NOVPUBChapter 898: Chapter 898: She Disappears Again…
Chapter 898 -898: She Disappears Again…
After Qiao Qiao finished speaking, she turned to the driver, Uncle Liu, and said, “Uncle Liu, please drop me off at the intersection ahead. You wouldn’t want to delay big brother’s important business over something as minor as this, right?”
Uncle Liu felt that Qiao Qiao’s words made sense, so he stopped the car at the next intersection.
This time, Ye Shiqing said nothing. He simply watched Qiao Qiao get out of the car and head towards the subway station.
Wen Beibei, watching Qiao Qiao disappear into the bustling crowd, laughed and said, “Xiaoqiao is still as stubborn as ever.”
Ye Shiqing leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.
During a moment of silence inside the car, he suddenly said, “From now on, don’t speak out of turn regarding Xiaoqiao’s business.”
Wen Beibei and Uncle Liu exchanged glances, both understanding that Ye Shiqing was annoyed with them for meddling earlier.
Qingmu Garden.
Su Hongxing came home early that day, and before long, Ye Qilan also returned. Concerned for her well-being, Ye Qilan didn’t recommend that she continue working, so Su Hongxing simply started working much shorter hours.
“Has the person who poisoned Little Pudding been found?” Su Hongxing, seeing that Ye Qilan didn’t discuss matters with her, took the initiative to inquire.
“The people of Qingmu Garden are all trustworthy. The enemy could only have acted through the company. By this morning, we had caught the person. I gave poison to both of the children of the one who administered it, letting them destroy themselves!” Ye Qilan said indifferently.
Su Hongxing was taken aback and after a long pause said, “After all, the children are innocent.”
“That person is also a father. He should experience what we feel as parents. I didn’t kill his children, that was me being merciful.” What Ye Qilan left unsaid was that he had already driven the entire family out of Taicheng.
“Then, when my dad was pushed down the stairs, was it Zhou Peng who did it?” Su Hongxing asked again.
She had been preoccupied with Ye Shiqing’s election campaign recently. Now that it was over, she just wanted to know who had made the move against Cao Zhen. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
“Zhou Peng says it was an accident. He pushed dad down the stairs,” Ye Qilan’s eyes flickered slightly. “But I feel there’s more to it than that.”
He should have thoroughly investigated the matter as soon as it happened, but a string of events occurred subsequently, with Xiaobu also getting poisoned and the need to gather votes for Ye Shiqing, leaving him no time to look into it.
It was also because of that period of delay that when they eventually did look into it, it was already too late.
“I, for one, wish it was that simple,” Su Hongxing replied softly.
They had already transferred Cao Zhen from the hospital back to Qingmu Garden. With staff at Qingmu Garden, they could take care of Cao Zhen around the clock, removing the need for frequent trips to the hospital.
“If Zhou Peng was responsible, he wouldn’t have needed to destroy the nearby surveillance cameras. Someone not only pushed dad down the stairs but also bribed Zhou Peng into taking the fall. Think about it, who would do such a thing? And who could freely come and go from the Cao Family?” Ye Qilan sneered. “Some people completely lose their humanity and are capable of anything. And have you noticed, she has disappeared again recently.”
Su Hongxing was startled and somewhat perplexed.
Upon Ye Qilan’s reminder, she recalled that Cao Shiyu had indeed disappeared after the incident with Cao Zhen. Before, Guan Ya would call her, but now she couldn’t even reach Guan Ya.
“Every time she disappears and returns, it’s always part of some scheme,” Su Hongxing murmured with a frown. “We shouldn’t have listened to dad last time. We should have dealt with her decisively.”
That wretched Cao Shiyu, one couldn’t help but wonder what plot she was brewing this time.
It was merely giving Cao Shiyu some time to breathe, allowing her to rise again.
