Walking out of the restaurant, Gu Qichen turned around, "Song Nuan, Yan Chen was here just now, so I wanted to save you some face, but you should know we've broken up. You saved me before, and I'll compensate you in other ways."
"I don't want any other compensation, I only want you!" Song Nuan gritted her teeth, hugging him tightly, "Qichen, you can't stop me. You gave so much for me before, and this time, I can too!"
Gu Qichen pulled her away with a cold expression and walked towards the car parked by the street.
He stopped by the car.
Across the street, in front of an RV, Lu Mingxi and Qin He, who should have left already, stood by the vehicle.
One of the RV's tires was flat, and Lu Mingxi was on the phone, yelling at someone.
Qin He leaned lazily against the car, talking to a passing flower-selling girl.
After a few words, she took the girl's flower basket, and Lu Mingxi, hanging up the phone, ran over to pay.
Gu Qichen's expression darkened. Across the street, Lu Mingxi suddenly looked over. As their eyes met, the latter gave a provocative and flamboyant smile.
According to Lu Mingxi's plan, Gu Qichen would get angry and leave.
But the man walked directly towards them.
???
Lu Mingxi narrowed his eyes and looked at Qin He beside him, who was holding the flower basket.
"Little cat, you go wait in the car first."
Qin He also saw Gu Qichen walking towards them from across the street, and Song Nuan by his car.
Gu Qichen walked closer, "Is your car broken? Do you want me to give you a ride?"
Lu Mingxi stepped in front of him, "We'll have it fixed in no time. You don't need to worry, Mr. Gu."
Gu Qichen ignored Lu Mingxi and stared intently at Qin He.
Qin He glanced at Song Nuan, who was staring intently at her from not far away, and said lazily, "Mr. Gu should send his own girlfriend."
She got into the car with the flower basket, and after sitting down, she looked at Lu Mingxi, "Hurry up."
Though her tone seemed impatient, it drew him to her side.
Lu Mingxi grinned, "I've already called, the car will be here soon."
Gu Qichen was rejected, and the car door was closed in front of him.
Lu Mingxi smiled flamboyantly, "Mr. Gu, your girlfriend is still waiting for you over there. Go quickly."
Soon, a subordinate arrived with another car. After switching cars, Lu Mingxi took Qin He to Qingcheng First Hospital.
Entering Qin Yun's ward, Qin He noticed that Xu Wanwan was not there today.
"Wanwan didn't come?"
Qin Yun, lying on the hospital bed, his expression changed slightly, but he still forced a smile, "Isn't that good? Anyway, I have professional caregivers here, she doesn't need to come."
Wanwan was heartbroken.
Qin He sighed and handed the flowers to the caregiver, asking them to arrange them in a vase.
She sat by the hospital bed, "Are you really going to give up?"
Qin He felt sorry for her brother and her best friend.
Xu Wanwan had only heard half of it that day and ran off. With her temper, she must have been extremely hurt.
Qin Yun's eyes dimmed, "My leg injury has improved a lot recently. I asked the doctor today, and I'll be discharged tomorrow to recuperate at home."
The brother and sister chatted for a while. Lu Mingxi, who knew the inside story, advised, "Little cat, don't try to persuade him. Your brother has been stuck on this for over a year. When Xu Wanwan truly changes her mind, he'll regret it."
Qin He glared at Lu Mingxi.
She turned to Qin Yun, "What time are you being discharged tomorrow? I'll pick you up."
"Eight in the morning."
Qin He nodded, thinking that since Xu Wanwan wasn't here today and their mother was in Haicheng, she planned to stay and look after Qin Yun.
Lu Mingxi volunteered, "I'll stay with him, you go back and rest early."
Qin Yun also didn't want her to stay, so Qin He didn't insist.
Zhou Yang drove over to pick up Qin He and take her back to the Qin family.
After returning home, Qin He took a shower and got into bed.
She picked up her phone and logged into Qingyan Fu, sending a message to Bu Guo San Dao to ask about the Zero-Hour Rose matter.
Bu Guo San Dao replied with a screenshot: I was just about to look for you. Zero-Hour Rose just sent me a message, urging me to deal with you.
Qin He opened the screenshot and read it.
The other party's tone was aggressive: Didn't you take the order? Why is Qin He still fine! If you can't handle it, I'll find someone else!
Qin He narrowed her eyes. This kind of communication was definitely not from the group operating in the shadows.
That group could infiltrate the Qin family and had assassination capabilities, so they wouldn't need to find someone on Qingyan Fu.
Therefore, the other party was highly likely to be—Song Nuan?
Qin He curled her lips and replied to Bu Guo San Dao: Just tell Zero-Hour Rose that my whereabouts are hard to track recently. Let's see what they say.
Bu Guo San Dao acknowledged and left.
He returned shortly.
Bu Guo San Dao: Zero-Hour Rose said I was talking nonsense, and that you go to Qin Corporation every day, or to the joint department in Xicheng District, or else you're hanging out with Lu Mingxi.
Qin He raised her eyebrows: Fine, I understand.
These two locations were not secrets, but she wasn't hanging out with Lu Mingxi every day.
Only today, and not many people knew about it.
The probability of it being Song Nuan was eighty percent.
Qin He assigned a task to Bu Guo San Dao and then entered the management group.
Today, Ti Shi, one of the four administrators, unusually made an appearance.
Ti Shi: Mo, Qing Xie, I'm in Qingcheng. Want to get together sometime?
Qin He narrowed her eyes. Among the four administrators, she and Mo were from Qingcheng, Ti Shi was from Jiangcheng, and Jue Qing Liu Mang was from the capital.
They had known each other for many years, but Qingyan Fu involved too much, and it was on the dark web, so no one knew each other's identities.
Even though they didn't know each other, they treated each other like family. Ti Shi could always provide some weapon channels, and Jue Qing Liu Mang took on missions and traveled all over the world.
Mo was responsible for issuing missions and sometimes providing rescue, while she occasionally used her hacking skills to investigate for their missions.
Ti Shi was here—
Qin He considered whether to meet her.
Mo: What are you doing in Qingcheng?
Ti Shi: I took a private job recently.
Mo: Who allowed you to take private jobs! If you don't go through the platform, how can I collect my commission!
Qin He chuckled and typed.
Qing Xie: What private job? Can you give us some details?
Ti Shi didn't hide anything: Befriending the eldest daughter of the Qin family and becoming a frequent visitor to the Qin family. This is the first stage of the mission. The client is quite mysterious and offered three hundred million.
Qin He narrowed her eyes, Good heavens, three hundred million.
This was definitely not Zero-Hour Rose.
Her worth had increased from five million to three hundred million?
Qin He propped up her chin. Song Nuan couldn't afford this kind of money.
It must be the group responsible for her and her brother's car accident. Qin He had always suspected that they wanted something from the Qin family, and now she was more certain.
The first stage was to get Ti Shi into the Qin family, and the second stage would likely be to obtain something from the Qin family.
Since that was the case, there was no need for her to meet Ti Shi; Ti Shi would appear beside her on her own.
Qin He curved her lips and typed: I don't have time recently.
Jue Qing Liu Mang emerged, "What are you busy with? Chasing which girl?"
Qin He typed: Yes, I need to find a mother for my child.
Everyone assumed Qin He was a middle-aged man with a child, so they didn't delve deeper.
After the chat, Qin He placed her phone on the bedside table and went to bed early.