My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 329
Chapter 329 Despicable Deed
“Calm down! It’s me. It’s me.”
The ‘ghostly face’ disappeared all of a sudden. Then, Mu Yu found herself in the arms of a familiar man amid the darkness. Upon recognizing Qin Jinhuan’s voice, she clutched her chest, heaved a long sigh of relief, and shook him off angrily. “Don’t you know you can literally scare people to death?”
Qin Jinhuan whispered in her ear with an apologetic smile and said, “I was joking with you, Darling. I thought forensic doctors have nerves of steel.”
“We forensic doctors have nerves of steel only when it comes to dead bodies. That doesn’t mean we aren’t scared of people who pretend to be dead and disguise themselves as ghosts…” Mu Yu replied, only to stop mid-sentence when she suddenly realized that it was inauspicious to say the words ‘people who pretend to be dead.’ She immediately changed the subject by asking, “How did you know I’m here?”
Qin Jinhuan led her out as he explained, “I was looking for you in your office, but you weren’t there. When I asked the guards here, they said you hadn’t left yet, so I came here in search of you. Don’t make phone calls in such a place anymore. Mosquitoes and bugs often hide in such places.”
Mu Yu laughed in disapproval. “I’m not scared of mosquitoes and bugs. In fact, they should be scared of me because I’ll catch them and cut them up for experiments.”
“Still, you’re scared of catching snakes, aren’t you?”
Mu Yu shuddered all over at the word ‘snakes’ instantly. Even though she wasn’t afraid of other animals, she had a great fear of mollusks and limbless vertebrates. Nevertheless, she put her faith in luck and asked, “The snakes should still be hibernating, shouldn’t they?”
Qin Jinhuan laughed. “Haven’t you heard of the common saying that snakes leave their burrows on the third day of the third month and retreat back into their burrows on the ninth day of the ninth month?”
Mu Yu argued, “You’re referring to the lunar calendar, aren’t you? The third lunar month has just begun. The snakes won’t wake up from hibernation so promptly, right?”
Qin Jinhuan replied, “Well, that’s very likely to happen. Global warming is causing snakes to come out of hibernation earlier than usual, so now’s the time for snakes to come out of hibernation and leave their burrows. Since they’ve just spent a full winter hibernating, they’ll start foraging for food as soon as they leave their burrows. Your department has done a great job of sprucing itself up with greenery, so there are many bugs here. Surely, there’ll be plenty of snakes too. The common ones are fine because they aren’t likely to hurt people, but you must be extra careful of venomous snakes. They have just come out of their burrows and are in need of something to eat, so they’re most likely to hurt people. Not only that, they are venomous as well.”
His words, which were uttered in a grave manner, sent chills running through Mu Yu. After taking his hand subconsciously, she ran out of the bushes, jumped onto the concrete floor, and looked around warily.
Qin Jinhuan was amused by how she looked. At first, he had wanted to scare her again, but he couldn’t bear to do so when he saw how nervous she looked. In the end, he bit back his words, wrapped his arm around her waist, and reassured her with a chuckle, “Fear not, the venomous snakes wouldn’t dare to come out in my presence.”
Mu Yu curled her lips. “Do you think you’re made of sulfur?”
“I smell like it.”
“You’re stinking of sweat.”
“No, it’s the smell of manliness which you love the most.”
“Geez, what makes you so confident?”
“The way you look at me.”
“All I see is a pig—a big and bulky one at that.”
“I’m your husband; wouldn’t you be a sow if I were a pig? Hey, little sow,” Qin Jinhuan replied before bursting into laughter.
“Stop laughing.”
While pretending to be angry, Mu Yu kicked at Qin Jinhuan, who then jumped aside and dodged her attack with a mischievous grin. She immediately charged up and kicked at him again, but he continued to stride forward and dodge her attacks without ever letting go of her hand, causing her to stagger several times. Whenever she staggered, he would extend his other hand and hold her steady, thus putting her in an awkward situation.
Mu Yu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when she and Qin Jinhuan arrived at the municipal bureau’s entrance. Weng Yun, who had respectfully opened the car door for them, shot a meaningful glance at Bian Zijun behind him after the couple got into the car. Bian Zijun threw his hands up and shrugged his shoulders with a look that said he had gotten used to the couple flirting with each other.
“Did Meng Sihan behave badly toward you?”
Mu Yu was perplexed by Qin Jinhuan’s sudden question for a moment after they got into the car. “What? Meng Sihan? Who are you talking about?”
“I’m talking about the young lady that Rong Jian’s mother brought with her.”
“Oh, so you’re talking about her!” Only then did Mu Yu learn that the lady’s surname was Meng. She said with a curl of her lip, “She was rude to me, but I blasted her in return.” Then, she told Qin Jinhuan briefly how Meng Sihan and Li Shiyi had shown up together at the forensic lab and asked for Feng Rubing, as well as how Rong Jian had taken Feng Rubing to Huacheng in advance. Lastly, she asked him about Meng Sihan. “When did Chief Rong’s parents set him up with a woman? Why have I never heard of this from you guys before?”
“I, too, haven’t heard of this until recently,” Qin Jinhuan replied before telling her everything he knew.
As it turned out, the Rong Family had expanded its business abroad in recent years. Since Li Shiyi was particularly fond of Australia’s weather and food, the uxorious Rong Han moved his company’s headquarters two years ago, settling there with Li Shiyi and flying to An City every once in a while to visit their children. However, when they first arrived in Australia, his business wasn’t doing well due to a lack of secure footing.
Meng Tianxiang, Meng Sihan’s father, was prestigious among the local Chinese. The Meng Group, which was the company under his name, was also very powerful over there, so Rong Han was particularly eager to win his support. He had tried numerous ways to win Meng Tianxiang’s favor, but the latter had always given him the cold shoulder. This put Rong Han at a great disadvantage in the business field.
It wasn’t until the end of last year that the tide finally turned in Rong Han’s favor. As chance would have it, Gu Xuehan—Meng Tianxiang’s wife and Meng Sihan’s mother—was also from An City. When Meng Tianxiang took Meng Sihan back to An City at the end of last year to celebrate the birthday of the latter’s grandfather, they were targeted by a group of vicious criminals who kidnapped Meng Sihan to extort money from Meng Tianxiang.
Meng Tianxiang was furious, but he couldn’t do anything since he wasn’t on his own turf. Therefore, he could only turn to Gu Jihui, his brother-in-law. Since Gu Jihui had always been highly appreciative of Rong Jian’s ability to solve cases, he immediately sought the latter’s help upon learning of the incident. Rong Jian didn’t disappoint him either. With a carefully constructed strategy, he successfully saved Meng Sihan just as she was about to be raped.
As a result, Meng Sihan regarded Rong Jian as her savior and looked up to him with adoration. She wanted to express her gratitude and asked him out several times, but he turned her down, saying that he didn’t need to be thanked because he was only doing his job. At first, Rong Jian had thought that would be the end of the story, but he didn’t expect that his actions would inspire romantic feelings within Meng Sihan, who didn’t hesitate to humble herself and play up to him in every way possible.
Gu Jihui thought highly of Rong Jian in the first place, and he wasn’t aware of the latter’s feelings for Feng Rubing at the time. When he noticed his niece’s affection for Rong Jian, he gleefully went along with it and even sang Rong Jian’s praises in front of Meng Tianxiang.
After some private investigations, Meng Tianxiang was also impressed with Rong Jian. He viewed the latter as a suitable candidate for a son-in-law and was surprised to learn that the latter was actually Rong Han’s son. As it happened, Rong Han was struggling to secure a business deal, so Meng Tianxiang immediately stepped in and helped him solve the problem. Rong Han, who was unaware of what had actually happened, was both surprised and grateful. After Meng Tianxiang and Meng Sihan returned to Australia, he immediately invited them to dinner to express his gratitude.
At the dinner, Meng Sihan conducted herself like a sensible, virtuous, and well-educated young lady. She spoke to Rong Han and Li Shiyi with a hint of flattery, and even Meng Tianxiang spoke to them politely and tacitly promised them huge profits in business. Rong Han was a person who had seen the world, but he was nevertheless astounded by their flattery. As such, he and Li Shiyi stared at Meng Tianxiang and Meng Sihan in utter confusion.
Meng Tianxiang then told the couple what had happened to him and his daughter back in An City. Not only did he speak of Rong Jian in glowing terms, but he even made his and his daughter’s intentions clear. Only then did Rong Han and Li Shiyi realize the Meng Family’s connection to An City. Since they had been yearning to get on good terms with the Meng Group in the first place, they immediately expressed their support. After all, they also found Meng Sihan pleasing to their eyes.
Consequently, Rong Han and Li Shiyi took Meng Sihan back to An City during the Spring Festival. Nominally, they were traveling together with Meng Sihan, who had come to An City to visit her grandparents, but in reality, they were trying to get Meng Sihan and Rong Jian together. However, Rong Jian had seen through them, so he turned Meng Sihan down in explicit terms and even told his parents not to get involved in this.
However, Rong Jian’s parents didn’t take his words seriously, and they even did their best to persuade him of the stakes involved in the situation and heap praise on Meng Sihan. To stop his parents from interfering thoughtlessly, Rong Jian told them about his feelings for Feng Rubing even though his relationship with her wasn’t stable yet at the time. Unfortunately, his confession met with their strong opposition, for they said they couldn’t accept a daughter-in-law who came from an ordinary background.
However, Rong Jian could do nothing with his parents. In the end, he simply avoided them and didn’t even come home on the night of Chinese New Year’s Eve, when everyone in the family was supposed to be present for the reunion dinner. His resolute attitude left Meng Sihan heartbroken, and she returned to Australia in dejection. After that, Rong Han and Li Shiyi left An City as well.
When Rong Jian was left alone at last, he thought his life would be trouble-free from then on. However, who would have thought that his parents would bring Meng Sihan back to An City again several months later while refusing to give up? Not only that, but they even bore down on him aggressively this time and threatened that he must break up with Feng Rubing. Otherwise, they would never let the woman off.
Rong Jian was afraid that they might hurt Feng Rubing, but he couldn’t leave his job behind, so he took Feng Rubing to Huacheng instead.
Mu Yu was indignant upon listening to what Qin Jinhuan had told her. “Do they only care about devoting themselves to each other? How could they not give a damn about their children’s feelings? Are their career and wealth as important as their son’s happiness?”
“Everyone has their own opinion. Besides, not every parent can love their children as much as your parents love you,” Qin Jinhuan replied as Qin Wentao and Dong Yueyun came into his mind. Compared to Rong Jian’s parents, what they had done to Qin Chengxi was much more disgusting.
Mu Yu let out a helpless sigh when she realized what the look in Qin Jinhuan’s eyes meant. “In that case, what should Chief Rong do now? He can’t hide with Madam Feng forever, can he? His parents are really weird, though. They kept urging Chief Rong to find a girlfriend in the past; now that he has a woman he likes, they’re finding fault with her instead.”
“That’s because they’ve never met Madam Feng before. This Meng Sihan has them eating out of her hands right now, so they’re bent on making her their daughter-in-law.”
Mu Yu suddenly became nervous as she recalled the incident where Dong Wanqing drugged Qin Jinhuan’s drink to get what she wanted. “They won’t stop at nothing to get what they want, am I right? You have to remind Chief Rong to be extra careful when he goes to see them!”
“Don’t worry, Rong Jian isn’t as stupid as you think.”
Mu Yu nodded with a sigh of relief, but she didn’t expect that Qin Jinhuan’s following words would make her heart clench again. “I’m just worried that they might hurt Feng Rubing if they can’t do anything to Rong Jian.”
“Do you mean…” Mu Yu clapped her hand over her mouth when she suddenly recalled that Gu Jihui was Meng Sihan’s uncle and that he knew everything about Feng Rubing. She exclaimed, “Director Gu won’t be so heartless, right?!”
Qin Jinhuan explained, “A few days ago, Rong Jian explicitly confessed to Gu Jihui about his feelings for Feng Rubing and his determination to marry her. Gu Jihui is a person with strong principles who can tell right from wrong. Besides, the situation is very clear. Since Rong Jian has already said something like that, he certainly won’t interfere in his love affairs anymore. One can also tell from his refusal to disclose Feng Rubing’s phone number to Meng Sihan that he won’t easily let Meng Sihan in on the secrets that Feng Rubing doesn’t wish for anyone to know. Still, with Meng Tianxiang’s capabilities, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to find out everything about Feng Rubing. Since Meng Sihan is in such a hurry to see Feng Rubing, she probably has gotten hold of such information and wants to use them as leverage while negotiating with the woman.”
Mu Yu was stunned upon hearing his words. After a long time, she asked in a trance-like state, “Will they destroy Madam Feng’s reputation if she doesn’t agree to break up with Chief Rong?”
“That’s indeed possible.”
“It would be too despicable of them to do that!” Mu Yu replied. She begged Qin Jinhuan and said, “You must find a way to stop them! Now that Chief Rong and Madam Feng’s relationship has come this far, we can’t let them break up!”
Qin Jinhuan replied helplessly, “I’ve never come into contact with Meng Tianxiang and Meng Sihan before, though. As for Rong Jian’s parents, I can’t get involved in this since it’s a family matter.”
“But… But are we going to stand by and watch as they force Chief Rong and Madam Feng to break up?”
“It’s useless to be hasty since this matter needs to be discussed further. Let’s not talk about it until Chief Rong comes back. We’re home now. Get out of the car.”
Mu Yu was indignant over what was happening to Feng Rubing and Rong Jian as she silently followed Qin Jinhuan out of the car. However, never in her wildest dreams did she expect that her relationship with Qin Jinhuan would also be in trouble a few days later.