Chapter 1193: Chapter 1193: Dad Used to Not Be So Fierce (7)

Qiao Qiao didn’t dare to hold too much hope, anxiously waiting outside the door.

In fact, she had been dealing with Ye Shiqing for a year now. Too many things had happened over this year.

She pressed the doorbell for two minutes, thinking that Ye Shiqing was not at home, just about to leave, when the door suddenly opened.

Qiao Qiao was both startled and delighted, entered the villa, and was somewhat taken aback to see Ye Shiqing leisurely sitting in the living room, dressed in homewear.

She thought he would be in low spirits, completely unlike what she had imagined?

“Second Brother, are you alright?” Qiao Qiao sat down beside Ye Shiqing and carefully examined his expression but couldn’t read his emotions.

“Do you hope something is wrong with me?” Ye Shiqing asked indifferently, his eyes calm like water.

“Of course not! I heard from Wen Beibei that you were going to resign, and I couldn’t get through to your phone…” Before Qiao Qiao could finish, Ye Shiqing took her bag and rummaged out her phone.

Seeing his own number being unblocked from her blacklist, he couldn’t help but laugh silently.

It seemed that this woman was no longer mad at him. Otherwise, his name would still be locked in her blacklist, and she wouldn’t have hurried over here in such a rush.

“I’ve already discussed it with Su Liao. We both think that there is a force behind the scenes targeting the Ye Family. From the car accident of Ye Xiandong to Ye Qilan’s death, everything was orchestrated by the same person. Even that night with you was at that person’s bidding, just to have leverage over you. Now that Ye Qilan is dead, if you don’t hold office, the Ye Family will be rendered harmless. We suspect that an enemy of the Ye Family planned all this.” Qiao Qiao said in one breath, her gaze intensely fixed on Ye Shiqing: “Second Brother, you can’t resign!”

“Was it Su Hongxing who told you these things?” Ye Shiqing took Qiao Qiao’s hand and prodded the back of her hand.

Qiao Qiao, solely focused on persuading Ye Shiqing, was too dull to notice that Ye Shiqing was playing with her hand.

“Yes, Su is very clever; thinking about what happened before and after, she came to these conclusions…” She felt something wasn’t right, looked down, and noticed her hand was in Ye Shiqing’s grasp.

She hurriedly tried to pull her hand back, but Ye Shiqing firmly controlled it.

His palm had calluses, which tickled the back of her hand, “Second Brother, I’m discussing serious matters with you!”

She got annoyed and had to use a lot of strength to free her hand from his grasp.

“Resigning isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Ever since I took office, I’ve been busy all the time, with no chance for romance. If I resign, I’ll be a free man. Then, no one can interfere with my personal life. Even if the video with you gets out, it also…”

“Have you thought about me? If the video gets out, how can I face people?” Qiao Qiao interrupted Ye Shiqing.

“It’s precisely because I’m considering you that I’ve decided to resign. In that case, there’s no need for the other party to use the video, and you should be happy about that.” Ye Shiqing’s words rendered Qiao Qiao speechless in an instant.

So Ye Shiqing meant that he was resigning because of his concern for her?

She suddenly remembered Ye Qilan’s death. Everyone knew that Su Hongxing was Ye Qilan’s Achilles’ heel, no one could touch Su Hongxing. Therefore, everyone knew that Su Hongxing was Ye Qilan’s weak spot.

In the end, Ye Qilan indeed died protecting Su Hongxing.

Was Ye Shiqing going to follow in Ye Qilan’s footsteps now?

What virtues or abilities did she have to make Ye Shiqing sacrifice his future for her safety?