Chapter 46: Living Off Someone Else Is Addictive And I Can’t Stop

At the Qin family home.

“What? My son hit someone’s $50 million supercar and they demand $30 million to settle privately?”

“If they want so much money, they should go rob a bank! My son is so obedient and kind, he could never cause such trouble!“

Mrs. Qin, Jiang Yuyao, felt her scalp go numb the moment she got the call. Qin Yun was her most beloved son, gentle, modest, and so sensible.

Almost immediately after picking up, she couldn’t help but suspect it was Qin Jiang causing trouble behind the scenes, attacking his own younger brother.

After all, yesterday he had struck out against the family without regard for kinship.

“What happened?”

Mr. Qin walked over, his face extremely grim. $30 million wasn’t pocket change, but for the Qin family—considered an upper family in the capital—producing $30 million was still easy.

After all, the Yan family had paid them to have Qin Yun marry into their family.

The payment was $300 million.

Mr. Qin invested $100 million into his own company, gave $50 million to his wife to spend freely, and distributed the other $50 million as $10 million to each daughter.

As for the remaining $100 million, he deposited it into Qin Yun’s account.

After all, this was, in any case, Qin Yun’s money for marrying into the Yan family.

Even though the one who actually married into the Yan family was Qin Jiang.

But since Qin Jiang had already joined the Yan family and was no longer part of the Qin family, leaving money for him felt like a waste. Wouldn’t it just go back to the Yan family? Mr. Qin thought that was a loss and quietly hid the sum without telling Qin Jiang.

Only he and his wife Jiang Yuyao knew about it.

Even the five daughters and Qin Yun were kept in the dark.

“My husband, Yun hit a supercar and now the other party is demanding $30 million to settle privately, otherwise they’ll make it public. Yun has always represented the Qin family as the gentle, humble young master in the upper echelons of society. How could he have deliberately damaged someone else’s car?”

“Yun never fights with people—how could he suddenly do this, and on the campus of Huajing University no less? I’m afraid it’s that wicked boy, Qin Jiang, again, doing evil and bullying his own brother!” Jiang Yuyao snapped sharply. The woman, dressed with dignified elegance, was full of anger now.

Mr. Qin nodded, his brow knotted. “A jinx indeed—how much more will he wreck our family before he’s satisfied!”

“If he wants $30 million, then so be it. Our Yun’s health is poor, so he mustn’t suffer at the hands of those rough thugs.”

“Yun is my heir. I can’t afford for him to suffer even a single mishap.”

Mr. and Mrs. Qin drove to the repair shop.

Mr. Qin withdrew $30 million from the $100 million set aside for Qin Yun and paid the penalty.

The people who had legitimately abducted Qin Yun were decent enough. After taking the money, they threw him back to his parents.

But Qin Yun’s clothes were tattered and his face bruised. It was obvious he’d been tied in a sack and beaten.

Mr. Qin’s expression changed instantly. He wanted to step forward and argue.

But when he saw the badge of the Yan Group on the kidnappers’ clothes, his anger withered immediately.

And he instantly guessed who was behind all this. It was Qin Jiang again!

This jinx truly couldn’t be kept around.

Qin Yun was brought back to the car by his worried parents, who hurriedly checked their precious son’s injuries.

“Mom, Dad, don’t blame Brother Qin Jiang… it was me… I was careless…”

Qin Yun lay weakly in his mother’s arms, already eager to defend Qin Jiang from the moment he opened his eyes.

Hearing that, his parents flew into an even bigger rage.

“Enough—Qin Jiang really thinks having backing in the Yan family makes him untouchable?! He’s forgotten his roots and dares to use outside forces against his own family.”

“Yun, don’t worry—Mom won’t let Qin Jiang off.”

“Mom will get revenge for your humiliation.”

Jiang Yuyao frowned deeply as her disappointment and disgust toward Qin Jiang peaked.

But it was difficult to get a chance to meet with Qin Jiang, even though she was his biological mother.

“Mom, but Qin Jiang is now the husband of Miss Yan, the Yan family’s heiress—it’s a financial dynasty we can’t fight.”

“As long as he doesn’t take it out on us, that’s already good enough for me—let’s not make Brother Qin Jiang angry.”

Qin Yun spoke dejectedly, as if after being beaten he was now terrified of Qin Jiang.

“Don’t worry, Yun…”

Jiang Yuyao gently touched Qin Yun’s face, heartbroken at the sight of his injuries.

“Qin Yun, were these wounds really inflicted by those men?”

“Looking at the angle and marks, these scars look more like you crashed into something and scratched yourself.”

Qin Qianyun sat in the backseat.

Just as the Qin parents were about to leave, she happened to come down from the second floor and decided to come along with them.

Lately she’d been listless. She had been reflecting and recalling scene after scene of Qin Jiang’s kindness to her.

In truth, Qin Jiang, as a brother, had been wholeheartedly good to her, yet she had harmed him time and again.

This time, she had almost caused Qin Jiang to be expelled.

She had never even cared when Qin Jiang’s birthday was, only concerned about taking his efforts again and again.

How could she, such an ungrateful person, deserve to be his sister?

But Qin Jiang was still very good to her.

How could someone like him harm Qin Yun for no reason…

Qin Qianyun listened to the family’s accusations against Qin Jiang, her face ashen and heart twisting in pain.

Her doubts were instantly rebuked by Jiang Yuyao, who mercilessly slapped Qin Qianyun across the face.

Smack!

The slap stunned Qin Qianyun.

Her mother actually… hit her because of Qin Yun?

But the moment felt too familiar—so much so that it overlapped with every image of Qin Jiang being punished by their mother’s anger.

Back then, Jiang must have suffered the same way, right?

More painful than the cheek was the ache in her heart.

Her mother was so blatantly biased!

She couldn’t distinguish right from wrong at all!

Mrs. Qin instinctively scolded sharply, “Number five, I think you’ve been possessed.”

“I noticed something wrong with you yesterday already—you must have been brainwashed by that jinx Qin Jiang, right?”

“Yun has treated you so well all these years. I’m always so worried you’ll never graduate with your lack of studying—wasn’t it Yun who stayed up late every time to help you finish your course thesis?“

“Yun is so good to you, yet you don’t trust your brother unconditionally and even side with outsiders to question him—do you deserve to be a sister?”

Qin Qianyun’s temper flared. Covering her face she said, “I’m just stating the facts!”

“Qin Yun has always been a liar.”

“All of you have been duped by him, yet you keep cleaning up his messes as though that’s the right thing to do—it’s disgusting.”

“As parents, you don’t even try to be fair to all your children. Since you like to favor Qin Yun so much, why didn’t you just have him as your only child?”

“Oh, right… you had so many daughters before having a son. Of course you’d cherish him.”

“But what about Jiang? Jiang is your biological son too! Just because he’s healthy, does that mean he deserves your arbitrary insults and beatings?”

Smack!!

Another harsh slap rang out.

The fierce force forced Qin Qianyun to fall silent.

Mr. Qin stared at his hand in disbelief, his palm trembling slightly, face pale and guilt written all over his face.

“N-number five, you must not be so defiant toward your parents!”

“In the Qin family, sons and daughters are treated equally—I’ve never favored boys over girls.”

Mrs. Qin was extremely agitated by all this.

“You still say Qin Jiang isn’t a jinx? After meeting him yesterday, you’ve become like this, defying your parents and cold toward your brother!”

“Tonight you will kneel at the ancestral hall for three days and nights, no eating or drinking—I want you to learn a lesson!”

Qin Qianyun sneered coldly. She was more disappointed in her parents more than anything else.

So… Qin Jiang had previously suffered so much in the Qin family.

But no one had cared at all.

For a moment Qin Qianyun felt her heart like it was cut by a knife—she wanted to look for Qin Jiang, to tell him that his fifth sister now understood his past suffering, and to apologize for her past indifference.

But… was it already too late?

Would Qin Jiang forgive her?

“Fine—I’ll kneel!”

Qin Qianyun showed her backbone and stood up to Jiang Yuyao.

Mrs. Qin turned green with anger.

“Mom, Fifth Sister didn’t say that on purpose…”

Jiang Yuyao grew angrier. “She did it deliberately!”

“She’s been spoiled by me and corrupted by that rotten Qin Jiang! Making her kneel at the ancestral hall to repent before our ancestors is the only way she’ll truly reflect on her mistakes…”

Qin Qianyun smiled.

But the smile was bitter.

Ancestors?

If the ancestors saw how chaotic the Qin family was now, they’d be so furious their coffins would flip open!

She couldn’t hold back her grievance and couldn’t resist calling Qin Jiang again.

This time, it was still a busy tone—her number had been blocked.

Had Qin Jiang… already come to hate her?

She recalled how Qin Jiang had once quietly taken her place to kneel in the ancestral hall when she erred.

Qin Qianyun couldn’t hold back and burst into tears…

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Jiang—Fifth Sister truly knows she’s in the wrong.

If I endured all the suffering you bore in my place again, could we return to the past?

…

At the first floor of the Yan Group building.

A stretched Rolls‑Royce was parked at the entrance.

Yan Liang stepped out first—red‑soled high heels at the end of long legs in black stockings, a professional pencil skirt and structured blazer accentuating her sharp, aloof aura.

Almost the instant she stepped out of the car.

The employees at the entrance automatically parted, clearing a path to the private elevator for Ms. Liang.

Everyone craned their necks in anticipation, only to see the usually breezy, commanding Ms. Liang personally open the car door again.

This—this… what a show of respect!

Could there really be someone in the capital worthy of Ms. Liang’s respect?

Everyone stared hotly, eager to find out.

Then Qin Jiang awkwardly followed Yan Liang’s lead and stepped out of the car.

Having the car door opened personally by his usually domineering, yandere tycoon wife… felt ridiculously good.

But shouldn’t he be the one doing that for her?

How did the wife get there first?

Under all those gazes, he felt a little clumsy.

Just as he grew nervous, a slender, long hand appeared before him.

“Jiang, come.”

“Welcome to our group.”

“I’m thinking of renaming it—let’s call it ‘Qin‑Yan International Group’ from now on. How about that?”

Yan Liang suddenly leaned in. Her bright, striking features were magnified before him, flawless in beauty.

His wife… how could she be so good to him?

But he felt utterly unworthy right now.

“Yanyan, maybe don’t rename it yet?”

“Wait until I’m able to stand at the same level as you—only then will I be qualified to sit in that position.”

Qin Jiang was so pampered by Yan Liang he felt like he was floating. But thankfully, he still remained a little rational.

Indeed, when you get used to living off someone else.

You just couldn’t stop! It was such an enjoyable luxury!

“Being my man requires no external qualifications or standards.”

“Jiang, as long as I love you.”

“Everything of mine is yours… including my life!”

“I’ve already started the process of changing the company’s name, there will be results soon.”

“Whether you want it or not, it won’t change my determination to transfer them into your name.”

“Having you marry into the Yan family to be with me is an injustice I put on you.”

“Of course I will compensate you abundantly.”

I will do everything I can and give all I have to keep you.

Jiang, my life has been accustomed to killing and bloodshed.

I hardly know what love or a lover is.

But even so, I want to express in my way that you are my only one and the most important person in my life.

You are the sliver of redemption in my darkest, most desperate abyss.

You deserve my all.

But even if I offer everything I have for a bit of genuine feeling from you, I’m afraid… it might be something I will never be able to afford—I might not obtain it.

A touch of ache passed through Yan Liang’s heart. A few traces of loneliness were reflected in her eyes.

But the next moment, she felt warmth in her palm.

It was Qin Jiang.

He stepped out of the car and clasped her hand, interlacing their fingers.

“Yanyan, whether you believe it or not.”

“I love you too.”

“Moreover, marrying into the Yan family is no humiliation to me—being your husband is my honor.”

“Come on, let me see… our group.”

Qin Jiang knew Yan Liang’s mind too well—she never fully trusted him.

He could tell from the way she continued to forcibly take from him and lay claim on him, which automatically made him resistant at first.

And it was also obvious from how insecure in love she was.

Who would have thought that the ruthless, decisive Ms. Liang, who slaughtered foes in business, would be so insecure in love?

Zhou Ning watched the scene, his head buzzing.

My god, he felt like this scene almost exposed his true self. He almost cursed Qin Jiang out loud.

Yan Group’s market value was incalculable.

Its assets couldn’t even be tallied in the hundreds of millions.

With such wealth and power, could it not win over one Qin Jiang?

It could take on and win over every man named “Qin Jiang” in the world and still have enough.

What was his young mistress feeling inferior about?!

And Qin Jiang—it was clear that this guy was secretly pleased. His lips were on the verge of curling upward into a grin!

Stop pretending to be some deep guy who didn’t care about money!

Just openly accept the fate of being supported.

Yan Liang stared in disbelief at the hand Qin Jiang had grabbed—suddenly her heart was wrapped in sweet happiness.

Awwww—she loved Qin Jiang even more now!

Nobody heard their conversation clearly at the entrance.

The crowd craned their necks desperately to look.

Gossip surged in their hearts: my god, Ms. Liang is usually distant from men, yet now she’s holding a handsome man’s hand.

That man was also elegant and strikingly handsome.

He outshone entertainment industry male stars.

And they were surprisingly a good match when they stood next to one another!

Was he the first man in years who could match Ms. Liang’s aura?

“Greetings, Ms. Liang.”

Yan Liang led Qin Jiang by the hand into the company’s entrance.

Everyone greeted them in unison.

Their curious gazes shamelessly fell upon Qin Jiang.

Suddenly Yan Liang’s fierce, domineering stride stopped in the lobby. When her heels fell silent, everyone trembled.

Help help help… save us!

Is Ms. Liang about to smite us?

We shouldn’t have laid eyes on her man! We’re sorry! Boohoo!

Surely she wouldn’t gouge our eyes out for looking at him, right? Right?!

The next moment, Yan Liang raised their interlaced hands and, for the first time, explained something private to the crowd, “He is Qin Jiang—he’s my husband.”

“And the future male leader and owner of Yan Group!”

Qin Jiang couldn’t believe she was saying this out loud in the middle of the company.