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Perplexed, she stared at them with a vacant gaze. Grandmother Qi’s eyes were red. She waved at Qi Chengyue. “Chengyue, come, have a seat. No matter what happens, you’ll always have us! It’s going to be okay!”

“You all know about this?” Qi Chengyue was shocked, and all of a sudden, she dreaded facing her own family.

Jian Yi was the husband of her choice, but then all the calamities happened a mere few months after the wedding. She felt guilt-ridden and was afraid to even look at her kin.

“I told them,” admitted Qi Chenglin. “I have evidence on Jian Yi and Guan Xiaolin. There’s no reason to keep dragging this further.”

He then turned his head to Qi Chengyue, looking incredibly stern. “You do plan to divorce, don’t you? Even if you still have hope in him and decide not to divorce, we’re not going to accept it. That man has to leave the Qi family.”

Qi Chengyue took a deep breath, grasped her fists tightly, then spat out four words, albeit with some difficulty. “I want a divorce.”

She felt as though she was about to collapse after finishing her sentence.

Guan Liya placed her arm around Qi Chengyue’s shoulder. “Don’t you worry, Chengyue. We’ll get back at them for all the wrongs that you suffered! I never thought Guan Xiaolin would be so shameless! She’s no longer my niece if she could disregard our ties and do this kind of thing to you!”

She completed her sentence and looked at Qi Chengzhi, seeking his approval through her silence.

As long as it involved company matters, Qi Chengzhi was considered to be the one who had full control.

His gaze swept across everyone in the room, and he noticed that their attention was entirely focused on him.

Keeping a cold expression, his rich voice began resounding. “Get the divorce done and make sure Jian Yi leaves with nothing. Then we’ll focus our attention to the Guan family.”

Qi Chengzhi looked at Guan Liya. “Auntie, will you be alright if we go all-out against the Guan family?”

“Not a problem!” Guan Liya then continued yakking without a second thought, “The Guan family has nothing to do with me anyway. They’ll only remember me if they need something. That’s when they’ll treat me politely and courteously. If Guan Xiaolin had the nerve to do something like that behind my back, she clearly doesn’t care that I’m her aunt, and since that’s the case, I’ve no reason to care about the Guan family!”

A nod from Qi Chengzhi. “That’s settled, then.”

“Chengzhi, thank you for all this. I know that isn’t easy to go against another company, even for the Qi family,” said Guan Liya. Qi Chengzhi agreed to do it so happily, and the sight of the entire family working together to help Qi Chengyue made her feel touched.

“We’re a family,” came Qi Chengzhi’s curt response.

“Big Brother, Song Yu,” Qi Chengyue began speaking suddenly, “I’m sorry for how I treated you last time.”

Her words were very earnest, and the redness in her eyes was a sign that she was sincere in her words.

Song Yu did not expect Qi Chengyue to say that in front of everyone. In fact, she actually treated Qi Chengyue’s change of attitude as an apology, letting bygones be bygones.

However, with Qi Chengyue apologizing before the entire family, the feeling was much different—after her words, it was like everything that happened in the past truly did stay in the past.