This isn't right, is it

"You're not worthy."

Ye Shuang's utterly merciless words instantly shattered Xu Yitian's composure, his face turning ugly. "You're just relying on a woman! Without Chairwoman Chen's protection, you're nothing! What abilities do you even have?!"

Ye Shuang watched this scene quietly, only speaking after the other had finished,

"You're not even worthy of Chairwoman Chen's protection."

Xu Yitian's face froze.

"You... you... you..."

The highest level of argument is when the other party is so flustered they start ranting, and you only need to calmly retort one sentence to infuriate them half to death.

"Ye Shuang!!!"

"Shut up."

Xu Yitian clutched his chest, so angry he was rolling his eyes. The two assistants behind him were terrified and hurriedly held him. "M-Mr. Xu?!"

Ye Shuang straightened his sleeves at this moment. Seeing Xu Yitian in this state, he frowned slightly,

"Collapsing already? Can you get up and get back to work? Don't cause trouble for nothing and hold up the company's progress."

With that, he turned and left with his assistant.

Xu Yitian felt blood rushing to his head, his vision went black, and he fainted on the spot.

"M-Mr. Xu?!"

After returning to his office, Ye Shuang had barely sat down when his phone rang. He glanced at it and saw it was Chen Qin calling.

She'd probably heard about what happened between him and Xu Yitian.

"Hello?"

"Ah Ye, did you have a fight with Xu Yitian?" Chen Qin, who was on a business trip, asked over the phone. "I heard you even made him so angry he ended up in the hospital."

"Something like that, yeah. What about it?"

Chen Qin: "..."

And you're asking me what about it?

"Xu Yitian is one of our people," Chen Qin said. "He's a very capable person. I hope you two can get along... How about I arrange a meeting to smooth things over?"

"He threatened me," Ye Shuang stated.

"Huh? Why would he threaten you? Is there some misunderstanding?" Chen Qin was clearly taken aback, not quite understanding.

There shouldn't be any conflict of interest between you two, right?

"Maybe. But I'm not really interested." Ye Shuang was still flipping through documents. "Misunderstanding or not, I'm just here temporarily. I don't have the energy for office politics."

Chen Qin understood his meaning and her tone turned coquettish. "Ah Ye~ I'm not blaming you. I'm just curious about what happened between you two, to see if it's a misunderstanding."

"Send someone to investigate yourself. Goodness, with all this drama, one might think we're filming a palace intrigue series." Ye Shuang wasn't clear on what cooperation Xu Yitian wanted from him, but it probably wasn't anything good. The man had no composure, getting worked up after just a few words.

If An Shiyu came over and roasted you a few times, wouldn't you drop dead on the spot from anger?

"Are you angry?" Chen Qin asked cautiously over the phone.

"No."

"Tsk, that tone means you're a bit unhappy. I'm really not blaming you, you know." Chen Qin said. After all, a conflict had arisen between her capable subordinate and Ye Shuang, so she naturally had to ask for the details.

"That Xu Yitian guy probably likes you and got jealous," Ye Shuang said casually. "Just a guess, of course."

Although it was true.

"Ah? That can't be..."

"Who knows? You're so beautiful, probably a lot of older men have their eyes on you." Ye Shuang tapped on his keyboard, smiling.

"You're terrible." Even though Ye Shuang said it offhandedly, Chen Qin's face still flushed slightly on the other end of the line. "Say more."

Ye Shuang couldn't help but chuckle at this, but then asked,

"Alright, tell me. In this matter between me and Xu Yitian, whose side are you on?"

"Unconditionally on Ah Ye's side," Chen Qin immediately replied.

"You should take the side that's right. As the chairwoman, can you be so swayed by personal feelings?" Ye Shuang said. "Separating public and private matters is fundamental."

"Wow, fine then. I'll take Xu Yitian's side."

"Go ahead then."

"No way," Chen Qin said. "Alright, I need to give Xu Yitian a call in a bit."

"Okay, go ahead."

After hanging up, Ye Shuang went back to work. As for what Xu Yitian would say to Chen Qin next, he wasn't too concerned—after all, it wasn't like Chen Qin didn't know about him living with Bai Yuyou.

If Xu Yitian really planned to spill the beans recklessly, he'd most likely run straight into Chen Qin's line of fire.

Meanwhile, in a hotel room in another city, Chen Qin took out her phone and made a video call to Xu Yitian, planning to ask about this so-called threat.

To Chen Qin, Xu Yitian was a reliable subordinate.

But that was all. No subordinate, no matter how important, could compare to her husband. However, to consider the company's interests, Chen Qin naturally still had to show some concern for him.

The call connected quickly. On the video, Xu Yitian looked haggard, lying in a hospital bed, apparently in a ward.

"Ch... Chairwoman Chen."

His voice was weak, making it sound like he was seriously ill to anyone who didn't know better.

"Mr. Xu, are you alright?" Chen Qin asked. "I heard you had a disagreement with Vice President Ye."

At this moment, Chen Qin didn't seem like the girlish figure she was in front of Ye Shuang. Instead, she appeared as a superior showing kind concern.

"I'm fine, cough, it's nothing..." Xu Yitian coughed a few times. "Perhaps... Vice President Ye and I had a bit of a misunderstanding."

"What misunderstanding?"

"I'm not sure either. Recently, Vice President Ye has been stirring up quite a fuss in the company. I just wanted to discuss it with him... but he seemed to really dislike me and gave me quite a scolding."

"Is that so..." Chen Qin pondered. "What did he say to you?"

"He said I wasn't fit for my position... Chairwoman Chen, you know how much I've given to the group. For him to say that was an insult... So I got overly agitated and ended up in the hospital."

Hearing this, Chen Qin felt something was off. Although she didn't know the details of the incident, she knew Ye Shuang's character.

He might be somewhat cold when focused on work, but he would never curse someone without reason.

Seeing Chen Qin frown, Xu Yitian seized the opportunity to press further. "Chairwoman Chen, there's something involving Vice President Ye's private life. I'm not sure if I should mention it."

"Hmm?" Hearing it was about Ye Shuang's private affairs, Chen Qin immediately became interested. "Go on, tell me."

"Forget it..." Xu Yitian deliberately baited the hook.

Chen Qin took the bait instantly. "What's it about? You can tell me."

"Well... alright then," Xu Yitian said. "Vice President Ye... seems to be keeping a young woman, a student, on the side."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qin was momentarily stunned, her mind quickly running through the girls who had recently appeared around Ye Shuang. But after thinking it over, she couldn't come up with an answer.

Aside from Bai Yuyou, Tang Keke, An Shiyu... were there any new girls around Ah Ye?

"That girl is the campus belle of Yinshan Academy, named Bai Yuyou," Xu Yitian said immediately, seeing Chen Qin deep in thought.

He was certain Ye Shuang wouldn't dare tell Chen Qin about this.

But the next second, Xu Yitian saw Chen Qin look as if she had breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Yitian: "?"

This isn't right.