Chapter 84: Fifth Sister’s Turn To Coax Him Back

Qin Moyun was crouched under the office desk, wrapped in a thick coat, with even more layers inside to bundle herself up.

Her eyes were bloodshot as she stared at the time on her phone, calculating when she could delete the video, but… she knew all too well that with so much time passed, her video had surely already spread across the entire internet.

Even if she deleted it now, it would be useless.

Qin Qianyun watched this scene, her heart aching for her eldest sister being maliciously speculated about. She grabbed a mop at her side and charged into the crowd, yelling at them.

“You bunch of scumbags, get out!!”

“Don’t you dare bully my eldest sister! If you mess around again I’ll call the police.”

“Get out, move… this is Qin Financial! Even if something big happens it’s not your place to point fingers.”

“If anyone dares to make trouble here, our company will fire them on the spot! as for partners… Qin Financial will blacklist them and never cooperate!“

Qin Qianyun had seen that the so-called partner companies causing trouble were basically small firms.

The bosses of big companies wouldn’t have the time or energy to kick Qin Financial while it’s down. They had better things to do than that.

However, it was highly likely that they might send smaller firms to harass Qin Financial to avoid losing face and to curry favor with the Yan family, so they deliberately sent small lackeys here to make trouble instead.

Qin Qianyun’s words did have some effect.

After all, their task was to “humiliate” Qin Moyun. Since that goal was achieved, there was no need to linger.

The crowd dispersed quickly.

Only then did Qin Qianyun hurriedly find the spare key, open the office door, and walk in.

“Eldest Sis! Eldest Sis, are you okay?”

“Why are you bundled up like this? Even if the weather’s cold, wrapping yourself like that will make you sick…”

As the youngest among the sisters, Qin Qianyun was the most doted upon in the Qin family besides Qin Yun.

She had been willful since childhood.

But now, seeing the sister who doted on her now in a disadvantaged state, she couldn’t help feeling heartache.

And all of this was because of… Qin Jiang.

Filled with conflicting feelings and regret, Qin Qianyun shook her head, peeled away the carelessly wrapped clothing around Qin Moyun, and leaned close, saying, “Sis, Jiang is probably hating us now…”

“Since Qin Jiang returned to the Qin family, haven’t we done many excessive things to him? Do you remember?”

“Take me for example—back when Qin Jiang and I were freshmen, I liked to go out and party. Going to bars was just the basics, I even liked to ride motorcycles fast…”

Qin Qianyun spoke slowly, and Qin Moyun’s eyes finally shifted, looking at her.

It seemed she was listening to her recounting everything.

Qin Qianyun continued her stories. In the second semester of freshman year, she was about to go ride and race again, and as usual Qin Jiang stopped her with these words, “Fifth Sister, please don’t climb over the wall to go bike racing tonight, okay? If the school finds out you’ll get a demerit.”

At the time Qin Qianyun chased thrills, and was rebellious and untamable. Seeing Qin Jiang block her, she instinctively felt disgust and coldly pushed him away. “Qin Jiang, what are you afraid of?”

“So what if I get a demerit? Aren’t you the student council president? I’m your real sister, so just cover for me! Isn’t that enough?”

“Alright, get out of the way, don’t stop me from chasing my dream.”

Young and carefree, Qin Qianyun waved it off as if it were nothing, assuming Qin Jiang would clean up after her.

Qin Jiang frowned. Seeing gentle persuasion had no effect, he took out a strawberry cake he had painstakingly made by hand.

“Fifth Sister, if you promise not to take risks tonight, I’ll give you your favorite strawberry cake.”

Qin Jiang was poor and struggling at school.

He ate only steamed buns with watery porridge every day.

But the cake in his hands was exquisitely made, rich and delicate whipped cream, and the strawberries decorating it were large and plump, vividly red and dewy-looking—clearly not cheap.

He was stingy with himself, but for his sisters, his parents and Bai Chuchu, he spared no effort to give the best.

He thought… that the carefully prepared cake could at least keep his Fifth Sister from leaving.

But this childish, poor gesture only made Qin Qianyun despise him more.

Qin Qianyun sneered and glanced at the cake he presented like a treasure with disdain as she cruelly belittled it, “Who cares about your homemade strawberry cake?”

“It looks just like you—stained by poverty but still pretending to look rich!”

Qin Jiang’s knuckles stiffened for a moment. The hand holding the cake began to tremble.

It turned out that the strawberry cake he had saved up for a week and spent three months learning to make while working at a bakery was worth nothing in his Fifth Sister’s eyes…

He looked down in disappointment. If he loosened his grip any further, the cake would fall to the floor.

But in the next moment, Qin Qianyun, as if possessed, suddenly steadied his hand and saved the wobbling strawberry cake.

In an instant, Qin Jiang’s eyes suddenly lit up with sparkling hope.

Qin Qianyun was stunned for a moment, touched by his change of expression.

Qin Jiang… was really easy to appease.

Treat him just a tiny bit more kindly and he acted as if he’d received the whole world.

Then Qin Qianyun said, “Qin Jiang, don’t you also love strawberries the most?”

“If you eat this entire strawberry cake right now, I won’t go race tonight!”

Qin Jiang stood there, frozen.

Love strawberries too?

No, the one who shared Fifth Sister’s taste for strawberries was clearly Qin Yun!

But Qin Qianyun would always remember only Qin Yun’s preferences.

Just like everyone in the Qin family…

Qin Jiang hesitated and was about to say something in protest, but he saw Qin Qianyun already impatiently preparing to leave.

In the end, he obediently ate the entire strawberry cake right under Qin Qianyun’s nose.

He silently swallowed that unsaid sentiment.

As long as Fifth Sister didn’t go to that dangerous bike racing spot, anything he did was worth it.

As Qin Qianyun spoke, in that moment her chest burned with pain. Remorse and self-blame continuously grew in her heart…

Her trembling lips exhaled a sigh.

“And then?” Qin Moyun couldn’t help but ask.

“The next day, the brothers who had agreed with me to go race the night before all died in a landslide. That place… was exactly the place I was headed for that night.”

“Jiang saved my life, but I doubted and suspected him, even forcing him to take the blame for many things…”

“I was such a horrible sister, and yet for four whole years Jiang still treated me well—I deserve some punishment…”

“Jiang is taking revenge on us because none of us are innocent.”

“Sis, I’m glad to see you’re okay. I’m going to see Jiang now…”

“People always have to pay for their mistakes. I wronged Jiang too much before. Now, even though it’s late and I don’t know if he’ll accept my efforts, I’ll do my best to make amends!”

After comforting her eldest sister, Qin Qianyun left.

She headed straight for a bakery. After never doing any household chores and priding that her hands would be devoted to extreme sports her whole life, she began to frantically busy herself in the bakery.

She gave all the money she had to the bakery owner.

She made more than a dozen cakes, but all of them turned out terrible.

Only then did she pick out one that was somewhat presentable.

Qin Qianyun’s whole body ached and she was exhausted. Looking at her “creation,” she finally smiled with relief.

“Jiang, I’m sorry.”

“Back then you worked so hard for who knows how long to learn to make that perfect-looking strawberry cake, and I still thought it shabby…”

“Now that I’ve tried it myself, I know how much effort and sweat you put in.”

“This time, allow Fifth Sister to coax you back home… okay?”

Qin Qianyun smiled. Though she looked like a madwoman—dirty all over, hair a mess—her smile was sincere.

Happiness made her ignore the several blisters burned onto her hands and the cuts on her fingers.

She didn’t even have time to bandage them. She only wanted to see Jiang as soon as possible, give him the surprise strawberry cake, and beg for his forgiveness…

With a trembling heart, she arrived at the gates of Liangyue Manor.

But she learned that Qin Jiang and Yan Liang were not home.

They had gone together… to the Yan family’s old manor!!

That place could rightly be called a hell of deep waters and scorching flames. Qin Jiang’s status was also nowhere near acceptable to the elders of the Yan family.

Jiang went there—wouldn’t that be dangerous?

Qin Qianyun was frantic, clutching the cake as she hurriedly changed her destination.

She had to go to the Yan family’s old manor in person, even if her status before the Yan financial magnates was nothing more than a little ant on the ground.

But she didn’t want Jiang to feel… that he had no family backing him in the Qin family anymore.

Jiang, this time… let Fifth Sister protect you, okay?

Can you forgive me*? A**ccept me?*