Chapter 369: Taking the Blame

Chapter 369: Taking the Blame
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
He fell into a chair in a daze, his gaze fixed on the void. After a while, he came back to his senses and muttered to himself, “Does Shi Zhong want me to die?!”
In anticipating Shi Zhong’s methods, he had thought that Shi Zhong would just find a few local hooligans or bribe a few people to make him suffer some losses.
When the time came, he would counter every move. At most, he would let Shi Zhong take advantage of him.
However, he never expected Shi Zhong to go for the kill. Moreover, it seemed that Shi Zhong had not only obtained evidence of his crime in the past few days. The Shi family either knew about it long ago or there was already a traitor beside him!
A sinister gaze suddenly shifted to Yi Che. Yi Kun’s voice was bone-chilling. “Son, how do you think Shizhong knew about this? Or rather, how did he find evidence so quickly and contact the police to seal our place?”
Yi Che frowned as if he was in deep thought. After a while, he said hesitantly, “Dad, there are only two reasons I can think of.”
“Speak.” Yi Kun stared straight at him.
Yi Che returned his gaze frankly. “The first possibility is that Shi Zhong already knew what Father had done all these years and was brooding over the fact that Father had snatched his business away at that time. He has always wanted revenge. The other possibility is that a traitor next to Father leaked the secret.”
His words immediately made the secretary gasp and raise her voice in disbelief. “Young Master, did you say that there’s a traitor beside CEO Yi? How is that possible? Those who know about this are the most trusted people in our family. This is absolutely impossible!”
Yi Kun was silent. His fingers tightened slightly, and it was unknown what he was thinking. After a moment, he suddenly turned it and looked at the secretary. “Go and check who suddenly had a large sum of money in their account recently, or who has close ties with the Shi family.”
“Yes, President Yi, don’t worry. 1’11 definitely do it well for you.”
Although the secretary was shocked, he quickly restrained his emotions. Although he didn’t believe that anyone around him would betray Yi Kunx, he really couldn’t eliminate this possibility at the moment. His duty was to resolve his boss’s worries.
After the secretary left, only Yi Kun and Yi Che were left in the study.
Yi Kun’s expression softened as he personally poured a cup of tea for Yi Che. He smiled meaningfully and said, “If we can successfully find the mole this time, 1’11 give you another huge credit. However, someone from the police has to appear and suppress the matter for the time being. Do you understand what I mean?”
Yi Che seemed to have expected him to say this. Or rather, he was already used to this so-called father in front of him abandoning him at a critical moment.
He smiled and nodded sincerely. “Don’t worry, Father. If you really need me at the critical moment, I will definitely do my best.”
“Yes.” Yi Kun patted his shoulder in satisfaction. The atmosphere between the father and son actually became strangely warm.
At night, Yi Zheng appeared at the Shi family’s door on time with gifts. Butler Qi came over to open the door and took the things from him with a smile. “CEO Shi and Missy are waiting for you in the study. Go over quickly. Stay here for dinner tonight before leaving.”
“Alright, thank you.” Yi Zheng had always been polite to people. No matter how important his status was, he had never been bossy to the servants at home.
Butler Qi smiled and made way for him. Then, he turned around and walked into the kitchen to continue supervising today’s dinner.
Yi Zheng found the study with familiarity. Just as he was about to knock on the door, he heard a strong male voice from inside.
“The head of the Yuan family came to the company to have tea with me in the afternoon. Do you know why he did it?”
Shi Man acutely sensed an additional aura at the door. She frowned and nodded. “I can roughly guess. I’ll handle this matter myself.”
“That’s not what I want to say.” Shi Zhong walked around the desk to his daughter’s side and sighed. “Back then, in order to shake off Yi Zheng, you used a lot of methods. This doesn’t matter. Now, as a father, I’ll ask you solemnly. Are you really willing to marry Yi Zheng?”
Shi Man did not want to answer this question yet, but the sudden heavy breathing outside the door inexplicably made her swallow her denial. She looked away and her voice was unnaturally hoarse. “Yes, I’ve already agreed to be engaged to him but I don’t want to get married so soon.”
“You young people.” Shi Zhong sighed and his gaze suddenly became distant. “Back then, when your Mom and 1 were together, there weren’t so many twists and turns. It’s better to be simple about relationships. Why make it so complicated?”
Shi Man did not want to discuss this with him now. He did not know, but she knew very well that a certain someone outside was probably eavesdropping on how she was going to answer!
However, Shi Zhong clearly wanted to take this opportunity to make things clear with Shi Man. He rubbed his daughter’s head earnestly and spoke to Shi Man as a kind father for the first time. “Do you like Yi Zheng or not? If you like him, I can agree to see your matter immediately..”