Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 712 - 78: The Prodigal Son Returns Home_2

"Hmm? Miss Qin, is there something else?"

Qin Qian bit her lip, her face reddening slightly, her eyes drifting, but then she steadied her breath and said:

"Song, do you… have someone you like?"

Qin Qian lowered her head.

She was known as the demoness, and it was rare for anyone to see Qin Qian's shy demeanor.

The demoness also had a great figure, and just standing there she was a spectacle to behold.

Even Song Que, as dense as he was, understood what Qin Qian was getting at,

No wonder he had been feeling that she was looking at him with… with excessive enthusiasm.

Song Que froze, unsure of how to react.

Qin Qian didn't directly say that she liked him, but she was quite confident.

Her eyes were filled with allure, waiting for Song Que's response.

But after more than ten seconds, Song Que still didn't respond.

She suddenly became anxious, but still waited.

Time seemed to slow down. What was only a few seconds felt like an eternity to Qin Qian.

It was, indeed, a very long time before she heard Song Que sigh softly, his voice gentle:

"There is."

Qin Qian looked up, meeting Song Que's candid gaze.

She was initially quite excited, feeling overwhelmed by immense happiness, but soon all these feelings vanished into thin air.

Song Que's gaze was too honest and natural.

So much so that Qin Qian quickly realized, Song Que did have someone he liked in his heart, and it was true, and that person… was not her.

Qin Qian smiled bitterly.

Just with two sentences, one asking and the other answering, both understood what the other meant.

Qin Qian was forthright, though still a bit regretful and unwilling, she asked:

"Which family's daughter is so fortunate? Does she like you too, Song?"

"She's a doctor from Baichuan City; she took care of me throughout the period when I was injured."

Song Que suddenly felt embarrassed not knowing how to answer such a personal question, but since Qin Qian and Lin Jue had been through life and death with him, Song Que wouldn't hide anything from them.

"As for whether… she… she likes me, I don't know..."

Perhaps she doesn't like me? Miss Qiao, being a physician, is kind to all patients.

But that kindness was always different from the way the second lady treated Tang Xian.

Song Que was also afraid of being presumptuous, so he had never expressed his feelings, as he really lacked experience in this area.

If Qiao Shanshan knew what Song Que thought, she would regret not listening to the second lady's advice to be bolder.

That's how this world is, some chatter endlessly and eloquently about men and women and such matters, while others stay silent and dull.

The result might be that the latter are already in love, and it's very sweet, while the former, despite their endless talk, remain... single.

When the topic of conversation no longer revolves around oneself, continuing the discussion is akin to rubbing salt into the wound. Qin Qian didn't want to be insensitive; her heart ached, yet she still wore a smile on her face.

Song Que nodded and then walked inside.

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Seven days later, at the first bastion. The sixth floor, the Song Family.

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As Qin Qian had said, Song Gengzhao was having a tough time.

The recent days had brought extreme highs and lows for Song Que, and wasn't it the same for Song Gengzhao?

Song Que had returned to the sacred bastion in a blaze of glory, and Song Gengzhao was delighted, proudly parading him around everywhere.

When Song Que revealed that his talents were lost and he had been reduced to a cripple, Song Gengzhao was struck as if by lightning, taking a wrong path in his desperation and sending his own son to a place like the Evolution Zone. Consequently, his position began to subtly shift, and the situation within the Song Family grew gloomy.

During the election for the leader of the Ark Bastion, the Li family was basking in limitless glory, not a single bastion leader, including Song Gengzhao, was able to overshadow Li Wanye.

The only exception was Song Que. When Song Que revealed that he was "Zhuo Youcai," the stunned expressions of the entire gathering also prompted Song Gengzhao to change his stance immediately, supporting Song Que.

But fate seemed to be particularly harsh on him. Song Que somehow regained his talents, which might have been related to the Evolution Zone, or perhaps he had encountered an extraordinary adventure. Indeed, Song Que became the leader of the Ark Bastion.

At that time, Song Gengzhao thought it was time to hand over the first bastion to Song Que, and it was time to apologize to him.

On the matter of the Evolution Zone, he, as a father, truly went too far, blinded by interests.

But who could have predicted that Song Que would quickly become embroiled in an even greater controversy?

The masked fiend, a follower of the demon child, a devil intent on destroying humanity, the captor of hundreds of thousands of people...

Overnight, he stood on the opposite side of the Order. He stood against the Pyramid system.

In the recent days, Song Gengzhao had barely left his home, even as his brothers started to become restless, deciding to divide up the rich pickings of the Song Family, and even as the youth from the sixth family suddenly transformed from someone with poor talent into a man full of talent, Song Gengzhao had mostly ignored it all.

He was tired.

Song Gengzhao suddenly realized that he could not outmaneuver Li Wanye.

Li Wanye planned farther ahead, and in many areas, his heart was more ruthless than his. Yet there was one thing that set them apart: Li Wanye had never betrayed his own family.

Li Xiaonian had an extremely poor reputation, yet Li Wanye didn't treat him as a burden, and now, Li Xiaonian had finally become one of the pillars of the Li family.

Even Li Xiaoyu was, after all, just in love with a non-human.

After all, any father would be distressed if his daughter fell in love with the demon child of Eden, the greatest enemy of the Orderers.

But from the beginning to the end, Li Wanye never gave up on Li Xiaoyu. No matter how great the enmity between the father and daughter was at that time, time would erase it.

But what about himself?

Now that he thought about it, Song Gengzhao was filled with regret. What kind of place was the Evolution Zone?

How many of those who went there could still be called human?

He had actually forced his own son to be perfect out of a vanity in his heart.

Members of the Song household, who occasionally saw Song Gengzhao, could only sense the desolation in the eyes of the family head.

On the lower levels, people were indignant or passionately calling for a change of leadership.

And among the higher levels, the old members of the various branches of the Song Family harbored their own schemes, while the younger generation began to grow unruly.

Song Gengzhao saw all this but never did anything.

He was truly tired. And truly old.

Sometimes he would take out photos of himself and Song Que from their childhood, and one look would last an entire afternoon.

Like today.

As people age, they tend to be filled with regrets. Reminiscing over the past, Song Gengzhao sat in his study, his figure appearing immensely lonely.

He still didn't know what to do, only pondering whether his son, who had been in the mining area for so long, was safe now.

If he was safe, would he be willing to forgive him?

Song Gengzhao had grown tired of dealing with the family affairs. Song Zhuo had concealed his abilities, biding his time for so many years, and Song Gengzhao could imagine what kind of maneuvers he had in store, but what could he do?

Song Gengzhao gazed at the photo of Song Que and silently waited as time passed.

But this day was different because the phone in the study suddenly rang.

Song Gengzhao was surprised. Who would call him at this time? Very few people knew the number for the study's phone, and most times, people would contact Song Gengzhao by calling the steward of the Song Family first.

The phone continued to ring, ringing seven times until Song Gengzhao finally picked it up. He hadn't said a word yet when he heard the voice on the other end, and he suddenly froze:

"Dad, I'm back."