Song Shu was stunned by Qin Lou's words, and it took her a few seconds to come back to her senses. She lowered her eyes helplessly and smiled: "You don't even ask me how and in what ways you are going to use you?"
Qin Lou said frankly: "I will let you do whatever you want in terms of work. If it's other matters," Qin Lou paused and smiled, "I'd be happy to see it happen."
Song Shu was stunned for two seconds before she understood the implication in Qin Lou's words. Her eyes flickered and she instinctively avoided someone's extremely aggressive gaze.
When he spoke again, Song Shu's expression had returned to a blank one, and he muttered in a flat tone, "... You weren't like this before."
"I used to be like this, I just didn't show it. I always regretted it afterwards."
Song Shu felt his forehead twitching, "What are you regretting?"
"I regret not doing everything I could with you, so later on I didn't even have anyone to fantasize about to relieve my most instinctive physical desires."
"… "
Song Shu knew that Qin Lou was a lunatic, and lunatics usually spoke their mind in front of her, but Song Shu was obviously unable to adapt to such a straightforward expression of desire in this regard.
She gritted her teeth, and the blank expression mask finally showed a crack.
“…speeding.”
Qin Lou laughed hoarsely, "Little clam, you're blushing."
"The temperature inside is too high."
"Really? It looks like it's too high. It's almost red to the ears."
"… "
"I'm not going to start eating yet, so don't get yourself cooked."
"Qin, Lou."
As long as she pushed Song Shu's psychological limit, she would call his name slowly and with a little bit of gritted teeth. Qin Lou felt itchy inside, but he could only slowly suppress the desire to continue teasing.
The edges of the small clam shells are sharp, and if you really get mad at them, you'll suffer.
Qin Lou curled the corners of his mouth and smiled. He paused for a few seconds before lowering his head. He gently kissed the corner of Song Shu's lips.
"Don't get me wrong, that was just one of the things. We were apart for such a long time, nine whole years, and I lived well and took care of Luan Qiaoqing according to your request. Qin Liang asked me to take over the company, so I took over the company; he asked me to set up an office, so I set up an office; he asked me to expand the scale, so I expanded the scale."
Song Shu's eyes froze, and he raised his head slightly, "Qin Lou..."
Qin Lou interrupted her with a smile and hugged her in his arms.
"I have met all kinds of people, seen all kinds of scenery, and experienced all kinds of things. The world is big, there are many people, and the scenery is beautiful, but without you, I always feel bored and uninteresting. When I see the sea or a building, I want to jump off, and the same is true when I am on a plane... But at that time, I will think about these people and scenery that my little clam has never seen, and these things that she has never experienced. I wonder what kind of clam-like expressionless face I would have if she was still by my side."
Qin Lou seemed to be amused by what he said. He bent down slightly and whispered in Song Shu's ear. His laughter was hoarse with a barely perceptible tremor.
"And then many, many times, I would regret it so much... regretting why I didn't go with you when you were still here. Life is full of ups and downs, even the most painful and bitter, I always wish I could be with you... that would be great."
Qin Lou's voice stopped when the trembling was about to reach a certain limit, and the surging emotions that were about to tear apart the surface were also suppressed.
He tightened his arms around Song Shu and buried them tightly in her long hair.
After a long while, he sighed softly, with a smile on his face.
"Little clam, have I become more childish and crazier now? It's really strange. All these years I thought I was invulnerable to swords and guns, and invulnerable to water and fire. How come after you came back, it was as if you peeled off the outermost layer of my shell? I didn't know that I was so cowardly inside, and it seemed like I would break at any time."
Qin Lou had already adjusted his mood when he said this. He was about to stand up, but was suddenly hugged by Song Shu in front of him, preventing him from retreating.
Then Qin Lou heard the person next to him take a deep breath and try hard to hold back a choked smile in his voice.
"No, you were like this before. You say I'm a clam, but you're more like it - you always pretend to be fierce and invulnerable, but inside you are always that powerless child of six or seven years old, and you never grew up."
Song Shu once again slowed down his choking breathing.
—But that was also the last layer of protection that he was unwilling to let go of in front of her.
That layer of shell is connected to the flesh, blood, and bones, and grows tightly along every inch of skin. Peeling off a little bit of it would cause excruciating pain in the flesh.
Then the despair brought by her leaving finally shattered his last layer of defense - he tore off that shell in great panic, and laid out everything about himself in front of her, hoping to no longer hide anything from her, hoping to use his own blood and flesh to keep her, so that he would never have to face the despair of her leaving silently again.
His last layer of self-protection was torn off by her own hands.
Song Shu knew what he wanted to hear most.
After she calmed down her breathing, she hugged Qin Lou and spoke quietly: "From today on, I will tell you about any of my plans. I will not hide anything from you anymore, Qin Lou."
So please don't be afraid anymore, don't be in a hurry to tear off everything about yourself and show it to her.
Qin Lou probably understood what she didn't say. He hugged Song Shu tightly and lowered his head, "Okay, this is what you said."
"Yes." Song Shu stepped back, raised his head and looked at him with a faint smile, "Now, Mr. Qin, do you want to hear how I will 'use' you?"
Qin Lou was stunned for a moment, then he burst into laughter.
"Go ahead."
“… … ”
Except for Qin Lou and Song Shu, no one knew what kind of bold plan, which far exceeded expectations, they came up with after returning to the general manager's office that day.
Thinking that this choice was made by Song Shu in the few seconds when Jerry Qiao stood in the elevator, Qin Lou couldn't help but joke: "You may be more suitable for the position of general manager of the company than me."
"How could that be? I know nothing about finance except for the law." Song Shu's eyes at this moment were particularly innocent.
Qin Lou nodded, "But your ruthlessness seems to be no different from those old foxes."
Song Shu paused, "You seem to dislike these intrigues the most."
Qin Lou didn't even raise his head, and said confidently, "I have double standards."
"I thought you would hate me for doing this."
"…" Hearing this, Qin Lou finally couldn't help but look back at her, frowning, "What are you talking about in your sleep?"
"?"
"My little clam shell will always be mine, no matter whether the core of the shell contains white pearls or black pearls, it is still my little clam shell. I can't wait to carry it to bed or to the pot with the shell - how can I hate it?"
"… "
Song Shu was silent for a few seconds, unable to bear it any longer.
"You are the Black Pearl."
"… "
Qin Lou laughed.
No one knew about the conversation between Qin Lou and Song Shu that day, and Jerry Qiao naturally didn't know either.
He had no idea what plan the two had drawn up, let alone whether Qin Lou was teaching Song Shu at what step to set a trap for him based on his understanding of his persistent temper over the years.
Jerry Qiao thus stepped onto the two people's routine pirate ship without any preparation - after being hidden by Song Shu for a week, Jerry Qiao finally thought he had successfully blocked "Qin Qing" in the employee cafeteria.
"Assistant Qin, how have you thought about what I said the other day?"
When Song Shu heard the voice and looked up, he saw Jerry Qiao holding a tray and sitting opposite him with a big smile on his face amid the surprised looks of the surrounding employees.
Song Shu thought of Qin Lou's words.
Jerry Joe's character is influenced by his work. He has always been suspicious and cunning. If he cannot agree to it directly, it will only make him suspicious.
"Assistant Qin?"
Song Shu came back to his senses, his eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled: "I just took over the work recently and I'm a little busy. What is Director Qiao talking about?"
Jerry Qiao's smile froze, and he looked a little anxious. "Assistant Qin, how come you have such a bad memory at such a young age? Have you forgotten that we had a very friendly conversation in the elevator room on the 22nd floor that day?"
Song Shu suppressed her laughter and lowered her head to drink a spoonful of soup. She pretended to frown and recall, and when she saw Jerry Qiao becoming more and more impatient, Song Shu showed a look of sudden realization, "You mean, the development of financial derivatives?"
Jerry Joe was delighted, "Yes, that's it! What have you thought about it?"
"Director Qiao, it's not that I won't help you. I made it clear to you the other day that I would never dare to do something that would affect the company's core business model. If something goes wrong in the future, how could I not bear the consequences?"
"Assistant Qin, you are really overly worried." Jerry Qiao probably found an opportunity in Song Shu's words, and his eyes became anxious. "Vio Capital is already a very mature company. In terms of asset management scale, we are the top in China - you have to believe in its ability to resist risks."
Song Shu lowered his eyes, seeming to be in deep thought.
Jerry Qiao immediately continued to persuade: "And I believe you must understand that financial derivatives are also an important area of the investment industry. This development path has been verified by many domestic and foreign peers, and the most complete mechanism for risk prevention has long been in place. What's more, I have said that with Qin Lou here, our company is very safe to take this path. You don't need to worry about it at all. Even if you don't believe me, don't you still believe Qin Lou?"
Song Shu hesitated, "But Mr. Qin doesn't want to go down this path anymore..."
"To be honest, Qin Lou is unwilling to go down this path again, not out of consideration for the company's development, but for his own personal reasons!"
"Personal reasons?"
"That's right. He must not have told you, right? The reason why he made this choice is related to his deceased first love - if you can convince him to re-explore and develop the field of financial derivatives, do you know what that means?"
"… "
Jerry Qiao was a little anxious, and without waiting for Song Shu to ask, he spoke directly: "That means that your position in his heart can surpass that of his first love! This kind of thing is beneficial to you, Qin Lou, and our company. Don't people in your country pay the most attention to killing two birds with one stone? Look, this is more than just killing two birds with one stone."
Jerry Qiao showed off his eloquence and finished speaking with saliva flying. He looked up to observe Qin Qing's reaction and saw that the other party had a wavering and conflicted expression.
Jerry Joe was very happy.
Just as he was about to try to pull that person into his team in one go, he saw the person in front of him stand up.
"I still need to think about this matter. Director Qiao, can you give me some time?"
"Of course."
Jerry Joe took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement after finally seeing hope after so many years, and tried his best to make his voice sound calm and reliable enough.
He adjusted his face, preparing to give that perfect, confident smile he had practiced countless times.
"Then Assistant Qin—"
Before he could finish his words, he found that the person in front of him had already gone away.
Jerry Joe's smile froze for two seconds.
Two seconds later, he acted as if nothing had happened, put away his smile, and calmly finished his simple Chinese meal in front of him under the gazes of those around him.
…Everything was going well, except that the staple food made from a crop called rice was a bit unpalatable.
As he left the staff cafeteria, Jerry Joe was thinking in a daze.
Song Shu immediately returned to the general manager's office on the 22nd floor. After briefly repeating the conversation between her and Jerry Qiao in the staff cafeteria to Qin Lou, she expressed her concerns.
"Is Jerry Joe... trustworthy?"
"What's wrong?" Qin Lou raised his eyes, "What did he do to make you uncomfortable?"
"No, it's just that the kind of rhetoric he chose at the end was very good at picking on people's weaknesses, and he had no scruples. If I was really just Qin Qing, I might also be convinced by his rhetoric. It made me feel that he seemed to be able to do anything to achieve his goals, regardless of whether he was an enemy or a friend... I'm worried that there will be problems in the future."
Qin Lou joked: "As a financial director, it's normal for her to develop such a personality."
Song Shu couldn't help but smile after hearing this. "Isn't it a bit bad to accuse the entire Finance Department in such a general way?"
"Accusation? Did I?" Qin Lou refused to admit it and changed the subject. "But Qiao is still trustworthy. He is considered a member of Vio's initial founding team and has been with the company since before the restructuring. Over the years, due to the company's choice of business model, his power and influence have been weakening. Although he has come to the 22nd floor to make trouble with all his entanglements, he has never shown any disloyalty - he was right the other day. Investment banks like Qinrui must have put a lot of thought into poaching him."
Song Shu curled his lips lightly, "It sounds like he is loyal to you?"
"… "
Qin Lou seemed to be reminded of some memories and he showed a rare expression of headache.
After a moment's silence, Qin Lou stood up.
"He was a bit superstitious about gods and personality cults. He gave me an extremely stupid nickname, which later became popular."
Song Shu laughed, "GM, genuine madness?"
"..." Qin Lou's mouth twitched, "Have you heard him mention it too?"
Song Shu shrugged and couldn't help laughing. "Of course. And in my opinion, his personal worship of you has almost reached a fanatical level - saying that your brain and talent in data analysis crush analysts in the industry, and that it is great, a miracle, and a work of God."
The more Qin Lou listened, the more expressionless his face became.
Song Shu was even more delighted when he saw this. "He also said that you have an extraordinary talent in this area that even Adam Smith would be jealous of. Your talent is like a miracle—"
"Little clam." Qin Lou lowered his voice in warning.
Song Shu smiled, "Why, are you sorry?"
Qin Lou narrowed his eyes slightly. "Why should I be embarrassed? This kind of emotion is not in my dictionary. But I am more curious. Did he leave a deep impression on you? So you can remember what he said so clearly?"
Song Shu choked.
Seeing Qin Lou approaching with a dangerous look, Song Shu subconsciously took a half step back, and then immediately fought back, "It's obviously the relationship between you two that is more suspicious, right?"
"… What?"
Qin Lou was probably laughing out of anger. He looked at Song Shu and raised his eyebrows slightly. Then he suddenly stepped forward, grabbed her wrist when she was not paying attention, pulled her in front of him and held her in his arms.
Qin Lou lowered his head, and from a very close distance, he seemed to deliberately tease Song Shu's breathing, keeping an inch away from her lips as if he was about to kiss her but not yet.
Those dark eyes were bottomless, as if they contained a smile, but also as if there were more, deeper, greedier and more unspeakable emotions.
"How loyal have I been to you over the years? How about proving it by keeping you bedridden for a week?"
Song Shu thought for a moment and said, "This is the office."
"I don't mind the venue, and I'm not one to follow bylaws."
Song Shu persuaded earnestly: "The overall situation is more important?"
"I told you that you need to delay Qiao. It will take at least a month for Raymond Lam to set up the office in Province X before he can officially return to the company. And hasn't there been any movement from your ex-fiance recently?"
"… "
"So I think we can definitely do it in a week."
“… … ”
The little clam was silent for the last ten seconds, exerting all his desire to survive and carefully trying to slip out of the arms of the madman whose eyes were becoming increasingly dangerous.
"There are still tough battles to fight, and health is important."
After hearing Song Shulian say such words, Qin Lou finally couldn't help laughing.
He laughed in a low voice, hesitated for two seconds before lowering his head, and finally restrainedly kissed the girl's lips.
"You could have just told me to get out of here, but why are you so obedient? You'll really get cooked and eaten if you're too obedient, you clam."
When Song Shu wanted to speak, the man lowered his head and kissed him. When he wanted to speak again, he was blocked again. After repeating this several times, Song Shu looked up at him helplessly.
After receiving the look that asked "Have you had enough trouble?", Qin Lou finally restrained the grudge in his heart and retreated a few centimeters.
"Okay, go ahead."
Song Shu's voice was still quiet, "I won't tell you to get lost."
"… that's all?"
"Yeah, that's it."
Qin Lou didn't say anything, staring at her dangerously for a few seconds, then he gave in. "You're going to keep 'bullying' me this way. I can't bear it. One day I won't be able to bear it anymore, and I'll eat you until there's nothing left."
Song Shu smiled.
After another two weeks of delay, Song Shu finally "reluctantly" agreed to this matter in front of Jerry Qiao.
Jerry, who was almost mentally exhausted after being dragged on for two weeks, had no idea that he had fallen into the trap planned by Song Shu and Qin Lou.
After getting the tacit permission from Qin Lou, Jerry Qiao immediately called for an emergency meeting for the Product Department which lasted for a week, showing that they were determined to take advantage of this opportunity to make a comeback - the Product Department had been weak in Vio for many years, and this time they finally got the chance, and everyone from top to bottom was gearing up to avenge their previous defeat.
The busy pace of several departments under the CFO quickly spread throughout the company. Before this trend began, there was no sign of stopping it from the general manager's office on the 22nd floor, which quickly sent a clear signal to the sensitive employees.
It didn't take long before rumors began to spread in the investment industry outside of VIO that the genius madman of the Qin family was going to return to his old business and make drastic changes to the product department.
Qin Lou's nickname of "genuine madness" was never really promoted by Jerry Joe and became popular in the radio industry.
The news that VIO is preparing to fight in the financial derivatives field again has caused many investment banks and practitioners in related industries to get restless.
Everyone still remembers who came up with those crazy gambling agreements a few years ago that always made them feel cold when they thought about it later.
When Qin Lou's nickname "GM" was the most popular, some people in the industry joked with a wry smile, saying that "GM" not only means "genuine madness" but also has the same original meaning as "game master" in the games where it is often used.
—In the game of predicting the trend of interest rates in the international market, both sides are betting against each other, and no one has ever beaten Qin Lou.
Having achieved the initial goal, Song Shu was not in a hurry to proceed to the next step.
This kind of news needs to be precipitated and fermented like red wine, so that it can truly realize its maximum value - in this regard, Song Shu believes that he is absolutely the most patient.
After Qin Lou learned of Song Shu's idea, he responded immediately.
After the latest board meeting, vio’s electronic bulletin board posted an “Announcement on the Proposed Establishment of an Overseas Office in Country e.”
The small print at the end of the announcement stated that General Manager Qin Lou, accompanied by his assistant Qin Qing, would personally go to Country E to inspect the location where the office was planned to be established.
When Song Shu got the news, the visa and air ticket were already in front of her.
The two men confronted each other across the general manager's desk.
Song Shu was helpless: "I have never concealed all my plans and details from you, and you shouldn't hide them from me either - going abroad on a business trip for two weeks is not a small matter, you should have informed me in advance."
Qin Lou picked up the plane ticket and indicated the time, "The flight is tomorrow morning."
"so?"
"I'm telling you today. It's advance notice."
Song Shu: “…”
Qin Lou showed a vengeful smile, "Now you can contact your ex-fiancé and tell him that you will go abroad with me for a two-week honeymoon."
"Honey…moon?"
"Yeah. You can also tell him that if there's anything else he hasn't accomplished as your ex-fiance, he can tell me and I'll do it for him."
Song Shu: “…”
Song Shu sorted out his thoughts and sighed, "I will discuss this with Uncle Yu and Yu Qisheng - before the matter is resolved, this can only be the first time, and it will not happen again."
Qin Lou hesitated after hearing this, "Then let's change the two-week trip to two months."
“… Qinlou.”
"Well, it's just a joke. But remember to tell Yu Qisheng what I just said - this is not a joke."
Song Shumu's face was blank. "I won't tell you."
Qin Lou's voice suddenly became more excited, filled with a desire to take revenge on his love rival, "So you want me to go talk to Yu Qisheng in person?"
Song Shu: “…”
Coming back to his senses, Song Shu said earnestly: "Be a decent person, Qin Lou."
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