My Livestreaming Metaphysics & Gossip Became an Internet Sensation Ch. 108

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"As for the legal severance agreement... take a lawyer with you and have him sign it," Zhou Ding added. "As long as he doesn't ask for anything outrageous, give him some cash and send him off. From now on, he has nothing to do with the Zhou family!"

Hmph. Didn't Jiang Yiqing say he wanted to cut off all ties? Fine. Zhou Ding would make sure even the legal ties were gone too! Just thinking that he was the one making the final move made him feel like he'd won this round. That sense of pride as a father? Restored.

What a joke—he was the childish one here, doing all this just to make Jiang Yiqing regret it, imagining him begging to come back. Just thinking about that made him feel all high and mighty.

What he didn't realize was, he was the only one who actually cared about any of this. Jiang Yiqing couldn't care less. If he heard Zhou Ding was planning to have him sign that agreement, he'd probably be thrilled.

He might even thank Zhou Ding for being so thorough. Now both physically and emotionally, they'd be completely cut off. No strings attached, nothing to worry about.

Zhou Ding had no clue—he didn't even think Jiang Yiqing might be seeing things that way. At the moment, he was still feeling smug and proud of himself.

Meanwhile, Mei Qian finally let out a breath of relief, secretly cursing Zhou Ding for being both stupid and heartless.

But it didn't matter. This actually made things easier for her. As long as Jiang Yiqing signed that agreement, she could completely relax.

Though she hated to admit it, based on Jiang Yiqing's attitude that day, Mei Qian figured he probably didn't give a damn about the Zhou family.

So when she pushed Zhou Ding to legally cut ties with Jiang Yiqing, what she was really doing was protecting herself from Zhou Ding—just in case he ever tried to cozy up to Jiang Yiqing again and turn against her and her son.

Once the legal connection was cut, that was the end of it. Even if Zhou Ding ever found out the truth and got mad, he'd just have to swallow it—because Zhou Yuwen was his only son left.

Sure, it stung that something she had been obsessing over for so long meant nothing to someone else. That realization hit a bit hard. But then again, if it meant not having to deal with Jiang Yiqing or waste words on him in the future, maybe it was worth it after all.

"Alright, stop bothering me with this little stuff," Zhou Ding waved his hand impatiently, motioning for Mei Qian to leave. He had things to do.

Recently, Zhou Ding had been busy with the company's potential partnership with Kaida Construction.

Kaida Construction was a building company that had picked up a lot of projects lately, and the Zhou Corporation specialized in building materials.

Kaida was a bit bigger than Zhou's company, and they were currently short on materials—so if Zhou's company could land the deal, they wouldn't have to worry about this year's financial report looking bad.

Zhou Ding was personally handling the partnership himself, which showed just how much it meant to him.

At that moment, Zhou Ding really did have business to handle—he was about to call Xu Kaida, the boss of Kaida Construction, to discuss the partnership.

Finally getting a quiet moment, Zhou Ding dialed the number and greeted cheerfully, "Boss Xu, this is from Zhou Corp—"

"I don't care who you are. Don't bother me right now!" Xu Kaida snapped. Something had happened at home, and he was in a terrible mood. At that point, not just Zhou Ding—even if God himself showed up, he wouldn't have given a damn.

And just like that, Xu Kaida hung up.

Zhou Ding was the boss of a company. He was used to being treated with respect. In business, even when negotiating, everyone acted like equals. Even if someone wasn't happy, they'd usually just get passive-aggressive at most. But getting flat-out shut down like that? That was a first. His face instantly darkened.

"Xu Kaida! Acting like he's some big shot. He's just a nouveau riche!" Zhou Ding growled through gritted teeth, furious and helpless. He swept everything off his desk in one go—but even that didn't help. He was still pissed, coldly muttering, "Ha! As if Zhou Corp would die without working with you!"

But karma didn't wait long. His assistant brought out last quarter's financial report—and it was brutal. Almost too ugly to look at. If they could close the deal with Xu Kaida, it would completely turn this year's numbers around.

The office fell into a heavy silence. Zhou Ding clenched his jaw, his expression so dark it could rain.

"Isn't there any other way?" he finally let out a breath, some of the anger fading from his voice.

The assistant kept his eyes down, not saying a word. He knew anything he said now would just get him shot down. Zhou Ding already knew the state of the company. Asking that question was just lying to himself. The best thing to do was stay silent.

Zhou Ding slammed the desk in frustration, then picked up his phone again and sent Xu Kaida a text. It was a very polite apology, saying something like: Sorry for the interruption earlier, let's talk about the partnership another time.

He'd humbled himself quite a bit.

After sending the message, Zhou Ding felt humiliated. With a dark face, he called Mei Qian again. "See if you can find a way to get in touch with Xu Kaida's wife..."

Don't underestimate the power of socializing among wealthy wives. Some of Zhou Ding's past business connections had actually been made through Mei Qian.

That was also why, despite often snapping at her or acting impatient, Zhou Ding never truly picked a fight with Mei Qian.

Although she didn't want to admit it, there were some things Zhou Ding still needed Mei Qian for.

Mei Qian had gotten so good at handling these kinds of situations that she quickly agreed, which finally made Zhou Ding feel a bit calmer.

After hanging up the phone, Mei Qian couldn't help but curl her lip. Right now, the immediate priority wasn't to make contact with Xu Kaida's wife but to get Jiang Yiqing to sign the contract first.

Oh, and the statement about severing ties also had to be sent out quickly, just in case Zhou Ding changed his mind later. Mei Qian's main focus now was to completely cut off Zhou Ding's options.

Jiang Yiqing was playing ball with the dog and pig at home when he received an unfamiliar phone call.

Lately, he'd been getting calls from strangers pretty frequently, so he'd stopped ignoring unknown numbers.

When the call connected, Mei Qian cleared her throat lightly and said, "It's me."

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