Chapter 76: Fifth Sister Betrays The Qin Family — Will Jiang Take Me In?

“Cough… cough cough…”

Qin Jiang hurriedly pretended to cough, his gaze snapping away as if he wanted to gouge his own eyes out.

In the past, his eyeballs would probably have been gouged out, scrubbed clean, and shoved back in by the yandere Young Mistress.

Fortunately, the current Qin Jiang had already become adept at “firmly controlling” his yandere tycoon wife.

“Sorry, Yanyan, my eyes were just uncomfortable so I glanced around— I didn’t see anything clearly.”

“But scenes like that, of course I’m not interested…”

Actually, he dared not be interested.

Yan Liang studied Qin Jiang’s expression seriously. Jiang didn’t look like he was lying.

Of course, more importantly, Ms. Liang’s trust in Qin Jiang had already increased significantly.

Besides… what was so appealing about Qin Moyun’s figure?

Jiang had tasted better, so naturally he had no interest in average looks.

On this point, Young Mistress Yan still had confidence in herself!

“It’s not that you can’t be interested.”

“But Jiang can only… be interested in me.”

Yan Liang’s beautiful eyes lifted lazily, her fingertips followed the music in the video and rested on the button at her chest.

Ms. Liang was also dressed in professional attire: a white blouse, a black pencil skirt and stockings that amplified her sharp aura to the extreme.

Alarm bells went off in Qin Jiang’s head.

Wait…no…not now…

Did she intend to leave him completely exhausted and empty?

The computer screen was shut off again as Yan Liang tugged Qin Jiang to the floor-to-ceiling window.

He wrapped his arms around the woman’s slender waist and couldn’t help leaning down to kiss Yan Liang’s fair, smooth neck.

“Yanyan, kiss me…”

Yan Liang smiled in satisfaction, looping her arm around his neck and pressing Qin Jiang against the window, her fingertips idly tracing circles on his abdomen.

It was as if she were making a mark that belonged only to her.

She had an intense obsession with making Qin Jiang completely and utterly hers.

Qin Jiang broke out in a sweat, nervously staring at the handcuffs Yan Liang suddenly produced, his expression frozen…

…

The Qin family house.

Mrs. Qin, Jiang Yuyao, swept the dishes from the table onto the floor and, because she was still furious, flipped the table over.

“Outrageous! Outrageous! Does the Qin family’s face mean nothing? Moyun is my eldest daughter, she’s always been my pride— she would never do such an outrageous and filthy thing on her own! It must be that Qin Jiang, that little wild dog, forced her to do it!”

“Why hasn’t this little disaster-bringing jinx died yet!“

Jiang Yuyao’s venting filled the house, plunging the Qin family into a suffocating tension.

She had gone from calling Qin Jiang a “wild brat” to a “little wild dog.”

That showed the depth of her fury toward Qin Jiang.

Everyone was unhappy about Eldest Sister’s actions, but more than that, they felt pity.

She was still a woman after all—once a video like that spread, even if the whole internet banned it, people would have already saved copies.

Afterwards she would become the subject of countless wet dreams by those who saved the video.

For a top-ranking female CEO, gossip and scornful looks were blades that could wound her.

Qin Jiang’s blow had directly struck at Eldest Sister’s lifeline.

Fourth Sister, Qin Shuyun’s face was also grim—she had almost witnessed the whole thing.

Eldest Sister getting into trouble and the reason why that humiliating video was posted after losing a bet, all stemmed from trusting Yun too much…

But what fault did Yun have?

Yun had only done such a foolish thing because he felt insecure after Qin Jiang returned.

As an older sister, she should forgive Yun’s mistake.

But… could Eldest Sister forgive Yun?

Moreover, the one who used such an extreme tactic to force Eldest Sister was clearly Qin Jiang—his methods were plainly more vicious.

“Mom, the urgent thing now is to protect Eldest Sister’s reputation. Qin Financial’s stock is already dropping, we have to shoulder this.”

“I’ve got some connections in the entertainment industry from over the years—I’ll pay people to take down this trending topic right away…”

Qin Shuyun offered a solution—after all, they were sisters. They rose and fell together.

Of course she couldn’t let Eldest Sister’s scandal drag down her reputation.

Even if she were disfigured now, her status in the entertainment circle was unshakable.

She was a respected veteran producer-director.

She had produced several award-winning hit dramas and arthouse films nominated for major awards.

The industry respectfully called her “the most explosive arts-film female director in the nation!”

With her clout in the circle, getting a trending topic removed was just a phone call away.

So she urgently called the senior operations staff at that social media platform.

…beep beep beep.

“Wrong number? How could that… how is that possible…!!”

Qin Shuyun frowned, incredulous that a senior executive who had begged her days ago for adaptation rights now was unreachable.

Or had he actually blocked her?

Qin Shuyun wasn’t going to give up now. She dialed several familiar numbers, especially well-known producers and operations tycoons in the industry.

The result was… several of them had blocked her.

The one or two who answered, kindly warned her, “Shuyun, think carefully… who in this city can afford to offend the Yan family?”

“Sorry, the people Young Mistress Yan targets…if we so much as interfere, we’ll have no foothold left in this city.”

“Director Qin, let me leave you with a piece of advice: no matter why or how you’ve offended the Yan family, go to the gates of Liangyue Manor now and kneel to beg that she-demon’s forgiveness.”

“Otherwise you’ll be tormented every day! Your life will become a living hell!“

Furious, Qin Shuyun slammed the phone down—go to Liangyue Manor to kneel and beg for forgiveness? The one who ought to be kneeling was Qin Jiang, the person whom the entire family considered a disaster-bringing jinx.

She… would never let Qin Jiang off.

Right now Yan Liang was still alive and the Yan family’s power was enormous, but if Yan Liang died… who in the Yan family would care about whether Qin Jiang lived or died? He was nothing more than a pretty face and walking sperm bank anyway!

Then it would be her turn to trample Qin Jiang mercilessly!

This younger brother truly deserved a lesson.

With such a nasty temperament, as his real elder sister, even beating him until he was crippled… wouldn’t that be justified?

Qin Shuyun ground her teeth, a ruthless look flickering in her eyes.

Mr. Qin was at his wit’s end as well.

The Qin Technology and Qin Financial groups he ran were tightly linked, and Qin Moyun’s scandal now had a significant effect on the conglomerate he managed.

He, too, was scrambling to find people to take down the trending topic.

But under this storm, no one dared to offend the Yan family.

Simply the title “Young Mistress Yan” was enough to make the industry bosses tremble.

“Qin Jiang is utterly vicious—knowing his eldest sister values reputation above life, he still deliberately had her post such a video. His heart is detestable!”

Mr. Qin was furious but utterly helpless.

They couldn’t go drag Qin Jiang out of Liangyue Manor—they’d end up dead that way…

Hating him yet being unable to touch him at all made Mr. Qin feel suffocated with frustration.

Fifth Sister, Qin Qianyun, was punished with kneeling for three days, but on the first day she was so weak she fainted.

They called a doctor who diagnosed her with severe mental health issues—illness born of long-held depression.

In Jiang Yuyao’s eyes, this little ailment was just Qin Qianyun being overly dramatic. After telling her to rest, she left her alone.

Her primary duty had always been to care for Yun.

Yun’s poor health was different from the mental torments of Eldest and Fifth Sisters—physical suffering was more serious to her, and she knew how to prioritize.

At this moment, the very weak Qin Qianyun, who had been lying down for days, came down from the second floor.

She wore only a thin nightgown. She looked suddenly much thinner, her spine visible.

Jiang Yuyao saw her like that and furrowed her brow sharply.

Number five… how did she suddenly become like this?

It was clearly just a bit of a mental ailment—was she trying to play the martyr to steal Jiang Yuyao’s care and concern away from Yun?

Though Jiang Yuyao thought this way, she was still Qin Qianyun’s mother—she couldn’t ignore the broken pieces at her feet and gave Qin Shuyun a look. They both went to help Fifth Sister to walk

“Number five, if you’re unwell then lie down properly.”

“I’ve had Nurse Liu deliver tonic soups and medicine to your room constantly these past days—why don’t they help at all?”

“Did Nurse Liu steal the tonics to drink herself… otherwise how could my number five still show no improvement?”

Jiang Yuyao was frantic—she prided herself on nursing the children to health. As long as their health was fine, she’d done her duty as a mother.

But now Qin Qianyun had turned into this sickly state.

It made her unbearably irritated.

How had her old methods stopped working now?

Nurse Liu hurried out to defend herself:

“Madam, it’s not true—I did not steal Fifth Young Mistress’ tonics.”

“It’s… Fifth Young Mistress simply refused to drink them…”

The ruckus in the living room gave Qin Qianyun a headache. She weakly clapped her hands over her head and screamed for silence.

Then Qin Qianyun sneered coldly at Qin Yun, who had been deliberately left alone and sheltered by everyone.

Qin Yun, frail by nature, lay half-reclined on the sofa, wrapped in Jiang Yuyao’s coat.

Clearly in a comfortable recuperating posture.

Pale and trembling, Qin Qianyun immediately saw that all this fuss and noise was essentially the family’s attempts to shield Qin Yun, the instigator of this entire matter.

But… why?

Just because Qin Yun was ill? Just because he was the family’s youngest?

Being the youngest gave him the right to shirk responsibility?

“Yes, I refuse to drink these tonics you send to my room with no sincerity, and I refuse to stay in this house that’s actually no better than a prison!”

“All of you are blind and heartless, deliberately protecting that lowlife Qin Yun—each of you bears a share of responsibility for his lies, thefts and harm to others!”

Bang!

Qin Qianyun, small as she was, suddenly seized a vase with one hand and hurled it viciously at Qin Yun.

Qin Qianyun could finally see clearly now.

In the Qin family, Qin Yun was the true little disaster, the real troublemaker!

Jiang had clearly done nothing wrong—he had even sacrificed everything for the Qin family…

Only harm had been repaid to him.

Now that she was in his position, she truly understood what it meant to be… utterly isolated.

However, the moment the vase flew.

Qin Shuyun, nearest to Qin Yun, suddenly lunged toward him.

“Yun, watch out!!”

The vase struck Qin Shuyun squarely in the back and shattered upon impact.

In an instant, her back was mangled and bleeding…

Qin Qianyun froze—she was still young and panicked instantly.

The next moment Mr. Qin stepped forward and slapped Qin Qianyun across the face. Smack!!

The resounding slap echoed through the Qin family living room.

Everyone fell silent.

Qin Qianyun was stunned, ears ringing.

But what hurt deeper was her heart.

Mr. Qin had always doted on her. Now he looked at his hand in disbelief, then at Qin Qianyun—the corner of her mouth bleeding from his slap—his usually imposing figure almost faltered.

When had their once-happy family become so torn apart?

It was… after Qin Jiang was brought back.

It’s all Qin Jiang’s fault, that disaster—he’s ruined the Qin family forever!!

Mr. Qin steadied himself, clenching his burning palm, regaining his stern fatherly demeanor as he scolded aloud, “Yun is your biological brother—he’s kind by nature, a blessing to protect our household. He would never do anything wrong!”

“If anyone’s at fault, it’s Qin Jiang for his scheming—your eldest sister was foolish to walk into his trap.”

“Qianyun, you deserved that slap so you’d learn a lesson!”

“Now, go kneel and apologize to your fourth sister, or get out of the Qin family!!”

Qin Qianyun bit her lip, stifled emotions with no outlet.

She felt she would suffocate if she stayed in the Qin family any longer.

Qin Qianyun lowered her eyes and sneered, “Fine, I’ll leave!”

“The Qin family… I don’t want to be part of it anymore either!!”

But where could she go?

She already knew she had been wrong all this time—she had misunderstood Jiang so much.

If she could beg for his forgiveness—Jiang had been so good and forgiving to her before… would he take her in?