She is the most beautiful rose

Chapter 240 He Didn’t Betray You
Shen Manzhi coldly waved away Si Qi's hand and pushed him away with his calf. Both of them were masters of grappling and neither of them had the upper hand. Even the vase on the windowsill was knocked down as an attack.

As she moved sideways, the vase rolled from her side to Si Qi's feet. The next second, the man kicked it back to her feet with his skillful feet. If she was not careful, she would step on it and fall.

She quickly glanced at Si Qi, then rolled over against the wall to avoid the incoming teacup.

Playing so cruelly?

It was no exaggeration to say that Si Qi had personally trained her for two years. The moves that Shen Manzhi was used to and used best were all taught by him. It was as if they were back to the year they first met.

She was already fully loaded with the tasks assigned by her master every day, and yet she was also dragged by Si Qi to be a trainee. Over time, she was beaten a lot, but she also learned a lot. She was young and hot-tempered, and always wanted to knock this man down, but Si Qi was older than her after all, and had entered this industry early, so naturally she had never succeeded.

Looking at the situation now, Si Qi has no intention of ending it hastily.

Shen Manzhi considered the distance between them, and when he smashed the flying teacup again, he fiercely pulled away the tablecloth and wrapped it around the other person's wrist. With his other hand, he grabbed the teacup as if trying to cover up his crime and threw it towards Si Qi with a strong wind.

The teacup fell to the ground with a "bang". Shen Manzhi was stunned. The tablecloth that was wrapped around Si Qi's wrist also loosened its restraint and slid down. He took two steps back and leaned his lower back against the edge of the table. His chest was stained brown by the tea.

He didn't dodge?

"Why not hide?"

Shen Manzhi walked forward and tried to support him. The tea had been poured in the afternoon and was already cold, but she threw the cup with such force that it hit his sternum so hard that anyone would feel pain for a while.

Si Qi covered the place where she was hit, straightened her long legs slightly to steady her body, and watched Shen Manzhi approaching. He pulled her hands and twisted them behind her back, then pinned her feet, and pressed her on the table again in a very tricky way.

He leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Didn't I teach you before not to underestimate the enemy?"

Shen Manzhi didn't struggle too much, turned his face away and said coldly, "I never thought you were the kind of person who would play dirty tricks."

Si Qi sneered and lowered her a little more, "Is this the first time you understand me?"

As if he had lost interest, he let go of Shen Manzhi, stood up, patted the wrinkles on his body, walked to the other side of the landscape water pool, picked up the water and washed his hands, looking like a man who didn't want to be involved in the worldly affairs.

Shen Manzhi put on his coat, looked down at his missing belt, then raised his eyes to look at Si Qi.

The man had just finished washing his hands and turned sideways, with the plain belt wrapped neatly around his wrist.

"Bian Shu is on good terms with the Qin family because he wants to gain a foothold in Huai City. He is not targeting you specifically."

Si Qi didn't seem to notice her gaze on his wrist, and continued, "And your two young uncles in name have been wary of your behavior several times this year, and it was only because of Bian Shu's intervention that your background was not discovered.

So before making any decision, think more about whether you are letting the other person down. "

Shen Manzhi raised his gaze and met those cold eyes. He tilted his head slightly and smiled nonchalantly.

"Sir, you once said that you hate betrayal the most. Even if there are reasons or reasons, it is still betrayal. Why do you have to put yourself in my shoes when it comes to me?"

Si Qi raised his eyelids slightly, "He didn't betray you."

Shen Manzhi lowered his eyelashes, "Use my life as a bargaining chip to make peace with the Qin family..."

During the mission on New Year's Eve, she wore a locator that connected her with the Linjiang headquarters in real time. If her whereabouts had not been exposed, how could she have been trapped in the "Ten-mile Foreign Land" for three hours and nearly lost her life?
She raised her eyes to look at him, "It's not betrayal, it's what I deserve, right?"

She appeared magnanimous and said that she understood Bian Shu's situation, but the fact was that he stabbed her in the back. How could she be considerate of the man who was her teacher and friend in normal times, but who pushed her into trouble and slapped her hard when they were fighting side by side?

When Qin Yanfeng came to see her that day, she had clearly already digested her negative emotions on her own, but when he asked for a hug, she suddenly felt a little sad.

The corners of Si Qi's lips were straight, and the narrow corners of his eyes already showed some unhappiness.

Shen Manzhi seemed to see what he was thinking. He sighed and whispered, "Sir, I asked you if you were disappointed in me, and you said no."

Si Qi raised his eyelids slightly.

Shen Manzhi gathered the corners of his coat and tied them around his waist, then squatted down to clean up the mess. "But I have it."

The topic has come to an end here.

Strictly speaking, Shen Manzhi's previous relationship with Si Qi was one of employment. In the early years, she might have still retained the delicate and rebellious nature of a young girl, and would talk back to Si Qi.

After successfully completing a mission, she would laugh heartily with her comrades at the bonfire party held in the camp; she would gallop on horseback on the green grassland in May, painting the heavy ink colors of the sunset glowing with flying hooves; she would also smile with joy when she caught a snow rabbit in the snow, making the whole world stained with her girlish tenderness.

After that, she rarely laughed heartily and often sat alone on the rocks by the sea, smoking a whole cigarette for the entire afternoon.

She was so cold-tempered that she would not easily refute or talk back to Si Qi.

So today, Si Qi was really a little surprised.

So the next day, he went to the temple villa halfway up the mountain again.

The drizzle of rain fell on the bluestone steps, causing tiny water droplets to splash out. Si Qi stood at the door closing his umbrella. Someone at the desk in the house was quietly copying a book. A monk in five robes was standing in front of him, reporting in a low voice.

"It happened 20 years ago. The people involved have now held very high positions. Not only your family, but also other people. It involves too many people and it is difficult to change the confession. Another thing is the person involved. Last time, Team Bai brought him out of the hospital, the person who came to contact him was replaced, and we lost the whereabouts of the person involved. We just found out last night that he is in Huaicheng, and Team Bai is already determining the specific location."

Shen Manzhi looked at the person standing at the door, lowered his eyes and dipped them in ink, "How old should his daughter be this year?"

"When the accident happened, Mr. Du's daughter was two years old. Now, she should be twenty-two."

"Twenty years."

Shen Manzhi paused for a moment, and a ball of thick ink spread out. "Help me do something. Don't let anyone know. The sooner the better."

The sound of rain grew louder. Si Qi turned sideways to look at the green hills in the distance. A monk came out and bowed respectfully to him, then passed by him and soon disappeared under the bluestone steps.

He then slowly walked in. Shen Manzhi was writing seriously, his brush strokes were powerful and his ending was very wild.

Tang Duo finally confronted and sternly rejected his rebellious disciple's behavior of "instigating" his junior fellow apprentice to help copy, so Shen Manzhi had to copy all the rest by himself.

"Are you investigating your mother's affairs?" Shen Manzhi finished writing another piece of paper and casually threw it on the ground, spreading it out, and continued with ink. "Why, sir, do you want to help me?"

"Are you sure?"

She looked up and saw Si Qi standing by the window on the side of the desk, leaning lazily to the side and listening to the sound of rain outside.

The reason why she asked that question was because Si Qi had never been a person who would meddle in other people's affairs, especially things that had nothing to do with him, and she didn't want other people to get involved.

"Have."

She cherishes words like gold.

Si Qi didn't ask any more questions.

It became very quiet for a while, perhaps because the sound of rain gradually became louder. Si Qi looked at her sideways for a long time before slowly speaking, "Did you come back this time just to find out about this matter?"

"I came back to see Master."

"I mean, the reason why you returned home two months ago."

Shen Manzhi made a mistake in writing one stroke, but he made up for it and wrote the whole word, "Yes."

"Is this the only purpose?"

"Then sir, what do you think my purpose is?"

"Let's continue our relationship."

Shen Manzhi's eyebrows jumped suddenly, "When did you become so gossipy?"

Si Qi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Am I someone who has lost all desires?"

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Shen Manzhi was in the wrong. Jingmo had told her more than once that his boss was asexual and lived in temples and mountains all year round, so she had accepted it.

Si Qi looked at her for a long time, and raised the corners of his narrow eyes slightly, "So that's it?"

"What is it?"

"I heard that you two are together?" Si Qi looked at her meaningfully.

Shen Manzhi also laughed, "Who told you that?"

Si Qi glanced out the window and said lightly, "Ah, I heard you wrong. You don't seem like the type of person who would disrupt your plans for love."

Shen Manzhi lowered his eyes again and didn't respond.

"When I left at the beginning of the year, I cut off all ties with everyone around me. This time I came back and stayed with him every day," Si Qi looked at her with a smile, "Is it to get in touch with the Qin family?"

Shen Manzhi paused, and when he looked up, he saw an umbrella cap gradually appearing outside the door, followed by the face of the umbrella's owner.

"Senior sister, this gentleman said he came to see you!"

The two, one big and one small, stood at the door, and the last few words of her conversation with Si Qi were heard clearly.

Qin Yanfeng held the umbrella handle with his bony hands. It was cold in the mountains and his fingertips were white. He glanced at Shen Manzhi twice before looking at Si Qi at the window.

Si Qi raised the corners of his eyes and looked back without any hesitation.

Shen Manzhi put down his pen, stood up and walked towards Qin Yanfeng, "When did you arrive?"

Qin Yanfeng retracted his gaze and looked at her calmly, "This morning."

Looking at his slightly cold expression, Shen Manzhi guessed that Si Qi's last sentence was specifically meant for Qin Yanfeng to hear.

The rain in the mountains was heavy, so she took the person to another room in the villa.

Si Qi was the only one left in the study.

He turned sideways and looked out the window with some boredom. The rain broke the half-branched lotus in the yard, and then bounced it away mercilessly.

"If I had known this, I would have opposed her going back to marry."

Two seconds later, footsteps were heard behind him. After the man stopped, he realized that the boss was talking to him.

"Boss, why didn't you tell Nan Zhi that the traitor was someone else? The mission on New Year's Eve and her whereabouts being betrayed had nothing to do with you or Bian Shu."

Si Qi narrowed his eyes, "Bian Shu is still in further contact with the Qin family. Some information about Qin Xian and the laboratory was made public at the beginning of the year. Someone in the Qin family is still keeping an eye on her. The relationship between the two of them now is more beneficial than harmful to Bian Shu."

"Isn't this...keeping her in the dark again?"

Si Qi was silent for a moment. She said that she had been disappointed in him before, and this time was no different.

The person behind him said carefully, "Nan Zhi is so close to the Qin family, won't it arouse suspicion?"

"So she played the emotional card."

The person behind him was slightly startled. So that's how it is. Nan Zhi didn't really like that person.

Si Qi closed the window and walked out, "Don't call her by her code name anymore."

The person behind him followed closely, and although he was puzzled, he still responded, "Yes."

But why does the boss' tone sound a little cold?