Qi Yu seemed to realize something, unsure whether to mock or ridicule Bai Jiaojiao's question: "Reason? I've known your mother since I was little, and I do everything better than her, and I'm much smarter than her. Just because she's pretty, everyone likes her more, whether it's elders or peers. She has more than me, and I've never competed with her, but I just want this job, and she insists on taking it from me!"

Qi Yu became more and more agitated as she spoke, pointing to her desk: "If I hadn't completely broken her will back then, I wouldn't be sitting in this position now!"

Qi Yu is now the assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a very important position. This is thanks in no small part to the support of the Qi family, but her own efforts cannot be ignored.

She could do without marriage, and even without friends. She devoted all her energy to her work, and she was very content with her life.

After listening to Qi Yu's account, Bai Jiaojiao found it both laughable and pitiful. She didn't know whether she pitied Qi Yu or Yang An.

“You don’t need to look at me like that. You should thank me. If your mother hadn’t been depressed back then, or if your father hadn’t been able to find that loophole, they wouldn’t have gotten along, and you siblings wouldn’t exist.”

Qi Yu had never said those words to anyone before, and now that she had said them, she felt a sense of relief, as if she had finally gotten it all out.

She sat back down, took a deep breath, and composed herself: "I've told you what you wanted to know. As I just said, I'm not afraid of you telling on me. People will only think you're framing me. You can leave now; I have things to do."

Bai Jiaojiao swallowed hard, not intending to leave: "You lied to her for such a ridiculous reason, and now you want to ruin her reputation because of your past mistakes?"

“I didn’t want her to go to your godforsaken Shili Village. I just wanted her to be depressed for a while. It was her own stupidity! It was all her own choice. And don’t you think your question is ridiculous? If I hadn’t said that, would I have just let Yang Changping provide evidence? Speaking of which, I should thank you. You were the one who reported the spy who was switched at birth with you, right? If it weren’t for your involvement, I really wouldn’t have been able to come up with such a good excuse to get her off the hook.”

Looking at Bai Jiaojiao, who was just as silly as Yang An, Qi Yu even felt a sense of superiority.

“You’re better than your mother; you even got into Peking University. But once your uncle falls from grace, no one will be there to help you, and our Qi family won’t let you rise again.”

Qi Yu made it clear from the beginning that her goal was to wipe them out completely.

Bai Jiaojiao felt utterly hopeless, her lips trembling: "You...aren't you afraid of going to hell after you die? When you see my mother, can you even bring yourself to say these things to her?"

"I, Qi Yu, have never believed in those things."

Qi Yu stared at Bai Jiaojiao: "If you don't leave, I'll call someone in and kick you out."

Qi Yu gave the final order to leave, and Bai Jiaojiao glared at her fiercely, but it had no effect on Qi Yu. Instead, Qi Yu smiled because Bai Jiaojiao could only do so much.

As Bai Jiaojiao stepped out of Qi Yu's door, her expression turned cold, devoid of her previous anger, replaced by a blankness.

Shen Heng was waiting outside. Seeing Bai Jiaojiao's expression, he asked, "Did you get everything out of her?"