Chapter 14: A Unique Collaboration

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Jiang Nanxing’s eyes lit up with a sudden spark. “Exactly! You dare!”
Qin Jiu: ?
He looked at Jiang Nanxing with an expressionless face. “I’m talking about you.”
“After all, you even dared to dislocate his hand.”
Ah...
Jiang Nanxing was a bit displeased. “Wouldn’t that make me look like a lunatic?”
Qin Jiu laughed in exasperation and retorted, “If you let me do it, wouldn’t that make me look like a lunatic?”
He added, “And very undignified, too.”
Jiang Nanxing was blunt. “Oh, you domineering CEO sure has a lot of ego.”
Qin Jiu was at a loss between laughter and tears.
Since they had begun working together,
she hadn’t put on any pretense around him at all,
always sarcastic and snide wherever and whenever.
He was unable to argue back.
Jiang Nanxing then said, “How about this: together.”
“You hold him down, I’ll strip his clothes.”
Qin Jiu was tempted but shook his head. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
Jiang Nanxing was puzzled. “Why not? Just because it’s undignified?”
Qin Jiu gave up struggling and leaned back in his leather chair. “Yes, just because it’s undignified.”
Jiang Nanxing shrugged. “We’re all human. I don’t think it’s undignified. What’s your problem with it?”
She tilted her head, smiling mischievously at Qin Jiu. “Or is it that, CEO Qin, you think you’re different from me?”
Jiang Nanxing’s smile was devilish, and Qin Jiu knew she was setting him up again.
In the past, Qin Jiu would have coldly and decisively told her,
“Yes, we’re different. We’re not from the same social stratum.”
But now, he couldn’t bring himself to say that.
Because no matter who Jiang Nanxing faced, she never felt inferior.
Qin Jiu found himself unable to determine on what basis he should consider Jiang Nanxing different from himself.
Money? Social status?
None of those seemed to work.
Because Jiang Nanxing neither cared nor paid attention to such things.
She appeared unaffected by things she clearly did not have.
And yet, she didn’t come across as arrogant.
A strange and contradictory feeling.

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Jiang Nanxing propped herself on the table, leaning forward until her face was inches from Qin Jiu’s. “CEO Qin, what are you daydreaming about?”
Her suddenly enlarged face made Qin Jiu’s heart skip a beat, and then he smiled helplessly. “Miss Jiang, please spare me. I still want to survive in this circle.”
“I don’t want to be pointed at and gossiped about every time I step outside.”
Jiang Nanxing sat back with a smile. “CEO Qin, your worries are unnecessary.”
“People only ever flatter you, fawn over you.”
“How could anyone dare to point fingers at you?”
“When someone is strong enough, whatever they do will be praised to the skies.”
This time, the smile on her face didn’t reach her eyes.
Her words carried a hint of coldness and bitterness.
As if she had truly reached that place of immense strength.
But Qin Jiu had thoroughly investigated all of Jiang Nanxing’s past experiences.
Sometimes, people do change drastically.
But for Jiang Nanxing, was it really just a change in temperament?
Clearly not.
It was more like two people with entirely different backgrounds.
However, Qin Jiu admitted,
her words moved him.
Suddenly, he was curious to see what would happen if someone of his standing did such things.
Deep down, Qin Jiu was somewhat rebellious.
So he said, “I think what you said makes sense.”
The coldness and bitterness in Jiang Nanxing’s eyes faded, replaced by a playful smile. “Then it’s settled. You hold down Sheng Ting, I’ll strip his clothes.”
Qin Jiu nodded. “I just hope Miss Jiang can find a less awkward excuse.”
Jiang Nanxing replied, “I’ll do my best.”
System 240’s voice was somewhat numb. “Before today, I never imagined that the ruthless villain in the story would agree to do such... embarrassing things with you.”
Jiang Nanxing preempted, “You still complain? Tell me, who am I doing all this hard work for? Who is it for?”
System 240 instantly softened, “It’s all for me, really. No hidden meaning, just expressing some feelings.”
“I won’t dare again next time.”
Jiang Nanxing was satisfied. “That’s a good system.”
System 240 was happy. “Hehe, of course! There’s no system better than me!”
Just as Jiang Nanxing was thinking of what to do next, Sheng Ting sent her a message: “Be sensible, come back. Tomorrow you’re accompanying me to the auction.”
Jiang Nanxing fell silent for a moment, then asked the system, “Is he crazy?”

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System 240 explained to Jiang Nanxing, “Because Yao Xinyue has been brainwashing him. You love him desperately.”
“And he believed it, thinking what Yao Xinyue said was right—that everything you do is just to win his love.”
Jiang Nanxing exclaimed, “Wait, isn’t Yao Xinyue the one who likes Sheng Ting? Why is she brainwashing him to think I like him?”
Isn’t that contradictory?
System 240 explained, “It’s written in the story. Although Sheng Ting has always shown dislike toward Jiang Nanxing,
as a woman, Yao Xinyue keenly senses that Sheng Ting has special feelings for Jiang Nanxing, even though Sheng Ting himself hasn’t realized it yet.”
“She can’t allow Sheng Ting to discover that he has fallen for Jiang Nanxing, so she brainwashes him to hate Jiang Nanxing even more, trying to drive her completely out of his world.”
“Yet, despite all her efforts, she failed to get rid of Jiang Nanxing.”
“I think...” Jiang Nanxing paused slightly, “Yao Xinyue and Sheng Ting are truly a perfect match.”
“Their way of thinking is really not something ordinary people can understand.”
After finishing a document, Qin Jiu glanced at the time and asked the absent-minded Jiang Nanxing, “Shall we eat together?”
Jiang Nanxing snapped back to reality. “Sure.”
She picked up her bag and casually asked, “You don’t seem very busy?”
Qin Jiu knew she meant dealing with Sheng Ting.
He smiled and replied, “He’s easily riled up now. Throw him a bait, and he loses his mind.”
“Even if I casually leak news that I’m going to gift you a luxury yacht, he’ll immediately buy one for that woman—”
Jiang Nanxing said, “Yao Xinyue.”
Qin Jiu nodded. “Ah, yes, her.”
“The news I spread today was that I’m preparing an unprecedented grand fireworks show for you.”
“Wow,” Jiang Nanxing happily said, “Then there will be free fireworks to enjoy tonight.”
Qin Jiu couldn’t help but laugh along. “I think so.”
Perhaps because he hadn’t received a reply from Jiang Nanxing, Sheng Ting called her during her meal.
Jiang Nanxing answered, treating it like background entertainment.
As soon as the call connected, Sheng Ting said coldly, “Jiang Nanxing, have you forgotten? You’re still my secretary!”
Jiang Nanxing replied, “Oh, this spicy boiled pork is so tender.”
Sheng Ting’s tone darkened, “How long has it been since you fulfilled your secretarial duties?”
Jiang Nanxing said, “Who knows? Hiss, this spicy chicken is really something.”