Chapter 17: What Are You Capable Of?

Suddenly, Li Dasong and the others walked in again. "Li Qingying, I forgot to tell you, your useless husband went out last night on a date with a female classmate and stayed at a hotel."

"He Haoxuan?" Li Qingying frowned. "That's impossible."

"How is it impossible, Qingying? Didn’t He Haoxuan go out last night?" Song Li and Li Dong entered as well.

Li Dasong sneered, "Li Qingying, it looks like He Haoxuan isn’t a fool after all. Seeing you lose your footing in the Li family, he’s already looking to stray and find another woman. I heard that his classmate is a teacher and extremely beautiful."

Furious, Li Qingying clenched her delicate fists, but soon she took a deep breath and did not let her anger show.

Seeing he couldn’t provoke her, Li Dasong continued with a malicious grin, "The old madam just said you’ve been working too hard lately, so you’re on a long leave. If you’re not called back to work, don’t come here and get in our way."

"Li Dasong, my position as general manager was announced by Grandfather. You have no right to drive me out," Li Qingying said angrily.

"Li Qingying, do you still have the nerve to say that? You must have harmed Old Master Li, otherwise, why would there be no news of him for so long? Now, the one in charge of Baili Group is the old madam. Whatever she says goes. Get out now, or I’ll have security throw you out."

Li Qingying’s whole family was driven out of Baili Group. When Song Li returned home, still fuming, she found He Haoxuan lounging on the sofa, legs crossed, sipping red wine. She exploded, "He Haoxuan, where were you last night?"

"I already told you, didn’t I? I went to a class reunion," He Haoxuan replied, setting his wine glass on the table.

"And you still have the nerve to say that? Now everyone at Baili Group knows you went to a hotel with a female classmate. How is Qingying supposed to hold her head up?" Song Li was so angry she wanted to rush to the kitchen, grab a cleaver, and show him the Eighteen Dragon Slashes.

"Do you really believe that? I came back so early last night, and even made noodles for Li Qingying," He Haoxuan replied with a double entendre.

Li Qingying’s ears turned red at his words. This shameless scoundrel always spoke like that.

"Regardless, you’d better not have any such thoughts. Otherwise, we’ll make sure you have nowhere to die in peace," Song Li threatened. "Only Qingying could ever wrong you, you must never wrong her."

Just as Li Qingying stepped out of the shower, her door was pushed open and He Haoxuan walked in.

"W-what are you doing in here?" Li Qingying exclaimed in surprise, staring at him.

In the past six months, he’d never entered her room on his own, so she hadn’t locked the door.

"You’re my wife. What do you think I’m here for?" He Haoxuan replied deliberately.

"Help—" Li Qingying immediately opened her mouth to call for help, thinking he was up to no good.

But as soon as she did, He Haoxuan covered her mouth. "Don’t yell, or your mother will come rushing in with a cleaver again."

Having leapt on her, he pinned Li Qingying to the bed. The situation between them could not have been more ambiguous.

Li Qingying nodded quickly to show she understood.

He Haoxuan gently released her.

But as soon as he did, Li Qingying bit his hand.

"Ouch! Why are you biting me? Are you a dog? You promised me!" He Haoxuan yelped.

"I only promised not to yell, not not to bite you," Li Qingying said, a rare smile blooming on her usually icy face, stunning He Haoxuan into a daze.

He couldn’t say why, but after spending so much time with her, just seeing her smile always seemed to lift his spirits.

"What did you come into my room for?" Li Qingying finally remembered to be wary of He Haoxuan, who had sneaked in.

"I wanted to ask what’s going on. Just now your mother said you were suspended as general manager and you can’t take part in the project with Quange Corporation either?" He Haoxuan asked.

"The people from Second Uncle’s family have been targeting me all along, and Grandma has been taken in by them," Li Qingying sighed. "I’ve worked hard for half a year. Taking a couple of days off isn’t so bad."

He Haoxuan sneered inwardly. Second Master Li’s family were not good people; they’d never let Li Qingying off that easily. A couple of days’ rest? They probably never meant for her to return.

"Does that mean we’re getting divorced now?" He Haoxuan asked.

"Why?" Li Qingying was puzzled.

"Didn’t you marry me so you could become general manager? Now that you’ve lost that position, aren’t we supposed to divorce?" He Haoxuan was a little worried his father wouldn’t take it well.

Li Qingying had always wanted to divorce him. Now, with things as they were, she probably wouldn’t want to stay with him any longer.

"We agreed to divorce after one year, and I will keep my word," Li Qingying shook her head. "Now, get off me!"

Only then did she realize He Haoxuan was still pressing down on her. She’d momentarily forgotten.

He Haoxuan got up awkwardly. "I got caught up talking to you and forgot. Don’t worry, I won’t let them bully you."

Seeing she wasn’t going to divorce him right away, He Haoxuan relaxed.

"And what can you do?" Li Qingying scoffed.

He Haoxuan simply smiled and left the room.

The next morning, Li Dasong, dressed in a suit and tie, and Li Qingying, dolled up and glamorous, got into the company’s Mercedes and headed to Quange Corporation.

They were overjoyed. That fool Li Qingying had already negotiated the contract with Quange Corporation; all that was left was for them to go and agree.

During office hours, even the general manager’s office informed them that Wu Shaorong, general manager of Quange Corporation, had called to urge Baili Group to come sign the contract today.

It seemed Li Qingying was at least competent enough to pave the way for them. All they had to do was follow in her footsteps.

Hmph, they were sure they were more capable than Li Qingying. As long as they could latch onto Quange Corporation, they would certainly rise to the top and crush Li Qingying’s family completely.

Additionally, yesterday, Yang Zhiyi had called, saying that if they dropped the lawsuit against Ruhuai Group and withdrew the indictment, he’d pay five million in private compensation.

Li Dasong was thrilled. Suing Ruhuai Group could earn thirty million, but that was company money. How could that compare to pocketing five million directly? So he decided to accept Yang Zhiyi’s offer.

Even though Quange in Qingshan City was only a branch, they’d built a building dozens of stories high in the city center—just the land and property alone were worth over a billion.

"Brother, I heard Wu Shaorong is quite young. How about I marry him?" Li Qingying asked Li Dasong.

"That’s a great idea. Just go all out—whether he’s married or not, you get close to him. Then our family will live in luxury, and we’ll crush Li Qingying’s family for good," Li Dasong said excitedly.