My Fortune-Blessed Leading Lady-Chapter 625: Retribution for Being Late 33

Qin Zhen didn’t know how to face the venom in Zhao Shuqin’s voice at that moment, nor did he know what he was thinking as he looked at her faintly, wanting to speak yet stopping himself.

After a long time, he asked a question, "I’ve been so kind to you, can’t you feel moved at all?" freēwēbnovel.com

Zhao Shuqin sneered, offering no reply.

Qin Zhen didn’t press further. At his age, he truly didn’t understand why he was so fixated on this woman. Despite her never showing him kindness over the years, it still didn’t quench his obsession with her.

Zhao Shuqin continued to stuff a cigarette into her mouth, inhaling deeply a few times, feeling the burning sensation in her mouth before taking it out and extinguishing the cigarette.

"Since you agreed to this matter, go handle it. I’ll wait for your news, make sure it’s done before ’Miss Rose’ airs."

Qin Zhen was puzzled. "I thought you didn’t care about Xi Gu?"

"I don’t care about Xi Gu, but I do care about Huanya."

Xi Zhen’s expression instantly soured. He didn’t know what he was hoping for deep down—was he hoping she would say she still harbored feelings for Xi Gu?

She likely wouldn’t say it. If it was something that could make him happy, that woman would never utter a word.

It had always been like this.

After Zhao Shuqin left the hotel, Qin Zhen instructed the butler to handle the matter. Some things needed a face, others money, and some required connections. It was best if the issue could be squashed, but if not, it was wise to think ahead about solutions to avoid trouble for everyone.

The butler’s eyes darted around as he bowed his head and left.

...

The incident continued to draw the attention of the police and the public alike, with many people inquiring daily about the truth of the Christmas murder incident.

Many people began calling this the Christmas Day Murder.

For many, that Christmas Day was a night of shock, witnessed by too many, keeping the incident hotly discussed, and the police publicly updated the progress of the case.

Reportedly, the suspect was utterly unafraid during police interrogations, adopting an indifferent attitude as he sat naturally in the interrogation room, his face composed, not at all like someone about to face trial.

His calm demeanor, no matter what the police said, neither answering nor cooperating with the investigation, was infuriating.

Zhao Shuqin’s confidant told her that her brother was a man who, as long as the money was right, would admit to anything and dare to do anything.

So, after the lawyer had visited him, his non-cooperative attitude during the investigations only intensified.

This news soon reached Yuran and Bo Yan, and Xi Nian also received the information. Bo Yan was at home talking on the phone with Xi Nian.

Xi Nian, with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, said, "Honestly, this matter isn’t all that novel. How do you want to handle it? If it bothers you, I’ll hasten things. If you don’t care much, I’ll take it slower."

Bo Yan asked Yuran for her thoughts, but Yuran shook her head, indicating that she didn’t care much.

Bo Yan smiled and said to Xi Nian, "Whatever way you find best to resolve it, just use that. As for Baby and me, we don’t really mind, since the most exciting part is on the first day of the premiere, right?"

Xi Nian laughed, "The Xi family is now completely under control. I want those who hurt my parents to atone for their sins in this ordeal. The more they care about something, the more I will destroy it. I’m not kind, and if anything happens later that involves you, don’t worry about it, just don’t hurt your interests."

Bo Yan caught the undertone in Xi Nian’s words, "What are you planning to do?"

Xi Nian paused, then chuckled, "What can I do now?"

"What you can do now is to keep pretending to be paralyzed and stop talking nonsense. Do you want your sisters to worry? Everything Meng Qiuyan has done, was it hoping for your death? To die as atonement, who are you being fair to? Can you face your parents properly if you go to hell?"

Xi Nian: "... Have you been eating my sister’s spit too much? Why are your words so venomous?"

Bo Yan snorted, "The bet hasn’t even started yet. What do you think the situation will be like, bad enough for you to lose everything? Even if Xi Zhen is the ultimate big boss of the Xi family, you’re not without leverage behind you. Besides, your most trusted brothers have already solved most of the problems for you. Why would you think you’re useless?"

Xi Nian, "You always make me want to die when you speak like that."

"Then I’ll shut up immediately."

Xi Nian, "There are people intervening and causing problems in this matter. I don’t know if you know, but I suspect it’s Xi Zhen. He’s having an affair with his own daughter-in-law. No matter what kind of scandal breaks out, his reputation will be greatly damaged. In future partnerships, he will just be someone untrustworthy and heartless. Such people, in business, either become beloved or completely ruined.

Obviously, I think Xi Zhen belongs to the latter. Such a scandal is too huge, Xi Zhen himself definitely can’t handle it alone. Zhao Shuqin, that woman, will only put herself in the victim’s position, she may even attempt to turn the situation around, but let’s not give her that chance."

"Turns out you’re quite well-informed." Bo Yan teased with a smile, "Has anyone ever told you that you might actually make a good partner, cunning and sneaky as you are?"

"No, you’re the first one, but that doesn’t sound much like a compliment, let’s forget it, listening to it makes me feel uncomfortable."

Once the two had agreed on their plan, Xi Nian made another call to London, to Xi Yan, "Brother."

Xi Nian laughed, "You and Xi Yang have really put on a good show over the years. Even the old man thinks you two don’t get along, and you’ve also completed a particularly good mission. I’m very grateful for your unwavering support all these years."

Xi Yan put the phone on speaker, and Xi Yang listened intently, his lips twitching, "Brother, just stop it, your sudden show of affection is kind of scary, can we communicate normally?"

Xi Nian: "... Xi Yang, are you too embarrassed to say you want to die?"

Xi Yang, aggrieved, "Brother, speak with some conscience, am I that kind of person? Even if I were, would I let you know it?"

Xi Nian, "Enough chit-chat, there’s a mission."

Xi Yan and Xi Yang straightened up, Xi Yan said, "Brother, you just command. Xi Ya is being monitored by us here and now can’t go out, so there won’t be any news reaching the old man. Whatever Xi Yang and I do here is justified."

"Has Xi Ya spit out any useful information?"

"Sorry, brother, Xi Ya is too tight-lipped. The things we’ve gotten out of him are absolutely unhelpful. He’s too good at handling these situations. Brother, do you have any good methods to make people talk?"

Xi Nian sneered, "There are few nerves left for helping others, but plenty for harming them. Listen closely..."

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