"I’m looking for your Young Master Yan, Bai Jinyan."
Qin Qin spoke indifferently, if it weren’t for Yu Qianqian’s request, why would she ever come here?
"Go on, get out! Do you really think you’re someone who can meet our young master?" The gatekeeper waved his hand in contempt. There were too many people, especially women, looking for the young master.
Qin Qin’s face fell, "I am here to treat your Young Master Bai’s fiancée’s leg."
"What?" The gatekeeper was startled, sizing up Qin Qin, "You? Stop joking! I won’t believe you can heal Miss Gu’s leg. Off you go, don’t spout nonsense here."
Everyone in Jin City knew how much effort their young master had put in for Miss Gu’s leg, having sought many doctors who couldn’t heal it.
"What’s going on, Ah An?" A middle-aged woman came over, looking puzzled at the gatekeeper Ah An.
Ah An smiled ingratiatingly upon seeing the woman, "Steward Feng, it’s nothing, just some nutcase..." before he could finish speaking, his mouth suddenly hurt and he couldn’t speak.
"What’s wrong with you?" Steward Feng approached Ah An to see him groaning without speaking and then turned to look at Qin Qin standing aside, "Who are you?"
"My name is Qin Qin, I’m here to find your Young Master Bai, Bai Jinyan."
Steward Feng was taken aback, examining Qin Qin, "May I know the reason for seeking our young master?"
"It’s on behalf of an old friend of your young master who entrusted me to treat your Young Master Bai’s fiancée, Miss Gu."
"An old friend? To treat Miss Gu’s leg?" Steward Feng was shocked as he looked at Qin Qin, "Do you realize Miss Gu’s leg was irreparably broken? And who is the person who sent you?"
"Ms. Yu?" Steward Feng’s mouth trembled slightly, his expression turning to excitement, "Do you know where Ms. Yu is now? Our young master has been looking for her for a long time."
Ever since Ms. Yu disappeared, their young master had spent a long time searching without success.
"Come with me inside." Steward Feng hurried forward.
Steward Feng led Qin Qin directly to the Bai Family’s back garden, where a man with lowered head pushed a wheelchair in which a young woman of gentle and exquisite beauty was seated.
"Young Master." Steward Feng called out softly.
The man lifted his head, and what Qin Qin saw was a handsome visage with a touch of elegance that didn’t undermine his masculine charm.
Bai Jinyan and Gu Qing turned to look at Qin Qin standing beside Steward Feng.
"Young Master, there’s news about Ms. Yu," Steward Feng said.
"What did you say?" Bai Jinyan’s expression changed drastically, releasing the hands from Gu Qing’s wheelchair and stepping forward rapidly, "Where is she?"
Gu Qing watched Bai Jinyan’s excitement, her usually gentle and sweet smile fading, her hand tightening on the wheelchair’s armrest.
Since Yu Qianqian’s disappearance, she had noticed a change in Jinyan; he had become agitated, unlike his usual composed self. Driven by a woman’s sixth sense, she sensed his feelings for Yu Qianqian were not merely brotherly but that of a man for a woman.
Thinking of this made Gu Qing feel a tinge of sorrow, knowing that Bai Jinyan was so good to her solely because she had told him that she had saved him when he fell into the water.
If he knew, no, he must never find out.
Bai Jinyan stood in front of Qin Qin, looking at her intently and asked urgently, "Do you know where Qianqian is? Tell me quickly!"
He couldn’t wait for even a moment longer; Yu Qianqian had been missing for more than ten days, and he didn’t know how he had managed to endure them.
Qin Qin looked at the striking Bai Jinyan, at the urgency in his eyes, and inwardly sighed.
Perhaps Bai Jinyan did harbor romantic feelings for Qianqian, it’s just that he seemed yet to recognize his own emotions.
"I’m sorry I cannot tell you."
Qin Qin shook her head in refusal, Bai Jinyan’s expression darkened, "Why? Does she not wish to see me?"
"If you already have a fiancée, why bother troubling her? Don’t you know how fragile her heart is?" Qin Qin spoke coldly.
"I am here today upon Qianqian’s request, to save your fiancée." Qin Qin then walked past Bai Jinyan, approaching Gu Qing behind him.
"You... What did you say? Qianqian asked you to come save me?" Gu Qing’s hand clutched her lifeless leg, her expression complex.
Yu Qianqian was a genuinely kind woman, without the slightest hint of scheming. Gu Qing couldn’t bring herself to dislike Yu Qianqian, but because of Bai Jinyan, she couldn’t quite bring herself to like her either.
Qin Qin didn’t speak as she crouched down to examine Gu Qing’s leg, then pinched it a few times, asking if she felt anything. Gu Qing shook her head.
Bai Jinyan stood behind Qin Qin, "Is she doing well now?"
Gu Qing looked at Bai Jinyan, her eyes flickering with struggle and pain, then lowered her gaze without speaking.