Once she got the money, she could directly buy a plane ticket to another country, leaving Xia Guo.
What would happen to the Ming family.
What Chi Zonghan planned to do.
None of it would matter to her anymore.
The sum of money she wanted was enough for her to live comfortably for the rest of her life!
Hearing Ming Zhirou's words, even Chi Zonghan turned his head to look at her. A darkness spread across his seemingly gentle eyes. That glint of malice made Ming Zhirou's heart clench, and she took a step back, feeling a pang of fear.
However, thinking of what she desired, she continued, "After all, I paid a heavy price to complete your plan. I betrayed my own father, my own family."
As she spoke, her gaze landed on Mr. Wang. "You had such a great feud with my father, and I took great pains to have you go and exact revenge on his head. You should at least thank me, right? Besides... I also stole secrets related to the core technology of the Wang family, which is equivalent to offending Young Master Wang. It's not unreasonable for me to ask for the money in advance, is it?"
Her words caused the three wealthy businessmen to show expressions of disgust. They turned to look at Chi Zonghan. Chi Zonghan's gaze was cold as he stared at Ming Zhirou for a few seconds before nonchalantly nodding.
Mr. Wang shakily got up, leaning on the table. He fumbled in his pocket, pulled out a card, and threw it directly at Ming Zhirou. The card landed on the floor. Ming Zhirou quickly crouched down, picked it up, and put it in her pocket with immense preciousness.
"Where's the merchandise?" Mr. Wang sneered at her, clearly disdainful of her behavior, as if she had never seen money before. It was hard to imagine that this woman was once the doted-upon princess of the Ming family. Now, she was nauseatingly mercenary.
With the money in hand, Ming Zhirou's smile became much more cheerful. "Don't worry, I've already stolen everything. I'll send the address where the stolen items are hidden to Second Master Chi's phone later. You can go and get them."
"Why should we believe you?" Mr. Wang narrowed his eyes. "How can I be sure that what you hand over is the Wang family's core technology?"
"With Second Master Chi here, how dare I lie to you? If I really deceive you, even if I escape to the ends of the earth, Second Master Chi has the ability to catch me. Why would I do such a thing?" Ming Zhirou said, glancing at Chi Zonghan's expression. As expected, Chi Zonghan's face showed obvious smugness after hearing her words. Ming Zhirou sneered inwardly. Look, this is what men are like. So arrogant, so confident.
Despite her inner derision, she maintained her appearance of pitiable vulnerability and said softly, "The items are definitely real. I personally saw my fifth brother hack into the Wang family's system and steal their core technology. They were worried about alerting the Wang family, so they planned to auction it on the black market tonight. I took the opportunity to get it out, so it's definitely no problem!"
As she spoke, she took out the most crucial Ming family information she had stolen from the study from her bag. "This is my sincerity, and proof that I have indeed stolen the Ming family's belongings and handed them over to you."
Ming Zhirou handed the documents to Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang scrutinized her from head to toe, then looked down and scanned the documents. His eyes lit up. When he looked up again, he clicked his tongue. "The Ming family is truly unlucky to have a daughter like you. The Ming family treated you well before, didn't they? They doted on you like a princess. They probably never imagined that one day, you, an ungrateful wretch, would bite the hand that fed you."
He then burst into laughter. "If the Ming family saw your true colors, they would be devastated." Ming Zhirou's expression shifted slightly. She bit her lower lip, not feeling that her actions were wrong in any way.
Outside the restaurant.
Ming Zheng had saved everything. Ming Yanlun's anxious voice immediately came from the phone: "Ming Zheng, didn't you say... didn't you say you wouldn't let Ming Zhirou hand over the Ming family's belongings?" But Ming Zhirou had already handed over the Ming family's core data to people from the Wang Corporation! They were the Ming family's rivals. If that information fell into Mr. Wang's hands, he would surely crush them!
Ming Zheng leaned into Chi Xianhuai's arms, her eyebrows raised, and casually curled her crimson lips. "It's alright. Even if the items are in his hands, he won't be able to take them to the Wang Corporation."
Ming Yanlun choked. "W-What do you mean?"
The moment his words fell, Ming Yanlun heard the wail of sirens. Those were... police sirens! Ming Yanlun's eyes widened. "You... What did you do?"
"I just did what a citizen should do," Ming Zheng said with a laugh, utterly nonchalant. "I called the police." Crimes involving the theft of commercial secrets, naturally, had to be handed over to the police.
Furthermore, she sent a message to the headquarters in her capacity as Mo Zheng, asking them to personally supervise, lest Chi Zonghan make any underhanded moves. In short... These three businessmen were finished. They were destined to spend the rest of their lives being sewing machines.
As for Chi Zonghan... Ming Zheng watched as the police burst through the door and then escorted the three businessmen and Ming Zhirou out. She knew then that that scoundrel had run. He had abandoned all his teammates and fled.
However... Ming Zheng looked up, her gaze falling on the now empty driver's seat. Si Lin had already disappeared. It seemed that Chi Zonghan, no matter how hard he tried to escape, wouldn't get far.
Ming Zheng curved her lips, smilingly watching Ming Zhirou, who was being escorted into the police car, looking flustered and helpless. Ming Zhirou seemed to sense something. Before entering the police car, she suddenly raised her head and looked towards the car where Ming Zheng was seated. Her tear-filled eyes widened. As the car window rolled down, Ming Zheng's breathtakingly beautiful face appeared before Ming Zhirou's eyes.
Ming Zhirou's pupils contracted sharply. Then, intense hatred erupted from her. She had been obediently allowing the police to escort her, even weeping softly and feigning helplessness. Now, she began to struggle violently, trying to lunge towards Ming Zheng. Her face was contorted and terrifying, her teeth gritted as if she wanted to devour Ming Zheng alive.
"It's you! Ming Zheng, it's you!" Ming Zhirou snarled through gritted teeth, her voice hoarse and strained. However, the more she struggled, the tighter the surrounding police held her. Seeing her acting like a madwoman, attempting to use force to attack them, the police directly used a stun baton, incapacitating Ming Zhirou.