CHAPTER 17: CHAPTER 17: HIS SATAY IS AUTHENTIC

Qin Shengqiang, under the protection of several people, walked into the backyard, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, his expression cold.

"Uncle, why!"

"What on earth did Grandfather do to deserve this from you?"

"Do you hate him so much that you wanted to kill him!" Qin Youling’s voice trembled.

Although she had known that one of her uncles must have been behind the plot against Grandfather, facing it in reality, she still couldn’t control the rage in her heart, and...fear.

The Qin Family’s business was vast, and it wasn’t unusual for there to be power struggles within such a large family.

But, this was murder!

And to kill one’s own father!

How could he bring himself to do it.

"Indeed, there’s nothing he did to wrong me."

"Giving birth to me, raising me, those were already great kindnesses," Qin Shengqiang said, glancing at the windows and doors filled with crossbow arrows, his tone flat.

"But, he was just too biased."

"From childhood, his favorite was always Brother, and the one he valued most was also Brother."

"Whatever Brother wanted, he provided; what Brother did not want, then it was our turn."

"Youling, tell me, we’re all his sons, why did he have to treat us so differently?"

Behind the chair, Qin Youling found herself at a loss for words.

Grandfather had indeed been extremely biased towards her and her father.

"Of course, I don’t blame him for being partial to Brother,"

"He left the Qin Family to Brother, and I agreed wholeheartedly."

"Brother was intelligent, upright, and generous; the Qin Family was bound to be even more glorious under his hands."

At this point, Qin Shengqiang’s tone suddenly turned cold, his expression grim, "But, Brother has been dead for five years, a full five years!"

"In these past five years, I supervised Qin Real Estate, I worked tirelessly, not daring to let up for even a moment."

"Three hundred sixty-five days a year, at least three hundred days I was not at home."

"Qin Department Store, Qin Real Estate, each showing a steady rise in profits annually, was it any worse than when Brother was here?"

"But him! He couldn’t see any of it, he said he’d fight with his last breath to have you manage the Qin Family!"

"Do you know what he told me yesterday? He asked me to help you secure the position of Family Head of the Qin Family, and if I wasn’t willing, then he told me to get out of the Qin Family."

"What am I supposed to do! What can I do!"

Having heard Qin Shengqiang’s complaints, Lu Xiao couldn’t help but shake his head at Qin Youling’s predicament.

"Your old man really did something shady there."

You can’t just focus all the good things on one son’s family.

Let alone the tempting power of a grand family like yours, even in an ordinary family, this would likely lead to father and son turning against each other.

"So killing dad is proper?" Qin Youling countered, can bias be a reason for you to murder your own dad?

Lu Xiao shrugged, that’s true too.

In any case, neither the father nor the son were good people.

"Alright Youling, come out with your boyfriend, I guarantee I won’t hurt you guys," Qin Shengqiang said, then waved his hand, signaling his men to close in from both sides.

Behind the chair, both Lu Xiao and Qin Youling sneered simultaneously.

Not hurt us?

Do they think we’re stupid?

You’re capable of brutally killing your own dad, would you really spare us, two eyewitnesses?

"When you go into the room later, find a cabinet to hide behind, don’t come out until I call you, got it?" Lu Xiao instructed Qin Youling.

"And you?" Qin Youling asked, full of worry.

From the density of the crossbow arrows earlier, the people Qin Shengqiang had gathered were certainly not few.

Even if Lu Xiao was formidable, he couldn’t possibly take on so many alone.

Moreover, those people were all armed with crossbows.

"Don’t worry, without you as a burden, I won’t die."

Qin Youling was exasperated; Lu Xiao, that jerk, never could change his sharp-tongued habit.

Though it was indeed the case, couldn’t you phrase it a bit more gently?

You could say you willingly risk yourself for me, you could say you can only focus on the enemy when I’m safe...

There are so many nice things to say, yet you choose the most annoying one.

"They’re coming, get ready." Before Qin Youling had time to ponder long, Lu Xiao suddenly grabbed the back of the chair and swiftly dragged it backward.

Reaching the doorway, Lu Xiao leaned back, directly kicking the door open.

"Go in."

Qin Youling didn’t hesitate at all, crouching down, she rushed into the room, found a wardrobe, pulled open a small gap and hid inside.

"Whizz whizz whizz..." a salvo of crossbow arrows flew in again.

The wardrobe where Qin Youling hid made rapid thudding sounds, and in just the blink of an eye, the whole wardrobe had been nailed with at least forty or fifty crossbow arrows.

Lu Xiao looked back at the wardrobe, which already showed several cracks.

If it were to be bombarded again, it probably wouldn’t hold.

Once the wardrobe was penetrated, it would be over for Qin Youling.

"So stupid, couldn’t even find a more hidden corner," Lu Xiao flipped his eyelids and cursed.

"You’re the stupid one, couldn’t you have said something sooner; I don’t know these things," Qin Youling’s retort came as expected.

"I asked you to stay properly in your room, who asked you to run out all willy-nilly!"

"If you hadn’t broken Qin Kai’s arm, would I have come out? Anyway, it’s all your fault!"

In the yard, Qin Shengqiang’s gaze darkened; even facing death, still bickering in front of me!

"Everyone, charge, finish them off!" At this moment, Qin Shengqiang just wanted to silence them quickly.