Are you scared?

Lin Wanqing didn't expect Qin Mo to be so cold, and bit her lip in resentment.

She can be said to have suffered the utmost humiliation today.

Not only did they dress exactly like they did in college, but they even found the white dress from when they first met.

Unexpectedly, Qin Mo turned a blind eye.

But considering her purpose in coming, I held back.

She's beautiful; she was a campus beauty in college.

His eyes were filled with tears at that moment, and he looked so pitiful.

She looked at Qin Mo with deep emotion:

Why are you so cold to me?

"I already said I came to see my husband. Can't I come if there's nothing else to say?"

She straightened up and moved closer to Qin Mo, intentionally or unintentionally, her fingers brushing against Qin Mo's chest.

Such an ambiguous gesture would have softened Qin Mo's heart long ago.

But now, all that awaited him was Qin Mo's disgusted gaze.

"We are no longer husband and wife, please step aside." Qin Mo took another half step.

Just one look from him almost made Lin Wanqing lose her temper.

In the past, she only showed this kind of look to Qin Mo.

What goes around comes around. Those she once looked down on and trampled on now dare to treat her like this.

Lin Wanqing clenched her fists and finally managed to regulate her breathing.

"Qin Mo, in the half month since you were released from prison, I have given you many chances."

"Haven't you realized yet that I don't want a divorce?"

"I told you the day you got out of prison that as long as you behave yourself, we can live a good life together, and the Lin family will continue to accept you..."

Qin Mo wanted to laugh when he heard her words.

So much so that he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Accept me?"

Qin Mo looked at her indifferently, his eyes lingering on her clenched fists.

"You don't want to accept me; you're forced to."

"The Lin family's current flagship product is the patent for the Qi-regulating tablets that I signed for you five years ago."

"But it's been five years, the patent is about to expire, and the patent holder... doesn't recognize you, only me."

"Yes, Mr. Lin?"

Qin Mo's words made Lin Wanqing's face stiffen.

The tenderness I had rehearsed before coming almost instantly turned into viciousness.

Yes, Qin Mo is right.

Back then, Qin Mo poured his heart and soul into pulling the Lin family back from the brink of bankruptcy, mainly relying on this patent.

The developer of this drug was very ambitious. If Qin Mo hadn't been humble and persistent in persuading them, the Lin family, with its size at the time, would not have been able to secure the patent.

However, the patent was only signed for five years.

The contract renewal is due in less than a month. If it cannot be renewed smoothly, Lin's will not be able to continue producing the Qi-regulating tablets.

Before Qin Mo was released from prison, Lin Wanqing contacted the developer, hoping to renew the contract early, but was refused.

The other party only recognizes Qin Mo!

Although she didn't say anything, Qin Mo saw through her thoughts at a glance.

"I was in prison for five years. If you really cared about our past relationship, even if you didn't come to see me to avoid suspicion, you would have taken care of my mother."

"If the patent hadn't needed renewal, would you have come to me?"

"If you hadn't suffered at my hands recently and realized that I'm completely different from before, would you have come to see me tonight?"

Qin Mo, looking down from above, mercilessly exposed Lin Wanqing's true colors.

"Lin Wanqing, you're too arrogant."

"No one stays in the same place forever, and no one can't live without you."

"And now it seems that without me, Qin Mo, the Lin family has truly failed in the past five years."

After saying that, Qin Mo and the woman had finished saying what they needed to say.

From the moment he agreed to take the blame five years ago, their friendship was completely destroyed.

He will keep moving forward and will never look back.

So he turned to leave.

But at that moment, Lin Wanqing, whose face was streaked with tears from his words, suddenly hugged him from behind.

"No! That's not how it is!"

"I... I did come to you because the Lin family needed me."

"But over these past five years, I've realized it's true: I've actually fallen for you a long time ago!"

"Otherwise, why didn't I get together with Gu Haochen, but instead tried to match him up with Qin Yurou?"

"Because I've loved you for a long time!"

Lin Wanqing cried her heart out, holding Qin Mo with all her might.

But Qin Mo pried her hands open effortlessly.

He turned around and looked at the woman's tear-streaked face, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

"But for you, falling in love with me must be a disgrace, right?"

The Lin family's daughter actually fell in love with a poor boy.

She felt from the bottom of her heart that Qin Mo was not good enough for her.

She felt that they were from two different worlds, and that their meeting was a mistake from the start.

Lin Wanqing was indeed not with Gu Haochen, but she also never went to see Shao Lanfang.

That way, no one would know that she had fallen in love with Qin Mo.

This is also one of the reasons why Qin Mo completely gave up on her.

Lin Wanqing wanted to argue, but looking into Qin Mo's cold, dark eyes, where she was no longer present, she couldn't utter a single word.

"Lin Wanqing, I'm asking you a question."

"If I were still Qin Mo from five years ago, still the Qin Mo who needed to work to support his family, would you still come to see me tonight?"

Qin Mo showed no mercy, tearing away her last shred of modesty.

"You won't."

"Because you've realized I've changed. I'm no longer the Qin Mo who could take whatever he wanted from you."

"If I were still the same person I was back then, I'm afraid you and Gu Haochen would have crushed me to death long ago."

He reached out and wiped away a tear from Lin Wanqing's eye.

Such an action, however, was devoid of any tenderness; instead, it was somewhat mocking.

"You haven't come to your senses, you're just scared, aren't you?"

Because Qin Mo is no longer the same as before, because the Lin family is in grave danger, because the people surrounding Qin Mo are becoming more and more outstanding...

So she was afraid.

She feared that Qin Mo would slip out of her control, and even more so, she feared Qin Mo's retaliation.

Otherwise, she would never have come to find Qin Mo.

If you can't keep up the act, then stop pretending.

Qin Mo withdrew his hand, a mocking smile playing on his lips:

"I won't seek revenge on you, but I won't help you anymore either."

Letting her watch as the people she once trampled underfoot gradually rise to a position she could never reach is already a punishment for her.

This would make her wish she were dead.

Moreover, the Lin family is facing an imminent crisis.

Qin Mo doesn't need to lift a finger; she'll reap what she sows.

With her mask shattered, Lin Wanqing finally couldn't hold back her emotions any longer.

She broke down and yelled:

"Do you think you're so great?"

"I've already found out. You only cured Su Wanxing with your medical skills and got her to help you save face."

"You don't really think a woman like Su Wanxing would actually marry you, do you?"

"Qin Mo, stop dreaming!"

Qin Mo looked at her without the slightest ripple of emotion.

The night was as still as water, and Qin Mo's voice was chillingly cold.

"This is the difference between you and me."

"I, Qin Mo, never place my hopes on others."

"Lin Wanqing, you'd better watch yourself."