Lu's father looked at Qin He, then at Mrs. Lu on the ground.
The rage on his face subsided, and he seriously thanked Qin He, "Thank you, Miss Qin!"
Qin He didn't mind. She stayed put, watching Mrs. Lu on the ground gradually stop twitching within two minutes before she called for someone to move her back to her room.
The banquet continued. Just as Qin He was about to leave, she saw Lu Mingxi run over in a hurry.
"I just heard that you descended like a fairy from the sky and saved my mother. Thank you."
Qin He chuckled.
"I climbed down from the platform just now. How did you hear it as a fairy?"
"I embellished it a little. After all, in my eyes, you're no different from a fairy."
Qin He clicked her tongue. "Alright, go and continue entertaining the guests. I'm going back to rest."
Returning to the small stone table where she was before, she took a sip of tea and continued to play with her phone to pass the time.
As the banquet was nearing its end and people were beginning to leave one after another, Qin He stood up, intending to depart.
As she walked from the small path to the venue, a maid, looking around anxiously, saw Qin He and hurried forward to block her path, her expression respectful.
"Miss Qin, our madam requests your presence."
"What does Mrs. Lu want?"
"Our madam has woken up. She heard that you provided emergency treatment when she fell ill and is very grateful to you, so she wishes to invite you over for a chat."
Qin He sighed inwardly. With the other party saying it like this, it would seem impolite to refuse.
Following the maid all the way into the Lu family villa, Qin He found Mrs. Lu in the large master bedroom on the second floor.
Mrs. Lu was sitting on the bed, her complexion having returned to normal.
"Miss Qin, thank you for what happened today."
Qin He smiled faintly. "You're welcome. It's the duty of a doctor."
"Doctor?" Mrs. Lu sounded confused.
Qin He gave a wry smile. When she was in her harlana identity, she had saved many patients. Every time someone thanked her, she would say the same thing, forgetting that she was here as Qin He today.
"I majored in medicine in college," Qin He said with a smile. Although it was forensic medicine, Mrs. Lu didn't know the specifics anyway.
"I actually didn't expect to have an episode publicly today, but what surprised me even more was that it was you who saved me." Mrs. Lu looked at Qin He with complex eyes.
"The last time you came with Gu Qichen, we parted on bad terms—"
"Mmm," Qin He responded. Even if they parted on bad terms, what did that have to do with her saving a life?
"But—Qin He, I now know that you are a very kind and good child, and I also know that your Qin Corporation has helped our Lu family a lot over the years. But—" Mrs. Lu hesitated, stopping mid-sentence.
She looked embarrassed. Qin He had just saved her life.
Qin He chuckled lightly.
"Mrs. Lu, what exactly do you want to say?"
"I heard you broke up with Gu Qichen," Mrs. Lu looked up at Qin He.
"Yes, it's been a while."
Qin He looked at Mrs. Lu's worried expression and suddenly understood.
"Mrs. Lu, please don't worry. Even if I'm not with Gu Qichen anymore, I won't be with your son."
Qin He smiled. "I don't have romantic feelings for your son. I just see him as a friend."
Mrs. Lu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Seeing Qin He's clear eyes looking at her with a smile, her gaze seemed to possess a power that could penetrate everything.
She then turned her face away somewhat awkwardly.
"However, if Mrs. Lu really wants to thank me, I do have a favor that I need your help with," Qin He added.
"Okay, Miss Qin, please tell me. As long as I can do it, I will definitely help you," Mrs. Lu said with a firm expression, as long as Qin He wasn't trying to marry into the Lu family.
"This is very simple," Qin He stood in place and began to explain it to Mrs. Lu bit by bit.
Mrs. Lu's expression shifted from shock to disbelief, and finally, she let out a candid laugh.
"No problem. How can such a small favor repay your life-saving kindness? This is just a small matter."
Qin He smiled. "Good. Then if I need help with anything else in the future, I'll trouble you again!"
To avoid Mrs. Lu worrying, Qin He left the Lu residence by car without waiting to see Lu Mingxi.
For the next two days, Qin He had nothing much to do. She stayed at home, contemplating whether to start her live broadcast first or write the second part of Jiang Huai Lin's story as Jiang Huai Lin.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, just after Qin He had finished lunch and was about to return to her room to rest, she received a call from Qi Zhen, the eldest of the Bagod Brothers.
"Boss, someone in the research lab tried to smuggle something out! We caught him!"
"Who is it?" Qin He's eyes sharpened.
"It's that dark and thin old man. He was carrying a stack of papers, and we don't know what it means."
Qin He shot up from her seat, no longer feeling sleepy. What she cared about most now was her brother's illness. After painstakingly nearing a breakthrough, Zhao Yongfu actually tried to escape with the data!
She drove directly to the research lab!
On the way, she received some news: the newly developed drug was in the experimental stage, and the mice injected during the first six days had all survived safely.
This meant that the drug was largely successful.
Qin He hadn't expected Zhao Yongfu to be so desperate as to try to run away with the data and the medicine!
At 59 years old, what was he after?
As her car stopped at the research lab, Qin He could already hear the noisy commotion inside before entering.
"I won't dare anymore! I'll never dare again!"
Qi Zhen's deep voice rang out, "Our boss trusted you so much, and you tried to steal her things and run?"
"It's not... it's... I thought it was a pile of废纸 (waste paper) and intended to throw it away—"
Inside the room, Gao Lang's voice sounded.
"You're lying. This pile of waste paper you're talking about was originally in my desk drawer. You took it out and called it waste paper?"
Qin He sighed inwardly and entered the room.
Qi Zhen and Qi Yang were calm, controlling the situation, and didn't mistreat Zhao Yongfu.
However, the other three researchers were filled with indignation.
They were all colleagues, and they had poured so much effort into this research, understanding its value if released.
"You just stole something that everyone researched together. How can you be so shameless!"
Zhao Yongfu stood on the ground, his teeth gritted in hatred when he saw Qin He arrive.
"Why are you in charge of the experimental period? Don't think I don't know, you'll definitely erase my name when writing it down! Right?"
Qin He heard this and sighed, "You're overthinking it. If I hadn't recognized your abilities, why would I have recruited someone who was about to turn 60 to join the team."
Gao Lang remained indignant. "Miss Qin, how should this person be dealt with?"
Qin He sighed.
"Let him go."
"Let him go?"
"Mmm," Qin He nodded.
"But even if he doesn't take any data away, the information is still in his head. He can still rush to publish it outside and achieve his goal!"
Qin He took out her phone. "Don't worry, I have a backup on my phone, along with the creation timestamp. And with Qi Zhen and Qi Yang here, if he dares to do so, I will make him pay."
Qin He's words carried a threat.
She smiled at Zhao Yongfu. "Mr. Zhao, looking at all the equipment in this room, you should understand that I have the ability to make my words come true."
Zhao Yongfu fell silent. He got up from the ground with a muffled groan and quickly left under the contemptuous gaze of everyone present.