"Miss Ye," Zhang Yicheng's vigilance immediately rose. "Is there anything else you need?"
"Uncle Zhang, we've finished discussing business. I just want to chat about personal matters with you," Ye Zhi said, puzzled. "Actually, I heard from Qin Ya about your daughter. She's said to be a very straightforward person. So, I'm not surprised she impulsively crashed into our car. But to secretly replace the building materials during the transaction between our two families, such a complex matter, could Zhang Danni really have done it?"
Zhang Yicheng's expression darkened. He understood Ye Zhi's meaning perfectly.
Replacing the building materials was definitely not Zhang Danni's idea, as she lacked the intellect for it! But if Zhang Danni actually managed it, then behind her, there must be a deeply calculating person!
"Thank you!" Zhang Yicheng said with a somber face, then glared at Zhang Danhai irritably. "Why are you still standing there like an idiot! Let's go!"
Zhang Danhai quickly followed.
As Zhang Yicheng opened the office door, he saw Ye Qin Ya standing anxiously outside.
Ye Qin Ya had no idea what was going on. She had intended to follow them in but had accidentally been shut out by Ye Zhi.
Although the conference room's soundproofing was good, she could still faintly hear their argument earlier. But then, she didn't know what happened, their voices became so low she couldn't hear anything.
Seeing Zhang Yicheng's extremely grim expression and Zhang Danhai looking utterly dejected, Ye Qin Ya assumed they had fallen out. She quickly said, "Uncle Zhang, please don't be angry. I apologize to you on behalf of my sister! And you don't need to worry about Danni's matter, my sister..."
Ye Zhi felt a surge of frustration; she had guarded against it, yet Ye Qin Ya still managed to disgust her!
"Qin Ya, don't talk nonsense!" Ye Yongxian, who followed her out, frowned and explained, "Danni's matter has nothing to do with your sister, and Mr. Zhang has accepted it! Besides, we are the victims. They used inferior goods and sold us a batch of substandard building materials. Fortunately, your sister discovered it early!"
"Ah?" Ye Qin Ya was stunned. After thinking for a moment, she said with naive innocence, "This isn't a big deal. Can't we just buy another batch of quality building materials from their company?"
Ye Yongxian felt a sudden sweetness in his throat, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood. Ye Zhi looked at Ye Yongxian sympathetically, realizing then that she had underestimated Ye Qin Ya's degree of naive foolishness.
Even Zhang Yicheng looked at them, bewildered and lost.
"What she says doesn't count!" Ye Yongxian swallowed back a mouthful of blood. "Zhang Yicheng, Qin Ya holds no official position in Ye's. If you believe her words, then prepare to meet in court!"
"Dad..." Ye Qin Ya looked at him with a wronged expression.
"Shut up!" Ye Yongxian's face changed instantly.
"I understand," Zhang Yicheng recovered and then left with Zhang Danhai.
After they left, Ye Yongxian called the two sisters into his office.
He asked, with a mixture of confusion and anger, "Qin Ya, what's wrong with you? Why would you say something like that? We are the victims! Fine if you don't ask them for compensation, but after being cheated once, why would you still buy from them?!"
"But, but..." Ye Qin Ya shrunk her neck in fear, saying aggrievedly, "Isn't it about taking a small loss in business for it to last long?"
"Is that taking a loss?!" Ye Yongxian was so angry he almost slammed the table. "That's like cutting flesh to feed eagles; even a Bodhisattva would be ashamed of their inferiority! And I'm not complimenting you!"
Seeing the even more wronged Ye Qin Ya, Ye Zhi's gaze flickered. She suddenly asked, "Who taught you all this?"
"It's..." Ye Qin Ya was about to answer but stopped herself.
"Is it Ou Minghan?" Ye Zhi guessed.
"Minghan didn't teach me. He just told me about his entrepreneurial journey, how he grew his company step by step!" Ye Qin Ya quickly defended.
Ye Zhi was even more speechless. She really hadn't expected Ou Minghan to tell Ye Qin Ya stories in his spare time. But it wasn't surprising; Ou Minghan enjoyed being completely admired.
Of course, the content of those stories was naturally fabricated, likely intended to brainwash Ye Qin Ya. Ye Qin Ya, who was only kind and otherwise lacked substance, was now being led astray to an extreme by Ou Minghan.
"You're listening to his nonsense! His methods are quite dirty!" Ye Yongxian desperately wanted to win Ye Qin Ya back, recounting several unethical things Ou Minghan had done during his early business days.
Ye Qin Ya, of course, didn't believe a word. Watching the verbose Ye Yongxian, Ye Zhi felt weary for him. After all, she was his own daughter, and Ye Yongxian refused to face reality.
Fine, she would be the bad guy.
"Dad," Ye Zhi said, "Don't let Qin Ya come to the company anymore."
"Sister..." Ye Qin Ya looked at Ye Zhi with a wronged expression. Seeing that Ye Zhi was unaffected, she turned to Ye Yongxian. "Dad, do you also dislike me for not being helpful?"
Ye Yongxian was stunned and seemed conflicted.
"Dad, Qin Ya doesn't have a position in Ye's, but she is your daughter, with a special status and an overly kind heart. If she freely enters and exits Ye's, and similar situations occur where people take her words seriously, what kind of chaos could it cause?" Ye Zhi said calmly. Since she was going to be the bad guy, she would do it thoroughly.
"You're right!" Ye Yongxian hardened his heart. "Qin Ya, you shouldn't casually enter and exit the company anymore. If you have any urgent matters, just call."
Afterward, Ye Qin Ya left, looking wronged.
Ye Yongxian sighed helplessly. He turned and asked, "Xiao Zhi, how did you handle the Fengleju matter?"
Ye Zhi explained her handling of it. Ye Yongxian became increasingly shocked as he listened. By the time she finished, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Very good, very comprehensive. You truly are my daughter. Even I couldn't have done better..."
Afterward, they discussed the matter of claiming compensation from Cheng'an Company. Although Zhang Yicheng had promised to satisfy them, it was better to get more compensation if possible.
"What do you think Zhang Danhai was thinking?" Ye Yongxian was confused. "How could he tolerate Zhang Danni doing such a thing and damaging his own company's reputation?"
"I heard he just took over the company recently, and his subordinates don't really respect him," Ye Zhi said lightly. "Perhaps he wanted to do something to establish his authority, so he targeted our family and, at the same time, purged dissenters. If the matter came to light, he could blame it on Zhang Danni, killing two birds with one stone."
Ye Yongxian said with schadenfreude, "What a short-sighted, father-betraying fool! Serves Zhang Yicheng, that old geezer, right to have a headache! Who told him to be unreasonable!"
"As if you don't have someone similar around you..." Ye Zhi muttered speechlessly.