Chapter 411: 411: He Can Be Scared Too_1

On one hand, Liu Qingyin was relieved that Su Hongxing’s reputation remained intact. On the other hand, she was dissatisfied with Ye Qilan’s hypocrisy.

The whole world was blessing Ye Qilan and Su Hongxing, hoping they could overcome all obstacles and unite in love. But who knew how much Su Hongxing had lost because of Ye Qilan?

The sadness and suffering were only known to Su Hongxing herself.

Old Ye saw the rumors spreading online and suddenly regretted a bit.

He should have trusted that Ye Qilan was capable of handling this incident and should have given him more time.

With just a simple press conference, Ye Qilan had turned everyone’s attention elsewhere.

Because he was the one who committed the injustice first, Ye Qilan had cleverly diverted the people’s anger towards the Ye family, making them think that the Ye’s were the main culprits for breaking up the couple.

The power of information in modern society is too strong. A group of Ye Qilan’s fans even formed a force to boycott the products of the Ye family. Consequently, in the afternoon, the Ye family’s stocks were collectively sold off, causing a severe plummet in their value.

At this point, Old Ye had to admit that Ye Qilan’s counterattack was smart and effective.

However, with things having progressed this far, there was no turning back. He publicly announced that Ye Xiandong would inherit the Ye Family.

He did not regret that decision.

Even though Ye Qilan had a strong business sense, he couldn’t be entrusted with such a great responsibility due to his stubbornness. What Old Ye needed was a puppet that he could control.

In this regard, Ye Xiandong was evidently easier to control than Ye Qilan. Moreover, Ye Xiandong didn’t have the courage to oppose him.

What’s more, even if Ye Qilan had exceptional business acumen, without the Ye Family, he was nothing. In the end, if Ye Qilan were to hit rock bottom, he would still have to return to the Ye Family and seek Old Ye’s help…

**

Qingmu Garden.

Ye Qilan was sunbathing in the garden with Su Hongxing, enthusiastically discussing plans about her knitting him a sweater. He even brought the knitting needles and yarn for her.

However, Su Hongxing did not respond, let alone clutch at the needles and yarn.

“How about this? I’ll knit one for you first. When I finish mine, you can knit one for me,” Ye Qilan proposed, his heart aching a little.

It was a pity that they lost their baby. Otherwise, their child would be able to wear the sweater that they had knitted together.

Su Hongxing blinked heavily, turning to look at Ye Qilan.

“When I learn how to knit a sweater, I’ll knit one for our ch…”

Unable to utter the word ‘child’, he halted, afraid of reminding Su Hongxing of her painful past.

This was the knot between them. She could never forgive him, perhaps not in this lifetime.

“Let’s use the blue yarn. Look, I can really knit,” Ye Qilan eagerly showed her.

Su Hongxing fixed her gaze on him for a while before turning away. Then she rose and began to slowly walk towards the Apricot Forest.

Unaware of how far she had gone, she found herself under the Red Building, staring up at its roof.

She could still envision herself leaping from there…

“Su Hongxing, what’s wrong?!” Ye Qilan’s voice startled Su Hongxing out of her thoughts.

Awoken from her reverie, she looked at Ye Qilan, touching his face, his nose, and his lips.

The confusion in her eyes frightened Ye Qilan. The way she looked at him was as if she did not recognize him.

Ye Qilan gripped her hand, which felt as cold as ice.

“You are still in your confinement period, go back and rest. Don’t wander around outside,” he said almost forcefully and dragged her along.

Su Hongxing followed him falteringly.

That’s when Ye Qilan realized he had been too harsh. He picked her up in his arms, lightly kissing her cold forehead: “Go sleep for a while, you’ll feel better after resting.”