Chapter 1813: Understanding the Love Rival

Wang Yong is a man of temperament; he said a lot, but almost none of it was useful—it was all angry venting.

Zirui was touched, but work still had to be completed.

He told his uncle Wang Yong several times, and only after confirming repeatedly did Wang Yong fully agree: "Rest assured, I'll have the complete data in your hands in an hour, guaranteed to be complete."

During this hour, Zirui also searched online for some information.

The information online was very official, saying more or less the same things; basically, apart from the date of birth, there was nothing else that could be trusted.

No, wait, some even the date of birth couldn't be trusted!

In the official reports, Liu Hao's profile looked quite good.

A man of talent and integrity, excellent in both character and academics, with outstanding performance in all areas.

But the data Wang Yong sent over via satellite was a completely different story.

According to the data Wang Yong sent, Liu Hao didn't even finish middle school before he started serving in the military; he was a bit of an old hand, and while not without merits, he was quite formidable in battle and could be considered a character.

He was mischievous and troublesome since childhood, and while one couldn't say he was evil incarnate as an adult, he certainly wasn't a pushover.

Especially in terms of personal relationships, one couldn't call them rich; they could only be described as chaotic.

Liu Hao had a constant stream of girlfriends; he had dated no fewer than eighty women from childhood to adulthood—he was a playboy even more than Zihan.

Compared to him, Zihan was just a minor player.

Zihan only went on dates with girls, eating, shopping, and watching movies.

But Liu Hao played for real; he even had several illegitimate children, and although he had restrained himself somewhat after getting engaged to Qi Shishi, it was only on the surface—he did plenty behind her back.

Zirui frowned slightly, feeling it was not worth it for Shishi.

He had deliberately avoided learning about him before, but now that he knew, he began to worry about Shishi's future.

That Liu Hao was simply unworthy of her; he didn't believe that if he could find this information, Qi Shishi wouldn't know about it.

She must know everything, perhaps even more than he did, yet she still engaged to Liu Hao without hesitation.

It was evident that her country was far more important to her than herself!

"Is it ready yet?" Minister Kang urged.

The Minister had been observing Zirui for a while; he had been zoning out a bit too much, so he offered a timely reminder.

"It's ready."

He walked over and placed the data in front of Minister Kang, but the Minister said: "I don't have time to read it; how about this, you read it to me!"

Zirui:...

Let him read it?

When he read it himself, he felt like he was rubbing salt into a wound; to have to read it aloud was like tearing the wound open again and sprinkling another layer of salt on it.

Yet he did it anyway.

He read it out word for word.

The Minister was able to multitask, listening on one side while handling his own work, completely unaffected.

Finally, he finished reading.

The Minister said: "Good, thank you for your hard work; go get some rest, we will be arriving in Country L in a little while."

"Yes."

He returned to his seat and closed his eyes to rest, no one knowing what he was thinking.

The plane landed.

Minister Kang and his delegation, as official representatives of Jiangzhou, received the highest level of reception from Country L.

Qi Shishi took the lead and personally went to the airport to welcome them.

When she saw Zirui following behind the Minister, she was clearly stunned.

But she quickly returned to normal, as if they were meeting for the first time, warm and polite.

As the Minister's Confidential Secretary, Zirui needed to stay close to the Minister; on the way to the hotel, the Minister and Qi Shishi were in the same car, so he naturally accompanied them.

And by Qi Shishi's side... was her fiancé, Liu Hao!

They were riding in a stretched Lincoln, the four of them sitting opposite each other.

Liu Hao spoke first: "This secretary looks very familiar; is your surname Sheng?"

He was definitely doing it on purpose, deliberately provoking him.

Before Zirui could respond, Qi Shishi had already scolded: "Liu Hao, you are being very impolite."

He was unconvinced and wanted to argue, but meeting Qi Shishi's warning gaze, he swallowed the words on his lips and said nothing.

Forget it, just endure it.

The atmosphere along the way was very strange, but fortunately, they arrived at the hotel without incident.

Their rooms had already been arranged, and after a brief rest, the banquet prepared by Country L began.

The banquet was of a very high standard, so high that even someone of Liu Hao's status was not qualified to attend; he could only stand outside to provide security.

Actually, it wasn't that his status wasn't high enough, but that Qi Shishi had done it on purpose.

She didn't want this man to affect Country L's normal business.

Without Liu Hao present, the banquet went very smoothly.

Today's main focus was Minister Kang; Zirui, as a minor Confidential Secretary, was not the protagonist, so he felt much more relaxed.

He thought about going to the balcony for some fresh air.

Standing on the balcony, a breeze blew by.

The last time he stood in this place was two years ago; back then, he was the protagonist of the banquet, and he and Qi Shishi were called a match made in heaven.

Now, things had changed and people were different; the way people looked at him was no longer with respect, but with much more contempt.

No matter what country people were from, at such heights, most were sycophants who judged people by their status; he didn't care, the only one he cared about was Qi Shishi.

Heh.

Qi Shishi was also indifferent toward him.

From that one glance when their eyes met at the airport, she had not looked at him again.

That was right, it was normal; he was not worthy.

The two of them were not on equal footing, and it had been that way for a long time.

Zirui could even somewhat understand his father's insistence on separating the two of them back then; his father was right.

Marriage truly requires families of equal social standing.

Love alone is not enough, far from enough.

"What are you doing?"

A familiar voice; he knew who it was without turning around.

He quickly adjusted his facial expression, then turned back with a polite smile: "Nothing, just came over to catch some breeze."

"Oh, me too, came over to catch some breeze."

The two stood side by side, neither speaking.

After a long while, Qi Shishi was the first to break the silence: "You, don't you have anything you want to ask me?"

Back when she got engaged, she had used only three words: "Let's break up," to end their relationship, without a single word of explanation, and Sheng Zirui had only replied with one word: "Okay," without a single word of inquiry.

Zirui asked: "How have you been lately?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, how about you?"

"I'm also doing fine."

There was no blame, no explanation, and certainly no pouring out of hearts after such a long separation.

The two chatted aimlessly, talking only about the weather and some trivial matters at work, tacitly avoiding any mention of Liu Hao.

Qi Shishi was the first to break the stalemate: "Zirui, aren't you curious why I suddenly got engaged?"

"Not curious, mainly because it's meaningless."

"That's right, heh, meaningless."

Neither of them was good at expressing their feelings, but that did not mean they were not sad.

She said softly: "Actually, in the end, I am the one who let you down; you did so much for me, yet I still failed you."

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