A first-class merit award, and you're letting me go?

Zhou Cheng leaned back against the sofa!

He was waiting; he was not in the slightest bit anxious right now.

"Zhou Cheng, although you didn't reply to my messages, it's very obvious that you are still deeply in love with Zhang Yuanyuan!" Gu Beifan said, looking at Zhou Cheng with a slight upturn of his lips.

It was as if, now that Zhou Cheng had arrived, he had him completely under his thumb!

"Do you know, a while back, you really scared the life out of me."

"You arrested Li Suyuan, arrested Li Suyuan's whole family, and even arrested Zhang Yuanyuan's uncle's family. I really thought you had gotten addicted to being a police officer, and I really thought you had completely stopped loving Zhang Yuanyuan!"

"Later, after my older brother analyzed it for me, I realized that the reason you did all that wasn't because you stopped loving Zhang Yuanyuan; on the contrary, it was an expression of your deepest love for Zhang Yuanyuan!"

"Just like now, after you received my message, even though you didn't want to reply, aren't you still crawling over here like a simp?"

"For this alone, I am willing to call you the most devoted lover in Shanghai!"

At this moment, Gu Beifan had regained the confident demeanor he once had in front of Zhou Cheng.

As long as he was certain that Zhou Cheng was still a simp for Zhang Yuanyuan, he had nothing to fear.

He looked at Zhou Cheng with a mocking expression!

However, Gu Beifan did not notice.

After hearing this string of words, Zhou Cheng raised an eyebrow slightly.

Damn it, what the hell is this Gu Beifan rambling on about!

"So, you asked me to come here, what for?" Zhou Cheng asked.

"To discuss a partnership," Gu Beifan said.

As he spoke, two men stepped forward and stood at the entrance of the private room, blocking it tightly!

At the same time, Gu Beifan's older brother took out a small bag of something, placed it on the table, and slowly pushed it toward Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng only glanced down at the item; he didn't even want to touch it!

"I know that you, Second Young Master of the Zhou Family, have just taken control of the Chenyang Group! So, we need a word from you to let us distribute these things into the clubs, bars, and KTVs under your family's Group."

"That's it?" Zhou Cheng replied.

"That's right, for you right now, that should just be a matter of saying one word, right?" Gu Beifan nodded; he couldn't quite read Zhou Cheng's current composure!

"How much money do you make from this every year?"

"As long as you cooperate, you'll get hundreds of millions at the very least, or even over a billion at most. Don't worry, we won't short you a single cent of your share," Gu Beifan said.

This made Zhou Cheng frown.

"Just this little bit? And you're giving me a share? Are you insulting me?" Zhou Cheng said disdainfully.

"You'd better not let word of tonight's events get out. Otherwise, if people in the Shanghai socialite circle hear about it, they'll think I, Zhou Cheng, am so poor that I have to beg for food."

When this was said, Gu Beifan and the others flushed red. Then, he slammed the table and shouted at Zhou Cheng!

"Zhou Cheng! Don't be too arrogant!"

Zhou Cheng reined in his disdainful expression.

"Since we are talking about a partnership, why should I agree to it? This stuff is illegal. Why would I, Zhou Cheng, set aside my legitimate business to agree to this, and then go break the law with you, just to earn a few measly scraps?"

"Of course we won't ask you to agree for nothing! I'll be direct: as long as you agree to this partnership, I will disappear from Zhang Yuanyuan's world from now on," Gu Beifan said seriously.

Then, without waiting for Zhou Cheng to speak, he continued.

"I know you deeply love Zhang Yuanyuan. After all, what other Second Young Master of a wealthy family would go to a regular high school to study, and what other Second Young Master would follow Zhang Yuanyuan around like a tag-along?"

"And because of my appearance, problems arose in your relationship with Zhang Yuanyuan. I became the third party between the two of you!"

"So, at one time, you must have hated me so much that you were gnashing your teeth, and you even wanted to find someone to take me out!"

"And now, although you act like you don't care about Zhang Yuanyuan anymore and are indifferent to her, you actually still love her deep down! You still want me to stay away from her, right?"

"You also know that only if I stay away from her can she truly be with you."

Zhou Cheng: (⊙_⊙)

What? What? What?

"So, as long as you agree to this partnership, I can withdraw immediately!"

Gu Beifan said confidently and generously.

At first, he also suspected that Zhou Cheng might have given up on Zhang Yuanyuan.

But his older brother Gu Dongchen's analysis, along with the fact that Zhou Cheng really arrived as promised today, made him certain that Zhou Cheng was just pretending to be indifferent.

Must say, this tactic was actually effective! To the point that Zhang Yuanyuan had even blocked all of his contact methods now!

"Are you done?"

Zhou Cheng spoke. He felt that Gu Beifan was a bit unhinged, analyzing a whole bunch of nonsense for no reason.

And he was acting so confident, which was baffling.

But Zhou Cheng respected the local way of thinking.

Gu Beifan nodded.

"Then what if I don't agree?" Zhou Cheng said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Dongchen picked up his phone and made a call.

Before long, someone pushed a person into the private room.

Her hands were tied, and her mouth was gagged, making her unable to make a sound.

After entering, she saw Zhou Cheng in the room, and her expression changed abruptly.

Then, she quickly shook her head at Zhou Cheng.

It seemed like she was telling Zhou Cheng to leave quickly! Not to agree to anything Gu Beifan and his Group asked.

Zhou Cheng also saw Zhang Yuanyuan, who had just been brought in.

Clearly, Zhou Cheng had not expected that Gu Beifan and his Group would actually go this far!

They had actually dragged Zhang Yuanyuan into this!

Zhang Yuanyuan was pushed by Gu Nanfeng to the opposite side of Zhou Cheng.

"Zhou Cheng, see that? As long as you agree, we will return her to you immediately!"

"And you can rest assured, for the sake of our partnership, we absolutely have not touched her," Gu Beifan said, staring at Zhou Cheng.

The previous Zhou Cheng had just been pretending, so he was certain that after kidnapping Zhang Yuanyuan, Zhou Cheng would unconditionally agree to anything they asked!

Zhang Yuanyuan sat on the sofa.

She looked at Zhou Cheng, her eyes somewhat red and moist.

At this moment, having experienced Rebirth, she understood the whole truth!

It turned out that the constraints Zhou Cheng placed on her in her past life were not constraints at all, but protection!

He cut off her relationship with her Best Friend Li Suyuan because Li Suyuan was a criminal and a con artist! Her whole family were criminals!

He cut off her contact with her uncle and the others because they had murdered her own younger brother and embezzled her mother's compensation money; they were parasites living off her, sucking her blood!

He hindered her romance with Gu Beifan because Gu Beifan's whole family was a criminal syndicate; they were a drug trafficking gang!

Everything had come to light.

Zhang Yuanyuan knew the whole truth at this moment!

She knew that the person before her, whom she had loathed her entire life, was the one who loved her the most!

Even now, he had rushed here all by himself because of her!

Zhang Yuanyuan's eyes gradually became red and moist.

She looked at Zhou Cheng, feeling that she had been a real jerk in her previous life.

To think she had been so cold to him, to think she had treated him like an enemy!

She hadn't even been willing to have a child with him after being married for so many years.

Gu Beifan ripped the tape off Zhang Yuanyuan's face!

Allowing Zhang Yuanyuan to speak! Allowing Zhang Yuanyuan to beg Zhou Cheng for help!

"Zhou Cheng, leave quickly, get out of here, don't agree to anything they ask, what they are doing is illegal!"

"Don't do anything stupid for my sake. I will always remember the love you had for me."

"At worst, we can be together in the next life. Next life, it will be my turn to protect you!"

Zhang Yuanyuan, with tears in her eyes, shouted hysterically at Zhou Cheng!

Upon hearing this, Gu Beifan's expression turned angry, and he raised his hand, wanting to slap her!

But remembering that Zhou Cheng was right across from them, he quickly pulled his hand back!

And as Zhou Cheng listened to Zhang Yuanyuan's words.

He frowned slightly; this was starting to feel a bit like the climax of an idol drama.

The Female Protagonist gets kidnapped, then makes a heartfelt confession to the male lead, telling him to leave quickly.

But something is wrong. Did I become the male lead?

Aren't I the Villain in this story? How did I become the male lead now?

Besides, I'm here to earn a merit!

Right now, Deputy Director Lu is leading the plainclothes officers from the Criminal Investigation Detachment, and they are about to surround this place! They are just waiting for the whole Gu family to show up so they can take them all down in one fell swoop.

So, a First-Class Merit is about to be in my hands, and you want me to leave?

There is no way I'm leaving!