Ye Qing knew that her biological father was not a good person, which was one of the reasons why she did not want to have the surgery. However, after hearing Ye Shuwei's smug words, Ye Qing felt cold.
She couldn't believe that anyone could be so shameless.
Nervous, Ye Qing placed her hands behind her back on the table again. Thinking of something, she swallowed hard, trying to suppress her inner tension. Following Ye Shuwei's words, Ye Qing asked again, "So, does the arson have anything to do with you?"
After speaking, Ye Qing saw Ye Shuwei pause slightly, then a fleeting glint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes. Ye Qing subconsciously shifted her feet, standing in a position as if she could run away at any moment.
However, she soon noticed that the vicious light in Ye Shuwei's eyes had disappeared, and after a fleeting moment, he was as kind as before: "Ye Qing, I am still your father, how could I harm you like this? I was just pretending to be friendly with Quan Zhen, otherwise how would I have known that Quan Zhen could be so vicious?"
Ye Shuwei's hypocritical words did not soften Ye Qing's heart. She took a deep breath and continued to press, "I'll say it again, does the fire have anything to do with you or not?"
"Ye Qing, sometimes it's better to be a little oblivious to things, and besides, you're alright now, aren't you? I..."
"It's rare to be confused," Ye Qing thought to himself with a cold laugh.
Ye Shuwei probably originally intended to burn himself to death, so that his death would reduce many obstacles to the transplant surgery. However, he was lucky enough to survive, so he changed his strategy and started to take a friendly approach.
Thinking of this possibility, Ye Qing felt increasingly cold. She stopped asking Ye Shuwei, since Ye Shuwei wouldn't say it directly anyway. So Ye Qing changed her approach: "You're making me confused, which means that the fire at the knitting factory was actually related to you, right? Quan Zhen is ruthless, but not brainless. If the fire at the knitting factory wasn't related to you, Quan Zhen probably wouldn't have cooperated with you, right? Although I don't know what you cooperated on."
"Ye Qing, you..."
Seeing Ye Shuwei's surprised expression, Ye Qing smiled and said, "Are you curious how I guessed it? You know, I know how Quan Zhen treats Xi Quan. Someone who doesn't even trust her own son, would she trust you? So since you were able to find something on her, it proves you were involved, otherwise..."
Before Ye Qing could finish her analysis, Ye Shuwei interrupted her: "Ye Qing, can you forgive your father? At first, your father really didn't know what the knitting factory had to do with you. Later, when he found out, he stopped them..."
Don't know? Ye Qing really wanted to laugh. She had met Liu Wei at the knitting factory. They used Liu Wei to do this, and now they were saying they didn't know?
Do they really think Ye Qing is a fool?
However, if people really think Ye Qing is a fool, Ye Qing wouldn't mind playing dumb to take advantage of them.
Seeing Ye Shuwei's nervous expression, Ye Qing said, "I hate being lied to the most. I'll ask you one last time: were you really involved in the fire at the knitting factory?"
"I……"
Seeing Ye Shuwei's shifty eyes and desperate attempt to come up with an excuse, Ye Qing interrupted her before she could finish, saying, "I already said I hate being lied to, so if you did it, you did it. If you admit it, maybe I'll consider having the surgery. But if you still deny it after all this, then... well, we don't have much of a familial bond anyway, so I won't even consider having the surgery anymore, unless..."
Ye Qing took two steps forward and looked at Ye Shuwei, saying, "Unless you find another way to kill me."
Although Ye Qing's voice wasn't loud when she said "Kill me," her eyes revealed a ruthless intent.
Ye Shuwei seemed to see himself in her. Regardless of his feelings for Ye Qing, he had to admit one thing: Ye Qing was his daughter, and she seemed to have inherited his ruthlessness.
Others may not know the extent to which he is capable of achieving his goals, but Ye Shuwei knows it in his heart. So, seeing Ye Qing's reaction, he weighed Ye Qing's words and nodded: "Yes, it has something to do with me, but Ye Qing..."
Ye Qing looked at Ye Shuwei with a half-smile: "Thank you for your honesty. Hearing how my biological father treated me, I need to process this. So you can go now."
"Ye Qing..."
Hearing Ye Shuwei's somewhat unwilling voice, Ye Qing suddenly looked up and gave him a cold look.
Startled by Ye Qing's gaze, Ye Shuwei swallowed what she wanted to say and turned to leave.
As soon as he left the store, Ye Qing quickly came over, closed the store, locked it from the inside, and drew the curtains in the shop window. Then Ye Qing hurriedly ran to the table where he had been standing and pressed a few buttons on the tape recorder.
Not only could you hear Liu Wei's parents talking, but you could also hear Ye Shuwei's voice.
After hearing Ye Shuwei personally admit that he was also involved in the fire at the knitting factory, Ye Qing turned off the tape recorder, took out the cassette tape, and held it tightly in her hand. Leaning against the table, she slowly slid down, finally curling up in the corner between the table and the wall, her eyes unfocused and staring at a certain place.
After a long while, two hot tears streamed down Ye Qing's face. She raised her hand to wipe them away, then stood up and found a place she thought was safe to hide the cassette tape.
Ye Qing recorded the conversation only because he was afraid that Liu Wei's parents would turn around and accuse him later. It wasn't that Ye Qing was overly wary, but rather that he had been schemed against so many times before that he had to be more careful.
Recording Ye Shuwei's words was an accident, but now it seems that the accident was actually a good thing.
As for how to use the tape, Ye Qing hadn't figured it out yet, but having the tape was practically an extra talisman.
Because it was almost Chinese New Year, there were very few people on the street, so Ye Qing closed the shop and didn't reopen it.
She had been spending a lot of time alone, and during this time she was able to calm down and work on her design drafts.
The next day was New Year's Eve. Xu Xiaoyue came to find Ye Qing and invited her to her house for dinner. Ye Qing didn't want to go at first, but she couldn't resist Xu Xiaoyue's enthusiasm, so she went with Xiaoyue.
From what Xu Xiaoyue had said, Ye Qing could tell that Xu Xiaoyue's uncle and aunt were not easy to deal with. Ye Qing was worried about what would happen if they ran into them, but fortunately they didn't.
Although she spent the New Year with others, Ye Qing felt that this was the happiest New Year she had ever had compared to previous years!
After all, I was living under someone else's roof before, and my uncle and aunt's constant sarcasm made it impossible for me to be happy. Although I'm spending the New Year at someone else's house this year, the atmosphere is the best.
When Ye Qing returned to the shop in a great mood, she was about to open the door when she saw a lot of cigarette butts at the entrance. She paused for a moment, but didn't think much of it. She took out her keys to open the door, but suddenly there was a loud "bang" behind her. The loud firecracker startled Ye Qing so much that she dropped her keys.
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