novelraw Chapter 225: Such a Coincidence (3)
Chapter 225: Such a Coincidence (3)
"Mr. Shen." After taking her seat, Qiao Mo greeted out of courtesy.Shen Ling smiled gently: "It’s been several months, really a long time..."
Seeing him as polite and courteous as ever, Qiao Mo felt complicated inside.
"My father treated you better than his own brother, Mr. Shen, why did you betray and put him to death?"
Shen Ling smiled as he poured tea for Qiao Mo: "Didn’t your father ever teach you that business is like a battlefield?"
"This world is truly where the winner takes all. The clash between the Shen family and the Qiao family was a result of your father’s complacency and lack of skill."
Qiao Mo lowered her gaze and let out a light laugh...
Haha, she used to feel resentful, always wanting to ask Shen Ling why he did it.
But now she understood.
He and her father were people from two different worlds.
Though her father seemed unscrupulous, he was actually loyal and righteous.
But Shen Ling was hypocritical, and all his loyalty and integrity couldn’t measure up against profits.
Now that he has destroyed the Qiao family, he probably doesn’t feel a shred of guilt, but rather takes pride in it.
Talking to such a person is pointless.
"With different principles, there’s no point in conspiring together. Mr. Shen, why not just say what it would take for you to prove my father’s innocence?"
Shen Ling looked at Qiao Mo and let out a light laugh, his eyes gleaming with a flash of cunning.
"I hear the Qiao family’s ancestors were bandits and obtained a precious jade at the beginning of the nation’s founding. Have you heard of it?"
Qiao Mo frowned tightly, precious jade?
She had never heard anyone mention it.
But she did not deny it outright, as after all, she still hoped Shen Ling could prove Qiao Dehou’s innocence.
"Father never mentioned it to me, but in a prestigious family, jade pieces are as common as cattle, and something is always mentioned in casual conversations. I wonder what is special about the Jade Pendant you mentioned?"
Shen Ling scrutinized Qiao Mo for a while and then slowly said: "It’s a piece of white jade, carved with a dragon and phoenix, one on the left and one on the right, complemented by vine patterns."
Qiao Mo remained silent, not uttering a word, because if what Shen Ling said was true, randomly agreeing would only expose a flaw.
"If you can hand over this white jade, I can prove your father’s innocence. After all, the Qiao family is already destroyed, your father’s life or death means nothing to me, but this piece of jade could bring me huge profits. Why would I go against money?" Shen Ling slowly spoke.
Qiao Mo agreed, only saying she would inquire from Qiao Dehou.
After Shen Ling left, it wasn’t long before Qiao Mo also got up.
She had to admit, Shen Tingting really was just like her father, but Shen Ling’s scheming was deeper, more cunning.
But does the Qiao family really have a piece of white jade?
She had never heard of it.
...
Not far from leaving the restaurant, Qiao Mo was stunned, somewhat absentminded.
Jing Hao, with a cake in one hand and supporting a middle-aged woman with the other, was walking towards a hotel next door.
He... how could he be here?
Jing Hao clearly didn’t expect to encounter Qiao Mo here either; he stood in place, his gaze somewhat disoriented.
"Xiao Mo, I knew you would come, but Jing Hao insisted you were too busy with your studies to make it."
The middle-aged woman stepped forward and took Qiao Mo’s hand, speaking gently.
The woman’s hair was tied up, gentle and amiable, wearing a simply styled coat, genuinely pleased upon seeing Qiao Mo.
"Aunt Feng... why have you lost so much weight?"
The woman in front of her was indeed Jing Hao’s mother. Since her disappearance not long ago, it was the first time Qiao Mo had seen her.
Unlike before, she had become much thinner and more frail, her spirit also seemed not well, appearing to have aged several years in just a few months.
"Come... don’t stand here talking." Feng Lan held her hand.