Ye Tong was in her office waiting for Zheng Cai, who stormed in, her face a mask of fury. She hurriedly stood up and took Zheng Cai’s arm. "Mom, what’s wrong?"
"What else could it be, if not for that little bitch Ye Yuning!"
Thinking about Ye Yuning made Zheng Cai gnash her teeth in anger. Although the Qin Family matter was in the past, the damage it had inflicted on the Ye Family was still significant. Those three hundred million were nothing but a drop in the bucket compared to those losses.
She and Ye Shilong both believed that someone like Ye Yuning couldn’t possibly fall for an ordinary man. If anyone in Upper City with some standing wanted to be with Ye Yuning, they should have shown some sincerity towards her, the adoptive mother who had raised Ye Yuning for so many years. And the ’sincerity’ she and Ye Shilong expected was merely compensation for the losses caused by the Qin Family.
"Did you run into her again?" Ye Tong led her to sit on the sofa.
Zheng Cai nodded. "Yes, I did!"
The thought of that little bitch’s arrogant demeanor made Zheng Cai’s anger surge. She turned to Ye Tong and said, "You must give it your all. Make sure there are no mistakes with the Bugelang Exhibition and the Xiao Family’s Nanjia Peak."
At this point, Zheng Cai wished for nothing more than to see Ye Tong trample Ye Yuning into the mud. She wanted Ye Tong to become the second Ye Yuning of Upper City, thereby stripping Ye Yuning of all her current status.
Hearing Zheng Cai’s words, Ye Tong nodded. "Don’t worry, Mom. I’ve prepared everything for the exhibition the day after tomorrow, and it’s all arranged." She uttered the latter half of her sentence in a deeply meaningful tone.
The Bugelang Exhibition is the day after tomorrow. By then, I’ll make sure Ye Yuning is utterly humiliated.
Zheng Cai, consumed by her anger, didn’t catch the underlying meaning and merely nodded. "I’m counting on you now."
"Alright, let’s go home," Zheng Cai said, feeling a little better. To a certain extent, she had absolute trust in this daughter of hers.
As she was getting up, she glanced at the time on her phone. Xiao Shuo still hadn’t arrived. Zheng Cai couldn’t help asking, "Where’s Xiao Shuo?"
"I’ll give him a call."
Ye Tong took out her phone and called Xiao Shuo. She had told him she would go back to the Ye Family with him tonight, but Xiao Shuo, on the other end of the line, said he had to work overtime.
Hearing the words "work overtime," Ye Tong was somewhat taken aback. "What overtime are you working?" He’s only going to the Xiao Family to gain experience. As the Xiao Family’s Third Young Master, couldn’t those people cut him some slack? What was the deal with this ’genuine’ overtime anyway?
Xiao Shuo said, "I can’t talk now, I’m busy."
Just this morning, he’d thought Yang Jing was joking. But now, everyone else had left. He and Yang Jing were the only ones left in the entire office!
Xiao Shuo’s face turned livid with anger, and he immediately hung up on Ye Tong.
Fuming, he glared at Yang Jing. Her expression was just as terrible as she slammed a folder fiercely onto the desk. "You didn’t even call Mr. Dong!"
"That’s right, I didn’t call! What was I supposed to say?" At this moment, Xiao Shuo was on the verge of losing it.
Hearing him say that, Yang Jing’s face turned even more ashen. "What to say? I taught you yesterday, and now you’re asking me what you should have said?"
Xiao Shuo was speechless. What she taught him yesterday? To speak in a way that was as groveling and servile as a dog? He genuinely couldn’t bring himself to say such things, nor could he learn to! Listening to Yang Jing’s furious tirade, Xiao Shuo didn’t know what to say and simply remained silent.
Seeing him still trying to be stubborn, Yang Jing wasn’t about to coddle him. "I don’t have all day to waste on you. You can just stay here and work your overtime by yourself."
With that, she snatched her bag from the desk and stormed out.
Xiao Shuo scoffed. Leave him to work overtime alone? Had she lost her mind? What a joke!
He had intended to follow her out right after she left, but five minutes later, he was dumbfounded.
Yang Jing had gone! She had even locked the door from the outside!
Xiao Shuo fumbled with the lock several times but couldn’t open it. He finally had to accept that the door was truly locked.
"FUCK!" This woman was unbelievable! Locking him in to work overtime? Who gave her the nerve? Did Uncle Qi give her a bit of authority, and she thought she was an empress? This wretched woman...!
Xiao Shuo was furious. He kicked the glass door hard, then grimaced in pain.
"UGH!" This damn woman! He wasn’t done with her yet!
Xiao Linye received a call from the Xiao family’s old mansion. The old man was blustering on the other end, "Don’t think for a second I’ll agree to you two being together! Don’t even dream of it!"
The voice from the phone wasn’t loud, but in the confined space of the car, it was clearly audible. Ye Yuning heard it too.
Xiao Linye hadn’t expected the old man to be so obstinate. His expression darkened as he abruptly hung up.
Ye Yuning looked at him, her lips twitching slightly. "Um... it seems he doesn’t like the gift I bought."
"It has nothing to do with your gift."
"So, that means he still doesn’t like me as a person," Ye Yuning mumbled.
Xiao Linye sighed and reached out to ruffle her soft hair. "Don’t dwell on it. You don’t need to go out of your way to please him."
After things had turned out , Ye Yuning certainly wouldn’t be making any more efforts. Since he clearly didn’t like her, nothing she did would ever get through to him. Still, hearing such direct disapproval made her feel quite dejected.