Xie Rongfu took the lead and walked in front, while Ye Qingtao followed behind him with his head down.

Xie Rongfu walked to the end of the corridor and stopped in front of the window.

Xie Rongfu looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and spoke.

"Ye Qingtao, what selfish motive do you have in saving my mother?"

"I rarely pay attention to the affairs of the family compound, and I don't know your mother."

"This incident was a coincidence. I saw her and saved her. She was old and her arm was dislocated and she was in great pain, so I reattached her arm."

"I don't know what's wrong with what I did, and I don't know why you are so resentful. Shouldn't we lend a helping hand when there are vulnerable groups in need?"

Ye Qingtao's question left Xie Rongfu speechless.

He realized that he had judged others by his own standards, so he lowered his head and apologized in a low voice.

"I'm sorry, maybe I misunderstood you."

Xie Rongfu also realized the problem. His old mother was brought over from his hometown by him some time ago.

Few people in the family compound have seen her, let alone Ye Qingtao, who has always been around Lu Yunchuan and never has anyone else in her eyes.

"You don't have to rush to apologize to me. I admit that I also have selfish motives. I really didn't have any thoughts when I saved you, but when I knew you were the old man's son, I had other thoughts."

Ye Qingtao frankly expressed what was in his mind, and Xie Rongfu's breath was immediately held.

He had already thought of this possibility, but when he heard the other party clearly express his thoughts in front of him, he hesitated again.

"I can't help you with this."

Xie Rongfu refused without even thinking. Ye Qingtao not only didn't feel sad, but the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

"You're in a hurry to refuse before I even said anything, so you must know the inside story of my father's affairs."

Ye Qingtao said this with certainty, and Xie Rongfu's face immediately turned very ugly when his secret was exposed.

"I don't know what you're talking about, and even if I did I couldn't help you!"

Xie Rongfu waved his arms and said this in a decisive tone.

"Xie Rongfu, strictly speaking, you are my father's apprentice. When you first came to the machinery factory, you knew nothing. It was my father who taught you tirelessly."

"Even if you don't care about his kindness, I just saved your mother. Your 70-year-old mother fell to the ground after being hit by a bicycle, and no one around dared to step forward to help her."

"It was me who helped her when she was most desperate! It was also me who reattached his arm and sent him to the hospital!"

"Xie Rongfu, no matter how you try to distance yourself from me, you are destined to owe my Ye family more and more."

"You clearly know my father's situation and that he was harmed by someone. You even witnessed the process of him being harmed."

"Can you really watch my father become disabled just to save yourself? Watch him get fired from his job and kicked out of the family housing complex? Watch him go to his own grave at his age?"

"How cruel can you be to do such a heartless thing? Your silence is helping the tyrant and killing him silently!"

Ye Qingtao's voice became louder and louder, and her tone became heavier and heavier.

Xie Rongfu was not unaware of the consequences, he just forced himself not to think about them.

He thought that if he didn't think about it, this matter would have nothing to do with him.

But when Ye Qingtao questioned him at the top of her lungs, he repeatedly asked himself, can he get through this psychological barrier?

Ye Yongjin treated him well and was indeed very capable in terms of technology.

Now he has been framed, suffered an unjust fate, and has to bear such serious consequences. Xie Rongfu dare not even think about it. If he encountered these things, how would he deal with it?

After Ye Qingtao finished speaking, she quietly closed her mouth.

Xie Rongfu lowered his head and said nothing. His face was gloomy and he was struggling inside.

Ye Qingtao clearly saw that he was clenching his fists so tightly that his nails were almost digging into the flesh of his palms.

After a long time, Xie Rongfu sighed heavily.

He loosened his clenched hands and his tense expression became relaxed.

"What do you want to know from me?"

Xie Rongfu got over the psychological barrier and decided to stand on Ye Qingtao's side.

"Did my father get hurt on his own or was he framed and injured?"

Ye Qingtao asked what was in her mind. Xie Rongfu had known that she would ask this question, and he felt relieved when he heard her ask it.

"I was framed."

"Who harmed him?"

Ye Qingtao asked anxiously, and Xie Rongfu shook his head with a wry smile.

"I can't tell you this. If I tell you, I'll be the next one to get into trouble."

"Only you and I know about this matter. If you tell us, you will be able to live with your conscience. If you don't tell us, you will be condemned by your conscience for the rest of your life and you will never have peace!"

Ye Qingtao's words were very serious. Xie Rongfu was stunned for a moment, and then the smile on his face became even more bitter.

"I'm going to die if I say it, and I'll be guilty if I don't say it. Why do I have to make such a difficult choice?"

Xie Rongfu grabbed his hair in pain, then raised his head and laughed miserably.

"If I tell you the truth, are you sure you won't let it out?"

"Don't worry, not only will I not leak it, but I will regard you as a benefactor of our Ye family."

"If your family encounters difficulties in the future, I, Ye Qingtao, will definitely help if I can."

Xie Rongfu didn't know that Ye Qingtao was an excellent doctor, he only knew that she married a pretty good man.

But she has already gone to a remote mountainous area to join the army, and I'm afraid she will rarely come back in the future.

In her parents' situation, her mother is a housewife who does not work, and her father has become disabled and even lost his job.

Even if they can get justice later, I'm sure they won't have an easy life for the rest of their lives.

Although Ye Qingtao promised to help him if he encountered any problems, their family was in trouble, so what could they do to help him?

Xie Rongfu thought it through clearly, but when he thought carefully about the past, he realized that Ye Yongjin had indeed been good to him.

Ye Yongjin played an indispensable role in his success in the machinery factory.

Now that the master is in trouble, the apprentice is incompetent and cannot help him.

Since Ye Qingtao has come to me, I can only say that everything is fate.

Just accept your fate, everything is arranged by God and cannot be resisted by human power.

"You don't need to help me. I don't expect you to help me. Since you really want to know, I will tell you the truth."

"The story started before you committed suicide by jumping off the building. At that time, the performance of the machinery factory was very poor. As the factory director, Lu Chunmin's first reaction was to lay off employees and reduce expenses in order to solve the current predicament."

"He was targeting your father at the time, but because you committed suicide by jumping off a building, he might have felt guilty, so he temporarily gave up the idea."