Simon looked at the girl, his azure eyes flashing behind the gold-rimmed lenses.
He raised his hand and pushed his glasses down: "Ms. Qiao, forgive me for being frank. That man seems to have a grudge against you, and it's not a small grudge. He came for you from the beginning!"
"Oh?" Qiao Nian narrowed her eyes and examined the expression on his face, as if trying to determine whether he was lying.
Simon straightened his back and let her look at him, his heart was calm and his eyes did not change: "Things have come to this point, there is no need for me to lie to you."
"That person gives me the feeling that he is targeting you. To put it bluntly, even if he doesn't have the Queen's support, he will most likely cause trouble for you."
He paused and said, "As for why he is causing trouble for you... I don't know... Only Miss Qiao can think about whether she has offended this person."
Qiao Nian put down his crossed legs and said nonchalantly, "I have offended many people. I don't know which one you are talking about."
Simon glanced at her and said seriously, "This man is very dangerous. I advise Miss Qiao to find out more."
Qiao Nian tilted his head: "Are you using me?"
"yes."
Simon made no secret of his purpose and said confidently, "If he hadn't come to me and asked me to cooperate, I wouldn't have come to this point today. After the incident, he abandoned me and ran away again. If I were you, you wouldn't let him go either! But..."
He changed the subject and his eyes met Qiao Nian's again: "I want to use you to avenge him, but I mean what I said - this man is very dangerous, and there is another who seems to have a deep hatred for you. Miss Qiao is a smart person, you are worried about leaving such a person outside, right?"
Qiao Nian stood up and dusted off his clothes, but did not give a clear answer: "... Let's talk about it later. I can afford one or two enemies!"
Simon saw the girl stand up, pick up her things and turn to leave. His expression changed. Just before Qiao Nian walked out the door, he clenched his fists and called out in a hoarse voice, "Miss Qiao."
Qiao Nian held the door handle with one hand, and stopped walking when she heard the words. She didn't turn around and said, "Speak."
"How do you know I am willing to agree to your conditions?" Simon told him all his doubts.
He has been guessing these past two days how Qiao Nian is going to deal with him.
He thought of many possibilities.
For example, Qiao Nian brought people to kidnap him, or put a gun to his head to threaten him...but he didn't expect that the conversation would be as calm as today.
Yet he said everything.
Simon's throat was dry: "How do you know I will tell you...what if I refuse to tell you?"
Qiao Nian didn't understand why he asked this, and when she turned around and glanced at him, she just happened to see the pain and loneliness on the man's face.
She seemed to understand what Simon was asking. She pursed her lips, slowed down her breathing, and said calmly, "Because everyone has something they want to protect in their hearts, which is more important than life."
"… "
"I have something to protect, and so do you."
What Simon wanted to protect was not his reputation and interests, but the Chamber of Commerce Alliance for which he had fought for most of his life. Qiao Nian saw this clearly and did not think of using violence to solve this problem.
An old fox like Ximeng, who has been hanging around in the independent continent for many years, may not tell you the truth even if you catch him and break one of his legs.
Only if you talk to him about something he really cares about as a condition, will he tell you the truth.
Qiao Nian left this sentence and without even looking at Simon's subsequent reaction, he turned around and pushed the door open to go out.
Simon was left standing in the office in a daze, watching her back as she walked away. He suddenly curled his lips, smiled and shook his head: "I am really old. I was actually seen through by a little girl in her early twenties..."
(End of this chapter)