novelraw Chapter 723: This is Really Awkward...
Chapter 723: This is Really Awkward...
"Found, found it?" Zhang Lingying looked up at Leng Jian with some surprise. "The scandal has only spread for one day, and you’ve already found the person manipulating things from behind?"
"Don’t you want to know who is behind manipulating public opinion, creating the scandal between you and Qin Nanyu?" Leng Jian picked up the cup of water in front of him and asked with curiosity.
Zhang Lingying’s reaction was somewhat unexpected to him.
It seemed like she already knew something and wasn’t curious about what he had found; instead, she was worried about whether he had found something...
Leng Jian’s cool gaze flickered slightly, and his look at Zhang Lingying became somewhat playful.
This young girl, aside from having intelligence beyond her years, also behaved in an extraordinary manner.
"It’s not that I’m not curious, it’s just..." Zhang Lingying hesitated to speak.
What came to mind was Lu Jing, who had just come to find her and whom she had added to the blacklist.
Since she already knew beforehand who was behind the schemes, she naturally wouldn’t be curious.
What surprised her was that Ji Weitian had such a capable friend by her side who, in less than half a day, had managed to bring Lu Jing to light.
If she had known Leng Jian was going to talk to her about this, she wouldn’t have sent Lu Jing away just now. She should have let him stay to experience the feeling of being exposed for misdeeds face to face!
He wouldn’t dare come and stir up trouble with her again.
Zhang Lingying secretly thought to herself. By the time she came back to her senses and opened her mouth to ask, "Who is it?"
After speaking, she seemed to realize the question was perhaps superfluous, pursed her lips, "It’s Lu Jing, right?"
Leng Jian, taken aback by her words, had a fleeting look in his eyes and couldn’t respond before Zhang Lingying continued.
"Lu Jing went to my house before Qin Nanyu came to see my father, and knew after my father’s death. He went to great lengths to get me to join the re Group. I didn’t agree, so this time he probably intentionally revealed the scandal about me and Qin Nanyu to stir up trouble..."
"It’s not him." Leng Jian abruptly spoke.
His simple three-word response changed the atmosphere at the dining table instantly.
Zhang Lingying blinked, looking somewhat puzzled at Leng Jian, as if she couldn’t understand what he was saying.
Did he mean the person spreading the scandal about her and Qin Nanyu wasn’t Lu Jing?
Zhang Lingying: "..." !!!!!!!!
Leng Jian, reading the shock on her face, handed her a cup of water to calm her down.
"According to the IP I traced, this matter should have nothing to do with Lu Jing. The person spreading the rumors about you and Qin Nanyu is someone else, and the motive isn’t related to business competition."
"..."
"I came to you not only to clarify the whole situation but also to apologize to you. No matter what, this matter has affected you, and if there is anything I can help you with, just let me know."
"..." Zhang Lingying took a long time to recover.
In her mind emerged the gloomy expression on Lu Jing’s face when he was being accused by her.
Then she remembered his recent phone call, where he seemed to want to explain something to her, but she didn’t even let him finish his words before hanging up...
Oh, she not only hung up on him, but it seemed she had also added him to the blacklist.
"Don’t speak for a moment, let me sort this out." She pressed her hand to her head, silent for a few seconds, before finally speaking.
"What you’re saying is, the person who exposed the scandal between me and Qin Nanyu isn’t Lu Jing, nor was it done by someone instructed by Lu Jing? The whole affair has nothing to do with him?!"