Chapter 29 p1
Before getting out of the car, Ye Qianqian suddenly called out to Qi Sijia and handed her a business card.
Qi Sijia looked down at it.
“The day before yesterday, you said you met someone who could treat your mental illness.”
“Yes, that’s right,” Qi Sijia looked up. “How did you get Mike’s contact information?”
Mike was Qi Sijia’s attending physician, but he had retired three months ago, and all his patients were handed over to his apprentice assistant for continued treatment.
He himself had gone on a round-the-world trip as planned. Logically, Ye Qianqian shouldn’t have been able to get his contact information.
“There’s no service that can’t be bought with money,” Ye Qianqian said nonchalantly, her hand resting on the rolled-down car window.
“The conditions for the consultation have all been prepared for you. How are things on your end? It’s best to have the other person contact Mike and cooperate with professional medical advice to help you overcome your psychological problems.”
The other person would never agree.
Qi Sijia didn’t have the courage to bring it up, especially when she thought about her previous speculations about the other person’s intentions and her own self-conquest…
She couldn’t bear to lose that much face.
Qi Sijia’s lips tightened as she put the business card in her pocket.
“I’m not familiar with the other person.”
Ye Qianqian’s face was full of disappointment, more anxious than Qi Sijia herself.
“Even Mike can be persuaded. Why can’t she?”
“Unless someone has no desire for money, there’s nothing that can’t be accomplished by asking, only a price that can’t be offered.”
Ye Qianqian seemed determined to have Qi Sijia accept treatment.
Qi Sijia thought about it seriously, took out a blue velvet gift box from her travel bag, and handed it to Ye Qianqian.
“The other person isn’t short of money.”
The gift box opened, and a string of light luxury pink diamond necklaces came into view.
“This is…” Even though Ye Qianqian was well-traveled, she still covered her mouth and said with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty, “The ten limited edition pieces from the Paris jewelry auction last year?”
Qi Sijia hummed in agreement. “I have another one here. Wei Yunfang went through great pains to buy it at the Christie’s auction at the beginning of the year. The color and size are the same as this one. Why do you think that young lady would throw it to me without blinking an eye?”
Either she has ulterior motives or she just doesn’t care!
She tactfully confirmed Qi Sijia’s work status.
After learning that this person was dressed in strange clothes and hadn’t even shown her face, and that the other person was unlikely to be interested in Qi Sijia, Ye Qianqian looked away with a complicated expression and clicked her tongue in envy. “Should I say you’re lucky or unlucky? I thought it was absurd enough for Miss Qi to condescend to be a cleaner, but I didn’t expect to run into such a good thing falling from the sky while casually cleaning.”
So, Qi Sijia still found the top-floor owner’s behavior incredible, to the point that her first reaction was that the other person liked her.
But the other person had a girlfriend, and the necklace was given to her purely on a whim. She had so many jewels that she couldn’t wear them all, or it was just her innate way of doing things, a set of reward and punishment standards.
“It’s a bit tricky.”
According to Qi Sijia, for a wealthy woman to give a global limited edition necklace worth over 500,000 yuan to a cleaner she didn’t know as a thank-you was enough to prove that the other person was at least more financially well-off than Ye Qianqian had imagined.
When their status reached this level, there were indeed things that money couldn’t buy.
Ye Qianqian sighed. Seeing that she didn’t continue to persuade her, Qi Sijia was relieved. She unbuckled her seatbelt and told Ye Qianqian to switch seats.
But she didn’t expect Ye Qianqian to stretch out her right hand and shamelessly pull Qi Sijia.
“I’m going to be late.”
“So what if you’re late? The original intention of you doing this job was to overcome your social anxiety. Now that you’ve finally met someone you don’t resist from the bottom of your heart, you should at least give it a try.”
Qi Sijia hid her feelings for the top-tier owner. Ye Qianqian didn’t notice at all. She tilted her head, and her eyes suddenly lit up. “Why don’t you just ask her directly? If she says no, you have nothing to lose. But if she’s willing to help you with your psychological problems according to the doctor’s advice, the treatment will only take three months at most. And she likes to eat the food you make, which means she wants something from you.”
Qi Sijia frowned and thought for a moment. “Will it seem utilitarian?”
Ye Qianqian said with experience, “How many wealthy women do you think are not utilitarian? Your sister, I, usually pretend not to be, but in private, don’t I also do some sneaky things?”
Qi Sijia glanced at her and couldn’t help but laugh. “You even know that what you’re doing is not glorious. Have you thought about how to explain it to that Miss Shen?”
Ye Qianqian’s face was full of heartache. “Why bring her up? If she were useful, she wouldn’t have been sent to Siberia by her boss. So much so that now, as a sister, I can’t even think of a solution for you. I have to ask you to ask a stranger for help and suffer this kind of grievance.”
Qi Sijia’s heart warmed, and she curled her lips. “You’re really not an outsider. You use your lover to do things for me. You’re so utilitarian.”
For about five years, Ye Qianqian had not seen Qi Sijia’s genuine and relaxed smile.
“Hey. After so many years of friendship, a sister is of course more important than a wife.”
“Alright, I’ll think about how to ask.”
After the joke, the barrier between them lessened a little. Ye Qianqian stared at Qi Sijia for a long time and asked, “Jiajia, is it convenient for you to tell me why you haven’t been able to come out of it all these years, and why you’ve suddenly changed so much? It’s not because Qi Jun and I urged you, right?”
“Or is there another reason?” The last sentence was the key point. As a best friend, Qi Sijia’s recent changes were indeed surprising, and it wasn’t a bad thing. It’s just that the change in attitude before and after was too fast, which made people feel a little uneasy.
After all, for someone to be able to reconcile Qi Sijia with her past and actively seek treatment, how much weight could that person have in Qi Sijia’s heart?
Ye Qianqian was not sure.
In fact, Ye Qianqian’s sixth sense often had an accuracy that could not be explained by science.
Qi Sijia was quiet for a while, then sat back in the driver’s seat and said frankly, “Actually, maintaining a severe state of social anxiety doesn’t affect my life. At that time, I didn’t want to socialize and refused to show any emotion to anyone. Of course, the advantage of maintaining this state is that I absolutely won’t get any positive or negative emotional feedback from others. Being alone can save me a lot of trouble. The most important reason is also to retaliate against Qi Jun.”
Ye Qianqian’s eyes widened. She never thought that Qi Sijia had the intention of giving away the Qi family’s property.
Who would have thought that this was Qi Sijia’s purpose?
When Qi Jun was young, he would do whatever it took for his career. He had made himself a first-generation rich man, and everyone in the industry called him an old fox with foresight. But no matter how smart and capable a person is, there will be a time when they get old. After a hundred years, someone at least needs to take over the huge Qi family business.
Qi Jun must have understood this point, but no matter how anxious he was these past few years, it was useless. Because the Qi family’s company had just gone public a few years ago, and the company’s directors would not agree to hand over the Qi Group to Qi Sijia, who had a mental illness.
So after Qi Jun’s death, who would those assets be left to?
I’m afraid even Qi Jun himself knew very well that the empire he had worked so hard for, abandoning his wife and daughter, was about to change its surname.
This retaliation was undoubtedly a heart-piercing one.
Ye Qianqian found that her mouth was a little dry. Thinking of Qi Sijia’s state five years ago, she had originally thought that the father-daughter relationship was not good. Now it seemed that it was more than just not good.
“Then…” Ye Qianqian paused, her voice involuntarily softening. “Why did you suddenly change your mind?”
“I was wondering why you didn’t react at all when Zheng Xin and her mother had been occupying the Qi family’s nest for five years.”
Qi Sijia slowly took off her glasses, took out the gas mask from her travel bag, and put it on her face. Her movements were slow as she fastened the straps.
Seeing the hesitant Ye Qianqian, a smile appeared in her eyes. She said, “It wasn’t very sudden. This time I went out, I met some people, and it coincided with the demolition of the development zone. It made me realize that I’m not as indifferent to fame and fortune as I thought, not so aloof and proud that I wouldn’t bow down for five pecks of rice. What’s mine is still mine. Because in the past, I had the title of Qi Jun and Wei Yunfang’s daughter, and I never got any good from it. Now that they’re old and need to hand over their assets to be inherited, I still feel that those things should all be mine.”
Ye Qianqian raised her head in delight. “High awareness! That’s so right. If you were a saint, not fighting or grabbing, and just giving away your assets, how could we still hang out together? After all, a saint would never tolerate a best friend like me with a low moral compass and who would do anything for money.”
Qi Sijia curled her lips and glanced at her. “So, can I go to work now?”
Ye Qianqian quickly let go and said goodbye happily. “See you.”
People who are not in the entertainment industry are naturally not aware of safety. Qi Sijia was used to being casual with Ye Qianqian.
She never thought that Ye Qianqian’s face and her car were now the main focus of the paparazzi.
The reason was that from last night to this morning, the news of a well-known three-character singer and dancer’s rich second-generation girlfriend had been at the top of the hot search for a full twelve hours.
Fu Chuchu’s home address and Ye Qianqian’s car had long since been targeted. So just as Qi Sijia was chatting with Ye Qianqian in the driver’s seat for a few minutes, she was caught by the paparazzi.
At the same time, in a high-end office building, Ge Yaru was writing a news report. A faxed photo and a phone call came in at the same time.
Her capable subordinate, Ah Jin, had a crooked smile on his face. “I didn’t expect there to be an even more explosive follow-up.”
Ge Yaru was silent the whole time, a rare occurrence.
“I’ve already filmed the entire video. I’ve confirmed that the lady who got out of Fu Chuchu’s rumored rich second-generation girlfriend’s car is not Fu Chuchu. The two of them seemed to be very close and stayed in the car for a long time.”
Ge Yaru: “…”
“Boss, why aren’t you saying anything? If this big news is exposed, it will be a big deal. Are you planning to live stream it tonight or warm up on Weibo first?”
Ge Yaru pushed open the window, and a cool wind blew over her. She narrowed her eyes, her temper not good as she lowered her voice. “Shut up. Use your brain. Fu Chuchu’s rumors are harmless. But what is the status of that rich second-generation? How many media outlets would dare to expose her cheating? Figure this out first, then we’ll talk about other things.”
“Boss, are you in a bad mood?”
Of course, Ge Yaru was not in a good mood. She quickly suppressed the matter of the photos and told Ah Jin to collect the film.
Ye Qianqian’s status didn’t need to be investigated. In the industry, you could more or less get some clues.
The rumors about this rich second-generation’s identity last night were all gone this morning, and even the frontal photos on the topic square had been completely deleted.
Ge Yaru was a smart person. She knew that if she wanted to survive in Ningcheng for a long time, she had to be careful about what she said and what she shouldn’t say.
There was another very important reason. The person who got out of Ye Qianqian’s car was…
“Qi! Si! Jia!”
Ge Yaru gritted her teeth and stared at the tall woman wearing a gas mask, and opened Qi Sijia’s WeChat.
Her long nails pressed against the phone screen. She deleted a series of questions and pressed the voice call button.
But no one answered.
[When we broke up, you said you would never look for someone like me who is utilitarian, would do anything for money, and doesn’t want to be responsible and just wants a 419. But after so many years, your taste is still as bad as ever.]
Qi Sijia inexplicably glanced at her WeChat. She couldn’t remember who “Paparazzi Ge” was for a long time. She thought it was a green software for promoting novels.
So she removed him from her contact list.
After doing this, she turned back. The supervisor and a few cleaning aunties were blocking Qi Sijia at the entrance of Building 18.
Qi Sijia had been complained about. The reason was that Fu Chuchu had sent a lawyer’s letter. A high-end residential building with such strict management as Jinbiao Mingting had actually let a paparazzi in.
Last night, everyone in the property management had a sleepless night. Because the people living in this residential building were either rich or noble. When the building was sold, the privacy of the owners and the security of the environment were the main selling points.
But it had only been two years since the handover, and such a problem had already occurred.
The property management took it very seriously and checked the surveillance footage overnight.
In the end, they found that Qi Sijia had chatted with Ge Yaru. What was even more surprising was that Qi Sijia actually had an access card to the building.
You should know that even the cleaning aunties did not have an access card that only the owners could have.
Coincidentally, Xiao Su, who had been responsible for handling Qi Sijia’s induction procedures these past few days, had gone back to his hometown to handle his elderly relative’s funeral.
So the deputy manager of the property management, who had just returned from maternity leave, took matters into her own hands, blamed it on Xiao Su, and without even asking, directly classified the matter as a problem with the internal recruitment of cleaning staff.
The cleaning supervisor was under the unified supervision of the property management. Now that such a big mistake had occurred, she was naturally to blame. Not to mention the deduction of money, after this time, she would also have to write a self-criticism and submit it.
The supervisor’s mood could be imagined. She deliberately sent Gui Xiaolian away and blocked Qi Sijia downstairs, lashing out, “No matter what means you used to coax Miss Meng on the top floor to protect you, this time, what’s wrong is wrong.”
Qi Sijia glanced at her coldly. “It wasn’t me.”
The supervisor was stung by her cold gaze, and her heart went cold.
She measured Qi Sijia’s tall stature and muttered to herself that if she really framed Qi Sijia, and Qi Sijia beat her up later, she would be beaten black and blue.
Wanting to resolve the matter quickly, she quickly glared at Auntie Wu next to her. Auntie Wu, with a guilty conscience, shrank back.
The supervisor, mixing her dialect with Mandarin, fabricated a set of laws, blaming Qi Sijia for everything. “Miss Fu has sued the property management, but the biggest problem is you. According to the law, fraudulent employment and theft of others’ privacy are punishable by imprisonment. We plan to hand you over. There’s a video of you chatting with a suspicious person in the elevator on the surveillance.”
Qi Sijia had no reaction at all. Her expression was calm as she seriously explained the criminal law to the supervisor. “Article 305 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China states that in criminal proceedings, if a witness, expert, recorder, or translator deliberately gives false testimony, appraisal, record, or translation on circumstances important to the case, with the intent to frame another person or conceal evidence, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; if the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years.”
Her expression was calm, and she even recited the article of the criminal law clearly. Paired with a pure female low voice, she was like a judge presiding over a trial.
Being intimidated like this, the supervisor, who had never studied criminal law and whose evidence was not solid, took a step back and bumped into the trembling Auntie Wu.
Auntie Wu’s forehead was covered in sweat. She avoided Qi Sijia’s gaze with a guilty conscience and said with a bluff, “Don’t… don’t listen to her nonsense. The evidence is conclusive. Who else could have done it? Otherwise, which auntie would have specifically found someone to forge an access card that only an owner can have?”
