After watching the video, Old Master Qi's expression turned grim as he handed the phone back to Cheng Jing.
Cheng Jing took the phone and retreated behind Qi Huan.
Old Master Qi didn't speak immediately, seemingly lost in thought.
Qi Feixue never imagined that Qi Huan would actually stoop to secretly recording a video!
She nervously glanced at her younger brother from the corner of her eye, but seeing him just sitting there with a dark expression and not saying a word, she bit her lip, trying to figure out how to explain herself to their grandfather.
Before she could finish her thoughts, Old Master Qi turned to Qi Shaoxiong.
“What do you two have to say about the conversation in this video?”
“Grandfather, I…” Qi Feixue still hadn’t come up with a decent explanation.
After all, those words had indeed come out of her own mouth; she couldn’t exactly claim it was AI face-swapping and that the speaker wasn’t her.
Wait, maybe she could bluff her way through this.
Just as she was about to use that excuse, Qi Shaoxiong calmly explained, “Grandfather, we can’t trust someone like Qi Yue, who would even harm his own brother. Brother Huan might have misunderstood me. I didn’t kidnap Qi Yue. He came to me for help, saying he had made a huge mistake and that Brother Huan wouldn’t let him off, so he begged me to save his life.”
“He said he could help me compete for the position of the Qi family heir. Grandfather, you know, as your grandson, I couldn’t just ignore the heir position. Since the opportunity was right in front of me, I couldn’t let it slip by. So I took Qi Yue with me, planning to use his understanding of Brother Huan to gather information that might help me defeat him.”
By then, Qi Shaoxiong stated firmly, “As for what Brother Huan said about kidnapping Qi Yue to threaten him into going to Africa and then killing him—that’s pure nonsense. No matter how much I want to become the Qi family heir, I would never be as ruthless as Qi Yue, who would harm his own flesh and blood.”
Hearing Qi Shaoxiong’s righteous words, Jiang Youli sneered inwardly. She had to admit, Qi Shaoxiong had a bit more brains than Qi Yue.
He didn’t outright deny taking Qi Yue away; instead, he acknowledged his intention to fight for the heir position while denying that he wanted to kill Qi Huan like Qi Yue did.
Such words would only make Old Master Qi feel that he had reasonable justification.
After all, the three-month deadline was originally set by Old Master Qi himself to see who was more capable of competing for the position of heir.
As long as no one actually ended up dead, Old Master Qi would, for the sake of his grandsons, turn a blind eye.
Qi Feixue, hearing her brother’s words, immediately chimed in, “Grandfather, what I said in that video was just because Brother Huan kidnapped me and threatened my brother. I said it out of anger, and besides…”
She glared indignantly at Jiang Youli and added, “That video only captures the part that benefits Brother Huan. But Brother Huan didn’t record what happened afterward—Jiang Youli fed me poison!”
In truth, Jiang Youli hadn’t expected Qi Huan to secretly record a video either.
But since they had it, even if Old Master Qi learned that she had poisoned Qi Feixue, she could still have a solid excuse to defend herself.
With that in mind, Jiang Youli shrugged nonchalantly and said, “Fine, Qi Feixue. I admit I poisoned you. But during all this, you and Qi Shaoxiong were scheming against my fiancé, Huanhuan, behind his back. So what’s wrong with poisoning you?”
“How dare you say there’s nothing wrong?” Qi Feixue screamed in fury. As the young lady of the Qi family, few people dared to mess with her outside, and she had rarely lost her composure like this. Over the years, only Jiang Youli had managed to get under her skin this badly. “Don’t forget who you are! What right do you have to poison me!”
Jiang Youli didn’t get angry. Instead, she replied with perfect calm and biting sarcasm, “Oh, so if someone as worthless as I am—in your eyes—can have you in my hands, doesn’t that make you even more useless? There’s absolutely no problem with me poisoning a waste like you.”
Ignoring Qi Feixue’s twisted face, Jiang Youli turned to Qi Shaoxiong and said, “So, from what you said earlier, even though you abducted Qi Yue, you never really intended to harm Huanhuan. Then what I did—poisoning your sister—is just another tactic to help my fiancé, Huanhuan, compete for the heir position. As long as she doesn’t die, it’s fine, right?”
Qi Shaoxiong replied with a cold face, refusing to answer.
Qi Feixue couldn’t hold back anymore and snapped, “Grandfather, you heard that! Jiang Youli admitted to poisoning me! Hurry up and tell her to give me the antidote! Otherwise, she’s stomping all over the Qi family’s dignity!”
“Nope, you’re wrong,” Jiang Youli said calmly. “I’m only stepping on your branch’s dignity, not on Grandfather Qi’s or my Huanhuan’s. You, by yourself, don’t represent the entire Qi family. Grandfather Qi, you’ve seen the video. I poisoned Qi Feixue not out of personal spite, but to protect Huanhuan. If she ended up poisoned by me, it only proves that she and her brother are incompetent. Qi Shaoxiong is no match for Huanhuan at all.”
The words “incompetent” made Qi Shaoxiong’s face turn terrifyingly ugly.
But Jiang Youli acted as if she hadn’t noticed and continued, “Qi Shaoxiong wanted to use Qi Yue to go after Huanhuan, but not only did he fail, he ended up losing more than he gained—he even let his own sister become a hostage.”
“Alright. Xiao Li is right. No matter what you two did behind the scenes, since you failed, you have to accept the consequences.” Old Master Qi turned to Jiang Youli. “Xiao Li, I will punish the two of them for what they did to Huan’er. But I hope you’ll still give my granddaughter the antidote.”
Jiang Youli nodded. “No problem. Since Grandfather Qi is asking me personally, of course I can give Qi Feixue the antidote.”
At those words, a glimmer of hope flickered in Qi Feixue’s eyes.
Jiang Xing, who had been too afraid to interrupt until now, also felt a surge of hope upon hearing this. Finally, could the poison in his body be cured too?
But Qi Feixue’s relief didn’t last long, because Jiang Youli added, “However…”
Qi Feixue couldn’t stand the suspense and snapped impatiently, “However what?! Jiang Youli, this is the Qi family. As Grandfather’s granddaughter-in-law who hasn’t even been officially married in yet, you should learn to behave! Stop talking nonsense and give me the antidote now!”
Jiang Youli leaned back in her chair, folding her arms, and said with a hint of helplessness, “Grandfather Qi, Grandfather Qi, I agreed to give the antidote out of respect for you. But look at your granddaughter’s attitude. It’s not that I don’t want to cure her—it’s that she doesn’t even show the slightest willingness to apologize.”
She let out a sigh. “If Qi Feixue keeps this up, I’m afraid I can’t agree to Grandfather Qi’s request to cure her.”
Qi Feixue looked stunned. “What makes you think you still have room to bargain…”
“Enough, Xue’er. If you still want Xiao Li to cure you, say one more word and I’ll shut your mouth!” Old Master Qi raised his voice to scold his granddaughter.
Qi Feixue was stunned, unable to believe that her grandfather was actually favoring Jiang Youli even more.
None of the grandchildren had ever dared to negotiate terms with their grandfather!
What made Jiang Youli so special?
Given the current status of the Qi family, her grandfather could have simply forced Jiang Youli to cure her poison—why bother asking for Jiang Youli’s consent at all!
Old Master Qi asked patiently, “Xiao Li, tell me, what are your conditions?”
