Chapter 3857: Don’t Worry, My Ultimate Purpose Is Not Her

Lu Zhi looked at her figure and finally called out to her, “Jian Jin.”

The woman did not turn around, but she instinctively stopped for him.

Lu Zhi’s slender and beautiful fingertips touched the nameplate’s cold metal, deep in thought. “Are you disappointed in me?”

Jian Jin was momentarily silent before saying, “Others don’t understand you. I know the responsibility you bear after 20 years of friendship.”

Lu Zhi was different from her.

She could be willful and only represent herself.

Lu Zhi couldn’t.

She remembered how Lu Zhi “reconciled” with his hypocritical relatives for Tian Chen’s reputation.

Lu Zhi had his difficulties.

She did not want to make things difficult for him.

“I’m not arguing with you because I want you to go against the reclusive families for QIAO’s sake. I just think…”

She only felt that compared to everything Ye Wangchuan had done for Qiao Nian, Lu Zhi might also love her, but he was not as good as Ye Wangchuan.

Lu Zhi would never be able to love her without reservations.

Jian Jin did not say anything. She just shook her head and smiled bitterly. “Forget it. There’s no point in saying this.”

She insisted on keeping her back to him. She waved her hand carefree. “I’m going to help QIAO. I’ll say the same thing. Take care of yourself.”

Lu Zhi’s eyes were deep. No one could guess what he was thinking. He just watched as Jian Jin disappeared from sight step by step.

He leaned against the backrest, his beautiful face in a daze for a long time.

Nie Qingru’s call came at this time.

Lu Zhi looked at the incoming call but did not pick it up at first. When the call was about to go to voicemail, he slowly picked up the phone and accepted it.

“Shoot.”

His tone was not good.

Nie Qingru probably did not expect him to take so long to pick up the call and even speak in such a tone. She choked and asked, “Did you eat dynamite?”

“If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.” Lu Zhi was extremely cold.

Nie Qingru was most likely angered. She paused for a few seconds and, ignoring his attitude, concisely asked, “I’ve already gotten someone to prepare it. What about you?”

Lu Zhi frowned and struggled for a moment.

She could roughly guess his hesitation and reminded him coldly, “If you want to get what you want, you can only snatch it. Otherwise, you can only look at her from afar for the rest of your life. Are you willing to let Ye Wangchuan laugh for the rest of his life?”

“You’d better remember the conditions we agreed on,” Lu Zhi said, affecting the hoarseness in his voice.

Nie Qingru had expected him to agree and happily said, “Of course. Even if you don’t believe me, you should believe in yourself.”

“You’re right. I don’t believe you.” Lu Zhi did not hide his distrust at all. He warned her coldly, “So, you’d better remember where my bottom line is. The illegal district is my territory. As long as I want it, even the Empress of the reclusive families can forget about keeping her life here!”

These words were pretty domineering.

He did not give her any face.

Nie Qingru’s face twitched after being contradicted, and she could no longer smile. She replied expressionlessly, “You have your bottom line, and I have mine.”

She did not wait for Lu Zhi to answer before continuing, “Don’t worry. My ultimate goal is to find Xicheng, not to kill her.”