Hearing Chairman Yu’s flattery, Long Yuan felt not the slightest pleasure, only scorn. He asked coldly in return, “Is that so? No one dares to offend me? Back then, who would have thought that woman Jiang Youli would actually dare to oppose me?”
Upon hearing this, Chairman Yu quickly explained, “Young Master Long, Jiang Youli is only throwing her weight around because she’s married into the Qi family through an arranged alliance with Qi Huan!”
Apart from this reason, Long Yuan truly couldn’t figure out where Jiang Youli got the audacity to keep offending him time and again.
These past few days, Long Yuan had come to believe that rather than Jiang Youli relying on Qi Huan’s influence, it was Qi Huan using Jiang Youli’s hand to humiliate him.
His real enemy was still Qi Huan.
Zhang Bufan had finally managed to latch onto the Long family’s connection through this shoot, gaining a chance to climb higher. So he was determined to succeed this time and promised, “Rest assured, Young Master Long. Even if that Liang Shenggui dares to take on the drama ‘Aspirations of the Azure Sky,’ I have full confidence I can defeat him!”
Long Yuan rubbed his thumb over the thumb ring, speaking darkly, “Since the two of you are both giving me your guarantees, I’ll trust you for now. If you fail, don’t blame me for not giving you a chance to rise.”
“Yes, Young Master Long.”
After a moment of hesitation, Chairman Yu asked, “Young Master Long, when do you plan to hold the wedding with Linglong?”
As long as this day didn’t come, he would always worry about failing to secure himself to the Long family’s mighty tree.
Long Yuan said lightly, “When your Great Wind Entertainment completely crushes Starlight Entertainment.”
“Fine.” With this promise, Chairman Yu immediately perked up. “Jiang Youli thinks she can stage a stunning turnaround for Starlight Entertainment with one drama called ‘Aspirations of the Azure Sky’—how naive! Before the new show airs, I’ll join forces with other entertainment companies to block all of Starlight Entertainment’s resources. Before next year’s ‘Secret Garden’ event kicks off, Starlight Entertainment will surely be bankrupt!”
Long Yuan watched Chairman Yu’s ambitious old face and sneered inwardly. Judging by how this old geezer was acting, as long as he threw a bone by helping the man’s illegitimate son, the old guy would probably agree to anything—even secretly drugging his own daughter, Yu Linglong, and turning her into a sexual slave.
With Yu Linglong’s looks, she would be very popular among that group of people and would be highly valuable in further expanding the Long family’s business empire.
The only fault was that Yu Linglong hadn’t bothered to flatter him properly, and instead had thought of betraying him by cooperating with Jiang Youli.
How overconfident!
As for Jiang Youli, hah—wasn’t Qi Huan so precious about her? When the time came, he would send Qi Huan exclusive footage of his own wife being toyed with by other men!
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Qi Group, CEO’s Office.
Cheng Jing placed a file on the desk and pushed it forward.
“President Qi, these are the profiles and photos that the subordinates found—possible matches for Young Master Qi Yue, your younger brother.”
The fact that Qi Huan’s biological younger brother had been swapped at birth by Qi Tianxiang and was still out there was something only Cheng Jing knew. Qi Huan had ordered him to investigate carefully in secret, without leaking any information.
Otherwise, if Long Yuan or the rest of the Qi family found out that his brother Qi Yue was still alive, the boy would also be in danger.
Qi Huan picked up the photos and documents, browsing through them one by one.
It wasn’t until Jiang Youli’s voice reached him that he looked up. “Little Li’er.”
“What are you reading?” Jiang Youli set down the medical kit and asked.
Qi Huan wheeled his chair over. “Cheng Jing has investigated some profiles of the people who might be my brother Qi Yue.”
Jiang Youli paused as she untied the lunch bag. “How are you planning to confirm it? Send them all for paternity testing?”
Qi Huan lowered his eyes and smiled faintly. “Yes. I won’t let any possibility go.”
“You’ll find him.” Jiang Youli said nothing more. She grinned and said, “Let’s eat first.”
Seeing Jiang Youli’s smile, Qi Huan replied with a smile, “Alright.”
After they ate, Qi Huan sat upright in his wheelchair, staring intently at Jiang Youli as she performed acupuncture on him.
Suddenly, a pleasant ringtone broke the silence in the room.
Qi Huan withdrew his gaze, pulled out his phone, and glanced at the screen. When he saw the name displayed on the caller ID, a subtle change flickered deep in his eyes. He pinched the phone tightly, slid his finger across, and answered the call.
“Grandfather.” Qi Huan’s voice was low and gentle.
Jiang Youli, who had been fully focused on inserting needles, looked up at the sound of “Grandfather,” her gaze meeting Qi Huan’s.
On the other end of the line, Old Master Qi asked, “Is Xiao Li there with you right now?”
Qi Huan’s gaze returned to Jiang Youli, and he replied, “She is. What’s the matter?”
Old Master Qi’s voice came through the receiver. “Ask her if she’s free. If she is, have her come back to the Qi family estate with you tonight.”
“Alright.” Qi Huan lowered the phone and said softly, “Little Li’er, Grandfather is asking if you’re free tonight to come home with me to the Qi family.”
Jiang Youli nodded. “Sure. I’ll just let my parents know.”
Qi Huan nodded, lifted the phone, and replied to Old Master Qi, “Little Li’er has time.”
“Good. Come back together after work.” With that, Old Master Qi hung up.
Seeing Qi Huan put down his phone, Jiang Youli felt a flicker of curiosity. She blinked and asked, “Huanhuan, why would your grandfather specifically ask to bring me back to the Qi family? That’s a bit odd.”
Qi Huan’s lips curled slightly, and he answered unhurriedly, “I can probably guess why Grandfather suddenly wants you to come back with me.”
Jiang Youli pressed on. “Oh? Why?”
Qi Huan explained with a smile, “It should be about Qi Feixue being poisoned.”
“Qi Feixue?” At the name, Jiang Youli suddenly understood. “I’ve been so busy lately that I almost forgot about poisoning Qi Feixue.”
As she spoke, her train of thought became clearer, and she quickly guessed Qi Feixue’s intention. “So, Qi Feixue is planning to ask your grandfather to intervene and force me to cure her poison, right?”
Qi Huan nodded. “It should be something like that.”
Jiang Youli shrugged. “So that’s it. Looks like Qi Feixue still hasn’t learned her lesson. She actually tried to use your grandfather to threaten me into detoxifying her.”
Qi Huan said, “Grandfather won’t take her word for it. That poison can’t be traced, so she’ll probably have no choice but to leave disappointed.”
A crafty smile crept onto Jiang Youli’s lips. “Not just disappointing her. Originally, I only intended to teach her a lesson, but now, given the situation, I’ve decided that until you securely inherit the Qi family, I won’t be lifting the poison for her.”
Then she added, “Maybe another day you could grab Qi Xiuyuan too, so I can poison him at the same time. Then they won’t dare to be arrogant anymore.”
Qi Huan agreed with a laugh. “That’s a good idea. Find a chance to grab Qi Xiuyuan as well. Once he’s poisoned, as long as he wants to live, he’ll have to behave.”
Finally, he asked with curiosity, “Little Li’er, your poison is such a cheat code. It really feels like you could get away with anything—just poison whoever you want.”
