Chapter 1140 Lin Yue'e's Purpose
Lin Yue'e entered the teahouse and inquired with the waiter. Upon learning that Qin Nanyan had entered a private room, she asked the waiter to inform him.
Seeing that Lin Yue'e had difficulty walking and needed to be carried, the waiter felt pity for her and relayed the message.
"Later you'll cooperate with me, just say how miserable you are."
Lin Yue'e narrowed her eyes and gave instructions to the old woman who served her personally. Having known her for many years, she knew her cousin well. Qin Nanyan seemed delicate and pretentious, but she was actually a kind-hearted person. Lin Yue'e could easily fool her by playing the victim.
As expected, the maid Yuli received the message from the shop assistant and came out to greet the person.
"Cousin, I've been looking for you for a long time and haven't heard from you. I heard you went to Cangzhou to do business. Why are you back?"
Upon entering, Lin Yue'e adjusted her facial expression, perfectly conveying surprise, "If it weren't for the old woman seeing Yu Li, I wouldn't have known you were in the capital."
"Let's skip the 'cousin' title."
Qin Nanyan remained indifferent; after all these years, any unresolved issues should have been resolved by now.
Now, she is no longer a member of the Qin family; she has long been kicked out of the house and is no longer worthy of being called Lin Yue'e's cousin.
"You still hold a grudge about what happened back then."
Lin Yue'e's eyes were red, and she said with great grievance, "Marrying you off to my father back then was not my decision, it was the Qin family's idea."
Blame the Qin family, but don't involve her. Qin Shi's body is barely cold, and Lin Shusheng is about to marry a new woman. Her stepmother is her cousin. No one has suffered a greater blow than Lin Yue'e.
"Yes, I don't blame you, so what I've always hated is the Qin family."
Qin Nanyan didn't want to bring up the past. The thought of her mother dying for her and using her last strength to drink arsenic to resist her arranged marriage still pained Qin Nanyan deeply.
Can the past truly be left behind? For her, it can never be.
"On your wedding night, you stabbed my father, and he almost died. He is my own father after all, so it's normal for my sister to have some resentment towards you."
As Lin Yue'e spoke, she wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Cousin, I am the one who understands you the most. You have endured all that pain, and I have been enduring it all these years."
Lin Yue'e's mother, Qin, was murdered by her own father, leaving her without a mother.
Lin Shusheng has several sons, and Lin Yuesha is his daughter who married into a wealthy family. Even if they are pampered, it's not Lin Yue'e's turn to be favored.
Now, his biological father is about to be beheaded, and the Lin family is scattered.
“Cousin, I know you hold a grudge, and you should. I was the one who wronged you back then, seeing you helpless but unable to help you.”
Lin Yue'e spoke while crying, tears streaming through her fingers. Pointing to her leg, she said, "Now that my sister is crippled, consider it God's punishment for me, it's all retribution!"
How could Lin Yue'e not hate? If she had the ability, she would make sure that none of those who wronged her lived, especially Lin Yuesha!
And Qi Heng, he actually used her as a human shield, he absolutely cannot forgive him!
Unfortunately, since the two men held high positions, anything Lin Yue'e did was like an ant trying to shake a tree—laughable and presumptuous.
Fortunately, I heard from the rumors that Qi Heng was recuperating at Faxi Temple, but he was poisoned and was not far from death.
Such a ruthless person should die quickly. Once Qi Heng dies, chaos will surely ensue, and Lin Yuesha's fate will definitely be worse than hers.
Lin Yue'e cursed silently in her heart, feeling a slight sense of pleasure.
Qin Nanyan remained calm and decided to cooperate with Lin Yue'e to see what Lin Yue'e was really planning.
I miss my mother.
Zhou Shi wasn't a perfect person, but she was the best mother, at least that's what Qin Nanyan thought.
There's a saying that Lin Yue'e was right about: a child without a mother is unloved. Over the years, Qin Nanyan has relied entirely on the money left by her mother to make a living. She is luckier than Lin Yue'e because she has a good sister like Lin Yuesha who has always been there to help her.
Qin Nanyan brought a highly skilled antidote with her when she came to the capital from Cangzhou.
Coincidentally, while traveling with a caravan, she stumbled upon a village deep in the mountains. The people there were skilled in Gu poison, raising Gu worms to both poison and cure poison.
It was just that the place was quite remote and the villagers were very poor. Qin Nanyan sent a lot of rice and other things, intending to help the villagers who had been kind to her. She never thought that she would need the villagers' help.
Upon receiving the news, Qin Nanyan brought the village chief with her to Beijing.
Qingxing wrote that their people went to the Northwest to invite the old medicine king, but it would take two or three months, and there were too many variables during that time.
Qin Nanyan was worried; Qi Heng couldn't die because her good friend Lin Yuesha couldn't become a widow.
These past few days, Qin Nanyan has been working tirelessly on this matter. Today, she just arrived in the capital and ran into Lin Yue'e.
"Cousin, the deceased are gone, but we who are alive must live well."
Lin Yue'e wiped away her tears and said in a choked voice, "Only when you are doing well will your aunt be at ease."
"The same to you."
Qin Nanyan's words were insincere; she was gradually losing patience. Just as she was about to kick her out, Lin Yue'e finally revealed her true purpose in a roundabout way.
"Cousin, I've heard your business is doing quite well. Could you give me some pointers?"
The Lin family relies entirely on Lin Yue'e for support. She is injured and will never be able to marry. To survive and live well, she needs a lot of money and cannot just sit around and do nothing.
Perhaps the money in her hands was enough for an ordinary person to live a life of luxury for a lifetime or even several lifetimes, but she had long been accustomed to a life of fine clothes and sumptuous food, and she could not stand simple meals.
Receiving Yu Li's look, Qin Nanyan decided to finish quickly and stop arguing with Lin Yue'e. She said casually, "I'm in the fruit business now, shipping from the south. It all depends on luck, but if you want to join in, that's fine too. We can discuss it later."
Qin Nanyan said that she had made an appointment to discuss business, and would go to Lin Yue'e to talk in detail when she had some free time.
"In that case, Yue'e will wait for her cousin's good news."
Lin Yue'e was injured and could not stay outside for too long. After crying herself to sleep, she became drowsy.
After everyone left the teahouse and rode away in a sedan chair, Yu Li couldn't help but say sarcastically, "Miss, don't be fooled by Lin Yue'e!"
Lin Yue'e and Qin Shi are alike—ruthless, selfish, and silver-tongued. Before even meeting, she immediately puts on a self-inflicted injury act, complaining about how difficult her life has been. A couple of years ago, when Lin Shusheng was in a high position, Lin Yue'e was very smug, afraid that her poor relatives who were trying to take advantage of her would come knocking on her door. She publicly declared that she didn't have a cousin named Qin Nanyan.
“Yu Li, it’s not like we’ve only known this person for a short time.”
Qin Nanyan's lips curled up slightly. So many years have passed, and she is no longer the impulsive and arrogant young lady of an official family. Instead, she is a shrewd businesswoman. On the contrary, her maid Yuli has not changed at all and is still much the same as before.
"Yu Li, you're still the same as ever!"
Lin Yuesha had arrived long ago and listened to the whole thing in the private room next door before showing up, still feeling quite unsatisfied. Her first words were a teasing remark about Yu Li.
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