When Qiangwei walked out of the door and looked at the door, her body paused slightly. Qiangwei couldn't help but blink to make sure she didn't see it wrong.
Outside the old-fashioned western iron door decorated with flowers stood a tall woman wearing a light blue suit, a white lady's shirt, and a coffee-colored skirt. Her black lace stockings outlined her delicate and impeccable legs. She stood quietly outside the door like a magnolia shining in the sun.
Of course, if her flawless face was not so indifferent as usual, Qiangwei might only have appreciation and not a trace of nervousness.
Why is she here?
Even though there was only a wall between them, when Qiangwei saw Lin Ruoxi come to her house and rang the doorbell, her heart still skipped a beat.
To be honest, even if she saw more than a hundred people standing in front of her house with knives, Qiangwei wouldn't have such complicated feelings.
In any case, Qiangwei didn't think about avoiding anything. She walked straight to the door and opened the door with a peaceful smile. She looked at Lin Ruoxi's clear eyes and made a gesture to invite her in. "I'm glad you can come, although I'm a little surprised."
Lin Ruoxi responded and seemed to be thinking about something. She walked in silently and followed Qiangwei to the house.
"I only found out about it very late."
"Huh?" Qiangwei looked at Lin Ruoxi.
"I said, I only found out about it very late. You are our neighbor. Qianni didn't tell me," Lin Ruoxi said.
Qiangwei was slightly stunned. She didn't expect that the thing Lin Ruoxi said would be such a common thing.
Qiangwei smiled and said, "You mean Qianni? She didn't tell me either. Why do I feel that Qianni is deliberately hiding it from us?"
Lin Ruoxi shook her head and said, "No, she just didn't expect it. Recently, she has been very busy with work. The company encountered some problems. She is a very serious person. I am also very busy. She has been helping me."
Qiangwei was stunned again. She just wanted to make a little joke, but she didn't expect that Lin Ruoxi would answer this matter so seriously and sincerely, even if she didn't think there was a reason at all.
What a strange woman, thought Rose. However, the little nervousness she had felt at the beginning was gone.
When she walked into the living room, Lin Ruoxi saw the breakfast on the table. She opened her mouth slightly and said, "I didn't know you were about to have breakfast. I'm sorry to bother you."
Qiangwei smiled calmly and said, "You don't have to be so polite. It's not a big deal. I'm not like you, who work from 9 to 5 and manage such a large listed company. I'm a very idle woman. I can eat whenever I want and sleep whenever I want. It doesn't matter. I'm very happy that you can come. Why would I care about something like breakfast?"
"This is not good for your health. You must have a routine." Lin Ruoxi said seriously, "Although I often stay up late, since you have the conditions, it's better to pay attention to some routine."
Qiangwei choked again. She felt that she couldn't understand the logic of Lin Ruoxi's words. Why did she suddenly advise her to pay attention to her routine?
She suddenly felt that it was a little funny. Ever since she was young, the first person who cared about her routine wasn't her parents, elders, confidants, or her lover. It was actually … the woman in front of her who should hate her.
Lin Ruoxi saw Qiangwei looking at her with a strange gaze. She only thought that Qiangwei was a little unhappy. She sighed and said, "Did I say too much? I don't mean anything else. Actually … I'm quite envious that you can be so carefree."
"You envy me, but why do I often feel that I should envy you?" Qiangwei said faintly. Then, she laughed at herself and said to Lin Ruoxi, "Sit down and talk. I'm not in a hurry to eat breakfast. I'll get you a cup of black tea."
Lin Ruoxi nodded, but she didn't sit down immediately. Instead, she walked slowly in the spacious living room downstairs of Qiangwei's house. She admired the sculptures, oil paintings, and other decorations in the house.
The first floor of Qiangwei's house had a variety of decorations. There were medieval European knight armors, romantic oil paintings, impressionist works, Renaissance imitation sculptures, and some jade carvings.
When Qiangwei came to the coffee table with two cups of black tea, Lin Ruoxi sat on the woven chair and said, "Thank you."
Qiangwei pursed her lips and said, "Do you like anything?"
"What?"
"These oil paintings … sculptures, handicrafts, if there's anything you like, I can give it to you." Qiangwei said, "Of course, I'm not saying that you don't have any. I know that you're one of the richest women in the world. It's just that I don't really like these things. It's rather eerie to leave them at home. So, if you like them, I'll give them to you. As far as I know, some of them are works of famous artists."
Lin Ruoxi seemed a little confused. She frowned and asked, "Since you don't like them, why do you have so many handicrafts of famous artists?"
Qiangwei chuckled and said, "I didn't collect them. They're my father's collection. I don't like them."
Lin Ruoxi nodded and sipped the hot black tea. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "I heard that … your identity is rather special …"
Qiangwei felt that Lin Ruoxi's shy look was very refreshing. The woman in front of her was like a little girl who had not experienced much of the world. She didn't look like the leader of a multinational corporation at all. Compared to her, Qiangwei felt like she was more than ten years older.
"You don't have to say that. I'm from the underworld. Moreover, I'm the leader of the Red Thorns Society in Zhonghai. To put it simply, I'm the so-called boss of the bad guys." Qiangwei winked at Lin Ruoxi. "You inherited the mantle of a businessman from your grandmother. I inherited the mantle of the underworld from my father."
This was the first time Lin Ruoxi heard about this. She was slightly surprised and asked, "Uncle, he … is also one of them?"
Qiangwei chuckled and said, "Yes, and he even went against me. But … I've already defeated him and sent him overseas. So, I'm not interested in keeping the things he left behind here."
Lin Ruoxi couldn't get used to it. Her daughter killed her father? And it was a fight between the underworld?
However, Lin Ruoxi was good at analyzing things rationally. Although she was surprised, she quickly sorted out some clues. She asked suspiciously, "These things … are related to that man, right?"
Qiangwei took a sip of tea and restrained her smile. She nodded and said, "Yes, if it wasn't for him, I'd already be dead."
Lin Ruoxi's gaze was a little cold. "Could it be … Uncle, he …"
"My father once wanted to kill me. But because of Yang Cheng, he didn't succeed. In the end, he was defeated by me. And because of this, I became the only leader of the underworld in Zhonghai …" Qiangwei gave a simple explanation.
The porcelain cup in Lin Ruoxi's hand trembled slightly. Qiangwei's words were very light and the content seemed very simple. But Lin Ruoxi was very clear that the things contained in the past were really too difficult for ordinary people to imagine.
The father wanted to kill the daughter? The daughter defeated the father and exiled the father abroad? What kind of mental torture was this?
Moreover, that man actually single-handedly made this woman who looked as delicate as a flower become the leader of the underworld in Zhonghai. He … He actually did such a thing without me knowing …
Lin Ruoxi felt a little sour in her heart. As his wife, she asked him to save Yu Lei International once and even made such a sacrifice in exchange. But, for the woman in front of her, he so generously helped her to the top.
But Lin Ruoxi knew that this wasn't the time to be jealous. She didn't have the habit of being jealous.
"Actually, other than getting to know you officially, I came here today to thank you for saving me last time," Lin Ruoxi said gently.
"Don't thank me, I did it for myself." Qiangwei said, "If anything happened to you, I would blame myself and he would be sad, sad, sad, sad. His sadness would be worse than if I were to die."
Lin Ruoxi's two hands gripped the teacup tightly. Qiangwei's words seemed to be pricking her heart with a needle — — she was telling her that she wouldn't give in when it came to love.
But in reality, even if she didn't say it, she knew that she couldn't make her give in.
Thinking of this, Lin Ruoxi smiled slightly tiredly, "Let's not talk about him, let's talk about you and me. Do you know, my former father … also wanted to kill me, but he was also saved by that man. But, I haven't experienced as much as you, but I still find it very funny that we are both people who were vainly tried to kill by our own relatives. "
Qiangwei was stunned, her gaze changed in an instant, and in the end, she sighed, "So it's like this … I didn't know that it was so hard for you."
Lin Ruoxi put down her teacup and extended her delicate hand to Qiangwei. She smiled gently and said, "It's very nice to meet you."
"…" Qiangwei stretched out her soft hand, and the two equally fair and tender hands held together. There was a trace of warmth, "Me too."
Lin Ruoxi had never been a sloppy person. After saying what she wanted to say, she stood up and said, "I have to go to work. If there's a chance in the future, let's chat again. You can also call Qianni."
"En, I'll send you off." Qiangwei stood up, as if she was sending off a friend she had known for many years, completely unlike the relationship between a lover and a wife.
When Lin Ruoxi was about to leave, Qiangwei suddenly said to Lin Ruoxi's back, "Cherish yourself, you are the woman who should be by his side the most …"
Lin Ruoxi's footsteps paused, but she didn't stop for long. She didn't turn around and immediately walked out of the door.
At this time, the faint morning light scattered in the courtyard. On the path to the big iron gate, Lin Ruoxi's beautiful back was dyed with a thin layer of hazy golden light …
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