Seeing that Qi Mingyuan remained silent for a long time, Qi Shengzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Qi Mingyuan, with the corners of his mouth raised playfully:
"He's quite patient. He can hold back his anger even after seeing a photo like this. It seems that Deputy Captain Qu holds a great deal of importance in Boss Qi's heart!"
Qi Mingyuan was furious, but he was just suppressing his anger because he didn't want to lose face in front of the younger generation. Now, listening to Qi Shengzhi's sarcastic words, he felt even more upset.
"Alright! I've seen the photos, I'll handle the rest myself! If you have anything else to say, leave now!"
He was upset at the moment and didn't want to see anyone. He was thinking of calling Assistant Ding to check the background of the man in the photo.
“Tsk tsk!”
Qi Shengzhi tutted twice with a look of disgust:
"I sent you the photos with good intentions. Even if I didn't do anything for them, I still worked hard. But you kicked me out without even offering me a meal. Is this how Boss Qi does business?"
Qi Mingyuan frowned. What was this bastard planning?
"Business? What kind of business do you want to do with me?"
Qi Shengzhi tapped the photo on the table with his slender fingers, a smile on his lips:
"That depends on whether Boss Qi is interested!"
"I heard the police are asking around for an imperial green jade bracelet. Yesterday, I went to the art troupe to ask Deputy Director Qu about it. She said she doesn't have such a bracelet and hasn't even seen one."
"But what's captured in this photo doesn't seem to be what she said..."
Qi Mingyuan didn't have the patience to listen to his beating around the bush, so he interrupted him in a harsh tone:
"Just tell me! What do you want to do?!"
Back to business, Qi Shengzhi straightened his expression:
"What do I want to do? I want to know the truth!"
Qi Shengzhi sneered. If Assistant Ding hadn't told him that this jade bracelet was taken by Assistant Ding for Qi Mingyuan many years ago, and he was worried that Qi Mingyuan was really involved, he would have handed the photo directly to the police.
But after looking at the photo, Qi Mingyuan didn't say a word of explanation and was just anxious to get him to leave. This obviously distant and defensive reaction made Qi Shengzhi feel chilled.
"Let me ask you, have you ever bought a jade bracelet for Qu Jingyun? Is it the one in the photo?"
Qi Mingyuan's heart was shaken, and his eyes turned sharp as he looked at Qi Shengzhi:
"Why are you asking this? Whether I bought it or not is none of your business. It's not your business!"
After he finished speaking, he suddenly seemed to think of something and looked at Qi Shengzhi with disappointment:
"...Or do you want to use this photo to blackmail me?!"
“Hahahaha—”
Qi Shengzhi truly experienced what it meant to laugh out loud in anger. This was his father, Qi Shengzhi. He would rather suspect that he was trying to extort money from him, and never thought that his question was out of concern.
"Yes! I'm here to threaten you!"
"Your good wife and that wild man were flirting at my wedding. This photo is much more explosive than any of mine. If this gets out, you, the boss of Qiming Industrial, will be humiliated!"
"Well, have you thought it through? How much money do you want to give me to shut me up?"
Qi Mingyuan was so angry at his rogue behavior that his hands were shaking. His face flushed red and he slammed his palm on the table:
"Asshole! I think you're crazy about money!"
"I'm telling you, don't even think about getting a penny from me! If you don't consider yourself a member of the Qi family and don't mind being embarrassed by sharing it, then go ahead and spread this photo everywhere!"
Qi Shengzhi's peach blossom eyes turned red with hatred, and he gnashed his teeth and said:
"Do you think anyone wants your rubbish?! I won't take it even if you ask me for it!"
"Just rest assured and leave all your money to your precious son. After all, his mother will be in jail soon. He will be like me, a motherless man!"
“Bang!”
A loud slap hit Qi Shengzhi's face. A bright red palm print suddenly appeared on his fair cheek and quickly swelled up, which showed how strong the force was.
Qi Mingyuan regretted his move the moment he made it. He immediately looked at Qi Shengzhi, who remained silent after being beaten, with a guilty look in his eyes. He saw traces of blood seeping from the corners of Qi Shengzhi's mouth, and his heart suddenly panicked.
He was so irritated by Qi Shengzhi's nonsense just now that he hit him too hard and actually injured him. Now the kid will definitely not forgive him!
Qi Mingyuan was very upset. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say to save the situation.
Qi Shengzhi lowered his head slightly, with his bangs hanging in front of his eyes, making it impossible to see the emotions in his eyes at the moment.
After a long silence, he suddenly chuckled, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand, looked at it in front of his eyes, and smiled even more:
"Hit me?"
Qi Mingyuan's eyes were filled with both heartache and guilt, but due to his dignity as a father, he couldn't bring himself to apologize to Qi Shengzhi. He hesitated for a long time before continuing:
"Think carefully about what nonsense you just said! I was too indulgent in the past, which is why you are so lawless now, doing whatever you want!"
"I beat you to teach you a lesson!"
“Hahahaha—”
Under Qi Mingyuan's astonished gaze, Qi Shengzhi suddenly burst into laughter, laughing so hard that he fell forward and backward, staggered from side to side, and laughed until tears oozed out of the corners of his beautiful peach blossom eyes.
"Boss Qi, hahahaha...you want to teach me?! Hahaha..."
"Do you know how old I am? Isn't it too late to teach me today?"
Qi Mingyuan looked at Qi Shengzhi, who was laughing crazily, and suddenly an inexplicable feeling welled up in his heart.
I clearly saw him smiling, but it seemed more sad than crying.
Then Qi Mingyuan actually began to think about the question asked by Qi Shengzhi: How old is he this year?
Qi Mingyuan found that he couldn't answer for a moment.
He thought carefully and could only recall the year he married Rusi. The following year, Rusi became pregnant and gave birth to Qi Shengzhi ten months later. Qi Shengzhi had just turned one year old when Rusi...
Thinking of that, Qi Mingyuan felt a lump in his throat.
It turned out that what Qi Shengzhi had just said was not just a joke. He had indeed lost his mother when he was one year old, and he probably had no memory of anything before that...
Thinking of this, he looked at Qi Shengzhi with more pity and his tone became much softer:
"How could I not know how old you are? This is your second zodiac year, and you'll be celebrating your 25th birthday in just over a month."
He looked at Qi Shengzhi, who had grown up, and sighed:
"Time flies! More than 20 years have already passed in the blink of an eye. Your mother has been gone for so many years, and I am already an old man in my 50s. I wonder if your mother will still recognize me when I go down to the grave?"
Qi Shengzhi's face was originally gloomy, but when he heard Qi Mingyuan mention his mother, his scattered eyes suddenly gathered together and swept towards Qi Mingyuan like a sharp blade, with a sharp corner of his mouth:
"You don't have to worry about my mother not recognizing you."
"Because you won't be able to see her even if you go down there. My mother is different from you. You are underground, and she is in heaven!"
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