Too Late to Regret, She’s Now With the Big Boss - Chapter 41

“What’s the matter? Why the panic? Let’s talk outside, can’t you see my wife needs rest?” Mr. Ye, eager to escape the suffocating tension in the hospital room, seized the opportunity to leave.

Xiao Feng, who had followed the assistant in, quickly interjected, “President Ye, Young Master Ye, check your phones! The news just broke an hour ago, and our stocks have already hit the limit down.”

Everyone in the VIP ward immediately pulled out their phones. The headlines blared:

[Smoking Gun: Ye Group President Cheats with Wife’s Best Friend, Mrs. Ye Collapses and Hospitalized]

[Ye Group’s Young Master Suspected of Improper Relationship with His Half-Sister]

“Is the PR department full of useless idiots? How could they let such a scandal stay up for so long and even trend?” Mr. Ye roared furiously. “Worthless! Every last one of you! Do we pay you just to be fertilizer for plants?”

“What’s the point of coming to us when something like this happens? Shouldn’t you have notified the relevant departments immediately?”

“President Ye, the PR team did their best, but they couldn’t take the posts down. They said the Lu Group intervened!”

At the assistant’s words, Mr. Ye, who had been shouting threats just moments ago, froze as if an invisible hand had clamped around his throat.

After a long silence, he finally asked wearily, “Tell me… which one of you provoked that unfilial… no, Qianqian, again?”

“Second Brother called Qianqian earlier,” Ye Ruikang said, steadying his swaying father.

“You fool! Why would you provoke her? Do you think our company isn’t going bankrupt fast enough?”

“Dad, Yanyan said her face was because of Ye Qianqian-”

Mrs. Ye cut him off angrily, “Yanyan? If she’s all you care about, then go to the Song family with her! Don’t come back!”

“Mom, how can you be so biased toward that troublemaker? You never used to-”

“Your mother is right. From now on, Ye Zhiqiang has no such son,” Mr. Ye declared coldly.

“Dad, please don’t kick me out! I already apologized to her, why is she still targeting us?” Second Brother Ye pleaded desperately.

“Second Brother, it’s not Qianqian targeting us. It’s Third Master Lu acting out of protectiveness. She might not even know about this,” Eldest Brother Ye said grimly.

“Big Brother, how do you know it’s not that troublemaker-” Second Young Master Ye started, but the murderous look on his brother’s face made him shut up instantly.

“Don’t ask. Dad’s right, we shouldn’t provoke her anymore. Third Master Lu might spare the Ye Group in the future out of respect for her being a Ye daughter.”

How did he know?

Because he understood Third Master Lu’s mindset all too well.

In the past, he, too, would have wanted to kill Ye Qianqian just because Ye Qingyan frowned.

Back then, he had only one thought: Anyone who makes my Yanyan unhappy deserves to die.

Mr. Ye glanced at Ye Qingyan, whose face was swollen like a pig’s head, and suggested, “Yuntao, Qianqian used to like you so much. Why don’t you call her and ask her to plead with Third Master Lu?”

“Father-in-law, that wouldn’t be appropriate. Yanyan would be upset,” Song Yuntao said awkwardly, glancing at Ye Qingyan.

It wasn’t Ye Qingyan’s feelings he was worried about, it was the risk of dragging the Song family down. He knew Ye Qianqian wouldn’t spare him any face. She might even retaliate against the Songs.

He had already angered the old master. Provoking Third Master Lu for the Ye family’s sake was out of the question.

“Brother Yuntao, for the sake of the Ye family, Yanyan won’t be jealous,” Ye Qingyan said with a pitiful expression.

“What right do you have to be jealous of Qianqian? Yuntao doesn’t want to call Qianqian now because he’s afraid of implicating the Song family,” Elder Brother Ye mercilessly exposed Song Yuntao’s thoughts.

“Wuwuwu… Brother Yuntao, is what big brother said true?” Ye Qingyan’s tear-filled eyes were brimming with resentment.

She wished she could kill Ye Qianqian and hated her elder brother even more for his heartless betrayal.

Since childhood, the words she had heard most often were “adorable,” “clever,” and “destined to be a peerless beauty when she grows up.”

If not for Ye Qianqian, these words would have remained forever etched onto her, and she wouldn’t have transformed from an innocent girl into someone so scheming.

But whenever she stood beside Ye Qianqian, people’s gazes would involuntarily linger a little longer on that country bumpkin, making her insecure.

She would then target Ye Qianqian, that lowborn wretch, and go out of her way to frame her.

Ye Qingyan lowered her eyes, temporarily hiding her venomous glare. “Since big brother says we should avoid provoking Qianqian, let’s go home now, Brother Yuntao.”

“Yanyan is tired. Let’s go home,” Song Yuntao said considerately. He had long wanted to leave this suffocating hospital room.

Xiao Feng watched the retreating figures of Ye Qingyan and Song Yuntao. “President Ye, Young Master Ye, I’ll go downstairs and make a WeChat video call to Qianqian. She might help the Ye family for the sake of our shared childhood.”

“Xiao Feng, don’t be too confident. If you insist on going, do it in your personal capacity. Don’t drag the Ye family into this again,” Elder Brother Ye said without hesitation.

Lanjing Garden Villa.

Ye Qianqian and Lu Jingchen were feeding each other. She had just opened her mouth to accept the crab meat he offered when she returned the favor with a shrimp he had peeled himself. “Husband, open up.”

She was a pure egoist. Hearing that being good to Lu Jingchen would make him happy and live longer thus, ensuring her own better life was reason enough.

It was just a small gesture, a few words and minimal effort. She was happy to do it, and she did it well. Seeing her happy made Lu Jingchen eat even more joyfully.

[Just saying, I’m no saint. Judging by Xiao Feng’s expression, I bet he’s already scheming something…]

[Call, call, call! Hurry up and call! Talking about not letting Song Yuntao get ahead, wait till you piss off the big boss and get blacklisted. That’ll be hilarious.]

Just as Ye Qianqian was puzzled, her phone rang, a WeChat video call.

A gentle voice came from the other end. [Qianqian, it’s your Brother Xiao Feng. I’m calling to apologize for what Second Young Master Ye did earlier.]

Lu Jingchen held the phone, eyeing the handsome young man on the screen, thick eyebrows, bright eyes, and a sunny demeanor, though his gaze carried a hint of something sleazy.

[No need. He already apologized. My wife is eating right now. Say one more word, and I’ll blacklist you.]

[Third Master? How can you restrict Qianqian’s social freedom? Give the phone to Qianqian…]

Before Xiao Feng could finish, Lu Jingchen swiftly ended the call. “Wife, open up.”

“Thank you, husband. You eat too~~” Ye Qianqian didn’t mind Lu Jingchen’s restrictions at all.

[Will the big boss really blacklist the third simp?]

[What are you thinking? The female antagonist cares so much about Xiao Feng, no way she’d let the big boss blacklist him! Brother Xiao Feng is the female antagonist’s canon husband.]

[Hahahaha, I’m a pervert, my focus is different from yours. I can’t even imagine that beneath Xiao Feng’s ordinary shirt lies a top-tier physique!]

[Damn, there’s someone else like me! I also noticed Xiao Feng is a real man, eight-pack abs. I counted three times, it’s definitely eight.]

After finishing his meal, Lu Jingchen’s first move was to call Bai Lang: “Blacklist Xiao Feng. Anyone who hires him goes bankrupt.”