Ji Shuli's gaze suddenly became unfocused.

Although according to my younger cousin, it wasn't a big deal to begin with, so why should I tell Ye Qingcheng? Telling him would only make him worry unnecessarily, which would be worse.

That makes perfect sense, but Ji Shuli also put herself in Ye Qingcheng's shoes; every action of her little cousin was chilling Ye Qingcheng's heart.

Initially, it was agreed with Ye Qingcheng that they would live on campus. The reason given was to cultivate a spirit of hard work and perseverance and to ensure safety from thieves. This made Ye Qingcheng, who was originally planning to use some connections to see if he could buy a villa near Yenching University, nod repeatedly in agreement.

The villas near Peking University that were relatively nice and safe had all been leased out. Ye Qingcheng knew that forcing them to buy them would be asking the impossible. He didn't like using connections and wanted everything to be done according to the rules. Since his younger cousin had offered to do so, Ye Qingcheng felt relieved.

Having seen Ji Shuli's repost about the murder of a woman living alone, Ye Qingcheng felt even more strongly that his younger cousin should indeed stay at a hotel.

Several times when guests came to the house, and Ji Shuli was there, Ye Qingcheng would say, "My daughter has grown up! She knows she can't make me worry about everything. I was thinking about how to find a suitable house nearby, but she said she wanted to live at school."

The guest asked with a smile, "You're willing to part with it? And your pampered little princess is actually happy to do it too."

"It's good that she has this idea, and it's good that she's willing to endure some hardship. The fact that she can think this way shows that she's grown up." Ye Qingcheng said that Ye Zhiwei should do it, but there was no lack of pride in his words.

This led the guests to say, "With Zhiwei's character, she's bound to achieve great things like President Ye in the future."

While Ye Qingcheng was discussing his daughter's accommodation, Ye Zhiwei quickly contacted Ji Shuli in less than a month to cancel her plans to stay at the hotel.

Ji Shuli thought it was a small matter, so she didn't tell Ye Qingcheng. She let Ye Zhiwei stay at Jiang Jianian's place for the time being, and planned to tell Ye Qingcheng after finding a suitable place for her little cousin to move out. Little did she expect that such a thing would happen. If Ye Qingcheng knew about it, it would be terrible!

He could let the near-kidnapping incident go by, but now that his daughter has moved out of school and is living with Jiang Jianian, he hasn't heard a thing. Ji Shuli was involved in the whole thing, so not only is his little cousin suffering, but he's also going to be held jointly responsible!

Thinking of this, Ji Shuli felt even more guilty.

Ye Qingcheng put down his teacup, his gaze darkened, and his tone changed from its usual amiable tone. He frowned and said, "Shuli, I always thought that since Zhiwei was close to you, you could help me take care of her and keep an eye on what this little girl was thinking all day long. But now, not only is Zhiwei unwilling to tell me anything, but you are also helping her to keep it from me. You completely disregard your uncle!"

"Uncle, you're exaggerating. I just heard the news myself!" Ji Shuli said awkwardly. "I just called her. She meant that the other party was arrested by the police before they could do anything to her. She was afraid that telling you would make you worry unnecessarily. My little cousin meant well, so please don't overthink it!"

"Do you think I'm overthinking this?" Ye Qingcheng frowned. "She's resenting me for being too busy with work and not taking care of her. Even when she went to university, it was you, her cousin, who accompanied her, right?"

"How could this be!"

"Alright, I know you too well. You're in cahoots with Ye Zhiwei." Ji Shuli said directly, "I don't need you. It just so happens that I don't have any urgent matters at the company recently. I'll go to Yanda University to take a look! You don't need to tell me anything. I'll go to Yanda University and ask her myself!"