"Nonsense! You're just being clever!"
"You think you can take the blame without dragging me down with you?"
Long Aotian shouted angrily, "You need to understand that if our relationship is exposed, it will ruin my future, do you understand?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Qingyao stared at him blankly.
After a long pause, she gave a cold laugh.
"It seems you were threatened by Ye Tianyu, otherwise you wouldn't have lifted the ban on Tianbao Mountain."
"Seeing you so afraid of trouble now proves everything; you're very wary of Ye Tianyu."
"I'm afraid he'll expose our relationship!"
"So you disagree with me making a big deal out of this!"
Am I doing something wrong?
Long Aotian said in a deep voice, "I didn't get this position easily, and there's still a chance for promotion. I definitely can't gamble my bright future on you!"
"Even if we take a step back, you have already made a comeback, taken control of the Hong Group's businesses in Jiangnan, and swallowed up Jiang Ruonan's Hongyuan Group, bringing the Liu Group back to its peak."
“You are now ten times more successful than before. In the entire Jiangnan region, there are very few people who can be your equal.”
"Therefore, I advise you to know when to stop and not to be too ambitious. Otherwise, you'll end up shooting yourself in the foot, and it will be too late to regret it!"
"Um?"
Liu Qingyao's pupils dilated, her face filled with disbelief.
"I never imagined that you, the dignified Director of the Jiangnan Inspectorate, would be so cowardly!"
"I was so blind back then. I thought that if I hooked up with you, you would support me and help me become the number one powerful businesswoman in the business world."
"I never expected you to be so afraid of Ye Tianyu, stopping me from taking revenge!"
"Nonsense!"
Long Aotian was furious: "Without my support, would you have achieved what you have today?"
"At the same time, it's not that I'm afraid of Ye Tianyu, it's that I don't want to make things too big and jeopardize my future, do you understand?"
"I don't want you to keep provoking Ye Tianyu; it's for your own good."
"Now you have both status and position, and your influence in Jiangnan is almost unmatched."
"Isn't it better to live a comfortable and glamorous life? Why do you have to take risks?"
"Tch, for my own good?"
Liu Qingyao curled her lip: "I think you're really thinking about your own future, but it's not like you're doing this for my own good!"
"Since you're such a coward, let's go our separate ways!"
"I don't believe that I can't deal with Ye Tianyu without you!"
"Parting ways?"
Long Aotian was stunned. Liu Qingyao's meaning was very clear: she wanted to leave him.
He sneered, "Looks like you relied on me to get to the top, and now that you have the power, you think you're all grown up and want to kick me aside!"
Don't put it so harshly!
Liu Qingyao said with a disdainful look: "Actually, we were just using each other. You helped me get ahead, and I gave you my body. We're even!"
"Now that you're getting in my way, I have no choice but to leave you. What's wrong with that?"
"Do you intend to use your power to force me to stay?"
These words infuriated Long Aotian.
Only at that moment did he realize that he had underestimated Liu Qingyao.
Her ambitions far exceeded her own imagination.
It's dangerous to keep a woman like that around.
If one day she turns around and bites back, then it would be a loss for her.
At that moment, he laughed in anger.
"Forcing you to stay?"
"You're overthinking it. What kind of woman can't I have? Do you think I need one more?"
"Fine, you think you're so great now and want to leave me? Go ahead!"
"Great, that's satisfying!"
Liu Qingyao raised an eyebrow: "You said it yourself, I'm leaving now!"
From now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other!
After saying his last words, he turned and walked away.
Watching her retreating figure, Long Aotian grabbed a teacup and smashed it on the ground.
"Damn it, they used me to get ahead, and now that they've achieved their goal, they don't respect me anymore!"
"I'll wait and see how long you can keep up this smugness..."
After leaving Long Aotian, Liu Qingyao went straight to the Shangguan family villa. As soon as she entered, she lashed out at the heads of the four major families.
"It's infuriating! This time, Ye Tianyu was ambushed at the foot of Tianbao Mountain. He already had no chance of escaping."
"Unexpectedly, Miss Shangguan, who had been playing hide-and-seek, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and rescued him!"
She said these words intentionally for Shangguan Wenhai to hear.
At the same time, he deliberately wanted to provoke Chen Yibiao's anger.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Chen Yibiao looked at Shangguan Wenhai and said in a sarcastic tone.
"Patriarch Shangguan, what a fine daughter you've raised!"
"They've been betraying us and secretly working against us all along!"
"How will you explain this to us this time?"
Shangguan Wenhai's face turned extremely ugly. After pondering for a long time, he said in a sinister tone.
"Patriarch Chen, you don't need to mock me."
"Once I find my daughter, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation!"
"hehe!"
Chen Yibiao immediately sneered: "Fine! Then I'll look forward to seeing how you give us a satisfactory explanation after you find Miss Shangguan!"
Seeing that Shangguan Wenhai was already in a difficult situation, Liu Qingyao revealed a meaningful smile.
"It's not difficult to find Miss Shangguan."
"Ye Tianyu is so close to her, he must know her whereabouts!"
"The news that Fang Xueqing used to work as a hostess at a nightclub is now widely known."
"It's like heaven is on our side! Someone is targeting Fang Xueqing, which saves us a lot of trouble!"
"Ye Tianyu will definitely help Fang Xueqing handle this matter."
"As long as we keep an eye on him, we will definitely find Miss Shangguan!"
She deliberately used the word "we" because she didn't want Shangguan Wenhai to send people to keep an eye on Ye Tianyu, lest he have ulterior motives and keep Shangguan Yanran's whereabouts a secret from others.
Because no matter what, Shangguan Yanran is his biological daughter, and he couldn't possibly be so ruthless.
Shangguan Wenhai naturally understood the meaning behind her words and was extremely annoyed.
He thought to himself, "Shangguan Yanran is still my daughter, and she doesn't give me any face at all. I really want to kill her."
However, he didn't show his dissatisfaction; he simply nodded slightly.
"Alright, Mr. Liu will arrange who to keep watch!"
Of course, he agreed on the surface, but secretly he was already preparing to send someone else to keep an eye on Ye Tianyu. As soon as there was any news about Shangguan Yanran, he would take her away before Liu Qingyao and the others could.
Fang Xueqing arrived at the Haojing Hotel with four bodyguards.
Last time, she met Li Min'er and Fang Chenwei in a guest room here.
The only place we know where Li Min'er is staying is here.
He entered the lobby with four bodyguards and took the elevator directly to room 808 on the eighth floor.
Standing at the door, without saying a word, I reached out and pressed the doorbell.
However, after waiting for a while, there was no movement from the guest room.
Did she not expect me to come looking for her and run away beforehand?
After thinking about it, she simply knocked on the door.
"Knock knock!"
"Li Min'er, open the door for me! I know you're in there!"
However, there was still no movement.
Did they really run away?
Fang Xueqing frowned, deep in thought.
Just then, a cleaner who was tidying up the room pushed a cleaning cart over.
Fang Xueqing immediately stopped her and asked, "Auntie, have the guests in room 808 checked out?"
The cleaner looked at her suspiciously, then shook her head.
"I just changed the towels for this guest room this morning, and they haven't checked out yet..."
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