She is the most beautiful rose

Chapter 261 Wishful thinking

The story of the rose ends here.

It can also be said that this is all Zhou Mi has personally experienced and understood.

"She later went to study in Beijing. The impression most of us had of her was the last scene she appeared that night."

She was wearing a long gilded dress, waist-length blonde hair, and carrying a violin.

With a few red roses leaning on her shoulders and a serrated knife for cutting the cake in her hand, she left the Shen family and the hustle and bustle without any hesitation, with a defiant expression on her face.

Zhou Mi leaned over and opened a bottle of wine for herself. "In fact, that day, Shen Duanwen scolded her in front of so many people in order to protect Shen Luo. She has experienced similar scenes countless times, so in the end, even losing these things doesn't matter."

She even casually left the USB flash drive that Shen Luo was going to use to play the video there, not caring at all whether anyone would use it to play and watch it.

Because whether others believe it or not doesn’t mean anything to her. Losing her father’s love and losing her status as a socialite doesn’t matter.

She doesn't need a winning ending, she wants a beautiful counterattack.

Zhou Mi looked at his friend's trembling eyes and suddenly felt a little emotional. "From the beginning, your marriage was not favored by the outside world. I didn't expect that you would fall in love with her."

The people around me didn't react.

Zhou Mi smiled helplessly, "But Ah Yan, you are too gentle and gentlemanly to her. Even though she is already your nominal wife, you are reluctant to force her. You are such a decisive person, why are you so restrained in your feelings?"

Qin Yanfeng was silent for a long time after listening to his story. Only at this point did he speak, and even his voice was a little hoarse.

"She doesn't like being tied down."

Zhou Mi was slightly stunned.

Shen Manzhi was born free, and even the experiences she had in her youth that would scare ordinary people could not trap her in the quagmire.

He whispered, "It's an expression of love, not a bondage."

Qin Yanfeng curled the corners of his lips vaguely, as if mocking himself. The words Shen Manzhi said in the temple that day were still lingering in his ears.

"If this relationship has always been one-sided, it would be a bondage for her."

Zhou Mi felt the increasingly heavy sadness in the air and was silent for a long time.

"Didn't you feel her feelings for you? Not at all?"

Qin Yanfeng sighed softly and leaned back on the sofa. His peach blossom eyes, which had always been gentle and affectionate, were now empty and lifeless.

"If it weren't for the marriage, she and I would have never met. She met a lot of people during her years in the capital. I and the opposite sex around her are no different except for an extra relationship."

I coaxed him into bed on the night of the Lantern Festival so that I could leave.

The hot summer of August ended, and ASP met again after half a year in order to take back Shen’s controlling stake.

Even after they parted in Xincheng, she happened to come back on his birthday wearing a black dress, and it was also to investigate her mother's old case and the Qin family that she deliberately approached him.

He thought Shen Manzhi gave him the opportunity to pursue him, thought she told him "I miss you", thought she tacitly acknowledged their relationship, and thought the date that day... were all proof that she liked him.

It was not until I heard her answer "yes" to my two questions with my own ears in Hanlu Temple that it seemed like a dream. The words shattered into bubbles, making it difficult to even pick them up, let alone put them back together.

Even people around Shen Manzhi said that she approached him with a purpose, leaving him no reason to deceive herself.

Qin Yanfeng's fingertips curled up on his knees, his long eyelashes trembling violently, "I haven't even participated in any of her private affairs, nor have I helped her. Why would she... like me?"

Zhou Mi glanced sideways, watching the light in his eyes fade away little by little.

"Ayan, there is no logic to matters like feelings.

She has wrapped herself up like a hedgehog over the years. Even though there are many men around her, which of those so-called scandals is true?

But she is different to you alone."

Qin Yanfeng lowered his eyes, as if hypnotizing himself, and said in a cold voice, "Nothing is different."

He didn't even understand her as well as those people did.

Father, like son.

No matter how much Zhou Mi said, it was not as good as Qin Yanfeng figuring it out himself.

When leaving, Zhou Mi stood at the door and looked back.

The light from the living room extended in through the half-open door, splitting the man into two halves, one half numb and decadent in the light, and the other half submerged in the shadows and enduring sadness.

You obviously don't want it to end, right?

Otherwise, why would you trap yourself here, in the darkness?

Zhou Mi walked out of the community, lit a cigarette, and felt a little melancholy.

If you can’t persuade your friend, find someone else.

That's why Shen Manzhi saw Zhou Mi, who shouldn't have been here at Huaisheng Middle School in the neighboring city. Shen Manzhi didn't rush to agree, and frequently looked down at the pop-up messages on his phone.

Zhou Mi didn't urge her and followed her out of the school gate.

It was not until they were a distance away from the school that someone stood at the street corner to make contact. Shen Manzhi handed over the recorder in his hand and said, "Leave as soon as you are done."

Bai Hu wore a mask, took the recorder, and said in a low voice, "Something unexpected happened."

Shen Manzhi frowned, "What happened?"

Baihu said nothing and glanced at the person following her.

Zhou Mi pursed his lips and walked sideways to the empty space next to him.

Bai Hu lowered his voice and took out his phone. "According to the original plan, all negative videos and audio recordings about Huaisheng School will be used as the final bargaining chip for negotiation. They are currently kept confidential to prevent them from turning against us at the last minute. But just now, the video was spread online."

"What video?"

"The footage of you entering the wall-facing room yesterday, and the video of you clashing with a group of people. When I checked the first poster of the video, I couldn't trace his IP address. Now there are many small accounts online spreading it, and even marketing accounts are trying to lead the trend."

Shen Manzhi's expression deepened. The inability to trace the IP meant that the other party was well prepared.

Although she initially wanted to expose the incident at Huaisheng Middle School through public opinion and then introduce investigations by relevant departments, the people in power behind the scenes were very powerful and must have many means to whitewash it, so she chose not to handle it publicly.

So what was the reason why this person exposed the video?
Did he want to expose the ugly behavior of the school management and student bullying like her, or did he deliberately expose it so that the school could prepare for public relations in advance?

So what means will the school use to clear itself of suspicion?

"Show me the video."

Baihu had already downloaded the video.

Both videos are black and white surveillance footage.

That person either hacked into the school's network and intercepted the surveillance footage, or he is a member of the school.

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Shen Manzhi gestured with his fingers on the screen to enlarge the image, "The image quality is too blurry."

Baihu also realized something, "I downloaded the original video."

The blurry image quality means insufficient evidence, and the period of public opinion fermentation is enough for the school to do public relations.

The thing Shen Manzhi was most worried about happened. "I have to go back to school. The relevant departments should come to the school to investigate soon."

Baihu put away his phone, "I'll go with you."

Shen Manzhi waved his hands, but suddenly his movements froze.

A feeling of dizziness came over her in an instant, and she suddenly closed her eyes. Her mind was filled with white light, as if she was immersed in the deep sea and suffocated for a moment.

Baihu's expression changed, "Ancestor?"

".fine."

Shen Manzhi bit his tongue and recovered quickly. "Come with me to the Internet cafe first. Please help me contact Si Qi and ask him to arrange for someone to intervene in this matter in advance."

"it is good."

Just as he was about to leave, Shen Manzhi suddenly remembered something and looked back.

Zhou Mi stood there quietly, with a dark look in his eyes.

Seeing him coming forward, Shen Manzhi's eyes were a little evasive, "I'm a little busy..."

"I'm only going to tell you one thing."

Zhou Mi lowered his brows, his usual ruffian look gone, he became more calm and steady.

"During the six months you were away, he focused entirely on work. He quickly moved from the management level of Qin's subsidiary to the top level of the headquarters, and completed several emerging projects worth over 100 million yuan. He slept less than four hours a day, and even so, he often suffered from insomnia.

The first thing you dealt with after you came back was Shen's financial crisis. He probably never told you that Shen was facing bankruptcy a few months ago, but the news didn't get out because JC Group's president Bian Shu was acting as your shareholder.

One day I went to his office to get his seal, and on his desk was a copy of Shen's acquisition plan, planned by Qin Deyang."

Zhou Mi looked at her slightly changed expression and continued, "The plan signed by Qin's uncle himself was almost a done deal, but in the end, as you saw, Shen's was not only not acquired, but also introduced new funds and survived until you came back."

Shen Manzhi's eyes narrowed slightly. Needless to say, he understood that it was Qin Yanfeng who revitalized Shen's despite the pressure from Qin's, which was almost a giant in the industry.

"He had already accumulated private capital abroad, so he didn't have to work so hard, and there was no such thing as insomnia. His experiences in his youth were not much better than yours, so he kept silent about many things and only did things without saying anything. But if you are interested, you should be able to feel it."

Zhou Mi looked at Shen Manzhi, whom he had been following for more than ten years without realizing it, and felt a little sad. "I don't believe you are really over. He has locked himself in the room for almost a week. It is hard for me to imagine him returning to the state he was in half a year ago."

Shen Manzhi was silent for a moment. She still remembered that day in Hanlu Temple when Qin Yanfeng looked at her with extreme disappointment and avoided her hand with coldness and distance.

"He was the one who said it was over. He may not want to see me."