When Cheng Ling approached Lin Qiao, she was getting food at the company cafeteria. Baitian’s food was excellent, and it was free. The thought of not being able to eat such good food for free after her probation exam next week made her rush to the cafeteria at mealtimes.
“By the way, when are you going to transfer that 100 million to me?”
Lin Qiao was still immersed in the joy of completing her mission and about to become rich.
Su Zhengxing heard her, but remained silent. He couldn’t tell Lin Qiao that he might break his promise.
He couldn’t say it.
His intersection with the male and female leads in the original story began with Green Home and ended with Green Home. Once the Green Home project ended, his connection with the story would be completely severed. At that time, the story would change, and he, who now resided in Lin Qiao’s consciousness, would also disappear.
If he wanted to live, he could only continue to compete with Gu Jibai as in the original story, until several years later when Green Home collapsed again, dragging down Baitian, and fate began its cycle once more.
His entire life had been manipulated by the plot and the character’s persona. Fate was the thread binding his hands and feet; he was like a puppet, playing the villainous clown in this shabby novel!
His awakened consciousness could never revert to numbness. Just as someone who has seen the world can never return to their prison, Su Zhengxing wouldn’t stop. He would destroy Green Home, even if it meant being wiped out!
At least, he in reality could truly break free from the plot’s control and feel the feeling of holding his destiny in his own hands, and even… love.
“It will be soon.”
After a long silence, the voice in her consciousness finally spoke softly.
Lin Qiao wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that he wasn’t as happy as she thought after completing the mission. On the contrary, he seemed preoccupied.
Lin Qiao initially wanted to ask if he had something on his mind, but then decided against it. The mission’s completion meant their deal was nearing its end, and she should be mindful of her position. She was merely his partner; what right did she have to pry into her sugar daddy’s thoughts?
So she simply said, “It’s good that you remember.”
Not long after the sumptuous meal was placed on the table, Lin Qiao went to get some chopsticks, and someone appeared across the table.
“Is this seat empty?” Cheng Ling asked knowingly.
After several rounds of open and covert sarcastic remarks, Lin Qiao no longer wanted to maintain a semblance of politeness and simply picked up her plate and moved to another seat.
Cheng Ling chuckled and sat down next to her once again.
Lin Qiao, her face expressionless, had lost all appetite. She asked, “What do you mean?”
Cheng Ling dropped the pretense of being a ‘green tea’ and directly showed her the photos on her phone.
“Is this what you call ‘not being familiar’?”
The photos Cheng Ling had taken were of Su Zhengxing kissing her forehead in the car that evening.
When someone came to her door with photos, Lin Qiao wasn’t in a hurry. She slowly leaned back in her dining chair and asked, “What do you want to say?”
Cheng Ling, thinking she had Lin Qiao under her control, became arrogant.
“Lin Qiao, we’re classmates after all. I can keep your affair with CEO Su a secret, but…”
Lin Qiao couldn’t help but laugh: “Classmates? Aren’t we childhood friends?”
She had said that they were childhood friends in front of Su Zhengxing before.
Cheng Ling was indeed angered by her words: “Lin Qiao, you don’t need to say these disgusting things to me. Things have come to this, so there’s no need for us to pretend anymore…”
“You know you’re pretending?” Lin Qiao feigned surprise.
Interrupted repeatedly, Cheng Ling was annoyed, but remembering her purpose, she suppressed her anger and said, “I don’t want to talk to you about this today. If you don’t want this photo to appear in hundreds of gossip groups in Baitian, you must help me pass my promotion assessment next week.”
“How interesting…” Lin Qiao lazily picked at her ear.
“Aren’t you an outstanding graduate of Tsinghua University’s Business Department? I heard you almost won a national scholarship. Are you really that insecure?”
Ever since she learned that Lin Qiao had really hooked up with Su Zhengxing, Cheng Ling’s disgust for her had reached its peak. She truly couldn’t understand what Su Zhengxing had seen in her.
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