Did she overthink it?
Frowning, Li Bingqing looked at the contract with confusion.
“What does this mean?”
Did he run over just to hand her this contract?
What could the content possibly be?
At this moment, Li Bingqing felt utterly bewildered. She didn’t immediately take the contract but looked up at Song Qiao.
Song Qiao chuckled softly and waved the contract in his hand.
“What’s wrong? It’s just a contract. Can it harm you? Are you scared?”
Li Bingqing’s expression turned cold. She snorted, glared at him, snatched the contract, and opened it to read.
As she read the first few lines, Li Bingqing’s face changed slightly, and she frowned. Then, as if recalling something, her brow slowly relaxed.
She shifted her gaze from the contract to Song Qiao. After a moment of thought, Li Bingqing gently placed the contract on the bedside table. After a brief silence, she suddenly smiled.
However, the smile was not friendly, filled instead with sarcasm.
Li Bingqing pointed at the contract and sneered.
“Are you serious?”
Song Qiao nodded. “Of course.”
“Didn’t you adamantly refuse to sell before? Why are you suddenly willing to sell now?”
As she spoke, Li Bingqing let out a cold laugh, showing no intention of signing the contract.
Her words also became less polite.
Hearing this, Song Qiao raised his hand and rubbed his nose, looking somewhat helpless. After a moment’s hesitation, he casually replied.
“I can’t manage that side anymore. See if you’re okay with these terms, and sign it if you are.”
Li Bingqing shook her head, sneering, “Is that all? It can’t be that simple, can it?”
Song Qiao’s brow immediately furrowed, but he quickly spoke.
“You must understand, this is something I worked hard to convince the Deng family to agree to, to sign this contract with you and sell you the mine. I’m doing all this for you.”
However, Li Bingqing was clearly unmoved. She looked at Song Qiao with cold eyes. After a long while, she shook her head, her words filled with mockery.
Song Qiao’s expression darkened slightly at her gaze. He clenched his fist but remained silent, meeting her eyes.
After a while, Li Bingqing shook her head, snorted coldly, and said expressionlessly.
“In that case, I’m truly grateful. However, I don’t want this anymore. You can take it back.”
For her?
Was he kidding?
Did she not know what kind of person Song Qiao was?
Thinking this, Li Bingqing gave a self-deprecating smile.
Even knowing this, she felt a slight flicker of emotion when Song Qiao spoke.
“Useless!”
She cursed herself internally and turned her face away, no longer looking at Song Qiao.
Seeing her expression, Song Qiao’s face darkened slightly. He pretended to be angry and said coldly.
“To get them to sell this to you, I went through great lengths. And now you’re telling me you don’t want it?”
“Heh.” Li Bingqing chuckled. She looked Song Qiao up and down. Facing his current angry expression, Li Bingqing seemed not to see it and continued softly.
“If you want me to want it, it’s possible. But I can’t afford that price. I can only give 1.5 billion.”
Hearing this, Song Qiao, though feigning rage, understood.
Li Bingqing had already heard about the recent movements of Ye Corporation and knew they were short on funds, deliberately doing this.
This, however, played right into his scheme.
Smiling inwardly, Song Qiao looked at Li Bingqing coldly and gritted his teeth.
“Li Bingqing, you’re going too far! This is a mine! I don’t need to tell you the profits it can bring, do I!”
“Fine, fine, fine. Since you’re so insistent, then there’s nothing more to say between us. Goodbye!”
He finished angrily and turned to leave.
But facing Song Qiao’s departure, Li Bingqing was not flustered at all. She glanced calmly towards the door and extended three fingers, calmly counting down.
“Three…”
“Two…”
“One…”
As the countdown ended, the ward door opened, and Song Qiao, who had stormed out, re-entered with a sheepish grin.
“Li Bingqing, considering their relationship, I won’t take a cut. The original price, 4 billion, how about it?”
As he spoke, Song Qiao shrugged helplessly.
“You know, 1.5 billion is too ridiculous a price. It’s simply impossible.”
His demeanor was as convincing as it could be.
Song Qiao himself gave his acting a mental pat on the back.
Li Bingqing was clearly amused by his attitude and shook her head, saying word by word.
“1.5 billion. If you agree, I can sign it now. If not, there’s no room for negotiation! You, what are you doing!”
As she spoke, Li Bingqing suddenly exclaimed.
Song Qiao had placed his hands on her chest. Li Bingqing was naturally sensitive, and this touch made her tremble all over, her face flushing red. She glared at Song Qiao with shame and anger.
But faced with her gaze, Song Qiao didn’t stop. His hands even seemed to press further.
Looking down at her face, which was close enough to touch, Song Qiao smiled.
“4 billion is my bottom line. We can’t go any lower.”
“Okay! 4 billion! Let me go first!” Li Bingqing struggled, shouting in shame and anger.
When Song Qiao’s hands moved away from her, Li Bingqing took a few deep breaths.
“I surrender. You can even come up with something like this.”
Song Qiao said helplessly, “I can’t help it. Life is hard.”
Biting her lip, Li Bingqing stared at Song Qiao and said coldly.
“Sign it. Once I sign it for you, I’ll transfer the money.”
This was the moment he was waiting for!
With those words, Song Qiao signed his name on the contract with almost no hesitation.
As he signed, Li Bingqing also made a phone call to someone.
“The Deng family’s mine has been bought. 4 billion, transferred to Song Qiao’s account.”
“Yes!”
After giving the instructions, Li Bingqing hung up the phone. Soon, Song Qiao received the notification of the transfer and smiled. Without avoiding Li Bingqing, he directly called Deng Yihan.
“Yes, it’s been negotiated. 2 billion.”
After a few more words with Deng Yihan, Song Qiao hung up and looked at Li Bingqing. Li Bingqing was staring at him, utterly shocked.
After a moment, Li Bingqing exclaimed in disbelief.
“You!”
“Very few of the things you say are true. You even cheated Deng Yihan, and so ruthlessly.”
He had cut the price in half!
But Song Qiao shook his head meaningfully, not responding. He smiled at her and turned to leave.
Li Bingqing remained silent. Regardless of everything, this task was completed.
And this would be the first step in her rise.
Thinking this, she felt a sense of relief.
Unfortunately, she didn’t know that she had already stepped into Song Qiao’s trap.
After leaving, Song Qiao returned to his company. The moment he reached his office, he transferred the entire 4 billion to Deng Yihan’s account.