"When I was a child, every time I wanted to play on the swing, there were always so many people. You could never get in line, and even if you did, you were too shy to play for too long. Today, I can finally enjoy it to the fullest."

Qin Ruojing didn't answer Tong Yaqi. She held the chains of the swing with both hands, swaying gently, a serene smile on her face as she spoke softly. But in her eyes, there was a rare hint of melancholy not often seen in her.

This side of Qin Ruojing made Tong Yaqi feel that she really seemed more and more like a girl who has fallen in love, plagued by uncertainties, occasionally doing something silly, rather than a business elite, a company chairman.

Faced with such a response, Tong Yaqi sighed. It was probably related to matters of the heart.

Tong Yaqi swallowed back the words she originally planned to say, tossed the umbrella aside, and also sat on the swing next to Qin Ruojing, swaying gently.

"Yeah, I haven't played on a swing for years either. Since you have this interest, Xiaojing, I'll keep you company here."

Qin Ruojing turned to look at Tong Yaqi, watching as the rain quickly soaked her clothes. With mixed feelings of guilt and immense gratitude in her heart,

"Thank you, Yaqi."

"No need to say that with me," Tong Yaqi smiled brightly. "If you want to talk about something, I'm here to listen. If you don't want to say anything, we sisters will just have fun on the swings."

Qin Ruojing nodded, looked away, lowered her head, and gazed at the ground passing back and forth beneath the swing. After a long while, she said softly, "Yaqi, do you think... Chu Ge and I are really suitable for each other?"

Qin Ruojing's voice was very soft. It sounded more like she was talking to herself rather than asking Tong Yaqi, but they were sitting very close, and Tong Yaqi's attention was focused on her, so she heard it clearly.

"You two are such amazing people. Of course you're suitable for each other," Tong Yaqi nodded straightforwardly. "Why are you suddenly asking this?"

"I just feel like I don't know him anymore. He... He makes me feel unfamiliar, even scared." Qin Ruojing sighed and detailed everything that happened in the meeting room that morning.

"I could tell Long Kun was so arrogant towards everyone else, but he was especially afraid of Chu Ge. When he stood next to Chu Ge, he didn't even dare to breathe loudly. I really can't figure out what Chu Ge did to make him so scared."

Tong Yaqi was silent for a while, "But... he did it to help you, to prevent the chairman position from falling into someone else's hands."

"I know, but..." Qin Ruojing rubbed her forehead, her delicate face full of conflict.

"But he didn't tell me anything beforehand. And the way he does things, how is it different from those involved in shady business?"

"Maybe he chose not to tell you because he didn't want you to worry. Although his methods might be forceful, even a bit barbaric, just think from his perspective—if you were in Chu Ge's position at the time, could you have come up with a better solution?"

"I..." Qin Ruojing was momentarily speechless.

Tong Yaqi smiled faintly, "It seems you can't think of a better solution either. I'm afraid for anyone other than Chu Ge, it would have been an unsolvable situation, right?"

Qin Ruojing pursed her lips, "But even mobsters have a saying that families should be left out of it. If they didn't vote for me, would he really... really hurt those directors' families?"

"I believe he wouldn't," Tong Yaqi shook her head decisively. "Threats are just a means, not an end. As long as the directors attending the meeting realize he's capable, they'll naturally make smart choices. So the issue you're worried about doesn't exist at all."

Qin Ruojing was taken aback, "Yaqi, do you really trust him that much?"

"I'm just objectively stating my opinion," Tong Yaqi laughed. "Actually, you trust him too, but you're so deeply involved that you can't stay calm enough, right?"

"Is that so?" Qin Ruojing asked, both to Tong Yaqi and herself. After a long silence, she had to admit that Tong Yaqi was right. Deep down, she really believed it too.

Judging from Qin Ruojing's expression, Tong Yaqi knew she more or less agreed with her. She chuckled and swung the swing higher.

"Alright, stop overthinking. Certainly, despite that guy's unique style, at least he's a reasonable person. He has his limits. You've known him for so long, when have you ever seen him cause trouble for no reason?"

Seeing Tong Yaqi speak so naturally, Qin Ruojing, somehow, felt a complicated emotion rise within her that she couldn't understand. She sighed softly.

"Yaqi, you look so beautiful on the swing."

"Hmm?"

As a woman, hearing such a compliment, Tong Yaqi was naturally very happy, especially being genuinely praised by a younger woman she considered more beautiful than herself. However, she felt that Qin Ruojing's words at this moment seemed somewhat inexplicable.

"Sister Yaqi, compared to me, you should be the woman more suitable for Chu Ge, right? He's clearly helped me so much, yet I've doubted him again and again, even accused him, but you can believe in him unconditionally, support him."

Tong Yaqi's expression froze, then she shook her head, her delicate face full of mature charm blossomed with a sweet smile.

"Xiao Jing, you're overthinking it. He and I are just using each other for what we need; there aren't many emotional elements mixed in, so I can look at things more objectively."

Qin Ruojing slightly frowned, looking at Tong Yaqi in confusion, "Is it really so?"

"Of course, isn't there a saying, you can't see the true face of Lushan because you're in it. You haven't experienced love, so once you're in it, you suddenly find there are so many things troubling you. But as long as you keep going one step at a time, you'll gradually find that the troubles that you were deeply entangled in are really not that big of a deal."

"Really?"

"Ha, don't doubt it, you're a typical girl in love right now. Do you know what the biggest difference usually is between men and women in love?"

Qin Ruojing shook her head, "What is it?"

Tong Yaqi deliberately kept her in suspense, "Don't be so eager to find out the answer. Why not think about it carefully based on your own changes?"

Qin Ruojing blinked, stopped the swing, thought seriously for a moment, but couldn't figure it out, so she could only shake her head again, "I can't think of it."

"Men in love are usually smarter than usual, but women, on the contrary, have their IQs drop drastically."

Seeing Qin Ruojing's slightly annoyed expression, Tong Yaqi giggled, but inside she was bitterly laughing. Perhaps... Qin Ruojing did say something right.

Regardless of the perspective in thinking or the style of dealing with people and situations, she indeed understood Chu Ge better than Qin Ruojing did, and her feelings toward Chu Ge were not as simple as she claimed.

But the key was, Chu Ge chose Qin Ruojing, not Tong Yaqi.

Of course, Tong Yaqi didn't want to compete with Qin Ruojing. It's better to let everything take its natural course.

In the rain-soaked park, Qin Ruojing and Tong Yaqi chatted intermittently about Chu Ge, swinging on the swings, while Chu Ge, after leaving Tianjiao Building, casually found a restaurant to have lunch, then headed to a gym, wanting to use various fitness equipment to vent his frustration.

Unfortunately, in such a public place, he couldn't exercise as he pleased, because he still had to consider the eyes of others. If he really let loose, it would indeed be too shocking and he'd immediately be seen as a monster.

Even though sometimes, he himself felt like a monster.

However, even though he controlled himself, when he was holding a 30-kilogram dumbbell in each hand and unconsciously ran for half an hour on the treadmill, without his face reddening or out of breath, he still made several people beside him dumbfounded.

Noticing the increasingly astonished gazes of the people around him, Chu Ge left the treadmill a bit annoyed and put the dumbbells back in place.

Although running for half an hour didn't even count as a warm-up for him, since such a degree had already attracted others' attention, he couldn't continue anyhow.

Since leaving Tianjiao Building, the confused look of Qin Ruojing and her sudden retracting of her hand had been lingering in his mind.

That image couldn't be shaken off from his mind, causing him great annoyance, making him wish someone would provoke him so he could vent a bit with his fists.

Unfortunately, due to the rain today, there were very few people in the gym, and there was no one to bother him. On the contrary, a few mature women, seemingly lonely and with eyes flashing with hunger, came over to flirt with him.

Though in such a situation, venting such irritability seemed not impossible to Chu Ge, unfortunately, even though their figures and looks were decent, and one of them boldly flaunted her charms beside him, showcasing what she thought was a great figure from a convenient angle for Chu Ge, none of these women were his type, unable to pique his interest.

In terms of women, Chu Ge has been very picky, after all, the women around him are all top-notch.

"Tch, what's there to be so cocky about? Could this guy be gay? Or... is he not up to it?"

After Chu Ge clearly expressed his lack of interest, the boldest woman couldn't help but grumble under her breath. After all, she was very confident about her looks and figure, completely unable to accept Chu Ge's indifference.

However, even though she regarded Chu Ge as an unreachable sour grape, out of some unwillingness and curiosity, she hesitated slightly, but in the end, she followed him after he started to leave.

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