Chapter 186 - I Want Half of The Shares You Own in Qilin (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Perplexed, she stared at them with a vacant gaze. Grandmother Qi’s eyes were red. She waved at Qi Chengyue. “Chengyue, come, have a seat. No matter what happens, you’ll always have us! It’s going to be okay!”
“You all know about this?” Qi Chengyue was shocked, and all of a sudden, she dreaded facing her own family.
Jian Yi was the husband of her choice, but then all the calamities happened a mere few months after the wedding. She felt guilt-ridden and was afraid to even look at her kin.
“I told them,” admitted Qi Chenglin. “I have evidence on Jian Yi and Guan Xiaolin. There’s no reason to keep dragging this further.”
He then turned his head to Qi Chengyue, looking incredibly stern. “You do plan to divorce, don’t you? Even if you still have hope in him and decide not to divorce, we’re not going to accept it. That man has to leave the Qi family.”
Qi Chengyue took a deep breath, grasped her fists tightly, then spat out four words, albeit with some difficulty. “I want a divorce.”
She felt as though she was about to collapse after finishing her sentence.
Guan Liya placed her arm around Qi Chengyue’s shoulder. “Don’t you worry, Chengyue. We’ll get back at them for all the wrongs that you suffered! I never thought Guan Xiaolin would be so shameless! She’s no longer my niece if she could disregard our ties and do this kind of thing to you!”
She completed her sentence and looked at Qi Chengzhi, seeking his approval through her silence.
As long as it involved company matters, Qi Chengzhi was considered to be the one who had full control.
His gaze swept across everyone in the room, and he noticed that their attention was entirely focused on him.
Keeping a cold expression, his rich voice began resounding. “Get the divorce done and make sure Jian Yi leaves with nothing. Then we’ll focus our attention to the Guan family.”
Qi Chengzhi looked at Guan Liya. “Auntie, will you be alright if we go all-out against the Guan family?”
“Not a problem!” Guan Liya then continued yakking without a second thought, “The Guan family has nothing to do with me anyway. They’ll only remember me if they need something. That’s when they’ll treat me politely and courteously. If Guan Xiaolin had the nerve to do something like that behind my back, she clearly doesn’t care that I’m her aunt, and since that’s the case, I’ve no reason to care about the Guan family!”
A nod from Qi Chengzhi. “That’s settled, then.”
“Chengzhi, thank you for all this. I know that isn’t easy to go against another company, even for the Qi family,” said Guan Liya. Qi Chengzhi agreed to do it so happily, and the sight of the entire family working together to help Qi Chengyue made her feel touched.
“We’re a family,” came Qi Chengzhi’s curt response.
“Big Brother, Song Yu,” Qi Chengyue began speaking suddenly, “I’m sorry for how I treated you last time.”
Her words were very earnest, and the redness in her eyes was a sign that she was sincere in her words.
Song Yu did not expect Qi Chengyue to say that in front of everyone. In fact, she actually treated Qi Chengyue’s change of attitude as an apology, letting bygones be bygones.
However, with Qi Chengyue apologizing before the entire family, the feeling was much different—after her words, it was like everything that happened in the past truly did stay in the past.
Song Yu did not make any ostentatious remark, for Qi Chengzhi had already proclaimed his stand. She merely took out a recorder and placed it on the table, saying, “This is what Guan Xiao Lin said to Qi Chengyue this afternoon. I recorded it with my phone and transferred it in here. This isn’t the best thing to use, but in case something doesn’t go according to plan, this may be useful.”
Qi Zhongxun picked up the recorder and played back the recording of Guan Xiaolin’s boastful words, allowing everyone to listen to what was said.
Guan Liya was so angry that she almost looked like she could run up to Guan Xiaolin and exact vengeance.
She knew, though, that the main focus was the divorce. Jian Yi would not agree to the divorce so easily, not when he got nothing out of the marriage. The main objective in everyone’s mind was to make sure that he would not gain a single thing from the Qi family!
“Thank you, Song Yu, for being with Qi Chengyue during this time,” Qi Zhongxun remarked earnestly.
He used to be neutral toward her marriage with Qi Chengzhi, and even after the couple had registered their marriage, he did not particularly see Song Yu as truly becoming a part of the Qi family.
That had all changed, however, and he now truly regarded Song Yu as his niece-in-law.
“I just accompanied her, that’s all. Nothing much,” Song Yu replied.
“Chengyue, come home with us tonight. You’ll stay with us from now on. You can choose to sell or keep the home with Jian Yi, but I don’t think you’d want to go back there even after the divorce.” Guan Liya put her arm over Qi Chengyue’s shoulder and said.
Qi Chengyue nodded. “Sell it off. I don’t want anything to do with him ever again.”
That night, she returned home with her family.
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Jian Yi came to the company the next day, but as he headed to the engineering department, weird looks were shot at him by employees from other departments
Most of them seemed to be acting rather coldly.
His status as Qi Chengyue’s husband allowed him to receive respectful treatment from the subordinates and even from some of the company’s higher-ups. The cold treatment was thus a first for him.
“Manager Luo,” Jian Yi greeted as he saw the approaching Luo Yushu.
Luo Yushu seemed to be in some shock, however. After being briefly stunned, he mustered a smile. “Hehe, Jian Yi, you came a bit late I see!”
“Mm.” Jian Yi frowned. ‘Luo Yushu always addresses me as ‘Manager Jian’, and don’t I usually arrive at the company around this time?’
“I’ve got something to attend to so I’ll be heading off. We’ll talk later.” Luo Yushu said a few words just for the sake of it and left hastily.
Jian Yi looked on curiously as Luo Yushu’s figure scurried off in a hurry. He entered the engineering department with a frown and saw that most of the employees were already present. They were busy chatting about something, but the whole room fell silent immediately after they noticed him entering.
They looked at him with all sorts of odd expressions and none greeted him voluntarily.
Jian Yi’s gaze swept across the room before he entered the office.
The second he closed the door, the chattering continued outside.
“Judging from his look, I think he doesn’t know about it yet.”
“I think he probably argued with the Qi family and fell out of favor with them. Why else would they just fire him so suddenly?”
“I heard Miss Qi hasn’t come to the company for a few days now. Do you think they’re facing problems in their marriage?”
A female colleague then let out a gasp. “Could they have already gotten a divorce?”
She shut her mouth immediately after giving her opinion.
The others were also quiet, but that did not last long when someone opined, “In fact…we can’t know for sure. Otherwise, why would the Qi family resort to something so drastic?
“Fact is, it was only because he got close to the Qi family that he managed to get promoted so quickly. It benefits us if he isn’t around anymore.”
Jian Yi could not hear the discussions going on outside. He switched on his computer, and not long later, an email notification popped up.
He opened it and saw that it was from Human Resources. Getting up from his seat, he walked past his desk to the door, opened it forcefully, then walked out of his office.
None of the other employees dared to make a peep until he left. “Why do you think he went out for?”
“I think he doesn’t even know what was going on. He’s probably going to try and reason with someone.”
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Jian Yi clenched his jaw tightly. His expression was so tense that his face might just crack at any time.
He dashed to the top floor, and after getting out from the elevator, took large strides toward Qi Chengzhi’s room, all while suppressing his anger.
Cheng Dongge was not surprised that Jian Yi came. The former neither greeted him nor stopped him, simply allowing him to barge into Qi Chengzhi’s office.
A loud ‘slap’ was still heard on the door despite it being able to absorb sound. Jian Yi went in and slammed the door behind him. “Qi Chengzhi, what’s the meaning of this?”
“What exactly are you talking about?” Calm and unruffled, Qi Chengzhi leaned back in his chair and sported a very cold expression.
“Why did you fire me without even informing me?! What’s the reason?” Jian Yi asked angrily. The email stated that his dismissal was effective immediately.
“Chengyue will talk to you about the specifics regarding the divorce,” Qi Chengzhi explained coldly. He then picked up the phone on his desk. “Dongge, tell security to clear up the things in Jian Yi’s office.”