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Late at night, inside a luxurious hotel room in City Z.
Doris was wearing a beautiful light golden low-cut dress as she sat elegantly on the sofa. While she had an enticing smile on her face, her eyes were extremely cold.
She had a thin and long cigarette between her fingers and smoke wafted from between her crimson red lips.
"Miss, Qi Feng's assistant Morrison is outside. He says he needs to see you personally," a subordinate reported.
Doris raised her eyebrows as a faint light glinted in her eyes. She grinned with some sign of interest. "Qi Feng? He's getting impatient now, isn't he?"
She gave it some thought for a little while. Then, she grabbed the glass of wine on the table and emptied it. "Let him in!"
"Yes, Miss!" Her subordinate went out.
Soon after that, Morrison knocked on the door and entered.
"Ms. Doris!" Morrison bowed politely.
Doris let out another puff of smoke as she glanced at him, seeming unfazed by his arrival. "Why did Qi Feng send you here?"
She did not even invite Morrison to speak. Doris always acted all high and mighty toward the subordinates and was always like this every time Morrison came over.
"Master wanted to call you to talk about it, but it was a serious matter, so he sent me over," Morrison said.
"A serious matter? What is it? Has Shasha been rescued? Or has Qi Kai's stock stabilized? Have all the issues been solved?" Doris gently flicked the cigarette between her fingers as she said.
Morrison coughed before saying, "Qi Lei and Qi Qiming got into a fight. He wants to start out on his own. I'm sure you've been informed, Ms. Doris."
Doris raised her eyebrows and smiled. "I did hear about that. What's the matter? Didn't CEO Qi say Second Master Qi requires some training?"
"Do you truly believe that's true, Ms. Doris?" Morrison put on an odd smile.
As Doris let out a puff and extinguished the cigarette, she folded her arms. "Tell me, what did Qi Feng send you here to do?"
"Ms. Doris, Master means that he agrees to your conditions, but you must do all you can to save Missus, and you have to change your attitude towards Ms. Weiwei as well. Besides that, he would also like you to stop Second Master Qi, and lastly, make sure that no one will suspect Master for all of these."
Doris's grin grew wider when she heard Morrison's words and her eyes were gleaming.
She was not a fool and she already captured the key information from those few words. Instantly, she stared at Morrison and asked, "How's Qi Qiming's attitude towards your Master right now?"
Her sharp glances stunned Morrison for a moment. He felt like this woman read him easily and she was emitting an enormous aura around her. Even Qi Feng had to act cautiously around her.
Morrison was not sure how to answer her question, so he kept quiet for the moment.
Doris knew what he was thinking about and she smiled. "There's no need to get tensed up. No matter what Qi Feng says, he's my son-in-law, after all, and Shasha is my only daughter. I only help people on my side anyway. I'll treat him well as long as Qi Feng is nice to my daughter, but if he's planning something else, then he should be careful."
"You've misunderstood, Ms. Doris. Master has always been great to Ms. Shasha. He went through a lot because of her incident and he did all he could to try and rescue her, but probably due to Mu Yuchen's trap, it was very difficult for him to be of help. Mu Yuchen is pretty influential in the political scene. I'm sure you understand this better than anyone else," Morrison spoke carefully as he noticed Doris's awful expression.
He grinned and continued, "Moreover, who could be sure that it wasn't Mu Yuchen who was behind what happened between your divorce with Mr. Gu? Don't forget who Zhuang Shurong is. Someone could've arranged the lawyer that Gu Qiwu looked for. I'm sure that you know about the meeting between Mr. Gu and Mu Lingshi, Ms. Doris? As such..."
Doris raised her hand and stopped him from continuing. Of course, she knew what happened. She was frustrated by Gu Qiwu's tricks. As such a prideful woman, how could she let Gu Qiwu fool her for decades!?
She could not accept this at all.
Mu Zi?
Mu Lingtian?
Mu Lingshi?
Doris grinned. "What happened between Gu Qiwu and me is my own business. You don't have to remind me about it! Qi Qiming probably has his doubts about Qi Feng now, doesn't he? Or else, he wouldn't put him in a mere director's position. Is Qi Lei trying to take a step back in order to advance?"
Doris had thoroughly analyzed the situation!
If it was not for Qi Lei's protest this time, Qi Qiming probably would have let Qi Feng take over Qi Kai soon, but with so many things happening right now, this matter had been delayed. It was apparent that Qi Qiming was beginning to have doubts.
It would not be an issue if Qi Lei did not achieve great results after starting a new company on his own, but he actually did accomplish something. Considering Qi Qiming's guilt towards Wang Qin, as well as what Qi Lei already possessed, Qi Qiming might have to reconsider his successor!
Qi Feng was in a bind right now.
What a move!
Even Doris was impressed by Qi Lei.
Revealing his cards at a time like this was perfect. Qi Qiming could not even lift a finger against him!
"It's fortunate that you understand what's at stake here. You know that Master has it rough. Second Master Qi's relationship with Ms. Shasha has broken up, and they won't return to how they used to be in the past. He didn't seem worried about Ms. Shasha's incident at all, and he even claims that he'll be on Mu Yuchen's side..."
Naturally, Doris knew about Qi Lei's feelings for Gu Lingsha before.
Although Doris did not know Qi Lei very well, she knew that he was pretty sweet toward her daughter and was polite to her as well, but she did not really care much for him due to her less than desirable relationship with Wang Qin.
Doris had always intended for Mu Yuchen to be her son-in-law. Besides, Qi Feng was not up to her standards.
She heard that Qi Lei was pretty concerned about Gu Lingsha's news in the past few years, but they got into a fight soon after that although Doris had no idea what happened. However, she did feel annoyed right now.
"How bold of Qi Feng to ask this! Throwing this problem to me and making me the bad guy here...is he trying to get results by doing nothing?" Doris laughed coldly.
"Ms. Doris, please don't doubt Master's intentions. You should know that's the only way now with the situation he's in at the moment. Both of you are on the same side now. The two of you are working with Ms. Shasha tying you two together, isn't it?" Morrison pointed out their relationship. "Don't worry. Master always keeps his word. He'll give you whatever he's promised. Ms. Shasha is the First Master's wife. Does it not make sense for him to help her?" he assured her.
"Don't try to sugarcoat your words. Is Qi Feng really that innocent? I'm not Shasha! And it's not like I need Qi Feng to fulfill my wishes." Doris did not seem to care.
"Ms. Doris, you're a smart woman. I suppose you wouldn't want the information Master has gathered to be leaked, will you? Mu Yuchen probably found out about something in New York too. Mr. Gu has also been looking for the child's fa—"
"Enough! Stop!" Doris' expression turned cold instantly. "Don't think that you can threaten me. If it weren't for Shasha, I'd make sure you regret your words today! Go back and tell Qi Feng that I need time to consider this. Qi Lei isn't someone that I can just do something about easily, and Qi Qiming's subordinates aren't idiots either. Why else didn't they do something already?"
"Don't worry, Ms. Doris. Master will cooperate with you." Morrison smiled. "However, we hope you can get it done cleanly, or else, we might be in bigger trouble instead."
"I don't need a mere subordinate of Qi Feng's to lecture me!" Doris glanced at Morrison coldly as she started to dislike him. She knew that he had unkind intentions, but his loyalty to Qi Feng was unwavering.
Morrison was stunned for a moment. Then, he smiled without saying anything.
"Go back now and tell Qi Feng to come and talk to me himself the next time. Is he that unhappy to see his mother-in-law?" Doris's tone of voice was cold, and she did not sound like she actually cared about her son-in-law at all.
"I understand! I'll go back now!" Morrison was angry, but he could not say anything because he knew how powerful Doris was. Even Gu Qiwu and Qi Feng had to be wary of her.
Morrison soon left the room.
The room turned quiet all of a sudden.
Doris's eyes darkened as she sat stationary. She then suddenly flung the wine glass in front of her.
Clank—
The sound of glass breaking echoed through the room. Her subordinates dared not make a squeak, but they all knew Doris was not in a good mood.
"Qi Feng, how dare you threaten me!?" Doris ground her teeth.
"Miss, Qi Feng's attitude recently...he didn't take you seriously at all. Ms. Lingsha's situation isn't very good, but he doesn't seem to be trying his best at all. Could it be..."
"Don't underestimate Qi Feng's ambitions. Qi Lei starting out on his own isn't weird, but he's trying to stop him at full force right now. It's clear to see what his intentions are." Doris pinched the space between her eyebrows as she spoke with a cold tone. Her chest felt suffocated.
"Miss, should we give Qi Feng a warning?" her subordinate asked.
Doris took a deep breath and raised her hand. "There's no need. It's not the time to be infighting right now, and Qi Feng realizes that. I'll remember this. I'll make sure he knows there are some people he shouldn't mess with."
"Yes, Miss! What should we do now then? I doubt we can be of help with Ms. Lingsha's case. The police are clinging onto the evidence fiercely and we can't just get her out easily at the moment. This matter is oddly identical to what happened over in New York. It's very likely that Mu Yuchen is behind this. Perhaps, Qi Feng was trying to observe our reactions by pushing this problem onto us, so it's best we proceed with care."
Doris's trusted subordinate was called Glenn who was a middle-aged man and had been a trusted assistant of hers. He used to work under Doris's mother before being reassigned to Doris.
"To be able to control things from thousands of miles away, Mu Yuchen is much more powerful than we imagined. He managed to make Gu Qiwu and Qi Feng suffer the last time as well, we should be careful. Shasha made a blunder this time, I'm really disappointed that she can't even deal with Xi Xiaye, what's the point of getting jealous all the time?"
Doris was unhappy.
"Miss, I don't think we can put the blame onto Ms. Lingsha. Mu Yuchen was Ms. Lingsha's fiancè before, and now that he's become Xi Xiaye's husband, as her relationship with Qi Feng deepens, this issue is probably..."
"You don't have to speak for her sake. She's just useless! I warned her that being too emotional is immature! Men have the innate attitude to be enslaved. The more you care, the more they don't take you seriously. Just look at what happened to my mother. What a tragedy! Just look at the mess I had to clean up for her all these years!" Doris expression was cold. "Shasha's just like my mother: cowardly and useless. They were born princesses, but they act like slaves to their men!"