian snuck over and hugged her from behind...