I waited at the door for two minutes, but there was no movement from inside. It seemed that he had not come back yet.

After leaving the hotel, she walked to the subway. On the way, Zhou Qian noticed two suspicious people following her.

In order to confirm whether the other party was following her, Zhou Qian stopped and made a phone call while standing on the busy street.

While reporting to her boss about today's birthday party, she observed the two men.

When the two men saw her stop, they probably feared being discovered and went into a convenience store on the side of the road.

Zhou Qian ended the call with her boss, and then another unfamiliar number came in on her phone, so she picked it up casually.

"Baby, it's me..."

Zhou Qian was about to hang up when she heard the voice, but Lin Chenyi's voice came again, "Don't hang up so quickly, I have something to talk to you about."

Zhou Qian paused before hanging up the phone. "I have nothing to say to you."

"Don't you want to know about your father?"

Zhou Qian frowned.

Her good-for-nothing father had been missing for more than three months. She had called the police, but there had been no news.

Zhou Qian really wanted to ignore it, but he couldn't do it.

"Where is he?"

"It's quite complicated. Let's talk about it in person."

Zhou Qian guessed that Lin Chenyi just wanted to see her, but she still agreed.

Lin Chenyi wanted to come and pick her up, but Zhou Qian considered that the person who had just followed her was most likely sent by Lu Qianqian, so she refused Lin Chenyi.

She ignored the two men, hailed a taxi from the roadside, and went directly to the coffee shop to meet Lin Chenyi.

When she arrived at the coffee shop, Lin Chenyi was already there and ordered her favorite latte and cream mousse.

"Are you here?" Lin Chenyi stood up and wanted to help her pull out the chair, but Zhou Qian didn't give her a chance.

Lin Chenyi saw Zhou Qian's attitude and had no intention of reconciling with him. Could it be that Zhou Qian didn't buy clothes for him when she bought them that day?

Since it wasn’t bought for him, then who was it bought for?

He gave Zhou Qian a deep look and sat back in his seat. "The coffee is just the right temperature. Try it."

Zhou Qian didn't want to drink coffee with him, so he went straight to the point, "Where is my dad?"

Lin Chenyi knew in his heart that Zhou Qian came to see him because of her father, but this was not his real intention.

"Qianqian, what do you want me to do to give you a chance to make amends?"

"Your disappearance from my world is the greatest compensation to me." Zhou Qian said indifferently.

"No, I can't do it." Lin Chenyi shook his head painfully. "These days without you, I've been tortured every day. I can't eat, I can't sleep, and you're on my mind all the time."

"I hate myself for not being able to resist temptation. I hate myself for not handling my relationship with Lu Qianqian properly. I have really figured it out now. I will go and make it clear to the Lu family that I don't like Lu Qianqian and I will not marry her."

"Qianqian, can you please believe me once, for the last time?"

Zhou Qian didn't hear a word he said, and looked at him expressionlessly, "You deliberately used my dad's matter to trick me into coming here, right?"

Lin Chenyi quickly shook his head, "No, I really did find out about my uncle."

"I don't want to talk to you about anything except my dad. If you can do that, you can continue the conversation."

Lin Chenyi was afraid of angering her and hurriedly nodded, "Okay, let's just talk about uncle."

"Tell me, where have you seen him? Did he go gambling again?"

"At a port in the state, my people reported that they suspected he might be involved in some smuggling business."

Zhou Qian actually breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't gambling, she seemed to be able to accept it. "Can I see someone?"

"It's a bit difficult." Lin Chenyi looked embarrassed and paused, "But I can try to use my connections."

"No need, just knowing whether to live or die is enough."

Zhou Qian was about to leave with her bag when Lin Chenyi came up to pull her aside, looking melancholy in the eyes as he said, "Qianqian, can't you really consider giving me a chance?"

"Lin Chenyi, with your conditions, you don't need to be so humble. Even if I were to be with you, would your family accept me?"

Zhou Qian looked at him, still without any emotion. "They won't accept me, just like I won't accept them."

"Qianqian, I love you." Lin Chenyi grabbed her shoulders excitedly, "As long as you don't leave me, I can make my mother not pursue the matter of those videos, and I can also help your father solve those problems."

"The real reason you came to me today is to exchange conditions with me, right?"

Although it is a question, it is also an affirmative sentence.

"I just don't want to lose you." Lin Chenyi looked at her with infatuation in his eyes.

Zhou Qian had been moved by such a look and had believed it without a doubt.

But now, she felt nothing in her heart, not even a nausea.

She pushed Lin Chenyi's hand away and said, "If you do this, it will only make me look down on you and hate you even more."

After saying that, Zhou Qian left without looking back.

Lin Chenyi stood there blankly, looking at Zhou Qian's resolute back. The deep affection in his eyes gradually turned cruel, and his hands hanging by his sides were clenched tightly.

After a moment, he took out his cell phone and made a call.

"Help me do something..."