A pampered young lady from a prestigious family, pampered by her childhood sweetheart, a CEO.

"Xu Qi fell... Xu Qi fell..."

"What a spineless person..."

He murmured a wish for peace.

Immediately afterwards, a large tear fell onto the back of her hand.

Xu Qiluo's eyes hurt even more.

"Wishing you peace...you..."

He seemed to have a lot to say, looking at the person in front of him with thick, black hair, even revealing a bit of his fair neck.

"Is it because I didn't want to be Professor Zhu's graduate student? So he..."

"No ..."

Zhu Pingan tasted a faint metallic taste of blood. She raised her hand to wipe her lips, then took it off, her fingertips gleaming with crimson. It turned out that she had unknowingly bitten her lip until it bled.

Zhu Ping'an laughed self-deprecatingly, "He doesn't care about me, and it has nothing to do with you. I've been ignored by everyone since the day I was born."

Beneath that bright red bloodstain, the emotions she had been trying so hard to suppress surged up again. The aching, stinging feeling felt like it was going to shatter her chest, leaving only an empty, desolate feeling in her heart.

"you…"

Xu Qiluo quickly grabbed a tissue from the side and held it to her mouth, saying in a deep voice, "It's not your fault that they don't care about you. You haven't done anything wrong. Self-harm is always irresponsible to yourself."

Zhu Ping'an's fingers twitched slightly, and she trembled again. She felt that she was probably at her limit and was about to cry, but she really didn't want to cry. She hadn't cried in a long time.

She never cried during any of her parent-teacher conferences, even though her father was absent from her childhood.

Her father didn't remember her birthday, and she never cried.

On her 18th birthday, her father slapped her, but she didn't cry.

Even now, she has been like a puppet, listening to her father's words without any of her own opinions, and she has never cried.

"Of course I know this isn't my fault..."

Xu Qiluo's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes were fixed on her.

Zhu Pingan raised her head, her eyes slightly moist, her lips bleeding from being bitten.

"He wanted to break my wings, to bind me, to control me at his mercy. Out of that last bit of fatherly love, that last bit of respect, that last bit of gratitude for his upbringing, I willingly served as his puppet for 20 years. But now things are different..."

Zhu Pingan moved forward a little, and Xu Qiluo didn't say anything more, just quietly looked at Zhu Pingan. At that moment, her determination was finally solidified.

“He didn’t name me either. My mother abandoned me the moment I was born. I know that perhaps in his eyes, my birth was a stain on his reputation as a professor… My grandparents raised me little by little and gave me such a beautiful name.”

Wishing you peace...

Wishing you peace, safety, and healthy growth...

From now on... I only wish you peace...

Xu Qiluo was very patient, only slightly lowering her eyes, "Since you put it that way, I understand."

"Are you being discharged now? Wishing you a safe recovery."

He no longer called himself his counselor; that title was a shackle, a shackle that bound Zhu Ping'an's true nature.

"out."

The two were a little distance apart. Xu Qiluo was good-looking, dressed in a black tracksuit, with a tall and slender figure and outstanding temperament. His skin was very fair, almost dazzling in the sunlight.

It's no wonder that the girls at school are infatuated with him, obsessed with him, and even bang their heads against the wall for him.

It's amazing that she still has the mind to tease Xu Qiluo. Zhu Pingan couldn't help but laugh out loud. She looked rather disheveled, but there was a touch of casualness in her dishevelment.

"Xu Qi fell..."

"Ah."

Do you know why the old man insisted on having you as his graduate student?

She could no longer bring herself to call him "Dad." Zhu Ping'an carefully examined his features; his bone structure was excellent, and his fine, layered, fluffy bangs covered the area below his eyebrows, making his eyes appear even colder and sharper, giving him an unapproachable air.

Is he hard to approach?

Actually, no. The boy has a kind and sincere heart, and it only took a few short meetings for him to extend a helping hand.

"why?"

"Because he said you're a lot like his younger self, capable of putting in a tremendous amount of effort for what you want to do, calm, composed, goal-oriented, and with a wolf-like drive..."

The chirping of insects echoed in the regularly maintained garden downstairs, and a gentle breeze carried the growing smell of disinfectant inside the house.

"But now I realize that the old man was wrong. You're different from him; you have your own sense of right and wrong, and you also have your own sincerity and kindness..."

Xu Qiluo didn't move. She neither refuted her words nor agreed with her. She just waited for her to finish speaking, and then walked out. The moment she closed the door, Zhu Ping'an heard the sound of seven or eight little white rabbits jumping on the tip of her heart.

You're half right. My sincerity and kindness are reserved for the same people.

On an autumn afternoon, in a ward filled with the strong smell of disinfectant, with intense, glaring sunlight outside, Xu Qiluo stopped and turned around. His gaze towards her was clear and resolute, bright and unforgettable.

"Zhu Ping An, you should hurry up and be discharged soon. I have class this afternoon and can't skip it again, or my sister will be angry."

He wished for peace, not for the counselor.

"Okay." Zhu Pingan smiled with relief. "If your sister gets angry, I'll cover for you during the next class meeting."

"Thank you, but I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until the next class meeting."

The deeper meaning of this statement is something I wish Ping An to pretend he doesn't understand.

Being too smart isn't always a good thing. True wisdom often appears as foolishness. There must have been a reason why the ancients created these idioms.

……

……

The internal meeting of the Luo Group was held in the top-floor conference room. Everyone was serious, dressed in suits, and had brought their laptops to turn on the projector.

They have everything ready and are just waiting for the CEO.

Assistant Yang followed behind Luo Yunqi, telling him the general content of today's meeting. Fang Ming had also finished dealing with all his matters and rushed back just in time for the meeting. Everything was just right.

He appeared before everyone, looking travel-worn. Only a few elders in the front row were surprised, while the others hadn't fully reacted before Luo Yunqi pushed open the conference room door.

"CEO, I'm back. I've completed all the tasks you assigned me. Here are the results of my investigation. Please take a look."

No one dared to whisper. They all saw a serious and ruthless look on their CEO's face. Assistant Yang quietly gave him a thumbs up.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work. Come on, let me introduce you to everyone." Luo Yunqi gestured to Fang Ming, then placed the document on the table with his other hand, his expression unreadable as he swept his gaze across the faces of the elders present.

“Fang Ming… is the top assistant of the Luo Group, my right-hand man. Like Assistant Yang, he is responsible for all the company’s private affairs. Some time ago, I asked Fang Ming to secretly investigate some things, and guess what… I actually found out something.”

Some were scared, some felt guilty, and some didn't understand...

Luo Yunqi nodded, and Assistant Yang quickly took the document to print. In the three silent minutes, everyone's heart pounded.

"Distribute it out, let everyone see how the elders of our Luo Group take these kickbacks, how they collude with others to gradually ruin our group's reputation, and how they meticulously orchestrated this scheme to take over our Luo Group."

"hiss…"

Someone gasped...