And what had she ever given Wei Zhao? Apart from a face that was passable enough, what did she have to boast of? In that instant, standing before Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, Tang Yun began to feel small...

Thinking it over carefully, she could offer Wei Zhao no help at all; instead she kept troubling him to do so much for her family — even today's negotiation depended on his favor.

Why was he so good to her? Tang Yun sank into it and could not pull herself free.

Tang Yun did not know how to face Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Perhaps they were the ones truly suited to Wei Zhao? Yet she was truly unwilling to yield her own feelings!

In that moment Tang Yun was terribly torn. When she thought of herself, she seemed to hold no advantage whatsoever before Gu Mengyao.

And the only consolation she had, self-deceiving as it was, lay in this: she was the girlfriend Wei Zhao had acknowledged.

Tang Yun did not want to go on like this... She did not want to be someone utterly useless. She too wanted to share some of Wei Zhao's burdens — but she could do nothing at all.

She could not even find a way to help him with his company; Tang Yun wanted to lend a hand and had no idea where to begin.

Then she looked at her mother, and a flicker of anger rose in Tang Yun. How could her mother understand her troubles? Every day she did nothing but urge her to ask this and demand that from Wei Zhao — but by what right should he give her anything? If her own body could repay Wei Zhao's kindness, Tang Yun felt she would do it without a moment's hesitation. But she knew this was not an exchange...

Feelings could not be traded. It was not as simple as settling a debt of gratitude with flesh.

"Hoo..." Tang Yun drew a deep breath. But to repay Wei Zhao — how was she supposed to repay him?

For the first time, Tang mm grew sentimental. Only by comparison does one see the gap; for the first time Tang Yun felt her own inadequacy.

Wei Zhao drove to Qibing Tower, where Qibing Real Estate was located, and parked in the building's underground garage.

"I didn't expect Qibing Tower to go up so fast. Aren't they afraid it'll collapse again?" Wei Zhao still had no idea that Tang Yun had spent the whole ride lost in thought. After getting out of the car, he joked to himself.

"Oh, I'd so love to see the tower collapse. I didn't get to last time — what a shame." Shen Yushu looked over Qibing Tower's garage and spoke with disappointment.

"Didn't the news report on it?" Gu Mengyao said.

"But it didn't show the collapse itself. The moment it goes down must be so much fun." Shen Yushu said, lost in fantasy: "Bang, and the whole tower comes down. So much fun."

"All right, stop fantasizing. Let's go up." Gu Mengyao said, taking Shen Yushu's hand.

Beside the temporary demolition project office on the second floor was a surveillance room, where Young Master Bing, Li Cihua, and Su Jiaonang were watching the security footage from the garage.

Qibing Tower had only just been completed and was not yet officially open, so the three of them were the only people in the entire building.

"Damn it, a bang and the tower comes down?" Young Master Bing ground his teeth in fury at Shen Yushu's words. "In a moment I'll give you a bang — blow you all to bits!"

"This little girl is Shen Yushu, from the Chen family." Li Cihua explained Shen Yushu's background. "She's usually a bit silly — seems like there's something wrong with her IQ?"

"Hmph, who cares whose family she's from. Anyone with Wei Zhao has to die!" Young Master Bing sneered, then shifted his gaze to Tang Yun and Gu Mengyao. "These two pretty girls — what a waste to blow them up."

"Yeah, a real waste." Li Cihua nodded.

"But my leg's no good, and it's not convenient for me to enjoy a woman anyway, so blowing them up is fine!" Thinking of his leg, a surge of hatred welled up in Zhao Qibing's heart.

"All right then, shall we go over now and wait for them to come up?" Li Cihua asked.

"Mm, let's go over together." Young Master Bing nodded.

Li Cihua pushed Zhao Qibing's wheelchair, and together with Su Jiaonang they went to the neighboring "Demolition Project Office" to await Wei Zhao and the others.

Before long, Wei Zhao came upstairs with Tang Yun, Tang's mother, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu, and arrived at the demolition project office.

Wei Zhao had not expected both Zhao Qibing and Li Cihua to be there; he had assumed only Su Jiaonang would come.

"Hello. My humble surname is Su; I am the manager of the demolition project team at Qibing Real Estate..." Su Jiaonang came over and introduced himself.

"Oh, no need to introduce yourself. I know you — aren't you that Cold Medicine Capsule, the manager of the Awesome Floating Cloud Bar? And that Li Cihua, I know him too. Aren't you all from the Awesome Floating Cloud Bar?" Shen Yushu cut him off before he could finish. "Huh? Why is there a cripple here too? Came in a wheelchair? You're not some gang of swindlers, are you? How does a bar owner end up running a real estate company?"

"Ahem, besides running the bar, we also operate a real estate company!" Li Cihua broke out in a cold sweat, but dared not say anything, so he could only explain.

Zhao Qibing was furious as well, but he did not dare confront Wei Zhao head-on. After all, Wei Zhao was a Xuan-rank master — a man who could go toe to toe with Uncle Zhu. Who knew how much of his strength he had recovered? Even at half strength, he would have more than enough to deal with the likes of them.

So although Zhao Qibing was seething, he could only keep a smile on his face and say: "There seem to have been some misunderstandings between us before? But they were all misunderstandings. Today we have come with the greatest sincerity to invite you all to discuss the matter of compensation."

Zhao Qibing thought to himself: I'll lower my posture for now and keep them happy first. In a little while, once a timed bomb is planted in their car, we'll see if they're still so cheerful.

Of course, Zhao Qibing was not afraid of anyone investigating. In Qibing Tower, apart from the three of them, only Zhang Yuzhou remained on watch near the garage. When the bomb went off, there would be no witness left alive — and if he denied it, who could do anything to him?

Qibing Tower was not yet officially open for business, so there would be no eyewitnesses at all.

"Oh, so it was a misunderstanding." Wei Zhao smiled. Though the smile stayed on his face, he grew all the more suspicious of Zhao Qibing's intentions. Wei Zhao did not believe Zhao Qibing could be so magnanimous — he had broken the man's leg, and now Zhao called it a misunderstanding and even volunteered compensation!

That was not magnanimity; that was sheer idiocy.

When something is out of the ordinary, there must be something foul behind it. Wei Zhao was deeply suspicious of Zhao Qibing's purpose — which was exactly why he had come along with Tang Yun's family.

"Of course, a misunderstanding." Zhao Qibing nodded with a smile. "Su Jiaonang, state the compensation decision and let Mrs. Wang see whether it's reasonable."

"All right!" Su Jiaonang nodded, then said: "Mrs. Wang, after our discussion and study, we have decided to compensate your family with economic compensation of two million yuan. Do you think that figure is acceptable?"

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