The Hidden Heiress Is a Secret Big Shot

Chapter 262: Chapter 262: Harboring Expectations, Making a Move to Test Chapter 262: Chapter 262: Harboring Expectations, Making a Move to Test “Seatbelt.”

While Jin Qingzhou was still in a daze, Shen Boyi had already started the car.

Watching the scenery rapidly recede on both sides, Jin Qingzhou felt the atmosphere inside the car was somewhat awkward.

After all, today was indeed her fault. The sudden meeting, being too busy, made her forget about Shen Boyi!

She didn’t notify him, leaving him waiting at the school gate for so long.

“The car President Shen drives now is quite low-key.”

“Job requirements. I don’t need a car to show off.”

Shen Boyi’s work often involved dealing with economic departments, and considering Elder Shen’s status, being too high-profile could be sensitive.

As Chairman of Changrong Group and the future heir of the Shen Consortium, no one would belittle him no matter what car he drove.

“I’m really sorry, the department added a sudden meeting, making President Shen wait in vain.”

Shen Boyi curved the corners of his lips, smiling self-deprecatingly and a bit bitterly.

“The time you made me wait is more than just these two hours.”

“Ah?”

He spoke softly, and Jin Qingzhou thought she heard wrong.

When she asked again, Shen Boyi had already opened the car door and got out, so Jin Qingzhou had to quickly follow.

Shen Boyi chose an ordinary French restaurant, judging by the logo, it should belong to the dining business of Changrong Group.

After sitting down, Jin Qingzhou apologized again, “I’m really sorry, this meal is on me. Student Shen’s exemption application, Principal Ye said Student Shen should go talk to him personally.”

Ye Qilan wasn’t the kind of teacher who liked to make things difficult for students.

Yet for Qingwu’s exemption procedure, he wouldn’t relent, and even after much persuasion from Jin Qingzhou, he insisted Qingwu must apply in person.

Shen Boyi nodded.

“Got it, I’ll tell Xiaowu. What do you want to eat?”

“Anything is fine!”

Shen Boyi casually ordered a few dishes, speaking fluent French as the names of the dishes rolled off his tongue with ease. They were all dishes Jin Qingzhou was familiar with.

He… still remembered what she liked to eat?

It must be due to habit and etiquette!

While waiting for the meal, Shen Boyi carefully looked over the documents Jin Qingzhou gave him. The procedures weren’t too complicated, just stuck on needing the principal’s signature.

Just then, his phone rang, and he casually answered it. After hearing Shaojia’s voice, his tone softened warmly.

“I’m having dinner outside, will be home later. Tell Xiaowu that Ye Qilan wants to meet with her to discuss the exemption. If Xiaowu doesn’t want to go, she doesn’t have to. We can switch schools.”

Jin Qingzhou understood, Shen Boyi was utterly indulgent towards this younger sister, Qingwu!

In his eyes, everything started with Qingwu’s personal wishes.

Shaojia said, “Even changing schools might encounter such principals. I think Ye Qilan is just being purposeful! I’ll go talk to Xiaowu, big brother, you come back earlier.”

“Okay, don’t wait for me, get some rest.”

The man sitting across from the table had a bunch of white roses placed beside him and the warm orange glow of lights behind him.

Was he calling his fiancée?

Jin Qingzhou instinctively thought, it seemed she’d never heard Shen Boyi speak so gently before!

It turns out, besides his sister, there was another woman who could enjoy such tender treatment from him.

Jin Qingzhou lowered her eyes and said casually, “She… gets along well with Student Shen too.”

“Of course, Xiaowu is also her sister.”

Everyone knew how well Shaojia treated Qingwu, often considering things for her that Zuo Wanjun, as their mother, didn’t notice.

As if Shen Boyi knew what Jin Qingzhou was thinking, he added, “She’s also my sister, Shen Shaojia.”

Jin Qingzhou remembered that during a high-profile birthday celebration for Qingwu by the Shen family, there was indeed an adopted daughter.

But why did Shen Boyi need to explain to her?

Even if the caller was his sister, he… still had a fiancée with a set wedding date.

The Shen family’s daughters… were quite many.

The one who approached her back then also claimed to be a daughter of the Shen family, didn’t she?

Shen Boyi’s gaze swept over Jin Qingzhou’s face as he casually asked, “How have you been doing?”

“Pretty well, work is smooth, and the family is harmonious. President Shen also seems to be doing well. Dining with me alone, won’t President Shen’s fiancée have any comments?”

“I have solo dinners with different investors every month. If there are comments every time, my job can’t continue.”

So in his eyes, dining with her was just work?

If not for Qingwu, he wouldn’t be here having a meal with her!

After the meal, Shen Boyi raised his wrist to check the time, “Wait a moment, I’ll have the driver take you back? I still need to go back to the group.”

Jin Qingzhou quickly refused, “No need, I have someone coming to pick me up!”

Shen Boyi understood, “Your husband? That’s good, take care of Xiaowu’s matter, goodbye.”

“It’s what I should do.”

Jin Qingzhou did not refute his words. When she realized, Shen Boyi’s car had already left, leaving behind only a trail of exhaust in place.

Not far from the intersection ahead.

A car parked by the roadside with its lights off. The man inside lit a cigarette, his face obscured by smoke.

From the rearview mirror, after confirming the woman standing in front of the restaurant had left, Shen Boyi finally took a drag of the cigarette that was nearly burned out.

The driving man looked handsome and youthful, matching well with her; his demeanor seemed like just the type she would like.

Shen Boyi muttered self-mockingly to himself, “Shen Boyi, what exactly are you expecting?”

Was it necessary to ensure that she’s doing well now, that her life no longer held a trace of him, to be at ease?

Such behavior was simply too foolish.

But he was just concerned for her safety, that’s all!

Shen Boyi casually extinguished the cigarette in his hand and drove the car away.

…

Leisure Inn Phoenix Building, Shen Mansion.

Shaojia relayed to Qingwu what Shen Boyi had mentioned over the phone.

“I have to go apply in person at the office?”

“That’s what brother said. If you don’t want to go, then forget it. The sister will reapply for a different school for you, even abroad!”

Qingwu furrowed her eyebrows slightly, quickly clearing her thoughts.

Ye Qilan didn’t have any reason to block her in this procedure, except that he wanted to use some ridiculous excuses to meet her.

As the school principal, Ye Qilan had many ways to meet her.

“No problem, I’ll just go.”

She happened to have things to discuss with Ye Qilan.

What Grandma left behind, Ye Qilan should still have a part of it, and Qingwu also wanted to know what he was really up to.

Shaojia lounged on the bed, hugging a plush doll.

“Xiaowu, someone asked me to meet up. Should I go?”

The only person who could make Shaojia this conflicted was Pei Jundu!