The Night Deal

This night was exceedingly difficult to endure, leaving Qin Tian caught in extreme indecision.

Bai Xiaoyun's 50,000 villain points were within reach.

Should he take them now?

Or keep cultivating the relationship?

Before Qin Tian could make a decision, an unexpected visitor arrived at the villa.

With his heightened senses—a perfect 100 in physical attributes—Qin Tian heard the slightest noise and quickly left Bai Xiaoyun's bedroom, retreating to the adjacent room to temporarily lay low.

Hearing the faint sound of a door opening next door, Qin Tian pretended to have just been awakened. He opened the door with sleepy eyes and found himself face-to-face with Bai Ruyu, who stood at the entrance to Bai Xiaoyun's bedroom.

Shh!

Bai Ruyu made a gesture for silence. Seeing Qin Tian emerge from her own bedroom, she felt a mix of embarrassment and relief.

At least Qin Tian had shown some self-awareness by sleeping in her room rather than with her sister.

Otherwise, given her sister's infatuated nature and complete lack of restraint while sleeping, who knows what might have happened!

"Mr. Qin, let's talk downstairs," Bai Ruyu whispered, pointing toward the living room below.

Qin Tian nodded, and they went downstairs to the villa's living room, one after the other.

Bai Ruyu turned on the chandelier, then went to the kitchen to brew a pot of tea. She served Qin Tian and expressed her gratitude: "Mr. Qin, I'm so thankful for your help with Xiaoyun. Without you, who knows what trouble might have occurred.

It's my fault for not noticing she was eavesdropping. When the housekeeper informed me that Xiaoyun had run away from home, I had no idea where to find her."

Qin Tian took a sip of tea, his expression calm and breathing steady, as if he hadn't just been lying on Bai Xiaoyun's bed. "Don't worry about Xiaoyun," he said casually. "I'll take care of comforting her.

But what about you? What's going on? Having such a big argument with your father that even Xiaoyun overheard? How are things being handled at the Bai family?"

Since Bai Xiaoyun already knew about the family scandal, it was clear that Bai Ruyu had already had a falling out with Bai Xiaochun. There was no point in hiding anything anymore.

He asked directly.

Bai Ruyu bit her lip, a hint of hatred in her beautiful eyes.

Though Bai Ruyu was a woman, anyone who could achieve success in the business world wasn't easily intimidated.

Capital might be bloodless, but blood was essential in the process of accumulating capital.

Bai Ruyu understood this principle well. If not for the remaining thread of father-daughter sentiment, she would have wanted that illegitimate son to vanish from the face of the earth!

"My father has always favored sons over daughters. He never truly considered me and Xiaoyun as heirs to the Bai family. In his eyes, only a son could inherit the family assets.

Originally, he planned to leave twenty percent to us sisters. After what happened with Xiaoyun, he's now willing to give forty percent, but on the condition that I completely relinquish control of the Bai Group."

Saying these words caused Bai Ruyu great anguish.

Setting aside her years of careful planning and stabilizing the Bai Group after her father's semi-retirement—deserving credit if not for hard work alone—what about her mother who had passed away from overwork for the company?

Did the combined weight of the three women in the family not equal that of one illegitimate son?!

To be honest, Bai Ruyu didn't truly care about the Bai family assets. Rather, she harbored a resentment she couldn't swallow!

Qin Tian hesitated for a moment before asking, "So what's your plan now?"

A bitter smile appeared on Bai Ruyu's face. "Before all this, even if I couldn't get a penny, I wouldn't have let that illegitimate son have an easy time. I would have dragged things out! As long as I remained, the Bai family money wouldn't be easily transferred!

But now, I'm afraid. I don't know what other threatening actions my father might take. My mother is gone, and my father only cares about that illegitimate son. Xiaoyun is my only family now. For her sake, I dare not be defiant anymore..."

She was afraid!

Bai Ruyu was truly afraid!

If not for the facts staring her in the face, she would never have believed that her father would place Xiaoyun in the hands of kidnappers for the sake of an illegitimate son.

Even tigers don't eat their cubs!

She didn't dare be defiant anymore, fearing the consequences might harm her sister.

"Mr. Qin..." Bai Ruyu set aside her sorrowful emotions and gazed at Qin Tian intently. "I know you're an honorable man, but as for Xiaoyun—well, you know how she is. Once she sets her mind on someone, nothing can change it. I hope you..."

It wasn't that Bai Ruyu didn't trust Qin Tian; rather, she didn't trust her own sister.

With her infatuated personality—call it innocence or naivety—she was undeniably the one most easily hurt.

Acting as both mother and sister to Bai Xiaoyun, Bai Ruyu didn't want her still-young sister to suffer even the slightest harm, fearing she might regret her youthful decisions when she grew up.

"Well..." Qin Tian hesitated. "You know I can't control Xiaoyun's personality..."

Bai Ruyu bit the corner of her lip. "I accept the proposal you made last time! I'm willing to take over your company and run it for you. Even if you're unwilling to transfer the equity, I accept! Moreover, as long as you don't hurt Xiaoyun, I'm willing to offer myself in exchange."

Bai Ruyu gazed earnestly at Qin Tian.

No one knew what was going through her mind at that moment. Was it to protect her sister?

Or had her falling out with her father caused her mental state to collapse?

Or was it the unlimited trust Qin Tian gave her, providing her with a sense of security she wanted to rely on?

Qin Tian didn't consider any of these reasons.

He only knew that he had been restraining himself in Bai Xiaoyun's bedroom!

The moment Bai Ruyu finished speaking, he lunged toward her.

Rip!

With a crisp sound, the black stockings were torn open at a critical location.

Qin Tian claimed his prize!

"Ding! Host has claimed female protagonist Bai Ruyu. Congratulations, host has obtained +50,000 Destiny Villain Points!"

After a brief moment of sharp pain, Bai Ruyu began to regret her words!

She regretted calling Qin Tian an honorable man and regretted proposing the one-for-one exchange.

She never imagined that Qin Tian wouldn't even offer a polite response before pouncing on her, without any hesitation, immediately diving into the main topic and beginning their intimate exchange.

But what use was regret now?

She bit her lip, still unwilling to make loud noises. Although her sister was a deep sleeper, what if she woke up? What then?

The confused Bai Ruyu had no time to think further before, under the intense bombardment, she completely emptied her mind of everything, leaving it utterly blank!