The slap sounded loud, but it didn't hurt.

Qi Heng sat there in confusion, wondering why it was Qi Zheng's fault that he was the one being scolded.

"Mom, I'm sorry, the second brother is trying to protect me..." Qi Rou let go of Qi Dongming's hand, quickly stepped forward and sat next to Jiang Wan, and then hugged her arm to beg for mercy.

Seeing that she was so sensible, Jiang Wan lost half of her anger. She said earnestly, "No one in this family has the right to accuse your eldest brother, and the same goes for your father and me."

After the words fell, Jiang Wan glared at Qi Dongming.

What the latter wanted to say was stuck in his throat.

"Xiao Heng, when your elder brother comes back, remember to apologize to him."

"Mom——" Qi Heng frowned, looking like he didn't want to apologize.

Qi Rou immediately said, “Mom, when the eldest brother comes back, I will go and apologize to the second brother."

She showed a very aggrieved smile, as if she had suffered a huge injustice.

Qi Dongming said distressedly, “Your second brother caused the trouble, let him apologize on his own! That brat Qi Zheng doesn't like you, so let's ignore him."

Qi Heng thought of Qi Zheng's defense of Ye Jian in the private room, and he became furious. "Dad, Ye Jian's whereabouts are unknown. He targeted the elder brother when he arrived. Maybe he came for the company."

Who doesn't know that Qi Zheng is taking care of the Qi family's business.

Although Qi Heng was not interested in fighting, he would not allow the Qi family's things to fall into the hands of outsiders.

Qi Rou lowered her eyebrows, and there was a touch of joy of success in her eyes. It was worth what she said to Qi Heng in the car.

"Mom, don't even think about me apologizing to my eldest brother. He has now been bewitched by Ye Jian's magic."

Jiang Wan frowned as she remembered what Ye Jian said when she came to the door that day.

The whole family is fine now, but it is really unreliable to just listen to Ye JianJiang's words.

For a moment, she was a little unsure.

Seeing this, Qi Rou said cautiously, “Dad, Mom, actually I heard a lot of rumors about Ye Jian in Jiangcheng."

Seeing that Qi Rou was hesitant to speak, Qi Dongming simply said, “You can tell us what our family is afraid of."

"I heard that Ye Jian often said some incomprehensible things, but something happened to someone, and the place where she was... was not peaceful."

Qi Rou frowned, as if she was choosing something nice to say.

As expected, after listening to this, the three people all frowned.

Qi Dongming believed that Ye Rong had bad intentions, but Ye Jian was of the same lineage as that family, so she was definitely not much better.

Even if the other party may really be his daughter, looking at this situation, she must have been taught bad things.

If she were younger, she could still correct herself, but she was already twenty-three.

Jiang Wan's idea is much simpler.

If Ye Rong is really someone who wants to harm the Qi family, and she really wants her own position, she will definitely not give up using Ye Jian.

The worst-case scenario is to make them enemies.

Therefore, Ye Jian may not have true feelings for them. Instead of trusting Ye Jian, who is probably a white-eyed wolf, it is better to trust Qi Rou, who they taught twenty-three.

Not to mention Qi Heng, who has always been firmly on Qi Rou's side.

"I also heard Uncle Qin say that Qin Yan and Huo Xingzhuo were about to get engaged, but Ye Jian interfered and the two families are now incompatible."

Qi Dongming heard this and said directly to Jiang Wan, “Call and ask Qi Zheng to come back quickly!"

In the Qi family, Qi Zheng would listen to Jiang Wan's words.

Jiang Wan hadn't called yet, so Qi Rou shook her head and said, "Brother will never come back, and he will certainly not believe us."

She saw three pairs of eyes looking at her at the same time. She clenched her fingers on her knees and said innocently, "Uncle Qin said that Huo Xingzhuo was like this back then. No matter how they explained or what they said, he didn't believe it."

Huo Xingzhuo, who was not a womanizer, could be deceived. You can imagine how dangerous Ye Jian was.

"I'll call Qi Zheng right away." Jiang Wan was so flustered that she picked up the phone and dialed.

After two beeps, Qi Zheng's voice came, “Mom, what's the matter?"

"Xiao Zheng, come back first. Mom has something important to tell you." Jiang Wan maintained a calm tone and tried not to appear abnormal.

There was silence on the other side of the phone.

It took a while before Qi Zheng's voice came out, "Qi Rou, what did Qi Heng say?"

When Qi Dongming heard this, he immediately became angry. He grabbed the phone and issued a death order, “If you don't come back now, I will hand over the Qi family to your second brother!"

Qi Heng didn't expect that his father would say that, and he felt inexplicably panicked.

Jiang Wan pushed Qi Dongming, thinking his words were too serious.

This time there was a longer silence.

Qi Rou curled her lips in a subtle way. According to Qi Zheng's character, there must be a greater gap between him and the Qi family.

as expected.

"Dad, I joined the company at the age of eighteen, and this is my thirteenth year."

When Qi Zheng said these words, the sound of a pin dropping could be heard in the room.

Not only Qi Heng, but also Jiang Wan and Qi Dongming were visibly flustered. Qi Zheng was stronger but also indifferent, but he never claimed his own credit.

Now that he has said it, it must be aggrieved.

"Dad, since you think I am not suitable to manage the Qi family, I will resign to the board of directors and let Qi Heng come to the company to take over when he is free."

Qi Zheng is a human being, no matter how indifferent his heart is, it will still hurt.

What's more, the things he was proud of were worthless in Qi Dongming's mouth. At this moment, all his persistence collapsed.

"Xiao Zheng, your father didn't mean that. He was just angry. How about we talk face to face when you come back." Jiang Wan's voice was filled with tears.

She was extremely scared at this moment.

Afraid that Qi Zheng would never return to this home again, afraid that Qi Zheng would be completely disappointed with them, and even more afraid that their mother-child relationship would end here...

"Brother, that's not what dad meant. He just wants you to come back." Qi Heng was not interested in the Qi family.

At this moment, he realized that because his elder brother Qi Zheng was here, he had the opportunity to choose freely.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Qi Dongming wanted to get angry, but when he saw Jiang Wan's eyes, he held it back.

Seeing this, Qi Rou could only add fuel to the fire, "Brother, second brother and I both know we were wrong. It's because we are ignorant."

"Come back. Your parents are also worried about you being deceived by Ye Jian. They are worried about you."

The implication is that he doesn't trust Qi Zheng's judgment.

His voice returned to coldness, “I happen to be tired too, Qi Heng, please remember to come to the company tomorrow."

When the words fell, there was only a beeping sound left in the microphone.

"He dares!" Qi Dongming felt a surge of anger in his heart, as well as regrets that he refused to admit.

Jiang Wan stared at the phone blankly and murmured to herself, “Xiao Zheng will never come back... He will never forgive me in this life..."

"It's because I haven't been a good mother. It's because I haven't kept the bowl of water level..."

Qi Heng felt very uncomfortable. If he didn't come back and you complained, eldest brother wouldn't...

He couldn't help but recall that when he was a child, Qi Zheng always stood aside indifferently, like an outsider, watching his parents tease him and Qi Jing.

Later, when Qi Rou was born, he stood far away and watched them.

It was as if he was an outsider in the family.

He clenched his fists, “I'm going to find my eldest brother."

After saying that, he walked outside. Qi Rou would not let him go, so she quickly shouted, “Second brother, the eldest brother is angry right now. If you go now, he will only be more reluctant to come back."

Qi Heng's body froze.

Qi Rou turned to Jiang Wan and Qi Dongming and said, "Mom and Dad, don't blame yourself too much. All of this happened because of Ye Jian. As long as we let her leave Haicheng on her own initiative, my eldest brother will no longer be bewitched by her." , there is still a turning point!”

With one sentence, the three of them couldn't help but place the blame on Ye Jian.

If she hadn't appeared, their family would have been happy.

As a result, because of her, the chickens and dogs at home are now inoperable.

People always subconsciously avoid their own mistakes and pass them on to others.

Because only in this way can the heart feel better.

Qi Rou bit her lip to suppress her happiness, Ye Jian, you are the only one who wants to fight me!

Your identity is mine, your family is mine, and one day, Huo Xingzhuo will be mine too!

On the other side, Qi Zheng hung up the phone and looked at Song Lin.

"I heard?"

Song Lin nodded and said angrily, “Mr. Qi, it's all your credit for the Qi family's promotion to the next level in recent years. Why should the chairman just change it if he says so?"

Qi Zheng looked calm, “I will go to the board of directors to submit my resignation later. Do you want to stay or come with me?"

Song Rin fell into silence, and after a long while he said, “Mr. Qi, you also know that my ability to come to the company is all thanks to Uncle Song. I..."

"I understand." Qi Zheng's hand on the table clenched and unclenched.

It seemed that Ye Jian was right.

He thought of the scene where the other party saved him, and gave him another chance to say, “You know my ability, it's only a matter of time before I create another Qi family."

"Mr. Qi, I'm sorry..." Song Lin lowered his head.

He looked guilty, but in fact it was unclear what he was thinking.

"You go out and do your work."

"...Okay." Before Song Lin left, he tried to persuade him to stay, "Mr. Qi, can't you stay?"

Qi Zheng said nothing and only motioned for him to close the door.

However, in Song Lin's opinion, this is the default meaning.

He nodded, closed the door and left.

Qi Zheng stared at the phone in a daze for a while, and then started to deal with the matter at hand.

Outside the office, Song Rin glanced in the direction of the office and said to the person next to him, “I'm going to smoke a cigarette."

"What happened?"

Song Lin smiled bitterly and sighed, “You will know tomorrow."

Leaving a confused look on his face, he turned and walked towards the fire escape.

After confirming that no one was there, he picked up his cell phone and dialed a phone number.

"Dad, Qi Zheng is leaving."

"I don't even know about such a big thing, how do you know?" Song Shudong's voice came from the other end.

"I was in the office and heard what Qi Dongming said to Qi Zheng with my own ears." Song Lin told the story in detail, and then added, "Qi Zheng is ready to resign."

Song Shudong was silent for two seconds and said, “The Qi family is currently investigating what happened back then. Be careful because it is Qi Zheng's test and don't reveal your flaws."

"Don't worry, I know." Song Lin said firmly at the end, "Qi Zheng will definitely not test me. He doesn't know that I am your son, and he plans to poach me and go with him."

In the last half of the sentence, he couldn't help but feel proud.

Song Shudong warned, “Proceed with caution. If Qi Heng comes to take over, you must find ways to retain the position of special assistant."

"I know."

After hanging up the phone, Song Rin lit another cigarette and didn't go out until the smell was on his body.

At this time, in Qi Zheng's office, he was having a video chat with Ye Jian.

"Next, I'm afraid I need you to go back to Jiangcheng."