The door to the second floor of the Qi family's house was closed, and two servants stood at the stairs, looking out from time to time.
The servant who brought Qi Shengzhi in pulled the sleeve of another young servant and said in a low voice:
"Where did you go just now? You left me alone in this room, so scared that I had to stay in the yard waiting for the young master to come back. I was freezing!"
The young servant looked a little unnatural and stammered:
"Sister Fang, I had a stomachache just now, so I ran outside to use the toilet..."
This was the rule set by Qu Jingyun. She did not allow maids to use the toilet at home and required them to go to the public toilet across the street to relieve themselves. Therefore, what the maid said did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
The servant named Sister Fang nodded and continued to focus on the closed door of Qi Mingyuan's room. Suddenly, she heard the young servant next to her ask:
"Sister Fang, is the young master...really back?"
Speaking of which, Sister Fang was also a little surprised. Normally, even Mr. and Mrs. Qi couldn't get this young master to come. She was anxious and panicked when she called him, but she didn't expect Qi Shengzhi to return to the Qi family so soon.
"Isn't he really back? He's talking to Mr. Qi in his room right now!"
A look of embarrassment crossed the young servant's face. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke again:
"Sister Fang, my stomach still hurts. I want to go to the toilet again..."
Before he finished speaking, a clear and loud sound was heard from Qi Mingyuan's room, as if something had fallen to the ground and broken.
The two of them hurriedly trotted over, but they could only lie down at the door and listen to the noise inside, and did not dare to go in directly.
All that could be heard in the room was the quarrel that was getting louder and louder, filled with Qi Shengzhi's angry roars, and occasionally one or two low and weak accusations from Qi Mingyuan.
Oh no, they’re arguing again!
Sister Fang is an old servant of the Qi family. She looked anxious. If they quarreled at this time, someone might die!
She gritted her teeth and was about to push the door open when the door opened by itself.
Qi Shengyi appeared at the door and glared at the two people in front of the door with a defiant look on his face. He turned his head and shouted at Qi Mingyuan:
"Just give up on this idea! Even if you call the notary office tomorrow, I won't take over any of your business!"
"From childhood to adulthood, hasn't your business been the most important thing to you? When you die, let your business be buried with you!"
Qi Mingyuan, who was lying on the bed, was so angry at his words that his face turned red, his lips trembling and he shouted hoarsely:
"You have to take it even if you don't want it!"
"Your surname is Qi, you are my son, you must take on this responsibility!"
Qi Shengzhi snorted coldly and walked away, obviously not listening to his words.
Qi Mingyuan was left alone, weak and gasping for breath on the bed. Sister Fang was worried that something might happen to him again, so she ran into the room to get him some medicine. When she turned around to ask the young servant to get him a glass of water, she found that he was gone again.
Sister Fang was both angry and anxious. It was already this late, couldn't she just endure going to the toilet?
Fortunately, Qi Mingyuan's expression soon eased. Sister Fang asked him if he wanted to drink some water, but Qi Mingyuan just shook his head, closed his eyes with a look of discomfort and said nothing.
Seeing this, Sister Fang could only tiptoe out and close the door.
At the same time, in a public telephone booth a street away, the young servant looked around furtively, confirmed that there was no one around, and then picked up the phone and dialed.
Soon, a woman's voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Any new developments?"
The young servant's face was filled with excitement, thinking that she had just overheard a piece of great news, and that the other party would definitely reward her with more money if they knew about it.
"Madam, the eldest young master just came back."
"Oh!"
A sneer came from the other end of the phone:
"He actually picks a time to come back and act like a filial son!"
Knowing that the two had always been at odds, the young servant swallowed and continued:
"Madam, the eldest young master just came back and quarreled with Mr. Qi again."
Qu Jingyun frowned impatiently. Is the quarrel between Qi Shengzhi and Qi Mingyuan considered news?
"Having the energy to argue shows you're still in good spirits. Okay, I get it!"
She wanted to hang up the phone after she finished speaking, but the servant on the other end of the phone said anxiously:
"Ma'am, I have also heard an important news to tell you."
"The eldest young master told Mr. Qi to give up on this idea. He will not take over the Qi family's business."
When Qu Jingyun heard the words "Qi family's business", his expression froze and he clenched his back teeth in an instant.
As expected, Qi Mingyuan had been planning to hand over the business to Qi Shengzhi from the beginning to the end, and had not considered her and her son at all. So it was even more right for her to attack him!
"And then? What else did they say?"
Hearing Qu Jingyun's anxious question, the young servant knew that he had made the right call and quickly replied:
"Then Mr. Qi said he would call the notary office early the next morning and said that the eldest young master is a member of the Qi family and that he must bear this responsibility as his son. He must take over the Qi family's business even if he doesn't want it."
Qu Jingyun's face turned pale. It was over!
It was all her fault for acting too late, and she was worried that the excessive dosage would arouse suspicion, so she only dared to add one drop of poison in Qi Mingyuan's thermos each time, just to create the illusion that his body was gradually weakening and eventually died of internal organ failure.
These days, she was waiting anxiously for the outcome of Qi Guangyao's treatment, while watching Qi Mingyuan's health deteriorate day by day.
From the occasional coughs heard in the study at the beginning, to the servants saying that he couldn't eat, his originally strong body quickly became thin, and his face looked as if he had aged ten years.
In the past two days, she secretly peeked at Qi Mingyuan through the crack of the door several times. Seeing that he walked as erratically as a fallen leaf, Qu Jingyun felt nervous and uneasy, and always felt that something big was about to happen.
In order to avoid suspicion, she deliberately found an excuse to hide away, just to create an alibi for herself and Qi Guangyao, so as to get rid of suspicion in future public security investigations.
But she didn't know Qi Mingyuan's situation, so she felt uneasy staying outside.
So Qu Jingyun secretly bribed a new servant in the house and asked her to secretly inform her in the name of caring about Qi Mingyuan.
When Qu Jingyun heard the other party say that Qi Mingyuan had fainted in the study tonight, her face flushed with excitement, but her tone was filled with worry, asking the servant to inform her of any new developments at any time no matter how late it was.
She had originally thought that this call would bring news of Qi Mingyuan's death, but she hadn't expected Qi Mingyuan to be so tough and actually want to hand over all of the Qi family's businesses to Qi Shengzhi before he died?!
In that case, she must not let Qi Mingyuan live to see the sunrise tomorrow morning!
At the dark street intersection, the servant put down the phone in his hand and ran along the wall back to the Qi family's yard.
A moment later, a beam of car light suddenly lit up in a dark corner where you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
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