Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Why not just do it with me
Although he asked this, seemingly giving her the right to choose, in reality, it was impossible for him to completely listen to her.
If she wants him to listen to her, she has to give him what he wants in exchange.
There is no free lunch in this world.
Qin Mian knew what his hidden intentions and purposes were, which was why, after the incident, although she saw him for several days in a row, she never took the initiative to mention this issue.
At this moment, Si Tu's reaction confirmed her guess.
So, she hesitated for a moment and said, "I just came here to ask."
"Oh." Si Tu picked up the coffee and took a sip. "Then let's follow the law."
Qin Mian lowered his eyes. If he followed the law, Zhu Yinglong would probably go to jail.
This life is almost ruined.
"Lawyer Gu said he'll be sentenced to at least three to seven years." Si Tu said this casually, curled his lips, and stared at Qin Mian with a half-smile.
He was probably gambling on whether she could bear to see Zhu Yinglong go to jail.
And whether she could bear it or not, he was the winner.
Qin Mian curled his fingers.
Zhu Yinglong is greedy and foolish, while Si Tu is sure to win.
"Oh." Qin Mian responded casually, seemingly unconcerned. "I see."
She said this lightly, turned around and left.
She didn't want Si Tu to notice her emotional changes and guess what choice she might make.
To prevent him from further manipulating and exploiting her mentality.
Si Tu looked at her back as she walked away calmly and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Her reaction really made it difficult for him to judge.
Suddenly, he turned his head and smiled again.
That's what makes it fun.
She was indeed the woman he liked, daring to challenge him silently like this.
"Qin Mian."
He suddenly spoke and called her.
Qin Mian just walked to the door and paused as he grasped the door handle.
Si Tu stared at her back and said, "You are quite courageous."
Qin Mian turned around and saw Si Tu looking at her and smiling wildly and arrogantly, "I like it very much!"
Hearing this, Qin Mian's face darkened a little.
He even plotted against her, wanting to exchange it with her, and now he even has the nerve to tell her that he likes her!
"Oh no." Si Tu was even more wanton, "It makes me like it even more!"
Qin Mian gritted his teeth, resisted the urge to scold him, turned around, pulled the door open, and strode out.
Her demeanor clearly showed that she was angry but couldn't do anything to him.
Si Tu really liked her even more. Even when she was angry, he found it lively, cute and funny. So he laughed even more wantonly, letting out a low laugh behind her.
It's so infuriating.
Qin Mian returned to the office and drank several gulps of boiled water before he suppressed the resentment in his heart.
That day, Qin Mian went back to the Human Resources Department to guide Lin Xinrui in her work.
She had previously asked Lin Xinrui for her opinion on whether she wanted to challenge herself to become the department head. After a few days of careful consideration, she agreed.
So now, Qin Mian needs to take the responsibility of training her.
During a break at work, she went to the tea room to get a cup of coffee.
Several departments on this floor share a tea room. When she was about to reach the door of the tea room, she suddenly heard several people inside talking about Zhu Yinglong.
She paused subconsciously.
"Haven't you been very close to Zhu Yinglong recently? Didn't you know something in advance?"
"When did I get close to him? Don't say anything nonsense."
"Tsk, I thought he was pursuing you."
"Ah? Doesn't he have a girlfriend? That Manager Qin has been transferred to the CEO's office as a secretary."
"So, I didn't promise him. I have nothing to do with him. Don't involve me."
As he spoke, footsteps were heard and the person walked away.
“Tsk tsk.”
Not long after she left, the two left behind continued gossiping.
"She's really pretending. I've clearly seen her acting cute and coquettish towards Zhu Yinglong all the time. The two of them have been flirting with each other a lot lately. I guess they're together, and she's still pretending."
"She's just afraid of getting into trouble."
…
The colleague who was related to Zhu Yinglong was Jin Ying, an intern in the IT department.
Qin Mian recognized her voice because she was the one who recruited the person before, and there were a few times when she contacted Zhu Yinglong and heard her voice on the phone.
Jin Ying was originally going out from another door. When she heard her colleagues talking about her, she turned around and wanted to go back to stop them, but suddenly found that Qin Mian was standing at the door of another door.
She was startled and almost screamed.
"Qin! Secretary Qin!" She covered her chest and looked at her in shock, her eyes full of fear.
In contrast, Qin Mian was unusually calm. He simply looked at her calmly, walked towards her, and asked, "When did it start?"
"What? When?" She didn't know if he really didn't understand or was so scared that he hadn't recovered yet.
Several people in the tea room came out upon hearing the noise and were so frightened that they quickly retracted their heads.
After all, things are different now. Qin Mian is now the chief secretary of the president's office. Even Yang Min, the administrative manager who often opposed her in the past, dares not to go against her anymore. Others also know that it is not easy to offend them.
Also because of his identity as the president's secretary, Qin Mian needed to remain decent.
After all, it represents the image of the president's office.
So at this moment, even though she had an urge to grab the other person's hair and interrogate him, she still took the impact into consideration, pulled the corner of her lip slightly, kept calm, turned around, and walked into the tea room.
She knew that she couldn't get anything out of the person involved, and she also wanted to avoid being seen by others and having them spread gossip about her afterwards.
When a few people in the tea room saw her, they all hunched their necks and greeted her carefully, then walked away with their backs hunched like quails.
They are all interns who came in at the same batch as Jin Ying at the beginning of the year.
I'm young and timid, but I like to chat about some small gossip.
**
When he returned to his residence at night, Qin Mian found Zhu Yinglong's laptop, tried the password several times, and successfully opened it. Then he looked through the chat records between him and the intern on various software.
In addition to work, the two of them do have a lot of flirting going on.
One of the passages was about when Zhu Yinglong came back from a business trip and told the other party that he accidentally put her underwear in her suitcase and asked how to get it back to her.
The other party asked him to keep it as a souvenir.
Qin Mian suddenly remembered the time when he came back and she wanted to help him pack his suitcase, but he suddenly stopped her and said no.
Normally, the two of them would help each other organize their things, which was just a matter of convenience. He had never refused so politely.
Now that I think about it, there was a reason.
Qin Mian got up from the sofa, went to the room and found his business trip suitcase. After opening it, he rummaged through it, unzipped the top layer, and actually found a pair of women's underwear in the compartment.
Under what circumstances would you put the opposite sex's underwear into your suitcase?
She suddenly felt very ironic.
She even thought about saving Zhu Yinglong just for once, considering that they had been together for so many years.
If she rescued him, their relationship would be cleared, and she could break up with him in a proper manner.
But it turned out that he had cheated on her and been with another woman a long time ago.
Then what is she?
She smiled coldly, feeling like she was being treated like a fool by the other party.
**
Two days later, the legal department of SC Group brought Si Tu a piece of news from the police station.
"Zhu Yinglong wants to see you."
Si Tu smoked a cigarette, a little confused, "Want to see me?"
He has handed over the matter to his lawyer.
"Yes, he said he had something important to discuss with you in person."
Si Tu was silent for a while, took another puff of his cigarette, leaned over, put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and stood up. "Then let's go and see what he wants to say."
Half an hour later, Si Tu appeared at the police station.
"What do you want to say?" Si Tu leaned lazily on the back of the chair, playing with his mobile phone with his eyes downcast.
Zhu Yinglong looked very depressed, with an untidy beard. He was already thin, and in recent days he seemed to have lost even more weight, almost becoming unrecognizable.
"As long as you can let me go." He said straight to the point, "I will break up with Qin Mian."
Si Tu stopped playing with his phone and looked up. "What did you say?"
Seeing his big reaction, Zhu Yinglong knew he had found the right breakthrough point. He couldn't help but laugh sarcastically, "Don't you like her?"
He had figured it out these past few days. Si Tu had long known that he was in contact with people from the Qian family, but he hadn't exposed him. He had simply been waiting for him to get to this point so that he could negotiate terms with him.
Now the whole situation, indeed, the initiative is in Si Tu's hands.
Of course, Zhu Yinglong was not completely stupid. He had originally thought that if Si Tu was trying to steal his girl, he would lend him his company's business secrets in exchange for some benefits for himself.
In addition, the people from the Qian family had also agreed with him that they would frame Qin Mian for this matter and help him alienate the relationship between Si Tu and Qin Mian, so that he could get the money and keep his girlfriend.
But who knew that it would end up with nothing.
But no matter how bad the situation is, just like now, even though the truth has been revealed, he still has the capital to negotiate with Si Tu.
His capital is Qin Mian.
So now, in order to protect himself, he has to make a sacrifice.
Si Tu chuckled and turned on the recording software on his phone. He heard him continue, "As long as you let me go, I will make her give up on me and follow you wholeheartedly from now on."
Si Tu curled his lips and raised his eyes, "What if I don't agree?"
"If you don't agree, I will keep pestering her and use every possible means to prevent her from getting rid of me with a clear conscience."
Si Tu turned his head and smiled, "Okay, I'll go back and think about it first."
He did not immediately agree to the other party and stood up from his chair.
**
That night, Si Tu invited Qin Mian to have dinner together.
After the meal, he played to Qin Mian the conversation that Zhu Yinglong had made with him.
Qin Mian was not surprised at all to hear Zhu Yinglong say that.
She lowered her eyes to look at her phone and asked calmly, "So, will you let him go?"
"What do you think?" Si Tu crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair, and looked at her with a confident expression, "Do you think I should make this exchange with him?"
He asked this question even though he knew the answer.
From Qin Mian's perspective, she certainly wouldn't want to be used as a bargaining chip by others.
But Si Tu still told her about this matter on purpose.
He simply wanted to guide her to make the decision he wanted.
And now, Qin Mian is indeed going to get what he wished for.
She picked up the wine glass and took a sip calmly. "Instead of making this exchange with him, why not do it directly with me?"
"Oh?" Si Tu couldn't hide his excitement, and his eyebrows twitched.
Qin Mian put down his wine glass, raised his eyes, and met his gaze. "I only have one request."
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