I'm in a female-oriented online novel, but I'm on the villain's side.

Chapter 5: Teetering on the Edge of Death

The subordinate continued to probe, following the look in Secretary Xiaoxi's eyes.

Furthermore, Xiao hope had even written out the lines on her phone and had her subordinates read them aloud.

So he threatened:

"Nonsense! Everyone in Jiangcheng knows your character. You're just a good-for-nothing spendthrift who only knows how to indulge in debauchery and live a life of luxury. What are you doing investing in a hospital? And you think you're living a happy life?!"

He recited his lines with a cold smile:

"You mean this young master who's slept with countless women is now getting into pure love? Suddenly you've fallen for a disabled young lady you've never even met? And you're planning to go through all that trouble and spend so much money to cure an almost incurable disease?! Are you kidding me?! You're playing me for a fool!"

Lin Zheng was puzzled:

"Why can't I have a pure love story? Seriously, we don't even know each other, why would I lie to you about something like this? It's not a trade secret; I'm just saying how much I love my future wife, what's wrong with that?" He feigned impatience.

"What exactly do you want? If you want money, just say how much. My dad and brother will give it to me. Can't you just let me go?"

Lin Zheng suggested, "Instead of wasting your time here, why don't you brothers get the money and splurge a little? Isn't that more interesting than arguing with me? I need to go home and sleep."

Upon hearing this, Xiao hope walked over to Jiang Huaimeng and cautiously said, "President Jiang, I feel like something's wrong. What this person is saying sounds strange and is completely different from what we know."

Jiang Huaimeng stared intently, her red lips slightly parted: "Go find someone to investigate now and see if he really invested in any hospital."

Secretary Xiao hope nodded: "It's President Jiang."

Xiao hope took out her phone and walked to a distance, where she arranged for several people to quickly investigate what Lin Zheng had mentioned.

The process didn't go as quickly as he'd imagined. During the process, Lin Zheng noticed the knife had been removed from his neck, and the man was silent, only shouting a few times.

"Hey? Why are you suddenly so quiet? How much money do you want? Could you ask for more and share some with me? My dad doesn't give me much money, and I'm really short on pocket money, you hear me?!"

The man replied, "Shut up!"

Lin Zheng wondered if they were investigating whether the hospital he mentioned was real.

Given Jiang Huaimeng's personality, that would be terrible.

The hospital thing is still very far off.

Shortly after, Xiaoxi received a phone call. Upon hearing the message, her face clearly showed anger. She approached Jiang Huaimeng and whispered:

"President Jiang, according to my people's investigation, this kid is completely lying. He hasn't invested in any hospital at all, and there haven't been any large cash flows recently. He's just deceiving us!"

Jiang Huaimeng's eyebrows twitched visibly, and a deep-seated anger was clearly visible on her face.

"Cut out his tongue! Kill him!"

Upon hearing the news, his men grabbed knives and went over to prepare to take action.

Lin Zheng then suddenly spoke again:

"You guys aren't planning to rob my hospital after I told you about it, are you? Don't even think about it. Didn't I just say that even I've only prepared the money, but it's not in my hands yet, and the hospital hasn't even started investing in it."

I only contacted a few experts, and it took me a lot of effort. Seriously, could someone at least say something? What's the point of just tying me up like this? Hey, what are you doing?!

As soon as Lin Zheng finished speaking, he felt the person turn back and grab his chin, as if he was about to attack him.

But just as the other party was about to make their move, Jiang Huaimeng quickly interjected, "Wait!"

Xiao hope raised her hand, then stopped there.

Xiao hope asked in confusion, "President Jiang?"

Jiang Huaimeng looked at his secretary and said seriously, "Go and check again to see if what he said is true, and whether he has already contacted experts to invest. Go now."

Xiao hope hesitated for a moment, then slowly nodded: "Okay."

She ran to a distance to make a phone call.

Lin Zheng sensed that the other party's actions had stopped, and sure enough, this group of people had indeed gone to investigate what he had said.

Jiang Huaimeng's cautious nature is really troublesome. It's not enough for him to just talk about it; he has to investigate thoroughly before he feels at ease.

Fortunately, I didn't do nothing during the half month I was transported here.

Although there's simply no time to invest in a private hospital, it's still possible to connect with a few specialists through connections.

Even if there are only plans and no actions, given Jiang Huaimeng's love-starved personality, she may seem like a fierce beast, but after reading the whole book, Lin Zheng felt that she was more like a little girl who lacked a sense of security.

Just give her a little bit of candy, even if she can't get it right away, as long as you're really going to give it to her, she'll be completely charmed and eagerly anticipating getting the candy.

Human nature has its weaknesses.

In the distance from the warehouse, Secretary Xiaoxi's people successfully contacted one of the experts.

After negotiations, the two parties successfully made a phone call.

Xiao hope greeted the man in front of Jiang Huaimeng, "Hello, are you Mr. Smith? I'm sorry to bother you so late."

A broken Mandarin voice came through the phone: "It's okay, I'm shining shoes at home right now. Who is this?"

"I am Mr. Lin Zheng's secretary."

"Oh, you're Mr. Lin's secretary! Hello, hello."

Jiang Huaimeng glanced at her secretary, who was on the phone. Judging from her tone, the other person clearly knew Lin Zheng. Xiao hope cautiously asked, "I wanted to ask about the hospital investment that our CEO Lin mentioned to you before..."

Smith responded, "Miss Lin, oh no, how should I address you?"

"You can just call me Miss Lin."

"Okay, Miss Lin, here's the thing. About two weeks ago, Mr. Lin mentioned investing in and establishing a private hospital. We've all been waiting for that, and everything is ready."

Why hasn't Mr. Lin sent the start-up capital or contacted us? We've been waiting for your call. Is Mr. Lin officially deciding to invest today?" He said happily, "Then let's see if we can meet again sometime?"

Xiao hope hadn't expected Lin Zheng to actually talk to these people. She gave a vague reply:

"Mr. Smith, I'm calling to let you know that our CEO, Mr. Lin, is about to make an investment. I hope you can wait a little longer. I have something urgent to attend to here, so I'll have to hang up now."

"Huh? Feeding? Miss Lin? Hey! What time exactly?"

The phone hangs up.

Xiao hope was speechless, only reporting: "I didn't expect it to be true. Lin Zheng really did talk to these experts about these things, and they are all waiting, but the funds haven't arrived yet."

Jiang Huaimeng's initial anger vanished almost instantly.

She leaned back in the car seat in disbelief.

This man, whom she had never even met, was actually planning to invest in a professional hospital just for her?

Want to cure your illness?

Although it seems unbelievable, the facts are undeniable.

Jiang Huaimeng looked thoughtfully at her subordinate who was pinching Lin Zheng's chin: "Why is that man still pinching his chin? Didn't I say stop? Is he deaf? Tell him to let go."

Xiao hope quickly signaled for her subordinates to temporarily step back.