CH 57

“You’re dressed well today!”

To celebrate the birthday of his little grandson, grandfather Qiu Ting and grandma He Ya arrived at Qiu’s house early.

As the honorary marshal of the Federation, Qiu Ting is still strong and healthy, and he is not arrogant or prideful. He has been living in the countryside with his wife, but has kept in touch with his family.

“There are so many people here today, if I don’t dress better, wouldn’t I be embarrassing for our family?” Qiu Zhenyang hugged his grandfather affectionately, and then helped his grandmother take off her hat and hand it over to the housekeeper, taking care of her half-white hair.

“Why doesn’t grandmother dye her hair? Although it looks good now, dyeing it is more refreshing.” Qiu Zhenyang felt distressed when he looked at his grandmother’s white hair. He now completely regards himself as a member of the Qiu family, and has ever-deeper affection towards these lovable and lovely family members.

He Ya was an ordinary-born little woman, gentle and soft, not loud and uncouth. Thanks to his grandfather’s devotion, she was loved for most of her life.

Grandpa and grandma also came downstairs at this moment and warmly welcomed the two in-laws.

“Yangyang is right. I’ll take you to dye your hair tomorrow. Isn’t that red-brown color popular now? Let’s do it together and go shopping pretty.”

Grandma and grandmother have a good relationship. Together they are like a pair of little sisters, completely forgetting their spouses. However, the grandfathers also have their own entertainment options, such as fishing or rock climbing.

“Yangyang, go up and see if Xiaomu is ready. People will come in a while, and remember to bring him with you to greet the guests.” Grandma has a very good impression of Ling Mu, and it’s clear Qiu Zhenyang likes him, so she completely treated Ling Mu as her grandson-in-law.

Seeing Qiu Zhenyang go upstairs immediately, she also shared Ling Mu’s affairs with Qiu Ting and He Ya with a smile.

“Ling Mu, are you ready?” Qiu Zhenyang knocked on Ling Mu’s door, and glanced at the time on the terminal.

The door was opened from the inside. Ling Mu stood in the door with a tie in frustration, and a tutorial on how to tie a tie was still playing on the terminal of his wrist.

“Can’t tie a tie? I’ll teach you.” Qiu Zhenyang went in and closed the door, letting Ling Mu stand in front of him, then took the tie in his hand and started to move skillfully. He neglected this point. He bought a tie and came back without teaching Ling Mu how to tie it.

“Come around here, then tighten it up… done, so handsome!” After helping him with the tie, Qiu Zhenyang praised with a smile. He pushed the person in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror and looked in the mirror. “How is it, don’t you think you’re radiant today?”

Ling Mu glanced at him in the mirror speechlessly: “What did you say?”

It’s kind of unfamiliar. Ling Mu has never dressed so formally before, and has never attended a gathering between high-class people. Although he didn’t say it, he was still a little nervous.

“Don’t worry, you can just stay by my side tonight, and leave the rest to me.” Qiu Zhenyang saw Ling Mu’s thoughts and immediately patted him on the shoulder. In fact, he was also very nervous. After all, he has no real experience, and only has the memories of the original body.

After smoothing the folds on Ling Mu’s shoulders, Qiu Zhenyang stretched out his hand towards him. “Come on, come down with me to meet the guests.”

Ling Mu looked at the hand that was stretched out towards him. The hand was wide and slender, warm and powerful. He chuckled lightly, handed himself over to Qiu Zhenyang, and was led out of the room.

At seven o’clock in the evening, the single-family villa where the Qiu family used to entertain guests was already full of people.

Everyone was congratulating Qiu Zhenyang on his nineteenth birthday, and at the same time taking the opportunity to communicate with other people. There are not only the bosses of the military, but also leaders of the five major consortiums. Many major players are present, and everyone wants to build good relationships or make friends with them.

Ling Mu followed Qiu Zhenyang to greet guests. Because he was not good at speaking, he could only drink a lot to relieve the embarrassment. His cheeks were flushed, but his expression was still serious.

“This should be your little grandson. Yes, high-spirited, very like you when you were young.” Don’t know when grandma came over with a man. The man wasn’t young and had a head full of white hair, but he was full of energy. And from the stern, eagle-like gaze, one can see that he’s not a simple person.

Qiu Zhenyang didn’t need to think about it, he recognized that this person was head of the Third Consortium and the master of the Lin family, Mr. Lin.

“Hello, Grandpa Lin.” Qiu Zhenyang greeted him with a decent and elegant smile, but the abacus in his heart had already begun to move.

Grandma and Qiu Zhenyang looked at each other, took a sip of wine and said, “Lao1old man Lin, our groups have a lot of cooperative projects currently, so I thought the relationship should be good, but unfortunately… It seems that it was my wishful thinking? “

Grandma has fully understood what happened to Lin Zhiyuan’s family, and her bringing Lao Lin here not is also for Qiu Zhenyang’s plan.

Sure enough, after hearing Ning Yun’s words, Lao Lin’s eyes changed slightly. He obviously knew something.

“I’ve heard about your unfilial son’s troubles. President Ning, I’m really sorry. It’s because of my lack of discipline that I caused them trouble.” In the end, Mr. Lin has foresight. Ning Yun might not care about the many projects between them and the First Consortium, but they couldn’t let them go.

Ning Yun put the wine glass on the plate of a passing waiter, folded her arms, and said with cold eyes, “It’s useless for you to apologize to me, it’s my grandson and grandson-in-law who were hurt. They upheld etiquette and didn’t bother you elders, but now that I’m here, I have to get some justice for them.”

Lao Lin laughed and said, “As you should, as you should. Kid, just say what conditions you have. I’ll help as long as I can meet them.

The corner of Qiu Zhenyang’s mouth twitched slightly. Facing this elder who was much stronger than himself in both style and momentum, he said without any timidity: “Actually, there are no conditions. I just hope that when I use legal means to protect my rights and interests, it’s enough if Grandpa Lin you don’t intervene.”

While this sounds fine and reasonable, Mr. Lin has been in business for a long time, and felt that something was wrong. He maintained the seemingly friendly smile on his face and did not speak, but his eyes were shining.

He looked at Lin Zhiyuan, his third son who was socializing with an illegitimate son he had just recognized not far away, and smelled something amiss. It was obvious that Lin Zhiyuan’s family already had a bad fight with the Qiu family, but they still invited them here, so there must be a trap somewhere.

Seeing this, Ning Yun immediately spoke, showing a look of contempt: “Why, what you said just now doesn’t count after a few seconds? It’s not like we’re asking you to do something treacherous, just asking you not to interfere with these younger generations. Your attitude is completely different from when we were talking about a project earlier.”

Businessmen value profits, and Mr. Lin made a decision almost immediately.

Lin Zhiyuan didn’t hold much space in his heart. Both older brothers above him were better than him. In addition, Lin Yuhan was an incompetent grandson, and Mr. Lin already had little expectations for this lineage. Now they are in trouble with the Qiu family who has financial power that no one can shake. In order to protect the interests of the entire Lin family, Mr. Lin has only one choice.

After all, he only needs the best son to inherit the Lin family’s family business. Lin Zhiyuan’s family falling out of contention is just a matter of time.

“Oh President Ning, I’m too old, my mind can’t work so fast now. Can’t I speak slowly? Hahaha, don’t worry, little kid, I promise not to interfere in this matter, okay?”

Qiu Zhenyang grinned: “Then thank you, Grandpa Lin.”

After handing Lao Lin to his grandmother, Qiu Zhenyang took Ling Mu to find Qiu Haolin.

“Brother, how are things going?” Qiu Zhenyang brought Qiu Haolin to a corner, with Ling Mu following him blankly, not knowing what Qiu Zhenyang was doing.

Qiu Haolin looked at the message on the terminal and gave Qiu Zhenyang an “OK” gesture.

“The Federal Security Inspection Headquarters has received news and is on the way to Lin Zhiyuan’s house.”

“Okay, let me know if you have any news.” Qiu Zhenyang fistbumped his brother and took Ling Mu away again.

Ling Mu’s curiosity intensified. Taking advantage of the interval when Qiu Zhenyang took him to the long table to get some snacks, he couldn’t help but lower his voice and asked, “What are you doing? Why mention the Lin family?”

He put the dessert on a plate and handed it to Ling Mu. After he took it, he said, “Do you remember Lin Yuhan using a prohibited weapon when he was fighting with me?”

Ling Mu pursed his lips and nodded. Of course he remembers. Even now, he has some lingering fears about the scene at the time.

“And he hurt Ling Dang and injected you with a pheromone destroyer. You remember all this.”

Ling Mu nodded again. He hated Lin Yuhan deeply, how could he forget?

“I also remember everything.” Qiu Zhenyang helped him straighten his tie. His eyes lowered slightly, and his tone was soft. “The reason why I have never collected debts from Lin Yuhan is because I want to kill him with one blow and make him forever unable to stand up!”

Regarding Lin Yuhan, and the grievances with the Lin family, Qiu Zhenyang has been suppressing himself patiently. It’s not that he doesn’t want to take revenge, it’s that he was looking for the best time to deal a fatal blow to Lin Zhiyuan’s family.

After all, the Lin family is protected by Mr. Lin. If he takes action rashly, Mr. Lin might intervene. But the arrival of his grandma has become a decisive factor. Mr. Lin can only choose to stand by and watch given the pressures of the First Consortium, which makes it much more convenient for Qiu Zhenyang to move.

“Have you always been planning?” Ling Mu was a little surprised, because Qiu Zhenyang never discussed this matter with him. He was inexplicably dissatisfied, and felt unhappy that he was excluded.

However, Qiu Zhenyang quickly grasped his emotions and held Ling Mu’s hand. “I didn’t tell you because the exam was about to take place, and I don’t want you to worry about these things. It’s not too late to tell you now, nothing will officially start until tonight. Don’t worry, in a few days, everything will be different.”

The reason why he invited Lin Zhiyuan to his birthday party was to facilitate the police to enter Lin’s house and search Lin Yuhan for contraband. Those things are not easy to get, and given how skilled he was at using them, it’s obvious he has more in his hands. If Lin Zhiyuan was at home, it would be easy to hinder the cops from doing business, so Qiu Zhenyang had to send someone an invitation.

As for whether Lin Zhiyuan will come or not, he doesn’t have to worry at all.

Lin Zhiyuan’s father and two older brothers are here. As long as he is not stupid, he will definitely come. However, Qiu Zhenyang didn’t expect that Lin Zhiyuan would bring Cheng An’an, let alone Lin Nuo as well. As for Lin Yuhan, Lin Zhiyuan will never let him come, wouldn’t he be poking Qiu Zhenyang’s eyes?

Ling Mu felt a little better after the explanation. He put the plate in Qiu Zhenyang’s hand and rubbed his flushed cheeks. “I’ll go to the bathroom, I’ll be right back.”

After washing his face in the bathroom, Ling Mu’s head felt clearer.

He took out a tissue and wiped his face in the mirror, recalling what Qiu Zhenyang said to him just now.

“Ling Mu.”

As he was in a trance, a voice sounded behind him. Ling Mu looked through the mirror and found that Cheng An’an was standing behind him.

He was wearing a familiar suit, which was of the same brand as Ling Mu’s clothes. Obviously, after Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu left that day, Cheng An’an also bought clothes from that store.

“Is something wrong?” Facing Cheng An’an, Ling Mu’s attitude was always bad.

Cheng An’an smiled helplessly. “Why do you always have so much malice towards me?”

Tossing the tissue into the trash, Ling Mu turned to face him. “Is it interesting to pretend like this? Don’t you hate me too?”

Cheng An’an ‘s smile froze for a while, and then disappeared. “Yes, I hate you. You know that Zhenyang is with you to anger me, so why jump into this abyss?”

Green tea finally shows his true face instead of being a white lotus!

P.S. reminder for all who might’ve forgotten – Cheng An’an is an illegitimate child from the Lin family. Yes, that Lin family.

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