Ning Ran stood at the side, staring at Nan Chen.
Ever since she came in, Nan Chen hadnât looked up. It was as if he had forgotten that she had knocked on the door and came in.
In a way, he treated her like air, and he liked it that way.
But she didnât like to be treated like air, especially by him.
âI have something important to tell you. I just need a few minutes of your time and then Iâll leave.â
Nan Chen still didnât look up and didnât speak.
Ning Ran was certain that he had heard her. How could he not when he wasnât deaf and her voice was so loud?
âIf youâre not gonna speak, then Iâll start. Iâm here to talk to you about the contract.â
âDidnât you already sign it?â Nan Chen eventually spoke.
Sure enough, he wasnât deaf and he could still hear.
âThe money I asked to borrow was ten million,â Ning Ran said.
Nan Chen didnât reply.
âBut I only received half a million, and half a million is not solving any of my problems,â Ning Ran continued.
Nan Chen remained silent.
Ning Ran couldnât hold back as she thumped Nan Chenâs desk with her hand.
Forget the fact that you forced me to sign a slave contract, but deducting money? What is this?
You didnât pay attention to me when I asked you for a moment. You didnât even treat me as a human!
Only then did Nan Chen look up slowly, putting down the document in his hand.
Is he going to hit me? âI donât mean to offend you. I just canât stand how youâre ignoring me. I didnât mean to get angry when I slapped the table. I was just trying to get your attentionâ¦â She was so frightened that she quickly explained because Nan Chenâs aura was too imposing.
Nan Chen ignored her and opened the box next to the desk.
Thereupon, he took out a folder, pulled out a file, and opened it.
After flipping through a few pages, he spread the document on the table and pointed it with his slender fingers, indicating Ning Ran to look at it herself.
Ning Ran took over the document and saw that it was indeed the contract that she signed.
According to one of the paragraphs above: Party A will pay Party B a guaranteed remuneration of 10 million (paid in 20 years, 500,000 per year).
Ning Ran was dumbfounded.
The contract was too thick with about dozens of pages, and she hadnât bothered to read them one by one at that time. It was jaw-dropping for her to see that clause in between now.
Half a million in one year is equivalent to ten million in twenty years! Poker Face had calculated this beforehand!
But I have to pay ten million in a lump sum. Half a million is not going to solve anything!
âYou⦠You canât do that!â Ning Ran shouted.
âThe contract is legally effective once you signed it,â Nan Chen replied flatly.
âI know, but this is not fair to me!â
âYou signed the contract on your own accord. Thereâs nothing unfair about this. Get out now, or Iâll call security,â Nan Chen said coldly.
Ning Ran was tempted to charge at him, but she wasnât audacious enough to do so.
What a profiteer! Heâs setting up traps everywhere!
I indeed signed the contract, and it has legal effect. Itâs too late to regret now.
âSir Chen, youâre the childrenâs uncle. From Nan Xingâs perspective, I should actually call you brotherâ¦â
Nan Chen shot daggers at Ning Ran to stop her from talking.
âBrotherâ was supposed to be an ordinary form of address, but Nan Chen was thunderstruck.
This title made him extremely uncomfortable. In fact, he detested it!
Ning Ran was terrified at Nan Chenâs expression. She didnât know what she had said wrong.
Could it be that he hated people who curry favor with him? Or is there something else?
Truth be told, Nan Chen himself didnât know why as well. He just knew that he couldnât accept her calling him âbrotherâ!
âIâm in a tight spot, Sir Chen.â Ning Ranâs voice was very low.
Nan Chen put down the document in his hands again and turned his head impatiently.
He realized he had to settle this matter. Otherwise, there was no way this woman would let him work in peace.
If she continued like this, his work wouldnât be finished until dawn.
The woman had been yakking the moment she came in, and he couldnât focus at all.
âYouâre just a nameless actress. Youâre lucky to even sign with Star Entertainment,â Nan Chen said.
âYes, I know.â Ning Ran could only concede first.
âYou havenât made a single cent for the company, but youâre asking for a guaranteed remuneration for ten million. Itâs a huge contract here that youâve signed.â
âYes, I know,â Ning Ran repeated mechanically.
As long as Poker Face is willing to speak, thereâs still a possibility of communication.
It would be terrible and troublesome if he refuses to speak.
âSo this contract is fair to you. Stop making a fuss and get out,â Nan Chen concluded.
Ning Ran was stupefied. Is that how heâs going to get rid of me?
Here I am pretending to be soft, hoping for a favorable outcome.
Whatâs the point of talking so much just now if I just leave like this?
âLetâs just put the contract aside for now. Sir Chen, I looked for you because I have a favor to ask. I need money urgently and five hundred thousand is really not enough. Iâm in a very tight spot right now, and ten million is what I need. Otherwise, I canât solve my problem.â
âWhat problem?â Nan Chen finally asked.
He really couldnât figure out what a woman with two kids would need ten million for.
Besides, her two kids were being raised at the Nan family and all the expenses were covered by the Nan family. So what was she going to do with so much money?
Was she going to use that money to buy a luxurious car for that uncivilized man, Feng? Or a mansion?
Ning Ran said nothing. She didnât know how to put it into words, and she couldnât hang her dirty linen in public.
How was she supposed to say that her biological father had colluded with some other woman to blackmail her?
It was hard, but Ning Ran was a woman with self-respect.
âSir Chen, I donât want to say it, but I really do have my own circumstances. Please believe me.â
Nan Chen shook his head and didnât want to talk anymore.
How could he believe anything that came out from that womanâs mouth when her words were mostly full of lies?
âIf you donât wanna tell me, then leave!â Nan Chen gave an ultimatum.
âSir Chen, please help me. I will really return the moneyâ¦â
However, Nan Chen had already pressed the red call button on the desk. âSecurity!â
In less than a minute, two tall security guards barged into the presidentâs office.
Looking at the tall and brawny security guards, Ning Ran knew she would be tossed out like a little chick if she didnât leave now.
Forget it. A wise woman knows better than to fight when the odds are against her. I shall retreat first.
âYou donât need to pull me. I can walk on my own,â Ning Ran said passively.
Looking at Nan Chen bitterly, she walked out of the office, feeling aggrieved and apprehensive.
What now? I couldnât settle the matter with Poker Face, and I didnât get the moneyâ¦
The security guards didnât drive her to death; they ignored her as soon as she left the presidentâs office.
It was obvious they knew what they were doing. Any woman who could enter the presidentâs office was no ordinary woman.
Besides, Ning Ranâs stunning face was a business card itself. And for such a beautiful girl to show up in the presidentâs office in the middle of the night, could her identity be that simple?
Ning Ran rode the elevator down to the parking lot but didnât leave straightaway.
She found Nan Chenâs car, squatted down, and waited.
She couldnât leave just like that, and she had got to solve this problem through and through.
Donât disturb his work, donât piss him off and then pretend to be pitiful to convince himâthis was Ning Ranâs last move.
The only way to face a strong opponent like Nan Chen was by strategy and not by forceful attacks.
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