To say he wasn’t disappointed would be a lie, but he felt mostly relieved. Relieved that he wasn’t in her future plans, so at least she wouldn’t be heartbroken after he left.
Lin Qiao rattled off a whole bunch of things to Su Zhengxing, like pouring beans, but her voice gradually faded toward the end.
She looked at the few people coming and going on campus, her clear eyes gradually losing focus.
“If I could, I would still want to see you, see you forever.”
However, she kept these words to herself, simply smiling and letting the wind dry the moisture in her eyes as she continued walking forward.
“Young Chairman Qin, I’ve arrived.”
After arriving at the lotus pond at the school, Lin Qiao composed herself and sent a message to Qin Shen.
Although she had already left Baitian, Qin Shen suddenly contacted her this morning, saying he wanted to meet. She couldn’t refuse, so she agreed.
Considering Qin Shen’s relationship with Su Zhengxing, Lin Qiao felt that it wasn’t appropriate to meet him in a private place, so she arranged to meet him at the lotus pond by the school square.
“Here!”
Qin Shen was feeding the koi in the lotus pond when he saw Lin Qiao. He threw down the fish food in his hand and waved to her.
Lin Qiao glanced at Qin Shen, who was dressed in a hoodie and jeans and blended perfectly into the university campus, and walked over.
“Young Chairman Qin, what can I do for you?”
Seeing that Lin Qiao had gone straight to the point, Qin Shen decided to cut to the chase and said, “Have you seen the recent news? Green Home has collapsed; those who should have fallen have fallen, those who should have gone to jail have gone to jail, and those who should have paid compensation have paid. It’s quite gratifying.”
Lin Qiao was unsure of his intention in mentioning the Green Home, so she didn’t rush to respond and simply listened.
He continued, “It’s often said that fortresses are breached from within, and that’s absolutely true. After all, who would have thought that someone in Shangcheng and Minghong, who were supposed to be on the same side as them, wasn’t truly loyal to them?”
“Probably no one could have guessed that Tan Siming had been plotting to eliminate his brother from the very beginning, and that Gu Jibai’s marriage to Shirun was simply a ploy to get Shirun on board so he could sit back and watch the ship capsize, so he could take control. Not only could I not have imagined it, but even my old man, a seasoned veteran of deceit and treachery, couldn’t see through it and was completely fooled…”
He paused, his brows furrowing, his usual humility vanishing, his tone suddenly turning icy: “So, how did you know?”
Perhaps Lin Qiao’s impression of Qin Shen from the very first meeting was that he was approachable, so she couldn’t help but feel flustered when faced with his sudden questioning.
Lin Qiao instinctively wanted to deny it, to lie and say she didn’t know what he was talking about, but before she could speak, Qin Shen stopped her with the evidence he presented.
It was an IP address, belonging to the virtual email address she had used to send the email.
“How could this be? I clearly hid it…” Lin Qiao blurted out, then immediately realized her mistake and covered her mouth, but it was too late.
Seeing that she had given herself away so easily, without any technical difficulty, Qin Shen seemed satisfied and shed his previous ‘coldness’, reverting to his usual friendly demeanor.
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