Chapter 14 Handsome Can't Be Eaten as Food
"By the way, Brother, has Sister-in-Law... still not contacted you?"
After pouring Qin Yu a cup of tea, Qin Wei'er asked.
"No!"
Qin Yu shook his head, smiling bitterly, "She probably looks down on me, no house, no car, and coming from a small place. She probably wants to use this method to get me to back off!"
"Then why not just divorce her! I... I'll marry you!"
Qin Wei'er's expression was very serious, not seeming to be joking at all.
"Wei'er, you're a grown girl now; you can't say things like that anymore!"
Qin Yu said sternly.
"Brother, I was adopted by your family, we don't share a drop of blood, so what's the problem with us getting married?"
Qin Wei'er pouted, her lips glistening.
"Public opinion is a force to be reckoned with, and mouths of the masses are a furnace of slander—it's impossible!"
Qin Yu waved his hand with a decisive attitude.
If he really married his own sister, even without a blood relationship, the relatives and friends back in his hometown would gossip and backbite, poking at their spines.
"Fine... if you don't want to talk about it, then let's not talk about it!"
Qin Wei'er pouted, then glanced again at the Band-Aid on Qin Yu's face, "Is your job as a bodyguard very dangerous?"
"It's okay. This was from a fight with a guy from the East, it has nothing to do with work."
Qin Yu said lightly.
"Then... how's the female boss treating you? Is she beautiful?"
Qin Wei'er started gossiping.
"Umm... she's pretty cold when we are working. Privately, she's not too difficult to get along with. As for her looks... well, she's definitely better looking than me!"
Qin Yu scratched his head as he spoke.
"Hehe, Brother, among men, you're already considered a real hunk!"
Qin Wei'er said with a beaming smile.
"But I don't have any money, and being handsome can't fill your stomach!"
Qin Yu's face was filled with helplessness.
At twenty-six or twenty-seven, he was still penniless, let alone thinking about buying a house or a car.
"Brother... if you hadn't given all your money to... forget it!"
Qin Wei'er stopped mid-sentence. She knew all too well why Qin Yu had incurred that debt.
She sipped from her cup before asking, "How much do you still owe now?"
"Around six hundred thousand. It will take at least two years to pay it off. But I don't even know how much longer I can keep working as a bodyguard!"
Uncertainty filled Qin Yu's eyes.
Yan Mingyu was wealthy and beautiful, but she gave off an enigmatic and ruthless vibe. One careless move that offended her could see him reassigned back to the security department.
"It's okay, Brother. Starting from next month, I will give you all my salary. If we work together as siblings to pay it off, it should be pretty quick!"
Qin Wei'er immediately said.
"Wei'er... save your money, and buy a place in East Sea when you can. Don't go back to our small town. That way, you'll be considered a city girl, which will make it easier for you to find a match!"
Qin Yu looked at his sister, speaking very earnestly.
A flight attendant's career is short-lived. If she gave all her money to him for his debts, what would she do later?
"Brother..."
Qin Wei'er became anxious.
"Alright, let's eat!"
Qin Yu handed his sister a pair of chopsticks.
"..."
Qin Wei'er pursed her lips, but knowing Qin Yu's temperament, she didn't say anything else.
The next day.
After sending his sister on the high-speed train, Qin Yu rode his electric scooter to the company.
On the way.
A black Mercedes-Benz business van screeched to a halt, blocking his path.
The window rolled down.
It revealed the face of Yan Mingyu's mother, Liu Nanyan, her makeup impeccable and her presence ostentatious: "Get in the car!"
"What if I say no?"
Qin Yu replied indifferently.
"Hmph, dealing with the Yan Family might be a bit difficult for me, but dealing with you... I have a hundred ways. Oh, and the CEO of Southeast Airlines is a friend of mine... If I want someone fired..."
"Fine, I'll get in the car!"
Qin Yu didn't want his sister, who had just become a flight attendant, to be fired from her company because of him.
Once he was in the car, two men in black started to frisk him.
Qin Yu didn't resist either.
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in your crappy phone, I will give it back to you in a bit!"
Liu Nanyan took Qin Yu's phone with a glance and tossed it to the man in black.
The driver drove the car and stopped at the entrance of a teahouse.
Qin Yu followed Liu Nanyan, and they went up to a private room on the second floor.
On the rosewood tea table, there were several leather cases placed.
Opened, they were filled with bright red banknotes.
"Sit!"
Liu Nanyan brewed a cup of tea, and after Qin Yu sat down, he slowly started sipping it.
However, he didn't speak.
After a full half-hour, he glanced at his watch and then disdainfully swept his eyes over Qin Yu, "You can get lost now, give him his phone back!"
"Yes!"
The man in black returned Qin Yu's phone to him.
Completely baffling!
Qin Yu left the teahouse with his head full of fog.
He hailed a taxi and, upon arrival at the company, he was still late.
All along the way, he nearly heard nothing but "the company's in big trouble," "preparing to jump ship," "the old chairman's decision to have President Yan return was a mistake," and the like.
It gave one the feeling that everyone was in danger, with a storm approaching.
Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he began to guess a few things.
Walking into the assistant's office, Su Meng was rapidly clacking away at the keyboard while facing her computer; Yan Mingyu's glass door was tightly shut.
"Su Meng..."
Qin Yu called out softly.
"Hmm?"
Su Meng looked up.
"Is it true that President Yan's mother has teamed up with people from the East to make a move on Four Seas Corporation?"
Qin Yu asked.
"You already know?"
Su Meng's eyes were wide with surprise.
"Heh..."
Qin Yu gave a bitter smile. How could he not know? At last night's charity gala, Liu Nanyan and Yan Mingyu, mother and daughter, had a falling out.
It'd be strange if they weren't looking for trouble!
Moreover, on the way here, they even intercepted him, although he still didn't know what she had up her sleeve.
"Actually, it's nothing big; just poached a few executives, but with President Yan here, Four Seas Corporation's sky won't come crashing down."
Su Meng still believed in Yan Mingyu's capabilities.
"Yes, hopefully!"
Qin Yu nodded; he himself owed hundreds of thousands of debt and certainly didn't want the company to fold.
"Ring, ring..."
"It's President Yan!"
Looking at the landline phone, Su Meng answered and then nodded, "Okay!"
"President Yan wants you to come in!"
"Hmm!"
Qin Yu approached Yan Mingyu's office door, knocked, and upon receiving permission, pushed it open and went inside.
"Check the laptop on the desk!"
Yan Mingyu was wearing a white chiffon blouse, which made her skin appear as tender and smooth as the flesh of a peeled lychee.
Sitting on a soft sofa, facing a huge floor-to-ceiling window, she held a book by a French novelist, "The Red and the Black."
When she heard Qin Yu's footsteps, she didn't even bother to lift her head.
"All right, President Yan!"
Qin Yu had thought that with such turbulence in the company and everyone on edge, Yan Mingyu would be busy with video meetings, trying to calm everyone.
Or perhaps she would be with furrowed brows and a face full of worry.
Yet...
She appeared so calm and collected, as though nothing had happened.
This poise, this spirit, forced Qin Yu to look at the beautiful president in a new light, once again.
At the same time, feeling somewhat puzzled, he looked towards the laptop on Yan Mingyu's desk.
What exactly did she want him to see?