As Ye Yuning pushed open the office door, a wave of cigarette smoke, accompanied by an oppressive atmosphere, swept towards her.
She frowned slightly, displeasure evident in her eyes.
Qin Jinchuan sat on the sofa, a cigarette between his fingers, smoke swirling around him. Ye Yuning looked up, her gaze eting his gloomy one.
In that mont, the image of Qin Jinchuan perfectly matched the rumors.
Rumor had it he was cold-blooded, indifferent, and heartless.
However, throughout their recent entanglent, Ye Yuning had truly struggled to understand his motives.
And now...
Ye Yuning took a deep breath, stepped into the office, and closed the door behind her.
Walking to her desk, she tossed her bag carelessly onto it.
Neither of them spoke, and the silence intensified the suffocating oppression in the air.
After what felt like an eternity, Qin Jinchuan was the first to break the silence. "Ye Yuning, I truly underestimated you! Who gave you the audacity to orchestrate such a grand charade?"
"You think this is a charade?" Ye Yuning raised an eyebrow, looking at him. In that mont, an indescribable calm filled her eyes.
Qin Jinchuan’s breathing grew heavy.
Danger gradually surfaced in his eyes, yet Ye Yuning simply t his gaze, silent and fearless.
Qin Jinchuan gritted his teeth. "A re second-generation heir, and he’s worth you seeking revenge like this?"
Ye Yuning remained silent.
Revenge, huh?
See, now everyone who knew about this incident believed she was seeking revenge on Xiao Shuo. That she orchestrated this whole affair out of revenge.
Ye Yuning inhaled deeply. "Heh, revenge."
What an ironic assumption!
In that mont, a flicker of indescribable desolation crossed Ye Yuning’s eyes.
Is this how everyone sees ? Or have they always believed I cared so deeply for Xiao Shuo?
Seeing her expression, Qin Jinchuan frowned. "You shouldn’t have done this. He’s Xiao Shuo’s seventh uncle, an elder."
To Qin Jinchuan, Ye Yuning’s thod of retaliating against Xiao Shuo was, indeed, revenge.
But she wouldn’t gain anything from it.
Recalling her recent business shifts, he scoffed. "Do you think moving all your collaborations out of Upper City ans the Xiao Family can’t touch you? Ye Yuning, you’re too naive!"
Moving out of Upper City... for the Xiao Family?
Ye Yuning looked at Qin Jinchuan. "Why can’t I stay in Upper City? Isn’t it because of you?"
What does he an, the Xiao Family can’t do anything to ?
Indeed... upon learning that Xiao Linye was Seventh Master Xiao—Xiao Shuo’s seventh uncle—she had begun to form clearer plans for her business empire.
But all of this had rely coincided with these events.
"Qin Jinchuan, you really are adept at absolving yourself of responsibility!" When Ye Yuning spoke again, her tone dripped with sarcasm.
How did I end up dealing with soone so shaless!
To what extent had Qin Jinchuan pushed her back then? He seed to have forgotten, now that things had reached this critical point. And here he was, accusing her.
At her reminder, Qin Jinchuan’s expression shifted, a clear sign he rembered what he’d done to her.
Ye Yuning continued, "You all tried to sever my every path forward, to block any retreat, and now that this has happened, it’s all my fault?"
Qin Jinchuan was speechless.
Paths forward, paths of retreat!
She’d sumd it up perfectly.
She had been Xiao Shuo’s fiancée, and then, out of nowhere, they tried to marry her off to a fool.
And all because she resisted that one ti!
Now, everyone saw it as her deliberate revenge.
"Then you shouldn’t be with Xiao Linye. He’s Xiao Shuo’s seventh uncle! You’re insane."
"What if I told you I didn’t know his identity at first?" Ye Yuning asked.
"What?" Qin Jinchuan echoed. Didn’t know? He stared at Ye Yuning in disbelief. No, that’s impossible...
"How could you not know?" This woman is so cunning.She concealed her own identity to marry Xiao Linye, and now she claims she didn’t know *his*?
"And why couldn’t I have been unaware?" Ye Yuning retorted.
"If you didn’t know his identity, why did you conceal yours from him?"
Wasn’t it all to retaliate against Xiao Shuo and ensure she could marry him smoothly?And now she stands here, feigning ignorance? Who would believe that?!
Qin Jinchuan’s expression beca even more dangerous, his eyes filled with a sharp glint.
Facing such a gaze, Ye Yuning suddenly found herself unable to speak.
The current situation, everything so dramatic between her and Xiao Linye, was now being twisted to seem deliberate.
Plus, their identities were already a sensitive matter...
"Ye Yuning, you’ve really got so nerve! I’m telling you, no matter what you say now, the Xiao Family definitely won’t let you off, and neither will I!" Qin Jinchuan’s anger exploded, and he looked ready to tear Ye Yuning apart.
"Then don’t let off," Ye Yuning replied.
"You..." Qin Jinchuan began, then trailed off. This damn woman!Even now, she dares to maintain this attitude? Who gave her the gall?
Ye Yuning didn’t want to talk to him any further. "Please leave."
Her tone was frigid, her entire deanor radiating an unwillingness to explain, further infuriating Qin Jinchuan until he almost choked on his anger.
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