Chapter 161

Congreve...

Lin Jie's eyes were fixed, and the hand on the table subconsciously tapped the table as he thought about it.

He knew that Qili had achieved a very high status in the Ash Tree Chamber of Commerce through her own efforts over the years—of course, there were also her father's preference for illegitimate daughters, the very old-fashioned marriage with the original spouse, and the love story of the mistress.

At the same time, it is conceivable that Qili is not all smooth sailing, she also has several brothers and sisters who are eyeing her.

In addition, the Ash Tree Chamber of Commerce is a business organization jointly established by several families. Generally speaking, each of the three branches is controlled by one family and checks and balances each other. Therefore, if she wants to develop further, she will inevitably be restrained. enemy.

Among them, among the internal struggles, this guy named Congreve was the most jumpy.

Of course, Congreve also had his reasons and confidence for jumping. Before Qi Li returned to the Chapman family, Congreve was the person most likely to inherit the family business, and he already had a group of loyal supporters. , if it wasn't for Qili being too monstrous and rising too fast, she would have been severely suppressed from the very beginning.

Even now, Congreve's influence should not be underestimated. Although Qili's advantage is great, it can only be suppressed, not eradicated. She is always at risk and needs to be cautious about his actions.

And now that Qi Li specifically mentioned a book she got from Congreve, it must not be aimless.

That book may well, document or prove something that would have knocked Congreve down, or even brought down his supporters.

That's why Qili came here specifically to find him.

Although she did this out of trust in him, but...with Qili's current status, there are only a few capable people around her, but none of them can understand this book. I know a little bit, but cryptography is really not within his professional scope.

Lin Jie had no choice but to say euphemistically: "I can try, but I can only help you as much as I can. After all, I am not good at this."

Qi Li's tone immediately became cheerful: "That's great, thank you very much! I'll bring the book to your place right away!"

Hey, don't sound like I've already settled the matter, did this little girl hear the last two sentences?

Lin Jie sighed, with a melancholy look on her face. It sounded like she was just thinking about it. She didn't seem to care about the book. It was a standard childish temper.

But as a responsible adult, he still has to care about the situation.

"Wait a minute, you got that book from Congreve, it's very important to him, and it might be the key to his downfall, right?" Lin Jie asked.

Qi Li said: "Well, according to the information fed back by my informant, this book is very likely to be Congreve's real reliance, more important than his other supporters, and it is also related to his recent abnormal dynamics. It's related, because I judged that the content of this book was written in some ancient language, so I thought of you."

She added: "He recently intercepted a few shipments, the destination is unknown, but he did it very secretly, and my informant has no way to get evidence for the time being."

Lin Jie pondered and said: "Don't be careless, for such an important thing, he has no reason not to take insurance measures. Although your position has been stabilized now, judging from the fact that you have not been able to completely solve him until now, his henchmen are still He is very strong, don't take him too lightly, if he is really stupid, others have no reason to support him."

He paused, then raised his eyebrows suddenly and said, "From your tone of voice, you shouldn't have encountered any major obstacles in getting this book, right?"

Qi Li was taken aback, and immediately realized that Lin Jie was reminding her that this book might be a trap.

Indeed... Bella reported Congreve's change not long ago, and the informant got the book a few days later, which was too fast.

If it was under other circumstances, she would doubt whether it was deliberately arranged by the other party.

But her past contempt for Congreve was too deep-rooted, and she didn't think much about it for a while.

And there is another point that the informant was the most credible of her in Congreve. He was originally Congreve's confidant, but after she washed his mind with the "spiritual good seal", he changed into lost her loyalty.

——The "spiritual good seal" is the ability that Lin Jie bestowed on her three years ago. As long as she communicates with the other party to a certain extent (the degree depends on the other party's mental strength), she can force the other party to have "compassion" towards herself. ", "Love", "Tolerance", "Admiration", "Loyalty" and other positive positive thoughts.

In other words, it doesn't have to be positive, but it must be kind to her.

The reason why she is called "Chapman's Witch" is because of this ability, so that everyone who comes into contact with her will be unconsciously "infected" by her "charm of personality".

The same was true of the informant, so she did not doubt the ability and loyalty of the other party.

Qi Li hesitated: "No, it's true, but..."

But if it is really a trap, it means that something is wrong with the informant.

To put it bluntly, this trap is very obvious, and that informant is a member of Congreve's think tank, so it is impossible not to have access to this level of trickery.

That said, it's possible that Congreve regained control of the informant and made the guy an infernal, reverse spy.

Lin Jie shook his head, and said, "It's better to believe it than to believe it. Have you ever thought that since you can't understand the content of this book, then he may write something in this book that is not good for you?" False information, backhand report to frame you."

On the other side, Qi Li's face suddenly became serious, she frowned and said, "If I continue to study this book as something that can completely overthrow him..."

Lin Jie narrowed his eyes and said, "Then you may be in danger!"

At this moment, Qi Li felt goosebumps popping up on her back, because if Lin Jie didn't exist, according to her personality and contempt for Congreve, she would most likely feel that this was an opportunity to defeat him in one fell swoop, and then continue to study Well, if the other party suddenly gets smart at this time and says that this book belongs to her, it can really cause a wave of harm to her.

That's not what Congreve can do...

Lin Jie had probably guessed from Qili's silence that she should have reacted and was a little nervous, so he calmed down and comforted: "But these are just my guesses now, please bring the book here for me to read, And I'm safer here."

Well, with our own police, it is very safe.

Qi Li is as good as others: "This was originally my plan, but now it seems that Congreve may really be plotting against me..."

She sneered, "That's great. I'll let him know what real pain is."

Lin Jie frowned, secretly thinking that the tone was quite bad, the life of the aristocrats in these years seems to have changed the little girl a lot, revealing a kind of cruelty... He gave Qili the book "Nonviolent Communication" back then , I just hope to leave a seed of love in the heart of this little girl who suffered from family misfortune. Controlling violence with violence is always the last resort and cannot be regarded as the norm.

Now it seems that it is still long and crooked.

He cleared his throat and decided to help Qi Li recall her original intention: "Do you remember what I said back then?"

Qi Li nodded and said: "Of course I remember, you asked me to communicate with the other party with the language of love and wisdom, not violence...unless I can't help it."

Did he say that back then? This wording is too direct.

Lin Jie laughed twice: "It seems that you remember very well."