Chapter 1245: When at a Dead End, Get Plastic Surgery

The original location of the Ji Family has already been exposed and can no longer be used.

Ji Yingjie bought a new piece of land and spent a great deal of money to buy back the original people of the Ji Family to rebuild their home!

……

Zhu Qingrui has had a very difficult time these past few days.

Rumors suddenly spread outside that he had obtained the Ji Family Treasure and had countless amounts of money, and even Qi Heng believed it.

In order to make him tell the "truth," they even used a lie detector on him.

And it wasn't just once; the most advanced lie detectors from various countries were all used on him before Qi Heng finally believed—he wasn't lying, and what was circulating outside was just a rumor.

Zhu Family Castle.

Study.

Qi Heng and Zhu Qingrui met here once again to negotiate.

The scene of this meeting was completely different from the last; Qi Heng appeared very calm, as if victory was already in his grasp: "As long as you follow me without any ulterior motives, I will not treat you unfairly."

Zhu Qingrui gave a bitter smile: "Do you think I still have the capital to have ulterior motives?"

It was not difficult to investigate who was spreading rumors outside; none of them expected that Ji Yingjie would suddenly pull such a stunt upon arriving in the United States.

Although they didn't expect it, they had to admit that this move was played beautifully!

What a great strategy of diverting the disaster; without showing her face or revealing her tracks, she made him a target.

Now the eyes of the whole world are fixed on Zhu Qingrui; as long as he shows his face, he will be kidnapped, and then the other party will use every possible means to make him spit out the whereabouts of the treasure.

Of course he couldn't say it, but the other party certainly wouldn't believe him, and then he would suffer endless torture, only to end up with nothing to say and be tortured to death.

This is where Ji Yingjie is formidable: borrowing a knife to kill someone invisibly.

Zhu Qingrui does not dare to show his face now, which in reality is equivalent to helping Qi Heng.

He can only survive by clinging to him; he has no other choice!

Qi Heng: "Have you thought it over? Do you really want to do this? Our bodies, hair, and skin are given by our parents; plastic surgery is unfilial."

Zhu Qingrui said with lowered eyes and a submissive expression: "I have thought it over. After the surgery, it will be more convenient for me to serve you. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been hard to balance; if I am to be loyal to you, I cannot be filial. Let it be so."

That was very well said.

Qi Heng didn't believe a single word of it, but he admitted that it would indeed be more convenient for him to serve him after the surgery.

He also wasn't afraid of Zhu Qingrui playing tricks after the surgery.

His trump card was firmly held in his own hands, so what was there to fear?

The matter of the surgery was settled, and just as Zhu Qingrui left, his phone rang; it was Liu Min again.

Every time he saw her number, he couldn't help but feel disgusted.

Yet he had to keep up the act with her.

The call connected: "Amin, calling me at this hour, is something the matter?"

Liu Min said coyly: "Nothing much, I just missed you..."

He really wanted to smash his phone.

Was he appointed as a Military Region Commander just to indulge in petty romance?

Out of ten times that Liu Min looked for him, eight were to confess her feelings, and the other two were just finding excuses to chatter about nothing.

"Amin, I am in a secret meeting, it is extremely urgent; I will talk to you later."

"Okay..."

Before she could finish her response on the other end, he had already hung up the phone.

Every time he used such excuses; he couldn't refuse directly, and of course, he couldn't agree.

If he refused directly, given Liu Min's explosive temper, there was no telling how many outrageous things she would do.

If he agreed... he would have to face this woman, Liu Min, every moment for the rest of his life; just thinking about it made life seem devoid of joy. Such a thing must absolutely not happen.

Furthermore, there was another very important reason: Qi Heng was still thinking of Shi Ran.

He felt that Shi Ran was ignoring him now because her anger hadn't subsided yet.

As time passed, the fire in her heart would slowly disappear, and then as long as he pursued her persistently, she would have a change of heart.

Qi Heng was very confident, confident that the relationship he and Shi Ran had since childhood could withstand any test; he believed that no matter how many excessive things he had done, Shi Ran would forgive him.

He was thinking very wishfully.

……

Jiangzhou.

Dingsheng Group, President Office.

"Off work, it's time!"

Yun Qitian stood up from his seat and cheered.

Shi Ran glanced at him with disdain: "Is it appropriate for you to show such enthusiasm for leaving work in front of your superior?"

Ever since this guy moved over last time, he had refused to move back and had been clinging to her office, refusing to leave.

Yun Qitian was righteous and confident: "It's appropriate. Once off work, you are no longer my superior; we are friends, it's an equal relationship."

Shi Ran:...

This guy's ability to spout twisted logic was second only to her own mother.

"Alright, just go home after work, goodbye!" She still had a little bit of work to finish and planned to finish it before leaving.

But he didn't leave; instead, he walked behind the desk, took her hand, and swung it back and forth: "No, I don't want to leave alone; you come with me."

Shi Ran:...

Just as she was about to refuse, he gave a reason she couldn't refuse: "It's my birthday today, I want you to accompany me for dinner."

"It's your birthday? Happy birthday, I haven't prepared a gift..."

Shi Ran felt a bit embarrassed; she was too careless.

Every year on her birthday, she would receive a gift from Yun Qitian, yet when his birthday came around, she often forgot, either sending a gift early or making up for it afterward!

Yun Qitian: "No need for you to send a gift; just treat me to a meal, no problem with that, right?"

"No problem, let's go."

Shi Ran put down the work in her hands, and the two of them walked out with their arms around each other's shoulders.

Everyone at the company was used to it; it was a pure friendship, and now no rumors would spread about the two of them in the company.

Because they were going out to eat, they didn't call a driver, nor did they even have a driver wait at the company entrance; the two of them walked to the parking lot and drove away.

Yun Qitian was the same as always, pulling open the passenger door for Shi Ran, his hand considerately shielding the top of the door frame, and closing it only after she had sat inside.

She was also used to it; it had always been like this, and there was nothing inappropriate about it.

But this time it was a little different; as soon as Shi Ran sat in the car, she saw someone in the rearview mirror secretly taking pictures of the two of them.

"Hey! What are you doing?" She stuck her head out of the window and shouted loudly.

What Shi Ran meant was, why are you taking secret photos?

If you want to take photos, just come over and do it openly; if needed, the two of them could even strike a pose or something.

But her shout scared the person taking the photos away, and they ran faster than a rabbit.

Yun Qitian said to her: "Don't mind them; it's probably just a reporter from some tabloid who has nothing to report on, so they've come to stir up our stale 'CP' again."

"I think so too; forget it, don't mind them, let's drive."

Neither of them took it to heart and went off to celebrate the birthday.

Yun Qitian had already booked a restaurant, a very romantic place!

This restaurant was usually very popular, but today it was quiet, and there wasn't a single customer.

"Did you book the whole place?" Shi Ran understood as soon as she saw it.

Yun Qitian pretended to be displeased: "You woman are such a buzzkill, always so smart; is it fun to see through everything?"

Shi Ran: "Then tell me, how would it be fun?"

He covered his face with both hands, acting surprised: "Wow, I'm so lucky; there isn't a single customer here today."

"Pfft—"

Shi Ran laughed out loud: "Can you not make your lack of common sense so obvious?"