Chapter 1277: Chapter 1277: Absolute Rift (5)

Perhaps, it would be wise to keep Du Qingyu around. This woman might still be of use in the future.

Assistant Luo was summoned by Ye Qilan into the office. He noticed that Du Qingyu’s eyes were red when she left; she must have cried. The only man capable of making a strong woman like Du Qingyu cry was the one in front of him, he thought to himself.

“Mr. Ding, may I ask if you have any instructions?” Assistant Luo asked with utmost respect.

Ye Qilan glanced at Assistant Luo, who immediately became fully alert, not daring to show any negligence.

“While I’m in the meeting, have someone disinfect the office.” Ye Qilan looked directly at Assistant Luo. “Assistant Luo, who gave you the permission to let Du Qingyu enter my office without authorization?”

Assistant Luo turned pale, “Mr. Ding, it was my own presumption. I’m sorry, it won’t happen again.”

“Starting from this month, your salary will be halved, and forget about the year-end bonus,” Ye Qilan said before organizing his documents and leaving the office for the conference room.

Only Assistant Luo was left standing there, wanting to cry but unable to shed tears.

Salary halved, year-end bonus gone, isn’t the big boss being a little too harsh? After all, he had just managed to get a raise at the beginning of the year.

It really is like serving a tiger, the big boss is too ruthless!

Assistant Luo had only heard of the big boss’s reclusiveness, never having seen him. When he learned that the big boss was returning to the country, he leaped at the chance to become his executive assistant, thrilled to the point of sleeplessness.

Now he realized that being the executive assistant was like having a sword hanging over his head. If he didn’t serve well, he risked execution, which left him dying with regret…

On the other hand, Elder Ye wasn’t eating or sleeping well lately, often suffering from angina. He had been in a state of dejection lately because of a series of setbacks.

Not just Elder Ye, the entire Ye Family was enveloped in gloom and doom.

Ye Xiandong had disappeared without a trace, as if there was no such person in this world anymore.

Ye Shiqing had resigned and was no longer acting as the Taicheng official. He had not returned to the villa either, seeming to have stepped out of the Ye Family as well.

It seemed as though the Ye Family had just collapsed.

“Elder leader, someone has sent an express package for you, asking you to sign for it and check it personally,” the butler handed the express delivery to Elder Ye.

Elder Ye noticed that the package was unsigned and felt a vague sense of unease, yet he still opened the envelope.

When he clearly saw that the main characters in the photographs were Qiao Qiao and Ye Shiqing, his vision blurred, and he nearly fainted on the spot.

The doctor had advised him to take good care of his health and mind. After all, he was of an advanced age, and too much stress was unbearable. But with these issues one after another, how was he supposed to care for his health and mind?

Ye Shiqing and Qiao Qiao were urgently summoned back to the villa by Elder Ye. The moment they saw each other, they knew that Elder Ye might be aware of certain things.

Elder Ye called the two of them into his study and threw the photographs in front of them, “Look at what you’ve done! Shiqing, how could you turn out like this?!”

Ye Shiqing, the most upright child of the Ye Family, had also committed the act of seducing his brother’s wife. If this matter were to spread, the last bit of the Ye Family’s reputation would be utterly destroyed.

“Maybe this is my true nature, and Grandpa just never noticed,” Ye Shiqing picked up the photographs, his eyes shifting towards the pale-faced Qiao Qiao, worrying if she could withstand such a blow.

Now that these photographs had ended up in Elder Ye’s hands, the next question was whether they would be spread on the internet. He himself didn’t really care; having no official title made him free of burdens. But it was different for Qiao Qiao – she was a woman, and moreover, a married one.