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— Qiao Yino, you've never seen me in front of your eyes. Why?

His words from that night echoed in his ears, echoing the scene. Yin Qing's heart skipped a beat as she realized that Yin Xiangze was treating her like …

He had used a lot of strength to push her against the icy cold wall. She opened her mouth to call out to him, but then suddenly she heard a gentle voice from the man, "Are you cold in the water, or do you feel lonely …"

What did he say!

Yin Qinghuan was flabbergasted as she stared fixedly at the man in front of her.

What did he mean by that? Was Yin Xiangze really drunk?!

She could only forcefully suppress her panic. She gritted her teeth and muttered, "Will …"

It would be very cold, and very lonely. Yin Xiangze stared into her eyes. His fingers were warm and cold as they brushed past her face. It was completely different from the ruthless look from before. The warmth at this moment would only make one's heart tremble even more.

He was a madman, and he had no idea what he would become in the next moment.

"I love you more than he does, but you'll never see me, Jocino."

When Yin Qinghuan heard these words, she wasn't moved in the slightest. On the contrary, she felt a chill in her heart.

Yin Xiangze, is your love murder?

Since he couldn't get it, he would rather destroy it. What he said about loving her more than others could, it was just that he loved himself more.

The aura of a man lingered around her. No matter how much she resisted his approach, she didn't dare to push him away.

Yin Xiangze's black eyes were misty and somewhat cold.

She moved her lips and asked tentatively, "You …" "Did you hide her?"

Not knowing if he was awake, she didn't dare ask too directly. He tested the waters, intentionally or unintentionally, hoping to find something.

Yin Xiangze suddenly chuckled softly, then fell silent. His gaze was tightly fixed onto her, and he didn't say a word. This made her feel a bit guilty.

The next moment, he pushed her away. He didn't know if he recognized that she wasn't Jojino or not.

The man sat down on the sofa and leaned his head against the back of it, watching the dim light flicker before him, then closed his eyes, the smile growing deeper and deeper on his lips.

"In the lake."

This one word alone was enough to make Yin Qinghuan's heart tremble.

He said... What?

This was no doubt a huge blow to her. Yin Xiangze had just said, 'In the lake?!'

Was it the last time she had followed him to the lake?

"You hid her in... That lake? "

The woman's voice trembled slightly. She wanted to get a few steps closer to him so that she could hear him clearly.

"Brother, brother …"

Seeing that he was silent, she patted his shoulder, thinking that he had fallen asleep.

Unexpectedly, in the next second, his wrist was gripped by the palm of his hand. The man's strength was quite ferocious. Yin Qinghuan's entire body fell onto the sofa.

Yin Xiangze looked at the woman in front of him. Ripples appeared in his eyes. She clearly wasn't that person, but her gaze was so familiar.

Familiar to the point where he felt inexplicably familiar …

The well-defined fingers lifted her lower jaw, and his fingers caressed her lips. Yin Qinghuan was startled and didn't dare to move. However, when the man's lips were about to fall over, her body abruptly dodged and fell off the sofa, causing her to cry out in pain.

Yin Qinghuan didn't care about the pain from being thrown on the floor. She got up and ran out of the room.

After a while, Mother Yin came over in her nightgown and asked the servant to help Yin Xiangze into the room.

"I've never seen him so drunk before." From what his mother knew, his son had always been patient and didn't seem like someone who didn't have a sense of propriety.

Yin Qinghuan, on the other hand, stood quietly by the side. She had no intention of worrying about how drunk Yin Xiangze was. All she knew was —

What he said just now, was about the lake!

He recalled that she had secretly followed him to that place last time. He must be talking about that place.

That time, Yin Xiangze had talked to himself while facing the calm surface of the lake. At that time, she had wondered what exactly was in the lake and why Yin Xiangze had suddenly gotten angry when he discovered that she was following him. It was as if someone had discovered some secret.

Therefore, Qiao Yino's corpse … In the lake?

Heavens, she didn't even dare to think about how he had managed to throw the corpse into the lake.

That night, Yin Qinghuan was unable to sleep. She thought that her original body might be in that boundless lake for three months. She would have already rotted and corroded it long ago.

The next day, she went to S.T., still lost in her thoughts.

She wondered if she should go to the lake and have another look, but she felt more fear.

"Qing Huan."

Yi Chen knocked on her desk. The woman came back to her senses and looked at him.

"What are you thinking about? Why are you so engrossed in it?"

"..." "No, I didn't sleep well last night."

As Yin Qinghuan spoke, she glanced at the documents on the table.

What time is it now? It seems like she still has to deliver the documents to Gu Wen Liu this morning …

"Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch."

Yi Chen invited her, but she didn't refuse and just nodded.

Gu Wenliu went to Gu Wenliu's office. Upon seeing the contract, his face stiffened.

"You … You signed it just like that? "

"Mm, otherwise …"

The woman nodded. Wasn't it the cooperation case that he had asked her to discuss? Why did she have an expression of disbelief now?

"Director Gu, don't forget your promise from before."

Who said that before? As long as she was able to sign this contract, then even if she was eliminated in the future, she would be able to stay on ST. Become the manager of the planning department.

"Who asked you to actually sign it?"

Gu Wen Liu thought to himself, "This is bad, how can I explain this to the one on the roof?"

Yin Qinghuan knew that this would happen. Asking her to work with Chu Clan was simply toying with her. S. T. has not cooperated with anyone in overselling jewelry. When Qi Yan Shang appeared in the room that night, she had already guessed it all.

"Isn't that you, Director Gu?"

Gu Wenliu: "..."

"I'm done with my work, but I don't have the energy to do these kinds of things for the next few days. I would like to ask Director Gu to not make things difficult for a small designer like me."

She emphasized the two words, "I'm warning you, you bastard. If you dare play with me again, I'll kneel down in front of you and wash your clothes!"

Noon, in a restaurant not far from the S.T.

Yi Chen placed the prototype for her second test on the table and showed it to her.

Yin Qinghuan cast a sidelong glance at the design script. Her gaze did not linger on it for long.

"What does that mean?"

The woman opposite him smiled faintly and said that she wanted her to take a look. Was there anything else she felt that needed to be altered?

She did not think that Yi Chen was someone who needed someone else's help to guide her. Anyone with a brain would know that it was impossible to just show her the design.

Seeing that Yin Qinghuan was unmoved and only looked at her own design, without even looking at it, the corner of Yi Chen's lips curved up as he asked, "Don't you want to see my design?"

"I don't want to."

Look at this, is it of any use to her?

"You don't want to, but what about Joanne? She doesn't want to either?"

Yi Chen's words were undoubtedly saying that he knew of the 'conspiracy' she had with Joanne. That was the meaning, right?

Yin Qinghuan's expression didn't change as she let out a somewhat helpless laugh, "Yichen, so it turns out that you want to be my friend. This is a test."

"No, I truly respect my opponent."

However, this didn't mean that the opponent she respected wouldn't try to trick her.

"I know that Joanne thinks that this assessment is unfair because I am Jojino's apprentice. No one knows her design better than me. But I want you to know better. In this assessment, I have completely used my own design concept and style, without any intention to imitate Qiao Yunuo. "

Yi Chen didn't know why Director Gu would use this as a test topic, but she … I don't like it.

Looking at the suppressed emotion in Yi Chenzi's eyes, Yin Qinghuan knitted her brows and asked uncertainly, "You, you …" "Prejudice?"

When she was still Qiao Yinuo, she could not have imagined that Juechen would treat her in such a manner. His words just now seemed to be a continuation of Qiao Yinuo's unfinished design work. Yi Chen was very much against it. She couldn't tell what it felt like, so she asked with uncertainty.

Yi Chen smiled mockingly as he shook his head. That hint of mockery was more directed at himself.

"I can't be prejudiced against her because she really taught me everything."

Since ancient times, if a disciple was dissatisfied with their master, it was only because their master was unwilling to teach their disciple what they had learned throughout their entire lives.

Perhaps, this disciple of his was unsatisfied, greedy for more, and perhaps even, one day, for the sake of … Surpassing his master.

"But precisely because of this, everyone said that I was just an imitation of her."

No one would approve of Yi Chen. Those who did not know how to design would only stand there and see what she had designed. They would naturally reject it. Just because she was a designer taught by Giordino, she was branded with a fixed label.

She hated this label. Everyone said that it was her fortune to be able to keep Yi Chen by Qiao's side. Maybe so, but she couldn't find the sense of luck anymore.

Yin Qinghuan never thought that Yichen's thoughts were actually like this. Perhaps she was wrong, and never took into account Yichen's thoughts.

"If I'm eliminated this time, it might be a good thing."

This way, Yi Chen could leave ST and perhaps start over, using her own name to create her design.

As night fell, this was the first time that Yin Qinghuan had come to Qi Yan Shang's private villa. Un, the first time after rebirth.

When he saw her off, he drove away. From the looks of it, he wasn't going to come and pick her up tonight.

There weren't many servants here, and Qi Yan Shang liked peace and quiet. In the past, this villa would only have a little chance of survival when Qiao Yunuo came.

The housekeeper's surname was Zheng. He was originally the housekeeper of the old residence of the Qi family. Later on, Madam Qi arranged for him to come here and take care of the affairs of this villa.

The moment she saw Steward Zheng, the only thing that Yin Qinghuan wanted to say was: Family!

In the past, Steward Zheng had always liked her coming and would always say — Miss Qiao, if you came, mister would not be so bored.

Qi Yan Qi was so depressed. It seemed like she was the only one who would say a few more words. Although most of the words he said were unpleasant and poisonous.

However, her "relatives" were currently looking at her with extremely cold eyes, as if they were looking at an intruder.

"Miss Yin, Mister wants you to go to the side room and wait for him."

"That kind of woman.