At the same time Qin Sheng received the news, Lu Yanqing, who was far away in Zhangxi Village, also received a phone call.
He stared at his incessantly ringing phone for a long time, his gaze somewhat complicated, until the ringing gradually stopped before he pressed the answer button.
A deep male voice immediately came from the other end of the phone: "How have you been lately?"
Lu Yanqing: "It's fine."
If I don't receive your call.
He added a sentence in his mind.
Qin Zheng clearly knew that the other party didn't want to talk to him much, so he skipped the greetings and went straight to the point: "I need your help with something. Are you free now?"
Lu Yanqing: "Speak."
"I need surveillance video from a certain location urgently, preferably as soon as possible."
Lu Yanqing hummed in agreement, without refusing.
Qin Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and immediately told the other party the specific address and time.
Half an hour later.
The phone rang, and Qin Zheng paused, immediately pressing the answer button, but he was puzzled.
In the past, when he asked Lu Yanqing for help, he would just pack up what he needed and throw it on Lu Yanqing's computer desktop without asking any questions. Why did he call Lu Yanqing this time?
As the thought shifted, the old man's voice came through the phone, somewhat deep, and seemingly carrying a hint of suppressed anger.
He cut to the chase and asked, "What's your relationship with the girl in the video? What do you want with this video?"
Qin Zheng paused.
He will reveal Qin Sheng's identity, but not now.
But he didn't want to lie to Lu Yanqing, so after thinking for a moment he said, "She is one of the people I love most in this life."
There was a brief silence on the other end, then...
"You're a married man, over forty years old, and you still dare to make advances on young girls? I think you've lost your mind. Should I throw you back into the lab for some retraining?!"
"Qin Zheng, listen to me carefully! If you dare to harass her, I'll dig out all the gene sequences that were contributed to you and break your legs!"
"I don't have a son like you!"
Even if it's only one-fifth of his seed, it won't work!
Qin Zheng: "..."
Qin Zheng's face was full of indescribable emotions, but then he realized what was going on: "You know my Sheng Sheng?"
His Sheng Sheng?
How dare she call him so affectionately! Lu Yanqing was so angry he almost had a heart attack!
"That's my daughter, my own!"
"She's your long-lost younger sister. Are you thinking of going to Germany to see a specialist in orthopedics?!"
Qin Zheng: "..."
If he hadn't seen Xiaoming give birth to the child with his own eyes, he would have truly believed his lies.
Qin Zheng pressed his throbbing temples and patiently explained.
In the end, Qin Zheng didn't know whether Lu Yanqing believed him or not, but he still sent the video over in a package.
She then warned him, "Standing up for her is fine, but if I find out you have any inappropriate thoughts about her, you just wait!"
Qin Zheng: "..."
That's his own daughter, his own flesh and blood!
After hanging up the phone, Qin Zheng opened the video sent by Lu Yanqing.
When Gu Yueming woke up in the middle of the night, she found the bed next to her was ice cold. She paused for a moment, then got up.
The study door was locked, so Gu Yueming knocked on it.
After a long while, Gu Yueming heard footsteps, and the door opened in response.
“Ah Zheng…”
She had barely uttered a word when the man leaned over and hugged her tightly.
"Xiao Ming." Qin Zheng's voice was low and hoarse. He took a deep breath and said, "I miss Sheng Sheng."
Gu Yueming's eyes instantly reddened.
*
The next day was Saturday, and since there was no school, Qin Sheng slept in.
It was almost eight o'clock when she woke up.
She replied to all the messages she needed to reply to before slowly getting out of bed.
I had just started brushing my teeth when a video call popped up.
Qin Sheng took it without hesitation and called out, "Sister Xu."
Xu Xiao is a top agent at Tianheng Entertainment. A few months ago, Qin Sheng signed with her at Qin Xuehua's request.
Xu Xiao had made the call with a lot of anger, but now, looking at Qin Sheng through the screen, her breath caught in her throat.
The girl was brushing her teeth, her pink lips covered with a ring of white toothpaste foam, and her almond-shaped eyes seemed to hold a sky full of stars, yet also the cool, clear light of the moon.
How can there be such a beautiful and cute girl?
Xu Xiao thought to herself.
The anger in my heart dissipated without me even realizing it.
She coughed lightly to cover her embarrassment, unconsciously softening her tone: "Just woke up?"
Qin Sheng hummed in agreement and asked, "Is something the matter?"
Xu Xiao then remembered the purpose of the call, and she frowned: "What's going on between you and the Pei family? How did you end up trending on social media?"
"Is this another scheme orchestrated by the Pei family to make money off you? I've told you so many times, your adoptive parents aren't good people. Don't be foolish!"
"They're not worth ruining your reputation to promote them!"
Qin Sheng knew why Xu Xiao had made that call. She spat out the foam in her mouth and said, "Wait a minute."
He then exited the video interface, opened Weibo, and went to the trending topics page.
I immediately spotted the item that was ranked ninth on the trending search list.
Article 7: [The Pei family's adopted daughter repays kindness with enmity]
Qin Sheng clicked on it casually.
The first video posted by [Ancheng Weibo City Affairs] was too lazy to click on, so Qin Sheng scrolled down and switched back to the video call interface.
Xu Xiao saw that she had raised her eyes and knew that she had returned, so she raised an eyebrow and said, "Have you seen what people on Weibo are saying about you?"
Qin Sheng glanced at her: "Yeah, I saw it."
Actually, she didn't even go into the comments section, but you can imagine that it would just be full of insults.
Xu Xiao immediately got excited.
"You probably only read the seventh one, right? Actually, there's another one below, 'What's wrong with students these days who mistake violence for beauty?' It's also related to you."
"Someone uploaded the link to the post from Chunhe No. 1 Middle School that praised your god-like looks. Coupled with the video of you threatening your adoptive mother with a knife and hitting your younger brother, people online are now saying that you are a violent maniac."
Oh, you're quite the troublemaker.
Qin Sheng smiled and asked, "So you called me?"
Xu Xiao felt incredibly exhausted when she saw her nonchalant attitude, but what could she do about the people under her command?
A fierce glint flashed in her eyes, and she sneered, "Since the Pei family can spend money to buy trending topics, so can we."
“I have the video of Qin Xuehua forcing you to sign the contract, as well as the bank statements showing that the company transferred your salary and commission to Qin Xuehua’s account over the past few months. As long as I release these, the Pei family’s accusations that you are ungrateful will be proven false.”
After all, using an adopted daughter to make money is hardly a great act of kindness.
Without gratitude, there is naturally no question of repaying kindness with enmity.
As for the claim of being a violent maniac...
Xu Xiao pinched the bridge of her nose, feeling a slight headache.
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