Qin He thought for a moment, this move was indeed ruthless.
However—
She frowned slightly.
She messaged Xu Wanwan: [My brother just stormed out like a rabid lion, are you sure your parents won't suspect anything when he shows up at your house like this?]
[Even if your parents agree to you and my brother being together, seeing my brother's state of mind, they might still hesitate, right?]
The sticker from Xu Wanwan trembled violently for a long time before stopping.
After a few seconds, she sent a few exclamation marks.
[What do we do now!]
Qin He thought for a moment and typed: [You'll have to figure it out yourself. Given how my brother stormed out, I don't think his drive to your place will take more than half an hour.]
After replying to Xu Wanwan, she happily put her phone in her pocket.
She washed her hands again and went out to help her mother wrap wontons.
That evening, it was just the mother and daughter at home.
After cooking the wontons, Qin He sat with Ming Yuzhu for a while before returning to her room.
She washed up but didn't rush to sleep.
She curled up on the small sofa with her phone and opened the Qingyan Mansion forum.
Ba Shen's Qi Zhen and Qi Yang had replied to her message, saying they had returned to Qingcheng without capturing Song Nuan and felt extremely guilty.
Message: [Qing Xie boss, we owe you a favor from now on. As long as it's a task we can handle, we'll go through fire and water for you!]
Qin He raised an eyebrow. She didn't need anyone to go through fire and water for her.
She clicked on the Qingyan Mansion management group chat. The group was silent.
Qin He: [ @Mo, have you found the batch of research equipment I asked you to look for?]
A moment later, Mo replied.
[Grandma! What exactly are you looking for? Some equipment is fine, just expensive! But some of it, as soon as people inquire, they almost get arrested! They think my people are spies!]
Qin He chuckled. Many of the medical equipment she wanted this time had just been developed by a secret research laboratory in country D.
She only possessed some of the information.
Qin He typed: [How expensive are the expensive ones?]
Mo: [The most expensive is over a hundred million, and the cheaper ones are tens of millions. I calculated that the equipment you want adds up to five hundred million. I should be able to get the ones from country D, but with the necessary bribes, and stealing the design blueprints from their secret research labs, and then finding people to assemble them, the total cost will be no less than seven hundred million! You should reconsider this!]
Qing Xie: [Send me your account number.]
Mo: [???]
Jue Qing Liulang also chimed in: [Holy crap! Qing Xie, I know your family is rich, but I didn't expect you to be *this* rich! Isn't the group your eldest brother's? Did you steal money from your family's group?]
Di Shi: [My salary is only eight thousand a month, you have to increase my pay! @Qing Xie.]
Qin He couldn't help but laugh.
She didn't have many fixed savings. After waking up, her brother and mother had given her about twenty to thirty million.
The main source was the ten billion she earned from Lin Lei in Haicheng this time.
Her uncle rewarded her with it as pocket money.
Money wasn't important to Qin He. Thinking of her mother's words, the most important thing was for the family to be happy together!
If she could cure her brother's illness, let alone over seven hundred million, even tens or hundreds of billions, she would find ways to gather it or earn it.
The bank had special privileges for the Qin family, so large transfers were processed quickly.
Qin He transferred the money to Mo and urged him to buy the items as soon as possible. Shipping costs were not an issue; they could even arrange for charter flights.
Mo: [I don't understand the life of the rich.]
Jue Qing Liulang: [Isn't your family quite wealthy too? I heard you're a well-known young master from Jiangming Jiangcheng.]
Mo: [My family is rich, but my dad holds all the money! He doesn't give me a dime. Otherwise, why would I have founded Qingyan Mansion at such a young age and done this pitiful, clandestine small business, sob sob sob—]
While chatting, the group started bragging again.
Qin He closed Qingyan Mansion and opened the medical forum.
She reread the resumes of the elite individuals she had previously selected.
Qin He estimated the arrival time of the equipment. Most of it would be relatively fast, but the two machines from country D would likely be more troublesome.
Qin He also set the interview time, a week from now being the most suitable.
She added the four people to a group chat, named: [Striving for Human Reproduction!]
It didn't seem like a proper group name at all. Qin He mused, had she been influenced and corrupted by Mo?
She also shared a location pin in the group chat.
This location was where she planned to set up the medical research studio.
Having done all that, Qin He tossed her phone aside. It was already eleven o'clock at night.
Tomorrow she still had to go to the Western District Joint Department to discuss cooperation with Gu Qishen. Qin He happily went to bed, leaning contentedly against her pillow, and drifted off to dreamland.
The next day.
Early in the morning, Qin He got up and washed up.
She changed into a more formal outfit. After leaving her bedroom, she passed by Qin Yun's room.
Qin He glanced inside.
Qin Yun's bedroom door was ajar, leaving a small gap.
Qin He gently knocked on the door.
"Brother?"
At the end of the hallway, a cleaning lady looked over and whispered, "Miss, the eldest young master didn't return after he went out yesterday."
Qin He was momentarily speechless. Her brother, who could abstain for two years and ignore people, would turn into such passionate fire once unleashed, staying out all night!
Qin He sighed inwardly and went downstairs.
Ming Yuzhu was eating breakfast in the dining room.
Seeing Qin He, she seemed surprised: "Why are you up so early today? It's not the weekend."
Qin He smiled and said, "I need to go to the Joint Department in the West District."
Ming Yuzhu nodded.
By now, she knew her daughter couldn't stay cooped up at home.
"Be careful on your way. Your belly is getting bigger, so you need to be cautious about everything."
"Yes, I know."
Ming Yuzhu thought for a moment, took a thick stack of photos from her bag, and handed them to Qin He.
"Mom, what is this?"
Qin He looked as she ate.
The photos showed various buildings, including villas and courtyards, some as large as gardens.
Ming Yuzhu said calmly: "Didn't you want to find a house for your master? I asked Zhou Yang to find all the vacant properties for sale in Qingcheng. There might be some missed, but most of them are here."
Qin He looked at the stack of photos, which was about as tall as her palm, and pursed her lips.
Ming Yuzhu added: "There are numbers behind the photos. When you like the exterior of a particular property, send the number to your Brother Yang. He has the interior and floor plans."
Qin He's nose felt a little sore: "Mom, you must have gone to a lot of trouble to find these things, right?"
Qin He was touched.
Ever since she discovered her daughter had been sleeping more lately, her mother had been silently making sacrifices for her, making her favorite wontons, and secretly keeping in mind her casual remark about finding a house for her master.
And then finding so many houses for her.
Ming Yuzhu chuckled. Her face, well-maintained, exuded grace and elegance.
"I had your Brother Yang find them. I haven't done much myself at home."