“Uncle Xiang, didn’t you say before that you won’t let people from outside the Qin family in? Are you too old to remember?” Seeing Qiao Xin in the ward, Lu Keying reprimanded in a good mood.
Uncle Xiang is the housekeeper of the Qin family’s old residence, he has been by Qin Yunshan’s side for decades. During the time Qin Yunshan had an accident and was unconscious, he was also the one around to take care of him.
Uncle Xiang humbly said, “Madam, there is no one outside the Qin family here.”
“No one? I see that not only do you have a bad memory, but even your brain is not good anymore.” Lu Keying glared at Qiao Xin. “Some people have long ceased to be part of the Qin family, yet they still come over everyday. Why? Do they want to divide the family property?
Qiao Xin glanced at her blankly, “The old master is just unconscious, not dead. You’re so impatient that I believe it’s you who’s thinking of dividing the family fortune.”
Lu Keying wanted to refute, but Qin Zhentian who could not bear the two women arguing said, “Enough! This is the hospital! Shut up, both of you.”
He looked at Qin Shen and asked with a stern face, “Where have you been these past few days? Your grandfather had an accident but we couldn’t find you?”
“I went out of town to deal with some important matters, I rushed back when I received the news.” Qin Shen casually said and looked at Qin Zhentian coldly, “The doctor said that grandfather was just unconscious and not in danger of any illness. But I heard that you took out grandfather’s will?”
Seeing that he was so cold to him, Qin Zhentian’s face did not look good and said, “Although it’s not life-threatening, the doctor is not sure when your grandfather will wake up.”
“Lawyer Li.” He called out toward the door, and a middle-aged man wearing rimless glasses walked in with a briefcase.
“This is the lawyer who was with your grandfather. As soon as your grandfather had an accident, he found me.” Qin Zhen nodded to Lawyer Li, “You tell the contents of the will to Ah Shen.”
Lawyer Li took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Qin Shen, saying, “This will was made by Mr. Qin seven years ago, and according to its contents, it does not need to be executed after Mr. Qin’s death.”
Qin Shen opened the document, the date was indeed seven years ago, and there was also Qin Yunshan’s signature. Qin Yunshan said in his will that if he died or had an accident in the future and could not manage the Qin family, then everything in the Qin family would be managed by his great-grandson.
Lawyer Li said, “Although you are now the president of the company, Mr. Qin still has the decision-making power but now that he is unconscious because of the accident and cannot manage the Qin family, this will is valid.”
“So Grandfather, despite his son and grandchildren while also knowing that Ah Shen and Xiao Ze are not yet married, planned to give the company to his great-grandson that doesn’t even have a shadow of existence! Isn’t it foolish?” Qin Zhentian said angrily.
“What do you mean there’s not even a shadow?” Lu Keying glanced at him unhappily, the corners of her mouth turned into a smirk, “Xiao Ze had a girlfriend before, she got pregnant last year, I took her to the hospital to check, and the one in her belly was a boy.”
“Lawyer Li.” She looked at Lawyer Li and nodded.
Lawyer Li understood and said, “According to the content of the will, if the child is under the age of eighteen, then the child’s parents can manage the Qin family on their behalf.”
Qin Shen squeezed the corner of the document. No wonder as soon as he returned the two rushed to the scene. Turns out they have the leverage to take the company from him.
Lu Keying said sarcastically, “Ah Shen, your grandfather has been nagging you to get married, but you never listened to him. You are almost thirty years old, not to mention marriage, you don’t even have a partner…”
“Oops, I forgot, you are dating someone, but it seems to be a guy, right?” Lu Keying sighed regretfully, “Two men together, how can they have children? Our Xiao Ze, although he did something wrong, fortunately he likes girls, and she happens to be pregnant. Don’t be angry, who let your Grandfather have such a will.”
Before Qin Shen could speak, Qiao Xin laughed next to him and said, ”The child hasn’t been born yet, who knows if it’s your child’s seed.“
Lu Keying’s face changed. Qin Shen was the first to speak, “Since the child has yet to be born, let’s wait until then. What do you think Lawyer Li?”
Lawyer Li nodded, “Because the second young master is not married, when the child is born, a strict paternity test will be done to ensure that it is of the bloodline of the Qin family before then this will have yet to take effect.”
When Qin Zhentian and Lu Keying left with Lawyer Li, Qin Shen frowned and asked Uncle Xiang, “Uncle Xiang, how could my grandfather make such a will?”
Xiang Bo sighed and said, “Young master, you forgot that seven years ago you were reluctant to return to China.”
Qin Shen thought for a moment and remembered. Seven years ago he just graduated from university abroad. His grandfather wanted him to return home to join the family company, but he and a few college friends opened a company that was developing smoothly, so he refused. His grandfather told him several times, but seeing that he couldn’t talk to him, he threatened him angrily that if he didn’t return to China, he would have no share in the company in the future, and that he would leave the company to his great grandson. He didn’t think about it at that time, he just thought his grandfather was talking nonsense. How old was he only at that time, that he wanted to have a great grandson. He didn’t expect his grandfather to actually make a will?
Uncle Xiang said, “The old master said that his son was useless at the time, and the only useful grandson was unwilling to return to China. It was better to leave the company to his great grandson. Anyway, he was already angered to death. It is not as bad for you as it is for the young master who hasn’t been born yet. So in a fit of anger, he asked Lawyer Li to make this will.”
Qin Shen pinched his eyebrows. He was starting to have a headache, and he then asked, “Later, when I returned to China, how come grandfather never mentioned this will?”
“Because ……” Uncle Xiang looked embarrassed for a moment, “the old master, he forgot.”
The old master made this will angrily back then. Within two years, he became seriously ill. Seeing that the company was about to be destroyed in the hands of Qin Zhentian’s son, Qin Shen was finally willing to return home to take over the company. During the years since Qin Shen’s succession, the company’s development has been steadily improving, and so has the old master’s health. In addition to drinking tea and climbing mountains with old friends, he also raised fish and birds. Life is so comfortable that if not careful, the will that was made out of anger will be forgotten.
In fact, if it hadn’t been for the old master’s accident this time and Lawyer Li knocking on the door, he wouldn’t remember the will.
Qin Shen：……
Uncle Xiang said on behalf of Qin Yunshan, “In fact, when the old master made this will back then, he didn’t make it casually. You are several years older than the second young master, and you will definitely get married before he does. So the old master thought that since you didn’t want to manage the company, he would leave it to the little young master. Before the little young master becomes an adult, the company has to be managed by you. Who would have thought…”
Who would have thought that he would still be unmarried and have no child, and now Qin Ze was about to have a son. Qin Shen sighed speechlessly. His grandfather was really restless to let him take over the company.
Qiao Xin said next to him, “Qin Ze’s girlfriend is less than nine months pregnant, and there’s still time before the child is born and the paternity test results come out. If the Old Master wakes up during this time, the ‘will’ won’t take effect, so I have contacted the most renowned neurologist abroad, and I will be able to fly over in two days to show the old master.
Qin Shen nodded and said, “Then I will trouble Uncle Xiang to take care of Grandpa here. I will go to the company first and come to see Grandpa in the evening.”
Qiao Xin still has an interview at the TV station, so the assistant was waiting downstairs. He and Qiao Xin left the hospital. Qiao Xin and his assistant went to the TV station while he went to the company.
There are faint rumors in the company about the will. As soon as Qin Shen arrived at the company, he had his assistant call a meeting with several senior executives. By the time he came out of the company, it was already evening.
He went to the hospital to visit Qin Yunshan again before asking his assistant to drive back to where he lived. As soon as he entered he noticed Jiang Naonao sitting on the carpet of the living room, leaning on a pillow, with toys piled around him. He grabbed a toy fish and stuffed it in his mouth.
“Little young master, the milk is ready.” The nanny ran out of the kitchen with the baby bottle, hurriedly took the toy fish in the little cub’s hand, and stuffed the pacifier into his mouth. He hugged the baby bottle and gulped it down.
The nanny heard the door open, turned her head to see Qin Shen, and quickly called out, “Young Master is back.”
Qin Shen nodded to her and walked to the little cub then squatted down. When the little cub saw him, his eyes lit up, and he twisted his little butt to approach him. The little cub was sitting unsteadily, and seeing that he was about to fall down, Qin Shen stretched out his hand and picked him up.
The little cub leaned in his arms, narrowed his eyes and drank milk in satisfaction.
“I’m going to cook for the Young Master.” The nanny went into the kitchen to be busy, and Qin Shen said to the assistant, “Leave after dinner.”
The assistant nodded in response.
It’s been a week since he last saw the cub, but he seems to have gained weight. Qin Shen played with him for a while, then after he finished eating, he handed him over to the nanny and took the assistant into the study.
“This is the Pei family’s recent projects, because of the Pei family’s internal conflicts, this has not been approved yet.” The assistant said as he handed the documents he took down from the car to Qin Shen.
Qin Shen sat behind his desk and flipped through. At the beginning, Pei Yun spent a lot of money to get through the relationship between the Linghai Municipal government in order to transfer his business to Linghai City. These projects were all set at the time. Now that Pei Yun is dead and Lu Qing took over, someone in the Pei family has a good relationship with the government and obstructs them in private. The project is going unsteadily.
“Make a phone call tomorrow and inform them that Lu Qing is my friend and approve these projects as soon as possible. Qin Shen closed the file and asked, “Where did my grandfather fall off the mountain?”
“It’s on Cui Mountain at the outskirts of the city,” the assistant replied.
Qin Shen knew about Cui Mountain, the scenery was quiet and there was a private tea house halfway up the mountain. His grandfather often went there with a few old friends to taste tea and climb the mountain, and there had never been an accident before.
As soon as he was away, something happened to Qin Yunshan. He strongly suspected that the accident was premeditated by someone. The assistant continued, “I checked the identity of the so-called girlfriend of Qin Ze, she is a small star in the circle. Qin Ze had only been dating her for a month. The little star once looked for Qin Ze after she became pregnant, and Qin Ze gave her a sum of money to abort the child, which the starlet secretly concealed. Half a month ago, knowing that Qin Ze was out of the country and she was about to give birth again, she approached Qin Ze’s mother.”
Qin Shen tapped his fingers on the document and thought about it. If at that time Lu Keying happened to know that such a will existed, and that little star was pregnant with Qin Ze’s child sent to her door, she would probably take advantage of his absence to harm Grandfather and use the will to snatch the company.
“Let’s go to the place where Grandpa had an accident tomorrow.” After he finished speaking, he looked at the time. It was already half past eight. He wanted to take the little cub for a bath, so he asked the assistant to leave. He went to the bathroom and filled the tub with water. Qin Shen then took the little cub from the nanny and locked the door. Only when he was at ease did he strip the little cub and put him in the water.
During the time when he and Jiang Yu were away, because of his instruction, the nanny and his assistant didn’t dare let the little cub touch the water. So they only wiped him with a wet towel everyday. Once there was only a familiar scent around him, the moment the little cub was put in the water, his tail transformed into a tail. Swimming around in joy, the water fluttered.
Qin Shen didn’t know how to bathe him so he simply waited for him to swim for a while, then directly carried him out of the water.
Jiang Naonao wrapped his arms around Qin Shen’s neck while his little tail dripping in water kept wagging. Qin Shen bent over and put him on the bath towel on the bed, and with a ”pak”, the little cub’s tail slapped Qin Shen’s face.
Qin Shen was taken aback, Jiang Naonao giggled happily, his eyes curving into crescent moons, and his little tail was wagging on the bath towel, as if what happened was very funny.
Qin Shen’s face darkened. He wanted to hit the little cub’s butt, but he couldn’t do it. The little cub’s tail was too delicate compared to Jiang Yu’s. He didn’t dare to touch it for fear of breaking it.
When the little tail changed back to his short legs, Qin Shen patted his little butt lightly, and said, “Naughty.”
He went downstairs and called the nanny to put clothes on the little cub. After coaxing him to sleep, he asked the nanny to take him back to the room. Qin Shen took a bath then went to sleep.
The next morning, he went to the company first, and asked the assistant to drive to Cui Mountain on the outskirts of the city.
The car stopped at the foot of the mountain, and the assistant took Qin Shen to the place where Qin Yunshan had an accident. It was a somewhat steep stone staircase, and just around the corner, there was a bamboo forest next to it that blocked the front and back’s line of sight. Several old friends who came to climb the mountain with Qin Yunshan that day said that Qin Yunshan was walking at the end, and when they heard the sound and came back, Qin Yunshan had already fallen.
“What is behind this bamboo forest?” He looked at the bamboo forest and asked the assistant.
The assistant shook his head, “I don’t know.”
“Go in and have a look.” Qin Shen entered the bamboo forest and walked for about ten minutes before reaching the end. He looked around, there was also a road going up and down the mountain there.
The cell phone in his pocket rang, he took it out and looked at it, it showed Lu Qing’s number, he slid open to answer it while surveying the surroundings, “Mr. Lu.”
“Mr. Qin.” Lu Qing asked directly on the phone, “Did you help review the projects with the government?”
Qin Shen replied, “Yes, as I said, I can help you. Does Mr. Lu want to work together again for the plot of land in the northern suburbs of the city?”
When Pei Yun came to Linghai City, in addition to the few projects he had set, one of the most significant was the area to the north of the settlement. He went to great lengths to climb up with the mayor’s secretary, wanting to share a piece of the pie with the Gu and Qin family. But before he could get it, he died, and the matter has also been abandoned.
If Lu Qing can win this piece of land, coupled with those projects, the Pei family will also gain a foothold in Linghai City. At that time, those Pei family members who were dissatisfied with Lu Qing would have no reason to oppose him.
Lu Qing naturally knew the importance of this land, and he also knew that Qin Shen had conditions for helping him. After a moment of silence, he said, “Jiang Yu has been captured back to the clan. It is impossible for me to persuade the patriarch to let him go ashore.”
Qin Shen smiled, “I just want to know how he is, is there any way you can let him say a few words to me.””
Lu Qing was silent for a while and hung up the phone directly.
Qin Shen put away his mobile phone indifferently, his gaze fell to a bamboo plant. He went over and bent down to pluck the bamboo leaves on the ground, picking up a lighter, in which the name of a bar was printed on it. He took out his handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped the lighter. Then he and his assistant went down the mountain.
In the evening, he went to the hospital to see Qin Yunshan before he went home. While giving the little cub a bath, his phone rang. The little one is wriggling around in the bathtub while squeezing the “quack quack” sound from the small yellow duck toy his little hand was holding. Qin Shen leaned against the sink and took out his mobile phone. It was an unfamiliar number, so he picked it up and said, “Hello?”
The person on the phone heard the sound of ducks and water, and after a moment of silence, he said, “What are you doing? Are you giving a bath?”
“Jiang Yu?” Qin Shen stood up straight and hurriedly asked, “Where did you get your phone from?”
Jiang Yu hid behind a big rock not far from the shore and said with a smile, “Brother Qing came to see me and Cheng Cheng and gave it to me quietly. I sneaked out to call you.”
“Then can you go ashore?” Hearing that he could sneak out, Qin Shen’s heart fluttered.
“Yes, yes, but the patriarch grandpa will be angry.” Jiang Yu said in embarrassment, “Cheng Cheng and I have been begging the patriarch Grandpa, and he is no longer as opposed as before. Wait for a few more days, when the patriarch grandfather becomes tolerant, Cheng Cheng and I will go ashore.”
“Then I’ll wait for you, don’t be too long.” Qin Shen said reluctantly.
“Hmm.” Jiang Yu nodded on the phone and asked, “How is your grandfather?”
“It’s not life-threatening, but he’s been unconscious.” Qin Shen pressed his temple with his thumb, not wanting to tell Jiang Yu about his side of the story and make him worry for him, he complained, “The little brat slapped me with his tail yesterday.”
He told Jiang Yu about the incident after he gave Jiang Naonao a bath yesterday.
Jiang Yu listened with a smile on his eyes, he asked, “Why did you just put him in the water when you gave him a bath?”
Qin Shen replied, “How do you wash him?”
He wouldn’t give a bath to the little cub and dared not let the nanny come into the bathroom. So he just threw the little cub in the water and let him swim around and consider it cleaned.
Jiang Yu taught him on the phone. Qin Shen turned on the loudspeaker and put the phone on the sink. He rolled up his sleeves, and squatted next to the bathtub to bathe the little cub. The little cub was very naughty. He flicked his little tail splashing a lot of water. After they finished, Qin Shen’s body was very wet.
Qin Shen breathed a sigh of relief after tucking the little cub in. Looking at the silly cub who was trying to hold his little tail and wanted to take a bite, Qin Shen suddenly remembered that he had never heard Jiang Yu mention the cubs parents, so he asked on the phone, “Where are the cub’s parents? Is something wrong?”
“……no.” He suddenly asked about this, Jiang Yu was a little guilty, he hurriedly replied, “I’ve been out for a while, it’s time to go back, I’ll contact you next time I have a chance.”
After speaking, he stuck his tongue out and hung up the phone then swam back to the sea.
Looking at the phone hung up, Qin Shen touched his chin suspiciously. Since nothing happened, why did the little cub’s parents keep him here with Jiang Yu?
The little cub on the bed watched as the little tail he was trying to hold turned into short legs, his eyes widened blankly. Looking at his stupid look Qin Shen could not help but snicker. So silly, not sure who he takes after, but fortunately he’s not his son.
“Uncle Xiang, didn’t you say before that you won’t let people from outside the Qin family in? Are you too old to remember?” Seeing Qiao Xin in the ward, Lu Keying reprimanded in a good mood.
Uncle Xiang is the housekeeper of the Qin family’s old residence, he has been by Qin Yunshan’s side for decades. During the time Qin Yunshan had an accident and was unconscious, he was also the one around to take care of him.
Uncle Xiang humbly said, “Madam, there is no one outside the Qin family here.”
“No one? I see that not only do you have a bad memory, but even your brain is not good anymore.” Lu Keying glared at Qiao Xin. “Some people have long ceased to be part of the Qin family, yet they still come over everyday. Why? Do they want to divide the family property?
Qiao Xin glanced at her blankly, “The old master is just unconscious, not dead. You’re so impatient that I believe it’s you who’s thinking of dividing the family fortune.”
Lu Keying wanted to refute, but Qin Zhentian who could not bear the two women arguing said, “Enough! This is the hospital! Shut up, both of you.”
He looked at Qin Shen and asked with a stern face, “Where have you been these past few days? Your grandfather had an accident but we couldn’t find you?”
“I went out of town to deal with some important matters, I rushed back when I received the news.” Qin Shen casually said and looked at Qin Zhentian coldly, “The doctor said that grandfather was just unconscious and not in danger of any illness. But I heard that you took out grandfather’s will?”
Seeing that he was so cold to him, Qin Zhentian’s face did not look good and said, “Although it’s not life-threatening, the doctor is not sure when your grandfather will wake up.”
“Lawyer Li.” He called out toward the door, and a middle-aged man wearing rimless glasses walked in with a briefcase.
“This is the lawyer who was with your grandfather. As soon as your grandfather had an accident, he found me.” Qin Zhen nodded to Lawyer Li, “You tell the contents of the will to Ah Shen.”
Lawyer Li took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Qin Shen, saying, “This will was made by Mr. Qin seven years ago, and according to its contents, it does not need to be executed after Mr. Qin’s death.”
Qin Shen opened the document, the date was indeed seven years ago, and there was also Qin Yunshan’s signature. Qin Yunshan said in his will that if he died or had an accident in the future and could not manage the Qin family, then everything in the Qin family would be managed by his great-grandson.
Lawyer Li said, “Although you are now the president of the company, Mr. Qin still has the decision-making power but now that he is unconscious because of the accident and cannot manage the Qin family, this will is valid.”
“So Grandfather, despite his son and grandchildren while also knowing that Ah Shen and Xiao Ze are not yet married, planned to give the company to his great-grandson that doesn’t even have a shadow of existence! Isn’t it foolish?” Qin Zhentian said angrily.
“What do you mean there’s not even a shadow?” Lu Keying glanced at him unhappily, the corners of her mouth turned into a smirk, “Xiao Ze had a girlfriend before, she got pregnant last year, I took her to the hospital to check, and the one in her belly was a boy.”
“Lawyer Li.” She looked at Lawyer Li and nodded.
Lawyer Li understood and said, “According to the content of the will, if the child is under the age of eighteen, then the child’s parents can manage the Qin family on their behalf.”
Qin Shen squeezed the corner of the document. No wonder as soon as he returned the two rushed to the scene. Turns out they have the leverage to take the company from him.
Lu Keying said sarcastically, “Ah Shen, your grandfather has been nagging you to get married, but you never listened to him. You are almost thirty years old, not to mention marriage, you don’t even have a partner…”
“Oops, I forgot, you are dating someone, but it seems to be a guy, right?” Lu Keying sighed regretfully, “Two men together, how can they have children? Our Xiao Ze, although he did something wrong, fortunately he likes girls, and she happens to be pregnant. Don’t be angry, who let your Grandfather have such a will.”
Before Qin Shen could speak, Qiao Xin laughed next to him and said, ”The child hasn’t been born yet, who knows if it’s your child’s seed.“
Lu Keying’s face changed. Qin Shen was the first to speak, “Since the child has yet to be born, let’s wait until then. What do you think Lawyer Li?”
Lawyer Li nodded, “Because the second young master is not married, when the child is born, a strict paternity test will be done to ensure that it is of the bloodline of the Qin family before then this will have yet to take effect.”
When Qin Zhentian and Lu Keying left with Lawyer Li, Qin Shen frowned and asked Uncle Xiang, “Uncle Xiang, how could my grandfather make such a will?”
Xiang Bo sighed and said, “Young master, you forgot that seven years ago you were reluctant to return to China.”
Qin Shen thought for a moment and remembered. Seven years ago he just graduated from university abroad. His grandfather wanted him to return home to join the family company, but he and a few college friends opened a company that was developing smoothly, so he refused. His grandfather told him several times, but seeing that he couldn’t talk to him, he threatened him angrily that if he didn’t return to China, he would have no share in the company in the future, and that he would leave the company to his great grandson. He didn’t think about it at that time, he just thought his grandfather was talking nonsense. How old was he only at that time, that he wanted to have a great grandson. He didn’t expect his grandfather to actually make a will?
Uncle Xiang said, “The old master said that his son was useless at the time, and the only useful grandson was unwilling to return to China. It was better to leave the company to his great grandson. Anyway, he was already angered to death. It is not as bad for you as it is for the young master who hasn’t been born yet. So in a fit of anger, he asked Lawyer Li to make this will.”
Qin Shen pinched his eyebrows. He was starting to have a headache, and he then asked, “Later, when I returned to China, how come grandfather never mentioned this will?”
“Because ……” Uncle Xiang looked embarrassed for a moment, “the old master, he forgot.”
The old master made this will angrily back then. Within two years, he became seriously ill. Seeing that the company was about to be destroyed in the hands of Qin Zhentian’s son, Qin Shen was finally willing to return home to take over the company. During the years since Qin Shen’s succession, the company’s development has been steadily improving, and so has the old master’s health. In addition to drinking tea and climbing mountains with old friends, he also raised fish and birds. Life is so comfortable that if not careful, the will that was made out of anger will be forgotten.
In fact, if it hadn’t been for the old master’s accident this time and Lawyer Li knocking on the door, he wouldn’t remember the will.
Qin Shen：……
Uncle Xiang said on behalf of Qin Yunshan, “In fact, when the old master made this will back then, he didn’t make it casually. You are several years older than the second young master, and you will definitely get married before he does. So the old master thought that since you didn’t want to manage the company, he would leave it to the little young master. Before the little young master becomes an adult, the company has to be managed by you. Who would have thought…”
Who would have thought that he would still be unmarried and have no child, and now Qin Ze was about to have a son. Qin Shen sighed speechlessly. His grandfather was really restless to let him take over the company.
Qiao Xin said next to him, “Qin Ze’s girlfriend is less than nine months pregnant, and there’s still time before the child is born and the paternity test results come out. If the Old Master wakes up during this time, the ‘will’ won’t take effect, so I have contacted the most renowned neurologist abroad, and I will be able to fly over in two days to show the old master.
Qin Shen nodded and said, “Then I will trouble Uncle Xiang to take care of Grandpa here. I will go to the company first and come to see Grandpa in the evening.”
Qiao Xin still has an interview at the TV station, so the assistant was waiting downstairs. He and Qiao Xin left the hospital. Qiao Xin and his assistant went to the TV station while he went to the company.
There are faint rumors in the company about the will. As soon as Qin Shen arrived at the company, he had his assistant call a meeting with several senior executives. By the time he came out of the company, it was already evening.
He went to the hospital to visit Qin Yunshan again before asking his assistant to drive back to where he lived. As soon as he entered he noticed Jiang Naonao sitting on the carpet of the living room, leaning on a pillow, with toys piled around him. He grabbed a toy fish and stuffed it in his mouth.
“Little young master, the milk is ready.” The nanny ran out of the kitchen with the baby bottle, hurriedly took the toy fish in the little cub’s hand, and stuffed the pacifier into his mouth. He hugged the baby bottle and gulped it down.
The nanny heard the door open, turned her head to see Qin Shen, and quickly called out, “Young Master is back.”
Qin Shen nodded to her and walked to the little cub then squatted down. When the little cub saw him, his eyes lit up, and he twisted his little butt to approach him. The little cub was sitting unsteadily, and seeing that he was about to fall down, Qin Shen stretched out his hand and picked him up.
The little cub leaned in his arms, narrowed his eyes and drank milk in satisfaction.
“I’m going to cook for the Young Master.” The nanny went into the kitchen to be busy, and Qin Shen said to the assistant, “Leave after dinner.”
The assistant nodded in response.
It’s been a week since he last saw the cub, but he seems to have gained weight. Qin Shen played with him for a while, then after he finished eating, he handed him over to the nanny and took the assistant into the study.
“This is the Pei family’s recent projects, because of the Pei family’s internal conflicts, this has not been approved yet.” The assistant said as he handed the documents he took down from the car to Qin Shen.
Qin Shen sat behind his desk and flipped through. At the beginning, Pei Yun spent a lot of money to get through the relationship between the Linghai Municipal government in order to transfer his business to Linghai City. These projects were all set at the time. Now that Pei Yun is dead and Lu Qing took over, someone in the Pei family has a good relationship with the government and obstructs them in private. The project is going unsteadily.
“Make a phone call tomorrow and inform them that Lu Qing is my friend and approve these projects as soon as possible. Qin Shen closed the file and asked, “Where did my grandfather fall off the mountain?”
“It’s on Cui Mountain at the outskirts of the city,” the assistant replied.
Qin Shen knew about Cui Mountain, the scenery was quiet and there was a private tea house halfway up the mountain. His grandfather often went there with a few old friends to taste tea and climb the mountain, and there had never been an accident before.
As soon as he was away, something happened to Qin Yunshan. He strongly suspected that the accident was premeditated by someone. The assistant continued, “I checked the identity of the so-called girlfriend of Qin Ze, she is a small star in the circle. Qin Ze had only been dating her for a month. The little star once looked for Qin Ze after she became pregnant, and Qin Ze gave her a sum of money to abort the child, which the starlet secretly concealed. Half a month ago, knowing that Qin Ze was out of the country and she was about to give birth again, she approached Qin Ze’s mother.”
Qin Shen tapped his fingers on the document and thought about it. If at that time Lu Keying happened to know that such a will existed, and that little star was pregnant with Qin Ze’s child sent to her door, she would probably take advantage of his absence to harm Grandfather and use the will to snatch the company.
“Let’s go to the place where Grandpa had an accident tomorrow.” After he finished speaking, he looked at the time. It was already half past eight. He wanted to take the little cub for a bath, so he asked the assistant to leave. He went to the bathroom and filled the tub with water. Qin Shen then took the little cub from the nanny and locked the door. Only when he was at ease did he strip the little cub and put him in the water.
During the time when he and Jiang Yu were away, because of his instruction, the nanny and his assistant didn’t dare let the little cub touch the water. So they only wiped him with a wet towel everyday. Once there was only a familiar scent around him, the moment the little cub was put in the water, his tail transformed into a tail. Swimming around in joy, the water fluttered.
Qin Shen didn’t know how to bathe him so he simply waited for him to swim for a while, then directly carried him out of the water.
Jiang Naonao wrapped his arms around Qin Shen’s neck while his little tail dripping in water kept wagging. Qin Shen bent over and put him on the bath towel on the bed, and with a ”pak”, the little cub’s tail slapped Qin Shen’s face.
Qin Shen was taken aback, Jiang Naonao giggled happily, his eyes curving into crescent moons, and his little tail was wagging on the bath towel, as if what happened was very funny.
Qin Shen’s face darkened. He wanted to hit the little cub’s butt, but he couldn’t do it. The little cub’s tail was too delicate compared to Jiang Yu’s. He didn’t dare to touch it for fear of breaking it.
When the little tail changed back to his short legs, Qin Shen patted his little butt lightly, and said, “Naughty.”
He went downstairs and called the nanny to put clothes on the little cub. After coaxing him to sleep, he asked the nanny to take him back to the room. Qin Shen took a bath then went to sleep.
The next morning, he went to the company first, and asked the assistant to drive to Cui Mountain on the outskirts of the city.
The car stopped at the foot of the mountain, and the assistant took Qin Shen to the place where Qin Yunshan had an accident. It was a somewhat steep stone staircase, and just around the corner, there was a bamboo forest next to it that blocked the front and back’s line of sight. Several old friends who came to climb the mountain with Qin Yunshan that day said that Qin Yunshan was walking at the end, and when they heard the sound and came back, Qin Yunshan had already fallen.
“What is behind this bamboo forest?” He looked at the bamboo forest and asked the assistant.
The assistant shook his head, “I don’t know.”
“Go in and have a look.” Qin Shen entered the bamboo forest and walked for about ten minutes before reaching the end. He looked around, there was also a road going up and down the mountain there.
The cell phone in his pocket rang, he took it out and looked at it, it showed Lu Qing’s number, he slid open to answer it while surveying the surroundings, “Mr. Lu.”
“Mr. Qin.” Lu Qing asked directly on the phone, “Did you help review the projects with the government?”
Qin Shen replied, “Yes, as I said, I can help you. Does Mr. Lu want to work together again for the plot of land in the northern suburbs of the city?”
When Pei Yun came to Linghai City, in addition to the few projects he had set, one of the most significant was the area to the north of the settlement. He went to great lengths to climb up with the mayor’s secretary, wanting to share a piece of the pie with the Gu and Qin family. But before he could get it, he died, and the matter has also been abandoned.
If Lu Qing can win this piece of land, coupled with those projects, the Pei family will also gain a foothold in Linghai City. At that time, those Pei family members who were dissatisfied with Lu Qing would have no reason to oppose him.
Lu Qing naturally knew the importance of this land, and he also knew that Qin Shen had conditions for helping him. After a moment of silence, he said, “Jiang Yu has been captured back to the clan. It is impossible for me to persuade the patriarch to let him go ashore.”
Qin Shen smiled, “I just want to know how he is, is there any way you can let him say a few words to me.””
Lu Qing was silent for a while and hung up the phone directly.
Qin Shen put away his mobile phone indifferently, his gaze fell to a bamboo plant. He went over and bent down to pluck the bamboo leaves on the ground, picking up a lighter, in which the name of a bar was printed on it. He took out his handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped the lighter. Then he and his assistant went down the mountain.
In the evening, he went to the hospital to see Qin Yunshan before he went home. While giving the little cub a bath, his phone rang. The little one is wriggling around in the bathtub while squeezing the “quack quack” sound from the small yellow duck toy his little hand was holding. Qin Shen leaned against the sink and took out his mobile phone. It was an unfamiliar number, so he picked it up and said, “Hello?”
The person on the phone heard the sound of ducks and water, and after a moment of silence, he said, “What are you doing? Are you giving a bath?”
“Jiang Yu?” Qin Shen stood up straight and hurriedly asked, “Where did you get your phone from?”
Jiang Yu hid behind a big rock not far from the shore and said with a smile, “Brother Qing came to see me and Cheng Cheng and gave it to me quietly. I sneaked out to call you.”
“Then can you go ashore?” Hearing that he could sneak out, Qin Shen’s heart fluttered.
“Yes, yes, but the patriarch grandpa will be angry.” Jiang Yu said in embarrassment, “Cheng Cheng and I have been begging the patriarch Grandpa, and he is no longer as opposed as before. Wait for a few more days, when the patriarch grandfather becomes tolerant, Cheng Cheng and I will go ashore.”
“Then I’ll wait for you, don’t be too long.” Qin Shen said reluctantly.
“Hmm.” Jiang Yu nodded on the phone and asked, “How is your grandfather?”
“It’s not life-threatening, but he’s been unconscious.” Qin Shen pressed his temple with his thumb, not wanting to tell Jiang Yu about his side of the story and make him worry for him, he complained, “The little brat slapped me with his tail yesterday.”
He told Jiang Yu about the incident after he gave Jiang Naonao a bath yesterday.
Jiang Yu listened with a smile on his eyes, he asked, “Why did you just put him in the water when you gave him a bath?”
Qin Shen replied, “How do you wash him?”
He wouldn’t give a bath to the little cub and dared not let the nanny come into the bathroom. So he just threw the little cub in the water and let him swim around and consider it cleaned.
Jiang Yu taught him on the phone. Qin Shen turned on the loudspeaker and put the phone on the sink. He rolled up his sleeves, and squatted next to the bathtub to bathe the little cub. The little cub was very naughty. He flicked his little tail splashing a lot of water. After they finished, Qin Shen’s body was very wet.
Qin Shen breathed a sigh of relief after tucking the little cub in. Looking at the silly cub who was trying to hold his little tail and wanted to take a bite, Qin Shen suddenly remembered that he had never heard Jiang Yu mention the cubs parents, so he asked on the phone, “Where are the cub’s parents? Is something wrong?”
“……no.” He suddenly asked about this, Jiang Yu was a little guilty, he hurriedly replied, “I’ve been out for a while, it’s time to go back, I’ll contact you next time I have a chance.”
After speaking, he stuck his tongue out and hung up the phone then swam back to the sea.
Looking at the phone hung up, Qin Shen touched his chin suspiciously. Since nothing happened, why did the little cub’s parents keep him here with Jiang Yu?
The little cub on the bed watched as the little tail he was trying to hold turned into short legs, his eyes widened blankly. Looking at his stupid look Qin Shen could not help but snicker. So silly, not sure who he takes after, but fortunately he’s not his son.
