Chu Xiangbin's eyebrows twitched noticeably when he heard Qin Lou's words, and anger appeared in his eyes. However, he did not show it, and he suppressed it again.
"Boss Qin, are you kidding me?"
Qin Lou raised his eyes innocently, "I didn't."
"Then the condition that Mr. Qin gave me is one person, or the director of your human resources department? Does Mr. Qin think that I am short of staff?"
"..." Qin Lou lowered his head and laughed hoarsely. He turned around with his hands in his trouser pockets and walked back a few steps, stopping one or two meters away from Chu Xiangbin, and then looked up. "Minister Chu, we have come to this point, it's pointless for you to play dumb with me, right?"
Chu Xiangbin didn't say anything, just raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Lou.
Qin Lou smiled, "My condition is Luan Qiaoqing. Minister Chu can interpret it however he wants. After the matter is done, you can return to Vio, and she can also work under you as a member of your department. What do you think, Minister Chu?"
Chu Xiangbin's eyes darkened, and after a moment he sneered, "Boss Qin is really good at making promises. Apart from anything else, once this is accomplished, Boss Qin wins the bet, will Qin Rui not know that I did this?"
"Maybe they're stupid?"
"No matter how stupid they are, how can they not understand that I'm back at Vio?"
"Ah... Minister Chu is worried about this." Qin Lou smiled and shook his head, "I don't think Minister Chu needs to worry about this. They won't dare to file a lawsuit against Minister Chu."
"Why not?"
Qin Lou paused for two seconds, swayed in place, and smiled nonchalantly: "I have a lot of evidence of Minister Chu's private dealings with Qin Rui. It was Qin Rui who first came up with the plot of industrial espionage, not us, Vio. If the situation in Qin Rui is really turbulent, are they crazy enough to dare to involve us in a lawsuit over this matter?"
"… "
Seeing Chu Xiangbin remained silent, Qin Lou's eyes moved slightly, and he spoke again: "However, how Minister Chu gets along with Luan Qiaoqing at that time is a matter between you two - I can't give you any guarantees."
Chu Xiangbin looked up at him and said, "I don't understand why President Qin keeps mentioning Minister Luan."
Qin Lou laughed, "We are all smart people, it would be pointless if we have to act dumb, right?"
"Mr. Qin always thinks that such a big thing concerns my entire future career and even my life - but I will only put myself on the gambling table for Luan Qiaoqing?"
Qin Lou shrugged, "That's not what I said."
"… "
"But Minister Chu's words reminded me of you. You said before that you were tired and didn't care about your career future, but now you suddenly brought it up..." Qin Lou sighed with emotion, "I wonder if Minister Chu is saying one thing and thinking another, or is he just trying to cover up something?"
“… … ”
There was a long silence on the corridor, and Chu Xiangbin retracted his gaze. "I will consider this matter, but not for Mr. Qin's ridiculous conditions, but for my own interests. As Mr. Qin said, I don't agree with Qinrui's company management philosophy. It goes against my personal ideas. I really prefer to stand on Mr. Qin's side."
Qin Lou laughed, "Minister Chu, you can console yourself however you want. I am waiting for your answer."
As Qin Lou spoke, he turned around and walked back his way.
When Chu Xiangbin lowered his gaze and prepared to enter the elevator, he suddenly heard Qin Lou exclaim "Ah" as if he remembered something.
Chu Xiangbin paused, turned his head, and saw Qin Lou, who had walked a long way away with his back to him, waving his arms with a smile full of mockery.
"I know that Minister Chu has long intended to retire. I can tell from the decrease in the frequency of your contact with Qin Rui. I'm just curious. Since you are so impatient with the fight between our two families, who did you stay for during this period of time?"
"!"
When Chu Xiangbin came to his senses and wanted to respond, Qin Lou turned around the corner and disappeared from his sight.
Chu Xiangbin turned back with a sullen expression.
After a few seconds, Chu Xiangbin, who had been standing there motionless, suddenly smiled bitterly.
—In fact, Qin Lou is right. They are all smart people. There shouldn’t be meaningless quarrels between smart people like the one in the last conversation.
The fact was obvious: from the moment he could not stand by and watch tonight and forcibly took Luan Qiaoqing away from the nightclub, Qin Lou had already firmly grasped his lifeblood.
Qin Lou had been sitting still for so many years, waiting for this opportunity to play his cards one by one until he was unable to fight back...
Both myself and Qin Rui had underestimated this young man who was called a madman.
but…
"Luan Qiaoqing."
Chu Xiangbin pinched his brows with a headache and walked into the elevator.
After a while, a low self-deprecating voice was heard in the elevator.
"I was setting a trap for Song Shu, but I ended up falling into it myself..."
Hearing the breathing of the other person in the room finally calm down, Song Shu, who was leaning against the bed, sighed silently and heavily.
Feeling guilty and guilty is really not a good thing - she never coaxed Luan Qiaoqing to sleep like this before.
Song Shu sighed in her heart and stood up quietly. She cleaned up the mess of tissues in the room where someone had cried like Meng Jiangnu, who almost cried down the Great Wall, and then turned off the floor lamp and quietly left the bedroom in this suite.
When Song Shu opened the outer door of the suite and pushed it open, he was startled by the person standing against the wall beside the door.
“…Why are you outside?”
Qin Lou heard the voice, slowly stood up, rubbed his sore and stiff neck, and said, "I'm waiting for you."
Song Shu lowered his voice, "Since you're here, why don't you call me or send me a message - how long have you been waiting outside?"
Qin Lou glanced at his watch and said, "Not long."
Song Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
Then I heard Qin Lou lazily say, "About half an hour."
Song Shu: “…”
Song Shu couldn't do anything about him, so he carried him to the elevator and asked, "Are you deliberately trying to make me feel bad?"
"Yeah." Qin Lou responded without hesitation, lowering his head to get closer as he was carried away, "Are you heartbroken?"
"..." Song Shu glanced at him with mixed feelings, said nothing, and pulled Qin Lou into the elevator.
A few minutes later, the two returned to their suite.
After closing the door, Song Shu turned his back and looked at Qin Lou with a sigh, "Qiaoqiao just found out about this tonight. I have to comfort her and teach her how to behave in the future - isn't this what we agreed on before we left?"
"Well," Qin Lou lowered his eyes listlessly, "Did I say anything?"
Song Shu was helpless, "Do you need to say more?"
Qin Lou was silent for a few seconds, then he slowly leaned over, hooked his arms around the girl in front of him and hugged her tightly, then he lowered his head and rubbed his teeth in her long hair.
"sorry."
"… "
"I don't want to be so anxious, and I don't want to chase you too closely. I'm afraid I'll scare you away, but I can't help it."
Song Shu sighed, "I didn't ask you to apologize. I know you so well, so I won't run away no matter how hard you chase me, Qin Lou. I just don't like the way you express your care - you can't express your care in such a self-abuse way that makes me feel distressed. I will feel distressed, but it will not benefit either of us in any way -"
"I know what you are afraid of." Qin Lou suddenly spoke into Song Shu's ear.
Song Shu's back stiffened slightly.
Qin Lou spoke up, "You've been afraid since you saw the words on my wrist, right? Or maybe even earlier, since I took medicine in front of you? You're afraid that I care about you too much, that I'll abuse myself, that I'll make an extreme choice one day because of a misunderstanding or a minor incident?"
"..." Song Shu did not say anything, but slowly tightened his arms around Qin Lou.
She wasn't surprised.
He is so smart, he is good at both mathematics and human nature.
The entrance of the suite was quiet for a long time. Qin Lou sighed softly with a hint of silent smile in his voice.
"I thought about it, and even though I really wanted to, I still couldn't promise you - I couldn't promise that I wouldn't do this, little clam."
Song Shu's eyes shuddered slightly.
She subconsciously hugged Qin Lou tighter. After a while, she whispered, "You're right, I'm scared."
Qin Lou was stunned for a moment. He straightened up slightly and wanted to see Song Shu's expression, but Song Shu hugged him tightly and refused to let him take a step back.
The girl's voice sounded trembling, and she tried to suppress the trembling, but she couldn't hide it. She slowly let out a sigh, "I'm afraid that the nine years I was away... have ruined you."
Her voice trembled slightly. "This is the source of all my guilt, but I dare not show it at all. Because I don't know what to do. I am afraid that even if I try my best, I can only watch you slide into the abyss step by step. I am afraid that even if I try my best, I still can't hold you back. What should I do if I can't hold you back, Qin Lou..."
"I can hold it."
Qin Lou suddenly interrupted her.
Song Shu shuddered slightly, "... Can I?"
"Of course." Qin Lou laughed hoarsely, "You are the only one in this world who can hold me back. I will obey you no matter what you ask me to do. As long as you are here, as long as you tell me where the abyss is, I will definitely run far away. For you, I will not fall in."
“… This is what you promised me, you must keep your word.”
"I always do what I say."
Qin Lou hugged her tightly and smiled.
"Besides, I finally managed to hug you again, how could I bear to let go?"
In November 2019, Qin Lou, "Qin Qing", Luan Qiaoqing and Chu Xiangbin returned home after their business trip. Before returning home, Qin Lou, Song Shu and Chu Xiangbin had a secret conversation for several hours without anyone knowing.
In the same month, after returning to the company from a business trip to another province, Raymond Lam was again sent directly to another country by Qin Lou to prepare for the establishment of an overseas office.
After the news came out, rumors began to circulate in the company that Qin Lou was dissatisfied with Raymond Lam and intended to sideline him and transfer him to another company to seize power.
At the end of the month, a multi-departmental derivatives research and development team was formally established within VIO. The team members include several key members of VIO's management, including Chief Financial Officer Jerry Qiao and the new Deputy Director of the Investment Development Department Chu Xiangbin.
This trend seems to indicate that VIO is determined to make a comeback in the financial derivatives market. After continuous reports and follow-up by relevant media, it was learned that VIO General Manager Qin Lou will personally participate in the development of the latest derivatives products.
—Once the exact news came out, the industry was shaken.
December 18th, 8 am.
Chu Xiangbin stood in front of the dressing mirror, slowly and methodically tying his tie and tightening it.
He stood in front of the mirror expressionlessly for a few seconds before turning sideways and picking up the phone that had been vibrating on the table for a long time.
The voice on the other end of the phone was excited and anxious: "Did you really get that product model?!"
"Um."
"Can you come today?!"
"On the way."
"Okay, okay! I'll wait for your call - No, I'll go downstairs to pick you up now!"
"… "
The phone was hung up.
Chu Xiangbin opened the drawer, picked up another cell phone and dialed a number.
After a few seconds, the call was connected.
Chu Xiangbin adjusted his tie in front of the mirror, his voice calm.
"Boss Qin, it's time to cast the net."
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