Qin Sheng didn't go back to her room to pack her luggage. Apart from a cell phone and the agreement she had just signed, she took nothing else, clearly indicating that she wanted to sever ties with the Pei family.
Seeing Qin Sheng leave through the door, Qin Xuehua finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Have you thought this through? Once you leave this door today, it won't be as simple as just an apology to come back!"
It wasn't that Qin Sheng was reluctant to leave, but in Qin Xuehua's view, the Pei family had raised this money-losing girl for so many years, and now they hadn't even received the returns they deserved. If they just let her go like this, wouldn't that be a losing proposition?
Besides, she had just promised Young Master Qiao a few days ago that she would bring Qin Sheng to Old Master Qiao's birthday banquet next month.
Qin Sheng paused in her steps.
Qin Xuehua immediately revealed a smug smile: "If you know you're wrong, come back and apologize right now, for the sake of..."
The rest of the words came to an abrupt end under the girl's indifferent gaze.
"For the sake of our acquaintance, let me give you a word of advice," Qin Sheng's gaze lingered on Pei Yuqing's dark eyes for a moment. Feeling that she still had some medical ethics, she gave him a serious medical prescription, "At such a young age, you are indulging in excessive sexual activity. If you don't restrain yourself, the Pei family line will end."
After saying that, Qin Sheng left without looking back.
Behind them, the Pei family.
"Are we really just going to let her go like that? What about Young Master Qiao?" After cursing for a while, Qin Xuehua finally calmed down and asked with a mixture of resentment and worry.
"Just find some excuse to get by for now. It's time to let her go out and experience some setbacks so she knows she's nothing without the Pei family. That way, she'll be more obedient."
"That agreement..."
Pei Yongshou chuckled lightly: "She's only seventeen. Can an agreement signed by a minor be legally binding?"
Qin Xuehua was finally relieved: "It's good that you have a plan. This girl is indeed very disobedient, and she should be taught a lesson."
*
Although it's only the end of October, the autumn morning wind in Ancheng always carries a chill that seeps into your bones.
Especially since it had just rained last night, and the ground was still wet, apart from the elderly people who practice Tai Chi every day in the morning light, there were hardly any people to be seen on the usually bustling Chunhe Riverbank.
Qin Sheng strolled alone along the riverside path.
She was only wearing an oversized black sweatshirt, and her semi-tight jeans made her legs look straight and slender.
But her most outstanding feature is her face.
Her skin was delicate and fair, without a single flaw even up close. Her features were exquisite and beautiful, especially her almond-shaped eyes, which were clear and bright, with black pupils that shone like the finest obsidian.
The only flaw was the wound on her forehead, where blood had already dried.
Perhaps it was because the little girl was so beautiful that such a wound on her body was both glaring and heartbreaking. Even the elderly men and women who were focused on practicing Tai Chi nearby couldn't help but ask her a few questions.
Qin Sheng smiled at the elderly people and continued walking past them.
Just then, the phone rang.
Qin Sheng stared at the screen for a while before finally pressing the answer button. The man's sorrowful sobs immediately reached her ears.
"Ancestor! I'm calling you ancestor, okay?! It's been two years, you should at least say something! If you've been kidnapped, just let out a sound, and I'll bring 100,000 rocket launchers to rescue you right now!"
"Boss, I'm begging you, please do me a favor and say something! I really can't live without you!"
"..."
Qin Sheng pressed his throbbing temples and interrupted, "Three things."
The sound from that side abruptly stopped.
Qin Sheng ignored the other person's feelings about finally getting a response after two years and continued talking.
"First, have someone deliver the keys to the rooms at Ancheng Jinxiu Lanting to the security office."
"Second, I'll send you the location in a bit. You can hack into the surveillance system there and save the surveillance footage from 6 a.m. to now."
"Third, has there been any news about the Scrophularia ningpoensis that I asked you to find before?"
"Yes, at the Wen family in Tiandu. I've already sent people over to negotiate..." Zhu Xiyuan answered subconsciously, only to come to his senses halfway through his sentence.
"Boss!!!" A piercing scream burst from the phone, and Qin Sheng hung up just in time.
Zhu Xiyuan on the other end of the phone: "..."
Although he really wanted to have a deeper conversation with his boss, Zhu Xiyuan knew her personality, so he had to give up the idea of bombarding her with phone calls and opened the WeChat interface with a sigh.
Two new messages appeared in the chat box, which had been quiet for a long time.
【Location】
[Get the Scrophularia ningpoensis as soon as possible.]
Zhu Xiyuan looked at the location in the chat box, his eyes flashing: "Ancheng, China..."
Qin Sheng was unaware that her subordinates were already planning to come to Ancheng to find her, and she felt that she might be in some trouble.
She had been busy processing her memories from the past two years and hadn't paid much attention to the road. Before she knew it, she had reached the end of the riverside walkway.
At this moment, she was in an undeveloped bamboo forest, and through the sparse bamboo, she could vaguely see figures moving about.
Qin Sheng immediately spotted the man surrounded by a group of men in black.
The tall, handsome man leaned against a bamboo tree, his face pale, clearly indicating that he was seriously injured.
Even so, his expression remained calm and somewhat indifferent as he faced a group of men in black who clearly had ill intentions.
On the other hand, the six men in black seemed quite prepared.
Perhaps it was because Zhu Xiyuan's scream was too loud and clear that the people over there had noticed her arrival, and pairs of scrutinizing eyes fell on her.
Qin Sheng paused for a moment: "Sorry, we took the wrong way."
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