"That little bastard dares to be so insolent in front of me!"
Once Qin Keren returned home, he immediately dropped his refined and gentle facade. He cursed a few times, looked around, and picked up a vase standing in the corner, ready to smash it.
A beautiful figure appeared behind him. The woman was tall and slender with a cool and aloof face. She said calmly, "This was a gift from Deputy Director Jiang. Three million."
Qin Keren froze on the spot, reluctantly put down the vase, then angrily ripped off his tie and glared at the woman.
"Didn't you go back to your parents' home? What did your father-in-law say about that matter... can it be done?"
The woman's expression was as calm as a still pond, but when she heard the last half of his sentence, a hint of mockery flashed in her eyes.
"Your Qin family is being watched by countless eyes right now. Instead of thinking about avoiding the limelight and protecting yourselves, you're eyeing those small benefits and taking risks... Aren't you afraid of being found out and losing the big picture for a small gain?"
"You!" Qin Keren's eyes widened, and he subconsciously raised his hand to slap him.
The woman raised her face, neither dodging nor flinching, "Go ahead and hit me! If you dare to hit me, tomorrow's trending topic will be about your domestic violence, Qin Keren. Ha, the eldest brother cheated on his wife, and the second brother committed domestic violence during his marriage. You two are truly birds of a feather!"
The man clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking, and pointed at the woman through gritted teeth, "You just wait!"
The woman gave a disdainful snort, ignored his reaction, and turned to leave.
Qin Keren raged again, berating all the servants and nannies in the house before finally feeling a little better.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
The person who came was Qin Tianzhen.
When Qin Tianzhen entered the room, she saw the servants busily tidying up the messy coffee table and sofa, and immediately understood what had happened.
"Over the years, among us siblings, only you, Second Brother, haven't changed a bit. You're still so easily angered." She flicked her red nails, gave Qin Keren a disdainful look, and walked over to the sofa to sit down.
Qin Keren waved the servants away and looked at her, "You came to see me so late, you didn't just want to say this, did you?"
"Of course not." Qin Tianzhen opened her handbag, pulled out a few sheets of paper, and spread them out on the coffee table. "Take a look at this."
"This is..." Qin Keren stepped forward, his expression changing slightly upon seeing the contents of the paper. "The autopsy report of Yu Lin's biological mother? Where did you get this?"
"You don't need to know how I got all this." Qin Tianzhen leaned back on the sofa, crossed her legs, took out a cigarette case, lit a cigarette, and said, "Keep reading."
Qin Keren looked at her with a hint of disbelief and turned to the next page.
After quickly skimming through the text, his expression changed from confusion to astonishment as he looked at Qin Tianzhen in disbelief.
"This...this is impossible!"
Qin Tianzhen squinted, slowly exhaling a puff of white smoke, and said meaningfully, "You're not mistaken, there really are demons in this world. Yu Lin's mother, who died young, was a demon."
Qin Keren stumbled backward and fell onto the sofa. Then, suddenly realizing something, he flung the papers away, his face showing a look of horror and disgust.
Qin Tianzhen sized him up, a disdainful smile curving her lips behind the smoke.
"In a few years, my uncle will be eighty. His health has been deteriorating in recent years, and I heard that he has been secretly seeing many famous doctors... If he knew that the future successor of the Qin family that he chose was a monster that is neither human nor demon, would he be so angry that he would die?" Her smile was sinister, revealing a cold malice.
Qin Keren spat on the ground with a "pui" sound, gritting his teeth: "He deserves it! He's already seventy or eighty years old and still clings to power and refuses to let go! Qin Keli is crippled, and he has no other sons. He should be helping us nephews, but he'd rather hand over the Qin family to some little bastard from outside than give it to us! He's a real old codger!"
Qin Tianzhen stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray, picked up the papers, put them together, and said calmly, "What, do you think you have the ability to control the entire Qin family?"
"I—" Qin Keren suddenly lost his temper, his face turning red, and after a long while, he managed to come up with a rebuttal: "I'm still better than that little bastard who hasn't even grown his hair yet!"
Qin Tianzhen silently rolled her eyes from an angle he couldn't see.
If it weren't for the Qin family's outdated rule that only men could be heads of the family, she really wouldn't want to cooperate with such an idiot.
If Yu Lin were truly an incompetent fool, would the old man value him so much and go to such lengths to keep it a secret from everyone in the Qin family?
If it weren't for this trending topic, they would never have known that Qin Keli had an illegitimate child!
Moreover, what happened at the old house today made her completely understand the old man's attitude—
The act of forcing Yu Lin to kneel was merely a show for them; Qin Keli was unable to move. However, if Yu Lin remained unharmed after all that had happened, it would inevitably displease the other members of the Qin family.
Although the old man is the head of the family and has absolute authority, he still needs to consider the feelings of others. At least on the surface, he cannot appear to be too biased towards any one side.
Today, she deliberately brought up the negative online opinions in front of everyone and said those things about how Yu Lin was unlucky for his parents, all in order to incite others' disgust and hatred towards Yu Lin.
However, before she could take drastic measures, the old man forcefully suppressed her, and later made a big deal out of it, so Yu Lin only had to kneel in front of everyone for a while before everything was fine.
The old man, who is usually the strictest, would scold and beat his own son without hesitation. When has he ever been so protective of his own son?
This shows that Yu Lin holds a very special place in the old man's heart, even surpassing all the other members of the Qin family.
To strike a snake at its vital point, and to completely remove Yu Lin, the biggest obstacle, from the Qin family, we must strike at the old man's sore spot.
As the head of the household, what do you care about most?
Naturally, it's the power they can't let go of.
Qin Tianzhen glanced sideways at Qin Keren, who was still cursing, and a cold glint flashed in her eyes.
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