Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

Chapter 1453: Chapter 1453: The Qi Family in an Uproar

Zhou Tingting had no idea what Ye Fei was thinking. Seeing her mother glance at him, she suddenly felt that her mom was essentially working for Ye Fei now.

Wouldn’t it be better to just ask Ye Fei directly? So she quickly asked, ”Ye Fei, do you think I should transfer to Wanghai?”

At Zhou Tingting’s call, Ye Fei snapped out of his daze and stopped thinking about all the unnecessary stuff. He casually replied, ”Transferring is good too. You’ll have Yunqi and the others to keep you company, so you won’t be lonely. And you won’t have to hang out with unreliable friends either.”

Hearing Ye Fei’s words, Li Minghua became even more convinced that this guy was after her daughter. However, she didn’t voice her opposition. She just gave Ye Fei a meaningful look, a kind of charm unique to a mature woman. It made Ye Fei’s heart skip a beat.

Fortunately, everyone else was focused on Ye Fei at the moment, or that coquettish glance might have given something away.

Zhou Tingting was overjoyed and didn’t give anyone else a chance to object. She quickly asked, ”So when are we leaving?”

”There’s no rush. I still have some things to take care of in Beijing these few days. We’ll leave after I’m done,” Ye Fei said with a smile.

”What’s the matter, my dear granddaughter? Can’t you stay with grandpa a few more days?” Old Mr. Zhou teased with a smile.

He had no objections to his daughter-in-law and granddaughter moving to Wanghai. He and Zhou Bo were both very busy, and even if they lived in Beijing, they didn’t have much time to spend together.

Moreover, Old Mr. Zhou knew what Ye Fei’s so-called ”matters” were. However, he had no intention of pleading for those people.

As a soldier, apart from having some personal feelings in the past about taking revenge on the Liuye families, he was very upright. He had long been dissatisfied with those increasingly outrageous families in recent years.

After finishing the serious talk, Ye Fei didn’t leave immediately. Instead, he stayed and chatted with the Zhou family. Old Mr. Zhou had watched Ye Fei’s mother grow up and had a kind of affection for her. Zhou Bo was Ye Fei’s uncle, and now that Ye Fei had ”taken” his wife, he felt a bit guilty.

During the conversation, Ye Fei also assigned some tasks to Li Minghua. Since she wouldn’t be needed for the trouble with those families in the next few days, he asked her to start working on the online piracy issue and handed over some of his channels to her. With her connections, she would surely do a good job.

The Zhou family was enjoying a harmonious time, while the Qi family, not far away, was shrouded in gloom.

After Ye Fei dealt with Ning Changzheng, Old Mr. Qi immediately panicked upon hearing the news. He ordered their people to start consolidating their forces at the fastest speed, especially around Wanghai, which they completely abandoned, hoping to somewhat reduce Ye Fei’s anger.

However, the Qi family was involved in too many things. The whole family had been busy non-stop until this morning to get things done preliminarily. Then they gathered together to discuss their future strategy.

At this moment, all the direct descendants of the Qi family had arrived. Everyone gathered in a conference room, but no one spoke. They just smoked furiously, filling the room with smoke.

Finally, it was the young and impetuous Qi Shilong who, relying on Old Mr. Qi’s favor, spoke first: ”Grandpa, do we need to be this nervous? No matter how powerful Ye Fei is, what can he do to you?”

Old Mr. Qi sighed and said, ”I used to think the same way, but now that even the number one leader supports him, I realize we’ve seriously underestimated him.”

”But Ning Changzheng has already stepped down, and you’re still in power. It’s not the same, is it?” Qi Shilong was still not convinced. In his view, as long as Old Mr. Qi was there, nothing could go wrong, and no one could touch them.

Qi Shilong thought this way, but the second-generation members of the family were not so naive. They knew that although Old Mr. Qi was powerful and highly ranked, it would still be easy for the number one leader to take him down.

Now, Ye Fei had gained the number one leader’s attention, and his status was already on par with Old Mr. Qi. Plus, he had unpredictable strength...

It was like Old Mr. Qi was a powerful minister by the ancient emperor’s side, while Ye Fei was the most favored eunuch (though this analogy was a bit ridiculous). Although logically and emotionally, the minister should be more important, the reality was clear to anyone who wasn’t blind.

Thinking of this, Qi Dongqiang, the second eldest of the Qi family, couldn’t help but complain to his nephew: ”Shilong, why did you have to provoke Ye Fei for no reason? If you hadn’t, we wouldn’t be in such a passive situation now.”

Hearing Qi Dongqiang’s words, the others also turned their blame on Qi Shilong, criticizing his various faults.

But Qi Shilong wasn’t an easy pushover either. He retorted loudly, ”Now you blame me? Didn’t you all agree at first? And you were all eager to get your share, afraid that you wouldn’t get enough, right?”

Although Qi Shilong was speaking the truth, would the Qi family members admit it? And how could he argue against so many people? So his momentum was quickly suppressed.

However, even after Qi Shilong shut up, the others didn’t let him off. They continued to criticize him in a cacophony of voices. For a moment, the large Qi family seemed like a boiling pot, with the noise even louder than a marketplace.

”Shut the hell up, all of you!” Seeing this scene, Old Mr. Qi, who always presented himself as gentle and refined, couldn’t help but curse and slam the table hard. He was extremely disappointed in his descendants.

Outside, these people were all well-mannered, and some of them were even powerful officials. But now, when the Qi family was facing a life-or-death situation, instead of coming up with solutions, they were bickering among themselves, each trying to shirk responsibility.

A long time ago, Old Mr. Qi had known that the number one leader had the intention of weakening the family’s power.

At that time, he didn’t take it seriously.

But now, he realized that the number one leader was truly far-sighted. In families like theirs, it was really hard to produce any real talents, no matter how gifted they were.

Take Qi Shilong, for example. If he wanted to pursue a career in politics after graduation, even starting at the grassroots level as a township head, he would have the Qi family’s backing. Then, leaders at the county, city, and even provincial levels would probably flatter him and go along with everything he said.

In such a situation, how could he get any real training?

And people who hadn’t been trained might be able to put on a show in normal times, but as soon as they faced a big issue, they would immediately fall apart.