Zhou Jinnian lowered his eyes to hide the anger in his eyes and said in a low voice, "Eighteen is an orphan adopted by my parents. As for her resemblance to my wife, it's purely a coincidence."
"Is that so?" Jiujiu could not deny Zhou Jinnian's explanation.
After taking a sip of red wine, Jiujiu continued to ask, "Speaking of which, sister-in-law seems to be unable to give birth to a child because of her illness, right?"
Jiujiu's lips curled into a smile, and there were faint smile lines at the corners of her eyes. Her question seemed to be asked inadvertently, but it made Zhou Jinnian tremble with fear. There was only one thought in Zhou Jinnian's mind, and that was that she knew.
Zhou Jinnian had never denied his relationship with Eighteen, but everyone in the business circle had a tacit understanding to keep quiet.
After all, Eighteen was just an orphan with no power or influence. It was not worthwhile for them to offend Zhou Jinnian, who was related to their interests, for her.
But now, because of Jiujiu's appearance, Zhou Jinnian had a conflict of interest with them. Naturally, they would choose to betray Zhou Jinnian in exchange for their own interests.
Zhou Jinnian was also a businessman, so he knew this kind of trick best. However, at this moment, under the gaze of Jiujiu's clear eyes, Zhou Jinnian's heart skipped a beat.
Zhou Jinnian lowered his eyes to hide the panic in his eyes and said, "Your sister-in-law and I are surrogates."
After all, his sperm was Eighteen's ovum, which was genetically similar to Wu Xinni's. It seemed to be reasonable to say that they were surrogates.
"Oh …" Jiujiu said meaningfully and did not continue to ask.
This meal made Zhou Jinnian tremble with fear. It was supposed to be a meal to improve his relationship with Jiujiu, but in the end, he was at a loss.
After this meal, Zhou Jinnian did not continue to ask Jiujiu out. After all, Jiujiu's words were so sharp that he was at a loss and did not know how to respond.
Obviously, Zhou Jinnian did not feel guilty about Eighteen's death at all.
Since Zhou Jinnian did not feel guilty, he would have to bear Jiujiu's revenge.
Of course, before taking revenge on Zhou Jinnian, Jiujiu sent a message to Wu Xinni, asking her about surrogacy.
When Wu Xinni saw that Jiujiu had asked her about surrogacy, she was dumbfounded. After a while, she sent a screenshot to Zhou Jinnian and asked him how she should answer.
Zhou Jinnian gave Wu Xinni some advice. Wu Xinni casually asked someone to recommend a foreign surrogacy agency to Jiujiu. After Jiujiu thanked Wu Xinni, she confirmed that Wu Xinni was also involved in Eighteen's pregnancy.
After all, the person who had been paying the director hush money was Wu Xinni's biological father, Wu Siling.
After confirming the crimes of these two people, Jiujiu began to take action.
The cooperation between the company and the Zhou family had come to an end. Jiujiu made it clear that she would not renew the contract.
Because of this, Zhou Jinnian had been asking Jiujiu to have dinner with him during this period. However, Jiujiu refused all of them.
The Wu family had been declining in recent years. The company almost always cooperated with the Zhou family. This time, because Jiujiu did not renew the contract, Wu Siling was a little anxious. However, because he was not friends with Jiujiu, he asked Wu Xinni to find Jiujiu. He hoped that he could meet Jiujiu through Wu Xinni.
Jiujiu thought about it and agreed to meet Wu Siling. However, she asked Wu Siling to come alone. If he brought more people, she would not go.
As long as they could meet, there was still a chance. Wu Siling readily agreed to Jiujiu's request.
That night, Wu Siling and Jiujiu met in a private room of a restaurant.
The dishes were all ordered according to Jiujiu's preferences. When he saw Jiujiu enter the private room, Wu Siling immediately stood up and took the initiative to welcome her. "President Li, you're here. Please take a seat."
Jiujiu nodded and pulled out a chair to sit down.
Wu Siling found a seat that was not too far away from Jiujiu and sat down. He looked at the expression on Jiujiu's face and said carefully, "Jinnian wanted to come, but you told me that only I could come, so I turned him down."
Jiujiu picked up the teacup and took a sip. She said slowly, "I want to ask you something. If you tell me the truth, I will agree to the cooperation between our two families."
When he heard that Jiujiu wanted to ask him something, for some reason, Wu Siling's heart suddenly started to beat faster.
Wu Siling suppressed the sudden uneasiness and said with a smile, "President Li, feel free to say it."
Jiujiu put down her teacup and said, "Ever since my company started working with the government, there have been countless people who want to work with me. Especially now that the contract is about to expire, there are even more people who want to cut me off. Among them, there are many companies who want to offer lower prices than you and are willing to give up more profits. The friendship between you and me is not enough to support me to give up more profits."
As soon as Jiujiu opened her mouth, she directly pointed out the main point of this meeting. She also said that she had no intention of continuing to cooperate with Zhou Jinnian. Wu Siling instantly panicked.
"Even so, our two companies have cooperated for a year, and we know each other very well. It will be very beneficial for future cooperation. If we change companies rashly, not only will we need more time to get used to each other, but the employees will also need some time to adapt."
Wu Siling was afraid that Jiujiu would really want to return the company, so he immediately listed a lot of benefits of not changing companies.
Jiujiu smiled and said, "That depends on whether President Wu is willing to cooperate with me."
Jiujiu's black eyes locked onto Wu Siling as she said softly, "As long as CEO Wu agrees to my request and answers my questions, let alone a year of cooperation, even if it's for ten years, it's not impossible. What do you think, CEO Wu?"
Wu Siling did not expect that the conversation would turn to him again, even if he did not hear Jiujiu's question.
He knew how difficult Jiujiu's question would be.
However, knowing was one thing. When he thought that as long as he answered the question, Jiujiu would be willing to continue to cooperate with them, Wu Siling could not help but be tempted.
Wu Siling said, "What do you want to know, President Li?"
Jiujiu looked down and said, "20 years ago, President Wu's wife gave birth to twins. One was Wu Xinni, and the other was abandoned by your wife as soon as she was born. May I know why?"
Jiujiu was curious about this question, as well as Eighteen.
She wanted to know why Wu Siling and his wife would rather choose Wu Xinni, who was sick and might not live long, than Eighteen, who was a healthy child, when the Wu Family was so wealthy and Eighteen was so healthy.
Wu Siling thought that Jiujiu would ask him some questions, but he did not expect that Jiujiu would poke a hornet's nest and poke the pain in his heart.
Wu Siling looked at Jiujiu's delicate face and was confused, "Why do you want to know this, President Li?"
Jiujiu smiled faintly and said, "President Wu, I'm just curious."
Wu Siling's lips moved, but he did not say anything.
Jiujiu added, "As long as you answer this question, I will agree to renew the contract with Zhou Jinnian. You can do whatever you want."
Jiujiu did not urge Wu Siling, but her words were full of threats.
Wu Siling did not want to answer, but he knew what was more important. After a moment of silence, he said, "Because of the prophecy."
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