She Lives without Regret in This Life

Chapter 735: Chapter 766: Wide Spread Range

“Scram, brat!” Qin Yue grew impatient and kicked at the other person. He didn’t really kick; his subordinate deftly dodged it.

“Captain, have you gone vegetarian?”

“I just don’t want to settle.”

“Damn! Captain, aren’t your standards a bit too high? You don’t even want to settle for the ‘team flower’—she was introduced by your family, a perfect match in social status.”

What annoyed Qin Yue most was precisely this issue; the girl he fancied was just a village belle! How was he ever going to get past his family? His mother had such high standards; wouldn’t she end up scaring off the little village belle?

The two made their way to the president’s office. Su Jiang was eating dumplings and didn’t bother to look up or invite them to sit when he saw them enter.

“President, you wanted to see me?”

“Eaten yet?”

“No!”

“Then make a call first.” Su Jiang took a sip of water and continued eating his dumplings, craving more and more the braised pork Ningning made last time. No, he had to call home and ask to make extra so when Xu Qigang arrived, he could bring some over.

Qin Yue’s mouth twitched, and he looked at Su Jiang with resentment. You don’t let me have dumplings, President, so why ask if I’ve eaten?

“Hurry up, stop dawdling.” Su Jiang pointed at the phone. “You have a good relationship with Shen Yu, right? Call him.” They had been trying to figure out who the culprit was behind the scenes, and now with Meng Ping’s newspaper article out, it pointed directly to a suspect.

Su Jiang mentally cursed Xu Qigang, the Living Yama, for being cunning enough. He was certain Xu knew about it early on, which is why he set the trap in Country S.

“Congratulations for what?” Qin Yue scratched his head. “I’m on okay terms with Jiang Shaobo, but not so great with Shen Yu—I just don’t like him. However, Meng Fan is on good terms with him, so whether it’s really him or not is uncertain.”

Su Jiang pulled out a newspaper from beneath his plate of dumplings and tossed it at Qin Yue.

He caught it in one go and saw the photo on the cover, his eyes lighting up. “Crap, that’s really some twisted taste. Is the Northern District playing this big now? President, we need to keep up with the times!” He said, then looked over the paper more closely, his expression growing more composed.

“How come? You knew about this beforehand?” Su Jiang frowned slightly.

“Yeah!” Qin Yue nodded. “But I didn’t expect it to actually get published. Who would have the guts?”

“It was Meng Ping! That kid’s newspaper circulation and distribution are pretty wide!”

It was just that Bai Oulan’s popularity in other districts wasn’t as high, so it didn’t have as large an impact as in the Northern District.

“Explain to me, why didn’t you mention this before? When were you planning on telling me?” Su Jiang put down his chopsticks, pushing for an answer. “Don’t think you can pull the wool over my eyes.”

“I better make that call! Since Meng Ping has already blown things up, let’s just add some fuel to the fire and make an even bigger mess.” Qin Yue chuckled and dialed Shen Yu. The phone rang a long time before someone picked it up. “Put me through to Shen Yu.”

“May I ask who’s calling?”

“Are you blind? Don’t you recognize this number?” Qin Yue scolded irritably.

“Sorry, so sorry!” The person obviously recognized the area code of the number; this direct line was reserved for those with president-level authority.

“What kind of people are these? They lack the slightest sense of professionalism.” Amid Qin Yue’s complaints, Shen Yu’s voice came through.

“Hello, this is Shen Yu.” Having heard from his secretary, and knowing it wasn’t Su Jiang himself, he didn’t offer greetings first. His pride and self-esteem didn’t allow him to simply be cordial to just anyone.

“Hello, Director Shen, I’m Qin Yue.”