Rebirth in the 90s: Melting My Devoted Mr. Iceberg

Chapter 1405: Chapter 1405: To Take the Bait or Not

Now it all depended on whether he’d walk into this trap. If he did, that would be half the battle won. If he refused, then Jiang Xue would have to switch to the second plan.

Mr. Jin naturally had no idea this was a trap Jiang Xue had set for him. Seeing Jiang Xue actually take the initiative to bring the contract over, he was genuinely surprised.

But he quickly recovered. Inside, he was smug—he’d long known Jiang Xue’s side wouldn’t pass up his big order, and sure enough, they hadn’t.

Looked at this way, all those reactions Jiang Xue had shown earlier had been nothing but posturing, putting on a show.

If he’d known that, he wouldn’t have been so anxious. But Jiang Xue had acted so convincingly that he simply couldn’t judge whether She really was unwilling to cooperate with him. Because of that, he’d gone from taking the initiative at the start to being on the back foot.

"I’ll take a look first." Mr. Jin pushed down the thoughts in his mind, took the contract, and began to read it carefully. As the person in charge of the company, he’d seen plenty of contracts, both in English and in Chinese.

Yet for some reason, this contract of Jiang Xue’s gave him an indescribable feeling. You could say there was something wrong with it, but you couldn’t see it.

This contract could be called very complete; it had taken every aspect into consideration. Even if some parts needed revising, it would only be minor details, like the unit price and such.

Precisely because this contract of Jiang Xue’s was too perfect, it made him uneasy. But a closer look still revealed nothing, and Mr. Jin couldn’t help growing irritated.

Right then, Jiang Xue spoke up again: "How is it? If Mr. Jin has any questions, you can raise them. We can discuss and then make revisions."

"Miss Jiang, can I take this contract back and look it over again?" Mr. Jin asked. He was planning to bring it back and study it properly.

"Of course." Jiang Xue agreed with a smile. She couldn’t afford to seem too eager, or Mr. Jin would catch on. So she readily accepted his request.

"Alright then, I’ll go over it again when I’m back. We count as friends now anyway, so let’s chat a bit." Mr. Jin said with a smile. Just then, the waiter happened to bring in what the two of them had ordered.

Mr. Jin picked up his coffee, took a light sip, then praised, "The taste is fairly authentic. It’s a pity you don’t like coffee, Jiang Xue."

"What’s so pitiful about that? People just have different tastes." Jiang Xue didn’t like the bitter flavor of coffee. Even though you could add sugar, She still didn’t like it.

Because whenever She drank coffee, She would think of the miserable life She’d had in Her previous one. Thinking of Her past life, Jiang Xue felt like smashing Her head against a wall and ending it.

In Her previous life She had kept making trouble for Herself, and in the end had thrown away Her own life. She had achieved a little, but in the end it had all been handed to someone else on a silver platter.

"True, it’s just different tastes." Mr. Jin echoed, then started chatting with Jiang Xue about other things. Deliberately or otherwise, he brought up Jiang Xue’s background.

Hearing Mr. Jin mention Her biological parents, Jiang Xue’s gaze flickered. If earlier She hadn’t known about the relationship between Mr. Jin and Old Jiang, She would definitely have been surprised.

But now that She did know, nothing Mr. Jin said could really surprise Her anymore.

As he brought up Jiang Xue’s background, Mr. Jin carefully watched Her. Thinking of the conditions Jiang Xue had raised with Old Jiang before, he couldn’t help asking, "Jiang Xue, I heard your parents were killed by someone. Don’t you want to avenge them?"

"Of course I do." Jiang Xue replied with a smile.

"Then do you know who killed your parents?" Mr. Jin asked, his face full of curiosity.