This was the first time she had received any news from Xia He since Ye Rouxin's accident, and also the first time Xia He had called her.

Ye Xinning didn't know why Xia He was calling at this time, and with this question in mind, she answered the phone.

The call connected, but there was no sound on the other end. Ye Xinning spoke calmly, her tone more composed than she had expected, "Assistant Xia."

After a long pause, Xia He's voice finally rang out, "Miss Ye."

"I was really surprised that Assistant Xia called at this time. When I was so busy, how could I forget that Assistant Xia is also my mother's assistant? Why didn't Assistant Xia come to me to discuss how to clear my mother's name of this fabricated crime?"

"A fabricated charge?"

"Isn't that what Assistant Xia thinks?" Ye Xinning asked with a smile.

Xia He did not give a direct answer to Ye Xinning's question.

"It was my oversight. This is something I really should discuss in detail with Miss Ye. So, do you have some time, Miss Ye?"

Ye Xinning gripped the phone tightly.

Xia He asked her to meet, an invitation that seemed perfectly ordinary, but Ye Xinning knew that from the moment she received that call, Xia He was no longer the Xia He she used to be.

"Where should we meet?" she asked Xia He on the other end of the phone in a low voice. Xia He's request to meet meant that many things could be put to rest.

“I’ll send you the address in the suburbs. Remember it, Miss Ye. For your mother’s safety, think about what you care about most. Think it through before deciding whether to bring someone to meet me.”

Xia He hung up the phone after saying that.

Looking at her phone screen, even someone as dense as Ye Xinning would know that Xia He's words were a threat.

After putting down his phone, Ye Xinning drove alone to the place Xia He had mentioned.

...

An hour later, Ye Xinning arrived at the place Xia He had mentioned.

After parking the car, she looked at the surroundings. It was a very remote, abandoned parking lot, and there wasn't a single person in sight.

Ye Xinning's vigilance grew stronger, and after much deliberation, she still sent a message to Shen Lin.

After successfully sending the message and returning the phone, Ye Xinning stepped into the abandoned parking lot.

She had just stepped into the open space when she saw Xia He standing not far away, with her back to her.

Several men stood beside Xia He, none of whom Ye Xinning had ever seen before, and the coldness in her eyes intensified.

"The place where Assistant Xia arranged to meet is really peculiar. I never thought that one day I would come to an abandoned parking lot to talk to someone."

Ye Xinning's voice finally made Xia He, who had her back to her, turn around.

"You've arrived."

Ye Xinning's smile remained unchanged as she looked at Xia He, "It's been a long time since I've seen Assistant Xia. It feels like things have changed."

"Is that so?" Xia He walked towards her step by step, finally stopping in front of her. "Perhaps Miss Ye is too busy, so she doesn't have time to pay attention to us little people."

Ye Xinning curled her lips, looked at the abandoned parking lot, and then at Xia He, "Assistant Xia is no small person. If Assistant Xia were a small person, she wouldn't have been lying low in the Ye Group for so many years, and she wouldn't have received such deep love from my mother."

Xia He didn't speak, she just looked at Ye Xinning.

Ye Xinning remained calm and composed, showing no signs of nervousness. "Now that we've met, Assistant Xia, may I ask you a few questions?"

Since Xia He had invited Ye Xinning here, she naturally no longer wanted to hide many things.

"So you just want to ask whether what happened to your mother was the right thing to do?"

"At this point, if I still ask this question, wouldn't I seem stupid? I expected you to do it, but Xia He, can you give me a reason?"

"Reason? What reason?"

"Why did you come to the Ye Group? Why did you drug my mother? Why are you framing my mother again this time?"

After Ye Xinning finished asking, Xia He didn't speak, but chuckled softly, "I thought you were going to ask something else, but it turns out you were asking this."

"So, can you give me an answer?"

“Indeed, I did all of the things you mentioned, whether it was drugging your mother or this incident, I did it all.”

"Why?"

"Why? What I've done is too lenient. I haven't achieved my final goal yet." The light in Xia He's eyes was chillingly cold. At this moment, she was no longer the capable and stern assistant that Ye Xinning knew. Xia He was more like a long-planned avenger.

Xia He's words still echoed in my ears, "Oh, right, I haven't told you yet what my ultimate goal is. I want your mother to die. Only when she dies can I quell the resentment in my heart."

Why do you hate my mother so much?

"Why? Ye Xinning, more than 20 years ago, an accident occurred during the construction of a real estate project under the Ye Group."

This happened more than 20 years ago...

She was too young at the time, and she wouldn't have paid attention to something like that.

Xia He was about the same age as her, and she suddenly brought this up...

Ye Xinning knew that this was no coincidence, except... Xia He's relatives were involved in that accident.

"That accident? Were any of your relatives involved?"

“My parents were ordinary workers. Back then, in order to improve their lives, they went to work on a construction site. However, the person in charge of that construction site cut corners, causing the building to collapse due to substandard materials. My parents were trapped underneath. They were so innocent. But what did I get in return? I thought I would get an explanation from your Ye Group, but later, my parents' case was dismissed with just a few words. Your mother didn't give any explanation at all, and you still haven't seen the families of those who were injured in the accident. Such cold-bloodedness! If it weren't for that incident, I would never have known that the lives of ordinary people like us are so insignificant to you.”

As Xia He spoke, things gradually became clearer.

Xia He's parents died unexpectedly in a project invested in by the Ye Group. Xia He harbored resentment, which is why she returned to the Ye Group many years later to seek revenge.

"The person in charge of cutting corners in your parents' case is the real culprit. Why don't you go and get revenge on him?"

“That person was certainly wrong, but he died in a car accident a few years ago. It can be said that God has eyes. I have said that I will make everyone who has wronged my parents pay the price, including your mother. Your mother is so cold-hearted. If it weren't for her investment in this project, my parents would not have passed away.”