Starting Sign-In from a Billionaire God Chapter 1479 - 1478:

"I had no choice; after all, the reason I faced a fatal threat was because of her. Using this money to buy my life isn’t too much, right? Besides, without this money, Miss Li wouldn’t starve anyway..."

These words were said by Ye Tianyu directly to Lin Fan.

He indeed used the 1 billion yuan Li Huashan left for Li Zixia without permission.

Back then, Li Zixia went to the United Kingdom. Upon landing, she received the news of her father Li Huashan’s murder.

This news was told to Li Zixia by Ye Tianyu himself, who advised her to hide and not return to the country.

At that time, Ye Tianyu had already learned about Li Huashan’s mysterious account, which was disclosed to him by Li Huashan before he died.

However, when conveying the bad news to Li Zixia, he concealed the matter of the mysterious account, not informing her that Li Huashan had left her 1 billion yuan.

As for Ye Tianyu’s motives at that time, only he knew.

This mysterious account was solely known by Li Huashan; after his death, only Ye Tianyu knew. If Ye Tianyu intended to embezzle the money and deliberately kept it a secret, Li Zixia would never know.

Even if Ye Tianyu had no such intention, later when he used the money privately to give to the Tang Sect to save his own life, it was no different from embezzling.

From Ye Tianyu’s perspective, he was being pursued because he protected Li Zixia, so spending her money was justified. To put it bluntly, Li Zixia owed him.

Li Zixia felt that Ye Tianyu had helped her, and spending her money wasn’t unreasonable. If she knew the money could save Ye Tianyu, she would willingly spend it, but he shouldn’t have hidden the existence of the money, which was what displeased her.

"Brother Yu, I’m not here to blame you, I just want to clear some things up," Li Zixia stated.

Ye Tianyu replied, "Miss Li, I’ve told you everything. As for the money, I was indeed wrong, but my intention in concealing it wasn’t to embezzle it; I thought I would return it to you once we were all safe."

Li Zixia said, "When do you think ’safe’ will come?"

Ye Tianyu replied, "I don’t know. I just want to escape the pursuit of the Yun Sect. With my strength alone, I can’t possibly fight against the Yun Sect. My only option back then was to seek help from the Tang Sect. However, the Tang Sect wasn’t willing to offend the Yun Sect for me until I put forward 1 billion yuan, then they agreed. I regretted it afterward, but since the Tang Sect agreed, I couldn’t go back on my word; otherwise, they surely wouldn’t let me off."

"Miss Li, I was indeed wrong to use the money without permission, but I did it for us. The Tang Sect agreed to help us deal with the Yun Sect, so we wouldn’t have to keep hiding, and you could return to the country. This was the only path I saw at the time," Ye Tianyu explained.

He didn’t have the ability to foresee the future, unaware that Lin Fan would appear later. At that time, he could only seek help from the Tang Sect.

Li Zixia continued, "Do you believe the Tang Sect can surely deal with the Yun Sect? Regardless of whether they can, can you trust the Tang Sect to truly help us?"

Ye Tianyu responded with a bitter smile, "Miss Li, I had no other options at the time. What else could I do but rely on the Tang Sect? Moreover, I have some ties with the Tang Sect, so I don’t think they would deceive me."

"Alright then..."

Li Zixia couldn’t refute further; she increasingly appreciated Lin Fan’s presence. If it weren’t for Lin Fan, the situation would have been unpredictable; regardless of how it unfolded, she would certainly lose 1 billion yuan.

At that time, the struggle between the Yun Sect and the Tang Sect over Ye Tianyu was essentially a battle over that 1 billion yuan, with no concern for Ye Tianyu’s life or death, only for the money.

Lin Fan’s appearance not only resolved the Yun Sect issue but also helped her keep the 1 billion yuan!

Ye Tianyu said, "I’m always concerned about Miss Li’s safety. As soon as I learned you went missing in the United Kingdom, I immediately sought to contact Mr. Lin and ask him to go to the United Kingdom to rescue you. I have done everything within my power. No matter what, Miss Li, seeing you safe now reassures me that everything I’ve done was worth it!"

Li Zixia replied, "Brother Yu, you’ve helped me greatly; I’m grateful, and let’s let bygones be bygones. Now, it’s my turn to help you; I’ll hire the best lawyers to help you reduce your sentence as much as possible so you can be released soon."

Ye Tianyu responded, "Thank you, Miss Li."

The word "thank you" revealed the distance between them; Ye Tianyu realized that there was an unbridgeable gap between him and Miss Li. He deeply cared for Miss Li, but in her eyes, he was always just a bodyguard!

Ye Tianyu chuckled bitterly to himself, feeling somewhat disheartened. Since he couldn’t win her affection, whether he was released or not made no difference.

"By the way, Brother Yu, there’s something else I need to ask you," Li Zixia said. "It’s about the Golden Jade Group; do you know much about the company’s situation after my father’s tragedy?"

Ye Tianyu replied, "After the boss’s tragedy, I started running away and only know that Li Jianshui, your uncle, gained control of the Jinyu Group."

Li Zixia asked, "Does Uncle know about the 1 billion yuan?"

Ye Tianyu replied, "According to the boss’s last words, only he knew about the 1 billion yuan; I haven’t mentioned it to Li Jianshui, so probably not! Moreover, the boss told you to watch out for Li Jianshui before he died."

Li Zixia furrowed her brows slightly and said, "Alright, understood."

With those words, Li Zixia stood up, indicating her readiness to leave.

Ye Tianyu stopped her and asked, "Miss Li, may I ask you a question?"

Li Zixia replied, "Hmm?"

Ye Tianyu asked, "After I’m released, can I still be your bodyguard?"

Li Zixia didn’t answer Ye Tianyu immediately. After a moment of silence, she shook her head and turned to leave.

Regarding the 1 billion yuan matter, she wouldn’t blame Ye Tianyu; as Ye Tianyu said, it was all for her benefit. Ye Tianyu indeed did a lot for her, and she was grateful. But this gratitude didn’t mean she would accept Ye Tianyu; she couldn’t accept Ye Tianyu hiding the 1 billion yuan incident.

Ultimately, in Li Zixia’s eyes, Ye Tianyu was always just a bodyguard. No matter how much he did, it was within the scope of a bodyguard’s duties. Li Zixia’s gratitude was more of an employer’s satisfaction rather than romantic affection.

From start to finish, Li Zixia had never felt any love for Ye Tianyu.

In fact, Li Zixia was quite indifferent towards love matters from an early age; she had never felt romantic feelings for boys, especially since Ye Tianyu was merely her bodyguard, and she was a wealthy heiress.

The notion of a swan falling in love with a lazy toad was often merely a toad’s fantasy, with little chance of happening in reality!

This conflicted entirely with her feelings when facing Lin Fan.

Not only was Lin Fan much more capable than Ye Tianyu, but also younger and more handsome. Lin Fan’s charm inadvertently won Li Zixia’s heart.

This was Li Zixia’s first time feeling moved in her life.

Since she had someone she cared for, she was simply not inclined to have peculiar feelings for Ye Tianyu.

She always viewed Ye Tianyu from an employer’s perspective, and from this standpoint, Ye Tianyu concealing the matter of the 1 billion yuan was unacceptable to her, so she couldn’t possibly employ Ye Tianyu anymore.

Ye Tianyu was stunned for a long time, bitterly smiling with a heavy heart, his mood sinking to the lowest point.

Li Zixia left the prison.

Later that evening, Li Zixia suddenly received a call from the prison.

"Miss Li, we felt it necessary to inform you that Ye Tianyu is dead!"