Chapter 2270 - 18: The Familiar Qin Jin [Happy New Year]_2

If you have to leave, it’s inevitable.

I hope you don’t force me to leave you.

...

An hour later, Gu Xiran finally heard the sound of the door opening through her earphones, and her body became tense.

"Mr. Qin."

"Hm, sit..."

Accompanied by the man’s magnetic voice, Gu Xiran clenched her small hands tightly...

...

Inside the private room:

Qin Jin sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, coldly scanning Song Le’s figure. His dark eyes were ice-cold, full of indifference.

Song Le felt uneasy, unable to fathom the depths of Qin Jin’s mind.

Men are so enigmatic, making it impossible to see through them.

"Mr. Qin, why did you call me here?"

Song Le specifically wore a rather sexy low-cut outfit today, intentionally or unintentionally leaning closer to Qin Jin, looking quite charming.

Qin Jin didn’t even lift his eyelids but instead curled his lips into a cold arc.

"You leaked the rumor about Tang Bao and Qin Song yesterday, didn’t you?"

Qin Jin spoke with certainty, not a hint of probing in his tone.

Song Le’s face turned pale at this, and she trembled slightly.

"Mr. Qin... Mr. Qin... What do you mean? I don’t understand what you’re talking about, I didn’t do it, it’s a misunderstanding."

Qin Jin: "..."

Heh...

Facing her doom, yet completely unaware.

Qin Jin’s sharp black eyes swept toward the woman in front of him, his thin lips pursed.

"Song Le, I’m not questioning you. I’m notifying you... You’re digging your own grave... In this world, whoever you touch, I have no interest, don’t care at all, but if you touch Tang Bao, you’re as good as dead."

Gu Xiran felt a subtle shift inside after hearing this through her earphones.

This version of Qin Jin, still the Qin Jin brother she once knew, no longer unfamiliar.

Mixed emotions intertwined within, storming, and Gu Xiran felt her beautiful eyes turning moist, desperately holding back tears in her eyes.

...

Inside the private room:

"Mr. Qin, I beg you... Don’t believe those rumors out there, or whatever Gu Xiran says, none of it’s true, it’s all fake... all misunderstandings..."

Song Le directly knelt before Qin Jin, tears filling her eyes instantly, as if suffering a great grievance.

She defied all consequences, rejecting her roles in the crew, letting everyone ridicule her, including Ou Wen’s wrath, solely to attend Qin Jin’s invitation.

Unexpectedly... Qin Jin called her only to reprimand her.

"Alright, I’ll confess, Mr. Qin, I really made a mistake, I was bewitched, I... I just wanted Gu Xiran to have some scandal, besides, it was also for the crew’s publicity, I promise never again, please give me another chance."

Song Le’s tears washed away her makeup, making her look somewhat disheveled.

Yet Qin Jin had no interest in the woman, his thin lips pursed.

"Song Le, it’s a pity you’re not a smart woman... Calling you here today was merely to inform you... You’ve been expelled by me... And, since you spread Tang Bao’s rumors far and wide, I have the power to entangle you in scandals... sealing your fate."

Song Le: "..."

Song Le heard Qin Jin’s words, collapsing weakly to the ground, breathing heavily to soothe the unease within her.

What Qin Jin said... is indisputable.

When the man says one, it’s one, says two, it’s two...

Such words are nearly certain.

"Mr. Qin..."

Qin Jin narrowed his dark eyes, thin lips pursed: "Song Le, how you obtained the lead actress role in Palace Schemes... You know what it means, right? Coincidentally, I have the complete footage."

Song Le: "..."

Song Le looked at Qin Jin in disbelief, a complete state of panic.

That’s why Qin Jin said earlier, Gu Xiran was involved in rumors, whereas she was caught in a scandal.

Gu Xiran’s was fake news, whereas hers was real news.

"How... how did you do this?"

"Know your enemy and yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger. To collaborate with you, I had to know what kind of person you are, so your movements were basically monitored by my people."

Song Le: "..."

Understood.

Song Le’s face was ashen with no trace of color.

"I think your scandal will focus all media attention on Palace Schemes... Thus you didn’t sacrifice in vain, you at least did some publicity for the crew."

"Qin Jin... Why are you so ruthless, why do you treat Tang Bao so well, compared to her, I love you more."

"Tang Bao liked you when she was 14, and the first time I met you, I fell in love with you... I love deeper, more sincerely, why... can’t you love me?"

Qin Jin: "..."

Gu Xiran listened to Song Le’s words through her earphones, her beautiful eyes stunned.

Song Le likes Qin Jin?

This was something she had never known.

She only knew that anything belonging to her, anything she was interested in, wanted, Song Le would compete with her for it.

Mixed emotions intertwined...

Earlier, Song Le shouted earnestly, with a sobbing tone, though she didn’t see Song Le’s face, she could feel Song Le’s sincerity.

It seems... it’s a genuine affection.

No wonder, anything Qin Jin-related, Song Le would always link herself to it, causing trouble.

Turns out, it’s because of love.

Also explains... why Song Le has been causing trouble and challenging her all these years.

A part of it was because of Qin Jin...

Gu Xiran’s lips curled into a sneer, Song Le indeed got the role in Palace Schemes mysteriously.

Only a fool chases the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, Song Le probably never expected Qin Jin was always watching her.

Gu Xiran was lost in her world when she heard the man’s cold and magnetic voice through her earphones.

"You can’t even be compared with her because you’re unworthy."

Gu Xiran: "..."

Qin Jin’s words, they really are cold to the extreme, utterly devoid of warmth, mercilessly harsh.