NOVEL WEB Chapter 965 Prying deep
965 Prying deep
"Oh," Jinhai said, "But then why is here in the secretary's office?"
Jin scratched his chin with a lava of frustration flowing through his veins. "Loaning her office space for her work…"
He blinked once in puzzlement.
Alix unconsciously clasped her hands together and attempted to explain herself with a racing heart. She didn't have to because Jinhai answered on her behalf.
"You believe working anywhere outside your own company is safer because you don't know who could be siding with your sister there to bring you down."
She stared at him in slight wonder.
"It's also easier to meet Jing here," he concluded.
"...Yes."
Jinhai gave a slight nod. Jin looked at him, aghast.
Dad, won't you say something against this!?
"Your forehead is slightly reddish," he pointed out.
Alix immediately touched it and threw a disdainful look at Jin. "I bumped against something incredibly hard and thick."
Jin felt his father's sharp gaze and he swallowed a nervous gulp. "Liu Corps doors are very sturdy as you know…"
Alix looked at him, amazed.
He lied?
Jin tried to remain still under his cold scrutiny. Jinhai eventually withdrew his gaze from him and looked at Alix. "Jin will take you for first-aid."
Why me!?
Jin wanted to protest from the bottom of his heart but refrained in front of Jinhai.
"That is not really necessary," Alix said a little uneasily.
"It is," Jinhai plainly but firmly said.
Jin gulped his resentment and put up a smile. "Yes, Dad. Oh by the way, I didn't know you were going to come today."
He looked at him, peering into his eyes. He had an agenda for coming here but instead he said, "Just dropping by."
Jinhai checked the time. "It's almost lunch time. Shall we have lunch together?"
Jin beamed. "Of course!"
He glanced at Alix. "Please join us."
Jin - "..."
Alix stiffened. "M-Me?"
"Yes."
"D-Dad-"
"The Liu Corps' doors are sturdy but our hearts aren't. The least we can do is invite her for lunch for getting injured on her first day in our office."
Jin lacked tears to shed.
No Dad, please. You-you cannot betray me like this!
"Take her for first-aid first and then come outside," Jinhai turned and took his leave.
"Wait!"
By the time Alix found her voice, he was already gone. She looked at Jin slightly breathlessly.
"I…don't think I should come," Alix bit her lip and clenched her fist. "I have to do a lot of unpacking."
Jin waved his hand in dismissal in defeat. "Let that be. You should come with us."
He murmured to himself. "It is my fault indeed."
He looked at her slightly reddish forehead and pursed his lips, feeling guilty.
Did I bump into her too hard?
"I-I really can't."
Jin blinked and arched his brow. "Strange to see you so rattled about a simple lunch."
She said nothing.
"But don't worry. You will be fine. Dad won't eat you. Let's go. I will take you to the infirmary first."
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Shui stared at Lin, wide-eyed and with her lips parting in disbelief. She couldn't make any sense of what she just heard.
Lin nodded.
"I was shocked to hear it myself because I know the Liu Corps doesn't work like that. They treat all business owners with respect, whether big or small."
Shui had heard about the sudden loss of Jin's deal with the fintech company's CEO he was working with. It had bummed out Jin quite a bit as it was also his first major deal to crack since taking office as the CEO. But she didn't know that Yuze had any hand in it in the background with Jiang Yazhu's manipulation.
Jin lost the deal because of him…?
A wave of fury flowed into her veins.
Why would Yuze say something like that?
Wins and losses were common in the business world. But to lose a deal based on fabrication, lies and manipulation was what Shui vehemently opposed.
Just like Lin, Shui was well aware of the Liu family, especially knowing them since childhood.
Using small and honest business owners?
Offering them disadvantageous deals?
"They are fair in whatever they do," she said, "They have always been fair and transparent. That is why they could reach this far. But for Yuze to insinuate the opposite…"
Why would he go against Jin like this?
Lin looked at her and seeing the wheels of her mind churning with disbelief and contemplation, he felt satisfied. That was the reaction he wanted from her.
"I don't exactly know what is going on between him and Sir Jin. But I just got a bad feeling seeing him meet Jiang Yazhu privately in a cafe and talking things against Sir Jin…"
He lowered his gaze, reminiscing the past.
"I have worked with Sir Jun. Even if…" he pressed his lips, "I had an agenda, it doesn't change the fact that I have seen him work. As a CEO and a boss, Sir Jun has never let any Sky employee down…including me. I know the values with which the Liu family members work. Deceit and manipulation aren't one of those."
There was a beat of silence in the air.
Lin lifted his gaze and peered into Shui's eyes. "When I heard about Kang Yuze confessing to you, I couldn't help but get tense. He might…really like you. I have no right to judge that and maybe this is really an unneeded interference on my part. But hearing him say those things about Sir Jin didn't sit well with me."
Shui turned and eyed Alix's art book lying on her desk.
Alix's drawing where she drew two shaded figures below a tree came to her mind. It wasn't connected to Jin's business deal, but she couldn't help but wonder if that tall, imposing figure was in fact Yuze himself.
Does Yuze's act regarding Jin's deal and the figure in Alix's drawing have any connection?