Mr. Yan, wake up! Your wife isn't a delicate little flower.

10 PM.

The two then returned home.

Cheng Xihe was holding the gift he had picked out for Qin Shengxia at the mall after the competition.

"Xiaxia!"

Cheng Xihe went straight to Qin Shengxia's room, calling out as she went, "Sister is back, Xiaxia."

Cheng Xihe knocked on Qin Shengxia's door.

No one responded.

"Xiaxia, open the door."

Just as Cheng Xihe was about to knock on the door again, she discovered that the door was unlocked.

She paused for a moment, then pushed the door open.

The huge room was completely empty.

Bai Ce heard Cheng Xihe calling out repeatedly and followed behind, asking, "Is nobody here?"

"Nobody's here."

Cheng Xihe was quite puzzled: "Xiaxia isn't the type to hide away, did she go out?"

"Where else could your sister go besides you?" Bai Ce asked, puzzled.

Cheng Xihe frowned, her brow twitching slightly. "I have a bad feeling."

"Wait, we'll go out and ask the maid."

Seeing Cheng Xihe's pale face, Bai Ce patted her shoulder and said, "Come on, boss, let's go to the living room first."

"Um."

Cheng Xihe placed the gift in Qin Shengxia's room, closed the door, and went to the living room.

During a break, Cheng Xihe made several calls to Qin Shengxia, but no one answered.

"Feed".

Bai Ce casually called out to a servant.

The maid turned around and bowed her head: "Mr. Bai, is there anything we need to prepare?"

Where is Miss Qin?

Cheng Xihe frowned: "I called Xiaxia but she didn't answer."

"Mr. Bai, Ms. Cheng, Ms. Qin received a phone call shortly after dinner tonight and left in a hurry."

I did inquire about Miss Qin's whereabouts, and she said she had some things to attend to and asked me not to disturb you for now.

The servant answered all the questions she knew.

Cheng Xihe remained silent with a cold expression.

Bai Ce waved his hand: "Alright, that's all for you. Go ahead and get busy."

"Yes."

The servant quickly left.

Sitting next to Cheng Xihe, Bai Ce didn't dare to speak.

The main problem is that the current boss looks too fierce, which makes him afraid to say anything reckless or act silly.

After a long silence, Cheng Xihe frowned and asked, "Bai Ce, where do you think Xia Xia will go?"

They don't answer the phone, and they don't leave any messages.

There must be something fishy going on.

Touching his chin, Bai Ce's mind raced, recalling many things he had seen:

"Boss, based on my years of experience reading literature and studying television..."

"Tsk," Cheng Xihe clicked her tongue lightly, glared at him, and said, "Get to the point."

Bai Ce scratched his head: "According to TV dramas, she would probably be threatened to go home around this time."

Your father…”

Under Cheng Xihe's death stare, Bai Ce quickly changed his tune: "That old man Qin Jian must have other tricks up his sleeve."

"They must have used that thing to control your sister."

"Then I roughly know what it is." Cheng Xihe took a sip of water and slammed the cup down on the coffee table.

Seeing this, Bai Ce quickly said, "Boss, don't crush the cup and hurt your hand."

Today, that white dove actually managed to ask why she didn't like the boss. Is this the kind of person he could like?

Amitabha! Someone come and take my boss away, thank you!

Seeing that Cheng Xihe remained silent, Bai Ce pressed on, "What could Qin Jian possibly have to threaten you with?"

Boss, there's not much left that can threaten you, is there?

"Most of them are my mother's belongings."

Cheng Xihe leaned back on the sofa, his eyes growing cold: "When Qin Jian packed me up and sent me back to the countryside in Z City, he only packed my things."

Now that I'm back, I haven't seen any of my mother's belongings at Xiaxia's place; he must have kept them all.

"No, that old geezer Qin Jian is so ruthless that he even kept your mother's belongings?" Bai Ce frowned.

Cheng Xihe recalled what happened last time: "Zhang Zhiyue must know something about it."

The pearl earrings she wore before were my mother's keepsakes.

Besides these, I vaguely remember my mother having something very important, but I've forgotten what kind of jewelry it was.

"That's it!"

Bai Ce clapped his hands: "This is a classic scene from a TV drama. He must be using this to threaten you."

Has something happened lately? It's gotten to this point.

Qin Jian was unaware of his boss's status.

From the outside, she's just a college student from the countryside who happened to get into University A and happens to be Qin Jian's daughter.

There was absolutely no need for Qin Jian to escalate the conflict like this.

Unless he has a compelling reason to break off relations.

After all, this is not a wise move.

"Let me check."

Bai Ce went upstairs, grabbed his computer, and started typing.

Not long after, Bai Ce asked in surprise, "What happened to Qin Jian? He had a shipment of goods overseas that was intercepted."

There was originally no problem; it was the other side that maliciously detained it.

But since the items are food, they should be eaten fresh. This significantly reduced their value, and we also had to pay the buyer compensation for the delay.

According to Qin Jian's past records, this person was his first collaboration, and he even lost previous partners because of it.

Bai Ce saw right through him: "He's been set up!"

"Too greedy."

Cheng Xihe snorted coldly: "He wants my sister to seduce Yan Mingchuan, or anyone of value at the party."

Qin Ruosu is already tied to Su Wenjie. He can't control me, so he can only target my sister.

"A party?"

Bai Ce thought for a moment, then widened his eyes: "Are you talking about the Yan family patriarch's birthday celebration?"

"Of course not, it was the one before this birthday banquet." Cheng Xihe thought for a moment, "I wonder what kind of banquet it was, a blind date?"

The wealthy are truly amazing; they even hold a party for blind dates, where a group of people go out to be chosen.

"I see."

Bai Ce clapped his hands: "Before the old master of the Yan family's birthday celebration, there is a party that President Yan specially requested to be held, at our family's hotel."

It's a birthday party specially organized for Yan Mingchuan; he'll be able to pick out a girlfriend at the party.

"ill?"

Cheng Xihe gave a light scoff, then realized what he meant: "Birthday?"

She frowned: "I've looked at Yan Mingchuan's file. Isn't his birthday in winter?"

It's only August, why are you celebrating a birthday?

I've seen people celebrate their birthdays early, but I've never seen it this early.

"Oh right, there's something you might not know." Bai Ce showed Cheng Xihe a webpage:

"Yan Mingchuan's publicly announced birthday is in August, which is a holiday. I don't know what the explanation is."

His actual birthday, and the birthday on his ID card, are both in December. Perhaps there are secrets we don't know.

"Um."

Cheng Xihe raised an eyebrow at him: "Do you know how to get a ticket? I'll go and take a look myself."

"You forgot, the Qin family is among those invited. It would be better if you went with Qin Jian," Bai Ce advised.

Cheng Xihe stood up: "I'll go home tonight and bring Xiaxia back with me."

"Don't be impulsive, boss. At this crucial moment, with the banquet tomorrow night, Qin Jian definitely won't dare to do anything to your sister."

Bai Ce stopped Cheng Xihe.

Cheng Xihe said coldly, "Tomorrow, I will go to Qin Jian's company."

"good!"

*

Day two.

Cheng Xi got up early in the morning, put a pair of boxing gloves in his bag, and went straight to Qin Jian's company.

"Hello, you cannot enter without an appointment."

The receptionist saw Cheng Xihe poised to climb over the turnstile and quickly stopped her.

Cheng Xihe glanced at her: "What's up?"

"Excuse me, miss, that's not right. I'm going to call security." The young woman glanced at her tremblingly.

After calming down, Cheng Xihe said, "Call Qin Jian."

"I'll connect you to the general manager's office. Please wait here for a moment." The receptionist breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw that Cheng Xihe was still rational.

She quickly made a phone call: "Secretary Zhou, a young woman has come here and says she wants to see President Qin."

Upon hearing Secretary Zhou's name, Cheng Xihe said, "I am Cheng Xihe."

She said her name was Cheng Xihe.

After the young woman finished repeating what she had said, she nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I'll let you through right away."

"Miss Cheng, this way."

The receptionist swiped her card, and Cheng Xihe went inside.

I calmed down just now because I didn't want to get into a conflict with a stranger.

There's no need to bully a working-class person just because of Qin Jian.

After taking the elevator to the top floor, Cheng Xihe stepped into the general manager's office.

The outer area is all secretarial offices, and the innermost large area is the president's office.

"Miss, you've arrived." Secretary Zhou saw Cheng Xihe and quickly walked over with a smile on her face.

Cheng Xihe greeted him, "Uncle Zhou, is Qin Jian inside?"

"President Qin is in his office, but it's not convenient right now, Miss, it's best not to..." Secretary Zhou didn't finish her sentence.

Cheng Xihe glanced around, her gaze landing on a pink-clad office desk. She raised an eyebrow: "Where is this?"

"This is the new secretary's seat," Secretary Zhou carefully reminded him.

Cheng Xihe nodded and glanced at the other secretaries: "I need to speak with Qin Jian. Don't stop me."

Most of those people had gossipy looks in their eyes.

Seeing this, they all nodded and said nothing more.

Cheng Xihe walked inside.

Qin Jian's office door wasn't closed properly, leaving a crack, as if he was deliberately showing it to her.

She moved to the side, where she could see right into the office.

A young girl was sitting on Qin Jian's lap, her arms around his neck, laughing happily.

The girl fed Qin Jian a cup of coffee, her voice sweet and coquettish: "Mr. Qin, try this coffee I just made, it's less sugary."

"Okay, I'll like anything you make!"

Qin Jian held the girl's hand and took a sip of coffee: "It's delicious."

"Haha!" The girl laughed, her hair falling loose.

Qin Jian casually picked up a strand of hair, held it to his nose, and smelled it: "Smells good!"

The two were acting very intimately, as if they had been together for some time.

Cheng Xihe took a closer look at the girl inside.

It turned out to be the maid I had chased away when I first got home.

I could tell from their strange gazes.

Qin Jian must have hooked up with her a long time ago!

"Pop!"

I heard kissing sounds coming from inside.

Qin Jian gave the girl a big kiss and handed her a supplementary credit card: "Buy whatever you like, no need to save money."

"Thank you, Mr. Qin!"

The girl hugged Qin Jian and kissed him.

"Bang!"

Just then, the door flew in and slammed hard against the edge of the table.

The two people who were being intimate suddenly flinched and looked towards the door...