Chapter 532: Chapter 533: You are an Accomplice
Shi Shijun’s face turned dark as a pig’s liver: “Ye Xingbei, don’t overstep your bounds, don’t take a mile when given an inch!”
“Being scolded by a shameless person like you indicates that I am a good person”, Ye Xingbei sneered, “Shi Qianying did such reprehensible things, yet you don’t first apologize to the Chi family. Instead, you’re eager to clear your own name. You and Shi Qianying truly are deserving of the Shi family name, both equally disgusting!”
Shi Shijun opened his mouth, yet words failed him.
A moment later, he grit his teeth and told his subordinates, “Bring in Xiao Ying.”
His men turned around and left the living room. Very soon, they carried in Shi Qianying, who had been receiving emergency treatment in the car.
Shi Shijun pointed at the badly injured, unconscious Shi Qianying held by the bodyguard and said to Chi Yu and Chi Zhan, “It was just a video and cannot conclusively prove that my sister had a part in Chi Qing’s accident. Real is the fact that my sister has been so brutally beaten, she’s barely alive. Even if my sister was responsible for your sister’s demise, she has been punished for it. How about we let the matter rest, as if it never happened?”
“Pah!” Chi Zhan spat a mouthful of saliva on his face, infuriated, “What gives you the right to call it quits? Let me tell you, Shi Shijun, from now on, in Country Y, the Chi family can exist without the Shi family, but the Shi family won’t survive without the Chi family. So, tighten your neck and get ready to meet your doom!”
Shi Shijun’s initially furious face turned pale.
He suddenly realized that, for him, the situation had become a dead end.
At this moment, he was completely at the mercy of others, defenseless.
“We shouldn’t call the police, right?” Shi Qianling, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke with a mournful voice, “Chi Qing has been through that terrible experience at a young age. We sympathize with her. But, if we report this to the police, it will only escalate the matter. If people found out what Chi Qing has gone through, she’d be subjected to public ridicule. If her condition ever improves and she finds out that her ordeal has been made public, she might not be able to bear living.”
“How do you know what happened to Qingqing?” Chi Yu suddenly swiveled his head towards her, his gaze sharp as an arrow, “You were involved in Qingqing’s abduction!”
His tone was accusatory, far from mere conjecture.
Shi Qianling turned deathly pale at the accusation and hastened to explain, “No, no, I didn’t know what Chi Qing went through during her kidnapping. I was only speculating. Chi Qing is young and beautiful. If her kidnapper was a man, doing those things to her would have been inevitable. Furthermore, only such a horrible event could drive a young girl to mental instability. It was just my conjecture!”
“No, it wasn’t a conjecture. You were an accomplice!” Chi Yu glared at her, eyes as cold as ice, “Upon Chi Qing’s return home, only the trusted members of the Chi family were in contact with her. They wouldn’t disclose her situation to outsiders. Yet you, an enemy of the Chi family, know what Chi Qing went through during her kidnapping and now you use it to threaten us. Miss Ye was right, you think others are fools when you’re the real fool.”
His words might have been dismissive, but his eyes harbored a chilling ferocity and hatred.
Scared by his seemingly cannibalistic gaze, Shi Qianling retreated to Ye Xinglan and clung to his clothes, her eyes glistening with unshed tears and her voice trembling, “Brother Lan, believe me. I was purely guessing. I have no connection to Chi Qing’s incident. Besides, in the video, Xiao Ying only led Chi Qing into the villa. It doesn’t prove that Xiao Ying is the culprit behind Chi Qing’s misfortune. Right, Brother Lan?”