Chapter 958. True Feelings Hurt The Most? (3)
“You should tell the old man these things, not me! I’m powerless when it comes to company matters. It’s up to you what you want to do. Haven’t you all decided on demoting me already? Why are you here to tell me all this?” Qi Lei’s deep voice contained a hint of cold mockery.
“Lei, why won’t you understand? I’ve come today because I didn’t want things to pan out the way it has. The company’s just letting you lie low for a bit. We’re not explicitly saying to demote you. We just have no way of cleaning up this mess with the way things have progressed. Do you want to just watch as Qi Kai collapse? Even if you haven’t made this decision, shouldn’t you give everyone a reasonable explanation?”
Gu Lingsha was clearly stressed out by Qi Lei, and she started getting frustrated.
“You’ve changed, Qi Lei! You weren’t like this before! Whatever happened, you would always take the big picture into consideration. What changed you? Why won’t you listen to a word I have to say? You know that Uncle Qi’s been quite sick these past few days, but have you gone to visit him? You didn’t even pick up my calls! If you’re still resenting me for that slap, then I’ll apologize to you! I’m sorry!”
Exasperated, she looked disappointedly at Qi Lei. She was angry that he was failing to meet her expectations. “Don’t resent Uncle Qi for being unfair to you. It’s your own attitude that has disappointed him! You always do things in such a sloppy manner. How’s Uncle Qi going to feel assured? All these years, apart from disobeying him, mocking him and ridiculing him, what else have you done? Qi Lei, as children, no matter what happens, we shouldn’t…”
Qi Lei was provoked by Gu Lingsha now. His dark eyes glimmered with a dangerous light as the anger that was held down in his chest practically poured out, and he could not help but shout back, “Enough, Gu Lingsha! If you’re here to lecture me today, then I can tell you that yes, that’s the way I am. I’m not forcing anyone to be nice to me! No matter what happens, I don’t need you to come to lecture me! I know best the kind of person Qi Qiming is. All I feel for him is hatred and more hatred. If you don’t want me to start hating you too, then it’s best that you never talk about these things to me again! You’ve long chosen your stance, so what right do you have to say these things to me?”
Gu Lingsha did not back down either. Upon hearing Qi Lei, she immediately burst in fury, “Apart from letting you turn out like this, I’d much rather you hate me! Look at what you’ve become! Are you even still Qi Lei? Ever since Aunt Wang died, you’ve become a different person. You’re so self-centered without care for your family. If it weren’t for Uncle Qi’s support, did you think you could have easily taken over Aunt Wang’s position? And what about his compromise the other day?! Do you think he’s not sad that Aunt Wang’s gone? Isn’t Ah Feng sad?! I don’t want to see your stubbornness ruin you! Why don’t you see all of this? You’ll never know that it’s this attitude of yours that actually hurt your purest relationships! Haven’t you been hung up on Aunt Wang’s death all along?”
Gu Lingsha’s strong tone hit Qi Lei hard, yet he could not stand it. He retaliated, “Shut up! Didn’t you hear?! My mother’s been gone for so long. Why do you all keep using her? You just don’t want her to rest in peace, do you? I’m tired. I don’t want to speak to anyone. Please go!”
Finally unable to bear it any longer, he insisted that Gu Lingsha leave.