Chapter 173: Meng Ruolan, why must you make it so hard for yourself?

"Anything else?"

Lin Dazhi asked indifferently.

Meng Ruolan finally noticed that Lin Dazhi's expression was a bit off.

Logically speaking, now that he knew about the matters concerning Sun Xiaomei and Bai Weiwei, he should have shown at least some emotion; if he didn't care about these two women, he should at least care about that loan!

Meng Ruolan had investigated Lin Dazhi.

He used to run a training agency, but after the agency went bankrupt, he started delivering food. His wife, Zhou Yue, divorced him at that time because she thought he was poor.

Later, somehow, he got together with Zhou Yue's best friend, Bai Weiwei, and for some unknown reason, this woman Bai Weiwei suddenly became wealthy and was actually willing to throw money at Lin Dazhi, totaling nearly one hundred million.

One hundred million is not a large sum for truly wealthy people. But for ordinary people, one hundred million is an amount they could never earn in a lifetime.

Bai Weiwei was just an ordinary bank clerk; although she was somewhat attractive, to say she earned one hundred million relying solely on that would be nothing but wishful thinking. The social stratum of the wealthy is not something ordinary people can easily climb into. There are many attractive women, and in the eyes of the wealthy, these attractive women are merely the cheapest toys that can be obtained with a flick of a finger.

Meng Ruolan had checked that money, and with her capabilities, she could indeed mobilize resources that ordinary people could not imagine. Investigating an ordinary person like Bai Weiwei was not difficult.

But the strange thing was, no matter how she checked, the results showed that the money came legally and reasonably. The money came from overseas, and on the surface, it looked like the proceeds from Bai Weiwei's investments. As for the lottery winnings or similar things Bai Weiwei had mentioned before, those were just excuses.

But that was the problem.

Just because the source of the money seemed fine didn't mean the matter itself was fine.

Bai Weiwei was indeed very smart and had a high level of education, but the high-end game of overseas investment had a very high threshold for ordinary people; it was not something an ordinary person like Bai Weiwei could play, no matter how strong her education and ability were—it required capital. And what ordinary people lacked was precisely capital.

And afterwards, Bai Weiwei's attitude toward Lin Dazhi made her even more unable to understand.

For a woman like Bai Weiwei, especially after suddenly having this money, there was no reason to be so good to a bottom-tier loser like Lin Dazhi, almost to the point of unconditional fawning!

Moreover, it wasn't just Bai Weiwei; Sun Xiaomei and Zhang Xiaoli were even more so!

These two women were more exaggerated than the last!

Sun Xiaomei relied on betraying her own husband to complete her pledge of allegiance to Lin Dazhi.

Zhang Xiaoli went even further by using herself as bait, first marrying Lin Dazhi's former brother-in-law Zhou Xiaojun, then scheming to send him to prison, and even causing him to contract AIDS. She used such methods to take revenge on Zhou Yue and the entire Zhou Family, just to please Lin Dazhi!

But the question was, what did Lin Dazhi have?

What kind of magic did this man possess that could make these three women, all with excellent looks and figures, follow him so devotedly and abandon their dignity?

Something was wrong; everything was wrong!

There must be a secret about this man that she didn't know!

And it was a big secret!

Just like right now, even though he clearly knew she held so many pieces of leverage against him, he didn't look flustered at all. That expression of having everything under control was one Meng Ruolan had seen before; it definitely couldn't be faked.

So, what other trump cards did this man have?

At this very moment, Meng Ruolan's curiosity about this man reached its peak!

This curiosity even surpassed the importance of wanting to obtain the Time Reversal Instrument!

As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat. Meng Ruolan forgot that if a woman starts to get curious about a man, it is often the beginning of her downfall!

From the moment this thought arose in her heart and she wanted to test him, her fate was actually already sealed.

"General Manager Lin, do you think this isn't enough? Do you believe that with just one word from me, I could have the departments of industry and commerce, taxation, market supervision, work safety, and environmental protection find a pile of problems in your company from every possible angle within minutes and force your company to close down?" Meng Ruolan continued to speak in a condescending tone, as if she were describing a trivial matter.

"Is that so? Then why haven't you done it yet?" Lin Dazhi asked with an amused smile.

"General Manager Lin, do you think I don't dare?" Meng Ruolan was somewhat annoyed.

"Not at all, if you want to do it, just go ahead," Lin Dazhi said with a chuckle, his face showing no sign of concern.

"General Manager Lin, aren't you worried or afraid at all?" Meng Ruolan's gaze turned sharp.

Lin Dazhi raised his head, looked at that noble and cold face, sighed softly, shook his head, and said, "Meng, I don't understand why you people who have power and money must grab everything good you see for yourselves. We only live for a few decades; as long as there is enough food to eat, enough clothes to wear, and enough housing to live in, what is the use of desperately wanting so much?"

Hearing Lin Dazhi's words, Meng Ruolan was stunned.

After a long while, she said with a hint of amusement, "General Manager Lin, are you lecturing me on philosophy?"

Lin Dazhi shook his head and said, "I don't have that kind of free time; I am just stating a fact to you. Meng, I don't know what kind of backing or background you have, but this is my last sincere and serious advice to you: I welcome fair cooperation and mutual benefit, but please do not use the power and status you think are useful to mess with me, or insist on taking advantage of things that don't belong to you, or pursuing that kind of inexplicable sense of superiority, okay?"

"General Manager Lin, what if I tell you I insist? I just want to mess with you, I just want to watch you look helpless and beg me; I like playing like this because I have power and money, and I am just this willful. Lin Dazhi, are you not convinced? Come and bite me then." Meng Ruolan squinted her eyes, looking down at this man with a triumphant expression.

Lin Dazhi looked at her face, studied it for a moment, then nodded seriously and said, "Understood."

The next moment, he stood up, walked around the large solid wood desk, and came before Meng Ruolan.

Lin Dazhi stood opposite Meng Ruolan, looking down at the woman.

The distance between the two was now less than thirty centimeters, and Meng Ruolan could clearly feel the breath the man exhaled spraying forcefully onto her face.

She panicked slightly; the feeling of being dominated that she had been desperately resisting just now surged up again like a tide.

"Lin Dazhi, what are you doing?" Meng Ruolan stepped back in a panic and asked vigilantly.

"Meng Ruolan, I am really not lacking in women, and you aren't the type I like either. But since you insist on offering yourself, why must you make it so hard for yourself? Sigh."

Lin Dazhi shook his head and sighed, then scooped up the 1.72-meter-tall Meng Ruolan with one arm like a large doll and strode toward the chaise longue in the corner of the study.