"I don't need any important work. I just need a cover to stay in the county town," Qin Yu said to Du Qiang.

His only goal was to have a legitimate reason to stay by her side; he didn't want her to suffer even the slightest grievance.

"I understand now, I'll ask around for you." Du Qiang nodded knowingly.

It's true what they say, even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman. Even his elder brother couldn't escape this fate.

The eldest sister-in-law didn't say anything, but the eldest brother had already arranged everything for her sake.

"By the way, can I borrow your kitchen?" Qin Yu remembered Xia Lan's aggrieved look today and wanted to do something to comfort her.

Knowing that she liked his cooking, Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Du Qiang simply tossed his house keys to Qin Yu.

"Brother, what delicious food are you making?"

Upon hearing that Qin Yu wanted to use the kitchen, Du Qiang's eyes lit up, thinking that his brothers were going to get together today and he could have a good meal.

He was all alone and couldn't cook, so he had to eat at the canteen every day. If he missed mealtimes, he could only go home and eat coarse grain buns.

Just thinking about it makes even a tough guy cry.

"Hmm, do you still have the cured meat I brought you last time?" Qin Yu asked, putting away the keys.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" Du Qiang nodded happily. There would be something delicious tonight; even cured meat was being served.

Du Qiang wondered if he should buy some wine tonight and have a good drink with Qin Yu.

Qin Yu stood up with his keys. "You go ahead and get busy! I'm leaving!"

"Take care, brother," Du Qiang said with a smile, waving happily at Qin Yu.

I returned to my seat with a satisfied smile, looking forward to the delicious food that evening.

Qin Yu arrived at Du Qiang's house, first took out some cured pork, then made cured pork rice, Xia Lan's favorite dish, packed it in an aluminum lunchbox, and left Du Qiang's house.

When Qin Yu arrived at the department store, he saw Xia Lan busy at work. He silently watched her shine and was about to give her the lunchbox when someone suddenly patted him on the back.

"Master Qin, Brother Xu needs to see you." A strange man whispered in Qin Yu's ear. A cold glint flashed in Qin Yu's eyes, and he nodded.

After handing the lunchbox to Xiaoling and asking her to deliver it, Qin Yu followed the man into the dark alley, where Xu Li was already waiting.

Upon seeing Qin Yu approach, he immediately greeted him respectfully, "Master Qin."

"What is it?" Qin Yu asked indifferently, his eyes filled with scrutiny and threat as he looked at Xu Li.

Xu Li sensed a hint of danger.

If what he said wasn't important, he might have gotten a beating from Qin Yu.

Xu Li quickly took out the account book and showed it to Qin Yu. "Master Qin, this is Qinglong's assets and profits. Please take a look."

Qin Yu took the ledger and calmly glanced at the businesses and income listed. After seeing two of the businesses, Qin Yu frowned in displeasure.

"Are these two places owned by Qinglong?" Qin Yu asked, pointing to the accounts.

"Yes." Xu Li glanced at it and nodded.

“This is Qinglong’s most profitable business.” Xu Li glanced at Qin Yu meaningfully, and Qin Yu’s eyes swept over Xu Li.

"Who's in charge?" Qin Yu asked directly.

“The snakehead,” Xu Li replied. “He doesn’t care that Master Qin took over; he will continue to pay his respects, but he won’t concern himself with anything else.”

Qin Yu nodded indifferently and returned the accounts to Xu Li.

"There's one more thing..." Seeing Qin Yu about to leave, Xu Li hesitated and glanced at him, unsure whether she should tell him.

Under Qin Yu's cold gaze, Xu Li lowered his eyes and said, "The Azure Dragon is dead."

"Who killed him?" Qin Yu raised an eyebrow; this was a novel question.

“…Sixth Brother.” Xu Li paused for a moment.

"Where is he?" Qin Yu asked curiously.

"It's still there...."

Xu Li was at a loss for what to do. Xiao Liu caught up with Qinglong, who had abandoned him, and brutally killed Qinglong!

Moreover, just like the methods he used to torture and kill others when Qinglong asked him to do so, he used these methods on Qinglong.

The Azure Dragon was brutally tortured to death.

When the brothers found him, Xiao Liu was still sitting blankly next to Qinglong's corpse, smiling vacantly...

The blood on the ground, coupled with Xiao Liu's frightening appearance, was truly horrifying.

So I came to ask Qin Yu for instructions.

"I'll make a phone call." Qin Yu understood after hearing Xu Li's words.

This is something most people really can't handle.

Qin Yu arrived at the post office and dialed Du Qiang's office number directly.

"Hello?" Du Qiang asked in a stern and indifferent voice.

"It's me," Qin Yu said calmly.

"Brother? What's wrong?" Du Qiang's voice softened instantly as he asked with a smile. "Why do you need to call your brother if something's wrong?"

"I'll give you an address. You take some people there and handle it yourself," Qin Yu said to Du Qiang. "It's a murder case, and the killer is still at the scene."

"Brother, are you serious? I'll take men there right away." Du Qiang's face darkened instantly, and he immediately led his men to the scene.

Qin Yu hung up the phone and returned to the dark alley, speaking to Xu Li.

"Call your men back! Staying at the scene now means the police have already gone."

"public security?"

Xu Li paused, wondering how this matter had escalated to the point of involving the police.

If the police continue their investigation, won't they be exposed?

"Yes, don't worry."

Qin Yu nodded calmly and waved his hand.

The sound of motorcycles speeding along the road came from Xu Li's head out of the alley and saw police-owned three-wheeled motorcycles speeding past on the street. It was clear that they were in a great hurry.

Xu Li glanced at Qin Yu in surprise. How could he have gotten the police involved in just one phone call?

Qin Yu turned and left, thinking that his wife should be getting off work soon.

He was still a little worried and wanted to go check on Xia Lan...

When Qin Yu arrived at Xia Lan's small room, it was already dark. He stood at the door and listened for a long time, but there was no sound from inside.

Just as I was wondering if she had fallen asleep, I suddenly heard a sob.

Qin Yu's heart tightened, and he quickly took out his key to open the door.

The sound of the door opening startled Xia Lan inside. When Xia Lan sat up, Qin Yu was already standing in the doorway.

Qin Yu turned on the light and saw Xia Lan with two lines of tears on her face. His expression darkened. "What's wrong? Did someone bully you? Tell me."

“…No.” Xia Lan looked at Qin Yu’s gloomy face, but smiled.

Qin Yu stepped forward and gently wiped away her tears, looking at Xia Lan. "Why are you crying?"

“…It’s nothing.” Xia Lan pursed her lips and lowered her eyes to hide her embarrassment.

She felt that everything around her was cold and quiet, and that she was all alone in this world, with no one to rely on.

Overwhelmed by emotions, I couldn't control my tears...

"Tell me." Qin Yu thought Xia Lan had been bullied, and his expression turned even uglier.

"No, really, I just missed you a little." Xia Lan didn't want Qin Yu to continue the topic; it was just too embarrassing.

She looked up at Qin Yu. "You clearly came to see me this afternoon, why didn't you hand it over to me yourself?"