Chapter 701 - Potential Stock’ That Was Underperforming (1/2)

Zhai Hua might be tough, but she became teary-eyed at Zhai Sheng’s lecture. “Actually, Wei De is really good. He is not as bad as you said. I don’t deny that Wei De has his opinions on this, but you can’t blame him for what I have done.”

Zhai Hua was in a panic. She had pushed Zhai Sheng too hard and resulted in him having a bad impression of Wei De.

Zhai Hua was anxious and frustrated that her efforts turned out to be counterproductive, but she could do nothing about it.

“Please, Zhai Sheng. This is the only time that I am begging you in this life. Wei De’s mom is sick and she is in serious condition. If his mom knows that Wei De has good future prospects, she will be happy and it will be good for her illness. Zhai Sheng, please help me this one time. I promise that I will treat Qiao Nan as my younger sister after this. I will treat her better than how I treat you. I can promise that this will never change no matter what happens in the future. Is that alright?”

Zhai Hua took a deep breath. This was her last-ditch effort. She did not want to give up and she could not give up as well.

Once she gave up today, she would have to give up her many years of relations.h.i.+p with Wei De sooner or later. She could not bear to let go.

Zhai Hua knew that Qiao Nan was Zhai Sheng’s only Achilles’ heel. Apart from bringing up Qiao Nan, anything else that she said would be useless. Qiao Nan was the only hope that she and Wei De had.

Zhai Hua smiled bitterly. She did so many things that had disappointed Zhai Sheng and she had been unpleasant to Qiao Nan. But at the crucial time, she could only rely on Qiao Nan when she had a favor to ask of Zhai Sheng.

Now that she thought about it, it was unnecessary for her to be indifferent and suspicious of Qiao Nan.

Zhai Hua might not have said so, but she knew that Qiao Nan would have a brighter future than Wei De.

Gender equality existed in the society they lived in. Seeing that women had better development than men, the latter would be discouraged, thinking they were worse than their female counterparts.

“Are you sure?” Zhai Sheng softened his tone since Zhai Hua had changed her att.i.tude toward him.

One must be humble if one had a favor to ask of others.

Zhai Hua used to adopt a bossy att.i.tude with Zhai Sheng. He was not Qiao Nan. He was not willing to accede to her request or go along with her att.i.tude. He did not have to do this. It should be the man from the other family who had to take this att.i.tude of Zhai Hua.

“I am sure.”

“It’s impossible for him to work under me. But you said that what he lacks is an opportunity. I can do something about this. Today, I received an order from the higher-ups. The mission is very dangerous. If your boyfriend is capable, this will be a great chance for him. But don’t try to be individualistic and hog the credit. In the army, what matters most is teamwork. Do you understand? If the mission fails because of him, and his comrades are implicated, I do not have to remind you what the consequences are. I am sure you know there will be no place for him in the army. On the contrary, if he really has the ability, I will not stand in his way. Instead, I will be willing to go easy on him such that he can be promoted.”

But what mattered most was that Wei De must have the capability and he could not make any mistakes.

If Wei De was able to do that, Zhai Sheng would be able to push for his promotion.

As for other matters, Zhai Sheng was not willing to give him any leeway.

“What is the mission?”

“Drugs.”