Lord, give up! Madam has too many vests

Chapter 316

Before he turned fourteen, Qin Shi always believed that his parents were the most loving couple in the world.

Their father, Shen Yunzhong, was refined and composed, while their mother, Madam Qin, was gentle and dignified. To outsiders, they were a rare model couple in the wealthy circles.

But one summer when he was fourteen, Qin Shi accidentally discovered a glaring red mark on his father's shirt collar—a lipstick stain that didn't belong to his mother.

He stood there, stunned, his fingertips trembling slightly, his mind buzzing.

Soon, Shen Yunzhong threw the shirt into the fireplace. Flames roared up, the fabric twisted and charred in the high temperature, and finally turned to ashes.

Qin Shi's heart sank.

Later, Qin Shi skipped school.

Wearing a baseball cap, he hid in a café across from the upscale restaurant his father frequented, staring intently at the scene inside the glass window.

Shen Yunzhong was dressed in a suit and had a gentle smile. Sitting opposite him was a young and beautiful woman and two young children—the boy was about five or six years old, and the girl was even younger, with a cute bow in her hair.

They look like... a family.

Qin Shi wanted to tell his mother, expose his father's hypocrisy, and tear apart this seemingly glamorous lie.

But when he returned to the mountain villa, he saw his mother, pale-faced from work, being taken to the hospital.

The doctor said that my mother has a heart problem and needs surgery. She will also have to avoid any stimulation afterward.

Qin Shi swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

He changed after that.

He began to talk back to his father, deliberately skipping classes, fighting, and even smashing Shen Yunzhong's most cherished antique tea set.

Madam Qin was very worried and tried to persuade him several times, but Qin Shi just sneered, "You just need to mind your own business."

Ultimately, Shen Yunzhong sent him directly to the most rigorous military school abroad.

Qin Shi stood in front of the desk, his slender fingers pushing the DNA test report in front of Shen Yunzhong.

Qin Shi's voice was deep and thunderous, "I've kept this secret buried for over ten years."

Shen Yunzhong grabbed the paternity test report and swept the coffee cup off the table. The brown liquid smeared on the document, blurring the words "99.99% parent-child relationship".

"You thought this was the only one?"

Qin Shi sneered, then pulled out three more identical documents. "Copiers are cheap, Father."

Shen Yunzhong's fingers began to tremble. He suddenly tore the document in half, and the scraps of paper fell onto the carpet like snowflakes.

I'll give you two choices.

Qin Shi turned and walked towards the door, his black trench coat drawing a sharp arc behind him.

"Either you disappear forever, or..." He paused, his eyes turning icy cold as he looked back.

"The Liu family will disappear forever."

The study door slammed shut, causing the paintings on the wall to sway slightly.

Shen Yunzhong staggered and fell into the armchair.

An hour later, the lights in the Liu family's living room were bright, but they couldn't dispel the lingering chill in the air.

Liu Yuli slumped on the leather sofa, her carefully permed hair draped loosely over her shoulders.

"I'm not leaving!"

She suddenly grabbed the crystal ashtray from the coffee table and smashed it to the ground, shards flying everywhere.

"Why should I hide? Why does that bitch's son have the right to..."

Shen Yunzhong stood by the window, his shoulders stiff and tense beneath his dark gray suit.

He loosened his tie in frustration, his voice extremely low:

"Stop fooling around! Now is not the time to be willful!"

Liu Jinnian quickly stepped forward and gently pressed his mother's trembling shoulders.

"Mom, please go back to your room and rest."

He winked at Liu Shiyu, who was standing in the corner, and said, "Shiyu, help your mother inside."

Once only the father and son remained in the living room, Shen Yunzhong slumped down and recounted Qin Shi's threats in detail.

After listening, a sinister glint flashed in Liu Jinnian's eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses.

"Dad, I'm not leaving."

His voice was soft, yet every word was like a knife.

"We've been hiding for over twenty years, enough is enough."

The shadows of the trees outside the window swayed in the night wind, casting menacing shadows.

Liu Jinnian recalled Qin Shi's condescending face, and hatred gnawed at her heart like a venomous snake.

In his mind, his parents had known each other since childhood. It was clearly Madam Qin who stole his love, so why should they have to back down now?

"Secretary-General Si appreciates me very much."

Liu Jinnian straightened his suit cuffs, a glint of ambition burning in his eyes.

"Perhaps... someone can deal with Qin Shi."

For example, the Secretary-General.

Shen Yunzhong suddenly looked up, and the father and son's eyes met in the air.

After a long pause, Shen Yunzhong slowly nodded.

"I'll go talk to Secretary-General Si tomorrow."

The next day in Daschuh's office.

After listening to Liu Jinnian's request, Si Chu gently tapped the mahogany desk with his slender fingers.

Sunlight streamed through the blinds, casting striped shadows on his handsome profile.

"You don't want to disappear?"

He suddenly chuckled, a dangerous glint flashing in his amber eyes.

"Then there's only one way—make Qin Shi disappear."

He took a document out of the drawer and pushed it over.

"Next Wednesday, Qin Shi will be attending a technology summit. Here's the roadmap. There's a business card in the document; contact that person, and after that, you don't need to get involved."

Liu Jinnian was taken aback and for a moment, he didn't dare to open the document.

Liu Jinnian's inner struggle

When Liu Jinnian walked out of Si Chu's office, her steps were slightly unsteady.

He subconsciously adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, his pupils behind the lenses slightly contracting, and his fingertips unconsciously tracing the document marked "Top Secret".

"Make Qin's Era disappear..."

Si Chu's nonchalant words still echoed in his ears. Liu Jinnian stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the corridor, looking at the crowd below moving about like ants, his Adam's apple bobbing involuntarily. He hadn't expected that the usually gentle and refined Secretary Si could say such things so casually.

Sunlight streamed through the glass onto his pale face, the lenses reflecting a blinding light.

Liu Jinnian looked down at the document in her hand, Qin Shi's cold and stern face flashing through her mind, as well as... Yan Lan's gentle and graceful features.

"If Qin's Moon really disappeared..."

Once the thought surfaced, it spread wildly in his mind like a poisonous ivy.

Liu Jinnian's fingers trembled slightly, and the edges of the document were creased.

He recalled Yan Lan's serene smile as she stood beside Qin Shi, and her eyes that always held a gentle smile—if Qin Shi were gone, would Yan Lan...?

"No, what am I thinking!"

Liu Jinnian shook his head violently, trying to shake off this crazy idea.

But deep down, another, even louder voice sneered: Isn't this exactly what you wanted? Once Qin Shi disappears, the Qin family will be yours, and Yan Lan will too...

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. The look in his eyes behind his glasses gradually became sinister and resolute.

Liu Jinnian straightened his suit collar and walked steadily toward the elevator.

As the elevator doors closed, he took one last look in the direction of Si Chu's office.