Chapter 1023

Si Wei yawned and returned to the room, then sat down on the sofa. She was truly too sleepy, so she picked up a cigarette from the coffee table and lit it.

"I went to see that Zhao Liangping and drank with him at a bar until dawn."

Zhuo Qihua's eyes turned cold, and he snorted: "You are a woman; you should pay attention to your reputation. Don't drink with a man until so late."

Si Wei sneered: "You drink with women all night long, and even end up in their beds. Why don't you know how to pay attention to your reputation?"

"You!" Zhuo Qihua wanted to lose his temper, but in the end, he held back: "It's early in the morning; I don't want to argue with you."

Si Wei got up and went to the window to open the curtains; the sunlight shining in was somewhat blinding.

Zhuo Qihua stood beside Si Wei: "I've inquired about it; there really is a person named Zhao Liangping. His funds are all tied up in Hainan, and he's looked for quite a few people for that piece of land in Nansha.

But he is in a hurry to use the money and it must be in his account within a month, and it cannot be paid in installments, so no one could take it over, and then he found Zhou Andong."

A hint of a smile appeared on Si Wei's face: "I told you, it wouldn't be fake, but you wouldn't believe me."

Zhuo Qihua said: "I am unfamiliar with the mainland, and you are a woman who has never been involved in real estate before. A large-scale real estate transaction of eight or nine hundred mu cannot be taken lightly."

Having said this, Zhuo Qihua tilted his head and looked at Si Wei: "Can you tell me why you want to deal with Zhou Andong?"

Si Wei took a puff of her cigarette, watching the smoke slowly rise and dissipate before her eyes, and only after a while did she speak.

"My man died at his hands."

Zhuo Qihua was stunned and remained silent for a long time.

He had thought of many things, but he never expected it to be this kind of situation.

Originally, when Si Wei found him and told him about that piece of land in Nansha, he had no interest.

But Si Wei insisted on buying that land, which made him suspicious.

However, when he heard that Zhou Andong had already negotiated that land and was about to sign the contract, he immediately agreed.

Now, no matter what method or way, as long as he could strike at Zhou Andong, he was willing.

But he was cautious by nature and specifically found someone to inquire whether there was a person named Zhang Liangping selling land.

Moreover, he also went to Nansha. After understanding the development plan for Nansha, his mindset shifted from striking at Zhou Andong to definitely buying that land.

"Since you have a life-and-death feud with Zhou Andong, I will help you regardless of the cost."

Si Wei was stunned for a moment, suddenly feeling a bit moved, and leaned gently into Zhuo Qihua's arms.

"Thank you!"

She didn't know that Zhuo Qihua's hatred for Zhou Andong was no less than hers, and perhaps even greater.

She had only lost her man, and the words she had once said in prison were already becoming blurry.

The reason she wanted to take revenge on Zhou Andong—if you call it hatred, it's more like an obsession in her heart.

But Zhuo Qihua was different; he had truly and genuinely had his face torn off by Zhou Andong.

Being humiliated in front of hundreds of people, being slapped across the face—he was truly in pain.

For the past few days, he had been avoiding those wealthy merchants from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan precisely because he had lost face and couldn't show himself.

Especially since yesterday's newspapers reported Zhou Andong's speech, and the TV news broadcast it too.

Although the newspaper didn't mention his name and the TV had edited it,

with so many people at the scene and so many reporters, his name, Zhuo Qihua, would eventually be exposed.

This kind of humiliation would follow him for the rest of his life; it couldn't be washed away.

Therefore, his desire to take revenge on Zhou Andong was even more intense than Si Wei's.

"You don't need to say thank you to me."

Si Wei smiled and said nothing.

Zhuo Qihua hugged Si Wei's waist: "Starting today, I will become Zhou Andong's nightmare. I want to make him tremble whenever he thinks of my name."

Si Wei asked: "After buying that land in Nansha, what do you plan to do?"

Zhuo Qihua said confidently: "I've looked into it; Nansha's future development prospects are excellent. Zhou Andong had his deal snatched by me; do you think he'll be willing to let it go?"

"Of course not." Si Wei said without thinking: "Whoever gets their deal snatched probably won't feel very good."

Zhuo Qihua laughed: "Real estate is about capital. In the future, wherever Zhou Andong builds houses, I will build there too. I want to make sure he can't sell a single building. I want to see how much capital he has to play with me."

Si Wei was silent for a moment: "What if Zhou Andong doesn't buy land in Nansha anymore?"

Zhuo Qihua snorted: "No matter where he buys, I will fight him to the end."

A smile curled at the corner of Si Wei's mouth: "I'm going to take a shower, and then we'll go eat breakfast together."

………………

After Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu got up and washed up in the morning, they came to Zhou Man Laoyezi's room.

"Have you had breakfast?"

Zhou Man Laoyezi was in high spirits and had gotten up early, wishing he could fly to the capital immediately.

"We had some late-night snacks last night, so we aren't hungry this morning. Let's eat after we send you to the airport and come back."

"That won't do." Zhou Man Laoyezi lectured: "Whether you are hungry or not, you must eat breakfast; it nourishes the stomach."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Zhou Andong hurriedly nodded and admitted his mistake: "It won't happen again. Starting tomorrow, I will definitely eat breakfast on time."

Zhou Man Laoyezi laughed: "Your attitude is good, but there's just no sincerity in it at all."

Just then, Zhou Qianyi came over after packing her luggage.

"I'm packed, let's go."

After leaving the hotel, the Yangcheng side had already prepared a car, which was parked right at the hotel entrance.

Seeing Zhou Andong and the others come out, the driver hurriedly opened the car door and then took the suitcases.

Jian Qiu and Zhou Qianyi helped the old master into the car, and Zhou Andong helped the driver put the suitcases away.

After Zhou Andong got into the car, he said: "To the airport!"

The flight was at 9:40. They arrived at the airport just after 8:00. After chatting outside for a while, they sent the old master and Zhou Qianyi through security.

Zhou Andong stood outside the airport and stretched: "Let's go back. I don't know how things are going with Erlei; I hope he doesn't mess it up."

Jian Qiu said with a smile: "Erlei is quite clever. You gave him all the instructions yesterday, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Zhou Andong took out a cigarette and lit it: "He's quite good at bragging. I hope he can perform well and not drop the ball."

Just then, shouting and crying could be heard faintly in the distance. Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu looked over and saw many people gathered in front.

"Let's go take a look." Zhou Andong said, and started walking toward that side.

Jian Qiu followed helplessly: "You have to join in on every bit of excitement."

Zhou Andong had a cigarette dangling from his mouth and laughed: "Life is inherently boring; one must seek out one's own happiness."

The two squeezed into the crowd and saw a fruit stall overturned, with crushed fruit everywhere on the ground.

A middle-aged woman was sitting on the ground wailing, and a middle-aged man was holding a fruit knife, lips pursed, looking at several men in uniforms opposite him with bloodshot eyes.

Urban management? Hmm, in this era, it should be called the "Three Rectifications," belonging to the City Appearance Office, mainly responsible for municipal landscaping and environmental sanitation rectification.

In other words, the Urban Management Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau, the Landscaping Bureau, and the Sanitation Bureau were one family back then; they only separated later.

"Put the knife down."

A guy wearing a uniform and sporting a big belly pointed at the middle-aged man and shouted sternly.

He looked very pompous and quite imposing.