“Brother Wei, take Grandma to the car first.”
“Alright,” Qiao Wei responded.
Granny Yu seemed uneasy. “Nannan…”
“Don’t worry, I’ll handle it.” Yu He hugged her, comforting her softly.
Granny Yu then left with Qiao Wei, reassured.
Yu He and Qi Lin went to a room vacated by Chen Yongyue.
“Miss Yu, I am truly sorry. I apologize for the trouble this has caused you,” Qi Lin said apologetically.
Yu He was a bit impatient, her tone indifferent. “Are you the Qi family’s apology tool?”
“It was my failure to lead the Qi family properly back then that created so much trouble. An apology is only fitting.”
As Qi Lin spoke, he produced a file. “Here is the information you requested. I had originally intended for Xiu Xiu to give it to you, but I never expected my wife to cause such a misunderstanding and injure Xiu Xiu. I am truly sorry.”
Yu He took the file bag and glanced inside, confirming it contained Huang Shi’s surgical records. There was also a magnetic tape. She accepted it.
“Deal with your Qi family’s affairs yourself. Don’t bother my grandmother again,” she stated before turning and leaving with the file bag.
The revelations already exposed online were enough to throw the Qi family into turmoil for a while.
As for what Guo Shaofen had done to her grandmother, someone would naturally hold her accountable.
Qi Lin followed Yu He to the parking lot. His mouth was slightly agape, with many things he wanted to say but didn’t know where to begin.
He turned his gaze to Granny Yu in the car, but she wasn’t looking at him, her eyes averted.
The car door closed, and it disappeared into the crowd.
—
Meanwhile.
Guo Shaofen was forcibly dragged out of the police station by Qi Nian and put into a car. She cursed, ordering Qi Nian to let her out.
But Qi Nian listened to no one but Qi Lin’s words. He locked the car doors and windows, started the engine, and drove towards the Qi family’s residence.
Guo Shaofen was furious. She took out her phone, about to call Qi Lin, when she noticed several missed calls. Just then, Qi Suilin’s call came through.
As soon as the call was connected, she heard Qi Suilin’s urgent voice. “Grandma, where are you? Father fainted from anger over the trending information on Weibo.”
Guo Shaofen was unaware of the Qi family’s current situation. She was the one who had paid to buy trending topics about Yu Xiu Xiu’s scandals, wasn’t she?
Had they uncovered that Yu Xiu Xiu’s rumored lover was Qi Lin?
“How could he faint from anger? Is he alright?” she asked.
Qi Suilin: “Weibo is full of news about our Qi family! The trending topics about you buying hot searches, what happened with Qiao Qiao, and the organ donation – several matters have been exposed simultaneously! Our home, company, and the hospital are all surrounded by reporters. Even shareholders have been affected. Qi Corporation’s stock has completely plummeted and closed at its lowest limit.”
“What?!” Guo Shaofen was shocked.
How could the trending topics be about the Qi family?
Shouldn’t it have been Yu Xiu Xiu?
She immediately put on her reading glasses and opened Weibo. The entire screen was filled with sensational news about the Qi family; Yu Xiu Xiu’s scandals were nowhere to be seen.
The trending keywords made Guo Shaofen’s blood pressure soar, her old eyes blurring instantly.
“Old Madam, are you alright?” Qi Nian, noticing Guo Shaofen’s distress through the rearview mirror, slowed the car and pulled over.
Guo Shaofen quickly took out her quick-acting heart medication from her bag and swallowed several pills. After a while, she began to recover.
“Yu He!” she said through gritted teeth.
Besides Yu He, she couldn’t think of anyone else who would dare target the Qi family so ruthlessly!
She immediately called Qi Lin. “Qi Lin, look at the lowly maid you’re protecting. What has she done to our Qi family?!”
Qi Lin clearly already knew about the situation on Weibo. He said sternly, “Instead of wasting energy arguing, why don’t you think about how to resolve it? If you had known this would happen, you shouldn’t have provoked them in the first place!”
“This is what you’re saying now? You’re still taking their side?! You…”
Guo Shaofen intended to argue further with Qi Lin, but the call was abruptly hung up. Just then, the car was forced to stop by several men in black.
“Get out!” the men in black barked.
Qi Nian refused to move. The men in black smashed the car window and pulled him out. Then, three men in black entered the car.
Guo Shaofen grew panicked. “What do you want… uh…”
Before she could finish speaking, a handkerchief was pressed over her mouth. It was clearly laced with something. Soon, she fainted.
The men in black drove off, abducting Guo Shaofen.
An hour later.
Guo Shaofen slowly regained consciousness, finding herself in an abandoned factory. Besides her, a woman was tied up beside her, a DSLR camera hanging around her neck.
This woman, she recognized. It was the photographer she had hired that morning to take pictures of Yu Xiu Xiu.
“Old Madam Qi, what is going on?” The female photographer had also just woken up, looking bewildered upon seeing Guo Shaofen.
At that moment, a bald man entered with a few subordinates.
Seeing them, both women’s faces paled.
“What do you want?!” Guo Shaofen asked sternly.
“Don’t you like taking artistic nude photos? We’ll give you plenty of chances to do so,” the bald man, who seemed to be the leader, said. With a wave of his hand, two subordinates stepped forward and quickly stripped Guo Shaofen’s clothes off.
“Who gave you the guts! How dare you touch me! Let me go! Is there no law…”
Guo Shaofen struggled desperately, but her frail old body was no match for the two strong men.
“Shoot!” Two other men in black, brandishing knives, ordered the female photographer to take pictures.
The female photographer, who had been hired by Guo Shaofen, now had no choice but to obey them to survive.
“Old Madam Qi, I’m sorry, I’m being forced…” she said, raising her DSLR and taking pictures of Guo Shaofen.
How happy Guo Shaofen had been that morning in the hotel, watching Granny Yu have her “artistic photos” taken, was now replaced by immense pain!
—
Yu He returned to her apartment with Granny Yu. Worried that her grandmother might be feeling upset or overthinking, she decided to stay in the apartment for a while to keep her company.
In the evening, Yu He gave the chef and the maids the night off and personally cooked her grandmother’s favorite dish, Stuffed Treasures.
Qiao Wei and Granny Yu, not wanting to be idle, also came to help, assisting with the preparations.
As they were chopping the minced meat, preparing to stuff bitter melon, the doorbell rang.
“Brother Wei, go open the door. It should be Tianxin,” Yu He said.
On their way back, Ruan Tianxin had called to check on her grandmother. Since she was free, Yu He had invited her over for dinner.
Qiao Wei responded, putting down the washed bitter melon, and went to open the door.
“Fairy Miss, Grandma, I see you~” Upon opening the door, it was Mo Chao.
He held white roses in his left hand and a fruit basket in his right. Seeing that it was not Yu He, but Qiao Wei, who opened the door, his smiling face instantly vanished. “Why is it you? Where is my fairy miss?”
“Yu He is cooking in the kitchen…”
As soon as Qiao Wei finished speaking, Mo Chao quickly handed the fruit basket to him and walked in, carrying the white roses.
“Where is the kitchen…” As soon as he finished speaking, he found the kitchen and peeked in. “Wow, Fairy Miss, Grandma, good evening. What delicious food are you making? I want to stay for dinner! Fairy Miss still owes me a meal, and there’s no better day than today, so let’s do it tonight.”