Chapter 574: Vanishing into thin air is nothing compared to the saying, "People leave and the tea gets cold"
After the call ended, Bai Qiujing beside him spoke, his tone worried: "Who wants to meet you?"
"Zhao Qian."
Bai Qiujing naturally knew the one who found the money. He was someone close to Li Jingshen. Why was he calling to meet Shen Zhichu alone now?
Seeing him frown, Shen Zhichu reached out and rubbed his furrowed brows.
"It's okay to meet once, and the meeting place is at home."
"What time?"
"Let me think about it."
Bai Qiujing naturally wouldn't stop Shen Zhichu from meeting someone. He respected her, but he was still worried. Shen Zhichu was pregnant now and had to be careful about everything.
After getting in the car, Bai Qiujing gave a time: "How about tomorrow? Things can be resolved sooner. I don't have to go to the crew tomorrow and can stay at home with you."
Shen Zhichu nodded in agreement, then sent a text message to Zhao Qian to tell him the time the next day.
After receiving the text message, Zhao Qian suddenly felt that the stone in his heart that was holding the string loosened. At first, he thought Shen Zhichu would not agree, but he did not expect that she made the decision so quickly. In the end, she was too soft-hearted to stand the test of others.
The time was set at ten o'clock in the morning. Zhao Qian arrived at Quanshui Bay ten minutes early, holding a briefcase in one hand and a computer in the other.
“Miss Shen.”
"Yeah." Shen Zhichu stepped aside and invited him in. "Come in. What would you like to drink? A drink, coffee or tea?"
Zhao Qian really didn't expect Shen Zhichu to be so nice to him. Not only did she not give him a cold look, but she also asked him what he wanted to drink. Did she forget that he "almost" killed Bai Qiujing?
For some reason, Zhao Qian's nose felt a little sour. He went from being a bystander to a perpetrator, and almost caused a disaster. He never thought that he could get Shen Zhichu's forgiveness, but her indifferent expression was even more uncomfortable than pointing at his nose and scolding him.
People... are just cheap.
Zhao Qian let out a long sigh. He had been with Li Jingshen for too long, so long that he was like Li Jingshen, accustomed to wearing a mask and never showing what he was thinking on his face.
"I'll just drink water."
Shen Zhichu walked in front and led him to the reception room, and asked Bai Qiujing to get a cup of tea.
The tea is Shen Zhichu's favorite fruit flower tea every day. It has a fragrant aroma and can relieve mental fatigue. This flower tea is made by Bai's mother herself. When she heard that Shen Zhichu had a nightmare, she picked the flower buds herself, dried them, and brought them here for Shen Zhichu to drink with tea on weekdays.
"Thanks."
Zhao Qian felt a little restrained, or more accurately, guilty and ashamed. He fidgeted, not knowing whether to get a drink of water or take out the documents from his briefcase.
Seeing Bai Qiujing standing aside, Zhao Qian said, "Mr. Bai, can I have a word with Miss Shen alone?"
Bai Qiujing had a wary look on his face. It was normal for others to be so wary of him. After all, he almost cost him his life. It was not a question of being magnanimous or not. If someone was involved in life-threatening situations and still acted calmly and pretended nothing had happened, he was either an idiot or a saint.
Bai Qiujing didn't want to leave Shen Zhichu here alone. Shen Zhichu pondered for a while and saw that Zhao Qian's face was a little pale, with red bloodshot and dark circles in his eyes.
She turned to Bai Qiujing and said, "Just talk for a while, it's okay."
Zhao Qian also responded bitterly: "Don't worry, I won't hurt her."
Bai Qiujing glanced at the surveillance camera on the wall. He did this just to remind Zhao Qian that he was not a saint and could not trust everyone.
Zhao Qian naturally understood this. After watching Bai Qiujing leave, the intimidating force surrounding him gradually faded away.
Zhao Qian pursed his lips, then stood up, took two steps forward and bowed to Shen Zhichu, bending ninety degrees, and stayed there, stiff and not daring to move.
Shen Zhichu pursed his lips and looked at him for a while before speaking: "What are you doing?"
"I'm sorry. The amusement park accident was my fault. It has nothing to do with Mr. Li. I just wanted to use some trickery to get you back to him. I never thought of doing anything to Mr. Bai."
If her heart was calm just now, it instantly became turbulent after hearing what Zhao Qian said.
"Do you know that what you're doing will only make me hate him more?"
"I know." Zhao Qian lowered his head with his jaw tightened. "I know you'll misunderstand that it was Boss Li who did it and will hate him even more, but for someone like me who prioritizes profit, the process isn't important as long as the result is what I want. Boss Li just wants you to stay with him for a few days to verify whether the Bai family truly loves you, even though his methods are a bit extreme..."
People say that Li Jingshen's methods are paranoid, but isn't he the same?
Zhao Qian paused, organizing his words before continuing, "Another point is that I wanted him to understand that the only way to get you is to let you go. Forcing you to stay only brings hatred, and the pain of torturing each other is not love. Fortunately, he finally understood."
Shen Zhichu said: "You know him very well."
Zhao Qian raised his head and smiled bitterly: "After all, I have followed him longer than you."
Chen Zhichu picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip of water to relieve the dryness in her throat. She looked at the branches outside the window swaying in the wind. "Do you think I'm a soft persimmon that can be manipulated at will? You and Li Jingshen only care about the results and not the process for the sake of profit. Do you know the saying that things in the world are impermanent?"
"No one knows what will happen in the next second. If Bai Qiujing really had an accident in the amusement park that day, would you care about that life? A life, a family, and the lives of several people were ruined. You may not see it in your eyes, and it's also..." Shen Zhichu muttered to himself, "Think about it, when he wanted to get revenge on me, bankrupted the Shen family, put my father in jail, and used the opportunity to contain me, didn't he indirectly kill seven people? Insignificant lives, in your interests, perhaps they are not even as important as ants?"
Li Jingshen and Zhao Qian had never thought about these things. Shen Zhichu's throat tightened and he couldn't make any sound. His trembling eyelashes were faintly wet.
"Then do you still hate President Li?"
"Hate? This isn't hatred anymore." Shen Zhichu lowered her head and looked at her abdomen. She raised her hand and gently placed it on it. "It's not forgiveness either. It's just that I've lost interest in the past that I was brooding about."
Li Jingshen was her destined calamity. From the moment they met, the trajectory of her life became out of control.
In relationships, hurt is inevitable. The deeper the love, the greater the hurt. She has already forgotten the past, and naturally she no longer hates Li Jingshen.
Based on her life experience, the best way to let go of the past or a person is to make yourself stronger and enrich your life. When you stand tall and upright, you will not be afraid of the sky falling. All the things that make you struggle and suffer will become light and disappear.
Zhao Qian pursed her lips. What Shen Zhichu said made sense. No one would miss someone for a lifetime. Excess hatred would only consume a person's emotions. Shen Zhichu was not reconciling with anyone, she was reconciling with the past.
Zhao Qian didn't come here to talk about this with Shen Zhichu. He opened the file package he brought and turned on the computer.
While waiting for the computer to start up, he handed the document in his hand to Shen Zhichu.
"Miss Shen, this is the last thing President Li asked me to give you."
The huge word "heritage" was displayed on it, and Shen Zhichu's pupils shrank slightly: "What is this?"
"Mr. Li passed away two weeks ago. This is his legacy, which he had already written down. His property is divided into three parts. The largest part is transferred to your name, and the other part is given to the Bai family. Before he died, he asked me to take care of this matter."
Dead, Li Jingshen is dead.
When Zhao Qian came to her and insisted on meeting her, she guessed that something important was going on. However, no matter how good Shen Zhichu's imagination was, she could never have imagined that Li Jingshen would suddenly pass away.
In fact, there were signs of this.
Shen Zhichu felt as if her head weighed a thousand pounds and her neck was sore from the pressure. She looked at the will and inheritance on the table.
She tried to laugh. Everyone said Li Jingshen was a villain. The Li family's current status was entirely due to the heir's bloody footprints. The Li family valued profit over emotion. Li Jingshen finally took charge of the Li Group and became a leader in the business world, standing out from the crowd. How could he fall so easily? And then handed these things to her? Did he ask her what she thought? Did he ask her if she wanted them?
Shen Zhichu looked at the name signed by Li Jingshen below. Just like him, he was arrogant, arrogant and unruly.
She stared for a long time until her eyes became sore. When she closed her eyes, the corners of her eyes felt tired and cold. This was the real past. The so-called vanishing into thin air was ultimately no match for the saying that people leave and the tea gets cold.
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