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Chapter 494: Is it illegal to be handsome?

Chapter 494: Is it illegal to be handsome?

"Ding."

The elevator doors opened.

Jiang Chen was about to enter but seemed to remember something. Ignoring the open elevator, he turned around and walked out of the building to the nearby Starbucks and bought a cup of coffee.

Ask for a favor.

It’s always best to start with a gesture of goodwill.

Convincing that lady was not going to be an easy task.

"Has Director Shi returned?"

He carried the coffee and headed back upstairs.

"She’s back, inside."

Jiang Chen nodded and pushed the door to enter.

This was an office specially cleared out by Duan Zhongxin, not large, but the decor was ingenious.

"What did you go out for?"

Shi Qianxi was holding a Montblanc pen, not looking up, still busy annotating something.

"Went downstairs for a bite."

Jiang Chen walked over and placed the coffee he was holding on the desk.

"Brought you a cup of coffee."

Shi Qianxi was serious about her work, focused and undistracted. After a while, she finally put down her pen.

She glanced at the Starbucks cup with a half-smile.

"Wow, what a pleasant surprise."

Jiang Chen gave a slight smile.

Shi Qianxi leaned back in her chair.

"Is something the matter?"

"No."

The necessary pleasantries still couldn’t be omitted.

What Jiang Chen hadn’t expected was that the other party wouldn’t play by the rules.

"Since there’s nothing, then help me take this document to Uncle Duan."

As she spoke, she handed over the documents she had just finished reviewing.

A twitch crossed Jiang Chen’s mouth, and he quickly changed his tone.

"Actually, there is something..."

Shi Qianxi showed no surprise, put the documents back down, and looked as if she saw through everything.

"Speak."

"Why are you making things difficult for that girl?"

A look of confusion flashed across Shi Qianxi’s delicate face, completely devoid of any pretense.

"Who am I making things difficult for?"

Jiang Chen reminded her, "My brother’s girlfriend, Ren Miao."

Shi Qianxi’s eyebrows raised, and only then did she pick up the Starbucks cup, leaning back casually in her executive chair, taking a sip. At the same time, she denied, "I haven’t."

"She’s already come to me."

"What did she come to you for?"

"With the way you’ve backed her into a corner, what else could she do? Do you know how embarrassed I was when she looked at me?"

Unmoved, Shi Qianxi sipped her coffee slowly, "I’ve already told you, I haven’t done anything. Don’t accuse people falsely."

Jiang Chen sighed helplessly, "You do realize you’re bullying her, right?"

"Why do you think it was me? Did that girl tell you? Then call her here, and we’ll confront this face to face."

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but laugh.

"What’s so funny?"

"If you did it, just admit it. The you from before always dared to own up to your actions."

"As I said, I didn’t do it if I said I didn’t do it."

Afterward, the lady gently swirled her coffee, murmuring, "I simply had someone check her background, that’s all."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen roughly understood what had happened.

She possibly hadn’t lied.

But often, subordinates will watch for cues and "act accordingly."

In the upper echelons, the ruling class doesn’t need to lift a finger, nor even speak, to deal with someone.

Oftentimes, an insignificant glance or a neutral tone of voice will have countless people falling over themselves to do their bidding.

"Sorry, I wronged you."

Jiang Chen admitted his mistake, "But I still need to ask you for a favor, please help her out. For you, it’s just a matter of speaking up."

"I won’t."

Shi Qianxi refused without a second thought.

"I don’t even know her. Why should I help?"

Jiang Chen was at a loss for words for a moment, but knowing her temperament, he didn’t bother with platitudes like ’I did not kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.’

Moreover, subjectively speaking,

Even if she hadn’t personally given the order, this lady surely held some grudge against that girl.

"You know my brother likes that girl. If she’s driven to desperation, leading to the ruin of her family and her demise, he certainly won’t take it well."

"The ruin of her family and her demise, is it really that serious?"

Shi Qianxi asked nonchalantly.

Jiang Chen couldn’t force her to understand.

Summer insects cannot discuss ice.

Perhaps in her eyes, it was just a small punishment or lesson, and she might not have considered, or even thought about, the influence it could have on the other person.

"Maybe it’s not that serious, but now with the banks cutting off loans and partners breaking contracts, it’s not impossible that she’ll be driven to suicide under the pressure. My brother doesn’t know yet, but what will he think if he finds out?"

"What can he think? The girl has already rejected him, hasn’t she?"

Jiang Chen replied helplessly, "Just because you can’t be lovers doesn’t mean you have to become enemies."

And sure enough,

In Shi Qianxi’s experience, there was no such thing as a good breakup.

It’s just a difference in perspective.

"With the way you’re defending that girl, you don’t seriously want her to be your brother’s wife, do you? I’m telling you, I’m the first to disagree."

Jiang Chen was dumbfounded.

Are all women’s thought processes this difficult to fathom?

Things were fine, and now she’s bringing up something completely unrelated.

"Can you please not stray off topic? Besides, who he ends up with is his own business, and it has nothing to do with you or me."

"It may have nothing to do with me, but when someone who has rejected you turns around and accepts you, the intention is no longer pure."

Jiang Chen was stunned.

That sounded like it had some philosophical merit.

"Perhaps you’re right, but just because someone rejects you, and you harbor a grudge against them, even annihilating them completely, isn’t that a bit too tyrannical?"

"Who said I was just venting for your brother?"

"Then why are you bullying her? Has she offended you?"

Jiang Chen asked subconsciously.

"Yes, she has offended me."

Shi Qianxi said coldly, "Who asked her to praise you for being handsome?"

Jiang Chen was caught completely off guard, his astonishment clear.

"When did she praise me for being handsome?"

"Pretending, huh? Your brother told me himself."

Jiang Chen then remembered.

Indeed.

There had been such an incident.

But it was just a joke.

He hadn’t taken it seriously at all.

But had she actually taken it to heart?

"I’m handsome. Isn’t it against the law to compliment me?"

"It’s not against the law, but as for the things you mentioned, banks cutting off loans, enterprises terminating cooperation for their own benefit, that’s their freedom, right?"

Shi Qianxi said with a forced smile.

Jiang Chen had no reply to that.

"Can we please stop fighting?"

Shi Qianxi suddenly slapped the table and said irritably, "Get out!"

Jiang Chen refused to play along; he didn’t leave. Instead, he walked over.

"What are you doing?"

Shi Qianxi looked at him with a cold gaze.

Jiang Chen picked up the document that was intended for Duan Zhongxin, then turned around without a word.

Shi Qianxi was taken aback, struggling against the urge to hurl her coffee at him, watching as he walked out the door. Biting her lip, she couldn’t help but laugh and curse under her breath.

"Idiot!"