However, this time it might have been because everything happened too quickly, or perhaps because Qin Jinchuan’s impact on her was too overwhelming.
Therefore, even amidst the chaos, Ye Yuning did not overlook Qin Jinchuan’s meeting with Xiao Linye at noon.
All the way back to Shanyu Pavilion, Ye Yuning watched him with a troubled gaze several times.
While waiting for the traffic light, Xiao Linye also looked towards her, and their eyes met.
Ye Yuning hurriedly averted her gaze!
However, Xiao Linye had already noticed her hesitation and pressed her hand onto the gear stick. "What do you want to say?" ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝙣𝙚𝙩
Ye Yuning, "I wanted to ask..."
Finally, she looked at Xiao Linye. "Do you really not know Young Master Qin?"
Xiao Linye, "I just met him today!"
She remembered asking Xiao Linye before, and he had said twice that he didn’t know him. Now when asked, he said he met him just today.
It seemed like there was nothing wrong with that.
"What’s the matter?" Xiao Linye interrupted her thoughts.
Ye Yuning shook her head, "Nothing, it’s nothing!"
Though she said it was nothing, her heart was clenched with this matter all afternoon.
She was terribly afraid that Xiao Linye had deceived her.
After all, if there was deception, it would imply unspeakable reasons behind it.
She had already deceived him, so she hoped he wouldn’t deceive her in turn.
Xiao Linye, "You saw us at noon?"
Ye Yuning nodded, "Yes, I saw. You two seemed quite familiar with each other."
"We’re not close. As you know, because of Third Master Xiao, the relationship between the Qin Family and the Xiao Family is currently quite tense."
Xiao Qiye had returned because of the shady dealings between Third Master Xiao and the Qin Family.
"Then why are you getting to know him? Don’t let it affect you."
Since the relationship between the two families was already that bad, Ye Yuning naturally did not wish Xiao Linye to get entangled in it.
Especially since that Qin Jinchuan was so terrible...!
To Ye Yuning, it was not easy for Xiao Linye to achieve his current status with the Xiao Corporation in Upper City.
Through her interactions, she found him to be unsmiling, but she could tell he was a man of simple character.
He mustn’t be outwitted by Qin Jinchuan!
After all, the Qin Family had suffered a major loss in their dealings with the Xiao Family this time, and it was entirely possible they were biding their time for revenge.
Xiao Linye raised his eyebrows, sensing her concern for him, his expression softening somewhat. "Qiye asked me to meet him. Don’t worry."
"Is that so? Then you must be careful not to fall for their tricks. The boss said that none of the Qin Family are good people."
Xiao Linye squeezed her small hand, his grip tightening slightly. He hummed softly, "In your boss’s eyes, who is a good person?"
Who is a good person?
Well, the people she knew best were mostly business associates, and she only had a few friends. As for business associates, it was mostly about benefits; whether they were good people or not didn’t seem to matter much. But why had she already formed such a judgment about the Xiao Corporation in her heart? In the end, it was all because her personal grudges were too deep! The incident with Xiao Shuo was just the spark, and Qiye’s exploitation left her utterly speechless.
"Are you that eager to go back to Manlang?" Xiao Linye asked her.
He was finally starting to get a hint as to why she had been in such a rush to work overtime today.
Ye Yuning nodded, "Yes, very much so!"
"The Xiao Corporation can offer you a much better future than Manlang. And it’s not as obsessed with overtime as you think; you’ve misunderstood."
Xiao Linye did not want Ye Yuning to go back to Manlang.
In the eyes of the Ye Family’s adopted daughter, the Xiao Corporation wasn’t good. Likewise, to the Xiao Corporation, Boss Ye was hardly a saint herself...
Ye Yuning, "Overtime or not, I want to go back to Manlang. I’m just used to it there."
Unable to find a more suitable reason, she simply attributed it to habit.
However, Xiao Linye said, "It’s uncertain whether Manlang can even continue to exist this time. You should be mentally prepared."
At his words, Ye Yuning’s breath caught.
Her pupils shrank as she looked at Xiao Linye. It was the second time he had said something to her.
"Did Young Master Qin say anything to you today?" she asked, suppressing her emotions.
Xiao Linye, "His dealings with your boss are not that simple. Your boss has run into big trouble this time."
’Not that simple.’ That alone was a significant piece of information.
Now Xiao Linye was saying that her boss had run into big trouble. This news was even more shocking to Ye Yuning.
But she just didn’t understand.
"How are things between him and our boss ’not simple’? That arranged marriage was just a consensus reached between the Qin Family and the Ye Family. He and our boss hadn’t even met before that!"
To be exact, she herself had only met Qin Jinchuan recently. For this to escalate into major trouble... it was just preposterous!
She felt that things might not be as simple as they seemed and looked at Xiao Linye tentatively. "Does he hate our boss?"
Hate? That was even more preposterous!
Ye Yuning felt that if Qin Jinchuan hated her, it would be utterly unreasonable.
Yet, in the face of something so seemingly unreasonable, Xiao Linye nodded.
He said, "Yes, he hates her."
This was... Now she really didn’t know how to describe Qin Jinchuan. "Truly more inexplicable than Qiye."