ATBWSTBP Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Seeking a Partner

Jin Mo stared at the pile of photos on the desk, missing Jin Baiyan even more.

Although he could directly tell Qin Manwen that he would never betray Jin Baiyan and that all this effort was useless, his heart wouldn’t allow him to do that.

Firstly, Qin Manwen truly didn’t have much time left; the cancer cells had already spread, and he could only get a moment’s respite with painkillers. If he told him all this now, it would undoubtedly hasten his death.

Secondly, his heart still belonged to his mother, and there remained a bit of his mother’s love for Qin Manwen.

Thirdly, he was, after all, Qin Manwen’s son. Although they hadn’t spent much time together, there was still love.

He wouldn’t betray Jin Baiyan, but he had to ensure Qin Manwen departed as contentedly as his mother.

After much consideration, the only solution was to act!

Before acting, he had to see Jin Baiyan and give him a reassuring promise.

While his mind was thinking, his hand unconsciously flipped through a stack of photos.

One by one, the photos were moved from the left to the right!

Some of these people he had met, some he had heard of, and some were strangers.

As he flipped through them, his hand stopped.

Gu Tingting!

Gu Zhenxuan’s daughter!

He had just seen her last week at a company meeting.

But didn’t she have a boyfriend? Why was she in this stack of photos?

Jin Mo’s eyebrow twitched slightly. He had clearly overheard her at the corner of the staircase.

Gu Tingting’s tone on the phone sounded unmistakably like she was talking to her boyfriend, and a very affectionate and considerate one at that.

How could she still need to go on blind dates?

Unless…

Unless her relationship with her boyfriend was also clandestine and couldn’t be exposed!

Jin Mo suddenly became interested. Finding someone to cooperate in acting might not be a bad idea!

Thinking of this, he quickly took out his phone and called his assistant, Marco Xin, to get Gu Tingting’s phone number.

The call went through quickly, and Jin Mo was brief and to the point.

Half an hour later, Jin Mo happily hung up the phone. His face, which had been somewhat gloomy, was now as bright and sunny as May.

Early the next morning, Jin Mo entered Qin Manwen’s bedroom and placed Gu Tingting’s photo in his hand.

“Dad, how about her?”

Qin Manwen picked it up and looked at it, a smile appearing on his face.

“Tingting!”

“Yes, we met at the company last week. I felt pretty good about her, and we got along, so how about her!”

Qin Manwen also looked very satisfied, smiling as he said, “Tingting is a good girl. I’ve watched her grow up since she was little. You have good taste, kid. I’ll call Uncle Gu now to set a time for you two to officially meet!”

As soon as Jin Mo heard this, he immediately waved his hand. “No, no, I have her number. I’ll ask her myself later so it doesn’t seem so rigid!”

Qin Manwen immediately chuckled. “Alright, alright, you young people arrange it yourselves!”

Just after he finished laughing, he started coughing violently!

Jin Mo immediately went over to pat his back. “Why are you getting so excited? Don’t you know you need to rest now?”

A few minutes later, Qin Manwen finally calmed down a bit.

He took Jin Mo’s hand and sighed.

“Mo Mo, you have to hurry. I don’t have much time left!”

Jin Mo’s hand trembled, and his heart also quivered.

This was his only blood relative in the world, and watching him decline day by day, how could he remain indifferent?

“Dad!”

As soon as the word left his mouth, tears streamed down.

Qin Manwen raised his hand to wipe away his son’s tears.

In just a few months, his hands had lost much of their flesh, just like his face, which had become gaunt.

“I’m not afraid of death, really. Your mother is waiting for me over there! My only wish now is to see you get married and have children so I can leave in peace! But looking at the current progress, I guess it’s hopeless!”

Qin Manwen patted Jin Mo’s hand a few times. “Son, hurry up! You can basically take over the company now, so I’m not worried. Now all that’s left is the matter of descendants!”

Jin Mo smiled. “Okay, I’ll hurry!”

…

Three o’clock in the afternoon, the Roma Cafe.

Gu Tingting and Jin Mo met for the first time outside the company.

Gu Tingting was twenty-four years old, with long hair that she didn’t like to wear down, always tying it in a low ponytail. With fair skin and a beautiful face, dressed in a suitable suit, one could tell at a glance that she was a lady cultivated by a large family!

If he hadn’t overheard her phone call with her boyfriend, Jin Mo might have been fooled by her appearance!

The two sat face to face, sizing each other up without making it obvious.

In the end, Gu Tingting actually did something completely out of character with her appearance – she rolled her eyes.

The water Jin Mo had just taken a sip of almost sprayed out.

He stifled a laugh and swallowed the water.

“Today, I want to go to Kun City to see my boyfriend, and you probably want to meet up with your boyfriend too. How about we cooperate?”

Jin Mo said slowly, putting down his cup and looking at Gu Tingting with a half-smile.

Although the two had reached an agreement last night to use each other, Gu Tingting didn’t seem to want to be led by the nose like this. She “hmph”-ed.

“I see my boyfriend often, why would I need to cooperate with you?”

Jin Mo tapped the table lightly with his finger.

“Is that so? How come I heard someone say that their family has been keeping a close watch lately, making it inconvenient to go out, and it’s been a long time since they’ve been able to be with their boyfriend properly?”

Gu Tingting’s face froze, then she glared at Jin Mo with some annoyance.

“You actually eavesdropped on other people’s conversations?”

“It’s not eavesdropping, just accidentally hearing it. Besides… that’s my company, to begin with, anything I do can’t be considered eavesdropping.” Jin Mo said with a low laugh.

He looked harmless, but the words he spoke were like a rascal. Gu Tingting was so angry that her teeth itched.

She finally understood that this wasn’t a sheep at all, but a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

“My dad even said you were easy to manipulate, and if I married you, I might even be able to take control of the Qin Corporation. I think he’s getting old and his eyes are failing!”

Jin Mo “hehe” laughed twice, picked up the lemonade on the table, took a sip, and waited for Gu Tingting’s final decision.

Unbeknownst to them, photos of their meeting entered Jin Baiyan’s phone at the same time.

Jin Baiyan, who was reviewing documents in his office, dropped the pen in his hand with a “clang” the moment he saw the photo.

In the photo, Jin Mo was drinking water, his eyes fixed on the woman opposite him. His expression wasn’t clear, but Jin Baiyan could tell that he was relaxed, without a hint of rejection.

The woman opposite him was very beautiful, but at this moment, Jin Baiyan’s gaze was fixed on Jin Mo’s profile without blinking.

The fingertips holding the phone became increasingly pale!

A rusty taste surged in his chest, and he couldn’t help coughing.

He was once again overwhelmed by anger!

Jin Baiyan put down his phone and walked into the adjacent cubicle.

It wasn’t until evening that Liu Chen came to inform him that the company’s annual party was about to begin!

As the company’s General Manager, he had to say a few words at the year-end dinner, no matter what.

As he walked out of the room, Liu Chen noticed that their Jin CEO was once again wearing that ill-fitting silver-striped tie.

Whether it was because of the tie or not, he always felt that Jin CEO’s face was a little too pale! The whole person also exuded a murderous coldness.