Chapter 153-154

Chapter 153: The Gentle Second Young Master 　 If she was not at the airport, and there were so many people around, and she needed to maintain her image, Bai Shuangshuang’s voice might be even louder, and she might even look angrier. Taking a deep breath, Bai Shuangshuang suppressed her anger, “Find a way to find her first, I’ll go back to the capital now!” After saying that, she hung up. Qin Bailu, who was following behind her, was puzzled. She had never seen her mother so angry outside in her life. Her mother had always taught her that she had to maintain the bearing of an influential family’s daughter and not lose her bearing. But now, her mother… “Mom, is something… wrong? Who can’t be found?” Bai Shuangshuang turned back to look at her, “The hospital called. Qiu Jian is missing.” She had just called to get rid of Qiu Jian three hours ago, and now, she was gone. She didn’t think that with Qiu Jian’s serious injuries and the Qiu Family no longer cared about her, she could still disappear from the capital’s hospital silently! 　 　 She didn’t know how much Qiu Jian knew about Qin Bailu being used by others. What if… She didn’t know how much Qiu Jian knew about Qin Bailu being used by others. What if… “She’s gone?” Qin Bailu was surprised. However, why would the hospital call her mother when Qiu Jian was missing? Although she was puzzled, it was not what she was most concerned about now. Her mother would never do anything to harm her. “Why did she disappear? Did the hospital say who took her away? Or because she knew that I was going to… so she escaped?” “That’s possible. I only had this thought today. Other than Mom and me, no one else knows. Qiu Jian definitely wouldn’t know.” “Besides, even if she knew, she was seriously injured and her hands and feet were covered in plaster. How could she have left the hospital alone?” “Can’t it be a friend or relative who came to take her away?” Bai Shuangshuang couldn’t not care. The other side was saying that they were already prepared. Just as they were about to make a move, Qiu Jian had disappeared. She was already worried that Qiu Jian had disappeared on her own. If someone with ulterior motives had taken Qiu Jian away… “No! After the Qiu Family went bankrupt, the people that Qiu Jian got to know in the past had long stopped interacting with her. No one would offend Master Nine for an unimportant Qiu Jian.” She didn’t dare to either. She only relied on her status as the daughter of the Qin Family, but she knew that someone like Master Nine definitely wouldn’t find trouble with her just because she helped Qiu Jian pay for the medical fees when she couldn’t even pay the hospital bills. 　 　 Of course, these words were all told to Qin Bailu by Bai Shuangshuang. No matter what Bai Shuangshuang’s purpose for saying this to Qin Bailu was, this was not wrong. Yin Jiujin wasn’t so free as to pursue Qin Bailu, who was also unimportant to him, because of an unimportant person like Qiu Jian. Bai Shuangshuang knew Qiu Jian’s recent situation, so she naturally believed Qin Bailu’s words. She only asked this because she hoped that Qiu Jian was only taken away by friends or family. “Let’s go back to the capital first.” *** In the basement of a villa in the capital. Qiu Jian, whose arms and legs were covered in plaster, lay on the white bed and slowly woke up. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a man in a white coat with his back facing her. At that moment, the man was fiddling with the various bottles on the shelf in front of him. The moment she opened her eyes, the man turned to look at her. He was a very good-looking man who gave people a gentle feeling. He had a smile on his face and looked very gentle. However, when he smiled at her, she felt her scalp tingle. She knew this person—Min Rufeng, the illegitimate son of the Min Family! 　 　 Didn’t they say that Min Rufeng wasn’t very capable and was someone who only relied on his family and woman? If he was really such a useless person, how could he have brought her out of the capital’s hospital quietly! She remembered that at the last second before she fainted, he suddenly appeared in her ward and waved at her. She simply fainted at that! No matter how silly she was, she could guess that she must have been drugged. She should not think about this for now. Why did the Second Young Master of the Min Family specially bring her here? It couldn’t be that Second Young Master Min had some perverted fetish and wanted to use her to practice, right? When she saw Min Rufeng holding something that looked like a bottle of medicine in one hand and a scalpel in the other, Qiu Jian felt that it was very possible. She was so frightened that she could rely on her waist strength to sit up! She moved back until her back was against the wall behind the white bed’s curtain. There was no way to back anymore! Her eyes were filled with fear. “W-What are you trying to do? W-Why am I here?” Min Rufeng’s expression did not change at all when he saw her actions. He calmly and elegantly put the medicine bottle and scalpel back on the nearby shelf before turning his gaze to her again. His eyes were calm and he had a smile on his face. “You’re awake?” He pulled a chair at the side and sat down. His posture was a little lazy and vaguely noble. “Since you’re awake, I should ask what I want to know.” “W-What do you want to know? You can ask me whatever you want to know in the hospital. Why did you bring me here? Second Young Master Min, I have never interacted with you before, nor have I made any grudges with you. The Qiu Family is also gone. I don’t think there’s anything on me that’s worth you spending so much effort to bring me out of the hospital for!” 　 　 “You should be glad that I happened to pass by and you happened to have some value. Otherwise, you…” Min Rufeng smiled gently.” You would have been a dead body long ago. ” Qiu Jian’s body turned cold. “D-dead body?” “S-someone wants to kill me? Could it be that Master Nine wants to kill me? Or is it Yan Jinyu?” Min Rufeng’s warm smile faded slightly. “You’re rather shameless.” “Even if it’s the Qiu Family, Yin Jiujin only had to use his mouth to make it disappear from the capital completely. You’re a daughter that the Qiu Family no longer cares about. Are you worthy of Yin Jiujin killing you? Or worthy of Yan Jinyu killing you?” The last sentence was the main point. Not worthy. Qiu Jian knew that very well. Not to mention Master Nine, even Yan Jinyu probably disdained to kill her. If Yan Jinyu wanted to kill her, she would have killed her when she ran to North City to find trouble with her. She wouldn’t have only injured her. Later on, she was in the capital’s hospital. If she wanted to kill her, there were many chances. But she was still alive. “Then, then who wants to kill me? I didn’t offend anyone.” [Or are you lying to me? No one wants to kill me?] Of course, Qiu Jian didn’t dare to say the rest. “You have to ask yourself that then. “…Could it be Qin Bailu? No matter how petty Qin Bailu is, she’s not so petty that she would kill me because I fall out with… her.” At this point, Qiu Jian suddenly paused, and then her face turned pale. “Perhaps, Qin Bailu really wants to kill me. Since she wants to protect her good reputation and doesn’t want to care about me, the best solution is to kill me. Then, she will utilize her identity as my good friend and shed a few tears. This way, not only will her reputation not be affected, but she might also gain a lot of connections and make her good reputation rise even higher.” The more she spoke, the colder Qiu Jian’s heart became. She had a self-deprecating smile on her face. “You’re wrong about that. I heard that Qin Bailu is in North City now.” Fengling told him this. Just before he happened to see someone attacking Qiu Jian, Fengling called him and told him about what happened after she arrived in North City. This included meeting Yin Jiujin and confirming that Yin Jiujin had really taken a fancy to Little Yu. Under the circumstances where Qin Bailu was so frightened that she fled, how could she have the mood to plot and kill? Even if she did, Qin Bailu, the Second Missy of the Qin Family, wasn’t capable enough to do as she pleased in the Min Family’s territory. The Imperial Capital Hospital was part of the Min Family’s territory as they held an 80% share of it. Qin Bailu was in North City? Qiu Jian was slightly stunned. Then, if someone really wanted to take her life today, the possibility of it being Qin Bailu was not high. “If it’s not Qin Bailu, who could it be…” As she spoke, she looked increasingly shocked. Obviously, she had suddenly thought of something. “Could… could it be…” “Who is it?” If Qiu Jian wasn’t someone that Yan Jinyu wanted to keep even after she tried to assassinate her, Min Rufeng really wouldn’t care if she was dead or alive. He knew that Yan Jinyu might still have a use for Qiu Jian like Qin Bailu. Since she was still useful, and he happened to bump into her at the capital’s hospital, he naturally had to keep Qiu Jian alive first. Furthermore, the person who wanted to kill Qiu Jian was… Qiu Jian was already worthless now, but that person didn’t hesitate to spend so much effort to kill her. Perhaps, he could ask something useful out from Qiu Jian. “I-it’s Aunt Bai?!” Meeting Min Rufeng’s gaze that was looking over calmly, Qiu Jian hurriedly calmed down and explained, “Aunt Bai is Qin Bailu’s mother, Bai Shuangshuang, the wife of the head of the Qin Family!” Hearing that, Min Rufeng smiled gently. “Oh?” Since when did the wife of the head of the Qin Family have such a good relationship with his father? *** Chapter 154: The Value Of The Information 　 She actually made Min Guili not hesitate to destroy the surveillance cameras on the entire floor in his hospital and seriously plan to kill a small fry like Qiu Jian. However, it seemed like Qiu Jian didn’t know that the person who really attacked her was not Bai Shuangshuang, but Min Guili. “Why did she want to kill you?” Seeing her hesitation, Min Rufeng continued to smile warmly and said, “Of course, you can choose not to tell me. If you leave here, what awaits you is death.” He had such a gentle expression, but the words he said were so frightening. 　 　 Qiu Jian looked at Min Rufeng and a sense of fear slowly rose from the bottom of her heart. “I-I can tell you, but you have to guarantee my safety.” Qiu Jian mustered up the courage to say this because the fear she had for Min Rufeng was real. “Are you qualified to negotiate with me?” Qiu Jian’s expression froze and turned pale. No! She had no right to negotiate with him! “Either you tell me or leave now. The choice is yours.” “…I’ll talk! But before that, I have something to ask Second Young Master Min.” Min Rufeng signaled her with his eyes. Qiu Jian gritted her teeth, “Why did Second Young Master Min save me?” Min Rufeng didn’t have any relationship with her, so it was impossible for him to simply save her. And Min Rufeng didn’t know that Bai Shuangshuang wanted to kill her, so naturally, he wouldn’t have saved her because she was the person Bai Shuangshuang wanted to kill. Min Rufeng suddenly decided to be kind and do the right thing? That was even more impossible. Min Rufeng might look gentle, but in fact, after just a short interaction, she could already sense that he was not a kind person. “Miss Qiu, you must have forgotten that the Imperial Capital Hospital belongs to the Min Family. If someone wants to kill someone in the Min Family’s territory, isn’t it akin to provoking the Min Family’s authority? Since I’m a member of the Min Family and happened to see it, how can I ignore it?” Min Rufeng said very casually, making Qiu Jian completely unable to tell if his words were true or false. 　 　 Looking at him suspiciously, Qiu Jian said, “I don’t know the exact details. One day, I was in a bad mood and I asked the nurse to find a wheelchair to push me out of the ward. I saw Bai Shuangshuang at the corner of a corridor and was about to call her. However, I heard that she seemed to be talking to someone, so I didn’t disturb her.” “But the more I listened, the more I felt that something was wrong. So, I sent the nurse away and continued listening.” “Who was the person talking to her?” Min Rufeng asked. Qiu Jian shook her head. “I couldn’t see him. They were standing at the corner of the staircase.” Min Rufeng didn’t probe further and quickly changed the topic. “What did she say?” It was as if that earlier question was just a spur of the moment. Qiu Jian couldn’t read his mind at all. “He said let Qin Bailu test the water first and find out what Master Nine thinks about Yan Jinyu. If Master Nine doesn’t care about Yan Jinyu, then let Qin Bailu settle Yan Jinyu first. They don’t have to touch her themselves. If Master Nine values Yan Jinyu and attacking Yan Jinyu has angered Master Nine, Qin Bailu will be the one to suffer too.” “She even said that even if Qin Bailu can’t deal with Yan Jinyu, she still has a lot of uses. There are countless ladies in the capital who are coveting the position of the Yin Family’s Second Young Madam. Let Qin Bailu be the one to get rid of them.” Qiu Jian could not understand why Bai Shuangshuang would treat Qin Bailu like this. No matter what, Qin Bailu was Bai Shuangshuang’s biological daughter, but Bai Shuangshuang actually… 　 　 At the same time, she felt Qin Bailu deserved it while feeling sorry for her at the same time. She had heard that on the day she officially fell out with Qin Bailu. She wanted to tell Qin Bailu about it, but Qin Bailu actually fell out with her. She knew that Qin Bailu trusted Bai Shuangshuang, her mother, deeply, and after knowing that someone was using her as a tool, she would definitely tell Bai Shuangshuang. At that time, Bai Shuangshuang would definitely know that she had heard something that she shouldn’t have, and would definitely not let her off easily. It was also because she was so angry with Qin Bailu that day that she said everything to make herself happy. She regretted it after that. At first, she was a little worried, but nothing happened. In addition, the Qiu Family’s members kept coming to make trouble for her every other day, so she slowly ignored this matter. “Bai Shuangshuang wants to kill me probably because she’s afraid that I’ll tell Qin Bailu about this.” “There are many wealthy young ladies in the capital who are coveting the position of the Yin Family’s Second Young Madam?” Qiu Jian was stunned. She couldn’t understand what Min Rufeng’s focus was. She had said so much, but Min Rufeng only heard that? Could it be that the other things she said weren’t more important than this? Also, wasn’t the fact that many young ladies in the capital wanted to marry into the Yin Family and Master Nine, well known by all? After all, with the Yin Family’s background and Master Nine’s dazzling character… Besides, what did the fact of the wealthy young ladies coveting the position of the Yin Family’s Second Young Madam have to do with him, the Second Young Master of the Min Family? 　 　 He was a man, so it was impossible for him to have any designs on Master Nine. Was it because of his half-sister, Min Sisi? No, Min Rufeng and Min Sisi’s relationship did not seem to be that good. However, regardless of why Min Rufeng cared more about this, she couldn’t and didn’t dare to ask further now. She suppressed her emotions and nodded. “Yes, there are many. Qin Bailu is the most typical.” As for Min Sisi, she didn’t seem to have any feelings for Master Nine. Even though Min Sisi was Madam Yin’s candidate for her daughter-in-law. Although Min Rufeng was still smiling, the emotions in his eyes were a little ambiguous. “The wealthy young ladies? Don’t they know that Yin Jiujin has a fiancée?” Yin Jiujin… This was not the first time she had heard Min Rufeng call Master Nine by his full name. Not many people in the capital dared to call Master Nine by his full name. “Everyone knows that Master Nine is engaged to the eldest daughter of the Yan Family in North City. However, although the Yan Family is the number one family in North City, it’s not influential enough in the capital. Furthermore, the eldest daughter of the Yan Family, Yan Jinyu, grew up in the countryside and wasn’t liked by her parents… Perhaps, no one takes her seriously at all.” Before she was seriously injured by Yan Jinyu, she was also one of those people who didn’t take Yan Jinyu seriously. In the end… No, even until now, she still felt that Yan Jinyu wasn’t worthy of Master Nine! However, due to Master Nine’s protection of Yan Jinyu and the inexplicable fear in her heart towards Yan Jinyu, coupled with the fact that the Qiu Family was gone and Qin Bailu was such a hypocritical fake, she was already very disappointed. She no longer had the mood to care about Master Nine and Yan Jinyu anymore. “Ha.” Min Rufeng’s ambiguous sneer frightened Qiu Jian. She thought that her words had angered him. She looked up at him carefully. “They don’t take her seriously? Yin Jiujin is the one who isn’t worthy of her!” Qiu Jian looked at Min Rufeng in a daze. If she didn’t know that Min Rufeng had a lover , she would have thought that Min Rufeng liked Yan Jinyu when she heard him say that! After a long while, Qiu Jian asked hesitantly, “Second Young Master Min… knows Yan Jinyu?” Min Rufeng did not respond and simply glanced at her. 　 　 With just one look, he successfully made Qiu Jian shut her mouth. “I’m sorry, Second Young Master Min. Take it that I didn’t ask.” She wasn’t stupid. How could she not see that Min Rufeng really knew Yan Jinyu? She was puzzled and shocked. What puzzled her was that Min Rufeng had also been missing for a few years. Did he and Yan Jinyu get to know each other during the years that she was missing? What was shocking was that the Second Young Master of the Min Family, who everyone thought was useless, actually had such a different side to him. The way he could make people feel cold simply by smiling and chatting. And Yan Jinyu the country bumpkin, who everyone thought was useless in the countryside, was also not normal. Was there a connection between the two of them? Qiu Jian didn’t dare to think further. She knew that if the two of them were really related, it would definitely be extraordinary if they could hide themselves from everyone at the same time. It might even be beyond her understanding. “I-I’ll sell Second Young Master Min one more piece of information. Could Second Young Master Min give me a sum of money and send me overseas…” Cold sweat broke out, but she still mustered up the courage to finish saying,” Don’t be in a hurry to reject me. I’ll tell you my information first. If you think that my information is worth this price, then it won’t be too late to agree. If you think that it’s not worth it, just treat it as a joke and just listen to it casually. There’s no need to take it seriously. ” “It’s information about Master Nine!” Qiu Jian was taking a gamble. Whether Min Rufeng continued to trap her in this basement or let her out, it was not what she wanted! She didn’t want to be trapped here for the rest of her life, nor did she want to lose her life the moment she went out so she had to take a gamble for herself! She could tell that Min Rufeng didn’t care about Master Nine, but Yan Jinyu! He cared about Yan Jinyu, and Master Nine was Yan Jinyu’s fiancé. He would definitely be interested in Master Nine’s information! Min Rufeng said calmly, “You’re a smart person.” “If you had been so smart earlier and not provoked someone whom you shouldn’t have, you probably wouldn’t have ended up like this.” Qiu Jian was silent. She was really stupid in the past. She treated Qin Bailu so well and even personally went to North City to look for Yan Jinyu so that Qin Bailu wouldn’t feel sad for carrying a torch for someone secretly… However, in the end, her home was gone, and Qin Bailu’s hypocritical nature was exposed. The person she hated the most was not Master Nine or Yan Jinyu, but Qin Bailu! However, she had already seen through a lot of things since she arrived today and would no longer pick a losing battle. She couldn’t beat Qin Bailu and could be in danger at any time. All she could do now was try her best to survive and watch Qin Bailu court death step by step and end up in a worse state than her! Of course, she didn’t hate Yan Jinyu the most, but that didn’t mean that she didn’t hate her. Everything that she was suffering now was caused by Qin Bailu and thanks to Yan Jinyu! No matter if it was Qin Bailu or Yan Jinyu, she didn’t want either of them to have a good life! Min Rufeng glanced at her calmly. “Tell me about it.” “Don’t worry, I won’t take your information for nothing. If your information is valuable enough, I’ll give you a sum of money and send you overseas.” “The Lingering Garden. The person in Master Nine’s heart is staying in the Lingering Garden.” After saying that, Qiu Jian hurriedly looked at Min Rufeng’s expression, but she couldn’t see anything from his face. He simply leaned lazily against the back of the chair and tapped his fingers on the armrest. “Is that so?” he said. It was emotionless but inexplicably frightening. “Y-yes. Qin Bailu and I went to the Lingering Garden once and saw it with our own eyes.” Min Rufeng looked up at her calmly and asked with a smile, “What did you see?”