Qiao Nian's eyes narrowed slightly: "What did he say?"
"Rejected." Lu Zhi looked at her and said, "Didn't you guess the result?"
Qiao Nian said nothing.
She did guess the outcome.
Lu Zhi let go of his hands, put his arms on the back of the chair, and leaned back: "To be honest, I don't understand you people from Country Z."
"Obviously, the conditions I gave him were what Jiusuo couldn't give him, and even Ye Wangchuan couldn't give them, but he rejected them without hesitation."
"I am a businessman, and businessmen believe that even if the deal fails, there is still friendship."
"Since we didn't reach an agreement on cooperation, he left after we finished talking."
Lu Zhi raised his head and looked at the girl deeply: "Do you believe me?"
Deep down, he felt that Qiao Nian would not believe him.
Because no matter how you look at it, he came to Beijing this time to target the Tsar behind Master Cheng, and for this he even hired an insider...
It is reasonable to say that if he says that he did not force Cheng to become a master, most likely no one will believe him.
Even Jian Jin kept calling him, because she felt that Master Cheng was in his hands.
Since Qiao Nian has come to me, there is no reason to believe him.
The corners of Lu Zhi's lips were already curled up, that kind of mocking, indifferent arc, as if he was ready to withstand other people's doubts.
He kept his eyes on the girl, trying to see the reaction of surprise, doubt and finally anger on her face.
But no…
Qiao Nian stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his hand and pinched his brow, saying in a hoarse voice: "Master Cheng is gone."
Lu Zhi was still waiting for her to question him: "I knew it since you came to see me."
Didn't she just want to ask herself where she hid Master Cheng
Qiao Nian nodded and said expressionlessly: "Besides you, who else do you think is most likely to touch him?"
Lu Zhi's first reaction was that she had indeed doubted him. But he quickly came to his senses and tasted the trust in the girl's words: "What... do you mean?"
"Since it wasn't you who did it, Beijing is a small place, and it's impossible for a good person to disappear for no reason. Someone must have kidnapped him."
Qiao Nian wanted to pull up her baseball cap, but then she remembered that she had taken it off and left it on the table, so she simply pulled up the hood of her sweatshirt.
"You are well aware of the Tsar's power. If the Tsar falls into the hands of a third party, the consequences will be too serious."
It was impossible for Master Cheng to hand over the Tsar's drawings and data, but she could not hope to save the Tsar by sacrificing Master Cheng.
She has to protect both people and this confidential project!
Qiao Nian looked at the person sitting opposite him and said in a light tone, "So we have to cooperate."
Lu Zhi's mood had always been extremely gloomy before, so gloomy that he even hated the whole world and hated everything to the point of wanting to laugh.
But at this moment, facing the girl's eyes of 100% trust, he suddenly felt an indescribable emotion in his chest.
"You...believe me?" Lu Zhi forgot about Master Cheng and the Tsar and now urgently wanted to know the answer.
Qiao Nian didn't expect that he would care about this. She was stunned for a moment, crossed her arms over her chest, raised her eyebrows and asked him back, "Didn't you say that you only talked to Master Cheng and didn't keep him?"
Lu Zhi moved his lips, but no sound came out.
He did say that.
So what
He just said it, but didn't provide any substantial evidence.
"Since you said so, I believe it." Qiao Nian crossed his legs and looked around.
Lu Zhi seemed moved and looked at her again.
…
The two of them sat together, and putting aside the wheelchair under Lu Zhi, their combined looks were truly pleasing to the eye.
(End of this chapter)