The driver first took Qin Zhao to the government building. Coincidentally, Qin Qin needed her brother's help, and she knew that her brother was cold, indifferent, and somewhat aloof.
So she made a special trip to his office to wait for him.
The Qin family's car and the Zhou family's car parked in the courtyard at almost the same time.
Qin Qin was slightly taken aback when she saw her brother get out of Zhou Ji's car. If she remembered correctly, her brother and Zhou Ji had never gotten along. When they met in the world of fame and fortune, they only maintained a superficial politeness.
In reality, neither of them looked down on the other.
Qin Qin opened the car door. Today she was wearing a pink and white cashmere coat, dressed very well. She slowly walked up to her brother and smiled slightly. "Brother."
Qin Zhao raised an eyebrow: "What are you doing here?"
Qin Qin said the words she had prepared beforehand: "I don't have anything to do today. You haven't been home for a long time because of work, so I came to see you and have a meal with you."
She was well-educated, had a gentle and obedient personality, and possessed a kind of gentle appearance that elders would find appealing.
Both her cousins and her maternal uncles in the family liked her very much.
On the contrary, her biological brother seemed to be deliberately keeping his distance from her.
Qin Qin attributed this distance to the age difference. How could her brother not like her? He was just a few years older, which was why he always acted like an elder.
However, Qin Qin was also quite afraid of Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhao raised his eyes and looked her over for a moment, gazing at the radiant smile on her face. He dealt with people all the time, all sorts of people.
Is it a genuine laugh, or a deliberately feigned one?
They could never escape his sharp eyes.
However, Qin Zhao always gives others face and never deliberately exposes their true colors. His younger sister has loved acting since she was a child.
Acting obedient and clever in front of elders.
Although there were extenuating circumstances, he simply couldn't bring himself to like it.
Especially after Qin Zhao witnessed her using her classmates to bully another classmate who was prettier than her during junior high school, he disliked her even more.
He was just pretending to be a good older brother in front of his father and mother.
Qin Zhao could understand that his parents, even after knowing that Qin Qin was not their biological child, still treated her as their own. They were just hoping that the person who took his sister away would also treat their child well.
What you do, you reap.
He wouldn't have any objection to doing good deeds for his sister.
"I have meetings all day today. You can go home now. I'll go home after I'm done with this."
Qin Zhao spoke in a detached tone, maintaining the distance befitting a superior.
Qin Qin felt a little uncomfortable, but she forced a smile and said, "Okay, brother, take care of yourself and don't overwork yourself."
She always does these things, and then added, "I asked my aunt to make some nourishing soup, and I'll have the driver deliver it at noon. Remember to drink it, brother."
Qin Zhao looked at her with a half-smile. This tactic worked on the other elders of the Qin family, but it was useless in front of the heartless Qin Zhao. "Alright, you can go back now."
Qin Qin nodded, but before getting into the car, she couldn't help glancing at the car next to her.
You can't see anything from the outside, and you can't see who's sitting inside.
Looking at the brother and sister standing together, Jiang Yue felt that Qin Zhao suddenly seemed more like a person and probably doted on his sister.
She was watching with great interest.
Suddenly, I heard a cold voice beside me: "Drive."
Zhou Ji is such a spoilsport; why is he in such a hurry to leave?
Moreover, if Jiang Yue remembered correctly, Qin Qin almost became his fiancée, so they must have had a childhood sweetheart relationship.
This cold, lifeless piece of wood didn't even bother to greet its childhood sweetheart.
Upon hearing this cold voice, the driver immediately started the accelerator and drove off without hesitation.
Jiang Yue turned to look at Zhou Ji: "Are you in a hurry?"
Zhou Ji glanced at the time on his watch and said without batting an eye, "We're almost late."
The driver in front heard this and his heart was pounding. Mr. Zhou was always calm and collected in the face of danger, the kind of person who wouldn't flinch even if a mountain collapsed in front of him.
He was so impatient that he drove the car away.
Clearly, he didn't want his wife to keep staring at the eldest son of the Qin family.
Jiang Yue felt that she and Zhou Ji had reached a consensus on divorce, and she was in a good mood, becoming very considerate: "I can take a taxi back by myself. You can have the driver take you to the airport now, so you don't miss your flight and delay your business."
Zhou Ji gave her a deep look, then pursed his lips: "I won't miss my flight."
Jiang Yue didn't know where his confidence came from. The planes in the sky weren't under his control, and no matter how rich he was, they wouldn't wait for him.
At this moment, Jiang Yue seemed to have completely forgotten that Zhou Ji traveled by private jet.
She just felt that the man was being a little too calm.
"All right."
On the other side...
Qin Zhao's assistant, after holding back for a while, finally blurted out, "Minister Qin, is that Mr. Zhou's wife in the car?"
Qin Zhao took the documents from his assistant and flipped through them page by page, saying, "Hmm."
He quickly finished reviewing the documents needed for the meeting, looked up, and smiled—not the fake smile he usually wore in power circles, but a genuine smile of good mood. He asked, "Why did you suddenly ask about her? Do you know her?"
The assistant actually knew him.
Previously, the department had some publicity activities in cooperation with the provincial TV station. He had heard Mrs. Zhou's name a few times, and it always brought up a headache.
"We don't really know each other; this is the first time we've met today."
Qin Zhao looked down at him with a condescending gaze: "And then?"
His assistant is not the type to waste time talking nonsense to him.
The assistant who could get along well with Qin Zhao was no ordinary person. Qin Zhao was one of the most shrewd people among the powerful and influential people in the capital, and his assistant was also quite cunning.
He himself didn't know why he acted so impulsively today.
"At first glance, I was startled because Mrs. Zhou looks a lot like you."
The man's striding steps suddenly stopped, his black suit making him appear even more aloof and cold, as if the surrounding air had frozen.
Qin Zhao asked, "Does it look similar? How so? Tell me in detail."
Startled by Qin's cold tone, the assistant paused for a moment, then said, "Minister Qin, there are two minutes... the meeting will start..."
Qin Zhao frowned and interrupted him: "I'll let you explain in detail."
The assistant broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that his superior didn't like being told he looked like someone unimportant. He forced himself to explain, "You and Mrs. Zhou don't look particularly alike, but when you both have a cold expression, the look in your eyes and brows is somewhat similar."
They're all quite arrogant.
Qin Zhao remained silent for a while. Just when the assistant thought the matter was over, he heard the man ask again, "How old is she this year? How old was she again?"
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