Qiao Zhen also clapped along with the crowd, and saw a man walk onto the stage amidst the applause, smiling and saying, "Hello everyone, my name is Jiang Qing."
Looking at his face, Qiao Zhen felt that it was somewhat familiar, but she still couldn't remember who it was.
While he was pondering this, Jiang Qing had already begun her speech.
It was worthwhile for Joe to temporarily set aside his attention and start listening to his speech.
"...My initial motivation for working on this energy product project stemmed from an old friend. Protecting the environment is a challenge we all need to address, and my friend was always interested in these kinds of projects when he was alive..."
As Qiao Zhen listened to Jiang Qing's words, many memories suddenly surfaced in her mind.
The face in her memory slowly overlapped with Jiang Qing's face, and she suddenly widened her eyes, looking incredulous.
The Jiang Qing standing before me was my father's old friend!
When my father was alive, he paid great attention to environmental protection and participated in many public welfare activities.
Jiang Qing met her father a few times when she was a child, but she didn't have a deep impression of him.
Since his father passed away, many of his friends have betrayed him. To avoid worrying his family, his father rarely mentioned this, so Qiao Zhen still doesn't know which friends betrayed him.
Thinking about this, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but drift off, and she didn't even listen carefully to what followed.
The seminar ended quickly, and everyone packed up and prepared to leave. Qiao Zhen, however, was trying to find Jiang Qing's trail.
As the crowd dispersed, Qiao Zhen jogged up to him.
"President Jiang, please wait!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qing slowly turned her head and, upon seeing that it was Qiao Zhen, a look of confusion flashed across her face.
"Hello, how can I help you?"
Qiao Zhen's heart began to pound uncontrollably, and she slowly walked to Jiang Qing's side.
"Hello, Mr. Jiang, I am Qiao Zhen."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qing seemed to remember something and scrutinized Qiao Zhen for a long time. Just as Qiao Zhen was about to continue speaking, Jiang Qing spoke up.
"You're a daughter of the Qiao family, right?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen couldn't contain her excitement and nodded vigorously: "Yes, I didn't expect you to still remember me."
"Haha." Jiang Qing said with a smile, "I didn't recognize you at first, but your name was familiar, and I looked at you carefully for a while before I recognized you. Girls really do change a lot as they grow up. You look so different from when you were a child."
Qiao Zhen smiled and exchanged pleasantries with Jiang Qing, but her mind was constantly on her father's matter.
But judging from how familiar Jiang Qing was with him, Qiao Zhen initially judged that Jiang Qing was probably not one of the people who took advantage of her father's misfortune.
"Mr. Jiang, do you have some time? I'd like to invite you to dinner; it's been so many years."
As Qiao Zhen spoke, she was mentally planning how to ask him about her father's past.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Qing agreed very readily: "Let's go eat now. I haven't seen you in a long time. Your father will be very pleased to see how grown up and how outstanding you are now."
Perhaps because of the relationship between Jiang Qing and her father, Qiao Zhen was deeply moved after hearing this, and her eyes reddened as she replied, "Yes, I will continue to work hard and not let my father down."
“You are already very good. I believe your father would also like you to be happy. Being good is just an additional condition.”
Jiang Qing was very talkative and talked a lot with Qiao Zhen.
As she listened, Qiao Zhen felt even more moved.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, Jiang Qing thoughtfully handed the menu to Qiao Zhen, telling her to order whatever she wanted.
Qiao Zhen nodded gratefully and randomly ordered a few dishes as a token gesture.
"Your tastes are just like your father's; you both like spicy food."
Jiang Qing teased Qiao Zhen.
After a while, Qiao Zhen gradually let go of her burdens and smiled happily.
“After my father went through that ordeal, many of his friends left him, so I am truly grateful to have met you.”
"There's nothing to be grateful for. My relationship with your father isn't something that can be ruined by something like this," Jiang Qing said with a smile as she recounted the events of that time to Qiao Zhen.
“Your father was having business difficulties at the time and came to me to borrow money, but I wasn’t doing well either, so I could only help him as much as I could. Looking back now, if I had given him a little more, perhaps things would have turned out differently for your father…”
Seeing Jiang Qing's guilty expression, Qiao Zhen quickly stopped her, saying, "You don't need to say that. It's already a great honor for us that you can help my father. No matter how big or small the favor is, we are very grateful as long as you help."
"Friends should help each other," Jiang Qing said.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen said even more happily, "But I am still truly grateful to you for not abandoning my father when he was going through such a difficult time."
Jiang Qing laughed it off, but when she turned her head and saw Qiao Zhen looking troubled, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Me?" Qiao Zhen pointed to herself, somewhat puzzled. "I'm not alright, am I?"
"From the very beginning when you started talking to me, you seemed to have something on your mind. If you don't mind, could you tell me why?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen paused for a moment, then said somewhat embarrassedly, "Because of my father's matter..."
Qiao Zhen spoke with her head down, unaware that Jiang Qing in front of her had secretly curled the corners of her mouth.
"What's wrong? Your father and I were friends back then. Tell me, maybe I can help you."
Qiao Zhen was surprised that he would bring up this topic, and hurriedly answered.
"There were many suspicious points when my father had his accident. I now suspect that there was someone behind it. I wonder if you know anything about what happened back then?"
Seeing Qiao Zhen's hopeful gaze, Jiang Qing looked worried: "I actually noticed this back then, but it seems that it was deliberately covered up, so I didn't find anything and only knew some superficial information."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but get excited: "Then may I ask, is there anything you know that you can tell me?"
"Of course." After saying that, Jiang Qing lowered her head, looking thoughtful.
“Back then, when your father was in a car accident, I went to see him several times outside the hospital ward, but every time I went there I found someone else.”
"Logically speaking, I shouldn't have any impression of him, but he was very young that year and seemed out of place among the people around him, so I had a deeper impression of him."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen had a bad feeling, but she couldn't help but ask, "And then what?"
"Later, I kept observing that person and noticed that he would ask the nurses about your father's condition from time to time, and he seemed very satisfied after your father's condition worsened."
Qiao Zhen forced herself to calm down, but her voice still trembled slightly.
"Could you describe what he looks like to me, or do you know his name?"
Jiang Qing thought for a moment and spoke with a hint of regret.
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