CHAPTER 1031: 299 MY HEART HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE_4

However, for some people’s hatred, coming back to her family’s hatred, she won’t just let it slide. She must have them repay blood with blood.

When Jian Yan entered the conference room, he sat in the front with AD. AD leaned slightly towards him and asked quietly, and Jian Yan smiled lightly, his eyes filled with some indulgence: "I’ve accompanied you all the way here!"

AD didn’t ask him again, but couldn’t help turning to glance at him. Even though he was over forty, his facial skin still showed no signs of sagging and maintained the appearance of a career-oriented man in his early thirties. This made AD feel that he had chosen the right person in recent years, yet there was a lingering bitterness in his heart.

Now, with that young apprentice, he’s even more preoccupied and likely can’t spare time for romance with other women?

AD felt he needed to talk to Qin Mu before leaving. Qin Mu shouldn’t hold up his lifelong matters.

After leaving the hotel, Bian Jingwen drove back to the company, and when Luo Li saw her returning, she couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows: "Jingwen, come to my office; let’s talk."

"Okay!"

Bian Jingwen was startled, but didn’t feel any guilt about being late or leaving early, nor did she know why Luo Li wanted to talk to her.

Until she entered Luo Li’s office and saw Luo Li looking at her somewhat sternly.

"What’s wrong? Sister Luo?"

Bian Jingwen still wore a gentle smile, looking harmless and innocent.

"Actually, it’s not a big deal. Our relation doesn’t bother me, but to silence external gossip, I hope from here on you won’t be late or leave early during work hours, especially like on Saturdays when you yourself ask to work overtime, okay?"

Before joining the company, Bian Jingwen promised Luo Li that to silence external gossip, she would work overtime every Saturday, hoping to show everyone her capability and serious attitude towards the job. However, since joining the company, she would often leave early or arrive late, and she was aware of the dissatisfaction among the staff towards her, the novice, although she didn’t expect Luo Li to confront her about it.

"Okay! I was careless! Today, AD scheduled a meeting with me to discuss design drafts, so I made a special trip to the hotel early. I’ll try to arrange meetings after work from now on, since my relationship with her nephew is pretty good."

When Bian Jingwen said this, her tone was rather subtle, but Luo Li found it uncomfortable.

However, both were people of status, so Luo Li didn’t rip into her, just smiled: "That would be best! You’ve been wronged!"

"No, I haven’t!"

Bian Jingwen shook her head, still smiling.

Yet, once the two separated, both felt somewhat irritable. Luo Li had long been displeased with her, tired of these connected people but couldn’t vent it.

Luo Li struggled all her life, never expecting to have to compromise to such an extent at the end.

As for Bian Jingwen, after returning to her office from Luo Li’s, she sat on her chair annoyed, with a displeased expression.

Luo Li’s words, how could she not understand the implication?

She didn’t care how those people viewed her and thought she had sufficiently benefitted Luo Li, but Luo Li still dared to point her out, teach her a lesson—Bian Jingwen naturally couldn’t let that slide.

But now wasn’t the time to tear with Luo Li. If Luo Li dared to act this way towards her, she was confident she could bring Luo Li down from her pedestal; Bian Jingwen was thinking thus, her gaze growing increasingly ruthless.

Yet for now, Luo Li was still useful to her, and having just arrived in Rongcheng, she needed to leave a false good impression on its people.

Suddenly remembering to call her boyfriend, Bian Jingwen immediately rummaged through her bag for her phone. The person on the other end seemed to be asleep, answering the call with a somewhat muddled voice.

Bian Jingwen, after recalling the time, gently called him darling and started chatting, her expression turning sweet, like a young girl deeply in love.

In truth, she once truly loved a boy, but unfortunately later, the boy pushed her away.

Her best classmate and girlfriend took away her first boyfriend, and since then, she no longer believed in love—she sought only benefits.

Once she finished the call and looked up, seeing Luo Li walking out with her bag amidst several colleagues, she couldn’t go out to greet anymore, only watching Luo Li making a call, wondering if she was once again trying to please old men.

But Luo Li was actually calling Qin Mu.

Qin Mu sprawled on the bed, answering the call and hearing Luo Li mention Bian Jingwen discussing the design draft with AD. Luo Li said: "I’m afraid she’ll ask AD to draw the draft for her. Do you want to ask your mentor?"

"Hmm! Thank you, Sister Luo, thank you for telling me all this."

Qin Mu lowered her head. Although she disliked third parties, Luo Li was indeed helping her now.

"No need! I’ve said, I just want my own ending not to be too miserable."

Qin Mu didn’t keep up the politeness, and Luo Li didn’t linger with the conversation either before hanging up the call.

Mu Yichen was still lying beside her, watching her intently: "Luo Li?"

"Mmm! She said Bian Jingwen told her she’s going to discuss design drafts with AD and asked if I wanted to call Jian Yan."

Qin Mu spoke her mind.

Though now his shoulder, exposed to the air, felt a bit chilly.

"Will you call or not?"

Mu Yichen asked.

"I won’t call! AD wouldn’t do such a thing; I suspect Bian Jingwen deceived her, as for the reason, well, we will never know."

"Nowadays you seem much smarter, discerning right from wrong."

"I’ve always been smart; you’ve just always assumed I was foolish."