What is Zhou Qiaoqiao, this fierce lady, up to Missing a man

The conference room was once again filled with people.

Everyone was sweating profusely, having nearly fallen for Hongtu's trick!

Hongtu's boss was being utterly ruthless this time.

The Xu family had already beaten everyone to the full acquisition plan!

In other words, the Xu family had already paid and now held shares in Hongtu.

If the Xu family hadn't paid, other prominent families in Magic City would have been scrambling to snatch up this golden opportunity.

"Mr. Xu, what should we do next?" Li Ming asked, his head bowed low, a stark contrast to his previously smug demeanor!

His question was also the most pressing concern for everyone present.

What to do? They were completely screwed!

Xu Mo's head was about to explode.

He also wanted to ask what to do!

Without this plot twist to let the protagonist get his comeuppance, how could the story progress smoothly?

The villains were supposed to be humiliated, for crying out loud!

As Xu Mo was inwardly plotting how to salvage the face-slapping scene, he felt something scratching his calf.

It was itchy.

The conference room was regularly inspected and disinfected.

Where could a bug have come from?

However, seeing that everyone's gaze was fixed on him, Xu Mo resisted the urge to scratch and instead barked:

"I don't have any ideas about this matter at the moment. But what's the point of this meeting? Isn't it for you all to come up with solutions?"

"Don't ask me about everything!"

Everyone was rendered speechless.

It was only natural that their boss was in a foul mood.

Who could they blame?

They had no choice but to blame themselves for not thoroughly investigating beforehand.

They had blindly followed the lead of those big families.

Jumping to conclusions without proper information.

Seeing that everyone was lowering their heads in contemplation and no longer looking his way, Xu Mo secretly reached down with his hand.

When he thought he had caught a bug, it turned out to be something else entirely. The texture was that of skin.

Xu Mo's face was filled with bewilderment as he reached out a bit further.

He felt five plump, round, cute little toes.

Xu Mo finally realized something was amiss.

He scooted his chair back slightly and glanced down discreetly.

There, he saw an adorable foot resting on his calf.

It was a woman's toes!

In the entire conference room, the only woman sitting next to him was Zhou Qiaoqiao!

BOOM------

Xu Mo was thunderstruck.

This scene wasn't in the damn script!!!

She was improvising, for heaven's sake.

[What is this tigress doing? Is she in heat? That shouldn't be the case!]

[This scene isn't in the plot. Her scratching me shouldn't affect the story's development.]

[It's so itchy, but it feels nice, like a coquettish kitten scratching its owner.]

[But my character is supposed to be Shen Manni's loyal lapdog. Before my dark transformation, I can't have any ambiguous relationships with other women. Although I'd like to enjoy this a bit longer, I'm sorry...]

Xu Mo gave her a cold look and deliberately lowered his voice:

"Zhou Qiaoqiao, get your dirty foot off me!"

"Eh... dirty? I wash them thoroughly every day. Why don't you take a sniff and see?" Zhou Qiaoqiao replied in an equally low voice.

She wasn't deterred by Xu Mo's cold words.

Great, now she was getting bolder!

Her toes, like a deadly viper, kept wriggling against Xu Mo's calf!

Pleasure and pain coexisted!

His lapdog persona was in deadly conflict with his bodily instincts!

[What on earth does she want?!!!]

[I'm a freaking lapdog! Do you understand? You're supposed to get the man you can't have now only after he turns dark later!]

[Before the dark transformation, we should just maintain a normal male-female relationship!]

Xu Mo took a deep breath and grabbed hold of the tormenting little foot.

Because of the stockings, a cool, comfortable sensation spread through his palm.

But Xu Mo still resolutely threw aside Zhou Qiaoqiao's jade foot that countless men would dream of.

"I hope you'll show some self-respect!"

This time his voice was a bit louder.

Xu Mo knew he couldn't give Zhou Qiaoqiao even the slightest hope.

She was adaptable and resilient, with less pride than Shen Manni!

She was very good at taking advantage of situations that benefited her.

Zhou Qiaoqiao pursed her lips in a smile, her eyes full of innocence.

The employees in the conference room had learned their lesson this time.

No matter what was happening between Xu Mo and Zhou Qiaoqiao,

They wouldn't dare to look in that direction even if beaten to death.

Otherwise, they might be forced to answer questions next.

They couldn't come up with any suitable plans to deal with this crisis!

Zhou Qiaoqiao knew when to stop, aware that she couldn't go too far.

After all, her little man seemed to be genuinely angry this time.

It was like the frog in slowly boiling water.

Being able to hear Xu Mo's thoughts must be heaven-sent.

They were still in the villain camp of the novel.

With their relationship stacked on top of that,

Zhou Qiaoqiao had no reason to panic.

Zhou Qiaoqiao dared not continue her mischief.

Xu Mo thought he had finally intimidated her.

Indeed, sometimes playing the villain was much more effective than playing the nice guy.

Sigh... it's a pity the nice guy role went to Shen Manni.

The villain role was left for Zhou Qiaoqiao.

It's really unfair.

But there's no helping it, this was also for the sake of the plot, as decided by the damn author.

As things quieted down on Xu Mo's end,

The conference room also fell into silence.

These department heads, graduates of prestigious domestic and foreign universities with years or even decades of work experience,

Now didn't dare to make a peep.

They were all like quails.

Xu Mo found it quite amusing inwardly.

[Useless! What a bunch of incompetents! The solution is so simple, yet not one of you can think of it. Where's all that arrogance you usually display?]

[The Hongtu situation has only been discovered by our company so far. Couldn't we just quietly resell these shares? Right now, all the families are eyeing this piece of cake, wanting Xu Corporation to let go.]

[They'd even be willing to pay a higher price than the market value to buy these shares from us.]

[But it's good that you can't think of it. Let's just keep dragging this out. After a while, when the truth comes to light and the situation is exposed, even fools won't buy anymore. The protagonist will get his chance to slap our faces, the plot won't change, and that's good for me.]

"Ding, congratulations to the host for gaining +2 Personal Charm"

Glare----

Xu Mo stood up from his chair and, under the astonished gazes of everyone, said:

"You're all a bunch of useless fools. We've been here for almost two hours, and you haven't come up with a single decent idea!"

"Even if I let you keep thinking, you probably wouldn't come up with anything by tomorrow morning."

"You might have time to waste, but I don't have time to waste with you!"

"That's it for today's meeting. Dismissed!"

Xu Mo mercilessly berated the group, leaving them thoroughly chastised.

He was going to find a club to rest and get a massage.

Rest and recuperation were the way to go.

Oh right, he also needed to test how tough his Iron Shirt technique was.

The old guard lowered their heads even further, completely unable to argue.

Xu Mo was absolutely right.

This time, when he called them useless fools,

They really couldn't find any words to defend themselves.

"Wait, isn't it just about finding a solution? I've thought of one, why don't I share it quickly."

A uniquely magnetic female voice interjected inappropriately.

Xu Mo's eyelid twitched. For the love of god, Zhou Qiaoqiao, please act like a normal person!!!

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