Lu Jing hadn’t expected her to strike so viciously. Snapping back to reality, he imdiately spoke up.
A simple sentence had Zhang Lingying reeling, and in the next second, her phone was in Lu Jing’s hands.
Lu Jing snatched her phone. Without doing anything further, seeing that she couldn’t call the police, he casually sat down on the nearby bench, gesturing with his mouth to a spot opposite him.
Zhang Lingying glared at him but didn’t move.
Just having the phone in his possession ant she couldn’t just walk away.
As if aware of her reservations, Lu Jing slid her phone into his own pocket and whistled teasingly, "Are you that scared of ?"
"..."
"It’s quite heartbreaking to talk about. I ca to you with sincerity, even promised you could set your terms for joining re Group, but you flat-out refused without consideration. Now, you’ve joined Qin Technology Group. You’ve hurt my pride, girl."
Lu Jing sat relaxed on the bench, his arm resting lazily on the back.
With one hand supporting his head, he turned to look at Zhang Lingying.
His carefree stance attracted the gazes of passing students, prompting Zhang Lingying to ntally curse him as a "seducer."
"I ca to you today with a simple purpose—I just want to know, in what way did I lose to Qin Nanyu that makes you and Ji Weitian guard against like I’m a ghost, yet you’re scrambling to get close to him?"
"He’s better than you in every way!"
Zhang Lingying’s response ca without a second thought, as if she couldn’t stand Lu Jing comparing himself to Qin Nanyu.
Hearing this, a taunting smile crossed Lu Jing’s face, soon followed by a coldness, and his expression turned frosty.
"Give a reason."
"..."
"Upon reflection, I don’t think I’ve done anything excessive to you. On the contrary, I believe I’ve been quite courteous. Just because I wanted to invite you to re Group, you hold such a bias against , thinking I want to use you? Is Qin Nanyu really that much nobler?"
"..."
Lu Jing’s words left Zhang Lingying silent for a few seconds.
She didn’t like Lu Jing, not because he had done anything excessive, but because he carried an air of reckless insolence that made people feel he was no good.
People have an instinct for safety, and Lu Jing only seed to radiate danger—anyone sane would keep their distance.
On the other hand, because her father often ntioned Qin Nanyu during his lifeti, she viewed Qin Nanyu through a filter.
Joining Qin Technology Group was to see for herself what the genius boy her father couldn’t forget was truly like.
Later on, the attitude of Qin Nanyu towards research and his displayed capabilities indeed impressed her; she felt her choice was not wrong.
Now suddenly questioned by Lu Jing, Zhang Lingying realized that she might have harbored societal bias against him from the start. In truth, he hadn’t done anything particularly wrong to her... unless staying at her place for half a month uninvited counted as excessively intrusive.
"Girl, do you like Qin Nanyu?" Lu Jing’s narrow, peach blossom eyes lifted slightly; his brown pupils shimred with a cunning light in the dimness.
"I’m already an adult; don’t call girl!" Zhang Lingying said in disgust.
She denied the label "girl," but didn’t refute her liking for Qin Nanyu.
Lu Jing’s eyes narrowed, and he rose from the bench, slowly stepping up to her and looked down slightly, "There’s been a scandal leaked online about you and Qin Nanyu; have you seen it?"
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