He immediately turned to Qi Qiming. His sharp gaze could practically see through Qi Qiming as he stared at him, yet he did not say anything for a long time.

Qi Qiming remained silent too as he let Qi Lei examine him.

After a long while, Qi Lei suddenly laughed. His expression turned slightly dazed. “We can’t turn back time now. We just can’t. You’re fated to owe Mother and me. Go home and watch Qi Feng. You still have him as a son. You’re annoying, and I don’t like you. If you could just disappear before me forever, that would be best. As for the rest, you can save it.”

Qi Lei’s hatred for Qi Qiming was not new, and he felt that he had been extremely benevolent to have done what he did thus far.

“Xiao Lei, I’m your father!” Qi Qiming clenched his fists tightly as he said.

Qi Lei got up with waning interest. “Nonsense. I don’t have a father!” Then, he smiled coldly and abruptly turned towards the stairs.

“Xiao Lei!” Qi Qiming shouted out, yet Qi Lei pretended to not hear him. He did not pause for even a second.

…

Finally, Qi Qiming could only silently watch as Qi Lei’s figure vanished at the stairs.

He remained distracted for a moment, then he was stunned for a long while. In the end, he barely remembered how he had left.

In the car on the way back to the Qi residence, Qi Qiming did not say a single word. Secretary Wang Chun, who noticed this from the front, felt worried too. He was about to say something when Qi Qiming, who had remained silent, suddenly spoke, “Have you prepared what I told you to?”

When Wang Chun heard that, he breathed in and quickly responded, “It’s been prepared. Also, the private investigation agency has sent news back. Take a look at these materials.”

Then, Wang Chun handed him a sealed folder.

Qi Qiming quickly took it to swiftly open. Then, he flipped through it. His expression did not change much, yet his eyes darkened significantly.

When he read it till the end, he finally lifted his head, shut his eyes, and took a deep breath!

It turned out that the more you were afraid something would happen, the more it would turn out to be…

Was this what they called inevitable fate?

If that was true, then Qi Qiming could only say that this was truly karma!

It was with much effort that he held back the storm that surged in his heart. He remained silent for a long while, then suddenly said, “Hand me the document.”

Upon hearing that, Wang Chun’s expression suddenly turned solemn. “CEO Qi, you must think this through. There might not be a need to prepare this item just yet. With the postponement of the shareholders’ meeting, these issues and the consequences of these are still uncertain, so shouldn’t we continue to ponder over it first?”

“No need. I’ve thought it through. I’ll sign to let this go into effect, and I’ll let you supervise the follow-up of this matter. Bring this to justice tomorrow to avoid any unexpected situations.”

Qi Qiming sounded so decisive that Wang Chun dared not suggest anything else. He only nodded and said, “Alright then.”

Then, he quickly took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Qi Qiming.

Qi Qiming set aside that folder to take the document and swiftly sign it…

…

It was the 15th day of the New Year, also known as the Lantern Festival. It crept up to them just like that.

It was the annual reunion festival, so naturally, things were very lively. Red lanterns were hung up high, and the streets were filled with Lantern Festival commercials.

At the International Exhibition Centre in City Z.

It was already very lively the first thing in the morning here. A red carpet was laid out across the stairs with hundreds of steps, and it went all the way into the exhibition halls. Fresh flowers filled the floral entrance, which was flanked by hundreds of scrolls with well wishes, and they rustled and swayed in the wind. They complemented the neatly arranged rows of baskets of flowers, and it all looked extremely lively and bright.

The opening ceremony for Qi Lei’s new company, Tai Yu Corporation was going to be held here.

Even though Tai Yu Corporation was a new company, it had grabbed the attention of many. Besides the fact that the CEO of Tai Yu Corporation was Qi Lei, the Second Master of the Qi family and Qi Kai’s young master, there was also Qi Lei and Glory World Corporation Chairman Mu Yuchen’s friendly relationship. Glory World Corporation and Fuhua Real Estate’s full support for Tai Yu Corporation was also enough for the industry to be filled with anticipation for the new company.

Tai Yu Corporation was practically the attention of all, especially as a newly launched company that had been born amidst bright starlight.

Therefore, many people from and beyond the industry had given face to Tai Yu Corporation’s opening ceremony, and all of them came over to wish well or join the fun.

They had been busy the entire morning, and now it was close to noon when the ceremony was about to start.

Inside the hall, Yang Sheng was losing his head and going weak in the legs as he was busy getting things done, but he was exceptionally happy.

“Assistant Yang, this is the program agenda you wanted.” The young assistant handed a paper to Yang Sheng.

Yang Sheng quickly took it and had a rough look at it. Then, he nodded and returned it as he asked, “What time is it now? Have all the guests arrived? Are Master Mu and CEO Xi here already? Also, did you see Master Qi? Why isn’t he here yet?”

Yang Sheng had wandered around the whole morning, but he still had not seen any signs of Qi Lei, thus he began to worry now.

“Assistant Yang, I’ve just called to confirm earlier. The CEO is still at the office. He should be rushing over quite soon, so please don’t worry. Also, Master Mu and CEO Xi are rushing over. There’s still about half an hour before the banquet begins. They should be able to reach right on time,” the assistant said. “As for the guests, most of them are here. Everyone else is still slowly making their way over. Our sound system guy is still testing the microphones.”

“Tell them to be more alert. Once you see Master Mu and the rest arrive, then let me know right away! We can’t afford any mistakes today. You got that?” Yang Sheng was quite strict now because this was a very important day for Tai Yu Corporation and Qi Lei. They could not make a single mistake!

“Yes, Assistant Yang. Please don’t worry. We’ll try our best!”

When Yang Sheng heard the assistant’s answer, he glared at him unhappily. “I don’t want you to try your best. You must do your best! Got it?”

“Yes! Yes! I understand!” the assistant inhaled and responded.