Chapter 1490: Chapter 1490: He is the mastermind (2)
Especially when Du Qingyu is so seriously ill, Xiao Ji visiting Du Qingyu makes this matter even more peculiar.
“Are you sure you didn’t see it wrong?” Ye Qilan’s expression darkened slightly.
“I’ve been wondering who that man really was. Just now, when sir mentioned Xiao Ji, I realized it was him, no mistake.” Xiaohe replied firmly.
Ye Qilan hung up the phone, bewildered, and turned to find Su Hongxing standing not far behind him, probably having overheard his conversation with Xiaohe.
“Did you hear?” Ye Qilan asked.
Su Hongxing’s face was pale: “How could Xiao Ji possibly have contact with Du Qingyu?”
If they were closely connected, does it suggest that they have been conspiring all along?
“Indeed, how could they have contact? One is the executive CEO of the Ye Family, the other a university teacher. How could such two people have contact? If Xiao Ji is now penniless, what value does he have? Du Qingyu is the kind of person who wouldn’t bother unless it benefits her; she would only interact with those useful to her.” Ye Qilan noticed Su Hongxing’s face was unwell, so he pulled her to sit down: “Honey, even though he’s your childhood friend, if he crosses my line, I won’t hesitate in what I have to do.”
Su Hongxing said nothing, “Maybe Du Qingyu intends to use Xiao Ji to drive a wedge between us, and Xiao Ji got hotheaded temporarily…”
Ye Qilan said coolly: “Have you considered a possibility, that if Xiao Ji is the mastermind, Du Qingyu is just the accomplice—”
“Impossible! Xiao Ji went bankrupt long ago; he’s just a university lecturer, how could he be the mastermind?” Su Hongxing interrupted Ye Qilan, her face very unpleasant, emotions very agitated.
Suddenly, a scene flashed in her mind. That time she went to Taicheng University to see Xiao Ji, as she left, she saw a woman standing next to Xiao Ji. At the time, she thought that woman next to Xiao Ji was his future girlfriend.
But if that woman standing next to Xiao Ji was Du Qingyu, does that mean Xiao Ji never gave up on dealing with Ye Qilan?
“Indeed, we all know he went bankrupt, and it was Ye Qilan who bankrupted him. But what if those were all illusions, what if the person we’re looking for, the real boss behind Hongkang Group, is Xiao Ji?” Ye Qilan retorted, word by word.
They never connected Xiao Ji to the person behind the scenes, simply because Xiao Ji had gone bankrupt, and later he went to teach at Tai University.
They thought Xiao Ji was indifferent to worldly affairs, hence never linked him to all these events.
But if all these were illusions crafted by Xiao Ji, aiming to clear himself of suspicion, then everyone would have been fooled by Xiao Ji’s harmless facade.
Su Hongxing pressed her lips tightly, shook her head repeatedly, still unwilling to believe Xiao Ji could be the culprit harming them.
“You can’t find a reason to refute me. At the very least, the Xiao Ji we know has deeper schemes than the one we imagined, so he can’t be ruled out as a suspect. Actually, if you think closely, who else could know us better than him? Aside from Xiao Ji, who else could it be?” Ye Qilan continued.
“All this is just your speculation; you can’t pin all the blame on him. Anyway, I don’t believe he’s the boss behind the scenes, and don’t forget, you’ve been assigning people to monitor Xiao Ji’s every move. If he acted strange, how could your people not have noticed early on?”