After Qin Lou finished speaking, Song Shu was silent for a long time. She recalled all the interactions between her and that person from beginning to end, and finally shook her head helplessly.
"He is extremely capable among the younger generation. Even if he leaves Vio or Qinrui, there are still many companies in the industry that want to poach him - even those companies that have been invested in and grown by him, it is said that many people have offered him high annual salary bonuses to hire him to work in the company - so for him, I really can't think of anything he wants but can't get."
"Of course." Qin Lou raised the corner of his mouth, his smile revealing a bit of the arrogance and triumph of a madman.
Song Shu paused and said helplessly, "Stop keeping us in suspense."
Qin Lou threw out two words with a half-smile: "Woman."
Song Shu's expression paused for a moment.
After a few seconds, she lowered her eyes helplessly, "Aren't you judging others by yourself?"
"… "
Qin Lou was speechless.
After a few seconds, he reacted and angrily pushed Clam, who showed a little disgust towards him, into the sofa.
"Didn't I get you?"
"?"
"He wants it but can't get it. I'm not like him!"
"…Isn't your focus a bit strange?" Song Shu asked helplessly. "As far as I know, even though he has a terrible temper, there are countless female employees in Danvio who see his promising future and want to climb his ladder, right?"
"There are always people who don't care about money and power?"
"How can someone who doesn't care about this kind of thing work in Vio..."
Song Shu's words suddenly stopped.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered that there was indeed such an exception in Vio: he was young, but already in a high position, and was taken care of by the company's big boss, Qin Lou, and everything went smoothly from beginning to end, so naturally he didn't care about money and power at all...
Song Shu frowned slowly.
"Are you talking about Qiaoqiao?"
Qin Lou nodded, "Yes, it's her."
Song Shu raised his eyes and looked at Qin Lou, his expression was unusually serious, "I have already said that I don't want to involve Qiaoqiao in this matter."
"But the fact is, whether you want it or not, she has been dragged into this because of Chu Xiangbin."
Song Shu was silent for a moment, "Do you have any evidence to prove that Chu Xiangbin cares about Qiaoqiao... or even wants her but can't get her?"
Qin Lou raised his hand and scratched his forehead, laughing silently.
"What are you laughing at?" Song Shu glanced at him coldly with indifferent eyes.
Qin Lou said: "Let's make an agreement first. You can't blame me if I tell you the answer."
“… No appointment.”
Qin Lou begged for mercy, "Okay. Actually, before this business trip, Chu Xiangbin already had a project in hand. I asked him to come to E Country with me, but he refused without even thinking about it."
"Then what about him—" Song Shu stopped talking, a look of realization appeared in his eyes, followed by a complex feeling of helplessness.
Qin Lou nodded innocently, "It's just what you think. I tactfully expressed that the circumstances of our trip were special. If Luan Qiaoqing insisted on coming with me, I would not be able to take care of her, and something unexpected and unanticipated might happen to her."
Song Shu spoke with some difficulty: "And Chu Xiangbin believed it and followed?"
Qin Lou laughed. "If he really believed that, he wouldn't have been so successful in the industry in recent years, and I wouldn't be confident in handing this matter over to him."
"He has no letter?"
"At least 80% distrust."
“But he came anyway.”
"That's right."
"… "
Song Shu didn't say the rest, and there was no need to say it - if there was only a 20% chance or even less than that he could deceive the man who looked irritable and rough but was actually meticulous, Chu Xiangbin's attitude towards Luan Qiaoqing could indeed be seen.
After thinking for a moment, Song Shu suddenly looked back at Qin Lou suspiciously, "When did you know his attitude towards Qiaoqiao?"
Qin Lou thought about it and shook his head, "It was a long time ago, I don't remember the details."
"How did you find that?"
"I've seen other business spies before, but Chu Xiangbin is different. Others use spies as low-key as possible, but he does the opposite. But there's one thing I noticed—his Tyrannosaurus Rex image has always been quite stable, but only to his subordinates in the department or team. When he meets other people in the company, he always ignores them... except for Luan Qiaoqing."
Song Shu recalled the way they got along, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "A sharp confrontation?"
"It's even more exaggerated than that." Qin Lou said mockingly.
Song Shu hesitated, "Why haven't those two made any progress in these years?"
"Yeah. Because he seems to have always misunderstood what Luan Qiaoqing and I have going on." Qin Lou sneered at this point, "Although I'm crazy, my vision is much better than his."
Song Shu: "...Don't say bad things about Qiaoqiao behind her back like this."
Qin Lou snorted, "Did I say less in front of her?"
Song Shu frowned with a headache, "Have you explained it to him?"
"Of course not." Qin Lou answered firmly.
Song Shu was choked by this overly matter-of-fact attitude, "Are you holding a grudge against him for coming from Qinrui to Vio for a purpose with disloyalty?"
Qin Lou frowned, "Business is like a battlefield, there are all kinds of strategies, why should I care about this?"
"… Then what do you mind?"
Qin Lou followed his instinct and answered obediently, "What happened between them has nothing to do with me, why should I help them?"
"It's not matchmaking, just clearing up the misunderstanding?"
"Who misunderstood?"
"I'm afraid everyone except you will misunderstand, right?"
Qin Lou suddenly fell silent.
After a few seconds, he looked back at her and said nonchalantly, "You weren't there at that time anyway. As long as you don't misunderstand or mind something, I don't care who it is. Who cares if he wants to misunderstand or not."
Song Shu felt complicated after hearing this.
After a while, she sighed softly and reached out to ruffle the madman's half-wet, half-dry hair. "Should I really be glad that you didn't turn into a complete high-functioning sociopath when I was away?"
Qin Lou grabbed her hand and kissed her palm, "Don't you want me to live well? I won't."
"… "
Qin Lou leaned over, holding Song Shu's hand, curled up his long legs on the sofa, and looked at her quietly, "Don't I listen to you the most, little clam?"
After looking at Qin Lou for a few seconds, Song Shu sighed.
"You know I can tell that you are trying to please me and act pitiful, right?"
Qin Lou held her hand and said nothing.
Song Shu sighed again, "Okay, I won't blame you for what happened to Qiaoqiao."
"… "
A smile of triumph flashed across the little madman's eyes. He stood up and hugged Song Shu into his arms again, pressing her long hair and kissing her gently.
Song Shu sighed softly, "But I'm still a little worried about Qiaoqiao."
"She doesn't need to do anything..."
"I'm afraid she really likes Chu Xiangbin."
"Then like it."
"..." Song Shu dodged Qin Lou's kiss and looked back at him with a blank expression, "Are you eager for Qiaoqiao to get married soon, and it would be best if she could move to the other side of the world after marriage, so that you don't have to see her again?"
Qin Lou listened and said, "Sure enough, Little Clam Shell understands me the best."
Song Shu: “…”
Qin Lou was just about to do something else while enjoying the beautiful scenery when he heard Song Shu's cell phone ringing beside the sofa.
Song Shu reached out and took it, and saw that the caller ID was indeed Luan Qiaoqing.
Qin Lou looked away coldly, "This is why I want to send her away - as long as she can get married, I don't mind going to the other side of the solar system, let alone the other side of the earth."
"… Be a human being, Mr. Qin."
Song Shu glanced at him helplessly and picked up the phone.
The call is connected.
Song Shu took the initiative to speak, "Minister Luan, do you have anything else to do so late?"
"Assistant Qin, which room is yours?"
Song Shu paused for a moment, "I'm ready to go to bed. If there's anything, we can talk about it tomorrow..."
"I have something urgent to do. Tell me the room number and I'll come find you right away."
"… "
Song Shu was silent for a moment, but still told Luan Qiaoqing the room number.
After hanging up the phone, she pinched her eyebrows lightly.
"Trouble is coming."
"Um?"
"She's probably planning to find out my background."
"At this time?" Qin Lou looked down at his watch, his lips curled slightly, "You are so impatient, is it because of impulse or guidance from an expert?"
Song Shu raised his eyes, "Are you saying that Chu Xiangbin gave her some advice?"
"With your sister's IQ, I never thought she could hide anything from Chu Xiangbin." Qin Lou smiled, "But this is just right. I am most worried that Chu Xiangbin will be passive and lazy like he was in the past few years, without any awareness of being a commercial spy. You can't catch a fox that doesn't move in its nest - but if Chu Xiangbin is setting a trap for you, then we can find an opportunity to trap him."
Song Shu glanced at him calmly, "If you say Chu Xiangbin is a fox, then what are you? You knew he was sent by Qinrui, but you still employed him for so many years and even let him do many projects. You watched Lu Yunkai favor and cultivate him, but you didn't do anything when you got hold of his handle... You seem to cherish talent, but at this moment you mercilessly calculated him and Qiaoqiao into the trap."
Song Shu paused and sighed, "Are all you crazy people so scary?"
Qin Lou had no reaction to Song Shu's words and just hugged him tighter.
"Jerry Qiao said a few words in the elevator that day, and you came up with such a plan—" Qin Lou came over, leaned over and kissed her ear with a chuckle, "You are right, we crazy people are all so scary."
"… "
After Song Shu listened to this, she was silent for a few seconds, then she lowered her eyes slightly and laughed.
"You're right. In a sense, we are all crazy."
Qin Lou smiled, lowered his head, and kissed the corner of her lips: "So the madman and the little clam are a perfect match."
Song Shu couldn't help but chuckle and hide, "Do you still have any shame..."
"A small clam shell is enough, why do you need a face?"
“—”
The two of them were able to relax and play, but before a moment had passed, they were brought back by a knock on the door outside the suite.
Song Shu took advantage of Qin Lou's carelessness and slipped out of his arms. She tidied up her long hair that was messed up by playing, and reminded Qin Lou: "Qiaoqiao is here, you have to be quiet."
Qin Lou was originally only wearing a bathrobe with his collar slightly open, but he didn't mind. He lazily leaned back on the sofa, half-closed his eyes, and raised his index finger to his lips.
"Well, I'll be as quiet as the hidden gigolo."
"… "
Song Shu's cheeks turned red at the scene in front of him, but he couldn't do anything about Qin Lou.
She originally wanted to say something, but the knocking on the door became more urgent. She could only look at Qin Lou reassuringly and turned to open the door for Luan Qiaoqing outside.
After the door opened, it turned out to be Luan Qiaoqing standing outside.
Song Shu opened the door a narrow gap, half leaned against the wall and looked at Luan Qiaoqing standing outside the door, smiling gently, "It's so late already, what's the urgent matter, Minister Luan?"
Luan Qiaoqing smiled with difficulty, "Assistant Qin... I heard that there is a nice nightclub downstairs of the hotel we are staying in, so I am going to invite you to go down and have some fun together."
Song Shu was stunned. After two or three seconds, she asked in disbelief, "Where... are you going?"
"The nightclub downstairs from the hotel."
"It's already..." Song Shu turned around, glanced at the clock in the room, then turned back with a frown, "It's already 11 o'clock, I'm going to rest. There may be more intense work tomorrow, Minister Luan, it's best not to be too lazy at this time? After all, we are here on a business trip, not to have fun."
Luan Qiaoqing was almost blushing with embarrassment at what Song Shu said. She was muttering in her heart what a bad idea Chu Xiangbin had come up with, while forcing herself to keep a straight face and look up.
"Assistant Qin, please don't misunderstand me. I just want to relax. I have no other intentions—"
The voice stopped abruptly.
Song Shu, who was facing Luan Qiaoqing, sensed a bad premonition from Luan Qiaoqing's dull gaze. Just as she was about to look back, she felt someone hugging her from behind.
The bathrobe that was half-opened to reveal a deep V effect was loose and stuck to her back through Song Shu's thin clothes. The instigator of the dead silence inside and outside the door was unaware of it, and lowered his head to Song Shu's ear, looking at Luan Qiaoqing outside the door with hostility.
"What weird place are you trying to take my assistant to?"
Luan Qiaoqing: “…”
Luan Qiaoqing forced a hard smile and turned her gaze back to Song Shu, "Assistant Qin, is this what you meant by, ready to rest?"
Song Shu: “.”
Qin Lou sneered when he heard this, "We are just going to rest together, what do you think?"
“… No.” Luan Qiaoqing finished speaking with difficulty. She repeatedly gave herself hints and reminders in her heart before she found her original line. “I’m just in a foreign country and don’t trust the safety here. I wanted to invite Assistant Qin to go with me. But since Assistant Qin is busy, I won’t bother you anymore.”
After Luan Qiaoqing finished speaking, she turned around and pretended to leave.
Song Shu's eyes flickered slightly, and after two seconds of silence, he finally spoke: "It's really late, Minister Luan, why don't you go back to your room and rest early."
Luan Qiaoqing stopped but didn't turn back. "I'm not like Assistant Qin who always has someone to accompany him wherever he goes. I'd better go downstairs and play for a while."
"… "
Song Shu has a headache.
This was a blatant trap, and it was probably set up by Luan Qiaoqing with the help of Chu Xiangbin. Qin Lou might be right, Chu Xiangbin was really a fox, and he easily caught her mind and set such an obvious bait for her...
But she couldn't really leave Luan Qiaoqing alone.
Thinking about this, it seemed that this was also a trap set by the fox behind her on Chu Xiangbin.
"etc."
The man who was leaning over Song Shu's ear moved and called out lazily to Luan Qiaoqing.
Luan Qiaoqing unexpectedly turned her head and looked at Qin Lou with Song Shu. Qin Lou just lazily kissed Song Shu's ears and said, "I have never been to a nightclub in E country. Why don't we go down and have some fun together?"
Song Shu understood and smiled, "Okay, I'll listen to President Qin."
Before Luan Qiaoqing came up, she didn't expect Qin Lou to be in Song Shu's room, so she was at a loss for words at this third answer that suddenly appeared outside her plan.
Until Song Shu looked back at her with cold eyes, "Since Minister Luan insists, let's go down together - but please wait in the lobby for a while, Minister Luan, and we will change clothes."
“Okay… okay.”
Luan Qiaoqing floated back to the elevator room like a lost soul and took the elevator to the lobby.
When Luan Qiaoqing walked out of the elevator, she saw Chu Xiangbin waiting in the lounge area. Chu Xiangbin also saw her, and when he saw that Luan Qiaoqing came down alone, he raised his eyebrows and walked over.
"Why, she won't come?"
Luan Qiaoqing shook her head with mixed feelings. "Qin Lou was also there with her. He agreed before she even said anything."
Chu Xiangbin was stunned for a few seconds, then shook his head and laughed.
Luan Qiaoqing gritted her teeth and glanced at him, "You can still laugh? What should I do now?"
"Let's stick to the original plan - pretend to meet you by chance downstairs, tell you that there is a personnel issue with an employee in our department that I need to discuss with you, and then you come back with me."
"… "
Luan Qiaoqing said nothing.
Chu Xiangbin paused for two seconds, thinking of something, he frowned, "You don't really intend to-"
"If she is really that person, I don't believe she can endure it all night and pretend not to see it." Luan Qiaoqing gritted her teeth, "Qin Lou usually doesn't interfere with me too much. If we go to the nightclub later, even if he is the only one who behaves abnormally, it will be enough to verify my judgment."
Chu Xiangbin frowned, "I've checked. This nightclub downstairs is one of the most famous and popular nightclubs in Country E. Are you sure you really want to go? Don't let someone take you away before Qin Lou can get you out."
After saying this, Chu Xiangbin felt a little regretful.
—He should be well aware that Luan Qiaoqing’s temper is the type that cannot stand provocation. Even if she was still a little uncertain, she probably couldn’t change her mind after hearing what he said.
Sure enough, when Luan Qiaoqing heard Chu Xiangbin's words, her eyebrows immediately raised and she sneered: "When I was the queen of nightclubs, you were still wearing glasses and being a nerd in school. Who are you looking down on!"
Chu Xiangbin: “…”
Chu Xiangbin couldn't help but feel the frustration of shooting himself in the foot.
After a moment of silence, he nodded, "Okay, go ahead, I'll go with you."
Luan Qiaoqing, who was cheering herself up in her heart, was stunned and turned back, "Why do you want to come with me?"
Chu Xiangbin glanced at her coldly and laughed mockingly: "What if something happens to you tonight and they trace it back to me and find out that it was me who gave you the idea? I'm sitting comfortably in the position of deputy minister of Vio, and I don't want to be fired because of personal grudges for the time being."
"… Tsk." Luan Qiaoqing curled her lips, "You are worrying too much. Logically speaking, even if my brother fired you, not to mention those big companies and small investment banks, I'm afraid Shan Qinrui would be eager to try his best to poach you, right?"
"… "
Chu Xiangbin's eyes paused imperceptibly. He turned his head to look at Luan Qiaoqing, who was no longer looking at him—the words were indeed unintentional, and with her intelligence she would not do such a probing thing.
Chu Xiangbin came back to his senses and twitched the corner of his mouth in self-mockery.
Luan Qiaoqing was getting impatient. At one point her eyes passed by Chu Xiangbin and returned to him a few seconds later.
Her eyes were fixed on Chu Xiangbin.
Chu Xiangbin frowned, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Luan Qiaoqing not only looked at him, but also circled around him. After that, she patted Chu Xiangbin's shoulder in disdain, "Brother, you're still going to a nightclub with this outfit? You can be dragged to any formal meeting anytime and anywhere, but your suit is too formal."
Chu Xiangbin frowned and said nothing.
Apparently, just like the previous "m", the part about nightclub attire once again touched upon his blind spot in knowledge.
Luan Qiaoqing looked at him for two seconds and burst out laughing, "Hey, you're not already 25, 26, or 27 years old and you've never been to a nightclub, right?"
Chu Xiangbin sneered, "First, I have no lack of love, second, my inner world is rich and self-sufficient, and third, I am busy with various tasks all day long. How can you tell that I am someone who would waste my life in a nightclub?"
Luan Qiaoqing sneered, "If you have the guts, go back upstairs right now, don't go."
Chu Xiangbin: “…”
It was rare to see Chu Xiangbin being humiliated in front of her, Luan Qiaoqing was almost happy to death, "Okay, you used to act like a big shot in the company, and you looked down on everyone including my brother - now it seems that you are still very dedicated to your job. Don't worry, since you gave me advice tonight, no matter what happens, I will not say it was your idea - this way you will definitely not be implicated in the end, okay?"
"… "
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go back upstairs?"
"… "
When Luan Qiaoqing was feeling frightened by Chu Xiangbin's gaze and vaguely felt that there was something wrong with Chu Xiangbin tonight, she saw the man sneer and turn his head away.
"Unlike you, I still have a conscience. If something happens to you because of the advice I gave you, I'm afraid you won't let me go even if you become a ghost - that would be terrible."
“…” Luan Qiaoqing gritted her teeth.
Chu Xiangbin finished his ridicule and turned back to look at Luan Qiaoqing, "What is the dress style like in a nightclub?"
Luan Qiaoqing glanced at him unhappily, "Anyway, he's not someone like you who looks like a dog at first glance."
Chu Xiangbin imagined it with difficulty, then reached out to take off his suit jacket and vest.
"… a little messier?"
"What can you do—"
Luan Qiaoqing turned her head to look at the man, and the mocking and contemptuous smile froze on her face.
Chu Xiangbin took off his straight suit jacket and vest without any wrinkles, frowned and lowered his head. He loosened his tie with one hand and unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt with the other hand, revealing his sharply defined collarbone.
Suddenly he changed from being a decent human being to being a lustful man.
Luan Qiaoqing's face suddenly felt hot for no reason.
Putting aside the long-standing grudge, this man is indeed very handsome when he is not looking mean and mocking.
No wonder people are chasing after such a bad temper...
Thinking about those crazy girls in her department, Luan Qiaoqing quickly looked away.
Crazy. Crazy.
"Is this okay?" Chu Xiangbin looked up and asked with a frown.
Luan Qiaoqing glanced at him, and then glanced again, and finally couldn't help turning around, staring at the man's hair and raising her claws.
She reached up and reached out, with some difficulty.
“… bow your head.”
"?"
"I told you to lower your head towards me." Luan Qiaoqing deliberately made an impatient expression.
Chu Xiangbin paused, then lowered his head towards her obediently.
The strange man's breath was very close to her, and Luan Qiaoqing's alarm bells suddenly rang in her heart. She was so annoyed that she wanted to close her eyes, but at this moment, under the man's gaze, Luan Qiaoqing could only grit her teeth and reach out to ruffle his hair.
Then I had to explain to him, “Your hair… is too formal, it needs to be a little messy.”
"Yeah." Chu Xiangbin responded without any emotion.
They were so close that Luan Qiaoqing couldn't help but hold her breath. When Chu Xiangbin's hair was finally messy with a hint of nightclub style, Luan Qiaoqing smoothed the last unruly strands of hair.
"… alright."
Chu Xiangbin raised his eyes in response.
The two of them met eyes unexpectedly. Luan Qiaoqing's face was flushed with a smile, whether it was because she was holding her breath or something else, and Chu Xiangbin's eyes were a little darker than usual.
The two figures stopped at the same time.
Just when the atmosphere was so ambiguous that something was about to happen, suddenly a very unpleasant voice rang out.
"Are you guys playing a game or are you ready for a kiss?"
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