Chapter 78: Jiang Xin's Confession

Jiang Xin set down her wine cup, her face already somewhat flushed.

She looked at the night view outside the window and spoke softly:

"President Qin, I've never been to such a high-end place before..."

"Come anytime you want in the future," Qin Ze said, leaning against the sofa. "This place is decent; the view is nice."

Jiang Xin turned her head, looking at Qin Ze.

"President Qin, I... may I ask you a question?"

"Ask."

"You wealthy people, how exactly do you manage to become so rich?"

Qin Ze laughed.

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"The truth."

"Luck," Qin Ze said, taking a sip of his drink.

"There are countless capable people in this world, but those who achieve success aren't necessarily the most capable. More people rely on luck, on opportunity."

"Many successful people are actually just makeshift amateurs, or even complete incompetents!"

"So, whether a person can turn their life around in this lifetime is a matter of probability!"

Qin Ze paused.

"Of course, when luck arrives, you must be able to catch it. If you can't, it's all for nothing."

Jiang Xin nodded, half-understanding.

"Then... what is your luck, President Qin?"

"My luck..." Qin Ze thought for a moment. "It was meeting the right people and doing the right things."

Qin Ze didn't say much more and changed the subject.

Time to start fishing for information!

"What about you? How many years have you worked at the bank?"

"Three years," Jiang Xin said. "I joined right after graduation, starting as a teller, and only became a Customer Manager last year."

"Do you like this job?"

Jiang Xin fell silent for a few seconds, then shook her head.

"I don't like it."

"Then why do you still do it?"

Jiang Xin gave a bitter laugh. "Because I need to eat, pay rent, and survive."

She took another sip of wine, this time drinking more slowly.

Qin Ze said nothing, simply keeping her glass filled.

Jiang Xin lifted her wine cup and drank it in one go.

The alcohol began to take effect; her face grew redder, and her gaze started to blur.

The hand holding the wine cup trembled slightly.

She lowered her head, remaining in silence for a long time.

When she looked up again, her eyes were already red.

"President Qin, today at the bank, you said you could see my depression, see that I wanted to drink... I was truly shocked."

"I've never met anyone like you, someone who can see right through me at a glance."

"Jiang Xin," Qin Ze spoke.

"Hmm?"

Jiang Xin raised her head, her eyes already somewhat unfocused.

"Not only do I know you want to drink and that you have depression."

Qin Ze paused, speaking word by word.

"I also know that what you desire is redemption!"

The wine cup in Jiang Xin's hand clattered onto the coffee table, spilling liquor all over the floor.

She widened her eyes, staring fixedly at Qin Ze, her lips trembling slightly.

"How do you know..."

Qin Ze looked at her.

"Because a person's inner state will always manifest concretely on their face."

"This is the most basic theory of psychology!"

Jiang Xin stared blankly at him; after a long moment, tears suddenly gushed out.

She covered her face, her shoulders shaking violently.

"President Qin... I... I..."

Qin Ze said nothing, merely pulling out a few tissues and handing them to her.

Jiang Xin took the tissues and wiped her face, but the tears wouldn't stop.

"President Qin, can you... can you really help me?"

"First, you must tell me how you fell into this abyss."

"You can confess to me."

Qin Ze had done his homework before coming.

Confession is the one thing all religious people do!

It is telling one's sins to a priest, or to a trusted and revered person!

Then the person hearing the confession will comfort the confessor and keep the secret!

This can also be considered a way to purify the soul!

Jiang Xin stared blankly at Qin Ze; a few seconds later, she suddenly slid off the sofa and knelt directly before Qin Ze.

"President Qin... I... I am sinful..."

Qin Ze was startled and hurriedly reached out to help her up.

"Get up, why are you kneeling?"

"No..." Jiang Xin shook her head, refusing to rise while kneeling, "Let me finish speaking... I have held this in for too long, far too long..."

She took a deep breath, her voice shaking.

"I am sinful... I am unclean..."

At this moment, Jiang Xin was already so drunk that her mind was blurred!

"I was greedy; initially, in order to become a Customer Manager, I drank with leaders every day and even maintained an improper relationship with a leader..."

The moment she finished saying this!

Jiang Xin had already adopted the mindset of throwing caution to the wind!

"I was envious; during the period just after joining the company, my colleagues ostracized me, but once, when that colleague received an award for excellence, I anonymously wrote a letter to report her..."

"I also, in order to secure a major client, sold myself out and did that thing with the client..."

Jiang Xin's voice grew quieter and quieter, until it was almost inaudible.

She lowered her head, her shoulders huddled together, like a frightened small animal.

Qin Ze remained in silence.

He had guessed that Jiang Xin might have some unsavory past, but he hadn't expected it to be so specific, so unsavory!

"Continue speaking."

Qin Ze's voice was very calm.

Jiang Xin raised her head, her face covered entirely in tear tracks.

"President Qin, do you think I am very dirty?"

"No." Qin Ze shook his head, "I think you are very pitiable."

Jiang Xin was stunned.

"All these things you have done, when it comes down to it, isn't it just because you lack money?"

"Compromises one is forced to make for survival, for climbing upward."

"I can completely understand!"

"You merely compromised with reality!"

Tears welled up in Jiang Xin's eyes again.

"President Qin, you don't understand; I am different from you wealthy people. Here in Jiangcheng, my monthly rent is two thousand, utilities and property fees are five hundred, food is one thousand five hundred, commuting is five hundred, and buying clothes and cosmetics costs another thousand..."

"With a monthly salary of only a few thousand yuan, if I didn't struggle desperately to climb up, I wouldn't even have the qualification to sit here and drink with you."

"If I didn't drink with leaders or do that thing with clients, I would only be able to handle transactions at the counter for my entire life..."

The more she spoke, the more agitated she became, her voice trembling.

"I know the things I have done cannot be shown in public, I know I am dirty, I know I am not a good person..."

"But I have no choice, I truly have no choice..."

Jiang Xin cried until she was gasping for breath.

Qin Ze listened quietly, and only spoke after she had cried enough.

"Now that you have said it out loud, do you feel a bit better?"

Jiang Xin nodded and wiped away her tears.

"Thank you, President Qin... thank you for being willing to listen to me say these things... I truly have no one else to confide in..."

Qin Ze looked at her.

Although Jiang Xin was only A-rank, he very much wanted to know if spending money on her would cause her to upgrade to S-rank, just like Lin Xiaoxi.

Moreover, fulfilling her wish for redemption should yield no small amount of cashback.

Let's take a gamble.

Qin Ze suddenly stood up.

"Give me your bank card number."

Jiang Xin was stunned.

"Huh?"

"The bank card number, give it to me."

Although Jiang Xin did not understand what Qin Ze intended to do, she still took her wallet out of her bag, pulled out a bank card, and handed it to Qin Ze.

Qin Ze took the card, took out his mobile phone, and opened his mobile banking app.

He entered the card number and the amount: 50,000.

He confirmed the transfer.

A few seconds later, Jiang Xin's mobile phone vibrated once.

She took out her mobile phone to look, and her eyes widened.

"President Qin, you... you are..."

"Take this money first." Qin Ze put down his mobile phone.

"From today start, I will give you fifty thousand every month. Just resign directly; you don't need to go to work at the bank anymore."

Jiang Xin stared blankly at her mobile phone screen, then looked at Qin Ze, unable to speak for half a day.

"President Qin, why are you giving me money?"

"And I can't provide any useful value for you!"

Looking at the transfer amount, Jiang Xin's drunkenness instantly sobered up by more than half!

Only after looking at Qin Ze in a daze for half a day did she finally ask this!

"Because you were willing to treat me as a friend and tell me these things. That is value."

"Moreover, you have worked at the bank for three years and are familiar with financial processes; I happen to need a financial advisor under me."

He paused.

"If you don't want to do things and just want to lie flat, then I will let you lie flat. Fifty thousand a month is enough for you to live comfortably in Jiangcheng."

Jiang Xin bit her lip hard, and tears welled up again.

This time, it was from being moved.

"President Qin, I don't know what to say..."

"You don't need to say anything.

" Qin Ze poured a cup of wine and handed it to her.

"Just tell me, do you want to leave the bank?"

Jiang Xin nodded vigorously.

"Yes! I dream of it!"

"There isn't a single moment I don't want to leave that rotten place, far away from those rotten people and rotten things!"

"Then that's settled." Qin Ze clinked glasses with her.

"Go resign tomorrow."

Jiang Xin held the wine cup, her hand trembling.

She looked at Qin Ze, her gaze complex.

There was gratitude, admiration, and dependence.

And a trace of an indescribable emotion.

She knew clearly!

Fifty thousand a month!

It was absolutely not simply about being a financial advisor!

Having struggled through society for these years, she naturally understood that, as a woman!

Having taken this money, she knew what she should do!

"President Qin, I am no longer pure, and I am not worthy of you..."

"But I am willing to devote myself completely to you..."

"Whatever you tell me to do, I will do!"

As she spoke, she suddenly grabbed Qin Ze's hand.

Forcing it onto her silk-stockinged thigh.

Jiang Xin's face was so red it looked like it would drip blood; her eyes were blurred, and her breathing was rapid.

Qin Ze looked into her eyes.

In those eyes, there was longing, inferiority, and the determination of someone who had given up on themselves.

He gently withdrew his hand.

"Jiang Xin, you don't need to repay me in this way."

Jiang Xin was stunned.

"I am helping you because I want you to know that in this world, there are still people who don't seek anything from you, but simply want to help you."

Qin Ze controlled his instincts!

The most important thing right now was to complete the redemption!

As for other things, they could be dealt with slowly later!