After the people left for a while, Lin Bufan went to close the door, watching the gift on Shen Jue’s knee as he spoke,
"It’s quite surprising that Miss Rong Qingqing could notice something off about the Seventh Uncle. Of course, the thing that surprises me the most is, knowing that the Seventh Uncle belongs to Shen Xingwei, Miss Rong Qingqing would still talk to the boss about it."
"How can you be sure it’s not a diversion tactic between her and Shen Xingwei? How certain are you that the Seventh Uncle is just a useless pawn to them?"
Shen Jue reminded Lin Bufan, "Don’t underestimate anyone, including a woman."
Shen Jue and his father underestimated the ruthlessness of the Second House, which is why they ended up in such dire straits, one dead and one crippled.
"True." Lin Bufan nodded, then asked, "Boss, don’t you want to open the gift to see what it is? Do you want me to help you open it?"
Shen Jue glanced at Lin Bufan with an unfriendly tone, "My hand’s not crippled."
After he spoke, Shen Jue opened the paper bag that Rong Qingqing placed on his knee and took out what’s inside.
Lin Bufan’s eyes were fixed on the striking burgundy color, and after two seconds, he couldn’t hold it in and chuckled, then burst into laughter.
"Boss, this tie is really festive." Lin Bufan complimented insincerely.
Shen Jue, with a dark face, stuffed the tie back into the bag.
"Boss, don’t you think Miss Rong Qingqing is hinting at something?" Lin Bufan’s imagination ran wild.
"A burgundy tie, an engagement party tonight. Boss, is Miss Rong Qingqing suggesting that your engagement party with her should also be scheduled?"
"In her dreams!" Shen Jue gritted his teeth, "I will not marry her."
Lin Bufan made an "oh" sound and, after thinking about it, advised, "If Miss Rong Qingqing isn’t the type of person we suspect, she’s actually not bad. She’s obedient, sensible, knows the bigger picture, is pretty, and has a somewhat cute personality, so she’s quite good."
"I won’t marry her, whoever I marry." After saying that, Shen Jue tossed the tie to Lin Bufan, "Throw it away, don’t let me see it again!"
Just as Shen Jue finished speaking, his phone rang.
It was a call from Zhang Tan.
Zhang Tan took only one morning to investigate everything that Shen Qiao had encountered at school over the past six months. As soon as he returned to his office, Zhang Tan first called Shen Jue.
"The leaders of the rumors defaming Qiaoqiao are mostly her classmates, and some are from other classes in the same school.
The time was roughly a few days after Shen Gaizhuo took over as President of the Shen Group, with Shen Xingwei becoming the General Manager. These rumors gradually spread from a few people’s mouths and then moved on from ten to a hundred."
"Most of Qiaoqiao’s original school friends avoided her because of these rumors. There were one or two who were still friendly with her, but they were privately threatened by a few leaders in the school restroom, so they cut ties with Qiaoqiao. After that, Qiaoqiao was completely isolated at school."
"Initially, people only dared to whisper that Qiaoqiao was a jinx, but later, seeing that Qiaoqiao was completely isolated,
those students became bold, starting to say some unpleasant things in front of Qiaoqiao, provoking her."
"At first, Qiaoqiao would argue with them, but after a few disputes, she was scolded by the teacher twice for arguing with classmates, and eventually, Qiaoqiao just let it go."