Zhou Capital
“Lily is coming.” Zhou Jingren said as he sat on his leather chair, his gaze straight towards the man sitting opposite him. “If you want to tell me something, then you better do it before she arrives.”
Xuan Hui let out a sigh, he lowered his head for a few seconds before speaking, “A few days back… Qin Fei met with Lily.”
“Hmmm.”
“She said Lily bullied her and wanted me to do something about it.” He chuckled before he lifted his head and stared at Zhou Jingren. “I told her I couldn’t do anything and we got into a fight.”
“You are not here because of your wife?” Zhou Jingren’s gaze darted towards the steaming hot coffee in front of him. “What do you want?”
“Protection.”
“From whom?”
“I don’t know.” Xuan Hui shrugged. “Qin Fei thought that I was trying to get my revenge against Lily. Now… don’t get me wrong. I hate her for ruining my family but… revenge— I cannot do that. Not when I have a small child waiting for me every night.” He cleared his throat before he took a sip of his coffee. “This argument stemmed from the fact that she heard me talking to someone a few nights back.”
Zhou Jingren raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to say something more.
“It was Qi Xia… then it was a man named Mr. Zhuo Huifang. They told me they knew Lily ruined my family. They wanted me to cooperate with them. Said, they rallied people who Lily had offended. Said, that they have a backer. A strong one at that.” Xuan Hui continued. “I wasn’t looking for anymore trouble. I would not risk losing my son in this pointless war of egos. So… I said no. I told them… I was planning to retire and leave Qin Industries and more somewhere. Somewhere away from all this mess and struggle for power. I am only waiting to finish saving enough funds for my child’s education and I will be off.”
“A backer?”
“Yes, they said it was someone that I don’t recognize. Someone not famous and a foreigner.”
Zhou Jingren’s eyes squinted. He stared at Xuan Hui’s appearance for a few seconds, scrutinizing, gaging his sincerity. Pursing his lips, Zhou Jingren watched as the man started to fidget under his gaze. “You wanted me to protect you from them?”
“I have this.. Fear.” Xuan Hui sighed. “I know I might sound crazy. I don’t know, maybe I have become crazy. But in the past year… I’ve been through a lot. I lost everything. My mother, father and even my wife.” Another sighed. The fact that he lost his wife was undeniable at this point.
Since Lily came, Qin Fei was just…not the same woman that he had once loved. “I would not blame Lily for everything. We offended her. We hurt her. And we are weaker than her. Now… because of this I have developed some anxiety problems.” He chuckled. Lily’s name alone was enough to make him nervous. After everything that happened to him over the past year, it was only normal for him to feel this… fear.
Fear of what she would do next.
“I know this is another punishment. She kept us alive just for this reason. It will be a never ending torture.” This was the reason why he decided to move on. “And I felt this same feeling when they told me about this backer.”
“I don’t want them to use me and my child.” He said before he finished his hot coffee in one big gulped. “Can… Can I have some more?” He eyed Secretary Go. Prompting the latter to leave the room.
“I don’t want to say this in front of other people. But I think… my wife is in contact with Qi Xia and his collaborators.” He lowered his voice. “I think they are planning something and I don’t want to involve myself or my son. I want to leave the country. Maybe go to Europe, start a new life.”
After a few seconds of silence, Xuan Hui cleared his throat again. “Do you believe me? Do you think… Do you think I have become crazy? Maybe I was over thinking?”
“I will investigate your claims and I will contact you in the next few days. If you want to disappear… I can set it up for you and your son.”
“You can?”
“Hmmm.” Zhou Jingren nodded. “New name, new passports, a house, everything.”
A sigh of relief escaped Xuan Hui’s lips. He did the right thing after all. “Then I will start settling my finances.” He uttered.
“And Qin Fei?”
His words made Xuan Hui silent. He lowered his gaze, his hands clenched. “Sometimes… Love is not the only thing needed in a relationship.” He met Zhou Jingren’s eyes. “I love her. But… I can’t sacrifice my poor son because of this emotion. He is innocent and I can’t think of him losing both of his parents in a pointless fight.”
“You are a very smart man.”
“I will take that as a compliment.” Xuan Hui faked a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. He then accepted the coffee that Secretary Go made for him and thanked him. Not long after, he rose from his seat and bid Zhou Jingren goodbye.
“I will wait for your call.” He said while shaking Zhou Jingren’s eyes. He knew he sounded like a loser by coming in here. But who cared about this trivial matter?
So what if the world thought of him as a loser? This was for his child, for their peace. Just the thought of his son immediately made him smile.
“Hmmm.” Zhou Jingren nodded and watched as Xuan Hui leave his office. “Go Jichen… I need you to call Bei Tian. Tell him I want to speak to him tonight.”
“Yes president.”
“For now… I don’t want you to tell anyone about this. Including Yang Mi.”
“Understood.” Secretary Go nodded awkwardly. He lowered his head, avoiding Zhou Jingren’s gaze.
Seeing this, Zhou Jingren clenched his jaw. The only thing that he got from all this was that— someone close to them was supplying information to the other side. Someone close to them… was betraying their trust.
Someone among them was a traitor.
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