Maybe back then, he just thought, spending money to buy a woman home to play with wasn’t that bad, try something fresh, whatever. But ever since Xia Qingqian came knocking on Beitang Yao’s door for the second time, blocking his way and begging him to buy her, he was seriously stunned! There are still women this shameless nowadays?

Yet when Beitang Yao told him to go settle the mess with Xia Qingqian’s family, he got shocked by her all over again. She threw away all her dignity and status, all just to save a deadbeat of a father?

Bai Junhao laughed. "Zi Heng, what you’re doing is seriously way too clueless! You have to know, this is Yao’s business. What status do you have to get close to Xia Qingqian? What excuse do you have to go to Yao’s castle?"

Du Ziheng was choked by Bai Junhao’s words. Right now he really wanted to beat Bai Junhao up; this bastard was just too good at crushing people!

"Then what makes you so sure Huan is the most suitable choice? Aren’t you afraid Huan will ignore Qian Qian?" Du Ziheng snorted coldly and rolled his eyes at Bai Junhao. Then as if thinking of something, he clicked his tongue twice and asked, "Hao, back to the point, why are you so invested in Qian Qian’s affairs?"

Caught off guard by Du Ziheng’s question, Bai Junhao was instantly at a loss for words. His face flushed red in a flash, then went pale. He gave a light cough, turned his head away, and refused to look at Du Ziheng.

But the way Bai Junhao was acting looked totally different in Du Ziheng’s eyes. "Hao, don’t tell me you’re also secretly in love with her like I am?"

Fuck!

Are you kidding him! So everyone’s lining up to steal Qian Qian from him now? He was clearly the first one to discover her, how did it end up with him not even able to stay friends with her? What the hell is this?

"Don’t talk nonsense, who’d be as repressed as you!" Bai Junhao shoved away the Du Ziheng who was leaning over. His mood was a little flustered—maybe because Du Ziheng had caught on to something about him.

"Tsk tsk, so am I the repressed one, or are you? At least I actually do something. You’re just sitting here daydreaming!" Du Ziheng really despised guys like Bai Junhao who bottle everything up. Seriously, what a loser!

Poked right in the sore spot, Bai Junhao frowned and growled, "Zi Heng, if you’ve got nothing better to do, stop messing around in here! I’m extremely busy with work!"

"Hao, don’t tell me you’re trying to talk me out of it so you can act alone behind my back?" Du Ziheng realized belatedly, then immediately shouted, "Hao, you’re way too scheming!"

"Zi Heng, if you don’t have anything else, just head out first. I still have a lot of work to deal with." As Bai Junhao spoke, he was already dialing the internal line, asking his secretary to come in and show Du Ziheng out.

What, did Du Ziheng do something wrong or what? Why were Beitang Yao and Bai Junhao both treating him like this? Are they really that busy? Busy with what exactly?

"Hao, how come you guys never count me in on your operations? Do you still see me as a brother or not?" Du Ziheng just couldn’t stand how Beitang Yao and Bai Junhao were always so mysterious, always doing things without bringing him along!

"If you could just go home, lie down, and rest properly instead of coming to bother us, that would already be helping us a ton!" Bai Junhao opened a file and started going through it.

Seeing this, Du Ziheng felt a bit unconvinced. "Qian Qian is my friend too. Why can’t I do my part for her? Yao is really something! He actually plays favorites, lets you get close to Qian Qian, but won’t even let me get within half a step of her." Du Ziheng lifted his eyes to look at Bai Junhao and said, "Hey, Hao, what do you think Yao means by that, huh?"

Bai Junhao no longer looked at the chattering Du Ziheng. Instead, he pressed the internal line again and said in a low voice, "Come in and help me see the guest out."

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