Chapter 102 (2/2)
You knohat I want, fatherYou knowYou've just chosen to ignore itYou've ignored it for years
”I want my own life,” Zhou Qin said coldly, ”not the life of a puppet”
Silence fell in the carZhou Keqiang had a pensive look on his faceSeconds later, Zhou Keqiang laughed”It's because of that Li Yundong, isn't it?”
Zhou Qin frowned”This has nothing to do with hi shook his head and sighed”I thought you were smarter than this, QinqinA woman of your status should always seek to secure your positionOtherwise you'll be destroyed! You know that!”
Zhou Qin chuckled”Really? Scare tactics? Is that the best you've got?” Zhou Qin glared at her father”I' to say this one last timeI will not marry He ShaoI'd rather die than marry that brute”
Zhou Qin reached for the door
”Aren't you forgetting sohter! Everything you have came from me! Which means you have a duty to this family! To me!”
Zhou Qin stilled her hand and turned in her seat to regard her father coldly”Is that a threat, Deputy Governor Zhou? That you'll take everything away fro the role as your little pawn?”
”Watch what you're saying” Zhou Keqiang growled
”Or else what? You're going to disown hed derisively”Go ahead then! Disownaway! Believe or not, I can do without your naet to live a life of a hu, not a puppet!”
Zhou Qin reached for the door again
”Wait” Zhou Keqiang's voice
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”I want you to listen to soo”
Zhou Qin lowered her hand fro suspiciouslySeconds later, Zhou Keqiang tossed a phone at Zhou Qin
Zhou Qin glanced at the screen and saw that there was an ongoing call to Secretary Liu's phoneThe loudspeaker was turned on
Seconds later, Secretary Liu's voice sounded fro?”
”Yes, I amCan I help you?”
”I'm Deputy Governor Zhou's secretaryCan I speak to you in private? It won't take long”
Zhou Qin glared at Zhou Keqiang”You're sha sneered”Shaarding Li Yundong's true nature?” Zhou Keqiang s up the phone if you don't want to know”
Zhou Qin stared at the phone in her handShe didn't end the call
Li Yundong stopped short thehi a pristine suit and a pair of gold wire glasses approaching hihtMo, his leather briefcase brushi+ng against Li Yundong's left kneeThis was one of those men who came into the lecture hall with Zhou Qin's father earlier
”Are you Li Yundong?” the htlyWhat does he want fro about this”Yes, I amCan I help you?”
”I'm Deputy Governor Zhou's secretaryCan I speak to you in private? It won't take long”
Had Zhou Qin gotten into trouble with her dad because she tried to clean up Li Yundong's ? Only one way to find out
”Sure,” Li Yundong said, his eyes never leaving the secretaryThen, Li Yundong turned to Su Chan”Wait here for me, okay? Don't run off on your own”
Su Chan nodded obediently
Li Yundong turned to the secretary again”After you, sir”
The secretary led Li Yundong to the gazebo beyond the copse of trees, which didn't surprise Li Yundong at all; it was the only place on ca chose to stand at the edge of the gazebo's deck, leaning his hips against the baluster with his arms crossed in front of his chestThe secretary stood in the center of the deck, surveying the gazebo's architecture
”AhTiannan University do have nice facilities despite not being a popular university”
Li Yundong narrowed his eyesJust get to the point already
”SoI take it you're well-acquainted with Zhou Qin?”
Li Yundong nodded”We're friends”
The secretary nodded a few tiazebo”Nice view out here, don't you think? Reminds me of my own campus life”
”With all due respect, sir,” Li Yundong said sharply”I'd prefer it if you stop beating around the bush”
The secretary paused in his perusal and turned around”Tsk, tsk, tskYoung people these daysSo i pushed himself away from the baluster”One would think a respectable career man such as yourself would know the value of ti suppressed a smirk when he saw the look of surprise on the secretary's faceI bet not many people dare to speak to him this way, let alone a mere student
The secretary cleared his throat”Fine, thenI'll get right to the point” The secretary adjusted his glasses”Howfrowned”Excuse me?”
The secretary opened his briefcase and pulled out a checkbook”You heard me the first timeHow much money for you to leave Zhou Qin?” He then took out a pen frohed”Leave her? We were never together in the first place!”
”100 thousand?”
Li Yundong stopped laughing and leveled a cold stare at the ether, sirSo keep your money”
The secretary smirked, then nodded a few ti snapped”I have noturned around and storazebo
”Hey! Co to turn away free nored his voice and kept walking
”Fine, then1 million!!”
Inside the Audi A6, Zhou Qin stared at the phone, her hand tre with trepidationThis hat her father was best at—using lanced up froly
”Soon you will see that this Li Yundong is just like any other ritted her teeth
”You think he's special, don't you? Isn't that why you fancy him in the first place? Because you think he sees past your wealth and status?”
Her father reached over to pull the phone out of her handZhou Qin let hi once and for all” Her father chuckled, then waved the phone in front of her face”I' to prove to you that all ht as well be with soround”
”Fine, then1 ht in her throatThe ensuing silence seemed to stretch on forever
”AhNow you're ready to talk, young man”