Hua: No update on Monday because I was sick 🥺
Qin Jingxu was arrested for the same reason as Qin Chaoyan before—embezzlement.
Recently, during an internal self-examination within the Qin Group, it was discovered that Qin Jingxu had been involved in multiple projects over the past six months, all of which had issues with fund misappropriation. The company has already reported to the police.
On the contrary, after the last board meeting, the company sent people to recheck the Jiazhao branch’s account and found that Qin Chaoyan was framed for embezzlement, and the person who framed him was Qin Jingxu.
Now Qin Jingxu, like Zhang Yun, has also been put in the detention center.
Both mother and son are going to jail.
Unexpectedly, Qin Qijiang actually worked on Qin Jingxu’s case for several days. This is not because he has much fatherly love for Qin Jingxu, but he isn’t stupid. He has only cultivated Qin Jingxu and Qin Chaoyan as his sons.
Qin Chaoyan obviously will not stand on his side, so he can only count on Qin Jingxu in the future.
But within two days, the board of directors received a proposal to remove Qin Qijiang from the position of chairman and required a resolution to convene a general meeting of shareholders within two months.
Qin Qijiang worked tirelessly on Qin Jingxu’s case for several days, feeling physically and mentally exhausted. When he first heard about this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood and fainted on the spot.
When he woke up and learned that the proposal was made by Ye Rongxu, Qin Chaoyan, and even his mother, Old Lady Qin, he fainted again.
This time he was angrier, and coupled with the fear of being kicked off his position, he suffered a mini-stroke.
After all, it was his own mother who wanted to remove him, which made him particularly angry and disappointed.
Adding the shareholding ratio of Ye Group, Qin Chaoyan, and Old Lady Qin, it was enough to pass the resolution to remove him, not to mention the Xie family was also in on this.
Along with his shock and anger, he had a heart palpitation and panic attack.
Without any suspense, it was basically certain that he would be removed from office at the next shareholders’ meeting.
However, he is currently suffering from a stroke and lying in the hospital, unable to speak or move his hands. He does not need to wait for the next shareholders’ meeting and can directly resign.
When Ye Rongxu and Lin Jiaojiao went to the hospital to see Lin Jiaojiao’s mother, they deliberately dragged Qin Chaoyan with them and pretended to pass by Qin Qijiang’s ward and took a peek.
Seeing that the former Chairman Qin now had a crooked mouth and eyes and was lying on the bed unable to move, he couldn’t help but shake his head.
Qin Qijiang’s lovers, however, brought his illegitimate children to see him in large numbers, crying very sadly, but after finding that they could not get any benefits, they gradually stopped coming.
Ye Rongxu sighed secretly: He deserves it.
He was a playboy when he was young, and now this can only be considered retribution.
However, speaking of which, Qin Jingxu is also like this, eating from a bowl and looking into a pot, with fickle and promiscuous emotions, truly deserving of being a father and… son.
He froze, then whipped his head around to stare at Qin Chaoyan.
Qin Chaoyan: “?”
Ye Rongxu looked at him carefully from top to bottom, and after two seconds, he put his finger on his chin, as if thinking.
Qin Chaoyan, who was pushing the wheelchair, was a little puzzled. “What’s wrong?”
“You won’t be unfaithful in the future, right?” Ye Rongxu blurted out, and then he was annoyed, rubbing his fingertips subconsciously, his eyes wandering: “Well, that’s not what I mean. What I want to say is … Qin Qijiang and Qin Jingxu are both unfaithful. It will not be hereditary, right?”
Qin Chaoyan was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his hair unhappily and said, “Don’t talk nonsense, Qin Qijiang’s father… Old Mister Qin was very faithful, wasn’t he? This is an issue related to the individual’s character.”
Ye Rongxu nodded quickly: “Yes, yes.”
He almost forgot that Grandpa Qin was a loyal man. Qin Qijiang and Qin Jingxu are probably a pair of bad apples among the good ones. Fortunately, this is not something genetic.
Ye Rongxu slapped his forehead lightly and felt that he was really imagining things.
Behind him, Qin Chaoyan also breathed a sigh of relief. Almost got dragged down by those two; luckily, it’s fine now.
“I won’t be like them. I only have you in my heart.” Perhaps because he was afraid of being splashed with dirty water again, he made another promise.
Ye Rongxu blushed and glared at him, saying, “The future is unknown.”
Qin Chaoyan insisted, “I will always like you.”
Ye Rongxu: “Are you sure?”
Qin Chaoyan: “Yeah.”
Ye Rongxu: “Anyway, if you don’t like me anymore, I will definitely break up with you.”
Qin Chaoyan: “Yeah… What?”
He suddenly came back to his senses, held the wheelchair handle tightly, and leaned close to Ye Rongxu’s ear: “We would never break up.”
He tilted his head and hummed, trying to ignore the itch in his ear: “Whatever you want.”
But he was happy inside.
Halfway through his joy, his expression suddenly froze: Why did the conversation just now sound like a childish couple swearing to “love you forever”?
Emm… Qin Chaoyan was the one taking the oath, and he was also the one acting childish.
Anyway, it wasn’t him.
He rubbed his sore cheeks and quickly restored his serious expression.
*
After Qin Qijiang was suddenly admitted to the hospital, the Qin Group lost its chairman for a while, and many people were ready to make a move.
The wife of Qin Qihe, the second son of the Qin family, began to drag her husband to visit the shareholders frequently, but Qin Qihe was an honest man. In the early years, when Qin Qijiang had not yet become the chairman and both brothers had opportunities, he might have had some ambitions and wanted to compete.
But after so many years, he has long recognized that he has no great ability. He’s afraid of his elder brother in the company and afraid of his wife at home.
In the Qin family villa, seeing her husband being such a loser, Jiang Hongxia said angrily, “If you can’t do it, what about our son?”
Qin Qihe was helpless: “Don’t you know what Jingrong is like? He hangs out with a bunch of rich second-generation kids all day long, and he’s only in the second year of high school and has never even been to the company. Do you think he is Qin Chaoyan?”
Jiang Hongxia was even more angry after hearing this: “Is there anyone who insults his own child like you?”
But then again, it’s indeed unrealistic to expect anything from Qin Jingrong.
Jiang Hongxia wasn’t stupid. Seeing that her son and husband are not up to par, she thought for a moment and said, “I think the old lady wants to help Qin Chaoyan. I don’t know whether to say that this kid is lucky or not. He’s actually the son of my sister-in-law. I think if your brother doesn’t get better this time, he might be the one to take over. Hey, what do you think…?”
She suddenly approached her husband and lowered her voice, “Should we go meet him and get closer to him? When he becomes the chairman, he can transfer you to a better department.”
“Forget it.” Qin Qihe covered his face with the newspaper as soon as he heard this. “Have you forgotten how you treated him when he came to our house as a child? Forget about being closer to him. It’s good enough that you don’t provoke him to recall the old grudge.”
After saying this, he also advised, “Don’t bother. Isn’t this a good situation now? Let them fight while we take the shares and receive dividends. Life will be peaceful and comfortable.”
Jiang Hongxia was so angry that she snatched the newspaper away and said, “Read, read, read; you only know how to read newspapers! Why are you so useless?”
On Monday, a notice was finally released within the Qin Group that the old lady of the Qin family had reappeared to temporarily take over the position of chairman.
This result was unexpected, but also expected.
After Old Mister Qin’s unexpected death, it was the old lady who came out to stabilize the company in time and then handed it over to her son.
With her son’s incompetence and grandson’s inexperience, the old lady is likely to step in and take control again.
But the old lady is rumored to be in poor health. She had a heart bypass surgery last summer and was recently stimulated by her son, so she might not be able to hold out for long this time as she drags her sick body out of retirement.
But unlike her weak appearance, the old lady was swift and decisive. After taking over the chairman’s post temporarily, she replaced several senior managers on the same day and then adjusted the personnel changes. Lou Xinyu, who was previously in the Jiazhao branch, was directly transferred back to the headquarters to serve as a senior manager.
Anyone with a discerning eye guessed that the old lady was paving the way for Qin Chaoyan.
After that, she adjusted the company’s strategic policy and shelved several ongoing projects. Coincidentally, two projects involved the Xie Group.
At the board meeting, many people secretly glanced at Xie Yunming.
Xie Yunming maintained an unchanging, gloomy face but did not hinder anything until the meeting was over before calling out to Qin Chaoyan.
Qin Chaoyan stood up, then paused, turning his head to look at him.
He knew that the other party would look for him and had been waiting.
Some things must be made clear.
After the people in the meeting room had dispersed, Xie Yunming raised his hand and signaled his people to close the door tightly.
When there were only two people left in the room, he looked at Qin Chaoyan and spoke slowly: “Zhang Yun’s case will soon enter the prosecution stage. There’s no charge for malicious child replacement in China, and it may eventually be prosecuted for trafficking or abandonment. I have consulted a lawyer. If the prosecution is serious, it will only be sentenced to about ten years. I will have the lawyer follow up on this…”
“No need.” Qin Chaoyan suddenly interrupted and said, “I hired a lawyer.”
Xie Yunming was silent. Of course he was aware of this and even knew that the lawyer Qin Chaoyan hired was recommended by the child of the Ye family.
He was silent for two seconds, skipped this topic, and spoke again: “In addition, I will also let the lawyer follow up on Qin Jingxu.”
Qin Chaoyan asked, “Did you send Qin Jingxu in?”
Xie Yunming suddenly sneered, “No.”
He hadn’t had a chance to strike yet. The kid was lucky. It was better to go in there and step on a sewing machine than to live a life worse than death.
When he looked at Qin Chaoyan, his expression eased again, and he continued, “As for the Qin Group, Shang Cuixia’s several measures can be seen to pave the way for you, so I didn’t stop her at the board meeting just now, but you don’t have to waste too much time here.
“I know you did well in the college entrance examination. You can go to E country to study at the best university there, which is not worse than the top 2 here and even ranks higher in the global university rankings. When you attend college there, you will also go to the Xie Group to gain experience…”
“Wait.” Qin Chaoyan suddenly interrupted, frowned, and said in a deep voice, “I stayed because I felt that there were some things that needed to be clarified first. Although the identification results show that I have a blood relationship with the Xie family, I don’t want to have another person to control me for no reason. I hope to maintain an ordinary relative status. If you can’t accept it, you can also consider it as we never recognize each other.”
After a pause, he added, “In addition, I’m not interested in going to E country or joining the Xie Group. If it’s because of my mother… because of Xie Yunzhao’s shares, I can transfer it to the Xie family.”
A chilling coldness emanated from him, and his eyes held a hint of displeasure. Obviously, Xie Yunming’s presumptuous words just now made him unhappy.
The room fell into a dead silence.
Xie Yunming rubbed the silver ring on his thumb for a long time and then slowly said, “There’s something you may not know. I’m not the biological son of your grandparents.”
Qin Chaoyan frowned slightly, a little surprised, but didn’t understand why he said this.
Xie Yunming continued to rub the ring and said, “I have no blood relationship with the Xie family. Everything in the Xie family should not be inherited by me.”
He lifted his gaze to meet Qin Chaoyan’s; his eyes were calm but persistent: “The Xie family should be inherited by you, and besides…”
He paused and continued, “I hope you break up with the child of the Ye family. You two are not suitable.”
Qin Chaoyan’s frown deepened, and his face became colder by the second when he heard the last part. He even felt a little angry.
Initially, he aimed to explain his position clearly, but now he believed the other person was just unreasonable.
The words “You’re sick” rolled over and over on the tip of his tongue, and finally he said coldly, “Impossible.”
His face was sullen as he strode away. When he opened the door, he turned around and said, “There’s no need to discuss or see each other again in the future.”
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