Chapter 338

·

·

·

Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Xu Mingmei sent the videos to Ou Jiajie.

And she gave Ou Jiajie an ultimatum:

"If you don't come see me again, I'll send these videos to your wife. You deal with it yourself!"

This move really worked.

Not long after the videos were sent to Ou Jiajie, Ou Jiajie took the initiative to call.

"My dear aunt, what exactly do you want?"

Ou Jiajie opened his mouth looking completely harried, and then explained:

"I've been busy with business lately, went on a business trip out of province. It's just a few days of no contact, is there a need to be like this?"

Ou Jiajie was actually lying; he had been in Guangzhou the whole time, he was deliberately avoiding Xu Mingmei.

"You call this a few days of no contact? It's been nearly a month! The main thing is, how many messages have I sent you, and have you replied even once? You must come see me at noon today. We'll talk face to face and lay it all out — continue or end it, you have to give me a definite answer!"

Xu Mingmei said coldly.

Ou Jiajie said: "I already said I'm out of province, how can I possibly come see you at noon?"

But Xu Mingmei said:

"I don't care if you're out of province or out of the country. If I don't see you at noon today, then you just wait to clean up the mess!"

Ou Jiajie really had no choice, and in the end could only change his tune:

"Okay okay okay, you give me a location, I'll come see you at noon today. That works, right?"

Xu Mingmei succeeded. The corners of her mouth curled up, looking smug:

"The Starbucks near Shanhai Real Estate. Twelve o'clock sharp, don't make me wait too long!"

Xu Mingmei thought she had completely gotten a handle on Ou Jiajie. The negotiations hadn't even started yet, and Ou Jiajie was already cowed into submission. With him like this, wouldn't manipulating him be a piece of cake?

But she didn't know that a shrewd middle-aged man like Ou Jiajie, while looking spineless on the surface, when they actually get ruthless behind the scenes, is not someone a young little punk like Xu Mingmei can easily fend off.

Xu Mingmei wanted to take a big bite out of Ou Jiajie, but Ou Jiajie had seen right through her long ago.

The reason he kept avoiding Xu Mingmei and refusing to meet wasn't because he was afraid of Xu Mingmei, but because he was waiting for an opportunity — an opportunity to counterattack this gold-digger and finish her off in one fatal blow.

After several days of secret maneuvering behind the scenes recently, the opportunity was now more or less ripe. That was why he agreed to meet Xu Mingmei. Otherwise, with just Xu Mingmei's little bit of threat, it wouldn't have been enough to make him compromise in the slightest.

Noon, twelve o'clock. Starbucks.

Xu Mingmei arrived here alone early, waiting for Ou Jiajie's arrival.

Wang Yaohua called her, inviting her to go eat lunch together at noon. She lied and said she was away on a business trip. Wang Yaohua doesn't work at Shanhai Real Estate anymore, so he didn't know the real situation. With her saying that, he believed it and didn't ask further.

Xu Mingmei ordered a coffee at Starbucks and waited about ten minutes before Ou Jiajie finally showed up late.

"Sorry, I'm a bit late. Mingmei, haven't seen you in a few days, you've gotten even more beautiful."

Ou Jiajie wore a harmless smile on his old face. His opening line was pure oily flattery, and he didn't feel the least bit awkward.

Xu Mingmei naturally didn't buy his act. Since this matter was already on the negotiating table, there was no way back.

So she said coldly:

"Cut the crap. You deceived me. You told me before you were divorced and single. Turns out I found out you have a wife and kids. Now what do you have to say for yourself?"

But Ou Jiajie still quibbled:

"I really did get divorced. But we're divorced without moving apart. After all, there's a kid. My ex-wife has to stay home to take care of the child."

Xu Mingmei had long since figured out Ou Jiajie's background. His lie naturally couldn't fool her.

So she sneered and asked again:

"Since you're already divorced, how about you marry me?"

But Ou Jiajie just gave a dry heh-heh laugh:

"Marriage is a major matter, not child's play. Mingmei, I feel we still need to run in together for a while longer. It's not time for marriage yet. Give me a bit more time, okay? When the time is ripe, I'll definitely marry you!"

Ou Jiajie's answer neither agreed nor completely refused.

Truly cunning to the extreme.

If Xu Mingmei had really fallen in love with him, she probably would have been deceived by these lies of his.

Too bad Xu Mingmei never loved him from start to finish, so naturally she could never be blinded by his lies.

"You can keep waiting. I can't wait any longer. Ou Jiajie, I'm laying it out straight today. I'm giving you two choices: either you go register our marriage right now, or you pay me a settlement and I'll voluntarily back out!"

"Mingmei, don't be like this. I don't want to choose. You know I love you."

"If you won't choose, I'll post the videos online, go to your front door and hang banners. I'll let everyone know your dirty deeds! And don't think you'll be able to live peacefully with that so-called ex-wife of yours either!"

Ou Jiajie hurriedly said:

"Don't do this. Why push things to mutual destruction?"

But Xu Mingmei pressed aggressively:

"You have to make a choice today!"

Ou Jiajie looked completely helpless. He pondered for a moment, then asked:

"How much settlement do you want?"

Hearing this, Xu Mingmei immediately rejoiced inwardly.

Everything was exactly as she had predicted. She had gotten a handle on Ou Jiajie.

"I don't want much. You give me two apartments, plus five million in cash."

Xu Mingmei deliberately opened with a lion's big mouth.

The purpose was to leave room for bargaining.

Because she knew, no matter how much she asked for, that old fox Ou Jiajie would definitely bargain.

"Mingmei, you're being a bit unreasonable. We've been together less than half a year, and you're asking me for this much."

Ou Jiajie said:

"I can give you cash, but I won't give you the house. Transferring the house requires very troublesome procedures, and you probably can't wait that long."

"Then give me eight million cash." Xu Mingmei continued to open with a lion's big mouth.

Ou Jiajie, however, said:

"At most I'll give you two million."

Xu Mingmei, however, said: "Seven million, not a cent less! Don't treat me like a beggar!"

Seeing Xu Mingmei's attitude so firm, Ou Jiajie changed his tune and said:

"Alright alright, then seven million. But I just invested a big sum of money, I don't have that much cash on hand right now. I'll give you one million first, and the remaining six million, I'll give you later."

"What if you go back on your word later? Wouldn't I have been played by you?"

"I can write you an IOU, signing both our names on it, and pressing both our fingerprints. That should reassure you, right?"

Ou Jiajie acted very sincere.

As if he had truly been grasped by Xu Mingmei, as if he had truly chosen to spend money to avert disaster.

Xu Mingmei thought for a bit, felt that taking one million first was fine. One million wasn't a small amount either. She just feared that if they continued deadlocked, Ou Jiajie might fly into a rage and not give her a single cent.

So she said:

"Then okay, you transfer me one million now, and then write the IOU."

Ou Jiajie could only honestly comply.

Transferred one million to Xu Mingmei, then wrote the IOU, signed and sealed.

Xu Mingmei's bank card received the money, she took the IOU, came out of Starbucks, mood excellent.

Being a gold digger, this money is too easy to earn, right?

Much easier than selling a house!

She couldn't hide her inner wild joy, almost bouncing up and down.

But she didn't know, after she left Starbucks, Ou Jiajie made a phone call:

"Hello, Lawyer Zhang, I've done as you said. Will this really work?"

Lawyer Zhang's inquiry came from the other end:

"Gave her the money?"

"Gave one million." Ou Jiajie answered honestly, "Also wrote a six million IOU, both she and I signed and sealed on the IOU, and in duplicate."

Lawyer Zhang asked again: "Recorded?"

"Secretly recorded the whole process."

"Then fine. Sue her for extortion, sentence her to ten years minimum, she definitely can't escape."