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Chapter 1228 Pleasing Neither Side

Wu Qing hesitated, feeling it was inappropriate to keep the bank card to himself, but also unsuitable to hand it over to Lin Hao. Finally, after some hesitation, he said:

"How about I think of another way? After all, it's not appropriate to take your money!"

Lin Hao handed the bank card to Wu Qing again, saying, "Teacher Wu, just accept it without worry. Let's not keep refusing it!"

"Xiao Hao!" Wu Qing looked at Lin Hao apologetically and said, "I really, thank you for this!"

Then Wu Qing said emotionally, "You know me. I've always considered you my son-in-law, and I also know that Jian Ai still has feelings for you. Sometimes when I see the two of you, I wish you could be together more than anyone else!"

"I know, Auntie!" Lin Hao smiled, then added, "Oh, and about this money, please don't tell Jian Ai!"

"Because at this stage, I don't want her to feel that I'm too involved in her life!"

"Are you out of your mind!" In Wu Qing's view, if Jian Ai didn't know what Lin Hao had done for her, there would be no possibility of reconciliation in the future. So she said somewhat agitatedly:

"If you do that, she will really leave Beijing. Once you're far apart, there will be too many uncontrollable factors!"

"Sigh~, I know!" Lin Hao sighed helplessly.
"But even if I could keep her physically, what's the point if I can't keep her heart? So since she insists on leaving, I can only choose to respect her decision!"

Wu Qing was filled with regret. Such a good son-in-law, and Jian Ai didn't appreciate him at all. Finally, she sighed with remorse:
"Look at the two of you, you clearly still have feelings for each other, so why are you going around in circles like this!"

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Meanwhile, Zhou Yiming, upon waking up, kept recalling what Lin Hao had told him the day before, as if it were a curse lingering in his mind.

After much deliberation, he felt that it was somewhat inappropriate for Lin Hao to help Teacher Wu Qing with the issue of Jian Ai's house in Dali.

Whether as Jane's friend or Lin Hao's brother, Lin Hao should no longer interfere in the affairs between the mother and daughter.

Previously, he was emotionally confused because of Hui Zi's situation, and he revealed some unbearable past events.

Lin Hao had been helping him all along, even persuading him to leave Sail and start afresh, abandoning the past. He even went so far as to invest money in him to start a new company and completely sever ties with the past.

It must be said that Lin Hao has done everything he could as a brother.

If Lin Hao hadn't invested money in his newly established company, he certainly wouldn't be short of money. But when Lin Hao faced Jian Ai'ai, he said that Jian Ai'ai was a thing of the past, but he always felt that Lin Hao seemed hesitant.

The key point is that Jian Ai has a good relationship with both him and Jia Kuan. After thinking it over, he felt that he should talk to Jian Ai.

Knowing Jane as he did, he knew she wouldn't be happy to learn what Lin Hao had done for her, and who knew what kind of trouble she might cause.

Another point is that I think Lin Hao should make a decision sooner rather than later, and can't continue to be so ambiguous.

Out of kindness, Zhou Yiming called Jian Ai, not to say what it was about, but simply to invite her to lunch.

After they met, Zhou Yiming didn't say anything, and Jian Ai didn't ask anything either. They just ate lunch together.

After they had almost finished eating, Jian Ai noticed something was wrong and asked, "Tell me!"

"What should I say!" Zhou Yiming hesitated again at the last moment.

"Didn't you need me urgently?" Jane said matter-of-factly. "You never contact me normally, so there must be something you need!"

"No rush, let's talk after we finish eating!" Zhou Yiming said somewhat awkwardly.

"I've been eating the whole time!" Jane put down her knife and fork and said calmly, "I'll eat mine, you can say yours!"

"Actually, it's nothing!" Zhou Yiming changed the subject.

"Looking at you always reminds me of our university days. Those were such good times, young and energetic, beautiful and innocent!"

Jane guessed that something was being kept from her, but she still calmly said:
"You called me out of the office just to reminisce about my college days!"

"No, of course not!" Seeing Jian Ai's calm demeanor, Zhou Yiming was momentarily at a loss for words, so he began to reminisce about the past:

"I remember during the summer vacation of my sophomore year, my brother and I went to Jia Kuan's hometown to play. We planned to go on an adventure in the mountains and we came across a huge hornet's nest!"

"You can imagine how bored Xiao Hao is. He threw a stone at us, and the hornet's nest exploded right away. The three of us took off running!"

"As I ran, I asked Xiao Hao, 'Why are you running so fast? Can you outrun a wasp?'"

"Do you know what Xiao Hao told me?!" Zhou Yiming mimicked Lin Hao's tone, saying, "I don't need to outrun the wasps, I just need to outrun the two of you!"

Jane put down her knife and fork, looked at Zhou Yiming without saying a word.

Seeing this, Zhou Yiming could only bite the bullet and say awkwardly, "I knew Xiao Hao was actually quite annoying!"

"Seriously, it's so annoying!" Zhou Yiming then changed the subject, "I feel sorry for you. You two, you were husband and wife and now you're colleagues!"

"But then again, most of the time I'm pretty glad I have such a jerk in my life!"

"Really!" Zhou Yiming said earnestly, "I believe you feel the same way!"

"If I really felt that way, why would I have divorced him?" Jane said calmly. "Tell me, what are you hiding from me?"

"Sigh!" Zhou Yiming sighed, then said somewhat helplessly, "It's not like I'm hiding it from you!"

"Xiao Hao told me not to tell you, and I promised him I wouldn't tell you, but I also feel that you should know about this!"

Zhou Yiming swallowed hard before saying somewhat nervously, "It's about your house in Dali!"

"Continue!" Jane had a bad feeling.

"Here's what happened: Lin Hao came to me and asked to borrow some money..."

Zhou Yiming then recounted how Lin Hao had asked him for money to help Teacher Wuqing buy back a house in Dali.

Seeing Jian Ai standing there blankly and motionless, Zhou Yiming sensed that something was about to go wrong, so he quickly tried to persuade her, "No, Jian Ai, please don't be angry!"

"I promised him I wouldn't tell you, so please don't tell him either. I told you about this because I had no choice, I~!"

However, before Zhou Yiming could finish speaking, Jian Ai interrupted him:
"So, Lin Hao borrowed money from you to clean up the mess that Teacher Wu Qing made, right?"

"No!" Zhou Yiming was extremely anxious. He couldn't let Jian Ai misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained:
"He's not trying to appease Teacher Wuqing; he wants to help you preserve your original dream!"

"Really!" Zhou Yiming explained earnestly.
"Lin Hao is definitely not doing this for himself, but for that kind of competitiveness within the species!"

"It's all for my own good!" Jane said impatiently. "So, shouldn't I thank him in person?"

"Jian Ai, don't be angry!" Zhou Yiming thought to himself that he was in trouble, but after thinking for a moment, he still explained: "When Lin Hao finished telling me why he borrowed money, Hui Zi was listening right next to him. Hui Zi cried her eyes out, and I was really touched!"

“I can imagine!” Jane said with a sneer.
"Always using the excuse of doing things for my own good, to do things that move yourself and others around you!"

When Jane finished speaking about this guy, it was unclear whether she was referring to Lin Hao's bad habit or Zhou Yiming's meddling.

"Look at you, I hate hearing you say this!" Zhou Yiming thought Jian Ai had misunderstood, so he quickly explained to Lin Hao:
"The reason I came to talk to you about this today is because I'm afraid that if you find out later, you'll talk about Lin Hao like you just did!"

"Jane, it's not about the money. I, as an outsider, clearly understand Lin Hao's feelings for you!"

Zhou Yiming's explanations became increasingly unclear, and then Jian Ai coldly said:

"Yes, I'm the only one who doesn't understand. I'm the most immature and the most dramatic one, right?"

"Look at you, what are you saying!" Zhou Yiming stamped his feet anxiously, scratching his ears and cheeks as he spoke:

"Who said you were being dramatic? I'm just... I... I..." Zhou Yiming was too quiet to explain himself.

"Alright, stop stomping your feet!" Jian Ai glanced at the time, no longer wanting to talk to Zhou Yiming, and said coldly:

"Thank you for telling me about this, and thank you for the meal. I have to go to work now!"

To be honest, Jian Ai was quite annoyed by Zhou Yiming's meddling. She had her own plans regarding her relationship with Lin Hao, but Zhou Yiming's interference only made things more awkward between her and Lin Hao.

To put it bluntly, if she really didn't know about this, and then she found out later, she might have remarried Lin Hao.

Although she might not agree, the choice ultimately lies between the two of them.

Now, Zhou Yiming has interfered and exposed the truth, which has removed her excuse to get back together with Lin Hao. It would be strange if she could still like Zhou Yiming.

"It's not Jian Ai~!" Zhou Yiming also noticed the change in Jian Ai's attitude, so he anxiously tried to explain again.

"Thank you!" Jane said, then walked away.

"No, then don't tell Lin Hao!" Watching Jian Ai walk away, Zhou Yiming felt that he might have done something stupid and might end up pleasing neither side.

However, he was completely unaware that the thought that had been lingering in his mind all morning, like a curse, was so abrupt.

When Jane got home from get off work, she found a table full of dishes. Thinking about what Zhou Yiming had said, she already had a guess in her mind.

Sure enough, Wu Qing first warmly invited Jian Ai to eat and even served her food. As a proud woman, Wu Qing had already done her best to ease the relationship between mother and daughter.

The main reason was that Lin Hao lent her the money—yes, he lent it, not gave it to her—which gave her peace of mind.

Then he made an excuse that he had mortgaged his house in Dali because of an investment, and now that he had made money, he was going to give the money to Jian Ai or help her buy back the original house.

However, the mother and daughter have very similar personalities; both are very concerned about saving face and neither is willing to give the other face.

Jane exposed Wu Qing's lie, causing him to lose face.

Without Lin Hao's mediation in the drama, a perfectly good, warm dinner ended in a very unpleasant breakup.

Although Jane realized that she had made things more strained between mother and daughter, she quickly stepped forward to comfort her.

Knocking on Wu Qing's door, and seeing her mother's self-pitying expression, Jian Ai sighed and said:
"I think we have very similar personalities. We are both very concerned about our image. No matter what happens, we don't communicate or discuss things. We always think that we can handle everything on our own!"

“Yes!” Wu Qing didn’t want Jian Ai to see her tears, so she tilted her head back and said:
"If it weren't for Lin Hao mediating things all these years, I don't know what would have become of my daughter and me!"

Looking at Wu Qing's appearance, Jian Ai felt a pang of regret for her impulsiveness earlier.

However, upon hearing the other person mention Lin Hao again, he said helplessly, "Now is not the time to praise him!"

"I won't praise him, I won't offend you!" Wu Qing had recovered by now, so she continued, "Go on, I'm listening!"

Not wanting Wu Qing to continue being sad, Jian Ai quickly comforted her:

"If our relationship had been a little better, things might not have turned out like this!"

Wu Qing sighed and said, "If we had discussed it beforehand, we could have saved the house!"

"That's not necessarily true. I'll definitely mortgage the house and let you take the money to Uncle Li!"

Wu Qing shook his head and said, "But in the end, Old Li will still lose money on that house!"

“A house is just an external possession!” Jane said, head down. “Actually, I also bear some responsibility for your divorce!”

After that, both mother and daughter remained silent. Both Wu Qing's ex-husband and Jian Ai's ex-husband were men who had been exceptionally good to them.

But they were both willful and didn't cherish it, ending up with nothing and feeling utterly miserable. By the time they regretted their divorce and realized their mistake, it was too late to go back to the way things were.

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The next day, Lin Hao called a meeting with the marketing department. After everyone had arrived, Lin Hao said with a smile:
"Everyone, I've read all your reports!"

"No, it should be that they studied it diligently and were exceptionally good!"

He then handed the received reports to people nearby, and had Jiang Nan distribute the rest:

"this is yours!"

"Here you go!"

"And yours too!"

"We're giving the report back to you so that you can take a closer look at it yourselves, and you can also look at each other's reports!"

Lin Hao smiled, but his words were laced with sarcasm:
"No, I think you've already seen each other, right?"

"Because your proposals are surprisingly consistent and surprisingly mediocre, it even makes me suspect that you simply changed the date and resubmitted the proposal!"

Then Lin Hao's smile faded, and he said expressionlessly:

"We are a company that was built from the ruins after World War I. What we fear least is competition, and what we have no shortage of is courage!"

"But you've submitted this kind of proposal, which has even made me wonder if there's something wrong with me!"

Then Lin Hao said meaningfully, "So today I would like to ask everyone to take a look at our overall environment!"

"Let's rethink it, okay!" Lin Hao then adjourned the meeting.