Harringfort was originally planning to use Lily and her resources. It was supposed to be simple. She would investigate into the Corneels and realize that a particular Cartel were doing child prostitution and human trafficking, then she would ask George and Zhou Jingren to wage a war against them. Using this method, Lily was bound to ruin them.
He frowned as his hand slowly balled into a fist. He was banking on Lily’s righteous nature to help the innocent. Why would she suddenly back out? Despite some of the council members discouraging him about it, he still insisted that Lily’s righteous nature would win.
Everyone wanted to be a hero. So why the heck would she refuse to become one? He narrowed his eyes as he thought of Lily’s smile. Behind her brilliant and beautiful smile was a cunning eye. Was it possible that she figured out the real reason why he chose to route the call to that particular Cartel? Impossible.
But the council clearly told him that Lily halted all of the investigations that she was doing with her brother. Everything about it had been deleted from Qin Yuanfeng’s computer. The council would not say something like this unless their people that were keeping an eye on Qin Yuanfeng’s computer saw him delete all of the files about the matter.
Obviously, the person that he was thinking about was unaware of all the trouble that she would soon cause in Harringfort’s career. Lily was in the mansion, leaning against Zhou Jingren’s chests as the latter wrapped his arms around her body. “I want Ramen.” Hong Kong was slowly transitioning to its cold weather. Having a hot bowl of Ramen was such a good way to escape the cold and warm her stomach.
“I will ask Chef Yang to make one.”
“Tomorrow… I want chicken rice porridge for breakfast.” She demanded.
“Alright. I will mask Chef Yang.”
Lily giggled in response before she stood up. Moving away from Zhou Jingren’s lap, Lily walked towards his bookshelf and started scanning the title of different books in front of him. Seeing this, Zhou Jingren called Chef Yang and asked him to make some Ramen for Lily. Then he turned his attention back to the pile of papers in front of him.
His company had been slowly reaching their claws out in the west. With Lily’s help, everything had been going great for Zhou Capital. However, this meant more paperwork for him. Not that he was complaining.
“I asked Qin Yuanfeng to keep it subtle.” Lily said, her gaze was still on the bookshelf. “He deleted everything about the matter on his computers.”
“You think someone is watching his computer?”
“No idea.” She shrugged. “But it is always better to be safe than sorry.” She looked at him, beaming, completely changing the atmosphere inside the room. “Yang Mi informed me that the Corneels left the country this afternoon.”
“Whatever you did. I’m sure it was enough to scare them off.”
“And more is coming.” Lily uttered as she sat opposite to Zhou Jingren with a book about marketing in her hand. She started reading the book. “Rein will soon come and see me. Between the brothers, he is the weaker one.” Surely, her words were enough to plant some doubt in between the brothers. Rein’s trust towards his fiance will vanish while Herman would not trust his brother thinking that Rein somehow leaked some information about the real situation to his fiance. Wasn’t that fun? She smiled. Either that or Leon would come crawling back, begging for her to sign the contract. By then, she would confirm the identity of the person who he talked to.
Either way. There was only Lily winning this game in between the Corneels.
“At least Herman is smart enough to leave.”
“He is… the future of Corneel Oils and Co. to be honest, if we had met under different circumstances, I would agree to become a business partner.” She smiled. Lily was sure that Herman was able to guess everything that she did. Though, he did not have a way to confirm it. “What a waste.” She added. Corneels Oil and Co would have a hard time recovering from four attacks. Surely, Herman and his father have some tough choices to make in the coming days.
“Tomorrow is a holiday. Do you have plans?” Zhou Jingren decided to change the topic. Talking about all these schemes was bad for a pregnant woman like his wife. He chuckled at his own thoughts before he eyed her. “How about we have a picnic?”
“Can’t.” She shook her head. “I can’t walk that much. My stomach is getting heavier. Unless… you are planning to carry me?” Her words easily made him chuckle.
“I was planning a picnic next to the pool.” He chuckled. “Of course, I can carry you down the stairs.”
“Next to our pool? That’s not a picnic.”
He only chuckled at her complaints. “Picnic is eating outdoors preferably in a scenic view. The pool is outdoor and the view from the peak is quite scenic. Hence, it’s a picnic.”
She pouted. “Picnic on our own lawn is not considered a picnic.”
“By definition, it is.”
“It’s not!”
He handed her a small dictionary. “Check out the meaning of the word.”
“Don’t get technical with me Mr. Zhou.” She grabbed the dictionary. “And who uses this when we can have a dictionary on our phone?” She opened the dictionary and started looking for the word. “Is this word even in the dictionary?” Slowly, Lily frowned then she shut the small book. “You win. But it’s winter. It’s cold out there. I know the pool is heated but… who goes on a picnic during the winter?”
“Us.” He beamed. “We are not some ordinary people. I will personally prepare a hotpot for you. So, what do you think? Of course, there will be a bonfire for the cold.”
She glared at him for a few seconds before she nodded. “Alright. But this is only because of the hotpot.”
“Right. The hotpot.” He nodded as he gave her a teasing smile.
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