They had originally intended to talk to Zhou Ziwei about something, but when they learned that Wang Xuewei had been waiting outside Zhou Ziwei's door, they wisely kept their distance.
They all knew that Zhou Ziwei had brought a beautiful girl back with him this time, and they were even openly staying in the same room.
So, with Wang Xuewei, the legitimate wife, standing guard at the door, who knows what might happen... Well, in Luan Yuqing's opinion, the fact that Wang Xuewei didn't immediately kick open the door to catch her husband cheating was already a sign of her high character. If it were her, she probably wouldn't have had the patience to wait outside the door for an entire day while her husband was having an affair.
After seeing Wang Xuewei break down the door and go inside from afar, the two of them immediately crept over like thieves, listening intently for a long time. However, they did not hear the fighting sounds they had expected, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, thinking back to Zhou Ziwei's reputation for being a womanizer, she couldn't help but feel relieved. It seems that Wang Xuewei must have experienced a lot of things like this before, and she must have become numb to it by now!
However, Luan Yuqing couldn't help but feel a strange sense of resentment. She had been living in Dangyang for more than two months now, and Zhou Ziwei was away most of the time. Naturally, she had heard many unsavory rumors about Zhou Ziwei in the past. She never thought that Zhou Ziwei would be such a lecherous person.
But... why is it that even though she and Zhou Ziwei have plenty of opportunities to be alone together, Zhou Ziwei never seems to be interested in her? Could it be that... her charm is really that weak?
The two men approached Zhou Ziwei not for any other reason than the Yuntian Group.
The Yuntian Group was established about half a month ago, and as soon as it was established, it began to expand wildly in Dangyang. Within three days, it had acquired more than a dozen companies and factories. The speed at which it rose to prominence was truly astonishing.
Furthermore, after Yuntian Group began to grow in scale, it targeted the Zhou family in every way, and soon poached all of the Zhou family's major clients and distributors with whom they had maintained contact.
In other words, apart from the health product company which is operating at full capacity and stockpiling large quantities of goods, the other businesses under the Zhou Group are in a state of restructuring, so the impact is not significant.
However, their company's newly developed product, Life Spring, is about to be launched. If no marketer or distributor joins them, the large quantity of products produced through overtime work will likely end up like Xinda Daily Chemical's vaporized laundry detergent powder, just sitting in the warehouse getting moldy.
Volume 2, The Assassin's Nightmare, Chapter 342: Let's Get a Divorce!
After hearing Wang Xuewei's words, Zhou Ziwei had already guessed what Luan Yuqing and Zhou Zixu were talking about. Since the Yuntian Group was targeting him, Zhou Ziwei, how could they not also try to sabotage the Zhou Group?
However, Zhou Ziwei showed no sign of panic. Just as he had told Wang Xuewei earlier, in his eyes, those people were nothing more than fleas. If he wanted to, he could wipe them all out at any time without leaving a trace.
Now that this is a business competition, Zhou Ziwei doesn't want to use his unconventional methods to solve this problem. Although he's not particularly good at business, dealing with a few small fleas is no challenge for him.
Even if those fleas might have some powerful backers, so what? They're just stronger ants anyway.
Zhou Ziwei then comforted the two men, telling them not to pay attention to Yuntian Group, but to focus on producing and stockpiling goods as much as possible. He said that after three days, operators would come to them on their own.
The two were skeptical of Zhou Ziwei's words, but seeing how confident he was, they could only believe him for the time being. After all, it was only three days. If the operator Zhou Ziwei mentioned didn't come after three days, they could think of another way.
After finally managing to coax Luan Yuqing and Zhou Zixu away, Zhou Ziwei took Liu Xiaofei to inspect the production factory under Zhou's Health Products Company. He then let Liu Xiaofei taste the freshly made Life Spring, which amazed her. She drank three bottles in a row and still wanted more.
Liu Xiaofei was about to gulp down a fourth bottle when Zhou Ziwei stopped her, telling her that this stuff was much more energizing than coffee, and if she drank any more, she would definitely have insomnia tonight.
Zhou Ziwei mainly checked the factory's security measures this time. He knew that the Chinese people's ability to counterfeit and pirate products was quite formidable. Once the Life Spring gained popularity in a few days, countless people would probably be eyeing it secretly.
Zhou Ziwei was confident that, at least among the finished products, no one could crack the formula of his product. Even if someone could analyze every ingredient used in the Life Spring and the proportions, as long as the order of mixing was slightly different, they would absolutely not be able to recreate the enticing aroma of the Life Spring.
However, others cannot analyze the specific production process of the Life Spring from its finished products. But if someone with ulterior motives were to investigate the factory, then they would have to be on guard.
Although Zhou Ziwei broke down the product preparation process into five steps, assigning one step to each of the five individuals, they were all strictly forbidden from knowing the part that the others were in charge of.
In this way, even if someone wanted to steal technology from the factory, they would have to find a way to bribe all five of them at once.
Moreover, even if someone could actually do this and spare no expense to bribe these five people, it would be useless. Before each batch of the Spring of Life is finally sealed, there is a final procedure that is directly controlled by Luan Yuqing.
The final, crucial medicinal ingredient was always poured into the preparation tank by Luan Yuqing herself.
However, if this last key ingredient is not purified, then the Life Spring will be greatly diminished in both its aroma and its invigorating effects.
Zhou Ziwei trusted Luan Yuqing quite a bit, believing that she was not a woman who could be bought off with money, which is why he entrusted her with such an important matter.
Zhou Ziwei walked around the factory and found that the confidentiality measures and security measures were quite effective.
However, this is only relative to ordinary factories and companies, and it is still far from meeting Zhou Ziwei's requirements.
Zhou Ziwei immediately took charge and approved a large sum of money for security equipment, hiring a large number of professionals in this field, thus raising the security level of the health product factory to two levels once again.
In addition, a large number of security guards were recruited, and after a short period of training, they were put in charge of the factory's security along with the Yelü brothers, who would arrive in a couple of days.
With the Yelü brothers overseeing things here, and with so many advanced monitoring and security measures in place, I believe that unless it's a US agent or someone like the legendary 007, no one will be able to break into this factory unnoticed.
After learning about Zhou Ziwei's big move, some of the company's senior executives, and even Zhou Zixu, couldn't help but have some reservations about Zhou Ziwei's actions. They felt that at such a critical moment, the company should focus its main efforts on sales plans. The company's new products hadn't even sold a single bottle yet, so who would come here to steal any technology?
However, Zhou Ziwei knew that the product's popularity was inevitable. If he didn't take advantage of the time before the product hit the market to improve these safety hazards and protective measures as much as possible, once Life Spring gained a strong reputation in the international market, even international commercial spies might visit. By then, it would be too late to carry out security construction.
The company didn't have much money left in its accounts, but Zhou Ziwei's personal pockets were quite full, so he generously paid the money in advance. After all, the company was his, and Zhou Zixu only owned about 20 percent of the shares. Since the two were brothers, Zhou Ziwei naturally wouldn't haggle over such a small amount of money with his brother.
After a busy evening, Zhou Ziwei took Liu Xiaofei back to the Zhou family's old house. After hesitating for a moment, they decided not to go back to the main house to rest. Who knew if Wang Xuewei would come back to sleep tonight? If Zhou Ziwei moved in now, it would be inconvenient to leave Liu Xiaofei alone in the guest room.
And if Wang Xuewei comes back tonight... that would be quite interesting.
Zhou Ziwei was only worried about the worst-case scenario, but he didn't expect that around 10 p.m., Wang Xuewei would actually drive her second-hand Buick back to the Zhou family's old house, which gave Zhou Ziwei a headache for a while.
I don't know why this woman has been acting so strangely lately. Under normal circumstances, she would never have moved in with Zhou Ziwei under any circumstances! Especially since… Zhou Ziwei has a mistress with him…
After asking the servants, Wang Xuewei learned that Zhou Ziwei was still staying in the guest room. Surprisingly, she didn't go back to the main house, but instead stayed in a small courtyard opposite the guest room where Zhou Ziwei and Liu Xiaofei were staying.
Zhou Ziwei really couldn't say anything about this, after all, she was his legal wife. It was only natural for a wife to live in her husband's house. Zhou Ziwei couldn't just jump out and kick Wang Xuewei out to go back to her parents' house, could he?
What Zhou Ziwei couldn't understand was... had this woman taken the wrong medicine? Even if she wanted to stay in the Zhou family's old house, why didn't she go and live in the spacious and luxurious main room herself? Why did she have to come here and compete with him? Zhou Ziwei had initially felt quite justified in bringing Liu Xiaofei back, but now he felt rather despicable... His legal wife lived in the small courtyard across the street, while he was sleeping opposite her with a woman he'd found from outside... This... when they actually got down to business at night, he'd probably experience severe psychological repression, right?
Zhou Ziwei felt that he needed to have a serious talk with Wang Xuewei, and if all else failed, he would just sign the divorce agreement with her first.
Although Wang Xuewei said during the day that she wouldn't divorce Zhou Ziwei at this time, that was just because she didn't want to use marriage as a bargaining chip anymore. Now that Zhou Ziwei has promised to resolve Xinda Daily Chemical's current predicament, it has nothing to do with whether or not they will divorce.
If Wang Xuewei is worried about gossip, she can hide the agreement for now and wait until things are more stable at both Xinda Daily Chemicals and the Zhou family before going through the legal procedures.
In any case, Zhou Ziwei felt that it was really difficult for him to keep embracing another woman in front of his legal wife. However, if the two of them signed a divorce agreement and both acknowledged the dissolution of their marriage, then even without going through legal procedures, Zhou Ziwei could completely let go of the burden in his heart.
Zhou Ziwei had originally thought that Wang Xuewei would agree to his suggestion, so he first comforted Liu Xiaofei in the room and then walked alone to the small courtyard across the street.
"Bang bang bang..." After knocking on the door, it took a long time before someone faintly answered from inside, but the voice seemed weak and powerless.
Could it be that she's fallen ill again, or... is she feeling unwell again?
Zhou Ziwei immediately tensed up when he recalled the last time he and Luan Yuqing returned to Dangyang and found Wang Xuewei unconscious in her room.
He immediately released his soul power, sending it in the direction of the faint response he had just heard...
Soon... as Zhou Ziwei scanned with his soul power, that blood-pumping image entered his mind.
It turned out that Wang Xuewei had returned at this time and was taking a shower in the bathroom of the guest room. Her graceful body was naked and exposed to the air, letting the water droplets falling from the sky hit her and outline a perfect and alluring curve.
This was the first time Zhou Ziwei had ever "seen" Wang Xuewei completely naked, even though in the past Zhou Ziwei could use his soul power scanning ability to "strip" anyone naked at any time.
However, Zhou Ziwei hadn't stooped so low as to use his superpowers in this way, but this time... he made a mistake...
Although Zhou Ziwei wasn't particularly lewd, he wasn't exactly noble either. He wouldn't intentionally use his special abilities to do such despicable things. But... now that he had already seen it by chance, Zhou Ziwei didn't have the noble sentiment of "do not look at what is improper" that the ancients had. Anyway, he had seen it once, and he had seen it ten times, so he might as well just look once and be done with it.
Wang Xuewei is really beautiful, especially when she's not wearing clothes... Zhou Ziwei couldn't imagine how someone could be so beautiful. It's so beautiful that you just want to swallow her whole.
Liu Xiaofei is also very beautiful, but for some reason, Zhou Ziwei always felt that Liu Xiaofei was inferior to Wang Xuewei in some way, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what exactly was wrong.
Or... this is just a common problem for men! A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a stolen one, and a stolen one is not as good as one that can't be stolen... Even though Wang Xuewei is Zhou Ziwei's legal wife, what can he do when this legal wife is like a grape that he can never get his hands on? Zhou Ziwei also wanted to deceive himself and tell himself that the grape was sour, but the itchy feeling in his heart was something he couldn't hide.
Therefore, Wang Xuewei was someone he couldn't steal even if he tried, which explains why she held endless charm in Zhou Ziwei's heart.
Wang Xuewei probably heard someone knocking on the door, so she simply rinsed off the shower gel with water, quickly dried herself, changed into a snow-white nightgown, and hurriedly left the bathroom to open the door.
Seeing Zhou Ziwei standing outside the door, Wang Xuewei subconsciously tugged at her clothes before giving an awkward smile and saying, "It's you... um... what's up, so late... do you... have something to do?"
The scene just now had made Zhou Ziwei's blood boil. Now, seeing Wang Xuewei standing in front of him in a snow-white nightgown, as beautiful as a lotus flower, Zhou Ziwei wanted to say to her... You are my wife, this is my home, do I need a reason to come to you?
Of course... this thought only flashed through Zhou Ziwei's mind for a moment before he immediately suppressed it. He had to constantly remind himself that he was here to discuss the divorce agreement with Wang Xuewei, not to talk about romance.
"Yes... I have something I'd like to talk to you about..." Zhou Ziwei suppressed the inexplicable restlessness in his heart and said calmly, "What? Aren't you going to invite me in for a while?"
“Oh…I…” Wang Xuewei looked down at her casual pajamas, hesitated slightly, then gently shook her head and said, “Okay! This is your home, of course you can come in.”
As Wang Xuewei spoke, she gently stepped aside to make way for the doorway, and Zhou Ziwei walked in without any hesitation, settling down comfortably in the small living room.
The guest room in this small courtyard was similar in layout to the one Zhou Ziwei was staying in, and it was also decorated in an antique style. Wang Xuewei was wearing a white antique-style nightgown, which gave Zhou Ziwei a feeling of traveling through time. For a moment, Zhou Ziwei was lost in thought as he watched Wang Xuewei gracefully walking towards him.
Seeing Zhou Ziwei's dejected expression, a look she hadn't seen in him for a long time, Wang Xuewei felt a strange sweetness instead of any aversion.
Wang Xuewei had originally planned to let Zhou Ziwei into the living room so she could change her clothes first and then talk to him, but she changed her mind.
Humans are adaptable creatures. Anyway, this wasn't the first time Wang Xuewei had appeared in front of Zhou Ziwei in her pajamas. The first time she might have been a little nervous, the second time she might have been a little embarrassed and annoyed, but by the third or fourth time she had gradually become numb to it.
Wang Xuewei sat down opposite Zhou Ziwei, casually picked up the purple clay teapot that she had prepared before taking a bath from the mahogany tea table, gently poured two cups of light green tea, and then gently handed one cup to Zhou Ziwei.
Because the sleeves of the antique-style pajamas were quite large, Wang Xuewei naturally used one hand to lightly lift the sleeve of the other while pouring tea. Her posture was exactly like that of a classical beauty adding fragrance with her delicate hands, which immediately made Zhou Ziwei somewhat mesmerized...
Seeing that Zhou Ziwei was just staring blankly at her without reaching out to take the teacup, Wang Xuewei felt both embarrassed and annoyed. She rolled her eyes at him and scoffed, "Drink your tea... Silly boy, haven't you seen me before? Why are you staring at me like that?"
Zhou Ziwei was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. He had never heard Wang Xuewei act so childishly in front of him before. In the past, Wang Xuewei would always openly express a deep-seated disgust for him. How come this woman seems to have changed her personality?
In fact, Wang Xuewei was startled when she said those words. She didn't understand why she would say such a thing to this notorious playboy and good-for-nothing in Dangyang.
With a slight tremor in his mind, his hand shook, and some of the hot tea in the cup spilled out uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Zhou Ziwei quickly reached out to catch the teacup, but inadvertently touched Wang Xuewei's slender, snow-white hand. Instantly, a strange, electric-like sensation came from their touching hands, making them both freeze for a moment. After a while, Wang Xuewei suddenly came to her senses and hurriedly withdrew her hand, looking as if she had just been bitten by a poisonous snake.
Zhou Ziwei gave a bitter laugh to himself, then raised the teacup in his hand, drank it all in one gulp, and then composed himself, saying slowly, "Today I want to talk to you about our relationship. Let's... get a divorce!"
Volume 2: The Killer's Nightmare, Chapter 343: The Final Request
"Smack—"
As Zhou Ziwei uttered, "Let's get a divorce!", Wang Xuewei's hand, which had just picked up the teacup in front of her, trembled. The purple clay teacup fell out of thin air and gently overturned on the coffee table, splashing the pale green tea everywhere and leaving countless pale green spots on Wang Xuewei's snow-white pajamas.
Normally, with Zhou Ziwei's skills, catching the falling teacup for Wang Xuewei would have been incredibly easy. However, Zhou Ziwei hadn't expected Wang Xuewei to react so strongly. His first thought was—could it be that she actually likes me too? Otherwise, why would she react like this?
After a long while, Wang Xuewei suddenly shook her head slightly, a bleak smile on her face, and said, "You really... really want to divorce me? Is it... because of that Miss Liu?"
Zhou Ziwei nodded blankly, then shook his head slightly, and said with a bitter smile, "I guess so! Xiaofei is a good girl. She was willing to give everything for me, and I've already... so I have to take responsibility for her. And between us... since there was never any affection from beginning to end, why continue? Don't worry... this time I'm divorcing you voluntarily. It has nothing to do with Xinda Daily Chemicals, and it has nothing to do with the Zhou family. This is just a matter between the two of us, so... it's not a transaction!"
Wang Xuewei bit her lip tightly and said with a slight tremor, "Have you... really made up your mind?"
Zhou Ziwei hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily and said, "Yes... it's decided. It might not be convenient for us to announce our divorce publicly right now, so... I think we can sign a divorce agreement privately first. That would be better. Of course... if you have any conditions, you can also put them in this agreement. As long as they're not too unreasonable, I think I'll agree to them."
Zhou Ziwei was truly prepared to bleed heavily for this divorce agreement. Even if Wang Xuewei demanded to take back all the shares of Xinda Daily Chemical or to divide a portion of the equity of Zhou's Group, Zhou Ziwei would agree to it without hesitation.
However, to Zhou Ziwei's surprise, Wang Xuewei shook her head slightly upon hearing this and said, "When I 'married' you, I didn't bring anything with me. Now that we're separating, I naturally won't take anything with me either. I... I only have one last request... I wonder if you will grant it?"
Zhou Ziwei nodded solemnly and said, "Oh... tell me what it is. I said I'll agree to anything as long as it's not too outrageous..."
A longing look slowly appeared on Wang Xuewei's face as she softly said, "You once said... you would take me to Switzerland to see the snow... I... I hope you can keep that promise before we officially part ways, okay? But... it can only be the two of us going, right? Is that alright?"
"Go to Switzerland to see snow?" Zhou Ziwei scratched his head with a wry smile. He didn't remember promising Liu Xiaofei anything. He guessed that was something his predecessor had done. But anyway, going to Switzerland to see snow wasn't a big deal. So Zhou Ziwei hesitated for a moment and then nodded, saying, "Okay! Let me know when you want to go so I can make arrangements."
"That depends on when you want to divorce me."