Ye Wangchuan watched the rear end of the taxi disappear around the corner of Airport Road, then he called Qin Si and said proudly, "Where are you? Come pick me up."
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"The Zhou family is gone?"
In an ancient European-style manor villa, a woman was wearing a wide hat with a slanted brim that seemed about to fly out, and jewels and exquisite tulle hanging on the edge.
The lady dressed in retro style is at least over 50 years old. Although she has taken good care of herself, the dense fine lines around her eyes still betray her age.
It's just that her skin is extremely fair, her temperament is noble and graceful, and her eyes are deep and shrewd, which makes people ignore the sense of age brought by her appearance, and pay more attention to her own aura.
In front of her was the afternoon tea that the servant had just brought.
A set of exquisite porcelain tea sets with white and gold patterns, containing Earl Grey tea, the favorite of Westerners, and some exquisite snacks.
The quantity is not large, but the value and exquisiteness are obvious.
Nie Qingru picked up a biscuit and looked at the man in black who was kneeling on one knee in front of her. Her eyes became more sinister and cold. "I asked you a question, but you can't hear me?"
The atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
The servant carefully reduced his presence.
The man kneeling before her was Shadow.
"I asked you if the Zhou family is gone?"
"yes."
He had lost a lot of weight, and his face was obviously haggard. There was a circle of dark circles under his eyes, and it was obvious that he had not had enough rest recently.
Ever since Nie Qixing died 'accidentally'.
He couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Whenever he closed his eyes, he would always think of the scene in the dim and shabby old hotel where Nie Qixing asked him with despair in his eyes who wanted to kill him.
At that time he was talking about Qiao Nian.
But…
Nie Qingru noticed that he was absent-minded, so she crushed the biscuit between her fingers with force, and the biscuit crumbs fell down.
The atmosphere in the villa became more and more solemn.
She took the towel on the table and wiped her hands, wiping off the cookie crumbs that accidentally stuck to her fingertips. She narrowed her eyes and asked the man kneeling in front of her in a tone that was not joking: "Do you still hate me?"
Shadow shuddered all over and raised his head suddenly.
When he met Nie Qingru's emotionless eyes, he lowered his head in embarrassment: "I dare not."
"It's not that I don't dare, but that I don't hate him." Nie Qingru understood clearly, smiled, threw away the towel, and said to herself: "I won't regret it. You should know clearly what I have been through to get to where I am today. If I give him a chance, it will ruin the fruits of my life's hard work. I even sacrificed my only daughter, what else can't I sacrifice?"
“…” The shadow was silent.
Nie Qingru needed him to do things for her wholeheartedly, so she patiently softened her voice and said, "You've been with me for so long, you know I wouldn't give up on him unless it was absolutely necessary. But he's just too disappointing! No matter how I talk to him, he still disappoints me again and again."
"I've told him so many times that Qiao Nian is nothing but a rotten stone. He will inherit my position in the future and will be the successor of the Nie family. His future is limitless... Tell him not to confront Qiao Nian head-on."
"He never takes my words to heart and always tries to be smart without telling me."
There was an uncontrollable hint of hostility in Nie Qingru's tone.
Shadow pursed his lips and lowered his head even lower: "Master Qi has always wanted to gain your approval."
(End of this chapter)