After dealing with the fan issue, Ji Xinghe began to coax Qi Yao. That evening, after returning from the production crew, he personally cooked a large table of dishes and then pushed Qi Yao to his seat from behind.
"Look, now that the fan issue has been resolved, they'll definitely stop saying nonsense. So you better behave yourself and eat your meal properly, okay?" Ji Xinghe then put his hands on his hips and said fiercely, "I made this dish myself. You can't leave the table until you finish it all! Look how much weight you've lost in the past two days. Why are you so addicted to the internet?"
After saying that, he stuffed the chopsticks into Qi Yao's hand and said, "Eat!"
Qi Yao then realized that his recent internet addiction had caused Ji Xinghe great dissatisfaction. He hadn't lost much weight, but the host couldn't help but think he had, so under Ji Xinghe's gaze, he could only obediently raise his chopsticks.
Fortunately, Ji Xinghe's cooking skills were really good, and Qi Yao finished most of the dishes and a bowl of rice on the table without feeling any torture.
Seeing that he was showing his support, Ji Xinghe didn't really ask Qi Yao to eat all the dishes on the table. He sat down happily and started eating with Qi Yao.
"Qi Nianqi has brought the rest of the Qi family to Country C." Qi Yao spoke only after seeing that Ji Xinghe had almost finished eating.
"Came to Country C? He's moving so fast?" Could Qi Yao's eldest brother, Qi Han, really be so vulnerable? Logically speaking, Qi Nianqi wouldn't come to Country C again before he brought Qi Han down, let alone come with the rest of the Qi family in such a grand manner.
Seeing Ji Xinghe's confusion about why Qi Han had fallen so quickly, Qi Yao explained, "Qi Han is intolerant and ruthless, yet stubborn and self-willed. His downfall in the Qi family was inevitable, and I simply hastened that outcome."
In fact, things are not that simple. The situation of the Qi family is very complicated. There are many unknown filth and dirt in a large family with more than three generations, especially in a country like the United States where capital is supreme and money makes things easier.
But this kind of filth and dirtiness cannot be exposed in public. Apart from the children, there are few clean people in the Qi family.
For example, the previous head of the Qi family, Qi Yao and Qi Han's father, was always praised for his formidable abilities and skills. This man, aside from his somewhat unruly behavior in bed, had virtually no scandals. Yet, he unexpectedly fathered a child with his adopted sister, who had been married to him. According to Qi Yao's investigation, the man who was cuckolded by the head of the Qi family remains in the dark, devoting himself to the Qi family.
This was only the least disgusting and most easily accepted thing among the information Qi Yao had found. There were many more cruel and absurd things hidden under this seemingly prosperous family.
The reason why Qi Yao didn't say much to Ji Xinghe was that he didn't want Ji Xinghe's ears to be polluted by such things.
The Qi family was rotten to the core. Ruin was far less troublesome and time-consuming than maintenance and pruning. The people Qi Nianqi brought with him this time had been pre-screened by Qi Yao, deemed serviceable. As for the rest, they were all left behind behind bars in M Country, including Qi Yao's eldest brother, Qi Han, who was a lifelong traitor.
With Qi Nianqi's manipulation, Qi Han, who has completely lost his power, will never have the chance to get a reduction in his sentence in his lifetime.
Ji Xinghe asked thoughtfully, "So they're going to develop in Country C in the future? This place is different from Country M. They have no foundation here, so it should be difficult at the beginning."
Qi Yao remained noncommittal. Whether or not they had a hard time was a choice for the remaining people. According to Qi Nianqi, the Qi family was now leaderless, so naturally, wherever the new leader was, they, the Qi family, would follow. And Qi Yao was their recognized new leader.
In reality, he was just being nice because he was impressed by Qi Yao's skills and abilities, and wanted to come to Country C to curry favor with the new head of the family and let them continue to soar. He and many others in the Qi family had long been eyeing the Country C market, including several former heads of the family. It was just that Qi Han himself was too shabby to venture into Country C.
But these people don't have such concerns. Those who can be retained by Qi Yao are basically people with no serious criminal records and good character. Returning to Country C to develop this time can be regarded as returning to one's roots.
Qi Yao, on the other hand, thought that if it was still just him and Xingxing, it would be quite troublesome to do everything by himself. He didn't mind it since it was just a matter of feeding a few people. So he simply agreed and let Qi Nianqi bring the others over.
When Qi Nianqi arrived, there was quite a scene. Even a broken ship still has three nails, and a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Qi family had lost many members, fortunately, their assets had not suffered significant losses. To outsiders, this was still a giant crocodile with an empty belly, ready to pounce.
Compared with the harmonious dining atmosphere where Ji Xinghe and Qi Yao were chatting and laughing, the atmosphere in the Ji family seemed a little less harmonious.
Ji Shi'an sat at the head of the table again, Zhao Wan beside him, and the rest of the group sat on either side. In that order, there were Ji Xin, Ji Hao, and an unfamiliar young man. This young man looked younger than Ji Hao and Ji Xin, and his features likely took after his mother's. He had a rather shrewd air, but it was superficial, making him seem a bit frivolous.
This young man was the illegitimate son who was adopted by Ji Shian after Ji Xinghe left. The last time Zhao Wan and Ji Shian went to see the house, it was because of him that they had a quarrel.
Zhao Wan later quarreled with Ji Shi'an for several days. The final result was that the woman who came to the door was given a huge check, and the child was kept and named Ji Jing.
For some reason, Ji Shi'an treated this illegitimate son who had caused him a lot of trouble in the beginning quite well. He gave him a lot of pocket money and paid a high price to transfer him to a high-end aristocratic school in Shanghai, and hinted that he could use this to make connections.
She stopped taking Ji Hao with her to her usual business events and started bringing him along to meet people. Because of this, Ji Jing, who had been timid at first in this family, quickly became cocky, which made Ji Xin very angry.
Ji Hao, on the other hand, was on guard. Could it be that the old man had discovered his secret acceptance of Zhao Zhen's favors? Was that why he was using this method to warn him, to tell him that his position was not secure and that there were plenty of alternatives?
Ji Hao felt that this possibility was very high.
There were undercurrents at the dinner table, but Ji Shian didn't care. He wanted this kind of balance. This family was actually similar to a company. Only when a few factions started fighting could he, as the chairman, sit on the Diaoyutai.
"You all go get ready tomorrow and attend a banquet the day after tomorrow." After the meal, Ji Shi'an put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth and said.
"Whose?" Zhao Wan frowned. She hadn't heard of any family holding a banquet in Magic City recently.
Ji Shian glanced at her first, and said in a somewhat complacent tone, "The Qi family of M Kingdom, the Qi family should be returning to the country to develop. By then, I guess those top people in the Magic City, and even people from the capital, will come. I got an invitation."
A banquet of this level? It wasn't that Zhao Wan looked down on the Ji family, but it was a fact. The Ji family really didn't have the qualifications to attend such a banquet. Not even her mother's family, the Zhao family, could. Only members of the Zhao family's own family could.
Before Zhao Wan could speak, Ji Jing excitedly said to Ji Shian, "Dad, will there be a lot of people there?"
Ji Shi'an nodded. The key wasn't the number of people present; the number of powerful individuals was. As long as he could establish a relationship with anyone present, the invitation would be well worth it! It would be worth all the effort he put into scheming after hearing the news.
Besides... Ji Shian turned his gaze to Ji Xin and Ji Hao. Both of his children were good-looking.
"Has the invitation been sent to the Ji family?" Zhao Zhen was playing with his lighter out of boredom.
"After sending it over, the old guy thought he was so capable. He didn't even think about why so many people failed to get it, but he did?" Lin Jingze said sarcastically. Although he liked Ji Xinghe, he really looked down on the Ji family.
"No matter what, let's drag Qi Yao into the water first. Have you found the people? It's best to let Huizi talk to Ji Hao and teach him what to say when the time comes." With a click, a faint flame popped out of the lighter.
"Zhou Minghui won't do it!" Lin Jingze said angrily, "Didn't I tell you that? He's still thinking of taking another approach, saying that you and I both have a criminal record, but he doesn't. He could try to pursue Ji Xinghe seriously and impress him with his sincerity. Even if he doesn't impress him, maybe we can still be friends in the future. Unlike us, even if we succeed, Ji Xinghe will probably hate us forever. Boring."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Jingze became furious. "He's just a white lotus! He deliberately hid it from me in Deep Blue just to hurt me! Bitch!"
But he didn't think about it. No one forced him to point his finger at Ji Xinghe and curse him without restraint. If he didn't want to say it, could Zhou Minghui still force him to say it? In the final analysis, it was all his own fault.
"That's really not fair. Then we can only look for that illegitimate child of the Ji family." Lin Jingze resented it. Didn't Zhao Zhen regret it? If he had known that Ji Xinghe was so soft-hearted, he would definitely have been more patient.
Lin Jingze initially thought Zhao Zhen was talking about Ji Hao, but it took him two seconds to realize he was referring to Ji Jing, the man Ji Shian had just recognized. "When did you do that to him?"
Zhao Zhen didn't answer. What new methods could there be? Aren't they the same ones Zhao Qi had used to deal with Ji Xinghe? Ji Jing was short-sighted and young, and Ji Shi'an had transferred him to an aristocratic school. When Ji Jing was initially ostracized by the school, Zhao Zhen had his cousin help him out, and then took Ji Jing on a lavish outing.
It is easy to learn bad things but difficult to learn good things, not to mention that the boy was not a good guy to begin with, and he was easily carried away by the fun. In addition, Zhao Zhen's cousin and other people who played together started to make trouble, and young people wanted to save face, so the little pocket money that Ji Shian gave him was already spent by Ji Jing.
The remaining money was borrowed from Zhao Zhen's cousin. It had accumulated to nearly tens of millions. With these IOUs, he dared not disobey.
Similarly, he didn't dare tell Ji Shian.
Zhao Zhen looked at the flame in his hand and murmured in his heart: You should never have trusted me so much in the first place, told me everything about yourself, and asked for my help.
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