Chapter 124-125

Chapter 124: Jinyu’s Dominance ... Yan Jinyun didn’t expect to see Yan Jinyu here. She thought that Yan Jinyu was either with Huo Siyu or Yin Jiujin. She still didn’t know that Huo Siyu had left North City. Seeing Yan Jinyu, Yan Jinyun suddenly felt much more relaxed. She had come here today to discuss a collaboration with Luo Qiu, but she actually didn’t have any confidence. Now that the Luo Family indeed couldn’t have any changes, if someone had any ideas about the Luo Family, regardless of whether they wanted to use the Luo Family to develop in North City or to take the Luo Family for their own use, it would obviously be disadvantageous to the Yan Family. Since he had the intention to rope in the Luo Family, the other party definitely wouldn’t only value the benefits in front of him now. In North City, other than Master Nine’s Empire Group, the Yan Family had the most benefits. If anyone wanted to enter North City, the Yan Family would definitely be affected. She wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen. However, she had received news early this morning that the Huo Family in South City, or more accurately, the people under the head of the Huo Family in South City, Huo Xuan, had contacted Luo Qiu. Huo Xuan was someone who dared to go against Master Nine. Regardless of whether his goal was North City or to find trouble with Master Nine, if he established himself in North City, even if he didn’t target some of the Yan Family’s established businesses, the Yan Family would still be implicated if he started a fight with Master Nine. Hence, no matter what, she had to discuss a collaboration with Luo Qiu today. She wasn’t confident that Luo Qiu would agree to work with her. Yan Jinyu was different. She always felt that there was nothing Yan Jinyu couldn’t do. She didn’t know when she started to have such an inexplicable trust and dependence on Yan Jinyu. Perhaps it was because Yan Jinyu had said that she was the person she protected yesterday or could be because she received Yan Jinyu’s birthday present on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, or it might be even earlier. Luo Qiu was wondering who it was when Yan Jinyun stood up and looked at the person. “Sister! Why are you here?” Yan Jinyun’s expression seemed to be a little excited too. 　 　 After knowing Yan Jinyun for so many years, other than in front of Feng Yuan, Luo Qiu had never seen Yan Jinyun show her true nature in front of anyone. It was even harder for her to see Yan Jinyun express her emotions directly on her face. Looking at the girl walking towards them, Luo Qiu thought to herself. So this is the eldest daughter of the Yan Family, who has recently become famous in North City. She was very beautiful and looked a little like Yan Jinyun. However, her and Yan Jinyun’s characters seemed to be two extremes. Yan Jinyun was cold and dignified, but she was delicate and cute. Didn’t everyone say that the elder sister had a good physique but was unlikable and couldn’t speak when she was two years old? Didn’t everyone say that the younger sister had a weak physique but was smart, cute, and likable? Indeed, girls changed drastically when they grew up. The difference in personality was really huge compared to the rumors 16 years ago. Ever since she appeared, Yan Jinyu had a faint smile on her face. Moreover, her smile gave people a very comfortable feeling. She was very sincere and not fake at all. In a nutshell, her smile was infectious. Just looking at her smile made one feel that the world was no longer gloomy and bright. She wondered how Yan Jinyu managed to maintain such a sincere and clean smile all these years when she was clearly leading a wandering life. 　 　 “Eldest Miss Yan.” Luo Qiu stood up out of courtesy. Yan Jinyu smiled at her. “Hello, Miss Luo.” Luo Qiu was a little surprised that she recognized her at a glance. However, Yan Jinyu didn’t give her a chance to show her doubts. She turned her gaze to Yan Jinyun and answered Yan Jinyun’s question, “I knew that you were meeting the eldest daughter of the Luo Family, so I came over to take a look.” This wasn’t a lie. She had indeed rushed over because she knew that Yan Jinyun had asked Luo Qiu out. Otherwise, she would have stayed in Yin Jiujin’s office all day to guard him. That was her initial plan. After all, she was Yin Jiujin’s bodyguard now. One of the reasons why she came over was because she was worried about Yan Jinyun, but it wasn’t the main reason. After all, she didn’t intend to let Yan Jinyun live under her wings forever. If Yan Jinyun wanted to take over the Yan Corporation, of course, this process wouldn’t go smoothly. As long as Yan Jinyun didn’t encounter any big trouble, she wouldn’t ask too much. She had left Yin Jiujin and especially rushed over from the Empire Group because Luo Yikun had sent her a message that Yan Jinyun wanted to meet Luo Qiu. This was not the first time Luo Yikun had sent her a message to tell her about Yan Jinyun. This made it difficult for her to ignore Luo Yikun. 　 　 She was very curious about Luo Yikun’s motive for repeatedly sticking his nose into other people’s business and why he would send a message to her phone every time. Putting aside the fact that Yan Jinyun asked to meet Luo Qiu today, just based on Luo Yikun telling her that Luo Yilin had applied for leave at home yesterday, how was he so sure that she could guess that Luo Yilin would harm Yan Jinyun and had the ability to interfere? “Oh.” Yan Jinyun didn’t respond warmly and was even a little cold. However, only she knew how happy she was right now. It seemed like she was enjoying the feeling of being protected by Yan Jinyu more and more. She got up and got Yan Jinyu to sit inside. She asked her, “What do you want to drink?” After saying that, she remembered that she was only focused on talking earlier and didn’t ask Luo Qiu what she wanted to drink. “Qiu, what about you? What do you want to drink?” “Just order the one we had when we were here last time,” Yan Jinyu replied casually as she sat down. Luo Qiu wasn’t in the mood and replied casually, “The same as yours will do.” Yan Jinyun called the waiter over and ordered the drinks. The two of them sat down too. Yan Jinyu looked at Luo Qiu, who was sitting opposite her, and said, “I was also present when Yun’er and Feng Yuan were surrounded by Luo Yilin’s men in the alley yesterday.” “I beat up Luo Yilin too. He dared to have designs on Yun’er. This is a lesson for him. I wanted to lock him up for a few days so that he can remember this lesson more deeply, but I was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to endure it and would be troublesome to deal with, so I only locked him up for one night.” “He should still be hanging on by a thread now, right? That’s letting him off easy.” As she spoke, Yan Jinyu still had the same faint smile on her face as before. However, seeing her smile now, how could Luo Qiu still think that her smile could brighten one’s mood? She only felt goosebumps. Before she could calm down, Yan Jinyu said, “Oh, right. The secret of the Luo Family, which is that Miss Luo isn’t Zhang Mei’s biological daughter and that Miss Luo’s mother is Yu Yao, was discovered by me. Moreover, I was the one who found out that Yu Yao’s death was related to Zhang Mei. I was the one who provided the evidence.” She wanted Yan Jinyun to gain more experience, but since she was already here, she had to cooperate with Luo Qiu. Even though her initial plan was to let Yan Jinyun settle it first. It would be best if she could settle it well. If she couldn’t, she would wait for Yan Jinyun to lose control before making a move. “You… It’s you?!” Yan Jinyu’s smile didn’t change. It was still faint and harmless. “Miss Luo, why are you so angry? I was the one who found out the truth. Shouldn’t Miss Luo thank me? You treated the person who killed your mother as your biological mother and called the enemy your mother for 18 years. Do you still want to continue like this, Miss Luo?” “Not only did I find out the truth, I even handed over the evidence. Miss Luo has taken your revenge without any effort. Isn’t that great?” 　 　 “Speaking of which, if it wasn’t for the fact that Luo Yilin had designs on Yun’er, I wouldn’t even take a second look at your Luo Family, let alone spend the effort to investigate the Luo Family. I happened to find out such a secret.” “Since I’ve already said so much, I won’t beat around the bush anymore. Yun’er asked Miss Luo out today because she wants to discuss a collaboration with Miss Luo. Yun’er will help Miss Luo seize the Luo Family’s power. After Miss Luo takes over the Luo Family, you will help the Yan Family.” “Miss Luo, don’t be in a hurry to reject me. I know that Huo Xuan’s people have contacted you and want to work with you. If you’re smart enough, the person you chose to work with shouldn’t be Huo Xuan, but Yun’er. Putting aside your relationship with Yun’er, if I didn’t want Yun’er to have more opportunities to practice, it would be up to me to decide whether to keep or destroy the Luo Family.” Yan Jinyun, who had never interrupted Yan Jinyu, was slightly shocked. It wasn’t because of Yan Jinyu’s ability, but because of Yan Jinyu’s care and concern for her. Other than considering her relationship with Feng Yuan and the others with Luo Qiu, there was also such a reason for keeping the Luo Family. Indeed, although she could take over the Yan Corporation now and had enough confidence to completely resolve those disloyal people in the Yan Corporation in a short period of time, that was all. Her ability was far from enough to make the Yan Corporation flourish and return to the glory that her grandfather had when he was still alive. She needed to have more experience to grow. Yan Jinyun was shocked, and Luo Qiu was even more shocked. However, she was shocked that Yan Jinyu actually said such “shameless” words. It was up to her to decide whether the Luo Family would be destroyed or not… What exactly did Yan Jinyu rely on to dare to say such words? Did she have such ability herself, or was it because she had Master Nine’s confidence? In fact, Luo Qiu already had an answer in her heart. Yan Jinyu was the person who had seriously injured Luo Yilin. She could even find out the secret that the Luo Family had hidden for many years… Perhaps, Yan Jinyu really had the ability to destroy the Luo Family just like that. Of course, Luo Qiu was curious about why Yan Jinyu was so different from the rumors. However, she didn’t have the time to think about this now. Her heart was in a mess. Although she did not give a clear answer when the eldest son of the Huo Family came to look for her, she was actually a little tempted. “Also, cooperating with Yun’er means cooperating with me in a sense. Working with me is equivalent to having the Empire Group as your backer.” Yan Jinyu smiled, “Oh, I forgot to mention that I came from the CEO’s office of the Empire Group. Brother Nine already knows that Huo Xuan sent someone to look for you. Miss Luo, you have to think carefully. Are you going to work with the Huo Family and become enemies with the Empire Group or work with the Yan Corporation?” “…” Luo Qiu. Did she have a choice? Going against the Empire Group meant going against Master Nine! She wasn’t crazy! Luo Qiu, who was feeling extremely complicated, was about to give her an answer when Yan Jinyu retracted the smile on her face slightly and said slowly, “Since you’re here, why are you hiding? Second Young Master Luo.” After that, a chuckle came from the private room next door and a person walked out. “As expected of the Eldest Miss Yan, who could turn the situation around at a critical moment in the racing arena and seriously injure the other party. I’ve been silent all this while, but you still noticed me.” *** Chapter 125: Second Young Master Of The Luo Family ... Yan Jinyun and Luo Qiu didn’t expect Luo Yikun to be here. “Second Brother? Why are you here?” After Luo Qiu asked, she looked over. There was no one besides Luo Yikun. In other words, he was here alone. This made Luo Qiu feel very incredulous. In the past, other than at home, Luo Yikun would definitely have a woman by his side. Luo Yikun didn’t look like someone who would come to a cold drink shop alone. Now, he appeared here alone. Did he come with her? 　 　 No, not really. She clearly remembered that Luo Yikun had left the house before her. Luo Yikun looked at Luo Qiu. “I arranged to meet someone here, but she stood me up.” After saying that, he turned her gaze to Yan Jinyu and Yan Jinyun again. Luo Yikun indeed liked beautiful women and was indeed a playboy. It wasn’t a lie that he had feelings for Yan Jinyu and Yan Jinyun. It wasn’t like he had never lowered himself to curry favor for beautiful women before, just like how he had curried favor with Qiu Jian in the underground racing arena back then. Of course, the premise was that he had to be interested in that beauty. If it were now, he might not even care if Qiu Jian stood in front of Luo Yikun. If not for the fact that he would treat a beautiful girl very well when he was interested and abandon her when he was not interested in her any more, he wouldn’t be changing girlfriends every other day. Luo Yikun was that kind of standard jerk. Luo Yikun had never denied that either. However, the reason why he had curry favor with Qiu Jian back then, other than being interested in Qiu Jian, was because he also had the idea that he could borrow the Qiu Family to do things in the capital in the future. Luo Yikun would have to go to the capital sooner or later. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have rejected inheriting the Luo Family. 　 　 However, now that the Qiu Family had clearly offended Yin Jiujin and couldn’t even protect themselves, it was naturally no longer within Luo Yikun’s consideration. However, although Luo Yikun liked beautiful women and was a jerk, he had one advantage. He was very sensible. Or rather, he was smart enough to know who he could and couldn’t offend. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so interested in Yan Jinyun for so long and not made a move. The reason why Luo Yikun hadn’t made a move on Yan Jinyun was that the Yan Family still had some influence in North City and Yan Jinyun wasn’t easy to fool. He didn’t want to get into trouble by chasing after her. Later on, when he saw Yan Jinyu, Luo Yikun clearly had thoughts too. However, he didn’t act rashly. He wanted to see Yin Jiujin’s attitude towards Yan Jinyu first and make sure that it wouldn’t harm him. However, Yan Jinyu had let him witness such an exciting race unexpectedly. Luo Yikun was a smart person. Seeing that scene, he knew that even without Yin Jiujin’s backing, Yan Jinyu wasn’t someone he could provoke. After the race ended, when everyone was settling the mess, Yan Jinyu appeared again and told Qiu Jian and Zhao Yue that she had deliberately made sure that they were seriously injured and not dead. Luo Yikun was even more sure that Yan Jinyu couldn’t be provoked. Of course, Luo Qiu didn’t believe Luo Yikun. Luo Yikun had always been the one who stood others up. When had anyone ever stood him up? However, Luo Qiu couldn’t figure out why Luo Yikun was here alone. She couldn’t figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it and turned her attention to Yan Jinyu, who was still sitting there with a faint smile. 　 　 She caught a cold and had a high fever repeatedly for nearly two months. She didn’t have the mood to investigate what happened outside. Hence, before this, she only knew that Yan Jinyu had already returned to North City and some rumors about her. Other than that, she didn’t know much about Yan Jinyu. Of course, she didn’t know what race Luo Yikun was talking about or how she had turned the situation around and seriously injured the other party. However, after hearing what Luo Yikun said, she could roughly guess what was going on. As their classmate, she had heard about Zhao Yue being seriously injured and hospitalized in a car accident. It was said that Zhao Yue was sitting in the care of the eldest daughter of the Qiu Family in the capital. It turned out that the person who had injured them was Yan Jinyu. Moreover, regardless of whether Yan Jinyu had discovered that Luo Yikun was in the adjacent private room when she came over or if she had discovered it because of her vigilance after sitting down, just based on her driving skills that even Luo Yikun praised, Yan Jinyu was already very amazing. Luo Yikun was a racing enthusiast. He liked to play, and the place he played the most was the racing arena. They often organized racing competitions. “Second Young Master Luo sent me messages twice. The first time was to tell me that Luo Yilin had applied for leave and didn’t go to school. The second time was to tell me that Yun’er wanted to meet Miss Luo here. I wonder what Second Young Master Luo’s intentions are?” Many things got clear as soon as Yan Jinyu spoke. Yan Jinyun looked at her, then at Luo Yikun, who was sitting beside Luo Qiu, and frowned slightly. With her intelligence, she quickly figured out the connection. 　 　 No wonder Yan Jinyu arrived so timely yesterday. It turned out that she had been keeping an eye on Luo Yilin after receiving Luo Yikun’s reminder. No wonder Yan Jinyu appeared in this cold drink shop. It turned out that she had received Luo Yikun’s message and found out that she and Luo Qiu had agreed to meet here. “I don’t have any intentions. I just don’t like Luo Yilin and don’t want him to have his way.” Luo Yilin was a hypocrite. Because his grandfather had once wanted him to be the heir of the Luo Family in his will, Luo Yilin had always treated him as a thorn in his side. On the surface, they were brotherly, but behind his back, he had schemed against him countless times. If he wasn’t… he would have fallen into Luo Yilin’s hands long ago. Of course, he would not fuss over small matters. After all, he didn’t want to attract too much attention. Luo Yilin should never have attacked Luo Qiu. Others didn’t know that Luo Qiu was Yu Yao’s daughter, but he knew that he still owed Yu Yao his life. Of course, he was only a few months older than Luo Qiu. Someone had told him that he owed Yu Yao his life. He couldn’t tolerate Luo Yilin targeting Luo Qiu. Yan Jinyu glanced at Luo Yikun. She didn’t say she believes him, nor did she say that she didn’t believe him. “Is that so?” She smiled and said, “Then, what’s the purpose of Second Young Master Luo telling me that Yun’er and Miss Luo are meeting here? It can’t be that you don’t like Luo Yilin and don’t want him to get what he wants, right? Luo Yilin is so seriously injured that he can’t even get out of bed now.” “Of course it’s not because of him.” Luo Yikun smiled and said, “I’m doing this to let Yun… Second Miss Yan and Qiu reached their collaboration.” “The eldest young master of the Huo Family is in trouble now and can’t even take care of himself. How can he have the spare energy to take care of a small Luo Family? If Qiu agrees to cooperate with Eldest Young Master Huo, she will offend Master Nine. At the same time, she might offend Second Miss Yan and Eldest Miss Yan, especially Eldest Miss Yan.” “At that time, it’ll be fine if Young Master Huo can take care of it. But if he can’t, what will happen to the Luo Family in North City? Taking a step back, even if Young Master Huo can take care of it, Young Master Huo will have to do his best against Master Nine alone, let alone Eldest Miss Yan.” “The pros and cons are so obvious. I can see it clearly, but not Qiu. Qiu can only see it clearly when Eldest Miss Yan comes personally.” “Indeed, I’ve guessed correctly. Look, Eldest Miss Yan only said a few words and Qiu compromised.” A hint of obscureness quickly flashed through Yan Jinyu’s eyes. It seemed like she had to investigate Luo Yikun properly. Before she returned to North City, she had investigated all the top families and members of every family in North City. Naturally, she had also investigated Luo Yikun. This time, because Luo Yilin was keeping an eye on Yan Jinyun, she had investigated the Luo Family in detail. She had even found out about the Luo Family’s secret, but the Luo Yikun that she found was nothing special. 　 　 He was a playboy who liked beautiful women and often changed girlfriends. He didn’t want to do his job properly and didn’t even want to inherit his family business. He would rather be a useless family member. However, looking at it now, he wasn’t like that. How could a person who was determined to eat and play have such brains and outlook? Also, he was so protective of Luo Qiu, his cousin. It was also worth pondering about. He disliked Luo Yilin so much, but he was so good to Luo Qiu. It was very likely that he had long known about Luo Qiu’s background. All these years, even the head of the Luo Family, Luo Wanhong, didn’t know about it. Even she had to spend some effort to find out, but Luo Yikun already knew. It was obvious that Luo Yikun wasn’t a simple person. “I didn’t expect that Eldest Miss Yan would personally beat up Luo Yilin and seriously injure him. I also didn’t expect Eldest Miss Yan to be able to find out secrets that even my uncle doesn’t know and even dig out the evidence of Zhang Mei’s crime so clearly.” Speaking of this, Luo Yikun was a little shocked. He only knew that Big Aunt’s death was related to Zhang Mei but Yan Jinyu had easily found the evidence which he had failed to find after so many years. This meant that Yan Jinyu was even more untouchable than he thought. He was secretly glad that he didn’t show it when he had feelings for her. Otherwise… even if he didn’t end up like Qiu Jian and Zhao Yue, he would definitely be in a lot of trouble. “I didn’t expect Second Young Master Luo to be so smart and knowledgeable. You’re not just a playboy who likes to play and slack as the others say.” Luo Yikun was shocked. He looked up and met Yan Jinyu’s smiling eyes. He thought that she would say something that would shock him even more, but she said slowly, “Oh, I heard that you’re a jerk now.” “…” Luo Yikun. “I may be a jerk, but I’m a smart jerk. I will never get myself into trouble.” “How can you touch the pitch and not be defiled? You might suffer at the hands of a woman one day! Or one day, when you suddenly take a fancy to someone, the other party will ignore you because of your lousy history. You will cry when that time comes,” Luo Qiu suddenly added. Luo Yikun looked at her and said confidently, “That definitely won’t happen!” Yan Jinyu glanced at them and then said to Yan Jinyun, “It seems like the collaboration is successful. I still have something on, so I’ll leave first.” The Qiu Family had brought Qiu Jian here to apologize. Although she had clearly said that she didn’t meet them, she couldn’t guarantee that they wouldn’t pester and cause trouble at the Empire Building. She had to go back and take a look. She didn’t want others to bully Yin Jiujin. Even though the chances of that happening are almost zero. Alright, she actually wanted to go meet that Second Miss Qin. When she was eavesdropping at Elegant Bamboo previously, Min Ting had mentioned the Second Missy of the Qin Family, Qin Bailu, saying that she wanted to apologize on behalf of Qiu Jian… This time, she followed Qiu Jian and the rest to North City. What was she doing here? Accompanying Qiu Jian to apologize to her? She didn’t think that Qin Bailu and Qiu Jian’s relationship was really that deep. Taking a step back, even if they were like sisters, what did the Qiu Family’s apology have to do with Qin Bailu, the Second Missy of the Qin Family? Hmph! Don’t think that she couldn’t tell that this was another person who had designs on her fiancé!