Chapter 57: Public Confession.

Qin Qianyu headed home. When she entered the back of the studio, she heard soft shallow breathing.

The hairs at the back of her neck stood up as she scanned the tree line.

She spotted the culprit and used shadowless steps to intercept!

"Waaah! . . "

"M . . Mother!? . . Father!? . . What are you?"

Qin Qianyu had just intruded on an intimate moment and fierce kiss that her parents were having.

"Ah! I'm so sorry, I thought you were burglars! Haha! Don't mind me, carry on I'll head off and wash up."

" . . . "

Ouyang Zihan buried her head into Qin Haoran and he gave a stilted chuckle and waved Qin Qianyu off,

Qin Qianyu left the stunned pair and quickly ran to her room. She sighed heavily, she wasn't embarrassed for herself, but for her parents.

"Because they don't have their own space or home, it'll be hard for them to be themselves under a strangers roof."

"Just a little longer, we'll all move to the capital and you can be as intimate as you wish in our new home."

Qin Qianyu mumbled as she changed out of her dress and headed to the bathroom.

Meanwhile back at the banquet, Chang Lu was trying all sorts to fix the damage caused by his delusional thinking and arrogance.

He still thought that it was Lu Li that had rat him out so he thought of ways to flip it back on him by claiming that, what he had said about his son and friends was a fabrication created by a business deal that had gone bust and a disgruntled Lu Li.

Chang Lu's p.a returned hurriedly with a phone in his hands. After whispering into his ear, the p.a handed the phone over.

When Chang Lu answered he quickly adopted a more civil demeanour.

"Thank you for taking my call. Please forgive me at this time, I promise to you, I'll sort out this misunderstanding. May I please have a small moment to explain?"

"10 seconds . . . Go,"

"Thank you very kindly, I can certainly clear up this entire misunderstanding, you see, I don't know what Lu Li has told you but none of it is true, we had a deal that fell through and now he's pulling out tricks. I believe he's slandering me for payback because the deal I offered him wasn't favourable enough, he's nothing but a loathsome scoundrel. The things you e heard from him, I never said, he's just embellished the contents of our discussions and put me in a negative light."

"Your 10 seconds is up, . . now I'll speak."

"Firstly, this Lu Li? I have no idea who he is, I've never heard of him. I'm calling because the person that did call me, who was very angry when she did, because it seems that your damn son and his friends had already left a very poor impression on her and left a very sour taste in her mouth during your banquet, the very one we had helped you to organise."

"Then to top it off, she just so happen to over hear the good deal that you proposed to her friend's father. She wanted you to know that she and her friends are indeed "tasty treats!" But they aren't for you, your son or his friends to enjoy."

Chang Lu was sweating bullets at this point, yet he tried his best to pass blame, rectify the problem as an innocent misunderstanding and claim ignorance,

"I don't know what she means, maybe she misheard, if I can set up a meeting with her I can explain it properly and I'll have my son apologise for his actions. We didn't mean to offend anyone, we're not those sort of people,"

"Tsk! Still trying to deflect blame I see!?"

" . . I . . "

"Bastard! Will you only believe it after I send you the video of your misunderstood deal she had sent to me!?"

"Video?"

Chang Lu realised that there was no talking himself out of this. He started to really panic at this point.

"Please forgive me this one time, I'll never do it again. I promise, this mouth of mine, it seems I just had a little too much to drink, I meant none of what I said, . . I was just showing off, really. Please forgive me this one time, I beg of you!"

"Again!? . . It shouldn't have happened in the first place. Since you, your son and his friends have forgotten how to be human, there's no need to treat any of you like one."

"You can't do this! I have a good relationship with Chu Ming, he can vouch for me!"

"Pfft! Chu Ming!? He's just a grain of sand on a beach, the person you and your son pissed off is the damn Sun and Moon looking down upon that very beach! . . "

" . . . "

"Do you understand now? . . "

He understood. This persons backing must indeed be formidable and influential for even someone like this man to call her the Sun and Moon.

"My son and his friends, wh . . . where are they?"

"Since you wanted your son to become a man, we've decided to fulfil that wish as a token of appreciation. Think of it more of a parting gift form us for the relationship that you and your son have since destroyed."

"Please tell me . . Are they at least . . alive?"

" . . . "

"Hmph! If they died, they should be so lucky! You can pick your son and his friends up from Tanker alley."

"Tanker alley! . . But that's . . "

"Exactly! . . Since you wanted him to be a Man, what's more manly than that? Don't forget to pick up haemorrhoid ointment on your way since you've probably heard the same rumours as I have regarding their size."

The call ended and Chang Lu doubled over on the floor shaking in both anger and disgust.

If regret had a face, it'll look exactly like Chang Lu.

He gave a command to have someone locate and retrieve Chang Ma and his friends.

"How could there be a video!?"

The p.a heard this then asked,

"Video?"

Chang Lu told him about the meeting between him and Lu Li and how Gaoshan somehow got a video of that meeting.

The p.a started shaking as he stammered,

"N . . No! It can't be!?"

Chang Lu saw this and the p.a told him what his son had planned regarding the room with the hidden camera.

That room was exactly the room he and Lu Li were in.

Chang Lu's mood worsened when he realised that his family's downfall came about because of he and his son.

They had inadvertently caused the end of their own family.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The sour laughter echoed throughout as he started drowning his sorrows with jars of wine.

A couple of weeks went by. In that time several notable events rocked the city.

The one that dominated the news was of Wen Wú Ling's mother. The minister was seen as a champion for all embattled students who were being bullied. Mass changes to school policies were updated or installed around the country to curb all types of antisocial behaviour from students. Many schools started seeing positive change.

This was all because she backed a student being harassed while the Dean of the school let it happened.

An abridged version of the events came to light and the Dean was "suspended" pending an investigation, however he admitted fault and handed in his resignation.

The second one was the city's director of the school boards had handed in his resignation and had left the area with his family.

The assets they owned in the city were sold off with most of the property being bought by a private owner and a consortium.

Another piece of news was that a prominent family and a recently rising but now defunct company owner and his son had come into the limelight after it was recently exposed that the company and the prominent family where in bed together . . Literally.

The sex scandal that involved all young men came to the public's attention when a video the young men had recorded was leaked out and depicted acts those young men and their transvestite lovers had engaged in.

Majority of those men where also taking drugs and had been habitual users a reporter found out and most were now sitting in detention awaiting trial for possession of drugs among other charges.

Qin Qianyu didn't care much about most of the news, she snared in her heart when she had heard about the Dean, Director, especially so when it came to Chang Lu. his son and the Li family.

Qin Qianyu recalled the evening she and the others lured Lu Li and Lu Mingyu through potpourri alley towards Aunty Sun's restaurant.

In truth, that wasn't the only way to get there as the father and daughter realised on the way back to the cars.

Potpourri alley was a right of passage so to speak for those that Qin Qianyu took there.

While they had dined, Lu Mingyu revealed that Li Chen had been trying to contact her since the day after she exposed him and Murong Meimei.

What made it worst though was that he was being really genuine. This made Mingyu feel sick, then she actually got sick.

This Qin Qianyu already knew, the fox hadn't been in contact with the Lu family so she didn't know how the investigation into how she was poisoned came out.

It turned out that, Li Chen was depressed and desperate, he turned to drugs to even himself out, and those drugs came from Gu Ping.

Because, Li Chen and Lu Mingyu shared the same group of friends, Li Chen had confided in Gu Ping so he was given an aphrodisiac to trap Lu Mingyu, however, after he bribed a worker at Century and she ingested the pill, Li Chen couldn't act because she had left for home before the pill could take full effect, leading to Qin Qianyu's intervention.

They found out after the investigation Lu Li had actioned , the waiter confessed which showed the extent, Li Chen went to get back together with Lu Mingyu.

Everyone was astonished, Qin Qianyu now had a full understanding of the events that led up to her being poisoned.

She never hated anyone as much as she hated Li Chen. She guessed the same went for all of the Lu family members.

Now, with the news about him and the others, there's no way for any of them to recover from that.

"A very fitting punishment for them."

Qin Qianyu mumbled as she had her ticket scanned and she proceeded towards first class.

At this moment she was on a mission.

Qin Qianyu sat in her seat on a plane bound for the capital. She was heading over to see the progress on the house and to fully furnish it.

She walked through arrivals and met Su Yin there.

Su Yin had learnt to drive over the course of the month. Her job hours had been flexible since Qin Qianyu wasn't around.

Qin Qianyu had also wanted Su Yin to upskill herself in many areas, so she had devoted a sizeable chunk of time at driving courses and so on to become a more proficient driver.

Now she'll be able to show the fruits of her labour as she drives Qin Qianyu around in the Advent Umbra.

"Xiaoyu! How was your flight?"

"Sister Yin! It was fine, it wasn't as packed which suited me."

"Shall we go see the house then?"

"Yes please. I'm expectant and excited."

Su Yin filled Qin Qianyu in on all of the news and happenings here in the capital.

First she gave an update on the situation and status regarding the factory.

"Li Yuan, has become a bit of a handful, he keeps advocating for leniency for those that had attacked him,"

"What!? . . What on earth is possessing him to do something like that?"

"It's the family's of his attackers, they keep begging in front of his house for their kin."

"Heh! Let's head over there first. I want to see if they are still there."

As they neared Li Yuan's home, Qin Qianyu had Su Yin pullover.

"Are the family members familiar with you?"

"Yes. They've seen me many times and know I'm helping Li Yuan and am against their kin."

"Alright stay in the car for now, I'll just take a little stroll."

"Xiaoyu! You mustn't! . . Although they seem feeble, the look in their eyes tell me otherwise."

"It's fine, I can take care of myself thanks to training at Wú Dang, speaking of which,"

"Have you been attending sessions at Wú Dang?"

"When I can, I'll be going more often now that my driving is up to par, I'll squeeze as much training in till you come here officially."

"Mhm, good, don't tire yourself out, find a balance between your personal life too, don't just focus on work for me. If you ever need time to yourself just have at it and let me know."

"But . . Okay,"

Su Yin relented. Qin Qianyu got out of the car and started making her way forwards she got herself a drink and found herself a nice tree to shield herself from the sun.

Not far from her a group of people had also gathered. They had seen Qin Qianyu sitting there without a care in the world.

By her clothing and looks they could tell she was of school age so the more suspicious ones of the group lowered their guard.

Qin Qianyu had her phone recording them as they held talks under the tree.

"He's so hooked, I can't believe how stupidly kind hearted the fool is. Hey, I think we can get more out of him."

"You're right but how?"

One of the group members kept looking at Qin Qianyu then she muttered,

"Hey! Why don't we claim that girl over there is the daughter of Che'er? That way we can get some money out of him and he'll go and put more pressure on the authorities to lessen their punishment."

"Who is she though!?"

"Who cares! Just give her a red packet and tell her to play along, she doesn't even have to talk, just sit there and look a little lost or sad or whatever,"

Qin Qianyu was shaking her head internally, it seemed that these people could even con northerners into buying desert sand.

The woman that thought of the idea was chosen to approach Qin Qianyu seeing that they're both females.

The woman did and after introducing herself, she asked Qin Qianyu to help out with their plan.

"I'm not sure, would I get in trouble for doing this?"

"You might get a scolding but that's it since you're still young. Besides, the guy is a total pushover, I mean, my brother and his friends were paid to beat him silly and they did, now the idiot is seeking for a more lenient sentence for them because of us playing the pity role.

"If this works out, I'll even pay you extra. How about it?"

Qin Qianyu sat there contemplating, she kept casting a look at the red packet the woman kept dangling in front of her like a baited hook.

The woman knew she was close.

"But I'm waiting for my friend, what if they come wouldn't that ruin your plan?"

"It's fine, when they come just go to them and leave the rest to us,"

"Alright, when my friend gets here I'll just go to them and I'll leave the rest to you."

"That's fine, here take this and follow me."

Qin Qianyu nodded and took the red packet. She quickly sent Su Yin a message telling her to message Li Yuan and tell him that when he sees her not to say anything, he'll learn why though.

Then she added after seeing Li Yuan outside his gate to wait around 2 to 4 minutes before coming over with a police officer.

A few moments later, the group came outside Li Yuan's home and started causing a scene.

Shortly after both Li Yuan and Chen Jiang came out. He had read the message that Su Yin had sent him and was a little confused by it.

That was until he and his wife spotted her with the family members of his attackers.

He fought the urge to say something when he saw her, Qin Qianyu could see guilt in his eyes, but she wasn't sure if it was because she was there or because of the family members.

The family members took this look to mean it was for them, they all secretly smirked inside their hearts as they knew he was hooked.

"Boss Lu, you're a good man, we know this, we all do, is there really nothing else you can do for those wayward boys? You know they only did so because they were forced to, none of them would even hurt a mosquito."

"I've tried many times, but I can't seem to get the authorities to budge, I've really tried my best."

"Whhhy! Wuuuuu! Why is our family so cursed, even my poor niece suffers daily because of what her father has done, look at her, she hasn't spoken or smiled a single day since her father was taken in. We've only just managed to get her out of the house just today for the first time."

"Her school work has suffered, the food in her home has rotted, it's affected her health too, we wanted to take her to the hospital but since the only people who held jobs have been detained we . . We can't afford it."

Qin Qianyu looked to Li Yuan and Chen Jiang with a stone face, the family members nodded in satisfaction at this.

Qin Qianyu couldn't believe that these people were so gifted at shafting others with mere words.

At first she was a little intimidated by the Silver tongue group, but, if it came down to it, her fist or kick were definitely stronger than a tongue.

Knowing this shoved that intimidating feeling far away.

She could see how Li Yuan was conned over and over again also. He was an easy Mark.