Chapter 176: Beat Up Third Sister? Young Mistress Yan: Call Me Mrs. Qin

Yan Liang couldn’t help but recall the time when Qin Jiang resisted her so fiercely.

Compared to how obedient he was now, his eyes full of her, though still stubborn to the core, his fundamental attraction to her remained unchanged.

She only felt that her Jiang was, at every moment, the version of him she loved most.

To keep him from leaving, she was willing to obediently be the woman behind him.

The premise being, when Qin Jiang could truly shoulder an entire sky.

After Young Mistress Yan Liang spoke, the murmurs that had been floating around the venue completely died down.

She didn’t even need to do anything personally. Merely expressing an attitude made everyone instantly know which side to take.

“Pfft, is the Young Mistress chasing away Qin Xiangyun like a beggar? Someone wearing fake haute couture that hurts the brand image, really thinks she’s a big deal?”

“This Qin Xiangyun is Qin Jiang’s sister, right? She’s here to mooch off Mr. Qin now that his worth has multiplied, riding on her good brother’s fortune!”

“This visit is probably meant to use Qin Jiang to climb up to the Young Mistress’s status.“

“Heh, that bit where she tried to use the pigeon-blood red bracelet in Mr. Qin’s hand as a gimmick was probably deliberate to draw everyone’s attention!”

“By conservative estimates Mr. Qin is worth at least a billion now—who cares about a little pigeon-blood red bracelet?“

“Ahem, I was fortunate enough to see that pigeon-blood red bracelet a few days ago at an underground auction—it was bought by a mysterious bidder for 70 million.”

“Honestly, with Qin Jiang’s current worth he technically has the means to buy it, but that bracelet’s value is almost on par with what Qin Jiang’s original, not-very-high net worth.”

“Would he be willing to part with that?”

“No way he’d have bought a fake just to fool Young Mistress Yan Liang, right? Besides, Young Mistress Yan Liang doesn’t look like someone who cares whether jewels are real or fake.”

“She seems more like… the kind of love-blinded tycoon heiress who’d wear even a soda can tab Qin Jiang gave her on her wrist to show off!!”

“Such a wealthy madam who asks for nothing material and loves only you—Qin Jiang being chosen by her is practically a miracle that would make ancestors in the afterlife kowtow smoke from their heads…“

“Really? Ancestors above… no, those below, please help me beg for such a love-brained tycoon heiress too, pretty please~~”

The socialites present, who had clearly been pretending disinterest, couldn’t help forming some opinions about Qin Xiangyun now.

At that moment, the one Zhao Xiong had sent pretended to stumble at just the right time, about to splash red wine onto Qin Xiangyun’s shoddy counterfeit haute couture dress.

If the wine was poured, Qin Xiangyun could escape to change clothes.

But in the next moment, Yan Liang suddenly extended her foot and, from above and with absolute authority, watched the arranged person’s intended splash turn into something else.

The red wine was thrown high into the air, then poured directly over Qin Xiangyun’s head.

“Aaaah! Who’s so blind?!”

Qin Xiangyun screamed—anyone suddenly doused in wine would breakdown.

Moreover, it wasn’t just wine.

The wine glass crashed down onto her head and shattered.

Shards mixed with wine rained down from her head.

The shards mercilessly threatened to cut her face.

“It hurts… it hurts so much!!”

Qin Xiangyun screamed, reaching to brush the shards off her face.

But in the next instant, Sister Bingbing’s high heel was at her feet. She casually extended her foot, and the already vision-impaired Qin Xiangyun was about to fall.

If she fell, the glass would certainly dig into her skin.

Even… her eyeballs!!

But the next moment, a hand suddenly reached out and steadied Qin Xiangyun’s swaying body.

Zhao Xiong’s expression was nasty. He stared at Qin Xiangyun with disappointed anger, then signaled his assistant to quickly clean her face.

Although there were glass fragments, with careful cleaning they wouldn’t ruin her looks.

Qin Xiangyun’s cheeks had one or two small abrasions, but fortunately they were minor and wouldn’t scar.

This time Zhao Xiong stepped up to Yan Liang. His pursuit of her had been dramatic throughout the city—people said he was crazy to love such an eccentric Young Mistress, as if he weren’t afraid of dying quickly.

But only Zhao Xiong knew that the others simply didn’t appreciate her.

He admired the Young Mistress’s perfection with a reckless abandon!!

“Oh, who made our beautiful Bingbing so angry? Tomorrow I’ll definitely bring him before beautiful Bingbing to atone, so that our Young Mistress Yanyan doesn’t get angry along with her.”

“Otherwise, this person’s crime is truly great.”

“Young Mistress Yanyan, don’t you agree? Long time no see—Yanyan, you’re still so beautiful…“

Zhao Xiong stood in front of Qin Xiangyun. She immediately recognized him as her sponsor stepping in to protect her and couldn’t help feeling a pang of worry for him.

She did have a real chance competing with Sister Bingbing.

But it was the Young Mistress who was the decisive variable.

Moreover, she was Bingbing’s aunt. The Young Mistress wasn’t old but her seniority was unquestionable!!

No question, the Young Mistress would protect Bingbing, and she… with one wrong move could be ruined forever.

This place was clearly a trap-filled banquet.

She was smart and had realized she was clearly being used by Zhao Xiong as a pawn to go after Qin Jiang.

But Qin Xiangyun herself wanted to settle accounts with Qin Jiang.

In that sense, they were of a similar mind. Their goals weren’t far apart.

So Qin Xiangyun obediently stood behind Zhao Xiong and let his assistant clean her up first.

When Sister Bingbing saw Zhao Xiong appear, her face darkened—Zhao’s family was of high standing, Zhao Xiong ruthless in methods. In business he led an internet giant and was a prominent tycoon among the elites.

Although still short of the Yan conglomerate’s status, essentially he had some standing to pursue Yan Liang.

In fact, Zhao Xiong genuinely harbored such intentions.

Judging by his lack of rash moves against Qin Jiang, he was definitely a smart man.

But such scheming, venomous businessmen were often harder to deal with.

Furthermore, Zhao Group had subsidiaries with cross-holdings involving the Yan Group. Commercial entanglements among tycoons were part of his lifeline strategy.

The Zhao and Yan families’ business maps overlapped and held shares in each other, so if Yan Liang really wanted to move against him, it would tug at the entire network.

But in the year and a half Zhao Xiong pursued Yan Liang, aside from being rebuffed at the Yan Group’s doorstep and shamelessly staring at the Young Mistress at unavoidable banquets, he mostly loitered around her.

Whenever he found a chance he’d step forward to show himself…

Other than that, Zhao Xiong didn’t seem to have done anything overtly excessive.

For a while, it was hard to find a reason to move against him.

Sister Bingbing frowned. At Zhao Xiong’s deliberate taunt she pursed her lips and smiled faintly, “Tsk, Mr. Zhao, that’s an odd thing to say.”

“Anyone with eyes should be able to see who upset me, right?”

“If Mr. Zhao can’t even see that… If you’re that bored, why not take switch shifts with your house dog?”

“Also, a suggestion Mr. Zhao: grow some mushrooms in the cellar—if you don’t have a cellar, never mind.”

Sister Bingbing’s tone was light and mocking. Her casual words revealed deep disdain for Zhao Xiong.

Her family did lack the Zhao family’s power, but if Yan Liang was the target of affection to such a gutter rat of a man, Bingbing wouldn’t hesitate to risk everything to personally deal with that rotten man for her aunt!

A true suitor must have refinement.

Zhao Xiong’s business tricks were unsurprising, but even she could see Zhao Xiong signed Qin Xiangyun on purpose for his motives.

Wasn’t it just to spite Qin Jiang and show off his superiority over Qin Jiang?

In their circle, countless people wielded overwhelming power.

Those who looked down on ordinary people were rampant!

Previously Zhao Xiong had shown no sign. It’s just now that he’s finally noticed Qin Jiang.

Not that he wasn’t stirring things up!!

Before, Qin Jiang hadn’t even qualified for an extra glance!

That’s the arrogant face of a capitalist.

Now he had no choice but to treat Qin Jiang as a proper business rival and romantic rival!

Sister Bingbing had a talent for insults, but she was always well-bred—externally a gentle, cool goddess who rarely lost control.

Standing aside, Song Jie watched the scene. As Sister Bingbing’s number-one fan, he’d never seen her act so imperious and found it novel.

His eyes couldn’t tear away from Sister Bingbing.

He looked incredulous.

Sister Bingbing turned and, seeing Song Jie’s astonished expression, couldn’t help letting a gentle smile spread across her face again:

“Xiao Jie, what’s wrong?”

When Song Jie unexpectedly met Sister Bingbing’s gaze—he was already overwhelmed by her beauty—his heart suddenly raced, and for a moment his scalp went numb and he couldn’t move.

Sister Bingbing’s gentle demeanor, the way she had carefully tended to him, replayed in his mind scene by scene.

Sister Bingbing’s tender, youthful fingertips had carefully bandaged his wound, her fingers unconsciously grazing the skin of his back.

It sparked wave after wave of tingling.

To say he felt nothing would be a lie. A man inevitably harbors different feelings toward an unreachable goddess he admires and cannot have.

And when such an unattainable presence appears so vivaciously in your life and takes care of you deliberately.

Someone he could literally touch was within his reach as she lingered by his side.

Who could stand that??

This was the moment Song Jie couldn’t accept most of all.

He clearly loved Jiang Kexin dearly, but during those two days of convalescence, because of Sister Bingbing’s company, his heart was almost entirely drawn to her.

Thoughts of his childhood sweetheart Jiang Kexin dwindled instead.

Was that considered falling out of love and into another?

For a time Song Jie couldn’t sort out his own feelings.

“It’s nothing, Sister Bingbing, you’re truly wonderful.”

So wonderful that in any form of you, he was unworthy.

After saying that, Song Jie fell silent. It wasn’t the time to discuss feelings anyway.

At Sister Bingbing’s words, Zhao Xiong’s expression indeed changed.

“Bingbing, speaking to an elder like that—does that reflect your family’s upbringing?”

Zhao Xiong assumed that invoking himself as Yan Liang’s peer would chastise Bingbing and put him above her.

Sister Bingbing’s stage name was simply “Bingbing.”

And her real name—Yan Bing!!

Yan Liang, Yan Bing—two such similar names showed how much favor Yan Bing received from Yan Liang. Their aunt-niece relationship was very close.

The name “Yan Bing” was one the entertainment circle simply couldn’t bear.

So she had to adopt a stage name.

Otherwise, the surname “Yan” would instantly mark her as a tycoon’s daughter—who would dare to not give her face?

Even now, Zhao Xiong could only say “your family.”

He wouldn’t dare broadly say “your Yan family”!!

At present, the head of the Yan family was Yan Liang. If he uttered “your Yan family,” Yan Liang wouldn’t let him off.

“Is that so? Mr. Zhao, do you have some complaint about the Yan family’s upbringing?”

“Aunt taught me that girls from the Yan family are superior beings, free to do whatever they please, and Aunt will always cover for them.”

“What, Mr. Zhao, are you questioning my aunt’s method of upbringing?”

At this moment Yan Bing was like someone who had opened all her channels, giving Zhao Xiong not an inch of face.

Calling out “Yan family” and “Aunt Yan Liang” like that spoke of absolute confidence.

Qin Jiang watched the scene and couldn’t help reaching up to lightly touch his nose.

He was also surprised—Sister Bingbing was actually Yanyan’s niece?

It seemed Bingbing was quite interested in Song Jie.

Pfft… if this really worked out.

He wouldn’t just be Song Jie’s “father,” he’d naturally be promoted to Song Jie’s uncle-in-law~~

How thrilling~~

Zhao Xiong was badly stung and nearly couldn’t catch his breath.

“Bingbing, you are yourself—why drag your Aunt Yan Liang into everything?”

Yan Bing refused to humor him. “Isn’t it to guard against petty people who look down on others, who smugly take a bit of seniority to treat our juniors as nothing?”

“Mr. Zhao, you just haven’t seen the faces of those low-quality little people—how foul their mouths are~”

“Of course, Mr. Zhao shouldn’t be that kind of person, right?”

Sister Bingbing smiled again—clearly a gentle smile, yet it didn’t reach her eyes and felt eerie however you looked at it.

Zhao Xiong saw he couldn’t win any rhetorical advantage.

He could only swallow the humiliation.

“Of course—I am not that kind of person.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen Yanyan. How has Young Mistress Yanyan been lately?”

Zhao Xiong’s eyes spun hungrily. His gaze couldn’t help landing again on Yan Liang.

He liked Yan Liang too much.

If he could have her, possess her.

He would even be willing to die on her.

Such an ultimate beauty—if he could taste her even once in this life, it would make his life worthwhile.

“Mr. Zhao truly hasn’t seen me in some time. Have you even forgotten how to address me respectfully?”

“Is Yanyan a title you’re worthy of using?”

Yan Liang’s cold eyes swept over him, a murderous aura washing through.

Her overbearing, razor-sharp presence seemed to plunge the surrounding venue into the ice.

“Zhou Ning.”

The next moment, Zhou Ning’s tall figure emerged from the darkness and landed a merciless punch on Zhao Xiong’s face.

Immediately Zhao Xiong stumbled and fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with a few teeth…

“If Mr. Zhao keeps saying stupid things, I won’t hesitate to pull your tongue out.”

“Then it won’t be just a few teeth.”

Young Mistress Yan Liang looked down from above, her gaze cold and dark as it glanced across Zhao Xiong’s face for an instant.

But she didn’t notice.

Zhao Xiong lay prone on the ground, his haute couture suit dirtied and even his face injured.

Pain consumed all his senses.

Yet lying there, his eyes were full of carnivorous delight and excitement.

The Young Mistress hit him.

The Young Mistress glanced at him.

The Young Mistress spoke to him, scolded him…

Amazing, so amazing!

As long as Young Mistress Yanyan could look at him once, his trip wouldn’t be in vain.

Zhao Xiong trembled all over, the excitement almost drowning him.

“Also, call me Mrs. Qin.”

“My husband doesn’t like other men coveting me. If you don’t kill your persistence, then someone will end up dead.”

When Young Mistress Yan Liang said this, her tone softened noticeably. The cool, noble woman had a rare smile as she lifted her wrist to show the utterly ordinary diamond ring on her ring finger.

The diamond wasn’t even a one-carat stone.

But the Young Mistress’s happy smile made it more precious than a fortune of billions!!

Everyone gasped. Why did this man have to provoke her??

And even tried to pursue her?

He was really tired of living!!