I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 112
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 112: Regained Memory
After Qi Yuan went in, she did not come out for a long time. Chu Yuan walked around the hall twice, then walked to the door and lit a cigarette.
He smoked, but he wasn’t addicted. He only smoked when he was frustrated.
Perhaps because he was too nervous, he choked and almost coughed up tears.
The man threw away the cigarette in annoyance, and when he turned around, he saw a familiar figure slowly walking out of the laboratory.
"Qi Yuan?" He walked quickly towards her, and as expected, he saw that the girl's eyes were red. "Are you okay? It doesn't matter if you don't remember. We aren’t in a hurry..."
"Chu..." She wanted to call his name, but overwhelmed by helplessness and confusion, she could only utter one word.
"Qi Yuan?" With a bad premonition, Chu Yuan held her shoulders and asked in a low voice, "What happened? Don't scare me."
"Chu Yuan." She moved her lips and uttered three words. "I'm sorry."
After saying that, the girl covered her face with her hands, slowly squatted down, and burst into tears.
Shen Yao happened to see this scene when she came out. The girl sighed, walked to the bewildered Chu Yuan, and patted his shoulder.
"Seventh Brother guessed it right. It was really hypnosis."
Hypnosis? After Qi Yuan got into a car accident, someone hypnotized her and made her forget the past? No, if that was true, had she really been in a car accident? Or was it that even the car accident was a lie made up by the Qi family?
After a brief moment of confusion, Chu Yuan calmed down.
Whether the cause of her amnesia was hypnosis or something else, it didn't matter now.
He had thought it through. The reason he wanted her to regain her memory so badly was simply because he didn't want her to forget the good times they had had, and he didn't want himself to leave no trace in her past.
Except for the two of them, everyone in the Qi and Chu families had become victims of the disaster. He had long since let go of the past, so she didn't need to blame herself.
Chu Yuan squatted down in front of the girl, touched her head, and said softly, "Don't cry, Qi Yuan... let bygones be bygones. I no longer have any resentment towards your family."
"I know, I know..." She slowly stopped crying and said in a choked voice, "Chu Yuan, I’m sorry."
I’m sorry because in the end, I still deceived you.
……
It wasn’t until the head of the Chu family committed suicide in prison that she realized what her father and the second master of the Chu family had done together.
The girl rushed into her father's room and questioned his decision.
"I'm already engaged to Chu Yuan. The Qi and Chu families are in-laws. Dad, why are you helping outsiders to deal with Uncle Chu?"
Compared to her agitation, Qi Zhengguo looked relaxed, perhaps even satisfied that his plan was successful. "You know nothing."
He leaned back in his chair while he smoked. "Even if the Chu family's direct lineage is defeated, the Qi family and the Chu family are still in-laws."
"Dad?" She widened her eyes in disbelief, and blurted out, "Are you still going to use Xiaoyuan as a tool for marriage?"
The eldest daughter was already engaged to Chu Yuan. Even if it was to avoid suspicion, it was impossible to promise her to the son of the second branch of the Chu family.
Therefore, if the marriage alliance between the Qi and Chu families had to be maintained, the Qi family could only offer their second daughter, Qi Yuan.
Faced with his eldest daughter's question, Qi Zhengguo calmly replied, "Your sister is the same age as you. It's time for her to have a boyfriend."
"In that case, why did you go to so much trouble?" Since he still wanted his daughter to marry into the Chu family, wouldn’t it be better to be married to the legitimate heir?
"Qi Yao, do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand why I agreed to cooperate with the second master of the Chu family?" Qi Zhengguo sneered as he crushed his cigarette butt in the ashtray. "The marriage agreement with the Chu family is just for the purpose of finding a financial backer for the company. The company is facing a financial crisis now, but the Chu family has been reluctant to agree to financing. Wait for you and Chu Yuan to get married? By the time you got married, the Qi family would have long collapsed!"
Knowing the current situation of the company, Qi Yao didn't know how to refute her father for a moment.
"Since the second master of the Chu family can save our Qi family, why should I insist on relying on the eldest master of the Chu family?" Qi Zhengguo said earnestly, shocking his daughter. "Yaoyao, when you inherit the company, you will understand that for a businessman, the least valuable thing is friendship."
……
After coming out of the study, Qi Yao was stunned to see her sister standing in the corridor.
She quickly closed the study door and held her sister's hand. "Qi Yuan, what are you doing here? Go back to your room..."
Silently shaking off her hand, the girl looked at her elder sister coldly and said slowly, "Qi Yao, have you been convinced by Dad?"
"What... what?"
"You’ve been convinced by Dad, and you also think that there’s no need for friendship between businessmen?" The girl said coldly, "You also think that Dad is right to have betrayed and framed Chu Yuan’s family? "
Knowing that Qi Yuan had heard everything that had just been said, Qi Yao fell silent.
"Qi Yao, answer me." Unlike her usual cheerful and bright self, the girl looked very similar to her sister when her expression was cold. "Do you really agree with what Dad did?"
"I..." I disagreed. Qi Yao smiled bitterly.
Of course she disagreed, but what was the point of saying it out loud? Saying it here in particular wouldn’t help Chu Yuan in any way other than angering their father.
"Qi Yao." Faced with her silence, Qi Yuan laughed sadly. "You like Chu Yuan, right?"
"..."
"You like Chu Yuan, but you dare not admit it. You think Dad did something wrong, but you dare not admit it too." She sneered. "Qi Yao, you’re a coward!"
The girl said, and threw the book she was holding at Qi Yao’s face.
Qi Yao didn't dodge and accepted the blow. Blood flowed from her forehead and her vision was blurred.
Qi Yuan was also frightened by the scene before her. Her expression changed slightly. She wanted to step forward, but stopped again.
"Qi Yuan!" Their father who heard the noise walked out of the study and saw the blood on his eldest daughter's face. He was so angry that he almost fainted. "Why are you creating a scene?!"
"I'm not creating a scene." The girl's brief hesitation turned into determination when she saw her father. "Dad, I’ve been dating Chu Yuan as Qi Yao, and I’m also the one who’s engaged to Chu Yuan. If you want me to get engaged to another grandchild of the Chu family, will they dare to accept me?"
"What did you say?!" Thinking that he heard it wrong, Qi Zhengguo's eyes widened. His gaze swung back and forth between his two daughters, and he got the answer from Qi Yao's expression. "You two..."
He was livid. "Get back to your rooms! No one’s allowed to go out without my permission!"
"I won't! I'm going to find Chu Yuan! I'm going to tell him the truth!" Compared with her sister's silence, the younger sister spoke fiercely and loudly accused her father. "I’m going to tell Chu Yuan that the elder he trusted is a liar!"
"Humph, you want to find Chu Yuan?" Qi Zhengguo did not get angry, but smiled coldly and instructed the butler who was standing by. "Arrange someone to keep an eye on Junior Miss for me –– I’ve already promised the second master of the Chu family. Qi Yuan, don't assume that you can do whatever you want just because I indulge you usually. "
As soon as he finished speaking, the butler and servants blocked Qi Yuan's way. They forcibly grabbed the girl's arms and took her back to her room.
"Don’t touch me! I want to go out. Let go of me!"
The girl's voice was cut off as the door closed. Qi Zhengguo stared coldly at the door for a moment, then turned to his other daughter.
"Yaoyao, do you know what to do?"
