?Chapter 227: Chapter 227: The Two Tycoons Wouldn’t Be Competing Over Who Donates More, Would They?   Chapter 227: Chapter 227: The Two Tycoons Wouldn’t Be Competing Over Who Donates More, Would They?                                   Lin Xi looked at Simon, her face pale, “What more do you want me to do? I’ve already said I can’t do it! Mo Chen doesn’t like me, he doesn’t like me!”


    “I know, but given his pathological and paranoid personality, if there’s no woman to divert his attention, he will never forget Qiao Ruoxin. Eventually, he will continue to entangle with Qiao Ruoxin incessantly. Isn’t this to prevent future troubles?”


    Simon had long seen through Mo Chen’s true nature.


    This man would never let go of Qiao Ruoxin unless he fell in love with another woman.


    But it couldn’t be just any woman who could catch Mo Chen’s eye.


    Fortunately, Lin Xi and Qiao Ruoxin had some simrities, but…


    With a helpless sigh, Simon said, “How useless can you be? After two years, you still haven’t secured even the smallest ce in Mo Chen’s heart? I’ve gotten you two years of time.”


    Lin Xi’s expression was hurt, even a bit shocked.


    “But love isn’t something that can be decided by time. If you don’t like someone, you just don’t like them. Time doesn’t necessarily lead to feelings!”


    Especially for Mo Chen, his view of love was that there had to be an initial spark.


    If there wasn’t a spark from the first nce, then even after two more years, there would be no feelings.


    Her phone rang. Simon answered the call, and the voice of Jiang Ruolin came from the other end: “Simon, I’m at your house. Let’s meet and talk.”


    The man frowned—Jiang Ruolin was here?


    “Wait for me.”


    After hanging up the phone, Simon looked at Lin Xi on the hospital bed: “Get some rest, you’re still of use to me. Don’t forget about those videos of yours.”


    Having said that, he turned and left the ward.


    Lin Xi threw her pillow fiercely, and it fell to the ground.


    Just because of that one video, would her whole life be ruined?


    How long would she have to be ckmailed by this man?


    …


    After driving for forty minutes, Simon returned to the vi.


    In the living room, Mother Qiao and Jiang Ruolin were chatting.


    “Aunt Lan, are you getting used to living here?”


    “I grew up in China since I was a child, so I’m quite ustomed.”


    Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of a man’s deep footsteps. Jiang Ruolin turned around and saw it was Simon.


    Mother Qiao consciously stood up: “I’ll leave you two to talk. I’m a bit tired and will go upstairs to rest.”


    After Mother Qiao had left, only Jiang Ruolin and Simon remained in the living room.


    The man sat across from her: “Why did youe to China? Didn’t I tell you to recuperate properly in the hospital?”


    Jiang Ruolin took a sip from her teacup: “Of course, it was Qiao Ruoxin who asked me toe.”


    “…”


    “Simon, it’s been two years already. Qiao Ruoxin truly doesn’t love you. Let go. Forcing it won’t get you anywhere. Her heart isn’t with you, it never was.”


    The man let out a coldugh: “So what? But I have set my sights on her. It’s rare for me to find a woman who can evoke love in me.”


    The word ‘love’ made Jiang Ruolin’s face darken a bit.


    All of a sudden, Jiang Ruolinughed, a lonelyugh: “All those years you said you loved me, cared for me, it was all just talk, wasn’t it? Why were you so fickle when you liked me, but so devoted now that it’s Qiao Ruoxin?”


    Everyone wondered why Jiang Ruolin would not ept Simon.


    Was Simon not gentle and considerate with her, content to be her backup for so many years, and yet she simply ignored it?


    But the harsh truth is that while this man was pursuing her, he would also praise other women’s beauty in front of her.


    This left Jiang Ruolin with no sense of security, feeling as if Simon was a yboy who flirted from one flower to the next.


    Yet, Simon had indeed sacrificed a lot for her over the years, even taking a knife for her.


    Jiang Ruolin couldn’t figure out this man.


    So why had Simon, once a yboy, be a man of singr devotion when it came to Qiao Ruoxin?


    What gave her that power?


    Simon let out a faint sneer, “Maybe in the past, I didn’t understand love, but now I do.”


    Jiang Ruolin’s face turned pale instantaneously, her eyes wide with shock, “What do you mean? Are you saying that all those years you pursued me weren’t out of love and that it was only after Qiao Ruoxin appeared that you understood what love is?”


    “It seems so.”


    Jiang Ruolin felt as if her pride had been struck, everyone thought she was Simon’s goddess, but was this the oue?


    She had noticed long ago that ever since Qiao Ruoxin appeared, Simon hadpletely lost interest in all other women.


    For two years, he had tirelessly yed a cat-and-mouse game with Qiao Ruoxin.


    Only Qiao Ruoxin’sst escape, with her help, had been sessful.


    Then, in the month that Qiao Ruoxin disappeared, she had personally witnessed Simon be reticent and wander everywhere searching for Qiao Ruoxin’s whereabouts.


    “Before, everyone said that Simon of the Lawrence Family was the most gentlemanly, the most tender, and that he would ept defeat if a woman was out of reach. Why has everything changed with Qiao Ruoxin here?”


    A smile tugged at the corner of Simon’s mouth, “Maybe when I said those things, I hadn’t met Qiao Ruoxin yet. People always get pped by their own words. That’s why one should be more cautious and prudent in what they say in the future.”


    “…”


    Jiang Ruolin couldn’t help but shout angrily, “Your current liking for Qiao Ruoxin, is it like the mindset you had when I rejected you? Can’t you stand being rejected by a woman?”


    And those women who longed for Simon’s favor—he did not care for any of them.


    Simon lookedposed, “Perhaps… that’s true? But I really don’t want to let her go, I like her very much indeed.”


    His tone was nonchnt, yet it tore painfully at Jiang Ruolin’s heart.


    …


    Three dayster, the Lusha Celebrity Charity Night officially took ce.


    Nearly half the entertainment circle’s celebrities were invited, making it a top domestic charity event founded by Lusha Weekly.


    An innumerable array of top tycoons were present.


    Some female stars were even openly seeking their sugar daddies on the spot.


    However, not all stars had the privilege to attend this grand banquet.


    This year’s Charity Night was exceptionally in the limelight as rumors swirled that Mo Chen, the son of Asia’s richest man, would also attend.


    And Qiao Ruoxin, as the popr C-position girl group member of the year, was invited.


    The live red carpet show was about to begin, and fans from different factions were already shouting their support in thements.


    [Mortal Princess Qiao Ruoxin! Born for the C-position, Qiao Ruoxin! Looking forward to seeing our beautiful sister’s stunning look tonight!]


    [The most breathtaking beauty is Kong Ling! How many minutes before sister Kong Ling starts her red carpet walk? Who will she walk with?]


    [Who will Mo Chen walk with tonight? Will the organizers arrange for him to walk with little sister Qiao? Hahahaha, oh my gosh, I won’t be able to hold back my auntieughter…]


    [Whoa! I can’t believe I see Simon’s name among the guests! Is heing tonight too? My goodness! Will the two big shots end uppeting over who donates more tonight?]


    [Let them fight! I want to see a fairy fight! I want to see a head-on sh between Lord Mo and Simon!]


    [Little sister Qiao’s love life is so enviable! I’m so jealous!]