The aloof beauty always has weak legs; the crazy boss is too ruthless.

Chapter 142 Ambition
Gu Shi was the only one left in the private room. His wife, Song Nuan, came in a few minutes later.

Seeing his dejected look, it was clear that he had failed to subdue Lin Chen this time. "There was nothing we could do about it. Siqi insisted that we tell Lin Chen this, saying that only in this way could we completely sever ties with him."

"We can't help Siqi with anything else, this is all we can do."

"Don't feel guilty. Look at Siqi. If we let her stay with Lin Chen, she might be a corpse the next time we see her."

This was also the first time Gu Shi had lied to Lin Chen.

His wife, Song Nuan, tried to persuade him many times, but he always refused.

Until Song Nuan gave him Lu Siqi's medical record.

Song Nuan knew how tight-lipped her husband was, which is why she kept this secret from Lu Siqi and told Gu Shi about it.

After reviewing the medical records and learning about Lu Siqi's experience in Bangnan, Gu Shi couldn't bear to see her suffer again in the future.

Besides, this tragedy was caused by him. If he hadn't arranged for Lu Siqi to go to Jianghong and let Lin Chen personally take care of her, Lu Siqi wouldn't have ended up like this.

However, Lin Chen was determined this time to have Lu Siqi go there in person.

Song Nuan knew Gu Shi's doubts and worries: "Si Qi can accept seeing Lin Chen again; she has already made up her mind."

"We can't keep hiding forever. The social circle is only so big, and we'll run into each other all the time. Besides, Siqi will be staying in Hong Kong permanently after marrying Sheng Huai'an. She can't hide from Lin Chen forever, can she?"

Life is long, and we live in the same city and circle, so it's impossible to completely avoid running into each other.

So when Lu Siqi learned that Lin Chen's requirement was that she personally go to negotiate, she readily agreed.

At first, Song Nuan was worried and even followed her upstairs after dropping her off at the hotel.

Lu Siqi refused: "Life is long, I can't always rely on you. Lin Chen is targeting me, not you. I can handle this myself."

Since she had already said all that, Song Nuan couldn't insist on following them any further.

Watching her walk into the hotel, seeing her slender and tall figure, and then thinking that she hadn't finished her postpartum confinement, what if Lin Chen made any more unreasonable demands...

Just imagining that scene made Song Nuan break out in a cold sweat for Lu Siqi.

……

When the elevator arrived at the 36th floor, Lu Siqi walked to the door of Lin Chen's suite. Before she could knock, the door opened from the inside.

Lin Chen had just taken a shower and was wearing a bathrobe, drying his wet hair with a towel in his hand. He saw her arrive at the door through the security camera and opened the door without waiting for her to knock. "Find a place to sit for a while. I need some more time."

He raised the razor in his hand, turned around, went into the bathroom, and closed the door.

Lu Siqi stood at the door and looked around. She realized that this apartment was really big. The living room alone was probably over 100 square meters, not to mention the other five bedrooms...

Standing before the expansive floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the dazzling night view of the northern city, I couldn't help but think to myself, "It's good to be rich."

Lin Chen shaved off all his beard in the bathroom; conditions were harsh in Bangnan Prison, and to prevent some prisoners from committing suicide, the guards wouldn't even give him a pencil sharpener, let alone a razor.

After shaving off his beard, his already handsome features appeared even cleaner. Having spent most of his missions outdoors, his skin had become much fairer after his few days in a prison in Bonnam.

In addition, he is tall and slender, and his buzz cut has grown quite long, making him look very different from his previous thug image.

Especially when she puts on her gold-rimmed glasses and the white bathrobe is loosely tied, revealing a large expanse of her well-defined collarbones, she exudes an extremely sexy and charming aura.

Hearing the door open, Lu Siqi turned around and saw his refined yet sexy appearance. She was reminded of the time back in Hong Kong when he played the piano with such seriousness.

It must be said that a handsome, refined scoundrel like him can easily bewitch women.

Otherwise, how could she have failed to control her heart in the past?
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing her staring at his face, Lin Chen had an indifferent expression, his detached gaze as if he were looking at a stranger.

He walked to the coffee table, picked up a lighter without asking her permission, lit a cigarette, took a drag, exhaled a smoke ring, tossed the lighter aside, and sat on the sofa with his legs crossed. "Are you thinking about how I'm going to make things difficult for you next?"

“You’re not that kind of person.” Lu Siqi stood in front of the French windows, looking down at him with a smile, and said to him, “If you wanted to make things difficult for me, you wouldn’t have sent me back from Xiaomopo in the first place.”

"It seems you know me quite well."

I wouldn't say I know it very well.

Lin Chen lowered his head and took a drag of his cigarette. He raised his head with a half-smile, and his eyes behind his glasses even showed a hint of smugness: "Since you don't know much about it, I'll be frank with you."

“Your father, Lu Mingyuan, must take full responsibility for the failure of this mission.”

"For the sake of a woman, he completely disregarded the safety of all the undercover agents. He was so love-struck that he sold the entire list to Hua Dongchen. According to the court's verdict, this is a capital offense."

Lu Siqi agreed with him and nodded: "You're right, his behavior is indeed a capital offense."

Without offering any defense for her father, she directly stated the purpose of her visit: "Given the status of our Lu family in the country and the influence of the Special Administrative Region, it won't be so easy to convict my father."

"So I would like to ask you to put some pressure on Shang Junyan to bring my father to justice and not let him escape this trial because of my grandfather's past achievements."

This was completely unexpected by Lin Chen.

This woman is actually siding with outsiders, trying to send her father to prison...

After looking her up and down, Lin Chen felt a sense of unfamiliarity towards her. "Are you still the Lu Siqi I know?"

“Maybe it’s not anymore.” Lu Siqi smiled faintly, turned her head, and glanced at the bustling night view outside the floor-to-ceiling window. “People will change to some extent after experiencing some major changes.”

She turned around again and looked at the man in front of her with a sense of relief. "I like who I am now. I'm no longer afraid of socializing, and I dare to go shopping, eat out, and watch movies alone."

"I will boldly refuse blind dates arranged by my family."

"Because of my father's infidelity to my mother, I even dared to slap him."

After saying these words, Lu Siqi felt a sense of relief. "What you said in the past was right. I am not the kind of woman who follows the rules and will always listen to her family's arrangements. I am actually very ambitious."

She nodded in self-affirmation, saying, "I'm not only ambitious, I'm also quite ruthless."

"No matter who it is, if they hurt or betray me, I will use every means to make them wish they were dead."