The Qiao family of Ancheng.

Since the last business deal with Jiang Zhenhong fell through, Qiao Yihan had been traveling around trying to find a new bridge to Tiandu, and only returned to the Qiao family today.

As soon as he entered, Secretary Liu, whom he had summoned earlier, began to report on the situation of the Qiao family during this period. Qiao Yihan listened with a slight frown, without expressing any opinion, until Secretary Liu took out a document.

“This is the information on the ‘Young Master Fu’ that you asked me to look up last time. He is indeed the young master of the Fu family in Tiandu, but,” Secretary Liu chuckled and continued, “he was raised in a temple since childhood.”

Qiao Yihan's heart stirred, and he immediately picked up the documents and began to look through them.

Fu Jingheng, courtesy name Xingzhi, 22 years old, is the youngest grandson of Fu Zhuoyuan, the patriarch of the Fu family, the most powerful family in Tiandu. He was raised in a temple on the outskirts of Tiandu due to poor health since childhood, and only returned to the Fu family five years ago.

"This young master Fu was raised outside the family since he was a child and had no roots in the Fu family. The reason he was brought back to the Fu family five years ago was because the eldest son of the Fu family, Fu Jingyuan, was injured in both legs in an explosion at the Fu family's old mansion more than five years ago and has been unable to walk since then. That's when the old master Fu thought of this grandson who was raised outside the family and wanted to cultivate him to inherit the Fu family business."

"Unfortunately," Qiao Yihan had finished reading the information, a mocking smile curving his lips, "he's a good-for-nothing, unable to even defeat a cripple in a wheelchair."

Secretary Liu pushed up his glasses and laughed as well: "That's right. In the competition for the Ancheng project half a year ago, Young Master Fu was outmaneuvered by Young Master Fu. He won the project on the surface, but in reality, he was exiled to Ancheng. If he doesn't have a great opportunity, he probably won't be able to go back in this lifetime."

Qiao Yihan stared at the documents in front of him for a moment, then suddenly chuckled and casually closed the folder: "Just a clown, nothing to be afraid of."

However, speaking of Fu Jingheng, Qiao Yihan suddenly remembered: "These past few days, Qin Sheng's side..."

Before he could finish speaking, the tightly closed study door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a middle-aged man with a stern face walked in, throwing his phone directly in front of Qiao Yihan: "Take a look at this first."

Qiao Yihan paused for a moment, then looked down.

It was a post on the school's online forum. Qiao Yihan quickly scrolled down, and with each photo he saw of Qin Sheng meeting with a young master from a wealthy family in Ancheng, his face darkened, eventually becoming as gloomy as the bottom of a pot.

However, Qiao Yihan knew all these things and was aware that the truth was not as bad as the post described.

In fact, even he hadn't managed to get close to Qin Sheng, let alone those miscellaneous young masters and noblemen.

Qiao Yihan took a deep breath to suppress his anger and looked up at Qiao Hongwen to explain, "Dad, that's not how it is. These photos..."

Qiao Hongwen raised his hand to interrupt him: "Just tell me, do you and Qin Sheng have any relationship?"

"No!" Qiao Yihan said firmly, "Don't even mention a relationship, I haven't even touched her hand, so Dad, Qin Sheng really isn't..."

Qiao Yihan was interrupted again when Qiao Hongwen grabbed a water glass from the desk and smashed it against him, saying with exasperation, "No! You actually told me no?!"

"You're usually quite diligent in bringing back a new internet celebrity every three days and a minor celebrity every five days, but after all this time, you're telling me you haven't even managed to get a single young girl?!"

"What are you good for?!"

Qiao Hongwen was so angry that his head ached. He couldn't help but press his temples and continued to berate Qiao Yihan, pointing at him: "Qiao Yihan, let me tell you, starting today, cut off all those other women from your life and focus solely on pursuing Qin Sheng. You'd better get her into marriage as soon as possible, and marry her as soon as she reaches the legal age!"

"Don't come back if you can't win her over!"

Qiao Yihan, who still wanted to say a few words in defense of Qin Sheng to dispel Qiao Hongwen's prejudice against her, was simply astonished: "???"

It's really confusing.

Qiao Yihan fell in love with Qin Sheng more than three years ago after a fleeting glimpse of her. However, for the first year, he barely had a chance to see her. It wasn't until two years ago, when Qin Sheng returned to the Pei family, that he slowly began to get to know her.

Although Qin Sheng a year later seemed different from the Qin Sheng he fell in love with at first sight, her face was still the same, and she was still the same person, so Qiao Yihan genuinely wanted to marry Qin Sheng.

He had brought up the matter several times in front of Qiao Hongwen, but each time it ended in a bad mood.

Qiao Hongwen said only one thing: "Don't even think about marrying the Pei family's adopted daughter!"

So Qiao Yihan thought that Qiao Hongwen came today to dispel his thoughts and make him give up on Qin Sheng completely, but he never expected that he would say such a thing.

At this moment, Qiao Yihan was completely stunned.

Secretary Liu coughed lightly and explained to her boss at the right time: "Two days ago, the second master of the Qin family brought back his biological daughter who had been adopted outside, and held a banquet to publicly announce her identity."

"This true heiress is Miss Qin Sheng."

As if a heavy hammer had struck his mind, Qiao Yihan felt his brain explode. He repeated incredulously, "You're saying, Qin Sheng is Second Master Qin's daughter? His biological daughter?"

The secretary, also filled with mixed feelings, nodded and roughly recounted to Qiao Yihan the various rumors circulating in Ancheng's elite circles.

Finally, he said, "Qin Sheng is the biological daughter of Second Master Qin and Second Madam Qin, and she is extremely favored."

How much was she pampered?

Qiao Hongwen snorted and said, "At the public banquet, Qin Zheng publicly promised to transfer three percent of his shares in Qin's Group to Qin Sheng. Qin Shi'an, Old Master Qin, and Old Madam Qin were all present at the time, but no one objected."

If Qiao Yihan's previous feelings were unreal and unbelievable, upon hearing these words, he suddenly realized what his father meant.

He nodded firmly and assured his father, "Don't worry, Dad, I will definitely win over Qin Sheng in the shortest possible time!"

He's just the expelled third young master of the Fu family. He refuses to believe he can't beat him!

*

While the Qiao family father and son were plotting against Qin Sheng, Qin Sheng had just caught up on some sleep and then went to Qin Muyuan's room to check on his health.

Seeing Qin Sheng withdraw her hand, Qin Muyuan immediately asked, "Sheng Sheng, how is it? Is there any hope for my brother?"

Qin Sheng paused, her fingertips pausing: "Hopeless."

Qin Muyuan's mouth instantly opened into a circle: "Huh?"

He was just joking, how could it be that he's really hopeless?

As Qin Sheng stood up, he slowly said, "It's terminal delusional disorder, beyond cure."

Qin Muyuan: "..."

This younger sister is quite humorous.

Qin Sheng ignored him and turned to Qin Zheng: "Going home?"

Qin Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait a while. Your third grandfather is still resting. Let's have dinner first and then go down the mountain together after he wakes up."

Qin Sheng nodded.

Dinner was ready. After Qin Zheng gave an order, someone brought the food up. However, before they could even start eating, they heard a series of hurried footsteps.

Instead of coming to their place, they knocked on the door next door.

That was Lu Yanqing's room.

Qin Sheng frowned slightly and put down her chopsticks.