After Rebirth, I Became the Richest Woman - Chapter 15

The auntie at home opened the door for Yu Qing, then went to the kitchen to prepare tea.

Yu Qing pushed open the study door and sighed lightly. “Nuonuo, you’re already this sick. Stop forcing yourself. Rest for a while.”

Ye Xinuo shook her head, her pale lips parting slightly. “This is a critical period. It’s just a small cold. It’s nothing serious.”

“Here, the documents you wanted.” Yu Qing took a file bag from her purse and placed it on the desk in front of Ye Xinuo.

“Thank you.”

After three knocks, the auntie’s voice came from outside. “Miss, the tea you asked for.”

“Come in,” Yu Qing answered for her.

Qin Moyan took a sip of the mineral water beside her, narrowed one eye, and sank another ball with one strike.

Ding Qi looked aggrieved. “At least let me hit a couple of shots!”

“You broke first.” Qin Moyan ignored his protest and turned slightly to find an angle.

With no chance to play, Ding Qi could only gossip. “You can’t have started pretending with that eldest miss of the Ye family and then made it real, right? Otherwise, why are you going to such lengths to help Yesheng?”

Qin Moyan’s tone remained as calm as ever. “You’re overthinking it. Me helping Yesheng has nothing to do with her.”

Ding Qi said, “Let me count on my fingers for you. Bringing Ning Han back to stabilize Qiyue Games was one time. Deliberately acting close to Ni Anqi so Ye Xinuo would find out and become resistant to Ni Anqi was another time. Ruining the relationship between Han Qiuzi and Tang Shikai to help Ye Xinuo pull Han Qiuzi over was yet another time. Not counting other small matters, that’s already three times, right? If you’re not interested in Ye Xinuo, are you trying to become a philanthropist?”

Qin Moyan glanced at Ding Qi and said lightly, “When you’re able to raise your vision and perspective a little, perhaps you’ll be able to hit a few more balls.”

“Hey! No personal attacks!” Ding Qi complained.

In just a short while, Qin Moyan sent three more balls into the pockets with crisp thuds.

Rarely showing patience, she explained, “Ni Anqi’s way of doing things is too extreme. Letting her enter Yesheng would be creating trouble for myself. I only work for Hesen. Why should I get myself covered in filth for Hesen’s ambitions? As for Han Qiuzi, she has enormous capital in real estate and express delivery backing her. If she and Tang Jie twisted themselves into one rope, it would only be a matter of time before Yesheng changed hands. As a director, I would probably be the first person kicked out.”

Ding Qi digested this for a moment, then waved his hand. “Forget it, forget it. I don’t understand what you’re saying, and I’m not interested either. As long as I have money for research, that’s enough.”

“You lost again.” Qin Moyan straightened up. “Give me the progress report two days early.”

After saying that, she walked out of the billiard room.

Ding Qi clutched his head in frustration as he watched Qin Moyan leave.

This billiard room was their fixed meeting place. It was private and hidden, and there were no cameras in the room or within a one-kilometer radius.

After all, ordinary people could never imagine what it truly meant for the business world to be like a battlefield. Sometimes, even spy films would not dare to film things that way.

No one knew what methods Tang Jie had used, but when the board meeting was held again, most of the shareholders firmly supported Han Qiuzi entering the board.

Ye Xinuo said with difficulty, “But the Ni family really is a very good choice too.”

Tang Jie smiled kindly. “Nuonuo, you’re still young. Naturally, you can’t weigh all the pros and cons thoroughly. A director chosen through Uncle Tang’s decades of business experience should be better than someone found by an outsider, shouldn’t it?”

Ye Xinuo shook her head apologetically. “Uncle Tang, that’s not what I mean. Since you and the directors all think Han Qiuzi is more suitable, then let’s decide on that.”

That night, Tang Shikai invited Han Qiuzi to dinner and personally told her the good news.

After the two finished eating together, Tang Shikai also invited Han Qiuzi for a drink. Han Qiuzi did not refuse.

The next day, headlines all over the city were about Tang Shikai and Han Qiuzi entering a hotel in each other’s arms. The accompanying picture was a blurry back view.

Ye Xinuo also saw the news and even specially shared it with Yu Qing.

The instant Yu Qing saw the photo, her mind went completely blank. Her fingertips trembled uncontrollably. After a long time, she finally recovered slightly and hurriedly left behind one sentence: “I need to go to the finance office.” Then she left Ye Xinuo’s office.

Ye Xinuo did not believe Han Qiuzi had really done anything with Tang Shikai, so she directly called her to ask.

“You saw the news? Did Yu Qing see it? What was her reaction?”

Han Qiuzi was eating breakfast, and the sound of chewing could still be heard through the phone.

“No reaction at all,” Ye Xinuo made up. “Her heart had no ripples. She even kind of wanted to laugh.”

“Why?!” Han Qiuzi slapped the table. “I don’t believe it.”

“Believe it or not, she hummed a little tune and went off to work,” Ye Xinuo said. “So did you and Tang Shikai really go to a hotel room? Hugging so tightly—weren’t you afraid you’d be unable to breathe?”

“How could that be possible!” Han Qiuzi lost all interest in eating and threw the remaining half piece of bread onto the plate. “Yesterday, Tang Shikai asked me out to dinner. After dinner, he invited me to drink. I’m someone who pays great attention to etiquette, so it would have been impolite to refuse. But that lecher actually dared to drug my drink while I went to the restroom!”

Ye Xinuo listened quietly without interrupting.

“I am the eldest daughter of the Han family, someone who has bodyguards secretly protecting me whenever I go out! What could such a dirty trick do to me?” Han Qiuzi was full of disgust. “So I had no choice but to give him a taste of his own medicine and give him a strong dose too. I even found him a hostess while I was at it. In order for the photos taken by the paparazzi to match his status and position, I also lent that girl my clothes. Wasn’t I very thoughtful?”

Ye Xinuo laughed dryly twice. “You were clearly deliberately trying to make people think that was you.”

“Not people. Only Yu Qing.” Han Qiuzi said angrily, “To shut the media’s mouths, while they were taking that photo yesterday, I even went to attend a party. Unfortunately, I ran into a lunatic!”

“What happened to Tang Shikai afterward?”

Han Qiuzi was unconcerned. “I don’t know. The bodyguards handle small matters like that. How would I have the time to care what happened to him?”

After understanding the whole story, Ye Xinuo finally said slowly, “Sister Yu Qing’s face looked terrible just now before she left. From what I see, she probably won’t forgive you anymore.”

“Why didn’t you tell me something this important earlier?!” Han Qiuzi shot up from the stool. She did not even bother properly putting on clothes, casually grabbed two pieces from the walk-in closet, threw them on, and ran out.

Yu Qing walked unsteadily back to her office. After locking the door, she slid heavily to the floor.

Her eyes were extremely dry, without a single tear. Her whole body seemed to have been wrung empty. Her eyes were unfocused, as though only an empty shell remained.

The phone she had thrown on the floor rang for a long time, but she ignored it, as if she could not hear it at all.

After sitting there hollowly for half an hour, Yu Qing finally stood up like a puppet on strings. With empty eyes, she walked toward her desk, sat down, took out a stack of documents, and began today’s work mechanically: reviewing, approving, checking, repeating the same motions.

Han Qiuzi rushed into Yesheng Tower, panting. Seeing that the elevator entrance was full of people, she gritted her teeth and turned into the stairwell.

After climbing twenty-three floors in one go, she felt as if the sky above her head was swaying violently.

Han Qiuzi found Yu Qing’s office very easily, because she had secretly come up to look for it several times before. Sometimes, she would even park her car in the parking lot downstairs and stare blankly at the windows on the twenty-third floor.

When she pushed the door open, the person inside was carrying out her duties in an orderly manner, without the slightest abnormality.

Hearing the sound, Yu Qing raised her head. “Why has Miss Han come?”