Chapter 92 What I want is to be together openly and honestly
White Building, top floor office.
Rong Zhoubai pushed the door open and walked in, only to find Qu Ge already waiting inside.
She paced back and forth in the office with a worried look on her face.
Seeing him, she walked quickly forward.
"You are just joking!"
"Why are you here?"
Rong Zhoubai knew what she meant, but he didn't explain, as if the press conference just now was not a very important matter.
He took off his suit jacket, threw it casually on the sofa, and raised his hand to loosen the tie that was tightly locked under his Adam's apple.
Qu Ge frowned anxiously: "You are now at a critical moment in taking over the White Group! You knew the consequences of what you said at the press conference, so why did you still do this?"
"If I remember correctly, last quarter's financial report showed that the correlation coefficient between White Group's stock price fluctuations and the CEO's emotional state should be... zero?"
"It's already this late, can you please be serious?"
Qu Ge really didn't want to engage in verbal banter with him.
Just now, after seeing his press conference on TV, she immediately rushed over without stopping.
She only heard him say yesterday that he would clarify his relationship with Xuan Ni at the press conference, but he never said that he would publicly admit that he was pursuing her!
Although Canadians are not as conservative as Jiangzhou people, the relationship between them is special after all, and such things will inevitably affect his reputation.
Moreover, the White family would probably not agree with this!
Qu Ge's thoughts were in a mess and his brows were tightly furrowed.
Seeing how anxious she was about this, Rong Zhoubai suddenly laughed out loud: "Is this all you want to tell me after watching the press conference?"
"I……"
Qu Ge was speechless for a moment.
She looked up and met Rong Zhoubai's gaze.
His tie hung loosely around his neck, and he looked cynical.
But there was a seriousness in those eyes that she had never seen before.
She didn't answer, so Rong Zhoubai pressed on: "Miss Zhi, may I ask what is your response to the fact that I'm pursuing you?"
He suddenly came closer, with a faint woody perfume scent on his body, which made people feel uneasy.
Qu Ge avoided his gaze in panic and was hesitant to speak.
Rong Zhoubai's fingers gently brushed the ends of her messy hair: "So, you are rejecting me?"
"Of course not." Qu Ge quickly denied.
Hearing her answer without hesitation, Rong Zhoubai frowned: "Does that mean you accept it?"
"I……"
Qu Ge was so nervous that he could almost hear his own heartbeat.
She unconsciously took a step back, putting some distance between them. "You know perfectly well that I don't like being the center of media attention. Besides, this matter won't benefit either you or me in any way. You could obviously... tell me in private. Why did you have to make such a big fuss?"
"Let's talk privately. Then what?" Rong Zhoubai chuckled. "Let you continue to stay by my side as my niece, and let others point fingers at us and speculate that our relationship is not pure?"
Rong Zhubai paused, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Qu Ge, this is not the relationship I want. What I want is to be with you openly and honestly."
With a thud.
Qu Ge's hasty step back accidentally bumped into the chair next to him.
The sound was not only in her ears, but also more like knocking on her heart.
She suddenly realized that the answer to this conversation had already been found before Rong Zhoubai held the press conference.
If the "together" he said yesterday was ambiguous, then there is absolutely no second interpretation of the "together" he said now.
There is no temptation, no retreat, only an unquestionable declaration.
He just wanted her.
Clearly and obviously.
“Knock knock knock—”
Suddenly, their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door.
Rong Zhoubai frowned, obviously having guessed who the visitor was.
Without waiting for him to speak, old man Ron pushed the door open and walked in.
Seeing Ron's gloomy face, Qu Ge immediately guessed that he must have come for the press conference as well.
Qu Ge was about to leave and let them talk alone.
Rong Zhoubai held her hand and stopped her from leaving.
He faced Ron calmly: "Old man, why are you here so suddenly?"
Ron's wrinkled eyes glanced at the two people's clasped hands with dissatisfaction, and finally fixed his gaze on Rong Zhoubai's face.
"Lucas, are you crazy?" he asked coldly, "For this little girl, you treat the family's reputation as a joke?!"
"I don't understand what you mean." Rong Zhoubai calmly protected Qu Ge behind him. "I just chose the person I love. What does this have to do with the family reputation?"
"Love?" Ron was furious. "Do you know what people are saying online? You're committing adultery! You're going against God!"
The old man's brows were lowered like knife blades, a deep groove was formed between his brows, and veins bulged on his forehead, as if he would explode in the next second.
Qu Ge's hand trembled slightly in Rong Zhoubai's palm.
She knew that Ron was a family member more important to Rong Zhoubai than blood relatives, but now he was the first to stand up and oppose them being together, which really made her unable to retreat.
But Rong Zhoubai held her hand even tighter.
"So what?" His voice was terrifyingly firm. "Gossip like this is bound to appear online in countless pieces. In a few days, who will care about it anymore? Besides, I've already said that she and I are not related by blood. Not even God can object to us being together!"
"you!……"
Ron's expression changed.
He suddenly looked at Qu Ge with a complicated expression: "Little girl, are you sure you can bear all this? The pressure of public opinion, the accusations of others, you don't care about these?"
"Of course I care."
Qu Ge took a deep breath and walked out from behind Zhu Bai.
She was half a head shorter than Ron, but she stood straight and spoke with a firm tone.
"But, if this is the path he chooses, then I will accompany him to the end!"
Before he finished speaking, the air froze.
Time seemed to be stuck together with glue, and every second was stretched to a suffocating length.
a long time--
Ron suddenly sighed: "You young people...are really crazy!"
Although his words were still harsh, his tone had obviously softened.
Rong Zhoubai was about to speak again to persuade him, but he waved his hand.
"Forget it, I've already asked the PR department to handle the public opinion." As he spoke, he glared at Rong Zhoubai fiercely, "You brat! Next time before you make a decision like this, at least tell me in advance!"
After saying this, Ron turned and left.
Qu Ge was surprised to find that there seemed to be a faint smile on the corner of his mouth...
…
At the same time, Jiangzhou City.
In an idle villa of the Lu family, the winding water marks on the floor-to-ceiling windows distorted the light into a hideous snake shape.
On the TV screen, Canadian news was playing: "The new president of White Group publicly admitted today that he is pursuing Miss Zhi..."
Qiao Xuan sat on the sofa, his right hand unconsciously stroking the uneven scar on his left cheek.
This is the mark of the burns he suffered that day when he tried to save Qu Ge.
XR-13 can only speed up the healing of his wounds, but it cannot prevent scars from forming on his skin.
The scar extended from his cheekbone to his jaw, and the contracted flesh pulled his left eye into a strange shape.
"Bang!"
The sound of shattering glass suddenly exploded in my ears.
Jasmine angrily smashed the wine glass against the TV, and the red wine flowed down the screen like blood.
"They all deserve to die!" Her delicate features twisted. "That loser Rong Zhoubai, what right does he have to sit in that position?!"
"You almost died at his hands, and you still think he's a loser?"
Qiao Xuan sneered, his words filled with undisguised sarcasm.
Now Jasmine has become a lost dog just like him, and there is no need for him to please her as much as before.
On the day of the accident, the reason he went to the abandoned warehouse was because he received the news that Qu Ge was in danger and wanted to rush to save her.
He hid in the dark and watched them fighting each other.
At the critical moment, he drove in and brought Jasmine out.
For no other reason than that she is the eldest daughter of the White family.
Even though she has fallen to this point now, her identity is still there and it will come in handy one day.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Qiao Xuan understood this principle better than anyone else.
Saving Rong Zhoubai's enemy is definitely not a bad thing for him.
Qiao Xian silently stared at the frozen image on the screen - the paparazzi photographed Qu Ge and Rong Zhoubai holding hands and walking through the lobby downstairs of the White Building.
This scene was like a sharp knife stabbing into his eyes.
He frowned, feeling an uncomfortable gaze from the side.
Next to him, Jasmine was staring at the scar on his face.
This look is not one of pity or heartache, but a kind of paranoid dissatisfaction.
She moved closer to him and gently stroked the good side of his face with her fingers.
"Believe me, I will take you back to Canada. I will definitely find a way to heal your face!" She murmured to herself, her fingertips tracing across his hideous scars, "This face must not be ruined like this..."
Jasmine's eyes blurred for a moment, as if she was looking through him at someone else.
Qiao Xuan sneered and slapped her hand away with disdain.
He knows who he resembles.
He had seen Zheng Xiao's photo in Jasmine's study.
Only then did he understand why Jasmine had fallen for him in the first place and even offered to help him get revenge.
Just a substitute.
This kind of melodramatic plot has been played too many times on TV.
"Forget it." He turned and walked towards the wine cabinet, his scar even more terrifying in the shadows. "Given your current situation, even if you return to Canada, I'm afraid you'll end up in prison."
"Who said that?!" Jasmine rushed over, grabbed his collar, and glared at him fiercely, "I have the best legal team. There's no way I'm going to jail!"
"Really?" Qiao Xuan snorted contemptuously.
Jasmine's eyes were bloodshot, she had long been immersed in her own hatred and didn't care about his gaze at all.
"They took everything from me! Rong Zhoubai... I want him to give me back what he cares about most!"
Before she finished speaking, Jasmine's eyes fell on the TV screen.
Qu Ge's beautiful face...
She wanted to tear her into pieces right away!
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