"Oh right, Ye Qiu, there's something I want to tell you."

Upon hearing Ye Qiu wasn't bothered by her identity, Xu Jiao seemed a bit happy.

"What is it?" Ye Qiu asked;

"You're looking for Xu Lei, right? I know where she is."

Xu Jiao said with a trace of helplessness in her eyes, "Ye Qiu, I know you might blame me for telling you this, but I have to."

Ye Qiu knew Xu Lei was controlled by Xu Batian, and now looking at Xu Jiao, he frowned, "It's okay, I won't blame you."

Xu Jiao nodded, "Alright then, actually, Xu Lei was taken away by Lin Jie, then locked up by my father."

"Ye Qiu promised not to get angry." Xu Jiao finished speaking and looked at Ye Qiu worriedly.

Ye Qiu frowned, "Xu Jiao, tell me, why did your father lock up Lei? Does he have some bad habits?"

Ye Qiu had seen Xu Batian staring at Xu Lei that day, so he thought Xu Batian had some ill intentions.

"Oh Ye Qiu, what are you thinking?" Xu Jiao said, "Although my old man is a boss in the YN underground world, he's not that evil."

Tang Feng sneered internally, "Colluding with foreign entities, harming his own country, if that's not evil, then what is?"

However, Ye Qiu didn't say anything about it; instead, he asked, "In that case, your father must have a reason, right? Why did he kidnap my Lei?"

Xu Jiao fell silent, and after a while, she said, "Ye Qiu, don't ask for now. Once everything is clear, you'll naturally understand without me telling you. Also, rest assured, my father has no ill will towards Xu Lei. I swear on my life that if he does anything to Xu Lei, I'll make amends with my life."

"What would I want with your life?"

Ye Qiu shook his head, but seeing Xu Jiao's sincere eyes and the guarantee she made, he pondered for a moment and then nodded, "Alright, I believe you. But before that, I want to meet your father and see my Lei."

"Well, that might be a bit troublesome, Ye Qiu." Xu Jiao frowned.

Ye Qiu replied, "I don't care what you're all doing, can't I even see Xu Lei?"

"Don't rush," Xu Jiao said, then thought for a moment before continuing, "Okay, I'll take you to see my father. If he agrees, you'll naturally see Xu Lei."

"Great, let's go now."

Saying that, the two got up and headed to Xu Batian's company.

Without speaking along the way, after reaching Xu Batian's company and hearing he was in a meeting, they waited outside the conference room.

Just then, he suddenly noticed a man and a woman approaching from afar, and when he saw the man, he was stunned, "Wang Xuan, why is he here?"

"Big sister."

Upon hearing Xu Jiao call the woman beside Wang Xuan "big sister," Ye Qiu was even more puzzled and looked at Wang Xuan and the woman, thinking, "What is Wang Xuan doing? How did he end up under Xu Batian and getting involved with his eldest daughter?"

Ye Qiu looked at Wang Xuan, who seemed to have a close relationship with Xu Batian's eldest daughter, and frowned, unsure of the situation, so he didn't greet them.

While Ye Qiu was staring at Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan seemed to sense it and glanced over. When he saw Ye Qiu, he was momentarily surprised but quickly turned his gaze away, not making eye contact with Ye Qiu.

"What's he doing here?"

"Jiaojiao, who is that guy?"

"He's my friend."

At this moment, hearing the conversation between Xu Batian's eldest daughter and Xu Jiao, he was taken aback. Then he looked at Xu Jiao, then at Ye Qiu, and thought in surprise, "He actually got involved with Xu Jiao? What about Xinrui then?"

Wang Xuan didn't take the initiative to speak to Ye Qiu, and Ye Qiu didn't either. It was as if the two were strangers. After Wang Xuan pulled Xu Mei away, Ye Qiu stared deeply at Wang Xuan's back, his eyes flickering, lost in thought.

Then Xu Jiao sat next to Ye Qiu, and he glanced at her before asking, "Was that woman your sister?"

"Yes, my eldest sister!" Xu Jiao said.

Ye Qiu said, "So is that guy your brother-in-law?"

Xu Jiao said, "Not yet, but he will be soon."

She continued, "That guy is Wang Xuan from H City, and his accent sounds similar to yours."

Ye Qiu smiled, and Xu Jiao added, "Wang Xuan's father and my father knew each other well in the past. After an incident with Wang Xuan's father, he fled to my father, who took him in out of old friendship."

"Your brother-in-law is quite impressive, huh? Didn't take long for him to win over your sister?" Ye Qiu remarked.

Xu Jiao rolled her eyes at Ye Qiu and said, "As I said, my father and Wang Xuan's father were old friends. When my sister was little, my father took her to H City, and that's when she met Wang Xuan and fell for him at first sight. She's never changed all these years. Now that Wang Xuan came to the south, she confessed to him, and he accepted, so they're together now."

"Wang Xuan's really lucky then."

Ye Qiu chuckled. Xu Jiao looked at him and asked curiously, "You both come from H City, you two don't know each other, do you?"

Ye Qiu smiled, knowing that some of his competitions with Wang Xuan might be found online, so he didn't try to hide, "We competed once, but we're not that close, just familiar faces."

"Oh, is that so."

Xu Jiao nodded, then looked at the conference room still in session, "Why is father still in the meeting?"

"It's okay, let's wait a bit longer," Ye Qiu said.

Xu Jiao nodded and made a small sound of agreement.

So they waited outside the conference room for another half hour before the door finally opened. People came out yawning, and upon seeing Xu Jiao, they greeted her and were surprised to see Ye Qiu next to her, assuming he was Xu Jiao's subordinate, then left without thinking much.

After the crowd left, Xu Batian slowly came out with his men and seemed to be instructing them. Seeing Xu Jiao, he smiled slightly, "Jiaojiao, what are you here for?"

"Dad." Xu Jiao ran towards Xu Batian.

At this moment, Xu Batian suddenly noticed Ye Qiu beside Xu Jiao, immediately frowning, "Why are you here?"

Xu Batian knew exactly what he had done and understood why Ye Qiu was there.

Feeling Xu Batian's imposing aura, Ye Qiu took a deep breath and straightforwardly said, "Boss Xu, I'm here to see my Lei and to ask you why you kidnapped her?"

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