Even a rabbit will bite when cornered.
Moreover, Lin Qingqiu’s mental state had already collapsed; it seemed she wasn’t quite sane anymore. The once soft and sweet girl had transformed into a fledgling from Zu’an, pouring out all the curse words she had ever learned.
But after all, she was still a girl — her vocabulary was rather limited. She could only cycle through a few words: bastard, scum, devil, and so on…
Mo Cinian watched Lin Qingqiu like this and couldn’t help shaking his head. The damage she could inflict was still far from enough. If this was all she could do, even her parents wouldn’t have survived in Zu’an… well, then again, Lin Qingqiu’s parents were already dead.
The two Lin family daughters-in-law weren’t easy targets either. They put their hands on their hips, ready to hurl insults back at her, but Lin Hua quickly stopped them.
Lin Hua, still covering his face where a clear handprint was imprinted, kept his fawning smile intact.
“Young Master Mo, we’ll entrust our Qingqiu to you. From now on, we’re family… please take good care of her.”
Lin Hua’s shamelessness refreshed Mo Cinian’s understanding of the term. Truly shameless!
Calling her ‘our Qingqiu’ was just a way to cozy up to him. Mo Cinian had thought such ‘selling the niece’ plots only existed in cheesy romance novels for girls, yet here it was happening in real life.
“Scum! Get lost! Why don’t you all go die!”
Lin Qingqiu, like a furious wild kitten, bared her claws and scratched wildly.
Lin Hua hurriedly pulled the others away. They still had a lot to handle — the funeral arrangements and the distribution of the inheritance and company shares. A vicious struggle was inevitable.
…
Soon, the hospital corridor returned to silence.
Lin Qingqiu, eyes red and swollen, glared fiercely at Mo Cinian. Then she abruptly turned around and ran into the ward.
“Sigh~” Mo Cinian sighed helplessly and raised his hand to plug his ears with two fingers.
Sure enough, the next second, heart-wrenching sobs echoed from the room. She cried miserably, as if the entire world had abandoned her.
[Host, you truly have no shame!]
The system popped up again, only to have its furry ear grabbed by Mo Cinian the next second and ruthlessly rubbed.
“Feels good~”
[You wicked human~] The tsundere system blushed and instantly disappeared with a pop.
Of course, no one but Mo Cinian could see the system. Passersby would only think a super pervert was rubbing at the air.
…
“Miss Lin, please step aside. We need to move Mr. Lin’s body to the morgue. Mr. Lin Hua has already started contacting the crematorium,” a doctor said, patiently nudging Lin Qingqiu’s arm.
The girl raised her head, dazedly nodded, her eyes swollen almost shut from crying.
Watching Lin Zhentian’s body being wheeled away, Lin Qingqiu wanted to cry again — but not a single tear would come out.
“When a person dies, their light goes out. But this wretched life still goes on,” Mo Cinian said calmly, sitting beside her.
Standing atop the moral high ground, pointing fingers~
Lin Qingqiu didn’t want to deal with Mo Cinian. She had never liked him, and now she despised him even more — especially his mouth, which made her want to rip him apart.
Still, what he said wasn’t wrong. Life had to continue.
As for the Lin family’s wealth, she had no intention of fighting for it. She was too tired. All she wanted was to study peacefully.
“Mo Cinian, this is the last time I’ll say this — I have no feelings for you, and I never want to see you again,” Lin Qingqiu said flatly.
Mo Cinian wasn’t surprised by her attitude. The original Mo Cinian had been the ultimate simp.
Everyone says, ‘a simp always loses in the end.’
With his original strength, taking down Lin Qingqiu should have been easy — just apply a little pressure. But no, the fool had insisted on a romantic approach.
In the end, Lin Qingqiu attached herself to the Chosen One, and the original body was left with a tragic fate. Worse yet, he never even held her hand.
Pathetic!
Well, what the original couldn’t accomplish, he would. The battles left unfought, he would fight!
…
“No feelings? Feelings can be cultivated,” Mo Cinian said with a smile.
Before, she had feared that offending him would bring trouble to the Lin family, would endanger her grandfather.
But now her grandfather was gone. She no longer feared offending Mo Cinian.
“I really dislike you. I hate you so much. I have no feelings for you now, and I never will.”
“Oh? You don’t believe I can make you feel something? Then I must be a failure of a man,” Mo Cinian’s lips curled into a smirk.
But Lin Qingqiu didn’t seem to understand his innuendo.
“Never! Ever!” she said, firmly.
Mo Cinian didn’t mind and casually shifted the topic.
“By the way, with the old master gone, what’s happening with the Lin family’s inheritance? Normally, the first heir should inherit. If there’s no special will, then your uncles and aunts will get everything. Lin family’s assets aren’t small — a company worth two to three hundred million yuan… even I’m a little envious.”
Lin Qingqiu frowned and shot Mo Cinian a look of disgust.
“I’m not interested in the inheritance—”
“But that’s Lin Zhentian’s life’s work! Tsk tsk~ To think it’s falling into the hands of such ungrateful children. If I were Lin Zhentian, I’d come back to life just from anger! Pull my plug and then inherit my fortune? I’d be furious!”
“…”
Lin Qingqiu fought the urge to strangle him.
After a moment of silence, she said, “That has nothing to do with me. I just want to study.”
“Just like you said — when a person dies, their light goes out. Whoever wants the inheritance can have it. Grandpa wanted me to live my life for myself.”
After speaking, she grabbed her bag and prepared to leave.
Although she didn’t know why Mo Cinian had said all this, one thing was clear: he was definitely up to no good. She didn’t want to waste another word on him.
However… just as she reached the door, a calm voice sounded behind her.
“Don’t you want to know how your parents really died?”
“Or rather… the true cause of their deaths?”
In an instant, Lin Qingqiu froze.