So far, Ye Yuning hadn’t made any move against Xiao Linye. It truly wasn’t because she feared the Xiao Family; if she did, she wouldn’t have dared to target Xiao Shuo at a ti like this. Ultimately, she went after Xiao Shuo mostly because she had no way to vent her pent-up anger at Xiao Linye. Unwilling to direct it at Xiao Linye himself, Xiao Shuo, that unlucky fellow, ended up taking the fall.
Qin Jinchuan suddenly beca forceful, and Ye Yuning panicked. "What are you doing? Let go! Let go!"
That man...!
"Behave yourself, dammit," Qin Jinchuan said.
Ye Yuning was speechless.
This man! To think that when I first t him, I believed he was composed and mature. Is this sothing a mature person would do?
"Let go! I’m going to call for help!" Ye Yuning cried, so anxious she broke out in a cold sweat.
"I told you," Qin Jinchuan said, "since you don’t want to walk properly, we’ll do it another way."
As he spoke, Qin Jinchuan made a swift motion with his hand.
Ye Yuning felt a sharp pain in her neck and then lost consciousness.
Finally, the noise around him subsided, and Qin Jinchuan’s mind cleared sowhat.
He swept Ye Yuning into his arms and directly entered the elevator.
「...」
anwhile, with Xiao Linye, despite not believing Ye Yuning’s words on the phone, he still returned to the Xiao Family’s old residence.
When Old Master Xiao saw him return, he put down his teacup. "The Qi Family’s intention is to hold your and Mulan’s wedding in Upper City. I think this is feasible. What are your thoughts?"
Holding it in Upper City ensures that no matter what happens, things will remain within a manageable scope. If it were held anywhere outside Upper City, so matters would be difficult to manage.
Xiao Linye didn’t respond, rely fixing Old Master Xiao with an icy glare.
Receiving no response, Old Master Xiao frowned. "What’s wrong?"
At that mont, Old Master Xiao’s heart lurched with evident panic. Truthfully, Xiao Linye agreeing to marry Qi Mulan had been a source of considerable relief for him. When he learned that the woman Xiao Linye was marrying was none other than the Ye Family’s foster daughter, he had felt as if his entire world was collapsing! He couldn’t fathom how such a thing could happen to the Xiao Family right under his nose.
"Qi Mulan’s driver is dead. A car accident," Xiao Linye stated.
Old Master Xiao fell silent. Hearing this, his breath caught in his throat. His gaze on Xiao Linye intensified. "Is this matter truly significant to us?"
Qi Mulan’s driver! Truth be told, this person had no connection to them whatsoever. Yet, Xiao Linye was bringing this man up now.
Seeing Old Master Xiao’s feigned indifference, Xiao Linye’s breathing grew heavier. "It’s not important to us. In fact, it’s entirely unrelated."
"Then why bring him up now? What are you implying?"
"But evidence has been submitted clearly indicating the car accident was orchestrated, and it directly implicates Ye Yuning."
Xiao Linye’s tone was sharp. With each word, his gaze remained fixed on Old Master Xiao’s face; He resolved not to miss the slightest flicker of change on Old Master Xiao’s face.
However, Old Master Xiao was, after all, a seasoned veteran. Having built such a vast Xiao Family enterprise in his youth, it was clear he possessed extraordinary capabilities. What storms and tempests had he not weathered throughout his long life? Even under Xiao Linye’s piercing words, Old Master Xiao’s expression remained utterly unchanged.
Once Xiao Linye finished, Old Master Xiao stared at him coldly. "So, what exactly are you driving at?"
"The evidence... you had it submitted, didn’t you?" Xiao Linye asked bluntly. Though phrased as a question, his tone was practically an assertion.
Old Master Xiao nudged the reading glasses on their stand. "Who told you about this?"
"Father, I told you not to touch her!"
"Was it that woman?" Old Master Xiao’s tone sharpened as well.
Good. Very good! It seems I’ve underestimated the Ye Family’s foster daughter. A sharp, dangerous glint flashed in his eyes. As he looked at Xiao Linye, his expression beca even graver.
Xiao Linye’s eyes also darkened. "You shouldn’t have touched her."
Old Master Xiao retorted, "After committing such an act, does she expect to escape unscathed? She’s a ticking ti bomb."
"She said she would leave Upper City!"
"In this world, only the dead keep secrets."
Their words flew back and forth, and the atmosphere between them instantly grew taut, like drawn bows and unsheathed swords.
Xiao Linye’s breathing grew heavy. His gaze on Old Master Xiao grew even sharper as he said coldly, "Dead people?"
Those two words were now laced with clear sarcasm.
When Ye Yuning had told him these things over the phone, he had flatly denied them, insisting it couldn’t be true. But now, that denial seed utterly laughable! He truly didn’t understand his own father well enough. From the mont he learned Ye Yuning’s true identity, he should have guessed his father wouldn’t let her off so easily. He just hadn’t expected him to be so ruthless...
"Aye," Old Master Xiao said, "the Xiao Family’s interests are too widespread. You cannot afford such misplaced compassion."
Xiao Linye countered, "Many people know about this now! Are you going to have them all silenced?"
Afraid of this matter getting out? Whether it was people he knew or people Ye Yuning knew, they all already knew. So much for ’only the dead keep secrets’! In truth, Old Master Xiao simply couldn’t stomach this affront.
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