Chapter 52: Digging a Trap for Him

"That's about right."

"She's pregnant."

Qiao Xuan stopped Qu Ge's raised hand.

Hearing his words, Qu Ge smiled.

Sure enough, the child was the shield for Qiao Wanwan's misbehavior.

No wonder she had been so quiet for so long, but suddenly made such a big fuss today.

It turns out that they all relied on the baby in their belly!

The anger burning in Qu Ge's heart could not be extinguished easily.

She met Qiao Xian's cold gaze without flinching.

"Get out of the way!"

"I told you to stop making trouble, don't you understand?"

Qiao Xuan hated Qu Ge's disobedient look the most.

He frowned, with a hint of displeasure between his brows, and it was obvious that he was almost out of patience.

"It's just a photo, is it that serious?"

"Just a photo?"

Qu Ge's mouth curled up in an unbelievable arc.

Qu Shunzhi's posthumous portrait is so worthless in Qiao Xuan'an's eyes?

Too.

This man even allowed people to dig up Qu Shunzhi's ashes and humiliate and trample on them at will!

What does a posthumous photo mean?

Qu Ge laughed at himself in his heart.

She already knew what kind of monster the man in front of her was, yet she still thought again and again that he could empathize with her pain.

She even hoped that he would really help her get an explanation from Qiao Wanwan...

It seems that her life has been too comfortable recently, making her forget how painful those scars were in the past!

After taking three deep breaths, Qu Ge finally suppressed his anger.

The anger in her eyes gradually subsided.

After calming down, she said to Qiao Xuan, "You're right. It's just a photo. I was too impulsive."

Qiao Xuan raised his eyebrows in surprise.

He thought that based on Qu Ge's temper, it would take a lot of effort to coax her.

Unexpectedly, she stopped making trouble so quickly this time.

Although she didn't say it, he knew she must still be angry in her heart.

However, this time she was willing to soften her tone and talk to him, which showed that she was much more sensible than before.

Qiao Xu'an's tone softened a bit. "Don't worry, I'll have someone clean up and restore everything to its original state. It's getting late, I'll take you back to rest."

"No need. She's pregnant and needs someone to take care of her. You should stay here and accompany her during this time!"

Before turning around and leaving, Qu Ge glanced at Qiao Wanwan.

Facing her cold gaze, Qiao Wanwan felt a chill run down her spine...

Qu Ge slammed the door shut with a bang.

After leaving the Qiao family mansion, she never returned to Xichuan Yue.

She called Rong Zhoubai and asked, "You said you were going to give him a surprise at the opening reception today. What was it?"

"It's so late and you're still not asleep? Did you have another fight with your fiancé?"

On the other end of the phone, Rong Zhoubai asked her with a smile.

The tone of his voice seemed to have guessed what had happened on her side.

Qu Ge curled her lips, too lazy to talk sweetly with him.

"Didn't you ask me to help you? If you keep dilly-dallying, you might run out of time."

"Since you want to know so much, then come to the company now."

"Now?"

Qu Ge looked at the time.

It's almost twelve o'clock in the morning.

But it doesn't feel late at all.

"What? Assistant Qu doesn't like working overtime?"

"I'll be there in ten minutes."

After hanging up the phone, Qu Ge asked the driver to go to Heilan Building directly.

Now she doesn't have any extra patience.

She wished she could bankrupt the Qiao Group completely tomorrow.

Let Qiao Wanwan, who has lost the mountain behind her, pay for Qu Shunzhi's life immediately!

…

Black Orchid Building.

At this time, only the light in the office on the top floor was still on.

When Qu Ge entered the room, Rong Zhoubai was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a goblet in his hand, looking relaxed and comfortable.

Qu Ge raised an eyebrow.

"You called me here in a hurry, aren't you asking me to drink with you?"

"Of course not."

This time, Rong Zhoubai didn't beat around the bush with her and directly pushed the laptop on the table towards her.

Seeing the file on the computer, Qu Ge was surprised and asked, "Qin Shuzhi also worked on this project?"

"He and Qiao's are competitors. He will definitely not let go of any business that Qiao's has set his sights on."

"But the products they're launching are too similar. In this situation, whoever launches first will have the upper hand."

"That's not necessarily true."

Rong Zhoubai frowned and started to act mysterious again.

As soon as he saw his expression, Qu Ge guessed what he wanted to do this time.

"So, Hei Lan's chosen partner this time is Qin Shuzhi. You've been keeping Qiao Xu'an in suspense for so long just to buy time for Qin Shuzhi?"

"clever."

Rong Zhoubai confirmed Qu Ge's guess.

Given the current situation, he certainly wouldn't inject any more capital into Qiao's company.

He had been asking Gus to use tricks to buy time.

During this period, Qiao Xuan had people keeping an eye on Qin Shuzhi at the hospital.

He thought that Qin Shuzhi was so busy taking care of Li Siqi every day that he had no appetite and no time to take care of work.

But in fact, Qin Shuzhi had already arranged everything.

He stayed in the hospital just to show off to Qiao Xuan.

If Qiao Xuan lets his guard down, they will definitely win this round!

"What you need to do is take this document back and show it to Qiao Xuan." Rong Zhoubai said to Qu Ge.

Qu Ge frowned, but soon understood his intention.

"I'm afraid he won't necessarily believe what I bring back."

"I just want him not to believe it."

This time, Heilan Group will select a partner in the country.

At the opening reception three days later, Gus will publicly announce who will be their partner.

Qiao Xuan is full of confidence in the artificial intelligence robot developed by Qiao this time.

The only thing he has to do now is to release the product before Qin.

Just like what Qu Ge said just now - everyone will think that when it comes to two similar products, whoever launches them first will get the advantage.

Rong Zhoubai wanted Qiao Xuan to think that Qin Shuzhi would release a new product before him.

As a result, in order to seize the initiative, Qiao Xuan had to ask the technical department to work overtime to save time.

In their rush to achieve results, they have to abandon some of the processes for testing performance.

However, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

Rong Zhoubai calculated everything.

Even Qiao Xian's suspicion was within his calculations.

Seeing that he knew Qiao Xu'an so well, Qu Ge couldn't help but feel curious.

"There's something I've always been curious about. How did you know the password to Qiao Xian's study?"

"He already calls me uncle, so of course I need to get to know my future nephew-in-law better."

Rong Zhoubai teased her with a frown, but did not answer her question.

Qu Ge rolled his eyes at him.

"Didn't you say during the day that what I was going to do this time was more difficult than last time? It's just helping you bring the documents to him. It doesn't sound that difficult."

“It’s certainly not easy to gain someone’s trust, but it’s also not easy to make him stop trusting you.”

Rong Zhoubai's slender fingers rested on the table and tapped lightly, making a regular clicking sound.

"As far as I know, Qiao's new product launch will be the day after tomorrow. You have to convince him that Qin's will launch the product before him, so that he has no choice but to change the date of the launch to tomorrow."

"That means I only have one night."

"That's right."

"You really gave me a difficult problem."

No wonder Rong Zhoubai called her here so late.

His plan was time-sensitive; if he made even the slightest mistake, he would lose everything.

Originally, Qu Ge was very angry tonight and didn't want to see Qiao Xuan's disgusting face again.

But now it seems that there is no way to avoid seeing each other.

…

After Qu Ge left the Qiao family, there was a tail following her.

Seeing her coming out of the Heilan Building, the people who were following her immediately sent a message to Qiao Xuan.

Not long after, Rong Zhubai also appeared at the entrance of Heilan Building.

After receiving the news from the "tail" he sent out, Qiao Xuan frowned.

Why did Rong Zhoubai go to Heilan?

What did he say to Qu Ge when they met?

Qiao Xu'an was filled with doubts.

At the last dinner, it was obvious that Rong Zhoubai got close to Jin Jin and deliberately made trouble, which caused so much trouble.

But Qiao Xian sent people to investigate for such a long time, but they still couldn't find his whereabouts.

On the surface, it seemed that the incident was just a prank he deliberately did to vent his anger on behalf of Qu Ge.

But is the mastermind behind the Qiao family, who had the ability to plunge them into a public opinion storm overnight, really just an idle gambler?

The seeds of doubt had already taken root in Qiao Xuan's heart.

He was just about to call Qu Ge.

Qu Ge's message came first.

"I can't sleep and want to talk to you. Can you come back?"

This is the first time Qu Ge has taken the initiative to look for him in such a long time.

Usually, every time he went back to Xichuan Yue, she was very cold towards him.

This kind of thing happened today, and logically she should have been angry with him for a few days and ignored him.

Now, the sun is rising from the west.

Qiao Xuan immediately asked someone to prepare a car to return to Xichuanyue.

A quarter of an hour later.

He pushed the door open and entered the room, seeing Qu Ge sitting on the sofa with a glass of fine red wine in front of him.

"Isn't it still not possible to drink?"

"Prepared for you."

"Not angry anymore?"

He sat down beside her.

Qu Ge picked up the wine glass and handed it to him.

"Do you really want to keep Qiao Wanwan's child?"

"I said, that child is ours and has nothing to do with anyone else," Qiao Xuan emphasized.

Qu Ge lowered his eyes unhappily and changed the subject: "I just went to the company and Gus showed me a document."

As she spoke, she handed the file on her phone to Qiao Xuan.

Seeing the content, Qiao Xuan frowned.

He was not surprised that Qin Shuzhi was also working on the same project.

Instead, this document actually stated that Qin Shuzhi planned to launch the new product after the Heilan opening reception.

This was completely different from what Qiao Xian had heard.

His people heard that Qin Shuzhi would hold a new product launch conference on the morning of the opening reception.

In order to get ahead of Qin, Qiao Xuan scheduled Qiao's press conference for the day after tomorrow.

There is something fishy about this document.

His people would definitely not give him false information.

But what about Qu Ge?

Why did she call him back so anxiously tonight to show him this?

He probed, "You should know that Qin Shuzhi and I are competitors. Are you letting me see this to help me?"

"certainly."

"I thought you were still mad at me."

"Although there are conflicts between us, I still care about you in my heart. I don't want to see the Qiao family fall into danger."

Qu Ge's words were obviously considerate, but they made Qiao Xuan'an alarmed.

He suddenly realized that there was definitely something fishy about this matter.

It is impossible for Qin Shuzhi to postpone the press conference for no reason.

If he really wanted to change the time of the press conference, it would only be to advance it so as to catch the Qiao family off guard.

It seems that the document Qu Ge brought must have been a smokescreen released by Qin Shuzhi to make him relax his vigilance.

This woman...

She was just angry with him because of Qiao Wanwan's pregnancy, so she colluded with Qin Shuzhi and dug a trap for him to fall into!

There was a sinister look between Qiao Xuan's brows.

He put down his wine glass and pulled Qu Ge into his arms.

"Is it fun to play this trick on me?"