Chapter 696 — Visiting An Liwen
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"Chen Yuxuan, I hope you can see yourself clearly. The gap between us is too great; we're not suited to each other." Qiu Lingshan knew what was in Chen Yuxuan's heart; she simply had not expected that after all these years he still could not let go.
"Not suited..." Chen Yuxuan sighed. Qiu Lingshan was not about to give him the slightest chance!
"Do you think you could ever beat me?" Qiu Lingshan lifted her head and fixed her eyes on Chen Yuxuan. "I've told you before, I don't like men who are weaker than I am. When have you ever been assertive in front of me? Not once! Every time you're so spineless—either asking whether I have time, or asking whether you have a chance. Look at what you've done! If you really had strength, then be assertive once and let me see it!"
Assertive... Chen Yuxuan sighed again. How could I be assertive? You're a late Yellow rank expert; I'm only early Yellow rank. How am I supposed to be assertive? Wouldn't you just kick me flying?
Seeing Chen Yuxuan say nothing, Qiu Lingshan shook her head. Weaker than her he might be, but he had never even had the heart to be assertive—he did not even dare to imagine it! That kind of temperament was simply not something Qiu Lingshan could accept. Even if she did accept it, bringing him back to the Song family would probably make her a laughingstock; people who didn't know better would think she had taken a live-in husband!
If this were Wei Zhao, he would probably have exploded long ago! But then... if it were Wei Zhao, would she dare ask him such a stupid question as "could you ever beat me"? Probably not... Wei Zhao would certainly throw that "brain-dead girl" nickname right back at her.
A wave of grievance washed over Qiu Lingshan. Comparing yourself to others was enough to make you die of frustration—she was such a forceful person, so how was it that Wei Zhao trampled her until she had not a spark of temper left? Never mind. She still needed him to crack the case... Qiu Lingshan consoled herself.
An Liwen looked at Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan, who had suddenly appeared in his hospital room, and misery flooded his heart! It seemed the police outside had not lied to him—the harvesting ring really was finished. Otherwise, Qiu Lingshan could never be standing here safe and sound!
Still, it was just as well. Qiu Lingshan did not know that he was in fact the head of the harvesting ring; otherwise he would not be lying in a hospital bed right now.
"Jianwen, what happened to you? How did you run into something like this?" Chen Yuxuan found the whole thing frankly incredible. When a harvesting ring picked its targets, surely it would not pick a rich young man like An Liwen, driving his sports car? Weren't they afraid of the uproar it would cause afterward?
"I don't know either... Last night, after dinner, I was feeling low. You know I've always had a secret crush on Gu Mengyao, but my confession plan failed yesterday, so I wanted to walk the streets alone to clear my head. Then I fell asleep by the roadside, and when I woke up I knew nothing at all..." An Liwen's account was part truth, part lie. He was not afraid Qiu Lingshan would suspect him—Chen Yuxuan could vouch for him, after all. Yesterday's banquet had indeed broken up on a sour note...