In the quiet office, Ji Lingtian sat behind his desk, his eyebrows slightly raised, thoughtfully.
His capable subordinate Xiao Jian walked in from outside, bowed and called softly, "Mr. Ji."
Ji Lingtian raised his eyes from his deep thoughts and glanced at his subordinates, "How?"
Xiao Jian replied, "Nothing was found."
Ji Lingtian narrowed his eyes and squinted at his subordinates, "Can't find anything at all?"
Xiao Jian nodded, "Qiao Si's call records have obviously been processed, and we can't find out who she contacted on her mobile phone."
Ji Lingtian's deep eyes became gloomy, as if he was lost in thought again.
"Mr. Ji, in your opinion, what is the relationship between Mr. Guan and Qiao Si?"
Ji Lingtian shook his head.
Even he can't figure it out...
What exactly is Guan Hao thinking?
He and Qu Ranran are already together, so why are they involved with Qiao Si?
Bah...bah...
The phone vibrated.
Ji Lingtian came back to his senses, picked up his phone and glanced at the screen.
After catching a glimpse of the number displayed on the screen, Ji Lingtian waved his hand to signal his subordinates to leave.
:Xiao Jian quietly retreated.
After his subordinates left, Ji Lingtian pressed the answer button.
He did not speak, but waited for the other party to speak.
At this second, the phone began to hear the voice of the other party, which was deliberately made to look like a robot, "Ling Tian."
Ji Lingtian said nothing.
"You also know that the time I have given you is already very long, and my patience is running out... Tell me, how much longer will it take?"
Ji Lingtian replied coldly, "You should know better than me how difficult Guan Hao is to deal with."
The robot voice came, "I believe in your mind. Any weakness that seizes Guan Hao should be clear to you. However, you have spent so much time without letting me see the results, which makes me wonder if you have already
Are you starting to miss the brotherhood between you and Guan Hao?"
"From the day my mother chose Guan Hao and turned me away, I no longer have any family ties with them."
"In that case, don't make me wait any longer... You also know that I don't have much patience. If you continue to deal with me like this, I'm afraid I will do something I don't want to do. Then what will happen to you?
I'm afraid I will spend half my life in prison."
"I'll do it as soon as possible."
"Ling Tian, it's actually very simple to deal with Guan Hao. Just grasp his weak point. I once told you that he is invincible in his career. His only weak point is women."
"I have been following what you said, trying to destroy the relationship between Guan Hao and Qu Ranran, and also trying to get close to Qu Ranran. Although there has been no obvious result, at least Qu Ranran has a good impression of me."
"For more than a year, all you have done is to make Qu Ranran have a good impression of you, but you still feel that it is quite effective? Ling Tian, when Qu Ranran was with you, you had so many opportunities
You can use her to blackmail Guan Hao, why don’t you do that?”
Ji Lingtian replied slowly, "That's because I couldn't be sure at that time whether Guan Hao cared about Qu Ranran. I didn't want to hurt innocent people."
"Do you not want to hurt innocent people, or do you not want to hurt Qu Ranran?" The robot's voice was deep and full of anger, "What I want is not your romance."
"I am not in a relationship. Regarding Qu Ranran, I have always regarded her as Guan Hao's weakness."
The machine voice obviously questioned, "You only regard Qu Ranran as Guan Hao's weakness. I can't see that completely, right? The first time you saw Qu Ranran, you had clearly scratched a knife mark on Qu Ranran's chest.
In the end, you didn't take action, which shows that you couldn't bear it when you first saw Qu Ranran."
Ji Lingtian fell silent.
"Ling Tian, you once seized on Guan Hao's weakness, but failed to take advantage of it. Because of your personal feelings for Qu Ranran, it took longer and longer for me to succeed. This time I originally
I want to teach you a lesson, but when a new opportunity comes, I find that I still need you."
"What opportunity?" Ji Lingtian asked calmly.
"Grab Guan Haoxin's weakness."
"New weakness?" Ji Lingtian was confused, "You mean Qiao Si?"
"Yes, she is now Guan Hao's most important woman."
"I think you have seen the clues between Guan Hao and Qiao Si."
Ji Lingtian was silent for a moment, and then answered, "I also found out that Qiao Si has Guan Hao's child, and Guan Hao has already let Qiao Si keep the child behind Qu Ranran's back."
"It seems that it's time to shift your focus from Qu Ranran."
"Well, I know how to do it."
The machine voice finally reminded, "This is the last bit of my patience. I want you to make a quick decision. If you can't give me a satisfactory answer again, I think you know what the consequences will be."
…
After ending the call, Ji Lingtian threw the phone on the table.
Yes, for so many years, his handle has always been in the hands of this person who he still doesn't know whether he is a man or a woman or how old he is.
This mysterious man is translated into English as mystery-man, so he has always called him "m" in secret.
He has been caught by "m" for so many years, but he has never been able to find out the true identity of "m", which shows what a wise and cunning person "m" is.
However, as "m" mentioned, Qiao Si is now the person Guan Hao cares about the most, and he disagrees.
I don’t know if he loves Qu Ranran preconceivedly, so he feels that no woman in the world can compare with Qu Ranran, so he doesn’t think Guan Hao will give up Qu Ranran for Qiao Si. After all, Guan Hao loves Qu Ranran.
His feelings have always been traceable.
He didn't refute "m" at that time because he felt he should just go with the flow...
"m" has always hoped that he would use Qu Ranran to deal with Guan Hao, but he has never done so. The fundamental reason is indeed as "m" said, he is unwilling to hurt Qu Ranran...
Now that "m" wants him to change his target, it is obvious that "m" believes that Qu Ranran has lost its use value, so he finally no longer has to worry that "m" will force him to hurt Qu Ranran in order to blackmail Guan Hao.
Already.
Although he was forced by "m" to deal with Guan Hao, he couldn't deny that he had always wanted to have a real competition with Guan Hao. This time, just treat him as the one who started the duel with Guan Hao... Wait for him
After defeating Guan Hao, dealing with "M", and getting Qu Ranran, he believed that these would not be difficult.
Thinking of this, Ji Lingtian picked up the mobile phone on the table and dialed a series of numbers.
"Mr. Ji." His subordinates called him respectfully on their mobile phones.
"I want to see Joss. I need to find a few people in New York to 'bring' her to me."
"yes."
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New York.
On a pleasant afternoon, Qiao Si sat in the living room and read a parenting book.
Suddenly, a doorbell sounded from the door.
Qiao Si immediately put down the parenting book, stood up and went to open the door.
The moment she opened the door, she was slightly startled, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face, "Guan Hao."
"I have something to tell you."
Qiao Si quickly opened the door wide and said, "Come in."
Guan Hao then walked into Qiao Si's apartment.
Qiao Si asked excitedly, "Did you come back from Y City today?"
Guan Hao walked all the way to the floor-to-ceiling window of Qiao Si's apartment and responded softly, "Yeah."
Qiao Si walked up to Guan Hao and asked, "Where's aunt? I saw on TV that she went to Y City with you to celebrate President Ji. Didn't you come back with aunt?"
Guan Hao said lightly, "I have already sent her home."
Hearing what Guan Hao said, Qiao Si's excited face suddenly dimmed, and she lowered her eyes in disappointment, "It seems that aunt is really angry with me."
Instead of comforting Qiao Si, Guan Hao said coldly, "There are some things you need to explain to me."
Qiao Si suddenly raised her eyes, "Huh?"
Guan Hao turned around and fixed his cold eyes on Qiao Si's young and beautiful face, "On the day when Qu Ranran was about to return to Alton, did you make an appointment with her?"
When he went to City Y this time, because he was worried about her staying alone in New York, he secretly sent someone to protect her at all times. Only then did he find out that she and Qiao Si had contact.
Knowing that Guan Hao would know about this sooner or later, Qiao Si took a breath and nodded gently, "Yes, I made an appointment with Miss Qu behind your back that day."
Guan Hao's eyes turned cold as he looked at Qiao Si.
Qiao Si lowered her eyes and said calmly, "I knew you would go to the airport to intercept Miss Qu that day. I just wanted to help you let Miss Qu stay."
The expression on Guan Hao's face was still serious, "What did you say to her?"
Qiao Si answered truthfully, "I lied to her and said that when I was with Aunt, I accidentally learned that her mother's death was related to Aunt. I knew that when she heard me say this, she would not leave New York with peace of mind...
"
A trace of anger passed through Guan Hao's dark eyes, "Who allowed you to lie to her like this?"
Qiao Si raised her eyes and looked into Guan Hao's angry eyes, and slowly said, "If I hadn't lied like this to trick Miss Qu into staying, do you think Miss Qu would really get back together with you?"
Guan Hao stared at Qiao Si with his hawk-like black eyes.
Qiao Si's voice was slightly choked, "In the year we dated, even though you didn't really invest in me, I always looked forward to the future between you and me... I know that you often go to Alton to find Qu
Miss, but I always thought that maybe you were just thinking about the child in Miss Qu’s belly, and you didn’t care about Miss Qu herself. But later, when Miss Qu gave birth to the child, you still flew to Alton... Guan Hao, actually
I'm not stupid. Our wedding caused such a farce. I know that you planned it for Qu Ranran. Although I am very sad, I know that emotional matters cannot be forced, so I will not be angry with you.
When you were with Qu Ranran in Alton those days, I was always wondering whether you and Miss Qu would get back together. Later I found out that you came back alone. I was really surprised at the time, because
It’s hard for me to imagine that there are people in this world that you can’t do anything about. When I was feeling sad for you, I also heard that Miss Qu took the initiative to come to New York to find you for the sake of her children. At that time, I was thinking, if you can stay
It would have been nice to live with Miss Qu, but that day I accompanied my uncle to Haotian to find you, and overheard you telling Zou Ji about preventing Miss Qu from going to the airport. Only then did I realize that Miss Qu still hadn't forgiven you.
...As a woman, I can understand Miss Qu's persistence after the injury, but I feel sorry for your good intentions for Miss Qu..."
After listening to Qiao Si's explanation, Guan Hao's indifferent tone remained the same, "Is that why you made an appointment with Qu Ranran?"
Qiao Si nodded slightly, "Yes."
Guan Hao's sharp eyes shone on Qiao Si's face, "So, what did you say when you met yesterday?"
Qiao Si's tone was still slow and light, "Yesterday, I actually wanted to test Miss Qu to see whether she stayed to investigate her mother's affairs or whether she stayed for you."
“You don’t need to ask about these!!”
"Of course I want to ask... That day you came to the hospital and asked me to keep the child. It gave me hope again and made me think that there was still a chance between us, so I couldn't help but want to know whether there was anything between you and Qu Ranran.
There are cracks...I admit that the tone I spoke to Qu Ranran that day was very bad, but I didn't have any upper hand. She choked me speechless when she said she had given birth to a successor for you..."
When she said the last words, Qiao Si was so choked that she could not speak.
Looking at Qiao Si's slightly red eyes, Guan Hao's cold handsome face softened slightly, but his tone was still without a hint of gentleness, "Take care of yourself, I don't want to see anyone doing little things behind my back."
Qiao Si took a deep breath, suppressed the pain in her heart, and replied, "Don't worry, I can't."
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Qu Ranran is taking a nap...
In her sleep, she felt someone touching her lips. The warm lips and the familiar breath made Qu Ranran slowly open her long eyelashes...
Guan Hao had already left her lips at this moment and stared deeply at her sleepy face.
Seeing her familiar handsome face in a daze, Qu Ranran gradually came to her senses, rubbed her eyes to make sure she had seen correctly, she sat up quickly and vomited happily, "Are you back?"
Guan Hao sat on the edge of the bed and did not answer Qu Ranran. The expression on his face did not change much, and his eyes were still focused on her.
Qu Ranran suddenly reached out and hugged Guan Hao, "I miss you so much..." She leaned on his shoulder and hugged him very tightly, feeling his breath and the warmth of his body.
However, there was something slightly wrong with the atmosphere today, because after Qu Ranran waited for a long time, Guan Hao did not hug her back.
Qu Ranran finally slowly let go of Guan Hao, looked at Guan Hao's handsome and gentle face, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Guan Hao watched Qu Ranran's eyes slowly turn dark, and suddenly said, "If Qiao Si hadn't lied to you that there was a secret behind your mother's death, would you have stayed here?"
"Liar?" Qu Ranran was shocked, "Is she lying to me?"
"You should have gone through every drawer in my study, trying to find any evidence that I might have inadvertently put in my home about my mother's dealings with your mother."
Early this morning, she knew he would be back tonight, so she went to his study to search, but found nothing.
"I……"
"Ran Ran, are you really so dismissive of my promise?" Guan Hao's eyes were hurt and his tone was hoarse.
Unable to deny that she did not keep his promise in her heart, Qu Ranran slowly lowered his eyes.
"Ha..." Guan Hao smiled sarcastically, "You were with me that night. It turned out that you just didn't want to accompany me to Y City the next day to announce our reunion in front of the whole world... Ran Ran, it turns out that I will too.
Sometimes when I was naive, I thought you were really willing to let go of the past..."
Qu Ranran endured the pain in her heart and said, "You also lied to me, didn't you?"
"Yeah?"
Qu Ranran raised her eyes and said, "You said you and Qiao Si didn't have a relationship, but the fact is that she is already pregnant with your child."
Their eyes met, and his expression was stiff and cold.
The love and tenderness in his eyes these days are slowly disappearing...
Why did he come to question her? Isn't she the one who should question him?
Guan Hao spoke calmly through his teeth, "If you have questions, why don't you ask me? If you don't believe what I say, why do you pretend to love deeply?"
Qu Ranran struggled to hold back the tears that burst out of her eyes, "Yes, I am pretending to love you deeply. As early as the day I flew from Y City to Alton alone, I no longer have any illusions about you..."
There was an eternal silence between them.
Finally, Guan Hao laughed darkly, his laughter sounded so sarcastic and so low.
"I never thought you were so reluctant to be with me... I'm sorry, I always don't take your feelings into consideration. This time, I won't stop you anymore. Your mother's incident is just a fabrication made by Qiao Si.
I will prove to you that it is not the truth, and after you know the truth, you can leave at any time."