Chapter 12: Reluctance to Let Go

Zhou Li's office break room, naked.The man beside her was gone. Ginger Mingzhu looked at the bruises on her body and cursed.She walked to the closet and put on a black shirt, then went to the bathroom...Ginger Mingzhu was stunned at this moment. Zhou Li had never treated her well in the first place, and now seeing her smoking made things even worse.

This was the first time Zhou Li had seen an expression resembling bewilderment on Jiang Mingzhu's face up close. It wasn't the contrived innocence of bashfulness, but rather the panic of someone caught red-handed.

During the Zhou Li's quick grab of Ginger Mingzhu's cigarette case, he discovered she was smoking a cigar.

He let out a cold laugh, pulled a cigarette from the box, and with his other hand, gripped her chin, forcing her to take the cigarette.

When Jiang Mingzhu reacted, Zhou Li had already lit the cigarette for her. His face was illuminated by the flickering flame of the lighter, his pupils reflecting the firelight. She couldn't see what he was thinking.

"Click." The lighter's flame died, replaced by Zhou Li's commanding voice.

The tone was off-putting. Ginger Mingzhu wasn't really a pure and innocent white lotus either. She took a puff of her cigarette and blew smoke rings in Zhou Li's direction.

The woman's rosy, plump lips parted, smoke curling around them as she exhaled. She then returned the cigarette to her mouth.

From her movements, it's clear she's definitely not a novice.

"Does big brother like watching me smoke" Jiang Mingzhu puffed on her cigarette and leaned towards him.

She pulled a cigar from the cigarette case, imitating him just now, and placed it in her mouth.

Zhou Li remained still, his face cold as he looked at her. In the depths of his eyes, one could see a churning undercurrent.

He was no longer as ruthless as before, which emboldened Jiang Mingzhu. She held a cigarette in her mouth, her soft arms wrapped around his neck, she tiptoed and used the smoke from her lips to light the one in his.

Under the moonlight, the shadows of a man and woman intertwined, stretching long on the ground.

"Brother, you look so cool smoking." Ginger Mingzhu said, then kissed Zhou Li's Adam's apple.

Zhou Li, with a cigarette dangling from his lips and narrowed eyes, finally had some expression on his ice-cold face, like he did the night they slept together.

Jiang Mingzhu's hand went to tug at his clothes, "Let's play here okay I miss you so much."

She spoke with such tenderness, but Zhou Li's mind was filled with the image of her nestled in Jian Yanqing's embrace, acting cute. Hmph.

"Can Zhang Yanqing satisfy you" Zhou Li pinched her chin.

"Are you jealous" Jiang Mingzhu raised an eyebrow.

Zhou Li: "Get out."

Jiang Mingzhu: "Don't roll away, I finally caught my brother. I don't want to let go."

Zhou Li glanced at her stomach, remembering how she had lied to Zhan Yanqing, saying she was menstruating, and maliciously humiliated her, "Aren't you afraid of getting sick I think it's disgusting."

Ginger Mingzhu chuckled softly, "Your body doesn't seem to agree with that."

She laughed triumphantly, like a fox. Zhou Li was provoked and grabbed her neck, pressing her against the wall on one side.

"Go to hell."

"Brother still likes this rough style, huh Well, me too." Jiang Mingzhu continued to provoke him fearlessly.

The next second, Zhou Li's palm pierced through her hair and gripped tightly, "No matter who sent you, get out!"

Three minutes later, Jiang Mingzhu watched Zhou Li's disappearing figure and lit another cigarette. She took a hard drag, "Damn bastard."

Just now, Zhou Li was so emotional, she thought she had it made. Who knew, he could actually pull her hair and tell her to get lost.

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Zhou Li just turned the corner and ran into Xu Siyan, who was looking at him with a complicated expression.

"Fourth Brother, just now..." Xu Sichen hesitated.

Zhou Li fastened the buttons on his shirt, "Did you see that"

Xu Siduan did indeed see it. He couldn't sleep at night so he came out for a walk, and as soon as he went downstairs, he saw Zhou Li entangled with a woman.

At first, I thought it was Jane White speaking, but when I looked closer, I realized it was actually Ginger Pearl.

At that time, Jiang Mingzhu was holding Zhou Li's neck and lighting a cigarette for him.

Under the cover of night, their expressions were obscured, but the air hung thick with unspoken tension...

Xu Siyan didn't quite understand. "She asked you out"

Zhou Li: "On the 16th of last month, she drugged me."

Xu Siyan: "Weren't you still in New York at the time"

Zhou Li: "Hmm."

Xu Sidan: "Then the two of you..."

The Zhouli: "Yes."

Zhou Li and Xu Siyan talked about how Ginger Mingzhu asked him to marry her. Xu Siyan was enlightened, "Then she approached Yan Qing for this reason! Why did she want to marry you Who sent her"

Zhou Li's pupils constricted, "Go check, I want all of her information and social connections. You find some reliable people to keep a close eye on her."

Xu Siyan, "Go and make arrangements right away. After it's done, I'm still worried, 'Fourth brother, we can't let her work beside Sister Yu Bai. She's a ticking time bomb.'"

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When Zhou Li returned to the room, Zhan Yu Bai hadn't gone to sleep yet.

"What's wrong Is something happening at the company" Zhan Yu Bai went to check on Zhou Li.

The Zhouli said: "Liu's assistant is going on maternity leave and we haven't found a replacement yet."

"If you don't mind, I can get one from beside me for you Do you have a preference"

"Yes," Zhou Li said in a serious tone, "We need ginger and pearls."ell, right"——Ginger Mingzhu has been in the hospital for three days. The wound on her forehead has scabbed over. She thinks it's ugly to have a bandage wrapped around it, so she asked the doctor to re...