After the divorce, I became a rich girl - Chapter 621: An Unfed and Untamed Wolf
After the divorce, I became a rich girl
Chapter 621: An Unfed and Untamed WolfThe table was filled with sweet and sour pork ribs, scallion-fried sea cucumber, crab meat and lion's head, etc., all of which were Li Yan's favorite dishes.
After the two children had eaten and drunk their fill and were taken downstairs to play games, Jing Qiu looked at Li Yan, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the edge of the bowl: "Inside... have you seen Xuanbao? She..." Before he could finish his words, a sob began to form in his throat.
Li Yan frowned with a hint of heaviness: "The investigation procedures are different. We are not in the same place, so we have never met."
He paused and said, "This matter involves too many people, and her problem is quite serious. I'm afraid that in a short time..." Before he finished speaking, Jing Qiu sighed heavily and pressed his hand lightly on his chest.
"A good company has been run like this..." Jing Qiu looked at the darkening sky outside the window, his eyes slightly reddened, "She is not short of money, can't she use part of it to renovate the project? Even if she earns less, so what? Even if she loses money, so what? It's not like she can't afford it, but she has to take the risk..."
Her rambling words revealed both her regret for Li Xuanbao and her resentment that she was not as good as she thought.
Li Yan looked at his mother's red eyes and didn't want her to think about Li Xuanbao anymore.
He changed the subject and asked, "By the way, Mom, has Jiawei not returned from Beijing yet?"
Li Ronghua and Jing Qiu paused slightly. These days, they were filled with worry about Li Yan. Now they realized that they had not contacted Li Jiawei for a long time.
Jing Qiu coughed uncomfortably, and then said with some uncertainty in his tone: "She...shouldn't be back yet?"
Li Yan heard his mother say this, and a sneer of mockery appeared on his lips: "She really knows how to choose the right time to enjoy her leisure time! Mom, do you know who leaked the fatal evidence this time?"
Li Ronghua and Jing Qiu looked at each other, then at Li Yan. Li Ronghua looked solemn and said hesitantly, "What you mean is... don't you suspect it was Jia Wei?"
Li Yan pulled a bitter smile from the corner of his lips, his eyes full of self-mockery and resentment: "Who else could it be except her? She handed the evidence to Uncle. She knows Uncle too well and knows how he got the evidence. He will never favor Xuan Bao and me in the slightest."
Li Yan clenched his fists, his tone becoming increasingly cold and hard: "She calculated it too well, and she knew that as long as my uncle came forward to put pressure on us, Xuanbao and I would have no room to resist, and we could only cooperate with the police investigation.
And she can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor, waiting to reap the final benefits. The piece of land that Xuanbao and I worked so hard to develop in Qionglin District...I'm afraid it will all end up in her hands!"
Jing Qiu's hand holding the chopsticks was shaking, and then she slammed the chopsticks heavily on the table with a "snap". Her face was as gloomy as ink, and she exuded suppressed anger: "I'm going to call her right now to get to the bottom of this!"
Seeing this, Zhong Xinlan hurriedly stood up and stepped forward, stretched out her hands and gently pressed Jing Qiu's shoulders, her tone was urgent and a little consoling: "Mom, calm down first!
Li Yan at least returned safely. What can we get out of him if we call him now to question him?
Besides, Jiawei is now protected by her uncle, and she is far away in Beijing. If we really blame her, I am afraid that my uncle will not look good, and it will be bad if he and us have a rift. "
Li Ronghua, who was standing by, was indeed calmer than his wife Jing Qiu. He looked at Li Yan and spoke in a calm voice, but it was difficult to hide his inquiry: "Don't think too much. Your uncle Liang will take over Xuan Bao's project in Qionglin District."
Li Yan looked at his father and said, "Dad, Uncle Liang's interests are now tied to Jiawei. Is there any difference between Uncle Liang doing that project and Jiawei doing it?"
Li Ronghua said, "Even if the project belongs to Jiawei, she is your sister, and it is our Li family that will benefit in the future. Also, tell me, how did you know that it was Jiawei who informed your uncle, and who told you this news?"
Zhong Xinlan looked at Li Ronghua and said quickly: "Dad, I told Li Yan. But I never meant to alienate the relationship between Li Yan and Jiawei.
Ever since Li Yan got into trouble and was taken away, I have been worried all day long. I was so worried that I sent someone to investigate the matter."
She took a deep breath and continued, "I didn't expect that after checking, I found that someone had been secretly watching every move of Xuanbao's construction site a few months ago. I followed this clue and traced it back to the source, and finally found that all the accusations pointed to Jiawei."
After a pause, she frowned and said solemnly, "And you see, Jiawei just arrived in Jing City, and uncle came to Xi City right after. The timing is so precise that it is inevitable that people will be suspicious."
At this point, she said with a hint of disappointment: "Besides, such a big thing happened at home, Jiawei is Li Yan's sister, even if she is in Beijing, she should know about it.
But after such a long time, she didn't even call me. If she didn't have a clear conscience, how could this happen?"
After hearing what Zhong Xinlan said, Jing Qiu felt her temples throbbing. She raised her hand and rubbed her forehead vigorously, her voice full of fatigue and regret. She turned to look at Li Ronghua and said irritably, "I should have listened to you back then.
If I had known earlier, I should not have brought her back to the Li family. I should have just given her some money and let her live a good life.
Since she came back, there has been no peace at home. There have been endless troubles one after another. "
Li Ronghua reached out and held his wife's shaking hand, knowing what she said in anger: "Don't get yourself hurt by being angry. Even if Jiawei really did it, I don't think she did anything wrong.
She did this to protect Li Yan and her elder brother. Otherwise, if others find out, do you think Li Yan will be able to get out now?"
Jing Qiu's chest rose and fell violently, and his voice was filled with resentment that he could not suppress: "Protect Li Yan? That sounds good! She clearly only has eyes for my brother!"
She sneered, her fingertips turning white from clenching them tightly, "In the past few years, I really underestimated this daughter. What she is best at is scheming and calculating.
Just because you have your big brother to protect you, you think you can do whatever you want in the Li family, and that we can't do anything to you?"
She slammed the table so hard that the dishes clanged, “Let’s talk about that Liang Yusen thing again!
She insisted on giving one of her children the surname Liang. How clever of a calculation! Otherwise, do you think Yu Sen would be willing to give her most of his property? She had clearly planned all this long ago!"
Jing Qiu's eyes were sore and his voice gradually choked up: "In the past few years since I came back to the Li family, how could she really treat us as her parents? She didn't care when I was sick, and she didn't even say a word of comfort during the holidays... In the final analysis, she is just an ungrateful person who can never be fed or tamed!"