Chapter 385: 385
Qiao Lian looked startled at Shen Liangchuan and bit her lip .
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The look in his eyes was cold like the water of an icy river . She felt her chest tightening .
After a short pause, she slowly let out a deep breath .
Although the reporter had wrongly accused her in this case, the fact was that he was right .
They were indeed ‘long-time friends’ .
Of course, she knew him .
She had been a reporter for briefly nine months, but it was obvious that she had her ways of sniffing out information and a good sense for news . This wasn’t because of any sort of talent, they were rather skills that came with practice .
Anyone who stayed in this field for a few years would develop a sharp sense .
A few years ago, when she had escaped to the huge city of Beijing with her brother, she had to find means of survival .
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At the time, coincidentally, she had gotten to know this reporter .
And they had began to collaborate .
Qiao Lian would sniff out information and sell it to Old Liu .
But at the time, she was paid poorly . At worst, a piece of news would bring her a mere few hundred; at best, a few thousand . She depended on this income to sustain herself and her brother .
Until… nine months ago, when she finally found work in a news agency . At that point, she cut off all ties and contact with Old Liu .
Because her professional growth and ethics did no longer allowed her to accommodate this sort of practice .
And today, running into Old Liu had brought up a past that caused her much shame and embarrassment .
It was a fact that at one point in her life, she had relied on infringing on and exposing other people’s privacy for a living .
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And what Shen Liangchuan hated most was the paparazzi who intrude on others’ privacy .
Hence, she was unwilling to admit it and much less talk about her past .
However, she had no desire to lie to Shen Liangchuan .
She could only clench her fists tightly and resist in silence .
Shen Liangchuan suddenly extended his arm and clenched his fingers around her chin . “Why aren’t you answering my question?”
She was forced to look up at his unfathomable expression .
He was angry .
Was it because she had once been the sort of person that he hated most?
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She frowned and didn’t know what to say . More than that, she wasn’t sure what she could do to alleviate his anger .
Shen Liangchuan’s pupils were constricted and darker than storm clouds .
He suddenly realized that he might have been using too much force when he saw Qiao Lian grimace with pain .
He relaxed his grip on her chin . Still, there were red marks left by the forceful grip .
Qiao Lian did not say another word and looked out of the window stubbornly .
Shen Liangchuan started the car engine and continued driving back to their villa to drop off Qiao Lian .
As Qiao Lian got off the car, she heard him say, “I’m going back to see Mom . ”
She halted and before she could turn around, she heard Shen Liangchuan starting up the car again .
She clenched her fists tightly and walked back to the house .
Because of what had happened, all the housekeepers had been redeployed to Xia Yehua’s apartment .
Now Qiao Lian was alone in the villa .
Her eyes turned slightly bloodshot as tears welled up and blurred her vision .
When the picture had come out in the news and the article had been posted, she had been prepared for a showdown between her and Shen Liangchuan .
But his trust in her from the start until the end had given her a sense of warmth and sweetness that she had never experienced before . It gave her strength that she could survive almost any tough situation in life .
She did not expect, however, that while they hadn’t had any differences where the report was concerned, her own past on the other hand would cause him so much contempt .