Jiang Shiyue was slightly stunned, then burst into laughter without any hesitation.

He laughed so hard that he fell forward and backward and couldn't straighten his back.

Duan Kunze pressed his lips into a straight line, and the veins on his forehead bulged. He waited for a long while, and seeing that Jiang Shiyue showed no sign of slowing down, he squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: "Have you laughed enough?"

Hearing the warning in Duan Kunze's tone, Jiang Shiyue pinched her waist with one hand and wiped away the tears of laughter with the other hand. It took her a few seconds to calm down before she was finally able to speak.

"Mr. Duan, there's no need to be so angry. Let's switch gears. Can you hold back your laughter? You just said I was two-timing and wanted to follow in the footsteps of your former military advisor. And then you asked me to work for Dongsheng again."

Jiang Shiyue looked Duan Kunze up and down as she spoke. "Mr. Duan, when I first met you, you seemed smart and wise, a real character. But now, are you letting yourself go completely in front of me because you've wronged me once? Or are you so angry that your IQ is off the charts?"

He can even talk to himself and then contradict himself in the face.

Duan Kunze gritted his teeth, then laughed after a long moment. He spread his hands, "If I told you that my previous wisdom was all fake, would you help me?"

Jiang Shiyue remained silent.

"Honestly, I was born into the Duan family and have never had to worry about food and clothing. Of course, there are gains and losses. My father has so many sons, and it's hard for him to see me. It comes at a price. You can't even begin to understand the effort I've put in to get to where I am now. I'm not complaining, I just want to say that even so, none of the setbacks I've suffered since I was a child have been as severe as the ones I've suffered at your hands."

There were always all sorts of open and covert struggles between his mother and his father's other concubines, with some winning and some losing. Winning was fine, but losing, of course, came with a price. It was the same with children: if they won, they were fine, but if they lost, they were beaten.

He never thought there was anything wrong with stepping on others to get to the top, as he lived in a place where the strong always preyed on the weak. So he didn't feel too much guilt about crossing the bridge and demolishing Jiang Shiyue.

But, strangely enough, he didn't remember most of the bad things he had done in the past, but he could not forget Jiang Shiyue's back as she left his office that day.

I can't describe the feeling, probably a dangerous intuition.

After all, a girl in her twenties worked hard for a month and was full of expectations, but was played tricks by him. She should have cried and made a fuss, and then called the police.

However, Jiang Shiyue did not.

She didn't cry or make a fuss, she was just a little disappointed, and this disappointment was towards herself.

I am disappointed that I misjudged him and trusted the wrong person.

Duan Kunze could see that Jiang Shiyue had a lot of ideas, but they were great in theory. When it came to practical action, she was rusty and lacked experience. So, he never expected such a young, inexperienced girl to have such a big back-up plan.

It can also be actively triggered as a backup plan.

I have to admit that Jiang Shiyue caught him off guard and made him understand that even if someone looks weak, they are not necessarily easy to bully.

In fact, he had no way to deal with Jiang Shiyue.

A family like theirs wouldn't have achieved such prominence in Hong Kong without some dark forces behind them. They'd been more restrained in Flower City, but they were more than capable of dealing with a single female student.

But Jiang Shiyue herself is a tough person, and her man is not an easy person to deal with either.

People who work in business or politics are more sensitive.

The He family was the place they had visited when they first arrived, but it disappeared almost silently overnight.

He sensed something was wrong at the time and secretly asked someone to investigate. Unexpectedly, it was related to Jiang Shiyue. After learning the details, he immediately gave up those dirty thoughts.

This was the first time he had such a feeling. He couldn't win them over or destroy them, and he couldn't win against them either openly or secretly. He felt unwilling to give up, so he naturally complained a few words.

Jiang Shiyue wasn't quite sure why he suddenly opened up to her, but she was certain of the answer, "No matter what you say, I won't help you. I'm not afraid of ending up like your dog-headed military advisor, but I don't want to get involved in your and He Tianning's mess anymore. Let's just tie it up now and continue to be good brothers in the future!"

She is too busy with her own business to bother with their trivial matters.

Jiang Shiyue finished speaking and opened the door.

"etc."

Jiang Shiyue turned around and asked, "Why are you so troublesome? Can you tell me everything at once?"

"I heard you were asking about the hotel that Huacheng is planning. What do you want to do? Maybe I can help you. I know the person who wants to invest."

Jiang Shiyue: “…”

"Mr. Duan, are you born in the Year of the Dog? Or are you just too concerned about me?"

Duan Kunze actually knew something that she hadn't told anyone.

Either Li Xiao betrayed her, or Duan Kunze sent people to investigate her.

Jiang Shiyue believes that the answer is the latter.

There is usually nothing good in investigating a person.

"Don't get me wrong!" Duan Kunze raised his hands in surrender. "I didn't have anyone following you. I just happened to be there the day you went to the beach, and when I passed behind you, I happened to hear you discussing the hotel with that other girl."

Jiang Shiyue narrowed her eyes, not believing it, "What a coincidence?"

Duan Kunze nodded innocently, "What a coincidence. I just said that I happen to know the person who wants to build the hotel. He is a friend of my father. He came here to attend a meeting with the local authorities that day, and I was ordered to visit him."

“It’s a small world!”

Duan Kunze wasn't sure whether Jiang Shiyue was expressing emotion or sarcasm, so he didn't say anything.

Jiang Shiyue stood there and thought for a while before rejecting Duan Kunze's proposal. "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Duan. But I have always believed in the saying, 'God's gifts are always priced when given.' The same applies to discussing cooperation. Goodbye!"

After saying that, he left the office without hesitation.

She was somewhat tempted, but if she continued to help Duan Kunze, she would definitely offend He Tianning.

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