My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 173

Chapter 173 A Multitude of Traps
“What bad news?” Mu Yu had a hunch and asked Wen Zeyu in shock.

“Huan plans to purchase Yong Yi Industry with a low price.”

“Oh.” Just when she was about to ask Wen Zeyu what would happen if Yong Yi Industry turned down the purchase offer, he had added, “Yu, a purchase below market price means that he wants to make Xin Yihan go bankrupt.”

“What? Bankrupt?” The shock made her head tingle. How could he take action before she had the chance to explain herself? Wasn’t that crossing the line? No matter how powerful and influential he was, he should not bully others!

“Yes, bankruptcy. I’m not sure how Xin Yihan offended Huan, but Huan is really angered to the point of annihilating him. Yu, do you know the reason?”

Mu Yu became speechless. Of course, she knew the reason, but she was too ashamed to reveal it. No way! She had to stop Qin Jinhuan’s crazy behavior.

“Where’s Huan?” She turned around to walk out of the house.

“Ten minutes ago, he called me to the office to inform me about the purchase. After that, he ordered Secretary Zhi to call for a Board of Directors meeting. Then, I left the office with him, but he said that he had something going on before exiting the elevator. When he was gone, I immediately hid in the emergency exit to call you.”

“I’ll give him a call!”

“Hey! Yu, wait a minute! Don’t act rashly! Listen to me!” Wen Zeyu hurriedly stopped her for fear that she’d hang up. “Yu, calm down and hear me out. I was the only one informed about this decision by Huan. If you call him to talk about this, you’re effectively showing him that I have leaked the confidential information in the company, which is something he’s most strict about. Yu, I’m helping you out of kindness, so please don’t give me away!”

“But I can’t possibly sit back and witness him crush Yihan! Even though Yihan is not my biological brother, I have always treated him like a real brother. His problem is my problem too!” Mu Yu was antsy because she felt that she was the root of the conflict and the last thing she wanted was to implicate Xin Yihan.

“Don’t worry, let’s go through this slowly. Yu, listen to me. There’s still space for discussion for this issue.”

“How?”

“Well, as long as you manage to change his mind before the Board of Directors meeting convenes, you’d solve the problem.”

“You mean I should ask Grandpa for help?”

“No, don’t do that! Yu, if you don’t wish to land Xin Yihan in a worse situation, you should avoid involving Grandpa. I am well aware of Huan’s personality; he hates it when Grandpa tries to muddle in the company affairs. Plus, Grandpa’s health is not that great lately. No matter what happens, it’s best not to agitate him.”

Mu Yu mulled over it and asked, “If the Board does not pass the motion, does it mean that Huan cannot do anything to Yong Yi Industry?”

“Are you thinking of having me persuade the Board of Directors? Gosh, Yu, you’re too naive. Don’t you know that the Board of Directors meeting now is only ceremonial?”

“Uh, is Huan running a dictatorship in the company?”

“No, that’s not it. It’s just that ever since he crushed Yuchi Group, everyone gave him credit, and in turn, his authority grew within the company. Now, the Board of Directors only listens to him. If he wishes to purchase Yong Yi Industry, they will raise both hands in agreement. Yu, Huan is always true to his words. I have no way to change his mind for you. If you don’t wish to see Yong Yi Industry disappear from An City, you have to think of another plan to change his mind. Oh, by the way…”

Wen Zeyu was reminded of something, and he instantly became nervous. “Yu, you got to be smart. Don’t try to persuade Huan on the matter of Yong Yi Industry’s purchase. Otherwise, you’d land me in hot water!”

Mu Yu was taken aback. “How should I approach him then?”

“Firstly, you should call Xin Yihan to get an idea of how he offended Huan. After that, you can explain to Huan nicely. Once you have clarified the issue and Huan is not angry anymore, he’d definitely not bring up the motion to purchase Yong Yi Industry at the meeting tomorrow.”

“Oh.” Mu Yu secretly let out a sigh. She did not have to call Xin Yihan at all. Earlier, she had been confident in persuading Qin Jinhuan. However, now that he was enraged and wanted to crush Xin Yihan’s company, she suddenly felt uncertain about her odds of winning over him.

Why the bad temper? Does he really not believe in me? Mu Yu felt tremendously wronged.

“Alright, Yu. I’ll hang up.”

“Okay.” She quietly placed her phone back into the pocket and took a seat on the stone bench in the garden, staring at the garden entrance with indignation.

If not for fear of implicating Xin Yihan, she would have spat at that miserly Qin Jinhuan hundreds of times. She was rational and knew what not to do.

“Young Mistress, it’s lunchtime.”

Hearing that Li Xianglan was calling, Mu Yu immediately turned around to answer as she stood up to get back into the house. Inside, she saw that Grandpa had taken his seat at the dining table. She composed herself and walked over, knowing well that Grandpa had some existing misunderstanding with Qin Jinhuan that she did not wish to aggravate by showing her unhappiness.

After lunch, she left with the excuse of being tired and retired to her room. She closed the door and took some time to prepare her speech before dialing Qin Jinhuan’s number.

“Hello?” Qin Jinhuan did not call her name like usual, which meant that he was still angry. Her face hardened, and she meekly whispered, “Huan.”

“What?”

“Well, actually, between Yihan and me…”

“President Qin, I’ve sent out the notice for tomorrow’s Board of Directors meeting,” Zhi Xiaoyin unexpectedly interrupted his call. Mu Yu overheard her words and panicked, hurrying to explain, “Huan, there’s nothing between Yihan and I.”

“If you want to talk, let’s wait until I get home at night.”

“Huan? Hello? Hello?!”

How could he hang up on her? In a fit of rage, Mu Yu threw her phone onto the couch.

Right then, her phone was ringing again. She thought it was a callback from Qin Jinhuan and was immediately invigorated as she grabbed her phone, only to feel deflated after seeing that it was Wen Zeyu. She moodily picked up the call.

“Yu, I saw Xin Yihan at Qing Tian Group. He has just entered Huan’s office.”

Wait, did Huan hang up on me just now because of Yihan’s arrival? Feeling nervous, she replied, “Yihan must be there to beg him for help.”

“No, he’s not. He didn’t even know about Huan’s plan for Yong Yi Industry. Based on my understanding of Huan, he’s probably the one who invited Xin Yihan over, and he’d first force Xin Yihan to agree with the purchase. If Xin Yihan disagrees, Huan will use the refusal to cooperate as an excuse to carry out coercion.”

“Of course, Xin Yihan would definitely refuse to agree to that purchase. After all, it’s a huge loss that only idiots would agree to. Yu, don’t call Xin Yihan now. You should only ask him about the meeting after he leaves Qing Tian Building. I’ll text you when he leaves.”

After that, Wen Zeyu ended the call, leaving Mu Yu in a daze. How despicable of Qin Jinhuan to take action on Xin Yihan!

She suddenly felt that Qin Jinhuan’s possessiveness was too much, to the point that scared her. After seeing Xin Yihan hugging her under the broad daylight, he resolved to crush Xin Yihan’s company. What if he bumped into her in another man’s room? He might end up destroying that man’s family out of spite.

Was it wise to spend her entire life with a man like Qin Jinhuan? Could she even guarantee not to get closer to the opposite gender for her entire life?

A WeChat notification interrupted her racing thoughts. It was a text from Jiang Wenwen.

‘Yu, how’s your research going?’ Jiang Wenwen added a smirking face emoji after her text.

Mu Yu knew what Jiang Wenwen meant by ‘research’. After some hesitation, she sent a long text to her best friend. ‘Wenwen, I admit that I felt something for Yihan at Tai Cemetery because of Luo Mingan’s death. I also admit that I let my emotions get the better of me. But, how should I put it? Just like how I let go of my trauma in front of Luo Mingan’s grave, I wanted to put a stop to my feelings for Yihan.’

‘You know that I’ve never confessed my feelings to Yihan because he always sees me as a young girl. I wanted to do it when I became older and more mature. I never thought that he’d get himself a girlfriend before I had the chance to confess. It has become a thorn in my heart and a never-ending regret. I bet you know how many times I have cried over this regret. I really wanted to ask him in person that if I had confessed to him before Xiaotian, would things be different?’

‘Asking him that? Mu Yu, you’re an ultimate fool! I suspect that your brain has gone haywire. How could you still dwell on this problem now?’ Jiang Wenwen was furious at her reply, so she reprimanded her. ‘You think you hid your feelings well? Let me tell you the truth. Your classmates and friends around you, even Xin Yihan himself, knew that you had a crush on him! If he had any feelings for you back then, he wouldn’t have accepted Yin Xiaotian as his girlfriend. Even if you ask him that question, you’d still get the same answer!’

‘I know. Of course, I do.’ Mu Yu started sobbing at her phone screen. ‘I just wanted to find an opportunity to end my feelings for Yihan.’

‘Yu, there’s no need for you to wipe out your feelings for Xin Yihan in the past. You can see him as your first love that’s now in your memory. Keep that memory deep in your heart and start a new relationship. Listen to my advice: don’t dwell on Yihan and give your all to Young Master Qin.’

‘Well, I have let go of Yihan before this. It’s just that I suddenly feel too afraid to love Qin Jinhuan.’

‘Why?’ Jiang Wenwen was confused. Therefore, Mu Yu told her friend about how she thought Qin Jinhuan was overprotective, judging from the information Wen Zeyu had provided.

After reading that, Jiang Wenwen laughed out loud. ‘If I were Young Master Qin, I would have done the same to Xin Yihan too! How dare Xin Yihan hug you? I’d want to give a warning to the world that whoever touches my woman would be in trouble.’

‘Wenwen, I’m not joking with you!’

‘Neither am I. Yu, Young Master Qin cares a lot about you! You can’t blame him for being jealous. It’s all because you’ve focused too much on Xin Yihan and refuse to be intimate with Young Master Qin. He cannot gauge your feelings for him, therefore he misunderstands, gets jealous, and wants revenge. At the end of the day, it’s all your fault. Alright, Yu, listen to me and bare yourself to Young Master Qin. You’ll tell him with action that you’ve put down your feelings for Xin Yihan, and the man you love is Young Master Qin!’

‘Let me remind you. If you wait to act after his meeting tomorrow, it’ll be too late. He would misunderstand that you are only reluctantly doing so to save Xin Yihan. A man as arrogant as him would definitely turn down your advance, and your relationship would be done for. You have to think it through.’

Mu Yu sweated nervously after reading the texts from Jiang Wenwen, but it made her suddenly realize what she needed to do. What she did not know was that Jiang Wenwen had been reprimanding Wen Zeyu on the other side.

“I asked that you add some fuel to the fire, but how could you scare her? If you scare her away from intimacy with Young Master Qin, let’s see how the Old Master Qin will deal with you.”

Wen Zeyu scratched his head in confusion. “I didn’t expect Yu to overthink it. I guess women’s thought process is different from men’s. Sigh. Anyway, thank goodness you’re quick and found the problem. Smart, you’re really smart.”

“I’m not smart. It’s just that I know Yu very well.” Jiang Wenwen was a little flustered when Mr. McDreamy praised her. Wen Zeyu gave her a thumbs up and asked, “What should we do now?”

“Yu is considering my suggestion. Now, we only need another push to complete our mission.” Jiang Wenwen laughed confidently.

Qin Xiaozhi had been observing the development between his grandson and granddaughter-in-law. Seeing that the couple still had not been intimate with each other, he was extremely anxious and gathered Jiang Wenwen and Wen Zeyu to discuss it. He requested that the two help to get Qin Jinhuan and Mu Yu together. After receiving Mu Yu’s text today about Qin Jinhuan’s tantrum, Jiang Wenwen knew that the time was ripe, so she immediately rushed to contact Wen Zeyu and Qin Xiaozhi. The three of them colluded, struck out, and seized the opportunity to work on the situation.

On the other hand, Mu Yu was completely unaware of the fact that her best friend had sold her out to others. Instead, she studied the raunchy text from Jiang Wenwen, which was a sign that she had decided to follow through.

In the evening, Qin Jinhuan requested that Huang Bo call his family to inform them that he had an event at night, so he’d skip dinner at home and be back at 10 pm. At home, Mu Yu had retired to her room early, took a bath, and changed into her pajamas to wait anxiously for Qin Jinhuan’s return.

Someone knocked on the door.

Thinking that it was Qin Jinhuan, she trembled in shock. However, she heard Li Xianglan’s voice out there and recalled that Qin Jinhuan did not have the habit of knocking, so it must not be him. She hurriedly draped a jacket over herself and opened the door.

“Young Mistress, this is your in-city express parcel delivery.”

“A delivery?” She was taken aback because she could not think of anyone who’d arrange delivery to her at 9:30 pm. There was no information of the sender on the parcel receipt as well.

In-city express delivery? Mu Yu was reminded of Xin Yihan’s company that dealt with in-city express delivery, therefore she felt a little nervous. Could this be from him?

She quickly locked her door and opened the parcel. When she rested her eyes on the content, she was beyond shocked.