He looked into Qiao Nian's eyes and said seriously, "I was indeed tempted and did it. But Miss Qiao, you should know that it's not just our Chamber of Commerce Alliance that did it, most of the forces in the Independent Continent did it. You can't just hold us accountable! This is unfair to us..."
Simon said this with great sincerity.
In fact, he thought about completely denying the incident at Mingshui Mansion, but as soon as the idea came to his mind, he rejected it.
Simon knew very well that Qiao Nian was a smart man.
If he completely denied what the Chamber of Commerce Alliance did in Mingshui Mansion, Qiao Nian might not give him any face and would not believe that he was not involved.
He might as well tell a half-truth.
On the one hand, he admitted his involvement, and on the other hand, he dragged everyone into it...
"Ms. Qiao, we are willing to pay for our actions, and we are also willing to make concessions and compensation on some projects. Compared with other forces, I think my attitude is good. I don't know why you are holding on to me?" He asked Qiao Nian in confusion.
If it were someone else, they might be thrown off track by his series of actions, but unfortunately he didn't understand Qiao Nian, who never did anything without confidence.
Now that we have found him, there is no way we can wrongly accuse him.
"You mean I'm a bit too much." The girl listened to him quietly and then asked him with a smile.
Simon's expression froze, and he stopped while he was ahead: "Miss Qiao, I respect you very much, and I definitely didn't mean that. I just don't understand why you came to my house today."
Qiao Nian took out an igniter from somewhere and played with it. He lowered his eyes and couldn't tell the emotion on his face. "You said the Chamber of Commerce Alliance only did what everyone else did. Then who leaked the news that I had the Tsar's blueprints?"
Simon's heart was shocked and he opened his mouth but was speechless for a moment.
He had no idea how much Qiao Nian knew!
At this moment, the girl raised her eyes and met his gaze again, and said casually: "I heard that before the incident in Mingshui Mansion, there was a force that had been contacting other forces to surround and kill me. You didn't know about it?"
"I..." Simon's eyes were evasive, his heart was in turmoil.
His sixth sense clearly told him that Qiao Nian knew everything.
In this situation, if he denies it again, he will lose the opportunity to be lenient with others if he confesses.
Because he had a vague feeling that Qiao Nian came to his house today for something other than settling accounts with him...
He might still have a chance.
Simon realized this and calmed down. He looked at the girl and said elegantly, "Miss Qiao, you must have more to say to me this time, right? Just tell me what you want to say."
'Snap.'
The girl put away the lighter in her hand, looked at him with appreciation, and said directly: "Then I will tell you straight. Who is the person who contacted you in Continent M? What did he tell you at the beginning?"
Simon breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had guessed correctly.
He did not answer immediately, but looked at the girl seriously and said, "What's the benefit of me telling Miss Qiao?"
Qiao Nian raised an eyebrow, but was not angry: "What benefit do you want?"
Simon was blunt: "Of course I want Miss Qiao to stop pursuing this matter!"
"Tsk." Qiao Nian chuckled. He didn't say yes or no. He just told him decisively, "The exchange conditions you want are too high. What you gave me is not worthy of such conditions."
Simon looked a little unhappy, but he didn't refute.
Of course he knew that the request he made was too great, but he had no choice but to seize the opportunity to mention it to the girl to buy himself a chance of survival.
(End of this chapter)