Our Glamorous Time

Chapter 75: Blinded by Greed

The night was getting darker. The lights cast shadow across the whole city and made it look like a chessboard of reinforced concrete; the buildings arranged in crisscross patterns extended beyond the horizon.

Lin Qian and Li Zhicheng stood at the gloomy hallway of the Inpatient Department, looking at the dense crowd gathering downstairs.

They seemed restless, excited, and anxious. The journalists were walking around with cameras and video cameras. As soon as someone walked out from the Inpatient Department, all their attention would be focused on that person.

Behind the reporters were around ten to twenty men in blue worker uniforms. The sky was too dark so their faces couldn't be seen clearly. But the banners that they were holding were very striking:

"Boycott foreign corporate acquisition!"

"Aida's executives are colluding with foreign corporations and double-crossing national brands!"

After calming down for a little while, they started protesting loudly again.They had clearly practised ahead of their arrival at the hospital; their voices were loud and in unison.

"Protect domestic brands!"

"Reject foreign corporations as stakeholders of Old Aida!"

"Kick foreign spies out of Aida!"

Upon hearing the word "foreign spy", Lin Qian frowned slightly.

Obviously they were referring to her. Humph.

At that time, even though it was already night, there were still constant streams of cars and passers-by going to and fro from the hospital entrance. As such, this group of protesters quickly attracted many onlookers. The news reporters couldn't find the main players, so they were snapping even more shots of the demonstration. For the moment, the continuous flash and the ever-increasing onlookers culminated into a mighty, spectacular scene.

Lin Qian quietly let out a "Hmmph".

Li Zhicheng was supporting himself with one hand on the windowsill and the other was holding her shoulder. His face looked calm; his jet-black eyes peered at the chaos downstairs, asking her, "Who do you think is behind this?"

Lin Qian put both her arms on the windowsill and answered in disdain, "Who else could it be? Chen Zheng." Who else would use such dirty tricks, if not him?

Evidently this was the answer in Li Zhicheng's mind too. Indifference flashed in his eyes. He didn't say anything.

But Lin Qian shook her head, saying, "Actually Chen Zheng is not stupid. Before this when I was at SMQ, I thought that he had a lot of his own ideas and he managed his company quite well. But this guy is... too bigoted. He is too selfish and he doesn't know when to stop until he reaches his goal. He always does stupid things that need to be kept under the table and can't yield long term benefits. Now that I think about it, this fellow is actually quite pitiful, sad, and detestable."

As she took a deep breath, she turned around and stared at Li Zhicheng.

The last few days, and especially that day, she had been feeling down. As she looked at this scene directed by Chen Zheng, which was both a farce and a vicious attack, she felt her heart let out an emotional sigh.

She was contemplating Chen Zheng's motives, but it seemed like she was contemplating other things too. Even she couldn't tell.

After Li Zhicheng listened to her, he merely stared at her with his calm and deep gaze. The lights from outside hazily slipped through the window, shining on his black hair and his face. His face seemed exceptionally calm, certain, and inscrutable.