CHAPTER 485: CHAPTER 483: PRESIDENT FU WANTS TO LOCK ME UP

"And who told you we were just acting? I was confessing to Ah Ming," Wen Qiao recalled the script from that scene, adding more details with relish: "I really don’t like a life that’s planned out for me, nor being used as a tool for someone else’s benefit. So what if I am engaged? I like him, and I don’t mind being the other woman if he has a girlfriend. I just want him to take me away. What can you do about it?"

Even though Fu Jinghen knew Wen Qiao no longer had feelings for Qi Ming, hearing her say this still stung him, "I know you don’t like Ah Ming now, so stop talking nonsense."

Wen Qiao shrugged indifferently, "How is it nonsense? How would anyone know what I truly think? Can you?"

"I know."

Wen Qiao glared at him, unrelenting, "You know what you know? Why don’t you just say you have the ’Mind Reading Technique’? Can you hear what’s inside my heart?"

"I really can’t do that."

Wen Qiao sarcastically jeered, "Oh, don’t be modest, President Fu. With all your capabilities, what divine skills can’t you learn?"

Fu Jinghen just smiled, "In front of you, what capabilities do I have?"

No matter how Wen Qiao provoked him, Fu Jinghen accepted it all, calm and composed, without losing his temper.

Wen Qiao felt like she was punching cotton, utterly pointless. She changed her demeanor instantly, drawing back her outward emotions, "If President Fu kept me here just to explain these things, I’ve heard enough. Can I leave now?"

"Just a moment."

Fu Jinghen moved his hand, and a "click" sound echoed in the carriage—it was the sound of the door locking.

"......"

This genuinely made Wen Qiao laugh in frustration: "What, is President Fu planning to lock me up?"

"No," Fu Jinghen clarified, "I’m just afraid you’ll run."

"....."

Was it her comprehension that was the issue?

How the hell is this any different from locking me up?

"Fine," Wen Qiao took her hand off the door, leaned back in her seat, and prepared to listen, "Please go ahead, President Fu."

"You don’t like having your life arranged, that’s true, but don’t misunderstand. When mom proposed this marriage, she was also thinking of you. She’s in poor health, and her only worry is you, especially after the divorce when your custody went to the Wen Family. She’s afraid that if something happened to her, you’d be left alone with no support. Mom and Sister have been close since childhood, entrusting you to the Fu Family was the only way she’d feel relieved."

Patiently, Fu Jinghen explained Jiang Lai’s intentions, anxious at the thought of a single mistake causing Wen Qiao to misunderstand Jiang Lai, "You’re not a tool for an exchange of benefits. Even if it were an exchange, mom would be losing out, sending such a beautiful daughter to my side and saving the Fu business. If she were a true businesswoman, she wouldn’t engage in such a losing deal."

First, they arranged her marriage to the Fu Family, then made investments, and now under Fu Jinghen’s leadership, FS reaches new heights.

By saying this, Fu Jinghen was merely trying to cheer her up, elevating her while downplaying himself.

However, Wen Qiao didn’t misunderstand Jiang Lai; her words were just meant to irritate Fu Jinghen.

But now that he had extended a ladder, it would be a waste not to climb it.

"So that’s it..." Wen Qiao nodded thoughtfully, "My mom trusts the Fu Family so much, thinking that by entrusting me to you, I would have support. So, was it you who then proposed to end the engagement? Is it my thinking that’s outdated, or is President Fu’s thinking too advanced? I had no idea that this is how one repays another’s trust."