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The oppressive power in the man's voice frightened everyone. The others looked at each other, not daring to make a single sound.

However, that designer Yin gritted his teeth and repeated --

"I say, you are not qualified to do so."

Yin Qinghuan's eyes were filled with neither haughtiness nor humility. She wouldn't retreat even half a step because of his deterrence. On the contrary, she wanted to tell him in front of everyone why he didn't have the qualifications.

"Have you ever cared about ST since it was established? It was always the designer and Director Gu who put in all their effort to create the company's brand so that its jewelry design would be recognized by more people. As for you, do you know what a personal design is and how much each designer has paid for her own work? No one will give up easily, and you do not have the qualification to reject all of the designer's efforts! "

No one else dared to agree to this' accusation 'except … Gu Wenliu.

Yin Qinghuan was right. If it weren't for Yino's death, perhaps they would never have been noticed by Qi Yan. To the group president, eliminating a designer was like firing a staff member.

"Yin Qinghuan, do you know what you're saying!"

Joanne had never thought that Yin Qinghuan would be so persistent about Yichen that he would not hesitate to offend the other party in front of so many people. However, she was afraid that Yin Qinghuan's words would move the man. She immediately continued, "Yi Chen is obviously admitting defeat. If she really has the ability to defeat us, then why would she run away?"

Yin Qinghuan's furious gaze turned towards the woman who had said those words. She actually had the face to say it.

"Then I'll ask you, what did you do?"

Being stared at by her in such a way caused Joanne to feel inexplicably afraid. She wanted to refute again, but the deep voice of a male came faintly —

"I only believe that I saw it with my own eyes."

Qi Yan could hear the hidden meaning behind her words. However, he was only willing to believe everything that his eyes saw. Someone had voluntarily given up and given up the match, that was all.

What a great 'I'll only see it with my own eyes'. The woman turned her gaze elsewhere and didn't look at him. Her crimson lips suddenly curled up into a sneer as she said lightly, "So you're destined to lose it."

Because there is no heart to see, so will lose the person of love, lose the thing that cares.

After Qi Yanqi heard those words, his eyes suddenly trembled and his sword-like eyebrows creased. Just whose words had revealed them made him angry from embarrassment. The man took three steps forward. His entire body was emitting a cold aura that caused people to not dare to approach him.

Yin Qinghuan stood on the spot and watched as that person approached her step by step. In front of everyone, his large palm grabbed her arm and forcefully forced her away. It was an irresistible force.

This scene happened too suddenly. Many people had yet to recover from the furious rebuke from Yin Qinghuan earlier. Everyone could feel that Director Qi had been angered. Yin Qinghuan was the first person who dared to speak to him in such a manner.

Everyone was guessing that it might not be only Yi Chen who would be eliminated, but also this girl who did not know her place.

Seeing Qing Huan being taken away by that man, Shi Qian was about to give chase when Gu Wen Liu restrained him.

"What are you so anxious about?"

"I …"

She was momentarily at a loss for words. When faced with his questioning gaze, she silently lowered her head and chose to remain silent.

On the way from the meeting room to Gu Wenliu's office, Yin Qinghuan tried her best to free herself from her man's restraints, but it was useless. Her wrist was hurting, as if he would crush it in the next moment.

The moment the office door slammed, he let go, and in his fury, she staggered back a few steps, keeping a distance from him.

Yin Qinghuan rubbed her aching wrists. She didn't raise her eyes to look at Qi Yan Shang's expression, but only smirked.

Funny, shouldn't she be the one to be angry?

"Repeat what you just said." The man's black eyes were dark and gloomy, and his voice was cold without the slightest bit of warmth.

With the same cold smile, she asked him, "I just said a lot, which sentence do you want me to repeat?"

"Yin Qinghuan, who do you think you are!"

The question came at her sharply, and he stepped forward, his hand on the woman's jaw, forcing her eyes to meet the depth of his pupils.

Yin Qinghuan's pupils trembled. She completely ignored Qi Yan Shang's anger.

"What about you? Who do you think you are? Saying that you have completed your last wish for Qiao Yinuo will be the judge of this unfair match!" If I were Qiao Yunuo, I wouldn't be willing to die! "

"You!"

— I wouldn't be willing to die if I were to call Qiao Yunuo!

The palm that had bound her jaw tightened around her neck at the next moment. The pain in her neck increased the force of his hand by a bit, but it didn't suffocate anyone. Other than pain, there was nothing else.

At this moment, Yin Qinghuan suddenly laughed. A hint of bitterness appeared in her eyes. It turned out that it wasn't just Yin Xiangze who wanted to strangle her. The man in front of him, he wanted to as well.

The office quieted down. His black eyes revealed traces of scarlet, because every word she said just now was enough to make him angry. He couldn't control his anger and wanted her to shut up forever.

A faintly discernible bitterness appeared on the woman's lips as the ripples in her eyes gradually disappeared. Her mocking words echoed out —

"You want to strangle me too?"

She said yes, too.

Suddenly, his brows furrowed as he looked at the woman's mocking laughter. It was laced with a few lines of moving sadness. It wasn't that face, but the eyes that looked at him with an indescribable sorrow. It shouldn't be the look of Yin Qing.

When she felt the ruthlessness in her neck being sucked away, tears began to form at the corners of Yin Qinghuan's eyes. She quickly wiped them away and turned her head away from him.

Qi Yan Shang turned around, clenching his hands tightly, closing his eyes and trying to calm himself down.

As time passed, she did not speak, and he remained silent.

After a long while, he gradually regained his rationality. The man's voice was still cold and indifferent, but there were a few traces of gloominess in it. He said, "Yichen was eliminated. It was her own decision to forfeit, it has nothing to do with other people."

"It's related, it's related to Joanne!"

Yin Qinghuan took two steps forward and slowed down her speech. "Yi Chen's script has been plagiarized, Joanne …"

"The evidence." He knew what she wanted to say. He thought that Joanne had stolen the design of Yen Chen, and where was the evidence.

He said he only believed what he saw with his own eyes.

"Find Yi Chen immediately. Just look at the design in her hands and you'll know."

"If she really was original, then why would she run away?"

Is it true that the plagiarist is triumphant and the real originator runs away?

Yin Qinghuan frowned. What did he mean? Did he think that Yi Chen was not the original creator and had given up on being a thief? Or did he think that she was just boasting and framing Joanne?!

"You …"

For a moment, he was speechless. In the end, she gritted her teeth and decided, "Yi Chen isn't that kind of person."

The man's eyes dimmed. If her reasoning was merely trust, then her actions just now were making a ruckus.

In addition, Yin Qinghuan wanted to have two birds with one stone to enjoy the benefits.

"Joanne is her sister. I believe her."

The woman bit her lips and frowned. She didn't know if the 'her' he believed in meant Joanne or …

If it was Joanne, Yin Qinghuan would have nothing to say.

However, if it was Qiao Yunuo, she would have stepped forward and ruthlessly grabbed this man's collar to make him see that the person he trusted was right in front of him!

Idiot!

Seeing that Qi Yan Shang was about to leave, she dug her nails into her palms. Even though it was a foregone conclusion, she still wanted to give it a try.

"I can tell you what you want to know."

Behind him, the woman's voice was firm, not a lie.

He stopped, his expression grave. There was only one thing he wanted to know, and that was about Qiao Yonuo.

At this time, Gu Wenliu arrived with Shi Yan.

The meeting room had already dispersed. There was no room for discussion on the elimination of Yi Chen. Today, the people in the meeting room were all executives and senior executives of the company. If Chairman Qi went back on his word, then where would his dignity go?

Moreover —

"Just now, Yi Chen mentioned his resignation to me."

Gu Wenliu lowered his voice as he spoke. Beside him, Shizhuang also nodded at Yin Qinghuan. She had heard Yi Chen's voice on the phone just now. It was indeed like that.

Shi Qian couldn't understand how things could have turned out like this. Even if Yi Chen was eliminated, she was originally an ST employee so she did not need to resign.

Yi Chen had resigned. These words were exceptionally ear-piercing to Yin Qinghuan. Her heart pounded violently as she bit her lips and brushed past the man before quickly leaving.

"Qing …"

Shi Qian wanted to stop him, but since Qi Yan Qi and Gu Wen Liu were still around, he could only lower his head and remain silent.

Yin Qinghuan had been calling Yi Chen the entire afternoon, but the other party's phone had been turned off.

Everyone in the design department knew about what had happened in the meeting room today. They all guessed why Yi Chen had resigned and calmed down even after losing the competition. If he couldn't become the chief designer, he could just follow the lead role of the new chief and continue learning. But now that she had resigned, all her years of work on ST had been wasted.

The happiest person in Yi Chen's resignation was none other than Joanne.

She thought to herself, 'This Yi Chen really has some backbone'. She didn't even argue with me for a bit before leaving. Very good.

Joanne glanced at Yin Qinghuan, who was still trying to contact her. Her lips curled into a sneer. She didn't know if she would appreciate what Yin Qinghuan had done today.

Since the design script had been plagiarized, the first person that Yi Chen suspected was Yin Qinghuan.

The woman saw that she could not get in touch with him, so she picked up her bag and wanted to personally go to Yi Chen's house. Before her hand could touch her bag, it was already held down by Joanne.

Joanne leaned over her and said in a voice only they could hear, "She's gone. It's good for both of us."

A competition between two people was better than a competition between three people. Yi Chen had left. It didn't matter if she had used some despicable method or not, at least one of them had been eliminated. Wasn't that good?

When Yin Qinghuan heard this, she sneered with a hint of anger, "You are you and I am me. We are different."