Chapter 2692: Accelerating the Negotiation Pace

In Room 1235, Albert, the Asia-Pacific President of Coca-Cola, was on an international call, his expression very serious: "The negotiations between Coca-Cola and the Indian government have entered a new phase; we must accelerate the negotiation pace and sign a contract with the Indian government before Coca-Cola does."

A woman's voice came through the earpiece: "Boss, the Indian government's demands are too harsh; we..."

"Lis!" Albert interrupted her without hesitation: "We must go public before Coca-Cola; we will capture the Indian market, and even if we give up a bit more benefit, it's nothing."

Lis fell silent for a moment: "Okay, boss, we will speed up the negotiation and sign before Coca-Cola."

Albert hung up the phone, then took out a cigarette and lit it, and then a mocking smile appeared on his face: "Ignorant and ridiculous Chinese people; can Coca-Cola be resisted by you?"

Albert smoked a cigarette, checked the time, it was about right, stood up and walked out. After leaving the door, he saw many attendees of the symposium coming out of the rooms; upon seeing Albert, they all warmly greeted him. After all, he was the Asia-Pacific President of Coca-Cola, and there were many people eager to flatter and curry favor with him.

Albert was being flattered by five or six people as he walked toward the elevator; at this moment, another room door opened, and Zhou Andong walked out, saw Albert, smiled, and raised his hand to greet.

"Mr. Albert, what a coincidence!"

Albert put on an extremely fake smile on his face and responded warmly: "Zhou, it turns out we live on the same floor; I don't know if you have time tonight, let's have a chat?"

"Time!" Zhou Andong thought for a moment: "For now, I still don't know; let's talk about it later."

At this time, Guan Shengjie and Du Youwei also came out of the room; they glanced at Albert and the others, then said to Zhou Andong: "Dongzi, we are going to the venue first."

"Let's go together!" Zhou Andong said this to Albert, and then he nodded at the others: "Let's go together?"

The other few people quickly echoed: "Let's go together, let's go together!"

Zhou Andong and Robert were escorted toward the stairwell, while at this time, in the abandoned factory of Chenjiagou Village, Hong Jinyan sat on a chair in the temporary interrogation room, her eyes full of bloodshot.

She had not slept for a day and a night, not because the interrogators were mistreating her and not letting her sleep, but because she herself could not sleep, since the night before last, she had seen the man she had always looked down upon.

Thus she suffered from insomnia, from being anxious and worried to becoming fearful. She was not a fool; in fact, she clearly knew in her heart how much her husband hated her. Over these years, what she had done had wounded her husband deeply.

If it were not for her power in her hands and the relationship network behind her, her husband would have divorced her long ago even if he lacked the courage to kill her; he would certainly not have endured until now.

Moreover, her husband must have also noticed what she had done; it's just unknown how much evidence he has grasped. So, her mind is in chaos, she is panicked and fearful; even if she is so tired her eyelids are fighting, she will wake up startled as soon as she falls asleep.

Dai Weimin sat on a chair, holding a cigarette in his hand, he did not speak, just puffing on it intermittently. After about five or six minutes, Dai Weimin threw the cigarette butt on the ground and then ground it with his foot.

"Hong Jinyan, at this point, are you still not going to confess honestly?"

Hong Jinyan remained silent; Dai Weimin snorted: "You really won't shed tears until you see the coffin."

"Pa pa pa!"

The door of the interrogation room was lightly knocked, and Dai Weimin shouted: "Come in!"

With a creak, the old wooden door made a sound that could not bear the weight, hearing it made one's teeth sore; immediately after, Tian Hongwei walked in, and behind him followed two people.

One was the angry youth Chen Dahai, and the other was Hong Jinyan's husband, Yu Guimin. The day before yesterday, Yu Guimin was brought here, after completing the interrogation record, it was already very late.

Originally, Tian Hongwei thought to strike while the iron was hot, directly let Yu Guimin meet Hong Jinyan, hoping to shatter her psychological defense in one go. But Dai Weimin felt it was still a bit early; after all, Hong Jinyan had been struggling at the grassroots for so many years, and behind her there was still a relationship network, so her psychological defense would not be so easily shattered.

So, Dai Weimin resorted to his old trick again, "unintentionally" letting Hong Jinyan see her husband being brought here. Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy; it can be said the effect was immediate. Hong Jinyan had almost not slept for a day and a night, her mind constantly thinking about how much evidence her husband had grasped.

At this moment, when Hong Jinyan saw Yu Guimin, her ear seemed to hear a soft "pa" sound, and a certain taut string in her heart snapped. Hong Jinyan's originally extremely poor complexion instantly turned deathly pale like paper.

Especially when she saw Yu Guimin's strange smile on his face, she knew she was done. Because she understood her husband too well—timid and cowardly, but hating her to death; since he appeared here for the second time, he must have grasped evidence capable of bringing about her death.

As soon as he entered, Yu Guimin's gaze never left Hong Jinyan's body; the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, more and more strange; in Hong Jinyan's eyes, it made her whole body feel cold.

"Jinyan!" Yu Guimin's voice carried a hint of excitement, concealing an indescribable pleasure: "You haven't come home for over a month; seeing me here, are you very happy?"

Dai Weimin's mouth corner twitched slightly, he glanced at Yu Guimin, then silently stood up: "Comrade Yu Guimin, you sit here."

Yu Guimin then looked at Dai Weimin, said nothing, walked to the chair and sat down. At this moment, his eyes were full of Hong Jinyan, just like when they had just gotten married. Only then it was love, but now it is hatred, and extreme hatred.

Yu Guimin stared fixedly at Hong Jinyan, his face once again showed a smile, but he did not utter a single word, just kept looking like that.

Hong Jinyan felt her scalp go numb from being stared at by Yu Guimin, especially his smile on his face, which made her spine feel a chill.

"Gu—Guimin!" Hong Jinyan's voice trembled slightly; she had never seen Yu Guimin like this: "You..."

Hong Jinyan opened her mouth, only said the word "you," and then could not make a sound anymore.

"Jinyan!" Yu Guimin laughed hehehe: "Do you know why I haven't divorced you all these years?"

Without waiting for Hong Jinyan to speak, Yu Guimin continued: "Not divorcing, because it's convenient for me to investigate you."

Hong Jinyan's heart, which had already fallen to the bottom, felt as if it had been fiercely grabbed by an invisible big hand, causing her breath to catch. She knew she had no luck left.

"Guimin, do you hate me to death this much?"

"No!" Yu Guimin put away his smile, his tone became very solemn: "Jinyan, although I hate you to the bone, we are after all a married couple, and we have children; I don't want you to go down a dead end. So, confess, this way maybe you can still save your life, and the child still has a chance to see you."

Hong Jinyan gave a bleak smile: "Yu Guimin, I know exactly what you think in your heart; you don't need to pretend."

"Jinyan, you really do have self-awareness." Yu Guimin laughed again, looking at her with evident delight: "You say, you are such a smart person; you should know your situation, yet still insist on what?"