It was only recently that Yao Qingtao heard about Zhao Youlin, the Zhao family, and Zhao Youming. It turned out that Zhao Youming was the illegitimate child of the Zhao family. His mother had sabotaged another man’s family and even plotted to kill his first wife. Moreover, she didn’t even spare the first wife’s child. The woman she saw that day was the first wife’s child.
After knowing this, Yao Qingtao finally understood that even though Zhao Youming and Zhao Youlin addressed each other as siblings that day, they were as bitter as mortal enemies.
Yao Qingtao thought for a long time and finally understood that Zhao Youming practically had nothing to do with the Zhao family. At least, it had nothing to do with Zhao Youlin. They had a common enemy, therefore, she could understand Zhao Youlin’s feelings and felt that she should come over and apologize to Zhao Youlin.
Zhao Youlin was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect that this person didn’t vent her anger on them because of Zhao Youming’s matter. On top of that, she even came to apologize to them!
“You don’t have to apologize. Grandfather and I all know about your sister’s matter. Zhao Youming owes you and your family his life. Although we are not really on good terms with Zhao Youming, he still possesses the blood of our Zhao family. We are also responsible for this matter. We should be the ones apologizing.”
When Zhao Youlin said this, Yao Qingtao felt even more embarrassed. However, she quickly remembered something. She lowered her head and said in a muffled voice, “Although I may be a little guilt-ridden, I’m afraid that I can’t stop until Zhao Youming’s matter meets its conclusion. You…”
Zhao Youlin looked at the girl’s slightly uneasy gaze and knew that the girl actually understood that with the Zhao family’s ability, if they really wanted to interfere in this matter… she, a powerless civilian, might not really be able to do anything to Zhao Youming. She declared, “My grandfather has already driven Zhao Youming out of the company. This already shows where we stand on the matter. In fact, we only recently learned about what Zhao Youming did to your sister. Even if you had not shown up, my grandfather would still have taken some measures against Zhao Youming after the anniversary celebration. You don’t have to be too nervous.”
Hearing this, Yao Qingtao heaved a tremendous sigh of relief.
Zhao Youlin looked at the girl who hid nothing in her expression and couldn’t help but smile.
The two of them talked for a while, and Yao Qingtao was about to take her leave when Zhao Youlin suddenly seemed to remember something and called out in a low voice, “Wait a minute.”
Yao Qingtao turned to look at her uneasily. “Is there anything else, Ms. Zhao?”
Zhao Youlin walked up to her and said with a smile, “There’s something else I want to ask you. Did you just only learn about your sister’s murder recently, or have you known it all this while?”
Zhao Youlin always felt that it was a coincidence for Yao Qingtao to appear at the Zhao family’s anniversary celebration, as if it had been premeditated. Of course, she couldn’t rule out the possibility that Yao Qingtao had known about it a long time ago, only waiting for this opportunity to claim her vengeance.
Yao Qingtao hesitated for a moment before answering truthfully, “I only learned about it recently.”
“Recently?” Zhao Youlin furrowed her brows. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was something fishy about this matter.
“Yes, I only found out about this matter recently. Their school had always told the public that my sister had passed away due to an accident. It wasn’t until someone suddenly came to me with those photos that I found out that my sister had not died in an accident, but was killed by someone.”
Zhao Youlin narrowed her eyes when she heard this. “Someone gave you those photos?”
Zhao Youlin couldn’t help but have a guess. Was it Zhao Yifei?
Yao Qingtao nodded. “Yes, a girl gave it to me.”
“Wait, a girl? Not a man?” Zhao Youlin suddenly widened her eyes and realized that she might have missed something.
Yao Qingtao was shocked by Zhao Youlin’s sudden overreaction. After a while, she stammered, “Yes… Yes, it’s a girl. She looks quite tall. However, she had a hoodie over her head. It was quite dark at my place, so I didn’t see what she looked like at that time. Plus… Plus, suddenly learning about my sister at that time was too shocking so I didn’t pay too much attention to her.”
Zhao Youlin’s eyes turned cold. That woman had been dressed in black and wore a hood on purpose. It was obvious that this person didn’t want others to see her clearly.
What was the grudge between this person and Zhao Youming? What kind of conspiracy was hidden behind this?
Zhao Youlin suddenly felt gloomy about the entire affair. Then, an idea flashed through her mind. As if she had thought of something, her expression changed again.
Yao Qingtao, who was watching Zhao Youlin’s changing expression from the side, could not help but call out to her a few times, “Ms. Zhao, Ms. Zhao…”
Zhao Youlin seemed to have woken up from a dream. She forced a smile and said, “It’s okay. I was just thinking. Ms. Yao, you’re going back, right? Be careful on the road.”
Although Yao Qingtao found it a little strange, it was not appropriate for her to ask anything. She nodded, turned around, and left.
As soon as Yao Qingtao left, Zhao Youlin immediately turned around and walked toward the company.
Xiao Li, who had gotten off work a step later than Zhao Youlin, could not help but find it a little strange when she saw Zhao Youlin returning. “General Manager, why are you back?”
Zhao Youlin smiled at her and kept walking toward the office. “I forgot to take something. I came back to take it. You can go back first.”
Xiao Li did not suspect her and left the office after packing up.
The first thing Zhao Youlin did after rushing back to the office was to take out two express delivery lists from her drawer. These two express delivery lists had been cut out from the two anonymous express delivery lists that Zhao Youlin had received previously.
Zhao Youlin placed the two lists on the table and compared the notes on the two express delivery lists carefully.
As expected, although they were both anonymous packages, the handwriting on the two packages was completely different.
They had simply dismissed this small detail. These two packages had not been sent by the same person. One of them was probably sent by Zhao Yifei, but the other one… was probably sent by that girl!
The girl bore a grudge against Zhao Youming. She hated Zhao Youming and wished that she could kill him. Who could it be? When did Zhao Youming offend such a person?
Wait! Zhao Youlin suddenly thought of something and her face turned cold. This woman not only hated Zhao Youming, but she also knew the situation of the Zhao family like the back of her hand. Was this a member of the Zhao family? The only matching individual… Could it be…
