Liang Youjie pursed his lips. "I'm not angry. I just hope we can have a calm and peaceful talk."
"Calm down?" Ye Qing laughed. "How can you be calm down? Why is there such a big conflict between you and Xi Quan? Can you tell me?"
“Since you’ve come looking for me, I was planning to talk to you. I don’t know what Xu Ying told you, but she doesn’t know the specifics either. Xi Quan and I are not really related. We are cousins, similar to your relationship with Xu Ying, but we are maternal cousins. His maternal grandfather is also my maternal grandfather.”
Ye Qing was indeed unaware of these things and was quite surprised to hear Liang Youjie's words. However, after the initial surprise, she understood that Liang Youjie also wanted to inherit his grandfather's property.
However, Ye Qing understands Liang Youjie's desire to inherit his elders' property. What Ye Qing cannot agree with is why he is targeting her and her child.
"When did you find out about your relationship with Xi Quan? Or rather, how did Xi Quan find out about your relationship?" Ye Qing asked.
“I knew it a long time ago. When I became an auxiliary police officer, I also wanted to find out about your background. After I found out, I resigned and came to Nancheng. Xi Quan... he found out later, probably before you went abroad. I can't say exactly when, because Xi Quan didn't say.” Liang Youjie said this in a calm tone, but his eyes revealed his unwillingness.
Ye Qing narrowed her eyes, glanced at Liang Youjie, and quickly looked away.
In Ye Qing's view, Xi Quan was not the kind of person who would do anything for money, although he often showed his decisive methods, such as kicking Quan Zhen out of the Huamao Hotel.
However, despite this, Ye Qing still felt that Xi Quan was a gentleman who loved money but acquired it in a proper way.
Just like that small coal mine in Xiaoyao Village back then, if Xi Quan hadn't brought it up, Ye Qing would have had no idea he could receive dividends.
Perhaps Xi Quan told himself that he would receive dividends from the small coal mine at that time, but since he felt sorry for himself back then, it proves that he was not inherently evil and beyond redemption.
After all, you can't sympathize with bad people.
So if Liang Youjie wasn't lying about his relationship with Xi Quan, then Xi Quan wouldn't be so confrontational with Liang Youjie!
If we don't say we handed everything over to Liang Youjie, things wouldn't have come to this point. Ye Qing wasn't sure how Xi Quan treated Su Zhe before, but from what she'd seen since she came back, Xi Quan and Quan Zhen's other son, Su Zhe, might not have had a very close relationship, but at least it wasn't bad.
So even Xi Quan could tolerate Su Zhe, Ye Qing really couldn't understand why he insisted on going against Liang Youjie like this.
Perhaps because Xi Quan is the father of her child and her husband, Ye Qing instinctively stood on Xi Quan's side. However, the story of Xi Quan's injuries told by his grandparents made Ye Qing unable to fully believe that things were as lightly described by Liang Youjie.
But if Liang Youjie did something, he certainly wouldn't directly say how he did something despicable.
Since that's the case, then Ye Qing herself has to ask. She said, "You've done a lot to get the property, haven't you?"
"Should I just give up?" Liang Youjie did not give Ye Qing a direct answer.
Ye Qing organized her thoughts and said, "It's fine if you don't want to give up what's rightfully yours, but you should be open and honest, not resort to these underhanded tactics. According to you, you already knew about your relationship with Xi Quan. So, when we met at the gate of Nancheng University and were photographed, that was probably intentional on your part, right? You sounded innocent back then, but now I think that's not necessarily true. Later, Xi Quan dragged you onto a show and denied our relationship, but then changed his story at the last minute and even re-dubbed it. Xi Quan must have already known something at that time, right? Otherwise, given Xi Quan's personality, it would be too abnormal. I didn't think much of it back then, and I was busy. Considering what happened at that time, I could understand what Xi Quan did. But now I think it's not that simple, is it?"
The more Ye Qing talked, the more she felt that her guess was correct, especially looking at Liang Youjie's attitude. He kept his head down, as if he dared not look at her. Ye Qing felt that she was getting closer to the truth. She asked again, "Do you know when Xi Quan and I got married and registered our marriage?"
“Back in China, before you went abroad,” Liang Youjie said.
Ye Qing nodded, but then emphasized again: "Yes, it was in China, but we got our marriage certificate the day before I was leaving the country. I don't want to say much about the relationship between Xi Quan and me, but you know Xi Quan, and you've known him for quite some time. You should know that he's not the kind of person who acts on impulse. He usually plans everything carefully before he does anything. Given his personality, he dragged me to get the marriage certificate before I left? Unless something really happened, it's hard to explain that it was just an impulse."
“There’s nothing hard to explain, right? He’s married to you, so you’re a legal couple. If anything happens to him, everything he has will be yours.” Liang Youjie tried to stop Ye Qing from asking any more questions.
However, Ye Qing seized on the loophole in his words: "What do you mean by 'whatever happens to him'? Or are you saying that you were planning to do something to Xi Quan at that time?"
Previously, Liang Youjie and Ye Qing hadn't been in much contact, and they mostly talked about trivial things. So, Liang Youjie didn't really know what kind of person Ye Qing was. At least, he didn't know that Ye Qing was so quick-witted and could accurately grasp the loopholes in his words.
In just a few words, Liang Youjie was starting to struggle.
At first, Liang Youjie did intend to use Ye Qing, but over the years, Liang Youjie and Ye Qing had more contact. Liang Youjie had feelings for Ye Qing. Perhaps his affection wasn't entirely pure, but it was still somewhat genuine. It was because of this genuine feeling that Liang Youjie didn't want to continue talking to Ye Qing, because that would let Ye Qing know more about what he had done.
So he sighed deeply and said in a completely innocent tone, "Since you're so protective of Xi Quan, then there's no need for us to have a proper talk."
As if he had suffered some great injustice, he finished his lament and left without waiting for Ye Qing to speak.
Ye Qing stared at Liang Youjie's back for a moment and said, "Although I exposed the film you had taken with your people, there's no guarantee you don't have other backup photos, like the photos of your injuries. Whatever your plans were, I hope they won't appear in the news. If they do, I'll retaliate. There's a saying that those who have nothing to lose aren't afraid of those who have something to lose. In terms of our fame, I'm the one with nothing to lose, while you're a celebrity. If you're not afraid of ruining your reputation, then you can try."
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