She was impatient with Lu Yiming's behavior of giving the painting to Qiao Nian, but it seemed that Lu Yiming was dissatisfied with her.
Ji Ziyin reluctantly raised the corners of her mouth, took a sip of coffee and said, "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you this time. Just say that she stole the painting by force! Mr. Lei knows her character and should not doubt it. We are friends who grew up together, and I will protect you no matter what!"
Lu Yiming pushed the glass in front of him away, not wanting to cooperate with her hypocritical set anymore. He raised his head, not as handsome as Lu Zhiying's heroic face. "This is the Independent Continent, not the M Country. It's not their turn to point fingers here."
"..." Ji Ziyin suddenly put down the coffee cup, and the bottom of the cup hit the bone plate with a crisp sound, which showed how surprised she was.
Lu Yiming stood up like a gentleman and paid the bill for her. He then said to her, "Qiao Nian also told me to say that the painting was stolen by her, but I don't want to do that."
“This is an independent state.”
"Ever since coming to the Independent Continent, Mr. Lei has been acting in a condescending manner, as if his hermit family is superior to the rest of us. He has completely forgotten where this is and that it is not their territory."
"Since you remember that you grew up here, then we, the people of the Independent Continent, should have our own backbone and not be led by the nose by outsiders."
After Lu Yiming finished speaking, he seemed extremely disappointed with her. Without waiting for Ji Zinyin to answer, he took his cell phone and left the cafe.
"Just drink it slowly."
"This drink is my treat. We should contact each other less in the future."
He walked away without looking back, acting so cool for the first time.
Ji Ziyin watched him walk back without looking back, and then she thought about how she had vowed in front of Leonard that she would get the painting... The huge sense of disappointment was like a loud slap in her face, making her brain buzz.
She never thought that Lu Yiming would talk to her like this one day, and even made it clear that he didn't want to contact her anymore.
She sat in the cafe for a while, waiting for the coffee in front of her to get cold.
Ji Zinyin picked up her bag and left under the waiter's gossipy gaze.
…
Qiao Nian took the painting but did not put it back. Instead, she placed it in her own small laboratory in the research institute.
This painting is very precious.
She didn't put it in a random place like she did before, but placed it with care in the cabinet in the laboratory where personal belongings were kept.
Qiao Nian checked the drawing board and put it away before closing the cabinet door. He went inside to change into a white coat, returned with his cell phone, and prepared to disinfect and wash his hands for the experiment.
She was finishing up a small experimental reactor and checked her phone while waiting for data.
The thin waist control has sent Nie Qingru's information.
Qiao Nian leaned on the edge of the laboratory table and lowered his head to open the email sent by the thin waist control.
There were only a few sentences in the email.
Qiao Nian scanned the entire page at a glance, and when she saw the words "Royal descendants of the Nie family" written in black block letters, she couldn't help but look back and read it again.
Nie family
When Qiao Nian was reading the email, Xiyaokong also received a reminder that the other party had read the email and sent her a message: "Boss, have you read it?"
Qiao Nian simply called and asked, "Is this all you found?"
The thin waist control was speechless for a while, and said depressedly: "First of all, it's not that my business ability is not good, it's mainly because the person you want to investigate is too difficult to investigate."
(End of this chapter)