Chapter 407 We Can’t Make It Through (Part 1)
Lawyer Zhang was completely speechless.
He looked at Dong Qicheng as if he were a fool, but Dong Qicheng was still immersed in disbelief and didn't notice Lawyer Zhang's eyes at all.
"Ruan Qi can't be the mastermind behind this! She's just a minor celebrity, and she's being kept by a wealthy sponsor. How could she possibly have the power to mess with the Dong family?"
Lawyer Zhang keenly captured the message in Dong Qicheng's words.
He quickly said, "Second Young Master, did you just say that Ruan Qi was being kept by a wealthy sponsor?"
"That's right." Dong Qicheng's shoulder, bruised by the baton, no longer hurt when Ruan Qi was mentioned, and he perked up. "Earlier on the set, I saw someone give Ruan Qi flowers. They were huge pink diamonds and Juliet roses, and they were incredibly expensive. A little-known celebrity kept by a wealthy sponsor, and you're telling me she can bring down the Dong family? Lawyer Zhang, are you kidding me?"
Dong Qicheng sneered repeatedly, his words were full of sarcasm, and his contempt for Ruan Qi was revealed between the lines.
After hearing what he said, Lawyer Zhang felt that something was not right.
Juliet Roses... Who is so generous as to give his lover flowers worth over 20 million?
And there's that pink diamond. Dong Qicheng is a member of the Dong family, so anything he calls a 'big pink diamond' must be at least the size of a pigeon egg.
A pink diamond the size of a pigeon egg would cost at least 100 million yuan on the market.
A wealthy man would give his mistress a gift worth 100 million?!
The more Lawyer Zhang thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and the more his eyelids twitched.
"Second Young Master," he said quickly, "Have you seen what Ruan Qi's sponsor looks like?"
Dong Qicheng didn't know why Lawyer Zhang was so curious about this matter. He frowned impatiently and said, "I didn't see it! Why would the sponsor come in person? It was the sponsor's butler who delivered the gift to Ruan Qi."
housekeeper?
Lawyer Zhang's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
In aristocratic families, the status of a steward is very high, equivalent to the chief steward in ancient imperial palaces. And how could someone who could make the chief steward personally deliver a gift... be a secret lover?
Lawyer Zhang's ominous premonition became stronger and stronger.
He glanced at Dong Qicheng, trying to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and asked calmly, "Second Young Master, do you know what that housekeeper looks like and what his name is?"
Lawyer Zhang's barrage of questions brought Dong Qicheng's impatience to a climax.
His brows knitted together, and he said impatiently, "Why are you asking all these nonsense questions! I've already said that Ruan Qi couldn't be the one who was messing with me. She's just a kept girl..."
"Second Young Master!"
Lawyer Zhang rudely interrupted Dong Qicheng for the first time.
He looked at Dong Qicheng seriously and said in a deep voice, "This question is very important! Please answer truthfully!"
Perhaps it was because Lawyer Zhang's aura was too strong and his tone was too serious that Dong Qicheng was actually frightened.
He was stunned for several seconds, and when he reacted, his face suddenly darkened.
Lawyer Zhang is just a dog raised by the Dong family, and now he dares to yell at him!
Dong Qicheng wanted to get angry, but just as the curse words came to his mouth, he remembered his current situation.
Dong Wei was arrested and the Dong family is in disarray. If what Lawyer Zhang just said is true, he will most likely be sentenced.
If he is really sentenced, how many years he will be sentenced to and whether he can get suspended sentence, everything depends on the help of Lawyer Zhang.
Therefore, he cannot offend Lawyer Zhang now.
Dong Qicheng's IQ, which had been offline for more than 20 years, finally came back online at this time.
He suppressed his dissatisfaction and anger, and said gloomily, "The butler was wearing a white Tang suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He was quite handsome. I don't know his name, but Ruan Qi seemed to call him something like gong butler."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lawyer Zhang's face turned pale.
A white Tang suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and a handsome face... There was only one wealthy butler with such features, and a name that contained the sound of "gong" in it. Looking at the entire circle...
The chief steward of Xi family’s old house, Gong Qi!
And there is only one person in the entire imperial capital who is qualified to personally deliver a gift to Ruan Qi—
The helmsman of the Xi family, Xi Jiu!
So...the financial sponsor of Ruan Qi mentioned by Dong Qicheng is Xi Jiu?
But how is this possible?
Isn’t Xi Jiu the one who is least interested in women?
Lawyer Zhang wanted to deny this speculation, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered a rumor.
In the past year, there have been people in the circle saying that the head of the Xi family is in love, and his partner is a female star in the entertainment industry.
It is said that Mr. Xi values his girlfriend very much and treats her like a treasure. His gentle and doting attitude is almost like that of a father.
When Lawyer Zhang heard this rumor, he just thought it was a lie.
But now, he suddenly had a guess——
Xi Jiu's legendary celebrity girlfriend...could it be Ruan Qi?
Only this kind of speculation can perfectly explain why Gong Qi went to the crew in person to give Ruan Qi a gift.
Because Ruan Qi... is very likely the future mistress of the Xi family!
Lawyer Zhang's head suddenly felt like a landmine had been set off, buzzing and making him dizzy.
If his guess was true, and Ruan Qi was really Xi Jiu's girlfriend, then the Dong family... wouldn't be completely doomed?
Not to mention that Ruan Qi herself has the ability to mess up the Dong family like this, just look at Xi Jiu's attitude of protecting his girlfriend as if she were his own eye. How could he tolerate the existence of someone who bullies Ruan Qi?
When Lawyer Zhang thought of Xi Jiu's methods and the Xi family's style of protecting their own people, he began to feel dizzy.
Dong Qicheng, who was sitting across the table, couldn't help feeling a little impatient when he saw that he hadn't spoken for a long time.
He knocked hard on the table, "Lawyer Zhang..."
"Second Young Master." Lawyer Zhang suddenly spoke, interrupting Dong Qicheng.
He slowly raised his head, revealing a pale face, and spoke in a trembling voice, "This time... we may not be able to survive."
…
Just when Dong Qicheng and Lawyer Zhang both collapsed in the detention center, Ruan Qi rang the doorbell of Dong Meng's house in the Lihua Villa area.
The doorbell rang a few times.
Then, a female voice came from the video phone.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Looking for Dong Meng." Ruan Qi answered with a smile.
Perhaps because few people would call Dong Meng by his full name, the woman on the video call was stunned for a moment.
"Looking for Mr. Dong, Mr. Dong. Um... who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who I am." Ruan Qi raised her lips, "Just tell Dong Meng that I was the one who exposed all the negative information about the Dong family online."
…
A minute later, Ruan Qi successfully entered the Dong family villa and sat on the sofa in the living room.
Opposite her, a slightly plump middle-aged man with bright eyes was looking at her with scrutiny and vigilance.
The living room was very quiet and neither of them spoke.
Ruan Qi sat on the sofa, letting the man look her over and over again, without showing any panic.
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