231 Do You Have the Capital? (2/2)

He was standing too close for her comfort, and Lin Nuan wanted to step back, but Lu Jinnan gripped her arm in a flash and stopped her from moving. He stared at her darkly from the side of his eyes and said, ”This is classified information that I've just brought over from Jincheng to Haicheng… Shady information that was supposed to be kept confidential as it can be used against him—the new guy in office! With this information, not only can your father be saved, even your second uncle's life can be spared, and he can also retain his position at work!”

Stunned, Lin Nuan looked at the file Lu Jinnan had wedged under his arm. She could imagine how important the information in the file was just by those words.

Her heart started racing.

Lu Jinnan observed Lin Nuan's expression changing and was satisfied with the reaction he had gotten from her. He let go of her arm and sneered, raising his brows. ”Are you still intending to act all virtuous?”

Lu Jinnan could have chosen not to mention it to Lin Nuan. In fact, he had intended to leave immediately after dropping off the file.

But he recalled his conversation with Fu Huai'an just as he saw Lin Nuan coming down the stairs. ”You've done so much for her, are the two of you intending to get married?” He had asked Fu Huai'an.

Fu Huai'an smiled and said, ”Lin Nuan is too guarded, so I can only take it one step at a time.”

Lu Jinnan was afraid that Fu Huai'an was doing all of it in vain. What if Lin Nuan decided to act virtuous and cast Fu Huai'an aside after resolving her family's crisis? It was a pain that Lu Jinnan had experienced before. He felt that all women were hard to grasp and that they were all scheming and weren't as harmless as they looked.

Instead of an ambiguous and vague relationship, Lu Jinnan thought it would be better to openly declare the terms and conditions, making it something like a business deal, where both parties would get to benefit.

”Once you use this confidential information to save your father and second uncle, the person in question is bound to trace the source of the leak.” Lu Jinnan raised the file in his hand. ”Other than his most trusted aides, the only one who could have gained access to the data must be the law firm that handled them in the first place. Don't you think that Fu has taken a huge risk to help you? You can't just benefit at the expense of others and keep taking advantage of them, don't you agree?”