Chapter 1453: Chapter 1453: The Qi Family in an Uproar
Zhou Tingting had no idea what Ye Fei was thinking. Seeing her mother glance at him, she suddenly felt that her mom was essentially working for Ye Fei now.
Wouldnât it be better to just ask Ye Fei directly? So she quickly asked, âYe Fei, do you think I should transfer to Wanghai?â
At Zhou Tingtingâs call, Ye Fei snapped out of his daze and stopped thinking about all the unnecessary stuff. He casually replied, âTransferring is good too. Youâll have Yunqi and the others to keep you company, so you wonât be lonely. And you wonât have to hang out with unreliable friends either.â
Hearing Ye Feiâs words, Li Minghua became even more convinced that this guy was after her daughter. However, she didnât voice her opposition. She just gave Ye Fei a meaningful look, a kind of charm unique to a mature woman. It made Ye Feiâs heart skip a beat.
Fortunately, everyone else was focused on Ye Fei at the moment, or that coquettish glance might have given something away.
Zhou Tingting was overjoyed and didnât give anyone else a chance to object. She quickly asked, âSo when are we leaving?â
âThereâs no rush. I still have some things to take care of in Beijing these few days. Weâll leave after Iâm done,â Ye Fei said with a smile.
âWhatâs the matter, my dear granddaughter? Canât you stay with grandpa a few more days?â Old Mr. Zhou teased with a smile.
He had no objections to his daughter-in-law and granddaughter moving to Wanghai. He and Zhou Bo were both very busy, and even if they lived in Beijing, they didnât have much time to spend together.
Moreover, Old Mr. Zhou knew what Ye Feiâs so-called âmattersâ were. However, he had no intention of pleading for those people.
As a soldier, apart from having some personal feelings in the past about taking revenge on the Liuye families, he was very upright. He had long been dissatisfied with those increasingly outrageous families in recent years.
After finishing the serious talk, Ye Fei didnât leave immediately. Instead, he stayed and chatted with the Zhou family. Old Mr. Zhou had watched Ye Feiâs mother grow up and had a kind of affection for her. Zhou Bo was Ye Feiâs uncle, and now that Ye Fei had âtakenâ his wife, he felt a bit guilty.
During the conversation, Ye Fei also assigned some tasks to Li Minghua. Since she wouldnât be needed for the trouble with those families in the next few days, he asked her to start working on the online piracy issue and handed over some of his channels to her. With her connections, she would surely do a good job.
The Zhou family was enjoying a harmonious time, while the Qi family, not far away, was shrouded in gloom.
After Ye Fei dealt with Ning Changzheng, Old Mr. Qi immediately panicked upon hearing the news. He ordered their people to start consolidating their forces at the fastest speed, especially around Wanghai, which they completely abandoned, hoping to somewhat reduce Ye Feiâs anger.
However, the Qi family was involved in too many things. The whole family had been busy non-stop until this morning to get things done preliminarily. Then they gathered together to discuss their future strategy.
At this moment, all the direct descendants of the Qi family had arrived. Everyone gathered in a conference room, but no one spoke. They just smoked furiously, filling the room with smoke.
Finally, it was the young and impetuous Qi Shilong who, relying on Old Mr. Qiâs favor, spoke first: âGrandpa, do we need to be this nervous? No matter how powerful Ye Fei is, what can he do to you?â
Old Mr. Qi sighed and said, âI used to think the same way, but now that even the number one leader supports him, I realize weâve seriously underestimated him.â
âBut Ning Changzheng has already stepped down, and youâre still in power. Itâs not the same, is it?â Qi Shilong was still not convinced. In his view, as long as Old Mr. Qi was there, nothing could go wrong, and no one could touch them.
Qi Shilong thought this way, but the second-generation members of the family were not so naive. They knew that although Old Mr. Qi was powerful and highly ranked, it would still be easy for the number one leader to take him down.
Now, Ye Fei had gained the number one leaderâs attention, and his status was already on par with Old Mr. Qi. Plus, he had unpredictable strengthâŠ
It was like Old Mr. Qi was a powerful minister by the ancient emperorâs side, while Ye Fei was the most favored eunuch (though this analogy was a bit ridiculous). Although logically and emotionally, the minister should be more important, the reality was clear to anyone who wasnât blind.
Thinking of this, Qi Dongqiang, the second eldest of the Qi family, couldnât help but complain to his nephew: âShilong, why did you have to provoke Ye Fei for no reason? If you hadnât, we wouldnât be in such a passive situation now.â
Hearing Qi Dongqiangâs words, the others also turned their blame on Qi Shilong, criticizing his various faults.
But Qi Shilong wasnât an easy pushover either. He retorted loudly, âNow you blame me? Didnât you all agree at first? And you were all eager to get your share, afraid that you wouldnât get enough, right?â
Although Qi Shilong was speaking the truth, would the Qi family members admit it? And how could he argue against so many people? So his momentum was quickly suppressed.
However, even after Qi Shilong shut up, the others didnât let him off. They continued to criticize him in a cacophony of voices. For a moment, the large Qi family seemed like a boiling pot, with the noise even louder than a marketplace.
âShut the hell up, all of you!â Seeing this scene, Old Mr. Qi, who always presented himself as gentle and refined, couldnât help but curse and slam the table hard. He was extremely disappointed in his descendants.
Outside, these people were all well-mannered, and some of them were even powerful officials. But now, when the Qi family was facing a life-or-death situation, instead of coming up with solutions, they were bickering among themselves, each trying to shirk responsibility.
A long time ago, Old Mr. Qi had known that the number one leader had the intention of weakening the familyâs power.
At that time, he didnât take it seriously.
But now, he realized that the number one leader was truly far-sighted. In families like theirs, it was really hard to produce any real talents, no matter how gifted they were.
Take Qi Shilong, for example. If he wanted to pursue a career in politics after graduation, even starting at the grassroots level as a township head, he would have the Qi familyâs backing. Then, leaders at the county, city, and even provincial levels would probably flatter him and go along with everything he said.
In such a situation, how could he get any real training?
And people who hadnât been trained might be able to put on a show in normal times, but as soon as they faced a big issue, they would immediately fall apart.