The Zhou family's retaliation came swiftly.

Their methods were more ruthless than I had imagined.

First, Gu Xun's company was hit hard.

The Zhou family cut off his upstream partners.

Without raw materials, his factory came to a halt, and he couldn't even afford to pay his workers.

Under the Zhou family's influence, more and more companies canceled their partnerships with him.

Gu Xun was at his wit's end and could only come to me for help.

Unfortunately, even in such dire straits, he still held onto his ridiculous pride and couldn't bring himself to humble himself when asking for help.

"Shen Qin, that company also represents your effort, can you watch it be destroyed just like that?"

Gu Xun asked me for money as if it was his due.

At that time, I was drinking tea and just glanced at him indifferently:

"Is this how you ask for help?"

"What do you want me to do?"

"What do you think?"

Once, when we were sitting on the couch watching Douyin together, we saw a video of a husband being forced to kneel on durian by his wife.

At that time, Gu Xun sneered:

"A real man has gold beneath his knees, I will never stoop so low as to kneel to a woman."

But now, all he had beneath his knees was worth nothing.

In that moment of eye contact, Gu Xun understood my thoughts, hesitated for a while, and reluctantly knelt down in shame, gritting his teeth as he asked me:

"Is this enough?"

"You kneel with reluctance, it seems like you don't really want my money."

"Since that's the case, I won't force you."

With that, I got up and left.

Behind me, I could hear Gu Xun's enraged voice:

"Shen Qin, you're playing me!"

"Of course, I'm playing with you."