Give him a taste of his own medicine, which meant using the exact same method Qi Feixiong used against him to deal with Qi Feixiong himself.
Jiang Youli instantly understood what he meant. "You want to kidnap his sister, Qi Feixue?"
Qi Huan replied, "Yes. If Qi Feixiong can kidnap Qi Yue to threaten me, I can naturally kidnap Qi Feixue to coerce him. I can choose not to save Qi Yue, but it's impossible for Qi Feixiong to abandon his sister, Qi Feixue."
If this were in the past, Qi Huan would never have done such a thing.
But after this incident with Qi Yue, he was certain that showing mercy to the enemy was being cruel to oneself.
Regardless of whether that enemy came from the outside or from within.
Jiang Youli said, "It's a good idea, but I heard from Qi An'an that apart from you, the rest of the Qi family values interests above family ties. What if Qi Feixiong doesn't care about Qi Feixue's life at all?"
Qi Huan chuckled softly. "No matter how much the rest of the Qi family cares about their own interests, they wouldn't be so cold-blooded as to completely disregard their own family members' lives. At most, they would just sacrifice the other party's interests."
Understanding Qi Huan's intention, Cheng Jing immediately said, "President Qi, I'll get to work on this right away."
Qi Huan nodded. "Go ahead."
After Cheng Jing left the office, Qi Huan asked with concern, "What about you? What's the situation with Jiang Xing now? Have you cured his poison?"
Jiang Youli said, "No. On a whim, I made Jiang Xing choose whether to cure his own poison or Jiang Yonghe's."
Qi Huan didn't miss the subtle trace of emotion in her eyes. "He chose to cure Jiang Yonghe's poison?"
Jiang Youli shrugged. "That's right. Jiang Xing gave up his chance to be cured for Jiang Yonghe."
Pausing for a moment, she continued, "Actually, having reached this point today, I long ago stopped holding any hope or affection for their family. But you know what? Regardless of what Jiang Xing was considering when he finally chose to let me cure Jiang Yonghe, I admit I was still so angry, so full of hatred."
"When Jiang Yonghe came to me to be cured, she smugly asked if I was angry. I didn't answer her directly, because I truly was angry inside."
"Huanhuan, I advised you to think things through regarding Qi Yue's betrayal and be ruthless when necessary, but it seems I haven't completely managed to do so myself. Even today, I still got emotional over Jiang Xing's choice."
Qi Huan listened to her quietly, rolled his wheelchair over to her, and reached up to gently stroke her face. With an earnest and incredibly gentle expression, he said, "Little Li'er, if you didn't have any emotions at all, you wouldn't be you. In my eyes, you might seem decisive and ruthless on the outside, but your heart is softer than most people's. That is exactly why you agreed to work with me the day I came looking for you, isn't it?"
Mentioning this, Jiang Youli smiled. "Indeed. I eventually agreed to your proposal precisely because, despite having crippled legs and being dumped by Jiang Yonghe, and having just suffered such a massive blow, you showed no confusion or hostility."
With admiration in his eyes, Qi Huan said, "So, it's only human nature for you to feel angry inside when faced with Jiang Xing's choice. But your ability to resolutely cast aside those feelings and rationally strike back is what makes you so amazing."
Jiang Youli looked steadily at Qi Huan.
She noticed that when Qi Huan faced other people, although his voice was mild, it carried a cold and aloof tone. But when he spoke to her, his voice was always gentle, passionate, and sincere.
She could deeply feel Qi Huan's favoritism toward her, and because of that, she could better understand Jiang Yonghe's provocation today.
Jiang Youli smiled. "During this time back at the Jiang family, I've grown tired of playing games with Jiang Yonghe, Jiang Xing, and their family. So, I plan to wake Jiang Zhao up soon, completely expose Jiang Yonghe's true colors in front of their family, and put an end to all of this."
Qi Huan changed the subject. "Has Duan Jinghan looked for you these past two days?"
Jiang Youli shook her head. "He won't look for me anymore. From now on, he will only look for Qi An'an."
"Oh?" Qi Huan raised an eyebrow.
Jiang Youli told him about Qi An'an chatting with Duan Jinghan on her behalf. Hearing this, Qi Huan sighed with emotion, "In that case, Qi An'an has truly solved a major headache for me."
"Is it that exaggerated?" Jiang Youli didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Qi Huan nodded seriously. "Yes. In my opinion, Duan Jinghan is much trickier to deal with than people like Qi Yue and Qi Shaoxiong. After all, he hasn't done anything heinous, so I can't exactly be ruthless with him."
Jiang Youli asked, "So you were originally planning to make a move against him?"
Qi Huan admitted it without hesitation. "Of course. Though the methods might have been a bit underhanded."
Jiang Youli guessed, "Find someone to beat him up so he'd back off?"
Qi Huan gave a faint smile. "Not that violent. Just a honey trap, pretty much exactly what Qi An'an is doing right now by putting herself in the game."
Jiang Youli suddenly understood. "That method is indeed a bit underhanded."
Qi Huan feigned a helpless tone. "Well, there's nothing I could do. After falling for you, I suddenly developed this uncontrollable possessiveness."
There was no way Jiang Youli couldn't hear the teasing in his voice, so she teased back, "Hearing you say that, I can actually understand. After all... I feel the same possessiveness toward you."
Qi Huan's eyes were filled with a smile as he said, "It is my utmost honor to be possessed by you, Little Li'er."
Amidst their banter, Jiang Youli couldn't help but stare at Qi Huan's ridiculously handsome face. Her gaze slowly traveled down from his heroic eyebrows, gradually settling on his rosy lips.
Finally, in this private space shared only by her and Qi Huan, she couldn't resist the urge to do something.
"I want to try something today."
"Try what?" Qi Huan's confusion instantly vanished when he met her shining eyes.
"Try the taste of this right here?" Jiang Youli extended her index finger and tapped her own lips.
A gleam of light flashed in Qi Huan's pitch-black pupils. "Then what are we waiting for?"
With that, he closed his eyes. "Come on."
Jiang Youli was amused by his shameless action. "Huanhuan, how can you be like this? Shouldn't I be the one closing my eyes?"
"Like this?" Qi Huan opened his eyes. "Little Li'er, you close your eyes. I'll do it."
After speaking, without waiting for Jiang Youli's reply, he leaned forward from his wheelchair. Without any hesitation, he cupped the back of Jiang Youli's head with one hand, tilted his head slightly, and kissed her lips.
...
In the afternoon, Jiang Youli returned to her room. She didn't take a nap, still savoring that kiss from Qi Huan.
Xiaolv observed her for a while, then slithered over to Xiaohui and Xiaobai, who were curled up resting on the desk. It tapped their heads with its tail and flicked its forked tongue at them. Promptly, both Xiaohui and Xiaobai looked toward Jiang Youli, who was lying on the bed.
A moment later, the two little snakes seemed to reach some sort of consensus and nodded their heads.
Seeing that they agreed with its idea, Xiaolv slithered off the desk and squeezed through the gap in the wardrobe into the cabinet where various bottles and jars were kept.
Shortly after, the clinking sound of bottles and jars bumping into each other came from the wardrobe, breaking Jiang Youli's train of thought.
Jiang Youli snapped back to her senses and looked toward the cabinet. Noticing that Xiaolv was missing, she guessed that it was Xiaolv locked inside the wardrobe. She got up to open the doors, only to see Xiaolv with its tail coiled around a small porcelain bottle.
She raised an eyebrow. "Xiaolv, what are you doing?"
Xiaolv tapped the porcelain bottle with its tail, then slithered in a circle around it.
Jiang Youli had no idea what it was trying to tell her. She picked up the bottle, opened the lid, and poured the pills inside into her palm before bringing them up to her nose for a sniff.
Once she recognized the scent of the pills, the corner of her mouth twitched.
"..."
