Chapter 136: Not Asking Does Not Mean You Don’t Know

"If you tell the truth, I might even let you off the hook for the sake of our friendship. If you insist on not telling me, I'll have to go find your father. You know, it's easy for me to take action against your family."

Lu Li knew very well that what he said was the truth.

She was undoubtedly afraid in her heart, but...

"Now that things have come to this, I won't make excuses. It was indeed me who went to find Qinqin. I know that Qinqin likes and respects her eldest brother in the family very much. If I say something provocative, Qinqin will become dissatisfied with your eldest sister-in-law and go to her to stand up for your eldest brother. My mission is to incite her to go to your eldest sister-in-law and then anger your eldest brother."

"As for the purpose, I think it is to destroy the relationship between you and your eldest brother, so that he will dislike and alienate you."

"Regarding the affairs of your Qi family, it is indeed not me who investigated them. I don't have the ability to do so. Someone else told me, and I was only responsible for conveying these words to Qinqin and then guiding her a little. As for who this person is, I'm sorry I can't tell you. If I don't tell you, at most I will lose my family property; once I tell you, I and my family will die."

Qi Wurun stared at her for a long while without asking any more questions.

Some things don't require clear questions to know the answers.

"Okay, since you can't say it, I won't force you. But Qinqin treats you as a good friend, you shouldn't use her. What you incited Qinqin to do is likely to put Qinqin, and even me and my dad, in trouble! Qinqin hasn't seen many people since she was a child, and she truly treats you as a friend and trusts you wholeheartedly without reservation. Are you doing this to her?"

"I'm sorry, I have no choice. This is a matter of life and death for me and my family, so I can only choose to sacrifice Qinqin. If you lose a friend, you can find another one, but if my family and I die, it's gone for real."

"You used Qinqin." Qi Wurun emphasized again.

"Yes, I took advantage of her. Qinqin is so naive, she believes everything others say, and even wants to "fight for injustice" for your eldest brother. She doesn't realize that your eldest brother controls most of the power in your Qi family, so how could he not handle such a small matter and need her to worry about it. I heard that your eldest sister-in-law's family background is not simple. Qinqin is so stupid, she rushed to him and questioned him without knowing anything. Isn't this offending him?"

"But I have to say, I envy her innocence and stupidity sometimes. If she hadn't been spoiled by her family since she was a child and never suffered any grievances or losses, she wouldn't have grown up to have such a personality. So Fourth Brother Qi, in your opinion, do you and your father really have no responsibility at all for raising Qinqin to be like this?"

"To spoil a child is like to kill him. Unless you let her live under your wings and protect her tightly for the rest of her life, Qinqin will suffer a great loss sooner or later, if not now then in the future. I am letting her offend your family now, and your family will not kill you no matter what, but if Qinqin offends someone else you cannot afford to offend, the situation will be hard to say. So seriously, Fourth Brother Qi, you actually have to thank me."

Qi Wurun looked displeased.

At this point, Lu Li was no longer panicked and smiled: "It was just a joke."

"The truth has been exposed, and there is no reason for me to stay any longer. Please trouble Fourth Brother Qi to send a few people to take me back. Otherwise, when Qinqin wakes up and sees me, she will probably faint from anger again."

Qi Wurun did not rush to respond to her.

He looked at her and said slowly, "Ms. Lu Li, do you think you will be safe after you leave here if you don't tell me? Why don't you think I continue to ask you?"

Lu Li’s smile froze.

Qi Wurun continued, "Do you think I know who asked you to incite my sister?"

Lu Li's expression changed again.

"Ms. Lu Li, if you tell me everything I want to hear now, I may be able to protect your life for a short time; if you don't, you will have to go back by yourself. Let me send a few people to send you back? You are no longer valuable, why should I waste manpower to send you back? Take you back for interrogation? That is not necessary."

Lu Li was indeed threatened by him. After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll tell you!"

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"Find a few people to send Miss Lu Li back to California safely."

Twenty minutes later, Qi Wurun gave instructions to his subordinates.

Lu Li standing in front of him had long lost her previous spirit. She looked a little dispirited and let people take her away.

After Lu Li was taken away, Qi Wurun ordered again: "Take the surveillance footage of the room after I entered and give it to me, and then delete all the backups."

"Yes, Fourth Young Master."

Qi Wurun wanted to show this surveillance video to Qi Wuyu, as well as to his father and sister. Qi Wurun took Lu Li's words to heart: To spoil a child is like killing him.

What happened today reminded him that being too naive is not necessarily a good thing. If Qi Leqin continues like this, he is likely to get into big trouble.

Qi Wurun sat by Qi Leqin's bed until the early morning, when Qi Leqin slowly woke up. The lights were off in the room. When Qi Leqin opened her eyes, she saw a person sitting beside the bed. She was so frightened that she almost fainted again.

With a "click", Qi Wurun turned on the light.

"Fourth brother, it's you. I was scared to death. Why are you here? Where is eldest brother?" Later, Qi Leqin recalled the circumstances under which she fainted.

Qi Wurun didn't say a word to her. He picked up the tablet on the bedside table, opened a surveillance video and handed it to her.

Qi Leqin didn't understand, but perhaps because Qi Wurun looked a little scary at the moment, she didn't dare to ask more questions and obediently took the tablet.

The more he looked down, the paler Qi Leqin's face became.

There were some things that her fourth brother and father had reminded her of implicitly, but she never took them seriously, and she never thought that her good friend Lu Li would deceive and use her...

"Fourth brother, what on earth is this..."

"Qi Leqin, you are not a child anymore. Your eldest sister-in-law was married to your eldest brother when she was your age. Your second sister Qi Leting is only a few months older than you and has already achieved certain results in her professional field. There are some things you should know. I hope you can remember everything you saw and heard today, and don't reveal any traces after you go out."

"This could cost lives. You don't care about your own life, so don't you care about the lives of me and Dad? If you continue to be so stupid and act so recklessly, and bring trouble to Dad and me, I will never forgive you even if I become a ghost!"

"Also, come with me tomorrow morning to apologize to my sister-in-law. Please be more polite when the time comes, and be more respectful to my sister-in-law in the future. My brother is so smart. If there is really something wrong with my sister-in-law, wouldn't he know it? Is it necessary for you to take the risk? You can't even manage yourself, and you can be fooled and used by others at will, and you still have the nerve to meddle in other people's affairs!"

Qi Leqin had never been scolded like this by her own brother before, and her eyes turned red with grievance.

"How dare you cry!" Qi Wurun shouted.

"Qi Leqin, if you keep crying and whining like this, you should just stay home and don't go out or see your friends! How old are you? When you encounter problems, you just cry instead of thinking about how to solve them. Don't you feel embarrassed?"

Qi Leqin was frightened by his yelling. She wanted to cry but didn't dare to, so she hiccuped.

Qi Wurun endured the pain and remained firm: "That's it. I'll call you at seven tomorrow morning. You and I will go to apologize to the sister-in-law. If you are hungry, ask someone to bring food up."

In the past, Qi Wurun couldn't bear to let her go hungry, so he arranged everything for her, including food, clothing, housing and transportation.

When Qi Wurun took his tablet and left, Qi Leqin finally couldn't hold it anymore and burst into tears while hugging her pink doll.

Qi Luo had no idea what was happening here.

She woke up from Qi Wuyu's arms, it was already dawn.

"Awake." Qi Wuyu's voice sounded above her head, hoarse from just waking up, a little sexy, and slightly arousing.