Chapter 122 - 122 121 Best to Destroy

Chapter 122: Chapter 121 Best to Destroy Chapter 122: Chapter 121 Best to Destroy And at this very moment, Qiao Kexin had snapped back from her reveries.

She was incredibly frustrated, caught between a rock and a hard place!

She couldn’t bear to leave A City, but she had to leave.

Yet at this juncture, how could her stepfather possibly let her go? That old bastard was still counting on selling her for a good price.

But leaving might actually be for the best.

Previously she was unwilling, but now that Shen Jingxiu had warned her, she had no choice but to leave, making it seem as if there was no question of willingness or unwillingness.

However, before she left for good, she had to figure out a way to deal with the concern of the Qiao Family once and for all.

She definitely didn’t have the capability to do so on her own, but at the moment, there were two ready candidates.

One was the Shen Family.

The other was the woman sitting across from her now, named Min Xiasha.

She needed to find a way to make the Qiao Family offend the Shen Family, but from start to finish, she couldn’t expose herself.

In the end, she could leverage the power of the Shen Family to trample her stepfather down.

Once that was accomplished, her stepfather would surely be too preoccupied to trouble her, the stepdaughter who had already vanished into the distance.

With this in mind, Qiao Kexin turned her gaze to Min Xiasha, who was sitting opposite her.

This was a scapegoat delivered right to her doorstep.

She looked at Min Xiasha and smiled faintly, “So, you only plan to buy a bit of dirt on Wenyan, just that? I thought I heard you say she was in your way. To cut off someone’s livelihood is akin to killing their parents. In your line of work, opportunities slip by in a flash, and if someone steals good resources from you, you might never become famous in this lifetime. Can you live with that?”

Min Xiasha narrowed her eyes, “Of course I can’t live with it, that’s why I sought you out. Stop beating around the bush, do you have any dirt on her that you can give me or not, we can negotiate the price.”

“Heh,” Qiao Kexin chuckled lightly, “I don’t have that kind of material that could crush her in one blow, because as far as I know, she hasn’t made such serious mistakes. If you just want to cause some petty trouble, stir up some insignificant news, I think that would be a waste of time. However…”

“However, what?”

“However, I know someone who could ruin her.”

“Really?” Min Xiasha narrowed her eyes and scrutinized Qiao Kexin closely, “It seems you have quite a grudge against her!”

“That’s none of your business. All you need to tell me is whether you want to eliminate this obstacle or not.”

“Yes, I do. But, you’re not trying to use me to achieve your own ends, are you?”

“Use? Ms. Min, it’s clear who sought out whom first, no need for me to spell it out, right? Since both of us dislike her, it means we have a common goal. With a common goal, how can it be called using each other?”

“Fine then, tell me your brilliant idea. If it’s not to my advantage, I won’t agree to it.”

“Sure. But this isn’t the place to talk. Let’s change locations. Are you available now?”

“Now’s not good.” Min Xiasha wasn’t free; she was accompanying a financial backer today.

Even if she was to leave, she would first have to greet her backer.

“Then, just leave your contact information,” Qiao Kexin said, “I’ll contact you again.”

“Alright, I’ll give you my cell phone number.”

Min Xiasha quickly rattled off her number, and Qiao Kexin dialed her number.

But when she asked for Qiao Kexin’s name, Qiao Kexin refused her.

“You don’t need to know who I am. Once this is done, you must keep this to yourself, never to expose me.”

Min Xiasha was slightly annoyed, “That’s not fair, you know who I am, but I know nothing about you.”

“What can I do about that? You’re the celebrity, the public figure. Just wait for my message.”

–

On the way home, it was Shen Jingxiu who personally drove the car.

Since Wenyan had been chewing gum and looking at her phone since getting in the car, the two of them didn’t really talk much.

It wasn’t until they encountered the first red light.

Wenyan noticed that Shen Jingxiu in the driver’s seat next to her was staring at her the whole time.

At first, she thought it was just her imagination.

But when she turned to look the first time, Shen Jingxiu was looking at her, and when she turned to look a second time, Shen Jingxiu was still looking at her.

This made her feel a bit strange.

She stopped chewing and put away her phone before looking directly at Shen Jingxiu.

“What is it, big brother… why are you looking at me like that? Do you have something to say to me? If you do, just say it, I’m listening.”

Shen Jingxiu glanced at Wenyan again before averting his gaze.

“Actually, it’s nothing much, I just wanted to ask how you view the relationship with the several elder brothers at home?”

Although she hadn’t followed Qiao Kexin’s advice to drug herself, he really wanted to know why their original target for drugging had been himself.

Was it because he was the Shen Family’s eldest son? Or was it because she saw him as the least important, the least significant compared to the others in the family?

And once Shen Jingxiu posed this question, Wenyan fell silent.

“???” She didn’t understand.

At the same time, her mind began to race.

[Why? Why is he suddenly asking this question? What kind of answer does he want to hear? Could something have happened at the banquet just now?]

“……” Upon hearing Wenyan’s inner thoughts, Shen Jingxiu regretted it.

He regretted asking such a question.

Now that he thought about it, he even felt the question was meaningless.

He did not understand what had been on his mind just moments ago. His mouth had moved faster than his brain!

Fortunately, the light turned green at that moment, and he hurriedly drove off.

Just as he was thinking of a way to rectify, he suddenly heard Wenyan’s inner thoughts again.

[Could it be that big brother wants to ask about the relationships among family members?]

[Isn’t he supposed to be the decisive CEO who deals with projects worth hundreds of millions every day? Why would he suddenly ask about petty family matters?]

Shen Jingxiu: “……” Not every project is worth hundreds of millions.

And such big projects cannot be settled just by talking about them.

[But on second thought, it’s not really that strange, is it? No matter how capable he is at work, he’s still an ordinary human. As the eldest in the family, it’s quite normal for him to care about the relationships among family members.]

[However, doesn’t he have any idea what the relationship is like among his brothers at home? Does he need me to tell him? The relationship among them is terrible! And it’s the complicated kind of terrible.

The oldest and the second don’t get along, and the second seems to have a bad relationship with the fourth, too; it’s really hard to judge, alright!]

Shen Jingxiu: “……” Was this question really unnecessary? Could he withdraw it now?

To stop Wenyan’s train of thoughts, Shen Jingxiu quickly spoke up.

“Actually, what happened was, earlier at the dinner, I overheard mom and my maternal aunt talking, and inevitably, the topic of family relations came up. It has always been a headache for mom.”