In the room on the 16th floor, the beer-bellied man pulled out a contract, a transfer agreement.

"Mrs. Qin, if you sign this contract, I will transfer the money to your account, and we can consider our collaboration successful." Apparently, the beer belly decided to take a hard approach as the soft one wasn’t working.

He casually tossed the contract onto the coffee table, then sat pompously like an emperor on the single sofa.

Perhaps because he was too fat, he occupied the entire sofa, appearing exceptionally overbearing.

"What if I don’t sign it?" Lou Xi wasn’t afraid anymore; what was there to fear now?

Was she afraid the beer-bellied man would kill her here? When she wasn’t even afraid of death, what could he do to her?

"Pressing a fingerprint will do." The man frowned slightly and then thought of a convenient method, "As long as the money is in your account, it doesn’t matter what the method is."

From the man’s words, Lou Xi understood his intent, which was to have an inexplicable amount of money appear in her account.

What about after this money appeared?

They would say she went to the Capital without stamping it and selfishly sold the land that belonged to the Qin Family for personal gain.

Not only would she lose the support of the Qin Family’s board, but she would also be permanently expelled from the board.

Although Qin Mobai had woken up, he still had a long way to go before fully recovering; these matters couldn’t wait until Qin Mobai was well to be dealt with.

By then, it would be too late.

"Signing a contract under coercion means it won’t be valid. You know I’m the Young Madam of the Qin Family; if anything happens to me at this hotel today, my mother and brother will never let you off. I’m certain your mastermind understands these stakes, which is why you were sent in. I advise you to retreat, or you will not only offend me but also Shen Youran, who has Ji Mushen backing her."

The beer belly man’s brows furrowed even deeper; what Lou Xi said seemed logical. If his effort turned out to be thankless...

However, he was in a bind; he either needed a document with Lou Xi’s signature or fingerprint or faced company bankruptcy.

After weighing the options, the beer-bellied man signaled his subordinates with a glance, then turned away, refusing to watch.

Lou Xi’s heart sank; did this beer-belly not understand the stakes, or was he determined to have her sign the contract?

Before she could think further, several men stepped forward; one pinned Lou Xi’s shoulder, another grabbed her hand, while another held the red ink pad.

The man caught Lou Xi’s index finger, dipped it in red ink, and pressed it onto the contract!

"I’m telling you, this is illegal, this contract holds no legal validity! You’re really going too far!" Lou Xi struggled with all her might.

Even if the contract was eventually deemed invalid, as long as her account had more money, she would certainly lose the board’s trust.

Everything they had planned before would be nullified.

Were these people sent by Xi Siwei? What other insidious tricks did this man have up his sleeve? Was he so unscrupulous to take over the entire Qin Family and Qin Family Corporation?

"Bang—" Just as Lou Xi was thinking about how to resist all this, the room’s door was kicked open from the outside. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The beer belly quickly slid the document forward, leaving Lou Xi’s red-inked fingerprint on the paper, then hurriedly stuffed the document into his briefcase.