As if he knew he had said something wrong, Zhao Qingkong apologized, but there was no regret on his face. "I'm sorry, I didn't know Jin Nian didn't tell you."

His heart was trembling, Tang Mulin asked calmly, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Qingkong looked at Tang Mulin steadily. "When Jin Nian faced his elder brother, he was sure to win. But the eldest son of the Chu family mentioned you, and Jin Nian lost his focus and fell into the trap of the other party, which led to him being shot."

"But it was that shot that nearly killed him. You were in the hospital at the time, weren't you? I don't need to tell you anything else, do I?"

Zhao Qingkong took a sip of the cappuccino in front of him and frowned in displeasure. "Sure enough, it doesn't taste good at all. Jin Nian only likes black coffee and said that only little girls would like something as sweet as cappuccino."

That was the coffee Chu Jinnian had drunk.

Tang Mulin stared at the lipstick mark on the cup, which was so light in color that it was almost invisible, and his throat felt a little blocked.

Zhao Qingkong crossed his arms and said leisurely, "Since I stood here, you should have known why I appeared here."

"I love him!"

Zhao Qingkong did not shy away from letting Tang Mulin know about her love for Chu Jinnian, and her eyes fell on the vase on the table.

Red roses are enchanting and beautiful.

The dew on the petals is crystal clear.

There was a flash of sadness in his eyes, and Zhao Qingkong looked at Tang Mulin with a bitter smile, "But I also know that he doesn't love me. In his heart, there is only you from beginning to end. But..."

Zhao Qingkong changed the subject and said, "I can't just watch you destroy him."

"No one knows better than me how hard it was for him to get to where he is today and get what he wants."

"And I am the only one who knows how dire his current situation is. He should have taken drastic measures to stabilize people's hearts while the Chu family members were seriously injured and he was at the peak of his power, and firmly grasped the Chu family in his hands, so that no one could snatch anything from him. But what did he do? Ha..."

Turning his contemptuous eyes to Tang Mulin again, Zhao Qingkong smiled and said, "If I were the one hiding in the dark and wanting to target him, I could do whatever I want to him now that I have kidnapped you."

"Miss Tang, is this what you want?"

No.

no.

Tang Mulin moved his lips, but his throat was so blocked that he couldn't utter a word.

"Tang Mulin..."

As if his patience had reached its limit, Zhao Qingkong called her by her name, "You can't be Mrs. Chu. As for me, I don't mind him and his heart is with you. So, we can coexist peacefully, do you understand what I mean?"

"Peaceful...coexistence?"

Tang Mulin raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Qingkong's delicate and arrogant face, "Do you know why I am called Tang Mulin?"

Zhao Qingkong was stunned.

Tang Mulin smiled and said, "My father said that in his life, he only loves to protect my mother, so my name is Tang Mulin."

She grew up in a home full of love, but the love was so selfish that she could only give one part to her, and she didn't even want to have another child.

Now, someone came up to her and said, as long as you don’t want that status, I can share the same man with you.

hehe.

Lifting the coffee cup in front of him and splashing it on Zhao Qingkong's face, Tang Mulin shouted coldly, "Get lost!"

The sound of breaking porcelain.

The busy footsteps of the waiter.

The sound of high heels fading away.

Although there were noises all around him, Tang Mulin seemed to be unable to hear anything. Only a sinister voice lingered in his ears, "You almost killed him, did you know that?"

"Sugar..."

When the man's gentle voice sounded in my ears, my blurry vision gradually focused.

Tang Mulin turned around and saw Chu Jinnian, who looked delighted, and he raised his hand to show the ring in front of her.

(End of this chapter)