There is no doubt that Jiang Mingzhu's words are another knife for Zhou Li.

Zhou Li held her hand tightly in the palm of his hand, and his eyes were still staring at her: "Jiang Mingzhu, what do you want."

Jiang Mingzhu: "...... I guess I'm asking you."

has known Zhou Li for more than half a year, and she has never felt that he is so difficult to get along with: "If you have any requirements, you can say it directly, it's really boring to guess like this."

Zhou Li squeezed her hand and said nothing.

It's not interesting, can't you guess what he wants.

Even if she gave him 20% of the energy and effort she put on Pei Yeyu, it would not be this situation.

Zhou Li's gaze gradually cooled, let go of her hand and pushed her away from her body, and sat up to tidy up her clothes.

Jiang Mingzhu: "You haven't told me the progress of the investigation yet."

Zhou Li: "Think about what I want first."

He left this sentence and left.

When Jiang Mingzhu went downstairs for breakfast, Zhou Li was gone.

Listening to his aunt, he answered the phone as if he had gone out for an appointment.

Jiang Mingzhu kept thinking about Zhou Li's words when he was eating breakfast, what did he want?

tricked her into signing an agreement with the matter of investigation cooperation, didn't he just want to keep her by his side and go to bed, he used this method, he can't still expect her to be sincere to him, right?

Not long after breakfast, Fu Xiaozhi came to Yuanyin Manor.

Jiang Mingzhu took Fu Xiaozhi to the bedroom to chat, and after Fu Xiaozhi heard about Zhou Li's uncertain behavior, her facial features wrinkled.

"What kind of madness is he doing, what a job." Fu Xiaozhi gave the above evaluation.

Jiang Mingzhu: "I think he's even stranger now than before, so I can figure out why he's angry before."

Fu Xiaozhi: "Does he think you're too distracted by him?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "It should be."

Zhou Li repeatedly made things difficult for her, obviously trying to find a sense of existence in her, but Jiang Mingzhu didn't know what his purpose was in doing this: "But he tricked me into signing a cooperation agreement first, why should I be distracted from him?"

Fu Xiaozhi: "He may be afraid that you will run away, so he will find something to tie you up."

Jiang Mingzhu: "...... Then tie it up, didn't he think about the consequences when he tied me up, and if he chose this way, I wouldn't be sincere to him."

Fu Xiaozhi also agreed with Jiang Mingzhu's idea, Zhou Li obviously wanted to do it, and the more he listened, the more he felt that he did it.

——

Zhou Li went to Xu Siyan's appointment at the café.

A café on the outskirts of the city in the middle of nowhere, even on weekends there are few customers.

Zhou Li and Xu Siyan sat facing each other, their gloomy gazes falling on his face, and the temperature around them dropped to freezing.

Xu Siyan: "Fourth brother."

Zhou Li sneered, "Don't call me that."

I've never seen a brother come to the door to pry the corner.

Zhou Liren has not done anything until now, and he has already saved face for Xu Siyan.

When Xu Siyan went to Yuanyin Manor to find Jiang Mingzhu, he knew that this matter would definitely not be hidden from Zhou Li, and he was not surprised.

Xu Siyan: "I came to Yuanyin Manor in the early morning and met Jiang Mingzhu."

Zhou Li grabbed the mug in his hand, his knuckles turned white, and his eyes churned with murderous intent.

Xu Siyan: "Fourth brother, let her out."

Zhou Li: "Xu Siyan, you want to die."

Xu Siyan: "If you keep her here, it will only make your relationship more and more stiff."

Zhou Li: "It's not your turn."

He let go of his mug and looked at Xu Siyan and warned, "I don't care about you in my past friendships, so don't go to her again in the future."

Xu Siyan: "Your current behavior is killing her little by little!"

Zhou Li's lack of oil and salt made Xu Siyan's voice raise a lot, and it was extremely harsh in the quiet café, and the waiters at the bar all looked over to this side.

Xu Siyan took a deep breath

In one breath: "Let's go out and talk."

Near the café was a deserted forest, and Zhou Li and Xu Siyan walked to a place where there was no one and stopped.

Zhou Li arranged his tie, and his cold gaze swept over Xu Siyan.

Xu Siyan: "Let her go."

Zhou Li: "Do you want to put it next to you?"

Xu Siyan: "Do you think if you don't let her go, she will be yours?" Fourth brother, your mind won't be so confused."

Zhou Li's movements stopped, and his fingers tightly grasped the tie.

- Do you think that if you don't let her go, she will be yours?

Xu Siyan's words cut his heart with a knife.

Zhou Li's eyes gathered with anger, bloodshot, and the whole person was shrouded in a layer of haze.

Even so, Xu Siyan still didn't flinch in the slightest, he looked into Zhou Li's eyes and said, "Have you ever wondered why she approached you at all costs?"

Zhou Li stiffened his face and did not answer.

Xu Siyan: "She has never been in love once, in order to avenge Pei Yeyu, she can do this, guess what she planned?"

Zhou Li gritted his teeth, his right eyelid began to beat violently because of these words, and a ridiculous thought came into his mind.

"She didn't even want to live." Xu Siyan squeezed out this sentence with difficulty, "When she gets revenge, she will have no reason to live."

Zhou Li: "What did she tell you?"

Xu Siyan: "Can't you see it? Why doesn't she care about anything?"

Xu Siyan's question once again flashed all kinds of pictures in Zhou Li's mind.

In the past, when Jiang Mingzhu tried every means to seduce him, he did everything, and he didn't even blush after being discovered.

At that time, he often scolded her for being "shameless", and even used words like "whining" and "waves" to describe her, and she laughed it off.

Including the period when I signed the agreement with him-

While Zhou Li was pondering, Xu Siyan's voice interrupted him again: "She hates me so much, why do you think she would say that to me in front of you?"

"Yuanyin Villa is under surveillance, why did she let me get close to her when she knew you would see it?"

Zhou Li's hands clenched into fists, and his cheeks were sour.

"She's giving up on herself, because her faith in living is going to fade soon." Xu Siyan's words were sharp, and every word was fine: "Fourth brother, if you lock her up, you are pushing her to hell."

——

After working overtime late at night, Zheng Rinxu received a call from Zhou Li as soon as he got in the car.

Zheng Rinshu: "Are you looking for me?"

After exchanging contact information with Zhou Li, they did not contact each other, and most of the time they communicated through Zhou Yi.

Zheng Rinxu was curious about Zhou Li's sudden call.

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a long time, and then Zheng Rinxu heard Zhou Li's hoarse and suppressed voice: "Is Jiang Mingzhu's illness not healing?"

When Zheng Rinxu heard this question, his spirit immediately tensed: "What's wrong with her?"

Zhou Li: "It's not good, is it?"

The answer can already be drawn from Zheng Rinxu's slightly flustered tone.

If he is completely healed, Zheng Rinxu will not ask such a question.

Zheng Rinshu: "Tell me what's wrong with her first."

Zhou Li: "I locked her up."

Zheng Rinxu's eyelids jumped, and his voice suddenly became stern: "What did you say?"

Zhou Li: "She hid part of the cooperation from you."

Then, he confessed the agreement with Zheng Rinxu.