CHAPTER 147: CHAPTER 147: I WANT TO BUILD A HOME FOR QIN JINHAI

"Qin Sheng, are you heartless, or is there someone else hidden in your heart? You treat me and our sons as nothing more than stepping stones, not caring as we stood in the path of that person in your heart."

Li Yuan suppressed her sorrow in an instant.

Nothing was more despairing than a parent sending off their child.

She had let go of Jinhai; she couldn’t afford to lose her only remaining son.

"I can give up everything. I just want to take Jinmo away."

Qin Sheng looked at her coldly. "You can’t take him away; he won’t give up everything that the Qin Family has given him. Moreover, you underestimate your worth. You are my best bait; only you can lure out the person I want to attract."

Li Yuan suddenly looked around and let out a wry smile.

"I still have another choice."

Qin Sheng’s eyes showed obvious displeasure. "Li Yuan, you’d better not anger me!"

"If Jinhai is still alive as you said, yet had to fake his own death, he must have reasons he cannot ignore. As a mother, I have never done anything for him. But..." Li Yuan looked at Qin Sheng calmly. "I can die for him."

Qin Sheng was clearly furious, a nerve struck as he shouted, "Death again! If you are so courageous, then live properly for me!"

"Unless you let me go!"

"Impossible!"

Li Yuan’s lips curved into a faint smile.

Jinhai’s features were very much like hers; now, even their overall demeanor was similar.

Defiance, contempt, coldness, and an innate stubbornness and indomitability that emanated from deep within.

Over the years, Qin Sheng and Jinhai had stabbed each other in the back, and what Qin Sheng hated most was Jinhai’s unyielding nature.

Even if he was pushed down into the dirt, Jinhai still defied him, those eyes always stubborn, always filled with hope, as if the light within them would never be extinguished.

He truly wished Jinhai was dead.

At least in their struggle, Jinhai had lost.

He had won!

The turning point between him and Jinhai occurred when Fu Bing was imprisoned.

Before Fu Bing’s imprisonment, he had always easily defeated Jinhai.

After Fu Bing’s imprisonment, Jinhai managed to conceal more and more from him, even avoiding his watchful eyes.

He had fewer and fewer means to deal with Jinhai.

Qin Sheng gently touched Li Yuan’s face. "Don’t force me to harm you!"

Li Yuan laughed softly. "Your eyes just now already gave away too many of your thoughts. Are you thinking of gouging out my eyes or cutting off my hands to lure Jinhai out?"

Qin Sheng pursed his lips displeasedly. "Shut up!"

Only coldness remained in Li Yuan’s eyes. "Qin Sheng, after decades as husband and wife, do you truly think I have nothing that can bring you down? If I disappear for more than a day, just you wait and see what happens tomorrow."

"Even you have schemes against me?!" Qin Sheng was incredulous.

"After you ruined my two sons, do you think I could still regard you as my husband?" Li Yuan felt Qin Sheng’s grip loosen.

Without hesitation, she shook off Qin Sheng’s hand, quickly got into the car, and left.

Qin Sheng’s gaze turned dark as he watched the car drive away.

He did not like being manipulated!

"Qin Wu, follow the madam. I want to see what tricks she can come up with!"

An ordinary-looking man with no distinguishing features promptly left.

Qin Sheng looked around at the desolate mansion, now left to himself. A sense of emptiness and cold desolation filled his heart for no apparent reason.

Everyone was gone, leaving only him...

He suddenly regretted orchestrating that car accident.

The accident hastened Jinhai’s resolution to leave him.

After leaving the Qin Family, Li Yuan did not go to any other houses but instead headed to an old Orphanage location.

Broken walls and rampant weeds.

Li Xiang looked at Li Yuan with confusion. "Miss, why are we here?"

"I want to build a home on top of it."

She didn’t know why Jinhai was so fixated on this place.

When he was injured and unconscious as a child, he always mentioned this place.

She was a powerless mother, unable to protect her children.

All she could do was quietly work on small things that no one would notice.

She had owned the Orphanage for over a decade, yet she had always let it become more desolate with each passing day.

"Home?" Li Xiang was puzzled.

"The Li Family is not my home, neither is the Qin Family. I can only build a home for myself."

"But starting to build now, is there enough time?"

"There is."

Given her understanding of Qin Sheng, he wouldn’t kill her so quickly.

If Jinhai were still alive, she would still be of value to Qin Sheng.

Qin Jinhai lurked in the shadows, looking at the message sent by Mu Lin.

"Madam has left the Qin Family and gone to the long-abandoned Anfu Orphanage. The construction team will start work this afternoon, and the blueprints were personally drawn by Madam. It seems she intends to turn that piece of land into a home."

Qin Jinhai’s eyes were deep, betraying no emotion.

He knew exactly what Qin Sheng planned to do.

He intended to use his mother to force the wrongly deceased into the open, thereby confirming his identity.

His mother had avoided disaster in a clever way.

Qin Sheng is an impatient man. He would think of other methods.

Qin Jinhai filtered through names in his mind and finally replied, "Go find Jian Yao. Have him arrange a group of highly professional bodyguards for Li Xiang."

Mu Lin was puzzled. "Why Jian Yao?"

"He was the last person to see me. Having him arrange protection for my mother would seem like my last words."

Mu Lin understood. "President Qin, not many believe the news of your faked death; those who should be deceived hold a doubtful attitude. Why did you arrange it this way?"

With Qin Jinhai’s intelligence, he certainly had a better way—why choose such a flawed method?

"Only half-truths can fool people."

Qin Jinhai hadn’t expected his mother to buy that piece of land.

She usually seemed quiet and unassuming, yet she did quite a lot in private.

Was she building a home he could return to?

Before marrying into the Qin Family, she had been a talented architect.

The dungeons that the Qin Family had expanded were all her design.

A house personally designed by her could hide even more secrets.

While waiting for Wu Shi to decode the chip’s contents, the movie starring Fu Bing and Su Junling was also released.

Half the entertainment industry’s ban and the support of a celebrated actor made the film a hit before its release.

Plus, there were 24-hour advertisements and promotions in all of Douyu’s prominent spots.

Netizens felt like rebellious teenagers opposing their parents; the more the mainstream media and those celebrities imposed bans, the more they supported the movie.

On the first day of release, the box office broke 300 million.

This was very rare in the history of film.

This movie wasn’t a big production. The biggest names attached were Fu Bing and Su Junling.

Su Junling was the investor, director, and also the producer.

Fu Bing’s fee at that time was thirty million.

The total investment in the movie was no more than one hundred million.

It had made its money back on the first day of release.

Even if no one watched it on the second day, it wouldn’t affect them.

This movie was destined to be written into film history, and it also ensured a stunning comeback for Fu Bing.

Even if Fu Bing didn’t need this battle, she won it with grace.

Her film platform needed this impressive victory.

The Douyu Platform also needed the movie to sell better.

For the past few days, Douyu’s users had been driven crazy by the relentless barrage of ads.

"Is Director Lin a hardcore megafan of Sister Bing? Feels like he’s totally obsessed. Does Director Lin not need to make money to pay his staff anymore?"

"The entire Douyu staff are fans of Sister Bing. Sister Bing’s live broadcast on Douyu once earned several hundred million in one day, and that’s not even counting other hidden revenues. It’s like Director Lin has become a fan of his own personal money tree!"

"When will Sister Bing become my money tree? I need one too!"

"+1!"