"The Qin Family only selects direct descendants as the family head. My brothers passed away one after another, leaving me as the only direct descendant of this generation."
"I dislike a life bound by routine. Therefore, it was most fitting that I take the helm."
"At the same time, I couldn’t bear the thought of the Qin Family falling into the hands of a collateral branch. To better control certain individuals, I had their family members controlled, forcing them into submission."
"Before I stepped away, I had already decided to personally cultivate a new successor. I only have two sons. Qin Jinmo is already sensible and outstanding, but he does not meet my requirements."
"After careful consideration, I decided to choose Qin Jinhai to cultivate. He is intelligent, active, and possesses a carefree spirit unmatched by anyone else."
"I threw him, young as he was, into unfamiliar places to fend for himself. Then, I had him enter a rainforest to grapple with mercenaries, threatening him with the lives of his mother, his older brother, and Fu Bing, all while tarnishing his reputation."
"Even if he hadn’t committed those acts, I would have smeared his name anyway. What I could not accomplish, I would not allow him to achieve."
"This grand game of the human world holds no greater interest for me. Under my deliberate actions, the perennially unyielding Qin Family spectacularly collapsed. With my passing, it will never cohere again. I find this thrilling!"
"My wife and children were also puppets in my hands. Watching them struggle to find solutions amidst their pain was equally addictive."
After Qin Sheng finished writing, he didn’t even glance at the letter’s contents.
Amid the urgent knocking at the door, he opened the French windows, facing the brilliant myriad of city lights, and leaped.
An instant of weightlessness made his heartbeat stutter.
Yet Qin Sheng was not afraid.
Boredom was what frightened him.
Qin Jinhai no longer wanted to play his games; he found it meaningless.
Solving psychological problems for a bunch of mediocre people, shaping them into the forms he desired—that too was dull.
Intellectual mediocrity was something no amount of effort or deliberate action could salvage.
He enjoyed playing various roles, making those connected to the roles suffer and despair because of him.
In those moments, his very blood would tremble and boil.
The desire to personally tear down the Qin Family—that came to me after I took over its leadership.
To pry open the cracks in the vast empire built by the Qin ancestors, to make the towering edifice collapse into ruins.
What a sense of accomplishment!
He loved this feeling of achievement!
The ancestors in the Netherworld must be beside themselves with rage.
His life had been worth it!
Now, Hell interested him more!
He could still infuriate those Qin ancestors who thought him gentle, courteous, and not rebellious.
Just the thought of it was amusing!
Qin Sheng met the ground with a smile.
Skin and blood vessels burst instantaneously.
But it was very interesting!
It turned out he wasn’t afraid of death!
He had to smile in the face of his body’s instinctive reactions.
The moment Qin Sheng jumped, the police broke in.
A great, cold wind blew towards them. They knew at once that something was wrong, but it was already too late.
Police tape was quickly put up. Tonight, another group of people would be utterly sleepless.
When Li Yuan heard the news, her emotions were very stable.
She said to Qin Jinmo, "He’s completely gone."
Qin Jinmo nodded. "Don’t think about him anymore. Your life is still long; you can have a new beginning."
Li Yuan sighed deeply. "I think I need to find a bunch of handsome young men to have around me."
Qin Jinmo laughed. "I’m familiar with that. I’ll take you to look around later. I’ll pick a reliable one for you, from a man’s perspective."
Li Yuan laughed as she patted his head. "You’re quite attentive, aren’t you? Have you been hoping I’d find a boyfriend so no one would bother you anymore?"
Qin Jinmo didn’t dodge. "Once you’re at ease, I can pursue my own life."
He had always been a marginal figure in the Qin Family. After the recent turmoil, his situation in Jiangcheng wasn’t optimistic.
He was naturally calm and didn’t experience many emotional fluctuations.
This didn’t mean he enjoyed staying in a hostile environment for extended periods.
The Qin Family was gone. He wanted to move to a new, unfamiliar city to establish his own career.
His career didn’t need to be vast; it just needed to give him a sense of accomplishment.
Li Yuan said, "Go out there with confidence. I’ll always be waiting for you at home. When you and Qin Jinhai are weary from the outside world, come back. The home I build will always be the warmest."
He left Jiangcheng that very day.
Although countless people thought he was incompetent and mediocre, that conclusion was only reached after comparing him to Qin Jinhai. He never believed his abilities were much inferior to others.
Even if, in the eyes of outsiders, he was good for nothing, he was still a man worth ten billion, only thirty years old.
He had decades ahead of him to slowly move forward.
Qin Jinhai was never the obstacle he needed to overcome.
「It seemed everything had settled.」
Lian Yingting did not allow Han Hu to continue the memory-erasing treatment, only requiring her to undergo regular psychological counseling.
Afterward, he brought her back to Jiangcheng.
Lian Xiao and Tian Yun already knew about Han Hu’s situation. Seeing Han Hu with a completely changed face, their eyes reddened again and again.
Han Hu could be brought back from the dead.
Yet, their young son would never return.
Tian Yun hugged Han Hu. "From now on, stay close to us. Don’t run off anymore. Your mother would be so heartbroken if she knew how much you’ve suffered."
"It wasn’t that bad. I met Xiaobing; she gave me a lot."
Tian Yun choked up and nodded. "After you’ve returned, do you still want to stay with Fu Bing?"
"As long as she still needs me, I will always stay with her."
Lian Xiao said, "It’s good that you have your own thoughts, and we respect that. Fu Bing is a decent person, and she has established herself now. If you stay with her, your future will certainly not be lacking."
Han Hu just smiled without a word.
If it weren’t for Xiaobing, she wouldn’t even be alive, let alone have a future.
She wanted to personally witness Fu Bing walk step by step towards happiness.
Han Hu stayed at the Lian Family residence for half a day before going to Imperial Garden to find Fu Bing.
When Fu Bing saw her return, she didn’t ask where Han Hu had been these past few days.
Han Hu took the initiative to explain, "I went back to the Lian Family with my elder brother. They all know my identity now. From now on, I will live with the Lian Family as their adopted daughter."
"Are you happy?" Fu Bing asked.
"That’s good. With the Lian Family protecting you, even if Su He wants to cause you trouble, he’ll have to think twice."
Han Hu nodded. "Su He and I are in the past. But what about you? Aren’t you going to consider settling down? Wu Shi, Feng Yu, Yang Ningzheng are all great men. You’d be happy with any one of them."
Yang Ningzheng’s footsteps paused as he was stepping inside.
Fu Bing said, "They are not commodities I can just pick and choose. They are living people. If not taken seriously, even the deepest affection can fade one day."
"Why not just admit you can’t let Qin Jinhai go?" Han Hu said helplessly. "With so many entanglements between you and Qin Jinhai, don’t you hate him?"
"Yet you still can’t let him go."
"Because only when I’m with him am I truly myself."