The Rich Second-Generation Villain With No Morals

Chapter 85

"Yueyue, do you want to visit our company now?"

Chen Shuyi asked tentatively.

Qiu Yuelin smiled faintly. "I don’t have time right now. I'm quite busy today."

Chen Shuyi wanted Qiu Yuelin to come with her to sign the contract.

But how could Qi Lin let things go so smoothly for her? If she wanted the renovation contract, she would have to offer something more in exchange.

Of course, to make it easier for Chen Shuyi to accept, Qi Lin would continue interacting with her under the identity of Qiu Yuelin.

"Since you’re busy, I’ll head back to the company first. Here’s my business card. You can contact me anytime when you're free, Yueyue."

Afraid that her first deal might slip away, Chen Shuyi didn’t dare rush Qiu Yuelin and could only hand over her business card.

After saying that, Chen Shuyi turned to leave.Mua!

But just as she was about to go, Qiu Yuelin suddenly ambushed her, planting a quick kiss on her soft cheek.

"Yueyue, you—!"

Chen Shuyi’s face instantly turned red. Her beautiful eyes carried a trace of shyness as she looked at Qiu Yuelin in confusion.

Covering her mouth, Qiu Yuelin chuckled. "We’re good sisters, right? A kiss just shows our close bond. I’m not a man, so why are you reacting so strongly?"

"Come on, now you kiss me too."

Qiu Yuelin leaned her face forward.

That last sentence convinced Chen Shuyi.

That’s right—they were both women, so a cheek kiss wasn’t a big deal.

Besides, for the sake of business, she had to take some risks.

Mua~

Following Qiu Yuelin’s lead, Chen Shuyi gave Qi Lin a quick kiss on the cheek.

On the way back to the company, Chen Shuyi walked alongside Li Jiaming.

Li Jiaming hesitated for a while before finally voicing his thoughts. "Shuyi, forgive me for being blunt, but do you think Miss Qiu has feelings for you?"

"Pfft~"

Seeing the worried look on Li Jiaming’s face, Chen Shuyi couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh.

"Look at you, being all silly. Are you actually worried that a gorgeous woman will steal me away?"

"Yueyue is just a lively person. She enjoys making friends with good-looking girls. It’s called like attracting like."

"When I was in university, I had a dormmate who was just like her."

"Besides, I haven’t even agreed to be your girlfriend yet. You’re still just an intern like me, and you can’t even afford a house in Jianghan City."

"When you can afford a house here, then I’ll feel secure enough to be your girlfriend and have a proper home, don’t you think?"

Li Jiaming smiled. "Then what about this deal? Does it count as yours or mine? If we secure it, the bonus could be over twenty thousand."

In this year, the housing prices in Jianghan City were only around one to two thousand per square meter. Twenty thousand yuan was enough to buy a whole apartment.

"Of course, it’s mine. I sealed this deal with my beauty! Didn’t you see that I even got kissed just now? I totally suffered a loss!"

Chen Shuyi said playfully.

"Haha, and you still say that Miss Qiu doesn’t like you? Come on, tell me, how does it feel to be kissed by a stunning beauty?"

Li Jiaming joked.

"Oh, you’ve got some nerve, Li Jiaming! Talking about other women being beautiful right in front of me? Now I’m mad! If you don’t treat me to beef noodles tonight, I won’t talk to you tomorrow."

Laughing and teasing each other, the two returned to the company to share the good news.

Meanwhile, at Rose Bay…

After the renovation salespeople left, Xia Sha, the owner of the neighboring store, finally stepped out and glanced toward Qi Lin’s shop.

Seeing that the mysterious owner next door was also a stunning beauty, she couldn’t hold back any longer and walked over to strike up a conversation.

"I’m Xia Sha, the owner of Jianghan Restaurant next door. Since we’re going to be neighbors, I thought I’d introduce myself."

Xia Sha smiled and extended her hand toward Qiu Yuelin.

"I’m Qiu Yuelin. It’s a pleasure to meet such a gorgeous boss like you."

Qiu Yuelin smiled as she held Xia Sha’s hand, playfully rubbing it between her fingers.

Feeling Qiu Yuelin’s subtle movements, Xia Sha’s expression turned odd, and she immediately withdrew her hand.

She had a normal orientation, unlike Chen Shuyi, who tolerated being taken advantage of. Even if the other party was a beautiful woman, she wasn’t going to let it slide.

"May I ask what kind of business Miss Qiu plans to open here?"

Xia Sha changed the topic, asking the question as if casually.

Hearing this, Qi Lin couldn’t help but smile.

So, she was worried that another restaurant would open next to hers and steal her customers.

Too bad—that was exactly the plan.

"Just like you, Miss Xia Sha. I’m opening a restaurant too. I think this location has great foot traffic and a nice environment. Business will surely thrive."

Qiu Yuelin said with a gentle smile.

Upon hearing this, Xia Sha’s heart sank.

This restaurant had been handed down to her by her mother, Lan Yuxi’s grandmother.

Now that her mother had passed away, she would never allow her mother’s hard work to go to waste.

"Miss Qiu, to be honest, although there are many passersby here, most of them are in a hurry and rarely stop to browse. Running a restaurant here isn’t as profitable as you might think. Perhaps you should consider a different business, like selling clothes?"

Xia Sha tried to persuade Qiu Yuelin to switch industries.

Hearing her words, Qi Lin almost burst out laughing but managed to suppress it.

Holding back a chuckle, Qiu Yuelin said, "Why do I get the feeling that Miss Xia Sha is afraid I’ll take away your business? Are you really that timid? My restaurant hasn’t even opened yet, and you’re already scared."

Whoosh!

Having her thoughts exposed, Xia Sha’s cheeks flushed red.

Since she had been caught, she decided not to pretend anymore. She rolled her eyes at Qiu Yuelin. "Ignore good advice, and you’ll suffer for it. Once your restaurant opens, you’ll see if I was telling the truth."

After saying that, Xia Sha, wearing a dark green cheongsam, swayed her way back inside.

Since a competitor next door was inevitable, instead of worrying about it, she decided to focus on improving her restaurant and personally defeating this new rival.

Meanwhile…

"Achoo~"

Inside a beautiful garden villa, the real Qiu Yuelin sneezed while eating lunch.

She had no idea that, without doing anything herself, Qi Lin’s antics had already earned her the resentment of two beautiful women.

"This should be the place mentioned in Lan Yuxi’s diary."

After leaving Rose Bay, Qi Lin, now back to his original appearance without makeup, drove to Huangchuan Road.

To avoid alerting anyone, he parked two miles away from the abandoned factory mentioned in Lan Yuxi’s diary and continued on foot.

After a few minutes, he spotted the abandoned factory.

It seemed to have been a lime production site in the past, as he could see a massive storage tank.

Moving as quietly as possible, Qi Lin carefully approached.

The deeper he went, the thicker the weeds grew, but his sharp black eyes narrowed.

In the distance, he spotted some relatively new trash bags on the ground.

Slipping through the weeds, he pressed himself against a wall and remained motionless, waiting patiently for any movement inside.

Tap, tap, tap…

Before long, Qi Lin heard a series of footsteps approaching. His heart stirred, and he quickly hid himself.

To be honest, Qi Lin had just received the system’s SSS-level Muay Thai technique, and he was eager to test it out on this murderer.

But after some thought, he dismissed the idea.

Although the man was a murderer, at best, he was just a bold ordinary person without any real combat skills.

If Qi Lin used his full-powered Muay Thai technique, he might accidentally kill the guy with just two punches.

But he still had other plans for this murderer—he wanted to use him to kill someone else. He couldn’t let him die just yet.

As the footsteps got closer, a man with a buzz cut, wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt, and sporting a knife scar on his face, entered Qi Lin’s view.

"He’s got a heavy aura of violence… probably an ex-convict. After getting out, he must have found it hard to survive in society, so he returned to his old ways."

Qi Lin thought to himself.

People like this were ruthless and cruel. An ordinary person wouldn’t stand a chance if they ran into him.

But that was only for ordinary people.

For Qi Lin, this guy was nothing more than a tool—something he could use to farm money and honor points.

The buzz-cut man seemed to have gone out to find something to eat.

When he returned, he sat on the ground, tore open a few pieces of bread and some sausages, and started eating.

Even though there were cigarettes and a lighter beside him, he showed no intention of starting a fire to cook.

It seemed like this guy had some counter-surveillance awareness. He knew that lighting a fire could attract strangers.

"Wang Cheng, that idiot… He really is the so-called Son of Fortune. Even with a murderer this cautious, he still managed to stumble upon his hideout."

Qi Lin couldn’t help but marvel at the absurdity of the Son of Fortune’s luck.

After confirming the murderer’s identity, Qi Lin didn’t linger.

His black eyes flashed as he climbed up the wall to the second-floor window and hid in the shadows, waiting for Wang Cheng to arrive.

Time ticked by.

Thirty minutes later…

Since Wang Cheng didn’t have a car and had to go home to grab some things first, he arrived half an hour after Qi Lin.

He came from the same direction Qi Lin had used earlier, crouching in the grass and inching his way forward cautiously.

Qi Lin had taken just a few minutes to cross the rough terrain. Wang Cheng, however, took more than ten minutes.

Meanwhile, Qi Lin noticed that Wang Cheng was holding a knife in his hand, his face tense with anxiety.

"Not bad. He even thought to go home and grab a weapon first."

Qi Lin found it amusing.

Wang Cheng had no idea that a pair of eyes were watching him from the shadows.

After sneaking through the grass, Wang Cheng immediately hid behind a wall, just like Qi Lin had done earlier, and peeked into the abandoned factory.

"Hiss—"

The moment he saw the buzz-cut man with the knife scar, his heart started pounding violently.

"What a terrifying aura… If he notices me, I’m dead for sure."

"I can’t waste time hesitating. I need to send a text to the police now."

To be extra cautious, Wang Cheng had even stolen his father’s phone.

He had memorized the emergency contact number from TV.

Calling wasn’t an option—it would make noise and alert the murderer. The only choice was to send a text.

[The murderer from the Jianghan City massacre is hiding inside the abandoned old mud factory on Huangchuan Road. I am the informant. Please send reinforcements immediately.]

Wang Cheng finished typing the message and pressed send.

But at that moment, a shadow silently crept up behind him.

Bang!

Qi Lin casually picked up a thick wooden stick from the ground and smashed it against Wang Cheng’s head.

The impact was strong enough to leave a noticeable bump on his head.

The next moment, his world spun.

Poor Wang Cheng didn’t even know who had ambushed him before he rolled his eyes and passed out.

Qi Lin chuckled, took the phone from Wang Cheng’s hand while wearing gloves, and with a swift movement, leaped back up to the second floor, returning to his original hiding spot.

"Who’s there?!"

The noise had already startled the buzz-cut man inside the factory. He gave a low shout and quickly walked toward the source of the sound.

"Who the hell is this?"

He thought it might be the police. But when he reached the wall and saw an unconscious young man lying there, he froze for a moment.

But the buzz-cut man wasn’t stupid.

Someone had crawled through the dense grass without him noticing—it was definitely premeditated.

This meant the young man wasn’t here by accident.

"Heh… Just another fool trying to catch me for the reward money. Too bad luck isn’t on his side. A rotten wooden plank from the abandoned building must have fallen on him and knocked him out."

The man sneered as he made his own assumptions.

"Good guess. Extra points for you."

"So now… just go ahead and kill him."

Qi Lin smirked in the darkness, waiting for the man to finish Wang Cheng off.

But what happened next was something Qi Lin never expected.

"Heh heh… Looks like I should thank the heavens this time. It seems like fate knows my favorite type and just gifted me a clean and delicate little pretty boy."

The buzz-cut man reached down and stroked Wang Cheng’s leg, his eyes filled with depravity.

Qi Lin, watching from above, was completely stunned.

"What the hell…? Out of all the possibilities, I never expected this murderer to be… into men?"

He had planned to use the murderer to kill Wang Cheng, but now, he watched as the man dragged Wang Cheng into the abandoned factory.

Qi Lin had no interest in seeing what happened next.

"The police will take at least fifteen minutes to arrive… That’s plenty of time for this buzz-cut guy to have his fun."

Thinking this, Qi Lin pressed the call button on the phone.

"Hello, is this the Jianghan City Police Headquarters? I’ve found the hideout of the murderer from the recent massacre case."

"Yes, he’s hiding inside the ruins of the old mud factory on Huangchuan Road."

"Also, I need to report something. The murderer seems to have taken a hostage. You’d better send an ambulance as well."

Qi Lin calmly relayed the situation.

You might be wondering—why wasn’t Qi Lin afraid to call the police?

Well, funny thing… Just moments ago, perhaps due to the pain, Wang Cheng had regained consciousness.

Inside the abandoned factory, his panicked screams were loud enough to completely drown out Qi Lin’s phone call.

"Ahhh! It hurts!"

"You—who the hell are you?! Let me go!"

"Heh heh… Why are you even asking? Weren’t you trying to turn me in for money? Why are you playing dumb now?"

"Listen, kid, money is just materialistic nonsense. Nothing compares to the comfort of brotherhood between men. So just relax and cooperate, alright?"

"You sick bastard! Let me go! I’ll kill you!"

"You still have the strength to curse at me? Looks like you’re not exhausted yet."

The murderer chuckled maliciously, delivering another punishing blow.

Soon, the abandoned factory echoed with Wang Cheng’s strange cries of agony.

Fifteen minutes later…

Wee-woo! Wee-woo!

A series of police sirens blared.

Before the buzz-cut man could figure out what was happening, he was already surrounded by a swarm of police officers.

"Who reported this?"

This operation was personally led by Lan Yuxi’s father, Lan Gang.

Upon arriving at the scene, his first priority was to find the brave citizen who had provided the crucial tip.

The massacre case had been unsolved for a week.

The higher-ups had already issued a final deadline—if the murderer wasn’t caught within the next four hours, Lan Gang would be removed from the case and replaced by a provincial task force.

Just when Lan Gang was at his wits’ end, the police hotline received Qi Lin’s report. How could he not be grateful?

"Uncle Lan, I made the call."

Lan Gang felt a pat on his back, startling him. When he turned around, he saw a handsome young man grinning at him.

"You know me?"

Lan Gang was momentarily stunned.

"Of course. I’m Yuxi’s classmate and a good friend of hers."

Qi Lin grinned.

Hearing that Qi Lin knew his daughter, Lan Gang immediately warmed up to him.

"Haha! So you’re one of Yuxi’s friends! Good kid, you did an amazing job today. Once we catch this murderer, I’ll personally nominate you for a bravery award!"