Ye Qing watched as Li Yeming gradually fell into deep thought, and then stopped talking. She knew that since Li Yeming had taken her words to heart, she should give him some space to think.
And how should we put this?
If someone of Li Yeming's age had experienced these things in marriage, it would be a truly harrowing ordeal.
However, the affair between Jiang Xinya's maternal grandmother and Li Yeming's father, or rather, when they were together, was before the liberation, when having multiple wives and concubines was still legal.
Li Yeming's mother, as Li Yeming's father's lawfully wedded wife, disliked that her husband had another woman. From a woman's perspective, this is understandable. However, in that era, although it's not nice to say it like that, in fact, Jiang Xinya's maternal grandmother was legally recognized as Li Yeming's father's second wife at that time.
So, Li Yeming's harsh treatment of Jiang Xinya's grandmother was somewhat unreasonable in that era. The reason why Li Yeming's mother treated Jiang Xinya's grandmother even worse was because times had changed, and the old days of having multiple wives and concubines were no longer acceptable in the new era.
However, no matter what, Jiang Xinya's grandmother and Li Yeming's mother are bound to be enemies, and Jiang Xinya and Li Yeming are also disliked by this reason.
This is why Li Yeming hesitated so much after Jiang Xinya revealed her identity at the beginning.
Later, Li Yeming couldn't refuse the conditions offered by Jiang Xinya's grandmother, so he became greedy and overlooked many things.
Now, because of Ye Qing, many things from back then have resurfaced in my mind, the mutual insults and arguments between my mother and Jiang Xinya's grandmother... all of them have become clear.
Ye Qing watched as Li Yeming's fingers curled tighter and tighter on the table, until the veins on the back of his hands were visible. Ye Qing knew that Li Yeming must have been thinking about a lot of things.
It's not that Ye Qing could speak so fluently about Li Yeming's feelings; it's because he's seen so much that he can understand things, especially gossip about relationships. Frankly, it's quite easy to guess what's going on. After saying so much, he always manages to get to the heart of the matter in one or two sentences.
Because this matter isn't complicated, Li Yeming's mother and Jiang Xinya's maternal grandmother are two women and one man, which is definitely a classic domestic power struggle drama.
Li Yeming's family wasn't exactly wealthy, but precisely because they weren't, some disputes over things were even more undignified. If they were a large and powerful family, everyone would be more reserved, and many things wouldn't be so ugly in public.
If it weren't so bad, Jiang Xinya's grandmother wouldn't have been so reluctant to leave her hometown, abandoning even her child.
Because he didn't know the whole story, Ye Qing was essentially gambling with all the information he said.
However, judging from Li Yeming's attitude, Ye Qing could tell that he had made the right bet, because his words had made Li Yeming start to seriously consider the matter.
Since that's the case, Ye Qing is even less in a hurry. She waits patiently for Li Yeming to speak again.
Li Yeming remained silent for a long time, looked at Ye Qing, opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he didn't ask anything.
Her hesitation wasn't because she realized that her attitude towards Ye Qing had been very bad, or that she had expressed disdain for Xi Yue in her conversation.
Rather, they were reluctant to admit how Ye Qing had managed to pinpoint so many problems so accurately.
For Li Yeming, although she is not young, she has never been good at or able to solve problems. When she encounters a problem, she just endures it, and she always feels that once she gets through it, the problem will be solved.
So Li Yeming originally had a great hand, but ended up playing it terribly.
She inherited a lot from her father, but because she didn't know how to solve problems, Li Yeming eventually couldn't even keep his small tailor shop afloat. It was only with Ye Qing's help that things started to improve.
It can be said that everything Li Yeming has now is the result of Ye Qing's efforts and support behind the scenes.
Now the trouble has come again, but Ye Qing and her identity have changed. Ye Qing has become the one who is creating problems for her, so Li Yeming has no idea what to do.
Finally, Li Yeming muttered, "But she had no reason to lie to me, did she? I don't have anything to be lied to right now."
Hearing Li Yeming's muttered words, Ye Qing instantly sat up straight, took a deep breath, and adjusted her posture, but still pretended to be nonchalant, as if she had everything under control. "Her? Who? Your stepmother, who is Jiang Xinya's maternal grandmother? Or Jiang Xinya?"
Although Li Yeming did not answer Ye Qing's question directly, he shook his head.
Although it was Ye Qing who asked, Ye Qing herself knew the answer. It was impossible for Jiang Xinya to see her, since Jiang Xinya was still a suspect and was being held in custody. Li Yeming might not be able to see her.
So it was Jiang Xinya's maternal grandmother who approached Li Yeming, but the old lady probably wouldn't have spoken to Li Yeming herself.
So Ye Qing still wanted to know who had contacted Li Yeming.
"Sister Li, there's something I'd like to say, but it might be hard to hear." Ye Qing hesitated for a moment before speaking, though she was asking Li Yeming for her opinion, to see if she wanted to hear it.
But Ye Qing's question was more of an opening remark, because Ye Qing would have answered anyway.
So before Li Yeming could even speak, Ye Qing said directly, "I don't think it was your stepmother, Jiang Xinya's maternal grandmother, who personally promised you anything. If she didn't personally approach you, Sister Li, you're not young anymore. Don't you ever think about why she would say such a thing to you? If Jiang Xinya's maternal grandmother were in Nancheng, then it would make sense for her to approach you, but she's abroad. Although you're in the same industry as her in some ways, the distance between you two is vast. She wouldn't need to promise you anything."
"Of course, she didn't promise me that herself," Li Yeming said softly.
Ye Qing's eyes lit up slightly: "If it's not her, then who is it? Don't you even consider whether there's some other purpose behind this? To put it bluntly, the reason Xi Yue was able to become the owner of the 'Jin' trademark, can you honestly say it's all Xi Yue's fault? Don't you bear any responsibility at all?"
Hearing Ye Qing's words, Li Yeming felt a little angry and opened his mouth to argue, but he swallowed the words back and didn't say anything in the end.
Although she didn't say anything, Li Yeming's gaze towards Ye Qing still held some resentment, but knowing that Ye Qing also bore some responsibility for the trademark issue, she could only suppress her resentment.
Ye Qing raised an eyebrow, stood up as if to leave: "I don't mean to pry into your privacy. If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. You can decide for yourself what to do."
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