Chapter 2657 - 2661: A Narrow Road for Enemies

Chapter 2657: Chapter 2661: A Narrow Road for Enemies

She picked up a tray and went to get food.

Anything that caught her interest, she’d take a bit of it.

Every time she filled one plate, she’d bring it back to their table, then go back for a second round.

On her third trip, she actually ran into Lou Ning and Jee Zhenyu.

Enemies really do cross paths on a narrow road.

That saying couldn’t be more true.

At buffets, even families usually split up to get food, each grabbing what they like.

But Lou Ning and Jee Zhenyu were glued together.

Lou Ning was holding a plate, while Jee Zhenyu had nothing in her hands. Both arms were wrapped around his, snuggling up to him, saying something in a coy little voice, letting out sweet giggles from time to time.

Seeing Ye Xingbei, both of them froze.

The sweet smile on Jee Zhenyu’s face instantly stiffened.

If you asked her who she least wanted to see right now, Ye Xingbei would definitely be number one.

Every time she saw Ye Xingbei, she thought of how, just because she’d run her mouth a bit, the 100-million penalty had turned into 500 million.

Thinking about how she’d have to cough up an extra 400 million tomorrow, she ached so bad inside it felt like all her organs were being twisted together.

She hated Ye Xingbei to death.

She felt Ye Xingbei was too greedy.

She had never even heard of any celebrity’s termination fee going up to several hundred million.

But no matter how much she hated her in her heart, she could only clamp her mouth shut tight and didn’t dare say a single word.

She was scared that if she said one wrong thing, the 500-million penalty would turn into 600 million.

Even though her dad and his dad’s people all thought that paying 500 million in damages was absolutely worth it to get Lou Ning, 500 million wasn’t pocket change. Even for her dad, it wasn’t easy to pull together that much cash in such a short time.

The infuriating part was that Ye Xingbei was deliberately making things hard for them, only giving them one day.

After twenty-four hours, the penalty would go up by 100 million.

Why didn’t she just go rob a bank instead?

To scrape together that 500 million, her dad and her older brother had been running around like headless chickens all day.

Even she had turned over all the cash she had on hand.

She’d only managed to save up a few tens of millions after she started working, and her dad still didn’t spare that, which showed just how badly that 500 million had her dad strapped.

Seeing Ye Xingbei, Jee Zhenyu’s expression turned extremely ugly.

Lou Ning was the same.

Jee Zhenyu felt nothing but disgust toward Ye Xingbei.

Lou Ning felt guilty.

Whenever he saw Ye Xingbei, he thought of how he’d gone back on his word and betrayed her trust.

He felt utterly ashamed.

But fate just loved to mess with people like this—the person he most dreaded running into was precisely the one he ran into.

Since they’d already seen each other, pretending not to would look even worse, so Lou Ning could only brace himself, lower his head, and greet her, "Boss."

"I’m not your boss anymore," Ye Xingbei smiled faintly. "Just call me President Ye from now on."

Lou Ning was so mortified he wished he could crawl into a hole in the ground. "I’m sorry..."

Jee Zhenyu wanted to say, what are you sorry for?

Business is business; it has to be mutually consensual. They were terminating the contract and paying the penalty. There was nothing to be sorry about at all!

But her face flushed bright red from holding it in, her mouth stayed tightly shut, and she didn’t dare say a single word. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

One wrong sentence and 100 million would go up in smoke.

Dammit.

If she didn’t get pissed to death, she’d suffocate to death!

Watching Jee Zhenyu’s face turn beet red from holding back, seething with rage yet not daring to say a word, Ye Xingbei was in an excellent mood.

She looked at the two of them, the corners of her lips lifting in a light smile. "Got the penalty money together?"

"Y-yes, it’s ready..." Lou Ning said with his head down. "We can transfer it to your account tomorrow, Boss."