Lu Zhi was silent for a while, ignoring Jian Jin's hint, and said coldly: "He's blocking the way. Besides, I owe Nie Qingru a favor. This is the condition she proposed, and I have no reason to refuse."
Qiao Nian crossed her legs and nodded. Her dark eyes were calm, as if she knew what Lu Zhi would say: "Okay!"
When Jian Jin saw her like this, she knew that Lu Zhi had gone too far and Qiao was angry.
She didn't care that there were several senior executives present, and hurried to smooth things over, blocking the sparks of communication between the two: "Qiao, Boss Lu didn't mean that. He...you know he has a problem with his brain! Sometimes he just short-circuits and does things that are incomprehensible."
She paused and pleaded, "But we have known each other since childhood and have been through ups and downs together to get to where we are now. Can you please forgive him this time?"
Qiao Nian was so angry that she almost flipped the table and started a quarrel with Lu Zhi, but now she met Jian Jin's pleading gaze.
She was so angry that she had no place to vent it. She endured it, her temples bulged, and she pressed the tip of her tongue against her jaw, trying to calm down: "I forgave him once."
Jian Jin remembered that Lu Zhi had done the same thing last time!
She was speechless. She turned around to look at the young man sitting motionless behind the desk. She felt that she was in a dilemma. She turned around again: "...He can make up for his mistakes."
Qiao Nian probably guessed what she would say.
"Zhai Xicheng is indeed in Tianchen's hands." To be precise, Zhai Xicheng is in Lu Zhi's hands.
Jian Jin was shocked: "Qiao, you know?"
She instinctively turned her neck and looked in Lu Zhi's direction, her face full of confusion. It was not appropriate for her to ask Lu Zhi directly whether he had told Qiao Nian in private.
But her expression betrayed her inner thoughts. Lu Zhi was silent for a moment and replied, "It's not me."
He said in a low voice: "I didn't say that."
“…” Jian Jin was confused.
How did Joe know
The three of them were like playing a game of charades, which made it difficult for the senior executives of Tianchen who stayed in the office and didn't have time to leave. They didn't understand what Qiao Nian and the others were talking about. -Who is Zhai Xicheng
This question lingered in the minds of several executives present. They tried to ask someone close to them, but were met with looks that said "I don't know either."
Lu Zhi probably knew why Qiao Nian came to see him, and Qing Ling looked over with deep eyes: "Do you want to help Ye Wangchuan?"
He asked a question but used an affirmative tone.
And suddenly my breath became bad.
Jian Jin's temples throbbed and she reflexively looked at the girl's reaction.
The girl sat on the sofa indifferently, playing with a lighter in her hand, her raven-black eyelashes drooping, coated with a layer of plain color by the light and shadow.
She raised her eyes and said to Lu Zhi: "Even if I didn't stand up for him, I would still come to you. Besides...isn't it my duty to stand up for him?"
Lu Zhi's heart ached for a moment: "You really don't know?"
"Know what?" Qiao Nian asked him back.
—“I like you” is not a confession;
Lu Zhi stared at her for a long time, then turned his head away. He unconsciously flipped through a file in his hand, but his eyes were not actually on her. His tone was much colder than before: "I still have some things to deal with, so I don't have time to greet you today. Let Jian Jin take you down..."
Jian Jin opened her mouth, but didn't have time to talk to Qiao Nian.
The girl suddenly got angry and threw the lighter on the table with a "pop" sound.
At the same time, she stood up and looked at the young man sitting behind the desk. She asked in a tone as cold as ice: "Lu Zhi, do you think I'm easy to mess with?"
(End of this chapter)