Shi Lingyan gently coaxed, "Well, you must answer your big brother’s question honestly."
"This..." Ye Tiao’s face flushed with conflict again, "But I can’t betray a good friend!"
"Did she tell you not to tell me?"
Ye Tiao hesitated for a moment, then after a brief moment, nodded.
"Just...didn’t want you to know, that’s all."
In fact, aside from herself and Ye Tiao, no third party knew the truth.
Occasionally, Ye Tiao would feel proud and fortunate, thinking that maybe she was the only person in this world that Tang Wu could trust. Look, even Shi Lingyan didn’t enjoy such favor!
But as time went on, Ye Tiao could feel it.
It wasn’t that her position was above Shi Lingyan’s, rather... her feelings for Shi Lingyan had changed.
In the past, Tang Wu loved Shi Lingyan, a love that drove Ye Tiao to insane jealousy, but now, it seemed like everything she did was in opposition to him.
Although she didn’t know why, her current hatred for Shi Lingyan was so strong that even the typically thick-skinned Ye Tiao could clearly sense it.
It seemed she really couldn’t just betray her like that; that would be utterly disloyal!
Watching Ye Tiao’s expressions change, Shi Lingyan’s dark eyes grew even more intense as he said softly, "I see."
Ye Tiao hastily nodded like a pecking chicken, saying, "Yes, yes, that’s exactly it!"
Shi Lingyan took back the photograph he had just taken out, gently caressed her face with his fingertip, and murmured, "I understand now."
If it wasn’t the case, she could have simply cut it short and said no.
But Ye Tiao’s every reply was evasive, dodging the truth.
This was already the best answer.
Ye Tiao, still out of the loop, felt more and more confused by what Shi Lingyan was saying and asked cautiously, "You...what do you understand?"
Shi Lingyan shook his head slightly and said in a soft voice, "You should go back."
Ye Tiao felt an unsettling brevity, as if she lacked any foundation.
What did he understand?
Did he know that Senior Sister was Tang Wu?
She hadn’t said anything!
So, what exactly did he understand?
Dammit, this is so confusing!
Yet Ye Tiao didn’t dare to ask directly, gave a light cough, and said, "So, I’m leaving?"
Ye Tiao, looking at Shi Lingyan’s inscrutable profile, felt even more uneasy and asked again, "I’m really leaving now?"
Shi Lingyan looked up, glancing at her, "I will invest in the branch."
"Cough..." She wasn’t lingering over this matter, okay!
She had a feeling something was off.
Ye Tiao wanted to say more, but Shi Lingyan had already sat back down, his gaze falling on the computer screen in front of him.
Ye Tiao had no choice but to leave.
But upon departing the SW building, the more she thought about it, the more she felt like she had done something wrong.
The more she thought, the more disconcerted she became. Ye Tiao hurriedly ran to the Shi Family home, dragged Shi Mei out, and relayed everything that had happened, verbatim.
Shi Mei frowned in uncertainty, looking at her and asking, "Did you really say nothing?"
Ye Tiao shook her head vigorously, as if it might snap off, "I didn’t say anything, I really didn’t!"
Suddenly, Ye Tiao realized something, gritted her teeth, and said angrily, "I get it now, this must be Shi Lingyan’s counter-intelligence scheme! First, he uses the promise of profit to lull me, to create the illusion that I’ve betrayed you, and then, hmph, that’s just despicable!"
"No, that’s not right." Shi Mei shook her head, extremely certain.
She knew Shi Lingyan all too well.
To deal with someone like Ye Tiao, there was no need for any counter-intelligence strategy.
Certainly, Ye Tiao said something out of turn at some point and he caught some loophole.
But what exactly had he discovered?
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