Chapter 765 — A Sense of Loss

And what had she ever given Wei Zhao? Apart from a passable face, what advantage could she possibly claim? In that instant, standing before Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, Tang Zhi felt a stirring of inferiority...

Thinking it over carefully, she could offer Wei Zhao no help at all; instead she dragged him into doing so much for her family — including today's negotiation, which would also be his trouble.

Why was he so good to her? Tang Zhi sank into it and could not pull herself out.

Tang Zhi did not know how to face Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Perhaps they were the ones truly suited to Wei Zhao? Yet she was truly unwilling to surrender her own feelings!

In that moment Tang Zhi was tangled in knots. Thinking of herself, she seemed to hold not the slightest advantage before Gu Mengyao.

The only comfort left to her — and a self-deceiving one at that — was that she was the girlfriend Wei Zhao had acknowledged.

Tang Zhi no longer wanted to go on like this... She did not want to be someone good for nothing. She wanted to share some of Wei Zhao's burdens too, yet she could do nothing at all.

Even when Wei Zhao started a company, Tang Zhi wanted to help him but had no idea where to begin.

Then she looked at her mother again, and Tang Zhi felt a surge of anger. How could her mother understand her worries? Every day she did nothing but urge Tang Zhi to ask Wei Zhao for this and that — but on what grounds would he give her anything? If she could repay Wei Zhao's kindness with her own body, Tang Zhi thought she would do so without a moment's hesitation. But she knew this was not an exchange...

Feelings could not be traded like that; it was not as simple as settling a debt of favors with flesh.

"Hoo..." Tang Zhi drew a deep breath. But if she was to repay Wei Zhao, how on earth was she to do it?

For the first time, Tang mm grew sentimental. Only by comparison does the gap reveal itself; for the first time Tang Zhi felt her own inadequacy.

Wei Zhao drove to the Qibing Building, where Qibing Real Estate had its offices, and parked in the building's underground garage.

"Didn't expect the Qibing Building to go up so fast. Aren't they afraid it'll collapse again?" Wei Zhao had no idea how much Tang Zhi had brooded over along the way. After getting out of the car, he joked to himself.

"Ooh, I'd love to see the building collapse. I missed it last time — what a pity." Shen Yushu glanced around the Qibing Building's garage and spoke with disappointment.

"Wasn't it on the news?" Gu Mengyao said.

"But the news didn't show the collapse itself. The moment it went down must have been so much fun." Shen Yushu daydreamed aloud: "Bang, and the building just collapses. So much fun."

"All right, stop fantasizing. Let's go up." Gu Mengyao took Shen Yushu by the hand.

Next to the temporary demolition project office on the second floor was a surveillance room, where Bing Shao, Li Cihua, and Su Jiaonang were watching the security footage from the garage!

The Qibing Building had only just been completed and was not yet officially in use, so the three of them were the only people in the entire building.

"Motherfucker — bang, and the building collapses?" Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Bing Shao ground his teeth in fury: "In a moment I'll give you all a bang and blow you to bits!"

"This little girl's called Shen Yushu, she's from the Chen family." Li Cihua briefly explained Shen Yushu's background: "She's usually a bit dim — seems like there's something wrong with her head?"

"Hmph, who cares whose family she's from? Anyone with Wei Zhao dies!" Bing Shao gave a cold laugh, then shifted his gaze to Tang Zhi and Gu Mengyao: "These two pretty girls — blowing them up would be such a waste!"

"Yeah, a real waste." Li Cihua nodded.

"But my leg's no good, so it's not convenient for me to play with women anyway. If they get blown up, so be it!" Thinking of his leg, a surge of hatred welled up in Zhao Qibing's heart.

"All right, then we'll head over now and wait for them to come up?" Li Cihua asked.

"Yes, let's go over together." Young Master Bing nodded.

Li Cihua pushed Zhao Qibing and Su Jiaonang along to the adjacent "Demolition Project Team" office to wait for Wei Zhao and the others to arrive.

Before long, Wei Zhao came upstairs with Tang Zhi, Tang Zhi's mother, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu, and entered the demolition project team's office.

Wei Zhao had not expected both Zhao Qibing and Li Cihua to be there; he had assumed only Su Jiaonang would come.

"Hello, my surname is Su. I'm the manager of the demolition project team at Qibing Real Estate..." Su Jiaonang stepped forward to introduce himself.

"Oh, no need to introduce yourself. I know you — aren't you that Cold Capsule? The manager of some Gelifuyun Bar or other? And that Li Cihua, I know him too. Aren't you all from Gelifuyun Bar?" Shen Yushu cut him off before Su Jiaonang could finish: "Huh? What's a cripple doing here too? Came in a wheelchair? You're not some gang of swindlers, are you? How does a bar owner end up running a real estate company?"

"Ahem, ahem, besides running bars, we also operate real estate companies!" Li Cihua broke out in a sweat and did not dare say anything more, so he had to explain.

Zhao Qibing was also furious, but he dared not clash head-on with Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao was a Mystic-rank expert, a man who could go toe-to-toe with Uncle Zhu — who knew how much of his strength he had recovered? Even at half strength, he would have more than enough to thrash the lot of them!

So although Zhao Qibing was seething, he could only keep a smile on his face and say: "There may have been a bit of a misunderstanding between us before? But it was all a misunderstanding. Today, we have come in all sincerity to invite you all to discuss the matter of compensation."

Zhao Qibing thought to himself: I'll lower my posture for now, butter you up and keep you happy, and once we've planted a timed bomb in your car, we'll see how happy you are then.

Of course, Zhao Qibing was not worried about anyone investigating. Right now, in Qibing Tower, apart from the three of them, there was only Zhang Yuzhou waiting near the parking lot! When the bomb went off, there would be no witnesses, and as long as he denied it, who could do anything to him?

Qibing Tower was not yet officially open for business, so there were no eyewitnesses at all!

"Oh, a misunderstanding." Wei Zhao smiled. Though there was a smile on his face, he grew all the more suspicious of Zhao Qibing's intentions! Wei Zhao did not believe Zhao Qibing could be so magnanimous — he had broken the man's leg, and yet Zhao Qibing called it a misunderstanding and was even offering compensation on his own initiative!

That was not magnanimity; that was sheer idiocy!

So when something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy behind it. Wei Zhao was highly suspicious of Zhao Qibing's purpose, and that was precisely why he had come along with Tang Zhi's family.

"Of course it's a misunderstanding." Zhao Qibing nodded with a smile. "Su Jiaonang, tell them the compensation decision and let Madam Wang see whether it's reasonable."

"Yes!" Su Jiaonang nodded, then said: "Madam Wang, after our discussion and study, we have decided to compensate your family with two million in financial compensation. Do you think this amount is acceptable?"