Shenzhen Bay No. 1, Building T5.
Liu Qingning slowly collapsed onto the sofa, clutching the warm Green Pouch Gourd at her chest. It was as if every ounce of strength had been drained from her body.
She had barely slept at all last night.
Lying in bed, she replayed every detail of her meeting with Su Yu over and over in the darkness.
Su Yu's face was so perfect it seemed unreal; her words appeared gentle but concealed hidden barbs; and there was that glaring photograph of Tang Song standing beside Jin Meixiao.
Jealousy, fear, and a profound sense of betrayal churned within her, forming a storm she could barely control.
She knew that Smiling Holdings had begun in the latter half of 2016, when they had just started their freshman year.
Tang Song and Jin Meixiao had actually known each other since then.
And they had worked together so closely for so many years.
She was no stranger to Jin Meixiao. She could even say she knew her very well. At first, she had learned about her through financial reports and internal materials.
After joining Qingning Technology, she had come to know even more.
Both were supposedly "genius girls," but the other woman had come from a prestigious family, attended an Ivy League school, earned dual degrees from Harvard, and stirred up waves in the international financial markets before even turning twenty.
And what about her?
She was merely a "test-taking machine" from a small town.
Relying on talent and hard work, she had gotten into Imperial Capital University, joined the Entrepreneurship Competition, cautiously begun her own life, and struggled to climb upward.
From every angle, Jin Meixiao was like her own "perfectly evolved form."
She simply could not compete with her.
That was why she had said the