EFB Chapter 61 Engagement
Chapter 61 Engagement
The two looked at each other, and Shen hope felt the atmosphere was strange and immediately turned her head away.
Lin Zheng pressed further, "Any more questions?"
"That's all..." she replied, picking up the seafood porridge she had put down again and drinking it down in large gulps, as if trying to calm herself down first.
The area around the unfinished building was eerily quiet at night. After finishing their meal, Lin Zheng led Shen hope, who was still deep in thought, to her motorcycle.
"Are you sure you don't need me to take you? I can have you bring the motorcycle to you tomorrow."
Shen hope took her helmet off the car: "No need, I can go back by myself. Too much has happened today, and I want to be alone for a while."
Lin Zheng took two steps towards her, and Shen hope looked up to find Lin Zheng gently putting the helmet on her.
"Don't tell President Jiang that I know your background yet. After all, the main reason I can guess your identities is because Xiao Shenxi has revealed too much to me recently. And if President Jiang finds out that I know your identities because of your confession tonight, he might blame you."
Shen hope spoke softly, "It's alright if President Jiang blames me, but if I don't tell President Jiang about this..."
"It's not that I won't tell her, it's just that I won't tell her for now. I'll ask her some things in person when I find a good opportunity and time, and I'll make sure she doesn't blame you so she can tell me."
"Did President Jiang tell you that himself? That's impossible."
"Nothing is impossible in this world. Just listen to me. Okay, in any case, the three of us are now in the same boat, which means our relationship has unexpectedly deepened."
Seeing her silent, Lin Zheng blurted out, "Shen hope, who's overloaded with her brain right now, is quite adorable too."
Shen hope retorted arrogantly, "Who's overthinking! I just didn't expect you to be so clever. I'll have to be more careful when I tell you things in the future!"
Lin Zheng joked, "Don't you think I'm incredibly smart again? Even if it's just some petty cleverness?"
Shen hope snorted, said "I'm off," and got on his motorcycle.
Turn off the key to start.
The roar of the engine was deafening.
Lin Zheng suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, when we were eating xiaolongbao that morning, weren't you trying to ask me if I slept well last night?"
Shen hope looked at Lin Zheng in surprise. She had almost forgotten about this matter. Compared to the mess that had happened in the past week, what happened that night was almost insignificant.
Lin Zheng lied again: "Thank you for your concern, Xiao Shenxi. Do you know why I kept interrupting you when you asked me that day? It's a little embarrassing to say, but that night I dreamed about two girls, one was President Jiang, and the other was Xiao Shenxi."
Shen hope's eyes widened: "And then?"
Lin Zheng shrugged: "Then I didn't sleep well because I dreamt about two beautiful women in my dream. I played with you guys all night, so my neck hurts this morning."
Shen Xi scoffed, "What an unrealistic dream. I'm really leaving."
"Bye-bye, the lantern festival is at the end of the month, I'll look for you and President Jiang then."
"Bye-Bye."
Shen hope turned the handlebars, and the motorcycle disappeared in the dark road in a flash.
As Shen hope moved further away, she looked in the rearview mirror at Lin Zheng, who was still standing there, and felt increasingly strange.
The scene that flashed before my eyes was the simple hug he had just given me.
There was also the scene where he used his body and clothes to shield himself during the bar explosion.
What exactly is this feeling? I feel uneasy, like something is scratching at my chest.
After seeing Shen hope off, Lin Zheng's smile gradually faded.
A hint of helplessness crossed his face.
He took out his phone and opened the photos of the bar explosion that had occurred earlier that day. The scale of the explosion was enormous, and the method of detonation was so foolproof.
In the novel, there is only one person who would use this method to kill.
That's Xia Ying.
"I wonder if this can be considered a manifestation of the Great World's correction? I originally thought that as long as Xia Yi didn't die, Xia Ying wouldn't go astray again, but it turns out she still stepped into it with one foot in the door."
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Around 11 p.m., Shen hope returned to the villa and reported everything that had happened that day to Jiang Huaimeng.
However, she did not tell Lin Zheng what he had said to her in the sports car that night, but only told him about his plan to usurp Jiang Huaimeng's position.
Since it was impossible to keep this a secret, and Lin Zheng hadn't told him to keep it a secret, he told him everything.
Surprisingly, Jiang Huaimeng didn't get angry after hearing this; instead, she laughed out loud in a strange way.
Shen hope, fearing that Jiang Huaimeng might misunderstand Lin Zheng and hurt him, said, "President Jiang, I think Young Master Lin's thoughts might not be as simple as they seem. Please don't be angry; his statement about disobeying your orders might simply be due to..."
Jiang Huaimeng interrupted coldly, "Angry? What am I angry about?"
Shen hope was surprised.
Jiang Huaimeng looked out the window and admired this man more and more:
"He doesn't know I'm the leader of this organization. He wants to take my place simply because he doesn't know why I gave that order."
Why get angry simply because his superiors in the organization disagree with his ideas? On the contrary, it makes me feel that my fiancé is extremely ambitious and not easily swayed by others; he always has his own thoughts. Isn't that a special kind of personal charm?
Shen hope was speechless, and even had an idea.
In this situation, is President Jiang, the beast, toying with Young Master Lin, the prey, or is Young Master Lin, the beast, toying with President Jiang, the prey?
The two people are no longer in a one-sided information exchange like before; instead, it has become a situation where I think you don't know me, and you think I don't know your Schrödinger superposition.
Shen Xi asked, "Then, President Jiang, should we let Young Master Lin continue like this, allowing him to further expand his team? And do you want to retract your previous order to clear the area? Because according to Young Master Lin's explanation... there are indeed certain risks involved if we continue like this."
"Take it back? No, I have a better idea!"
Jiang Huaimeng smiled sweetly:
"I don't know why, but I suddenly want to see just how far Lin Zheng can go. Pass the word down: I want to hold a leader re-election meeting next month. All current leaders will be re-ranked and their benefits distributed based on their territory and number of members."
"Wouldn't that make him, this newly appointed minor leader, a prime target for others? The other leaders in the organization will all go and see what he's really capable of."
Jiang Huaimeng reminded:
"Of course, watching the show is one thing, but we can't let anything happen to him. These days, you still need to keep an eye on him secretly, but don't follow him openly like you did today. Otherwise, I'm worried it will arouse his suspicion. Lin Zheng isn't that stupid. Although he didn't say anything about the assassin, he must still have doubts in his heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked you as soon as he was discharged from the hospital."
Shen hope responded, "It's President Jiang."
Jiang Huaimeng picked up her coffee and took a sip with her red lips: "There are still two weeks until the end of the month. I'm really looking forward to the lantern festival at the end of the month. Also, there are only thirty days left until our engagement. Come with me to look at the wedding house again tomorrow."
Shen hope's fingers twitched slightly: "Yes."