Chapter 2881

Wu Hui leaned on the piano beside Liu Anrong, picked up the glass of red wine on the lid, tilted his head slightly and took a sip, then set the glass down, a faint smile appearing on his face.

"Just sixty thousand each." Wu Hui said teasingly: "You skip one trip to the dance hall, avoid two women, and you save it—don't act like we're digging into your flesh."

Qian Zheng, son of Qian Kangshi, Deputy Director of the Municipal Committee Office, laughed: "Sixty thousand is nothing, not a big sum—give it and it's given. Besides, if our plan succeeds and we get Zhou Andong's pharmaceutical shares in his hands, that's dozens or even hundreds of times the return."

Zheng Cunhao, son of Zheng Hong, Director of Baiyun District Public Security Bureau, snapped his fingers sharply: "It's just sixty thousand yuan—what's the big deal? Tomorrow morning at ten, I'll have the money ready."

"Fine!" Jiang Zhengming said self-deprecatingly: "You're all good people—I'm the only bad one."

Zhang Yunfei wore an utterly indifferent expression: "Jiang Zhengming, we're grasshoppers on the same rope—if one of us has a problem, we all get dragged down. So we must be of one mind. If you disagree, the plan is shelved. I don't want us to fall out over such a small thing—it benefits none of us."

Jiang Zhengming said indifferently: "I'm only raising reasonable doubts. Since you all agree, if I oppose, I'd be in the wrong—and if the plan fails later, the blame would fall on me. I'm not really short on this sixty thousand."

"Then it's settled." Wu Hui clapped his hands: "Tomorrow morning at ten, everyone bring the money here on time."

Zhang Yunfei stubbed his cigarette in the ashtray: "We can't delay. Since everyone agrees, I'll contact them now—we'll meet tomorrow night."

"Yunfei!" Gao Jiang said in a tone that carried an unspoken chill: "When the transaction happens, make them sign a receipt."

"Old Gao, you think they're idiots?" Zhang Yunfei shook his head like a rattle drum: "If it were you who'd taken a hundred thousand, and they asked you to sign a receipt—would you dare?"

Qian Zheng gave a heh laugh: "Old Gao, we all know you always play it safe, but asking them to sign a receipt is impossible. If they actually signed, it'd be like putting a knife in our hands—we could slash them whenever we wanted."

"You've misunderstood me." Gao Jiang suddenly laughed: "If they really sign the receipt, there are only two possibilities: one, they're truly stupid; two, there's a conspiracy. So if they sign, we must terminate cooperation. Conversely, if they don't sign, cooperation can continue."

"Damn, forgiveness is just testing." Jiang Zhengming cursed, then thrust his thumb up at Gao Jiang: "Old Gao, you really are damn scheming."

"Still, Old Gao handles things steadily." Wu Hui said with a smile: "Yunfei, just do as Old Gao says."

"No problem!" Zhang Yunfei made an OK gesture: "I'm leaving!"

Jiang Zhengming asked: "We're going to eat later—you're not coming?"

Zhang Yunfei waved his hand without turning, a mocking smile on his face: "When we get Zhou Andong's shares, we'll have a good drink then, celebrate properly."

Wu Hui checked the time: "Anrong, let's go eat—you come too."

"No way!" Huang Lingyao, Liu Anrong's close friend who'd been watching the scene, pulled her away: "We have things to do—you guys go eat."

Wu Hui's face changed for a moment, then quickly returned to normal as he waved at the others: "If they don't go, forget it—we're going."

Huang Lingyao pulled Liu Anrong out of the club's first-floor door, and the two immediately entered the adjacent shoe store. Only after Wu and the others had come out and walked far away did they emerge.

"Anrong!" Huang Lingyao said, somewhat puzzled: "If you don't like Wu Hui, why are you still mixed up with them?"

Liu Anrong rubbed her smooth chin with her fingers, her eyes curved like crescent moons: "I just want to see what their background is, and how far they'll go—what more shameless things they can do."

Huang Lingyao blinked, then let out a puff-laugh: "You're stringing Wu Hui along—aren't you afraid he'll get angry and force himself on you?"

Liu Anrong pouted, disdainful: "I lent Wu Hui two guts—do you think he'd dare?"

Huang Lingyao laughed: "Exactly. Wu Xingshu has been trying to win your uncle's support—if Wu Hui dares to do anything to you, Wu Xingshu, as his father, will break his legs even without your uncle lifting a finger."

"Come on!" Liu Anrong took Huang Lingyao's hand and walked: "I'll take you to see someone."

Huang Lingyao asked: "See who?"

Liu Anrong said: "The person you've always wanted to see."

Huang Lingyao froze, then said excitedly: "Ye Sis?"

"Yes!" Liu Anrong hailed a taxi: "It's still early—we'll go first and wait."

At the same time, Zhou Li came out of the counselor's office in a daze, still holding a piece of paper. The counselor's words kept echoing in her mind—asking if she was willing to join the Party, and if so, to fill out the application.

Zhou Li didn't even know how she got back to the dorm, then sat on the bed in a daze until Yuan Yuyu pushed the door in and she snapped back.

"Li Li!" Yuan Yuyu saw Zhou Li in the dorm and asked strangely: "What did the counselor want you to do? Have you eaten?"

"Not yet." Zhou Li held up the paper in her hand to Yuan Yuyu: "Take a look."

Yuan Yuyu took it, glanced down: "Huh, Party membership application—you want to join?"

Zhou Li explained: "I can't figure out why the counselor suddenly asked if I want to join the Party and gave me the application."

Yuan Yuyu asked: "Did the counselor say anything else to you?"

Zhou Li shook her head, then nodded: "The counselor said, if I join the Party, the introducer is the principal."

Yuan Yuyu froze, then said thoughtfully: "Li Li, I feel this is related to your brother?"

"My brother?"

Zhou Li froze, then realized—when Yuan Yuyu said "brother," she meant Zhou Andong. In fact, Zhou Andong is her cousin, but to her it feels like a dream, utterly unreal.

"You mean, Zhou… my brother asked the principal to let me join the Party?"

Yuan Yuyu pondered: "I think… I think maybe joining the Party isn't something your brother initiated—maybe it's the school's arrangement."

Zhou Li's intelligence is beyond doubt—otherwise she couldn't have gotten into Sun Yat-sen University. So as soon as Yuan Yuyu finished speaking, she thought of the key point: this cheap cousin of hers is the famous Zhou Andong, nationwide unknown how many people dig tunnels and drill holes just to find a chance to flatter him.

Now the school knows her relationship with Zhou Andong—if they don't put something on her, it'd be abnormal. By then, she'll feel the school leaders are all idiots, missing such a good opportunity.

Yuan Yuyu patted Zhou Li's shoulder: "Figured it out?"

Zhou Li nodded: "Figured it out!"

"Then what are you going to do?" Yuan Yuyu asked: "Agree?"

"Of course!" Zhou Li took a deep breath, stood up vigorously and heroically: "Since the school is letting me join the Party, there will definitely be more benefits later. If I refuse, wouldn't I become a fool?"