Chapter 23: Big Liar
If Gu Zheng’s guess was correct, Qiao Xi could enjoy the true flavors of food every time she kissed him.
Liar! Liar! She liked him?! She clearly treated him as a seasoning packet!
Song Shiyu looked at Gu Zheng’s increasingly gloomy face with trepidation. “P-President Gu, are you worried about Madam’s health? If you’re worried, I’ll get Li Wei to come over and do a full body check-up on her.”
Gu Zheng sneered. “No need.”
Song Shiyu: “…”
Song Shiyu’s heart almost jumped out of his chest when he saw Gu Zheng angrily shut the door of the study. President Gu’s mood had been too volatile recently. It was really like accompanying a tiger.
They were making a lot of noise, so Qiao Xi could not help but look up, only to meet Song Shiyu’s helpless gaze.
Qiao Xi said, “… He’s angry again?”
Song Shiyu suddenly felt like crying. President Gu was so hard to please!
“It’s fine, I’ll be fine in a bit.” Qiao Xi had a look of wisdom.
Song Shiyu shook his head. He did not think Preisdent Gu would recover his mood anytime soon.
He pushed his glasses up and sat opposite Qiao Xi in all seriousness. “Madam, do you like President Gu? You like President Gu, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have married him.”
At the same time, he secretly turned on the recording button on his phone.
“Like him?”
Qiao Xi instinctively asked, “What do you mean by ‘like’?”
Song Shiyu, “???”
“You like him because you miss him when you can’t see him. When you see him, you want to hug him and kiss him. You want to be with him forever… right?”
It was hard for him, a single man, to conduct an emotional analysis on a married woman!
Qiao Xi compared his words to her own situation. Besides wanting to kiss Gu Zheng so she could enjoy food again, she was not satisfied with everything else.
“Then I don’t think I like him.”
Qiao Xi analyzed it very rationally, saying, “I married Gu Zheng because he was the only one who was willing to on that day at the Civil Affairs Bureau. I need a husband to help me get the shares of Qiao Corporation. Gu Zheng also needs a woman to deal with his family’s nagging. Hence, our marriage has nothing to do with liking each other. We’re just taking what we need from each other.”
“Taking what you need from each other…”
Song Shiyu’s hand trembled as he pressed the recording button. He felt like he would not be able to see the sun tomorrow.
Qiao Xi might be taking what she needed, but he knew that President Gu was not just taking what he needed!
If they were each just taking what they needed, he would not have introduced Qiao Xi to anyone, nor would he hand over the power in the villa to Qiao Xi.
“So what do you think of President Gu, Madam? If you want to date someone, will you consider President Gu?” Song Shiyu wanted to cry.
Qiao Xi pondered this question for a long time and felt that it might be possible.
Although Gu Zheng was angry and awkward, he was still quite cute.
Qiao Xi pursed her lips when she thought of how he had protected her yesterday and his comforting hug. For the first time, she had the thought of escaping.
She did not know how to answer Song Shiyu’s question.
Hence… she excused herself!
“Madam?”
Song Shiyu’s hand only caught the air.
‘Madam, please finish your words before you leave!’
He looked at his phone which was still recording. He did not know if he should keep it or delete it.
…
Qiao Xi went straight into the underground garage. She remembered that there was a modified sports car in the garage.
She was in a bad mood and needed to do something more exciting to suppress her emotions.
Song Shiyu heard the low rumble of a car and stood up abruptly. The noise was…
He rushed out of the door and happened to see the silver car swerve like a divine dragon before disappearing in a cool manner.
Song Shiyu, “!”
Ignoring the fact that Gu Zheng was still angry, he hurriedly ran up to the second floor and knocked on the door of the study. “President Gu, Madam drove one of the cars out!”
Gu Zheng did not want to talk to him, but Song Shiyu kept repeating his words like a recorder. Gu Zheng was annoyed. He opened the door and said in a grim tone, “What’s wrong about her driving? Can’t you drive?”
Song Shiyu blinked. “I can drive.”
Did that mean it was normal for Madam to know how to drive?
No! This was not a matter of knowing how to drive or not!
“Madam is driving your modified car. She’s not driving any of the ordinary cars!”
Many things about the modified car were different from normal cars. Qiao Xi was just a woman. Driving an unfamiliar car could easily land her into trouble!
Gu Zheng’s expression changed. “Cut the crap. Hurry up and find her!”
…
Qiao Xi drove back to the apartment she had previously rented.
This was her secret base where she mainly dealt with hacker issues.
She had not paid much attention to Gu Moling since she accepted the job.. After logged into the website, she realized that Gu Moling had sent her a lot of messages asking her when she would finish the task.
Chapter 24: Raising The Price
At the same time, in the Qiao family’s home.
Gu Moling was discussing the company’s collaboration plan with Qiao Rou when he suddenly received a message on his phone. He looked at it. “Black Tide has replied. They said that as long as we give out the order, they can hack into the device anytime.”
Mr. Qiao, who was listening on the side, could not help but be delighted. “Really? Then get her to hack into the device now!”
Gu Moling hesitated for a moment. “If we let the Black Tide take action, I’m afraid that Qiao Xi…”
Once the evidence in Qiao Xi’s hands was gone, then she would be at their mercy.
All the dirty water meant to be splashed on Qiao Rou could be poured onto Qiao Xi. She would never be able to make a comeback.
Gu Moling’s conscience suddenly pricked him. All of this was clearly not Qiao Xi’s fault, yet for the sake of protecting Qiao Rou, he had to push the blame to Qiao Xi. Was this not too unfair to Qiao Xi?
Qiao Rou’s hands, which were under the table, tugged at her clothes. However, her face was filled with loneliness. “Brother Moling, let’s not get Black Tide to do anything… It’s my fault. I love you too much, so I did something stupid like faking my pregnancy… My sister is innocent, so it’s not fair for us to do this to her.”
After a pause, she continued, “Even if my sister has changed, she’ll always be my sister… Even if she threatens me with the video on her phone, I’ll give in to her…”
“Rou Rou!”
Mr. Qiao said with a straight face, “Apart from being Qiao Xi’s younger sister, you’re also the successor of Qiao Corporation. You can be soft-hearted toward Qiao Xi because of your relationship as sisters, but as the successor of Qiao Corporation, everything about you is closely related to the company. Having evidence against you in the hands of an opponent is equivalent to planting a time bomb in Qiao Corporation.
“Now is not the time for you to hesitate. So what if Qiao Xi’s reputation is ruined? She’ll always be the eldest daughter of the Qiao family. With you, the future heir of Qiao Corporation, protecting her, how would she suffer?”
One was Qiao Xi who came from the countryside, while the other was Qiao Rou who was raised as an heir since she was young. It was clear who was more important.
After hearing Mr. Qiao’s words, Gu Moling felt that it made sense. “Uncle Qiao is right. Well just have to let Qiao Xi suffer this time. We’ll think of a way to compensate her in the future.”
A moment later, Qiao Xi’s phone rang.
“Hello, Black Tide. I’m Gu Moling.”
Gu Moling sounded rather respectful.
Qiao Xi turned on the voice changer and spoke lazily. Her voice sounded robotic. “Are you the person who asked me to hack a woman’s phone for 30 million yuan?”
The words came out of her mouth with a hint of wretchedness.
Gu Moling wanted Black Current to hack into Qiao Xi’s phone to protect Qiao Rou, but after hearing what Black Tide said, it made him seem like he was a pervert spying into women’s phones.
Even so, Gu Moling did not dare to say anything.
No one wanted to provoke a top hacker who could easily snatch any encrypted files on his phone.
“Please forgive me, Black Tide. I had no choice but to look for you. That woman is threatening my fiancée with a video. As a man, it’s my duty to protect my woman.”
“Oh, you’re really loyal. But I casually investigated the matter and found a few things. Why does it seem that the situation is different from what you just said, Mr. Gu?”
There was silence on the other end of the phone.
Gu Moling was surprised that Black Tide had found out his identity in such a short period of time. He also panicked at upon hearing that the other party had done an investigation.
“I wonder what you’ve found? There are some things that may not be accurate. I can personally explain it to you.”
“Alright then, Mr. Gu. Please talk to me about your fiancée first. From what I know, your fiancée is Qiao Xi. You’re offering me 30 million yuan just to have me hack into her phone. But you just said that everything you’re doing now is to protect your fiancée, so is your fiancée someone else?”
“Yes, my fiancée is called Qiao Rou. She’s Qiao Xi’s younger sister.”
Hearing Gu Moling’s words, Qiao Rou was moved to tears. She could not help herself and leaned her delicate body on Gu Moling’s shoulder.
The corners of Qiao Xi’s mouth curled up. “So you hooked up with Qiao Xi’s younger sister, Qiao Rou, while you were engaged to Qiao Xi? Mr. Gu, you’re quite a player.”
“Black Tide, Rourou and I are truly in love. Rourou is gentle, kind, and loves me wholeheartedly. She’s also a famous and talented woman in Li City. It’s normal for me to fall in love with her. Qiao Xi, on the other hand, came from the countryside. She is boorish and ignorant. She even lies all the time. She’s really unqualified to enter the Gu family.”
She was not qualified to enter the Gu family…
Qiao Xi smiled meaningfully. “Every dog has its day. Mr. Gu, it’s better if you don’t say too much.”
After she finished speaking, she did not give Gu Moling a chance to say anything else.. She said, “I can accept your job, but what you’re doing isn’t right, so I’m raising the price.”