It wasn't that he worried whether she was participating in bribery with others, as her student advisor, what he feared more was that the student might get implicated. She could choose not to speak up. The problem was whether those who might know what she had seen would do something drastic to her to cover their own exposure, like silencing her mouth? What if what she had observed wasn't someone receiving a red envelope, but another type of dark transaction?
Cao Yong's expression darkened, and his handsome face lost its usual smile.
Zhu Huicang adjusted his glasses and said to him, "You must warn her about this when you go out with her this time, Cao Yong. As a girl, she is easily deceived, and I think she is quite innocent and kind."
*
The weekend arrived.
In the morning, she set off with the senior sister to the department store to buy handkerchiefs. Hu Zhenfan came along. To buy a handkerchief for a man, it was best to have a man's opinion for reference.
