My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 197

Chapter 197 A Daring Fight with an Ex-Love Rival
“What’s wrong? Huan? Huan?” When Mu Yu jumped off the bed and ran after him with her questions, Qin Jinhuan was already heading downstairs. With a bad hunch in her mind, she quickly returned to her room to change and wash up. Next, she dashed to the first floor, preparing to follow him and to understand the situation.

“Yu!” When she ran past the living room, she heard grandpa’s yelling and stopped in her tracks. Turning around, she noticed that grandpa and Qin Chengxi were both sitting there.

Aside from them, three rare guests were there too: Qin Wentao, Dong Yueyun and Dong Wanqing.

Dong Wanqing’s round eyes were fixated on her, which made her feel uncomfortable. Instantly, she glared at Dong Wanqing, who then pretended that she was unintentionally looking at Mu Yu and shifted her gaze away.

“Yu, don’t run around! You could fall down… I mean hurt yourself!” Qin Xiaozhi did not have time to take his walking stick as he stood up to hurry over to Mu Yu.

“Grandpa, be careful!”

“Boss, be careful!”

Both Qin Chengxi and Qi Hao rushed up to support the old man.

Knowing that grandpa was worried about the non-existent baby in her, she felt a little guilty but dared not express her emotions. Instead, she forced a smile at him. “Grandpa, it’s fine. I’ll be careful.”

“You have to be! Things are different now.” Qin Xiaozhi pushed aside Qi Hao and Qin Chengxi, taking Mu Yu’s hand with a smile. He gently told her, “Lan has prepared some nutritious soup for you. Go have some soup. The more you drink, the better.”

“Okay. Grandpa, have you had the soup?”

“Yeah. Come here, I’ll accompany you.”

“No, that’s okay. Grandpa, I’ll go have the soup. You should chat with them.”

Although Mu Yu disliked Qin Wentao and Dong Yueyun, the two were still the parents of Qin Chengxi and grandpa’s important family members. Therefore, it was necessary for Mu Yu to address them reluctantly with a polite smile.

She didn’t want Qin Xiaozhi beside her because she feared that he’d keep urging her to eat more. In her mind, she planned to slip away when no one was noticing to go after Qin Jinhuan.

After that, she puckered her lips at Qin Chengxi and hurried into the dining room.

The moment she took her seat, Li Xianglan served her a huge spread for breakfast. While eating, she furtively turned around to check on the situation in the living room. She noticed that Qin Chengxi had brought grandpa back to the living room, where he took a seat with his back facing the main entrance. Feeling gleeful, she gobbled down some bread and gulped down some milk. Taking a few napkins to wipe her mouth, she was headed toward the entrance.

“Young Mistress, the soup…”

“Shhh!”

Mu Yu winked at Li Xianglan, flashing a mischievous grin and sticking out her tongue. Then, she tiptoed out of the house. When she was out, she made a call to Bian Zijun to check on the situation in the company.

Soon, Qin Jinhuan took over the call. “It’s a small matter. Not a problem at all. You should rest at home. I have asked Rong Jian to take leave for you.”

“Stop fooling me. If it was a small matter, you would not have barged out of the house. Tell me, what exactly happened at the company?”

“I’ll update you later when I’m back. Okay, I’ve reached the company.”

“But…”

The call ended abruptly.

Mu Yu put her phone down helplessly. After giving it some thought, she decided to turn to Wen Zeyu for help. However, her two calls to him went unanswered, which was the moment she realized that the situation must have gone out of control. With no time to spare, she jogged out of the neighborhood and hailed a cab to head toward Qing Tian Building.

Just when she stepped into the building, she immediately sensed that something was wrong from the unused staff elevators that were usually packed with people. Two elevators were surprisingly empty on the first floor. She suppressed her overflowing suspicion and hurried into the elevator, heading straight toward the floor of the CEO office.

Right as she stepped out of the elevator, she saw a group of women standing in front of Qin Jinhuan’s office and were busy chatting away. The sight of the gossiping women made her heart sink.

God, could it be that Qin Jinhuan is involved in a romantic scandal?

No, that’s not what he would do!

Even though she rejected the guesses, she still shuffled toward the crowd.

“Ladies, go back to your desks and work. Don’t scare yourselves.”

Yin Anran? Why are these women surrounding her?

Suspicious, Mu Yu stood on her tiptoe and peeked into the crowd.

At that moment, a woman standing beside her shrieked in panic, “There are too many murders happening to the company. Who knows? We might be the next victim! I know that we’re not influential or rich, but our lives are valuable too! How could you make us go back to work without a worry?”

“Yeah! Our lives are more important than anything else!” A cacophony of voices broke out in support of the woman’s indignant remark.

Ah, so this is a commotion resulting from the murder case. Mu Yu chided herself for her wild guesses from before.

Scolding herself in silence, she tried to figure out a way to assuage the panicky employees.

A loud sound was heard when Yin Anran abruptly slammed her hand on the table. The sound startled Mu Yu and interrupted her train of thoughts. Annoyed, she glared at Yin Anran, who was now confronting the women. “True, we can’t predict what would happen in the future. Since you said that your lives are more important, why don’t you protect yourselves and quit the company?”

The insolent statement caused another uproar in the crowd as everyone started to discuss Yin Anran’s unfriendly words. However, there was only one main issue of discussion—to quit or not to quit.

Mu Yu did not expect Yin Anran to take the aggressive way in solving the problem. Angered and frustrated, she wanted to step forward and stop Yin Anran. At the same time, Zhi Xiaoyin who was equally dismayed gently tugged at Yin Anran’s sleeve. “Assistant Yin…”

Unfazed, Yin Anran batted Zhi Xiaoyan’s hand away and continued addressing the crowd with a cold tone, “It’s fine if you want to quit. You can even tender your resignation right now, which I will immediately approve. But before that, I want to remind you all to head back and check the final clause in your employment contract. When that’s done, you can decide if you’re quitting or not.”

The women stared at each other blankly as Yin Anran shifted her gaze to Zhi Xiaoyin. “Secretary Zhi, don’t you have a sample of the contract lying around here? Why don’t you find it and read the final clause out loud?”

“Oh, okay. I’ll go get it now.” Zhi Xiaoyin seemed to know what would unfold as she frantically shoved her way out from the crowd.

During the wait, Yin Anran did not bother to look at the crowd. Instead, she cast her glance downward and organized the bangs on her forehead carelessly with confidence.

Yin Anran’s confidence affirmed Mu Yu’s guess on the contents of the final clause in the contract. Knowing that there would not be a mass exodus, she let out a relieved sigh. At the same time, she figured out the reason behind Qin Jinhuan’s actions this morning. However, she was unsure where he was at right now. She could tell that he was not in the office but he clearly didn’t want to let her in on the situation. Therefore, she decided to make sure that Yin Anran settled the labor discontentment before soliciting more information about Qin Jinhuan from Zhi Xiaoyin.

Soon, Zhi Xiaoyin returned with an employment contract and loudly announced the final clause. To sum it up, the final clause stated that a breach of contract before the agreed date for personal reasons would result in a huge sum of penalty, which was what Mu Yu had anticipated.

Since the penalty was an astronomical figure for most, it caused another uproar in the crowd. When the employees first signed with Qing Tian Group, their only worry was that they’d be fired for underperformance by the company. Never had they thought that one day they would be considering breaching the contract to leave voluntarily.

“…Qing Tian Group reserves the right to the final interpretation to this contract,” Zhi Xiaoyin finally finished reading out the content and smiled at Yin Anran.

Yin Anran gently blew away the dust on her finger and looked at the crowd emotionlessly. “If you don’t mind paying the penalty, and you’re confident that you can get a better job at another company offering better benefits and career development, I think you should quit right now. I’m not going to ask you for your resignation letters as well. You just have to register your names with Secretary Zhi and I’ll instantly have the finance department to settle your accounts.”

Zhi Xiaoyin hurriedly reminded her in a whisper, “Assistant Yin, you’re going against the rules. If the boss wants to hold someone responsible…”

“Huh?” Yin Anran smirked and cut her off, “I helped the company save a huge sum on their annual bonus payout and even got them a big amount of penalty payments. How would the boss blame me? He might even praise me! The company is not that busy at the end of year. If need be, we will pay the remaining employees for their overtime. When spring comes next year, it’d be very easy to get replacements for those who left.”

Based on past traditions, the company would hold a year-end celebration annually, where the bonus would be paid out to the staff. This year, due to the negative impact from the two murder cases, the leadership of the company discussed and decided to cancel the celebration in order to avoid any unwanted accidents. Therefore, the year-end bonus would be postponed until right before Lunar New Year.

Hearing that they might lose out on the year-end bonus, the employees who had been debating on quitting immediately panicked. Their attitude swiftly changed and they expressed their intention to stay with the company.

Right then, Yin Anran suddenly bellowed, “If you’re not going to quit, why aren’t you back to your place working? Have you forgotten about the penalty for unexcused absence?”

“Let’s go. Go.”

The crowd dispersed within no time.

Despite Mu Yu’s long-held prejudice toward Yin Anran, she secretly praised the assistant for her skills in manipulating one’s psychology.

“Assistant Yin, you’re truly… Huh? Madam? Why are you here?” Zhi Xiaoyin finally noticed Mu Yu and hurried up to greet her.

When Mu Yu was greeted by Zhi Xiaoyin, she noticed that Yin Anran did not even bother to bat an eye. That was when she realized that Yin Anran must have noticed her from the very start. Therefore, her speech in front of the crowd was a tactic to show off her special status in the company. Upon knowing that, Mu Yu could not help but feel ridiculous for praising Yin Anran just now.

Without bothering to pay attention to the immature and arrogant love rival or hers, she gestured at Zhi Xiaoyin to follow her into Qin Jinhuan’s office for a talk.

“What a jinx.”

When Mu Yu walked by Yin Anran, she heard the latter muttering something. She immediately stopped and confronted Yin Anran with hostility, “Who are you referring to?”

“Who else could it be aside from you?” Yin Anran shot her a provocative look.

“How could you say that to me? You…”

Sensing an upcoming war, Zhi Xiaoyin tensed up and frantically pulled Mu Yu back while suggesting with a smile, “Madam, let’s enter the CEO office…”

Yin Anran shoved away Zhi Xiaoyin who was standing in between and stood haughtily in front of Mu Yu. “Ever since my brother-in-law got together with you, he’s been through many unlucky incidents, which you should know about. You’re truly a jinx!”

Slap!

Mu Yu disliked Yin Anran from the very beginning and could not stand her insolence. She gave Yin Anran a slap on the face in anger.

“B*tch! How dare you slap me?” Enraged, Yin Anran attempted to land a violent kick on Mu Yu’s abdomen.