Chapter 108: Jiang, I Was So Scared Just Now

After a night of passionate entanglement, Qin Jiang and Yan Liang both slept well.

Only that every time things reached their peak Qin Jiang would brush away Young Mistress Yan’s hand — not ideal — but overall Yan Liang was still very satisfied.

After all… she never imagined she could curl up directly in Qin Jiang’s arms, be held by him willingly, and have him occasionally kiss the top of her head tenderly.

In this moment, Yan Liang truly felt that she was being really loved.

That feeling was a bit novel and a little thrilling.

She liked it a lot.

That night Yan Liang slept more soundly than ever and didn’t even notice when Qin Jiang got up.

Before, even the slightest noise would disturb her sleep.

Downstairs at Liangyue Manor.

Qin Jiang had Zhou Ning set up an independent workspace for him on the basement level and had already moved in a lot of herbs and equipment.

Since Yan Liang was already under Qin Jiang’s influence, Zhou Ning executed the orders with high efficiency.

At this moment Qin Jiang was tucked into his own space, busily making his original ointments.

The Qin family’s most useful burn ointment, scar-removing ointment, and acne cream were all recipes he formulated himself, each refined through long periods of experimentation.

Now that he had Yanyan’s financial backing, running just a small company could no longer satisfy him.

Since ancient times, the pharmaceutical industry has been highly profitable.

And his most skilled trades from his previous life — cosmetic surgery and beauty industries — were where he had developed the world’s most advanced techniques while repairing Qin Shuyun’s appearance.

And in this era.

The overall beauty and cosmetic surgery technology in T Country remained the most mature.

This market was a blue ocean.

If he didn’t seize it, it would truly be a waste of his skills.

Once Qin Jiang had a plan, he would never sit idly by.

Everything that belonged to him, he would take back completely!

One by one… no more freebies for any Qin family members!

“Brother Jiang, thank you for arranging everything for my grandpa at the hospital so well. The doctor says his condition is still in the early stage and there’s hope for a cure…”

“You only bought some of our paintings. If at tonight’s auction at Fengmingxuan Grandpa’s works can be appreciated and fetch a good price, Grandpa’s illness might really be saved.”

“Thank you so much, Brother Jiang. You’re practically our family’s savior.”

“But… Brother Jiang, we’ve already offended the capital city’s largest art dealer Pincai Art House. Tonight’s auction at Fengmingxuan might not go smoothly.”

The caller was emotionally excited and full of gratitude.

Since Sun Zhaoyu followed Qin Jiang, he felt the family was saved and, like Song Jie, started calling him ‘Brother Jiang.’

He no longer formally called him ‘President Qin.’

Qin Jiang naturally remembered the profit channels he had set up in advance for the auctioned paintings.

He calmly reassured Sun Zhaoyu, “It’s fine. No matter how big Pincai Art House’s backing is, it isn’t bigger than mine.

“Put your worries away and take good care of Grandpa Sun. His good days are still ahead.”

“Also, since I promised to cover Grandpa Sun’s medical expenses, I’ll pay it all.”

“You don’t need to worry about the medical bills.”

Qin Jiang nodded. Besides Song Jie, he began to recruit talents who could serve his purposes.

After all, to be a power holder is not to do everything personally, but to have absolute control.

“…Alright! Got it!”

“Brother Jiang, we really don’t know how we could possibly repay such great kindness, except by perhaps offering my bo—”

Qin Jiang was distilling herbal essences and almost flung his test tube when he heard that sentence.

He quickly cut it off, “Stop!”

“I’m not interested in men. You dressing as a woman won’t work… that’s not my type~”

Qin Jiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly hung up.

Sun Zhaoyu was puzzled.

Brother Jiang was so flustered… could it be that a man had really offered himself dressed as a woman before??

After a busy morning, Qin Jiang wiped the sweat from his brow.

Looking at the twenty small boxes each of burn ointment, scar-removing ointment, and acne cream he’d produced, a look of satisfaction finally appeared in his eyes.

Next, he just needed to handle the marketing.

But none of that was urgent.

Qin Jiang took off his sterile suit and mask, left the specially built lab area, and took his phone out of the vacuum bag.

He opened the door and stepped out, feeling that the light today was especially gentle.

Every day with Yanyan filled him with overflowing happiness.

But just as he reached the doorway, he heard an explosion that shook the entire Liangyue Manor!

Boom!!

Startled, Qin Jiang rushed toward the source of the sound.

He ran with a pounding heart.

Could it be… that Yanyan discovered he wasn’t in the room, and her temper… exploded again?!

…

In the kitchen of Liangyue Manor.

After Yan Liang woke and found Qin Jiang gone, she checked the tracking chip she’d implanted on him.

Seeing that Qin Jiang was still inside Liangyue Manor and had already gone down to the basement lab early, a look of satisfaction flashed across her eyes.

Since Jiang was planning to tinker with his little ‘hobby business.’

Yan Liang today felt lazy but wanted to try being a ‘supportive wife’ for Jiang.

So she freshened up and went downstairs.

Zhou Ning and Butler Xu waited obediently at the stairway, tilting their heads and wildly signaling the direction Qin Jiang had gone, fearing that if Young Mistress was displeased she might unleash her tantrum on objects around Liangyue Manor.

Or… on them!!

Old Xu complained that his ancient bones couldn’t take such rough treatment.

Zhou Ning was still young, so she could rough him up as much as she liked~~

Zhou Ning turned and caught Butler Xu’s ‘ill-intentioned’ look.

So much for being colleagues! This old man was definitely sacrificing him to protect himself again!

But this time, they both miscalculated.

Young Mistress Yan Liang didn’t head toward the stairwell at all. Instead she went straight to the… ki… kitchen??

What!!!

Zhou Ning and Old Xu’s brows tightened together. As frontline attendants to the Young Mistress’s work and life, ever since she got together with Qin Jiang her routine seemed completely scrambled.

She never played by the rules.

Fortunately, both were adaptable and immediately rushed after her.

“M…Young Mistress, are you going into the kitchen?”

Zhou Ning’s tall figure blocked the kitchen doorway, his gaze falling on Yan Liang’s slender, fair fingers.

The Young Mistress’s hands were called the Divine Hands by industry insiders for steering the highest currents of the business world!

They were used to predict and guide global stock movements, sign international cooperation agreements, and handle close petroleum and mining development deals with the Middle East.

How could she possibly go into the kitchen early in the morning to wash her hands and cook soup for others?

Besides…did she even know how to cook soup?

Zhou Ning had some self-awareness about his own cooking, but Young Mistress, seemed a bit unclear about her capabilities!

“Mhm.”

“Jiang has cooked for me before. Cooking shouldn’t be hard. I want to make a meal for him too.”

“I think it shouldn’t be very difficult.”

“Besides, I have you two to teach me!”

Yan Liang was in a good mood today, unusually talkative, and patiently shared her cooking plan with them.

But after Zhou Ning and Old Xu heard it…

They both instantly felt a chill down their spines.

The two of them were horrified to be involved in this plan.

This plan was…ridiculous!

In a good mood, Yan Liang slowly rolled up her sleeves. Every movement exuded her noble, commanding aura.

It was utterly mismatched with the kitchen’s atmosphere~

“What? You don’t want to?”

Noticing their reaction, Yan Liang tilted her head, looking at them with an unchallengeable coldness in her eyes.

Clearly, the Young Mistress wasn’t asking them to join her.

She was ordering them!!

“Jiang can do it, and I’ll do it for him too.”

The Young Mistress spoke as she picked up a sharp kitchen knife and slowly drew it across the whetstone.

Zhou Ning and Old Xu shuddered together.

Good grief, with their amateur skills, if they didn’t go along with the Young Mistress, they’d definitely end up dead immediately.

So the two of them had no choice but to grit their teeth and go along…

Half an hour later.

Flames roared high in the kitchen.

A passing servant couldn’t help but ask, “Who’s refining pills so early? The fire is so fierce!!”

Followed by a burst of explosions.

RUMBLEEE…

Liangyue Manor trembled three times.

Through the thick smoke, the Young Mistress and Zhou Ning were seen dragging Butler Xu out by one leg each from the fog…

The scene was both terrifying and hilarious.

“Young Mistress, don’t be disheartened. I think the fact that we know how to kill is good enough, we don’t have to add ‘cooking’ to our list of abilities…”

Yan Liang frowned slightly, her nose wrinkling. She, who was always excellent at everything, rarely felt such an overwhelming sense of defeat.

But the next moment, her slender body was suddenly embraced from behind.

A tall figure, a familiar scent, clean and warm enough to make Yan Liang’s nose sting with emotion…

“Yanyan, are you okay?”

“Were you hurt by the blast? Let me check, don’t scare me…”

Qin Jiang rushed over, clearly frightened.

After holding Yan Liang for a while, he shakily spun her around in front of his eyes, checking for injuries from the explosion.

Yan Liang stared at the slightly emotionally wrecked Qin Jiang, then suddenly flung herself into his arms, tugging at his sleeve plaintively and letting a single tear of grievance fall.

“Jiang, I was so scared just now…”

Zhou Ning could hardly believe his ears.

Young Mistress, when you were dragging Old Xu out by one arm earlier, you didn’t look this fragile…