Qi Ye's eyes were bloodshot. He kept tightening his grip but let go of Chen Chunyao just before she suffocated and then pushed her away forcefully.
Chen Chunyao gasped for fresh air, with tears streaming down her face. She couldn't utter a single word.
Qi Ye walked to one side, picked up a wet wipe, and carefully wiped his fingers clean.
"Chen Chunyao, what on earth are you doing now?"
He drawled, his emotions already back to normal. It was as if the one who had wanted to kill someone just now wasn't him.
"Back then, it was you who insisted on standing by my side, saying that one of us should get what we wanted. Now, why are you crying and making a fuss?"
His tone was cold and heartless. He truly didn't have the slightest bit of affection for Chen Chunyao.
She had done so many wrong things for him.
He only regarded her as an ordinary subordinate.
In fact, if she weren't Xu Tingyu's good friend, he wouldn't even need her to be his "subordinate".
The reason was simple.
Although Qi Ye was a despicable person who had used many underhanded means.
He still thought that Chen Chunyao's help in these matters was a betrayal of Xu Tingyu.
He would make Xu Tingyu stay away from such a so - called best friend after everything was done.
Now, hearing his scolding, Chen Chunyao calmed her breathing and looked up at him.
"So, you think I'm being unreasonable? You think it's my duty to help you treat Tingyu like this?"
It just showed how complex human nature was.
In the past few years, she had lived in torment every single day.
The first thing she did for Qi Ye was to have someone break into Xu Tingyu's car and steal those paintings.
She deliberately made Xu Tingyu take the paintings there, while Qi Ye deliberately led Jiang Li to be nearby.
Even the parking spot of Xu Tingyu's car was within their expectations.
After those paintings were taken away, Xu Tingyu was immediately in great financial trouble.
According to Qi Ye's original plan, she should have had a worse fight with Qi Shifeng and would have entered the divorce process faster.
And it did go as he expected.
Xu Tingyu lost the Xu family's old house because those paintings were destroyed.
This was another blow after Xu Jianmin's death.
Chen Chunyao also witnessed Xu Tingyu's breakdown and pain.
She even dared not look her in the eye. At night, she would dream that the things she had done were exposed.
Finally, under Qi Ye's arrangement, this incident was successfully framed on Qi Shifeng.
However, Xu Tingyu was always cautious and meticulous and didn't fully believe it.
Qi Ye didn't want to push her too hard, so through Chen Chunyao, he gave Xu Tingyu three million yuan.
Then he showed up himself and arranged a stand - in job for her through his connections.
Obviously, this timely help made Xu Tingyu trust them more.
She also had more contact with Qi Ye.
Originally, everything was developing in the direction Qi Ye expected, but he had miscalculated many things. He only missed Qi Shifeng's feelings for Xu Tingyu.
In this marriage, Qi Shifeng had already fallen in love, so he simply refused to let go.
He also missed the arrival of Youyou.
Before, when he occasionally communicated with Qi Shifeng, he would always hint that having a child would tie the two of them closer.
If something went wrong then, the child would be as pitiful as they were in their childhood.
He knew that Qi Shifeng didn't like children because of his unfortunate childhood.
But he didn't expect that Qi Shifeng still made Xu Tingyu pregnant and even said that he wouldn't divorce.
He had to start from the old man again, hinting that if Xu Tingyu gave birth to this child, the divorce would definitely not happen.
Since the Qi family had decided to kick Xu Tingyu out, this child shouldn't be left.
As the person in power, Qi Shifeng's heir should be born by the future Mrs. Qi.
Only in this way could they avoid being gossiped about.
This hint coincided with the old man's idea.
Then the old man sent someone to forcefully get rid of Xu Tingyu's child.
Although Qi Ye felt sorry for Xu Tingyu, he still didn't want to keep this child.
But he didn't expect that Xu Tingyu finally escaped.
Qi Shifeng protected her tightly. Others could only watch helplessly as the child was born.
Qi Ye had been angry about these things and smashed several famous paintings in front of Chen Chunyao.
So Chen Chunyao had advised Xu Tingyu more than once to leave Qi Shifeng.
Later, under the old man's strong intervention, Xu Tingyu still went abroad.
This made Qi Ye extremely happy.
He thought that as long as Xu Tingyu stayed abroad, when the old man relaxed his vigilance, he would slowly walk into her life.
He had waited for so many years and didn't mind waiting a few more.
As long as the final destination was him.
He was so cautious and everything he did was so perfect that no one noticed, which also deepened his expectations.
He had imagined countless times that when Xu Tingyu finally threw herself into his arms, he would present the best things in the world to her.
But he never expected that Xu Tingyu would return to China.
She even came back to Jingdu and re - contacted Qi Shifeng.
When she returned, he smashed things at home again and asked many times why.
Why was it so hard for Qi Shifeng to die?
Why did they have a child?
And why did Xu Tingyu love that child so much even though she didn't raise the child?
She even loved the child so much that she could accept Qi Shifeng again for the sake of Youyou.
Why, why on earth?
He had made so many efforts, not only setting obstacles for Shen Yan but also guarding against other suitors.
In the end, he still had to lose to Qi Shifeng?
All of this was because of Youyou, because of that bastard child.
"Chen Chunyao, I'll give you one last chance. You can leave now, and we'll never see each other again."
"But if you choose to stay, you must help me with one more thing. After it's done, I'll give you what you want."
"The entertainment company where your management contract is located will also be directly under your name."
Qi Ye threw the wet wipe into the trash can and finally turned to look at Chen Chunyao.
His contempt for her was shown in the fact that he didn't even intend to answer her question.
In fact, only he himself knew whether he had heard her question just now.
Chen Chunyao knew that she should stand up and leave immediately.
Qi Ye had already made her do too many things she didn't want to do.
However, the temptation of "giving her what she wanted" was too great.
Even though she was well aware that the temptation offered by a devil would require her to pay a greater price.
She just couldn't move her feet.
She had already lost completely and would never be able to escape.
Seeing her silent, a cold sneer flashed across Qi Ye's eyes.
He knew that this woman couldn't resist the temptation.
She even dared to compare herself with Xu Tingyu. How dare she?
Even when Xu Tingyu was poor and desperate, she never traded her friends for a better future.
But Chen Chunyao was different.
She claimed that her actions were out of love for him. But when he rewarded her with resources, she never refused.