“Aah! I’m so mad! I’m so mad! Stefan Hunt, you bastard! I hope you choke on that steak!”


    After Renee left the restaurant, she finally couldn’t maintain her dignified demeanor anymore. She


    started cursing Stefan out.


    She never knew that he could be this shameless. After making her so mad that she almost had a


    stroke, he actually had the gall to sit back down and enjoy the food she paid for with Seraphina Murphy,


    who kept finding faults with her. What did he take her for? His credit card?!


    Renee hated how easily she let him affect her emotions even after all these years and even though she


    had maintained a clear mind… It made her feel useless and powerless.


    Stefan Hunt was the bane of her existence. Nothing good happened whenever she ran into him. She


    must stay as far away from him as possible from now on.


    Thinking of that, her emotions finally calmed down a bit.


    If she could not deal with him, she could just avoid him, right?


    She reached out for a taxi and returned to her apartment.


    When she arrived at the apartment and was about to open the door, Rubio Pascal called.


    Renee could not help feeling nauseated when she thought of the “Golden Meal” Stefan mentioned.


    But in order to get back the Everheart Residence, she fought back the nausea and greeted Rubio


    warmly, “Mr. Pascal, you’re calling me already? I just left your house not long ago. Looks like you really


    are treating me as a close friend.”


    “Hahaha, Ren, of course I treat you as a close friend. Otherwise, I would have made you my woman. I


    wouldn’t have given you the chance to leave the Pascal Manor. We’re kindred souls, so I’m not


    interested in developing an intimate rtionship with you. I’m more interested in a spiritual


    rtionship.”


    Renee couldn’t help but roll her eyes. She resisted the urge to hang up the phone. “In that case, you


    should release your hold on the piece ofnd where the Everheart Residence is. It’s the area with the


    best environmental quality in the entire Beach City. It shouldn’t be used to build a garbage and sewage


    treatment nt. Even at the risk of offending you, I have to say, doing so is bad spirit. You’ll get bad


    karma for that.”


    Rubio Pacal snorted, then said with a sly, fox-like smile, “Ah, Ren, you say you’re my friend, but all you


    talk about with me is business. That’s not cute at all. Besides… friendship is friendship, but business is


    business. You can’t tantly take advantage of me just because we’re friends. Do you know how much


    money I spent to bribe the people upstairs in order to obtain the development rights to that area?”


    “Does that mean it’s non-negotiable?”


    “I didn’t say that… Like I told you this morning, you’ll have to trade for it with something of equal value.”


    Rubio gradually lured Renee to take the bait.


    Renee’s expression was serious. She did not want to y games with him, so she cut straight to the


    chase, “Tell me, what do you want?”


    After chatting with Rubio Pascal that morning, she realized that he was not that simple. At the very


    least, he would not make a losing trade.


    Trying to make him hand over thend as a “favor” was simply wishful thinking.


    But even after spending all that time talking to him, she failed to discover what he really needed.


    Women? He already had lots of them.


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    Money? He probably had more money than he could spend.


    Therefore, Renee was at a loss.


    “Ah, you might not believe this, but even though the rumors say that I’m a huge pervert, I actually have


    material pursuits too. I’m especially interested in antiques and cultural relics. During the time of the


    Northern Soong Dynasty, in the city of Manchest which was located in the most remote area of the


    empire bordering the Khittane Empire, a treasure was once produced. It was known as the “Rainbow


    ze”.”