My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 307
Chapter 307 Bloodshed
Qin Jinhuan didn’t even have time to put on his shoes. He rushed to the door and yelled angrily, “What are you shouting for?!”
Knowing what his boss was nervous about, Bian Zijun hurriedly pointed to the door opposite the one to Qin Jinhuan’s room and explained, “Old Master Qin just went out.”
Only then did Qin Jinhuan’s expression ease slightly. He immediately gave Bian Zijun a sidelong glance and asked, “What happened?”
“The property owners of Xinyue Estates headed to the sales center early in the morning, and they’re asking for refunds and withdrawals of their ownership!”
“Refunds and withdrawals of their ownership?”
“That’s right! They said that many more will die in Xinyue Estates, and they’re afraid of becoming the next victim. As such, they’re asking for refunds and withdrawals of their ownership en masse!”
A surprised Mu Yu interjected as she questioned, “Who said that many more will die in Xinyue Estates?”
Bian Zijun shook his head. “Nobody knows who said that, but since they’re all claiming so, someone must be spreading malicious rumors behind our back to beguile people,” he replied. When he saw how Qin Jinhuan looked askance at him, he hurriedly continued, “I have asked someone to look into it. But now, the sales center is crowded with property owners asking for withdrawals of their ownership. The customer service manager failed to take control of the situation, so both President Wen and President Chao have hurried over there. They called you, but they couldn’t reach you on the phone, so they called me and got me to hurry over and tell you about this.”
Meanwhile, Qin Jinhuan had turned around and returned to the room long ago. He picked up the cell phone on the nightstand, only to discover that his cell phone had been muted before he realized it. When he unlocked it, he saw five or six missed calls as expected. However, he didn’t have time to return the calls. After washing up in the bathroom, he changed his clothes and went out in a hurry.
Li Xianglan, who was bustling about in the kitchen, heard the noise and hurriedly caught up with him. “Hey, Young Master Huan! Your breakfast has been prepared!”
“I won’t be eating.” Qin Jinhuan headed straight for the door without stopping in his tracks.
Mu Yu, who rushed downstairs after Qin Jinhuan, shouted at Li Xianglan, “Aunty Lan, can you please hurry up and pack the breakfast?”
“Oh, sure!” Li Xianglan quickly turned around and took the lunchbox. Then, she quickly filled the lunchbox with the breakfast and handed it to Mu Yu.
The woman took the lunchbox and ran out quickly just in time for Bian Zijun to drive the car over. She followed Qin Jinhuan into the car without saying a word.
Just then, Qin Jinhuan asked, “Aren’t you supposed to be going to the quarry today?”
Mu Yu was surprised. “How did you know I was planning to go there?”
“Rong Jian called me last night. Just go ahead with your work.”
Mu Yu looked at her wristwatch and saw that it was already 8.30AM. Rong Jian was probably already on the way to the Qin Manor. Still, she didn’t get out of the car after some hesitation. “I’m going to Xinyue Estates with you.”
Time was running short, and she sounded very affirmative. Therefore, Qin Jinhuan merely ordered Bian Zijun, “Drive.” He didn’t say anything else.
When the car began to move, Mu Yu opened the lunchbox and picked up a custard bun for Qin Jinhuan with some chopsticks. “Just grab a bite first.”
Qin Jinhuan pushed the chopsticks toward her. “Eat it yourself.”
“You should eat first! You won’t have time to eat once we reach Xinyue Estates!” She brought the chopsticks to Qin Jinhuan’s mouth again; only then did he bite into the bun and chew it slowly. She opened the cup containing milk while asking him worriedly, “Have you figured out how to deal with this?”
“Not yet.”
“What should we do then?”
“We’ll just refund their money.”
“Refund their money?!” Bian Zijun stepped on the brakes in shock. He quickly looked back and reminded, “Boss, there are at least 60,000 to 70,000 houses in Xinyue Estates. The houses are sold in ten phases, and their average price is said to be more than 4 million, so their total price must be more than 100 billion! It will be terrible if we just refund their money!”
Mu Yu was unaware of Xinyue Estates’ situation. Now that she heard Bian Zijun saying so, she instantly panicked as well. She didn’t even bother wiping the milk stains off her clothes as she anxiously looked at Qin Jinhuan and dissuaded him by saying, “Now isn’t the time to be difficult with the property owners! A murder happened in the neighborhood, and someone took the opportunity to spread malicious rumors. It’s only normal for the frightened property owners to ask for refunds and withdrawals of their ownership to protect themselves! After all, they only live once! Our top priority isn’t to be difficult with the property owners but to wake them out of deception so that they are clear-headed enough to realize that what they’re doing right now is extremely unwise. It only makes sense to let them obediently go back to their respective homes!”
“Young Mistress is right!” Bian Zijun agreed immediately.
However, Qin Jinhuan didn’t answer them. He merely said impassively, “Just drive.”
Bian Zijun glanced at Qin Jinhuan in the rearview mirror. Seeing the serene look on Qin Jinhuan’s face, he knew that the latter had made up his mind on how to deal with the situation. However, he couldn’t help feeling nervous as he drove. He was well aware that refunding the money wasn’t the best way to solve the problem, for doing so would only throw Qing Tian Group’s real estate business into an unfavorable situation. However, he couldn’t think of a better way to solve the problem either, so he could only brace himself to drive while planning to figure out an appropriate way for his boss once they arrived at the scene and saw the situation.
On the other hand, Mu Yu wasn’t as calm as Bian Zijun was. She was worried that Qin Jinhuan’s arrogant personality would cause him to act impetuously and directly agree to refund the money. Even though she didn’t understand Xinyue Estates’ situation very much, she could imagine the consequences of refunding the money after hearing what Bian Zijun had said just now. “How about you don’t go to Xinyue Estates, Huan? Just go back to the company first. Didn’t you say that you’ll be having a high-level meeting this morning? Just let Zeyu and President Chao take care of the matters at Xinyue Estates. They’ll definitely solve the problem very skillfully with their capabilities.”
Upon hearing Mu Yu’s advice to Qin Jinhuan, Bian Zijun slowed down the car a lot. Xinyue Estates and Qing Tian Building wouldn’t be in the same direction once they passed the intersection in front of them.
“Just go to Xinyue Estates.”
“All right.” Feeling somewhat helpless, Bian Zijun sped up the car with a look of worry.
“Huan—”
“Eat your breakfast.”
“But—” Mu Yu argued, but her cell phone rang just then. She fell silent as soon as she realized that Rong Jian was calling her, and she picked up the call to explain, “I can’t go to the quarry with you, Chief Rong. Something happened at Xinyue Estates, so Huan and I are on our way there.”
“I can’t go to the quarry at the moment either, so I’m calling you to explain this.”
Mu Yu was very nervous. “What’s wrong? What happened over there?”
“Nothing happened on my side—the problem is still with Xinyue Estates! The 110 Command Center just received a police report saying that a pernicious fight happened at Xinyue Estates’ sales center. The situation is very chaotic, so the bureau has dispatched most of its police officers to the scene to deal with the situation. I’m hanging up since I have to fall in!”
“Are there any casualties? Hello? Hello?!”
Mu Yu was shouting at her phone when Qin Jinhuan’s cell phone rang—Chao Chenyu was calling him. As soon as Qin Jinhuan answered the phone, he heard a loud noise followed by Chao Chenyu’s hoarse voice as the latter shouted, “Bad news, President Qin! They’ve come to blows, and everything is in complete chaos! We can’t take control… Hey! Hey! Watch out, Zeyu! Ouch!” The call was then disconnected following Chao Chenyu’s cry of alarm.
“Oh my God! Why would they come to blows?!” Mu Yu already had her heart in her mouth. “I hope that no lives have been harmed!” The fact that the bureau had dispatched most of its police officers to the scene proved that the situation at the scene was very serious. Even though she wasn’t there to witness it right now, she could imagine how chaotic the scene was.
Bian Zijun had floored the gas pedal as he sped toward Xinyue Estates, whereas Weng Yun, who sat in the passenger seat, quickly called all his subordinates and told them to hurry to the scene.
As he clutched his cell phone tightly, Qin Jinhuan merely pressed his lips together and stared straight ahead without saying another word. On the other hand, Mu Yu had put the lunchbox away and held her palms together in prayer.
“Sh*t! We’re stuck in traffic!” Just then, Bian Zijun stopped the car and was honking his horns in exasperation.
“Hey! Where are you going, Huan?” Mu Yu looked at Qin Jinhuan in puzzlement as he got out of the car.
“Xinyue Estates is just ahead of us. Boss probably wants to go there on foot,” Weng Yun explained. Then, he got out of the car and quickly caught up with Qin Jinhuan.
Bian Zijun quickly looked back. “Would you like to sit in the car or walk there with Boss, Young Mistress?”
“Let’s walk there.” Mu Yu had gotten out of the car and trotted forward before finishing her sentence.
With that, Bian Zijun followed her with a grave expression.
To develop Xinyue Estates better, Qing Tian Group had built a 12-lane road connecting the inside and the outside of the city at Xinyue Estates’ entrance back then. The road was wide, and the conditions on it were great, so cars leaving the city via the west of the city liked to take this road. Bian Zijun was well aware that this road was rarely congested with cars, and the fact that the road was jam-packed with cars today proved that something serious had happened ahead of it. Xinyue Estates’ sales center happened to be at the front, and it was on the east side of Xinyue Estates’ front entrance. As Bian Zijun walked, he looked at the cars stuck on the road. After seeing that many of the cars’ drivers weren’t inside the cars, he felt increasingly alarmed—these people must have rushed to the scene to watch the ‘excitement.’
Qin Jinhuan walked very fast; Mu Yu had to run two steps for every two steps he walked if she wanted to catch up with him. After walking for five to six minutes, they heard the noise coming from the front, whereas the police sirens and ambulance sirens sounded behind him. As they got nearer to Xinyue Estates’ sales center, the noise became louder, and Mu Yu and the rest became increasingly heavy-hearted.
Just then, a group of people ran toward them with horrified expressions, so Mu Yu immediately grabbed a woman and asked her about the situation ahead of them. “Someone’s dead! Someone was trampled to death!” The woman’s fear toned her voice. After finishing her sentence in a hoarse voice, she quickly shook off Mu Yu’s hand and continued running toward a place with fewer people.
Upon noticing that there was something wrong with the situation, Bian Zijun nervously stopped Qin Jinhuan. “It’s dangerous at the front, Boss!”
However, Qin Jinhuan knocked his hand off and instructed him in a grave voice, “Tell our men who have arrived to disperse the crowd first.”
Weng Yun hurriedly responded, “I have given the instructions, Boss.”
Qin Jinhuan continued to step forward quickly without saying another word. Just then, a large crowd rushed past them from behind. Judging from their uniforms, some of them were police officers, armed forces, and even paramedics. A young armed police officer stopped Qin Jinhuan and the others. “It’s dangerous ahead of you all! You guys can’t move on!”
When she saw that Qin Jinhuan had no intention of stopping, Mu Yu immediately explained to the armed police officer, “We have also been notified about this, and we are here to come to the rescue!”
“Are you all plainclothes officers?”
“Yes.”
“I see.” Only then did the kind-hearted armed police officer say nothing else. He put down his hand, turned around, and ran ahead.
Meanwhile, Mu Yu trembled with fright when she saw the dense crowd ahead of her. She dispersed the uninjured crowds with Qin Jinhuan, the officers, and the others while watching anxiously as the injured people were stretchered off or carried away by the officers. “Why would this happen?!” She felt as though the scene before her eyes was the aftermath of a terrorist attack. She simply couldn’t believe it if she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes.
Just then, an armed police officer helped a weeping old woman as they walked past. The old woman said, “Didn’t I say that the houses in Xinyue Estates are evil? Those who live in the houses are killed, whereas those who don’t live in the houses are more dead than alive. If we don’t withdraw our ownership, we’ll definitely lose our lives!”
A man whose face was bleeding immediately agreed, “That’s right! These houses must be returned! Nothing is more important than saving our lives!”
A few other people agreed with him with looks of fear on their faces.
A stunned Mu Yu froze in place and stared blankly at those who kept walking past her while simultaneously clamoring for withdrawals of their ownership. For a moment, she failed to notice a few people who were running ahead desperately.
“Watch out!” Qin Jinhuan pulled her away from the group of people as she was in a daze. At the same time, he scolded fretfully, “Are you stupid? Can’t you see the danger ahead of you?”
“I—”
“Huan!” Before Mu Yu could finish her sentence, Rong Jian had run their way. “It’s bad! Several people died! Zeyu was also—”
Qin Jinhuan was shocked. “Is Zeyu dead too?!”
“Oh my God!” Mu Yu was frightened out of her wits.