Chapter 44 Shen Qing: With My Father Backing Me, What's Wrong with Hitting You?

Shen Qing was dragged out shopping by Mrs. Lin, and as soon as she returned to her apartment, she collapsed onto the bed.

She glanced at her phone and saw a missed call from Country M.

Shen Qing moved her finger and called back. The call was answered almost instantly.

“Hey there, little Qing Qing.” The man on the other end spoke Mandarin with a heavy accent.

“Mm.” Shen Qing turned her head slightly, holding the phone a bit farther away.

“I have bad news and good news. Which do you want to hear first?”

“Boring.”

“Then I’ll start with the good news. That drug smuggling operation you asked me to look into? We’ve arrested a small-time boss. And at his place, we found a floor plan for Laboratory 417.”

Shen Qing’s pupils contracted. After a long pause, she asked, “And then?”

The man seemed to be waiting for this, his tone light, “And then he died.”

“To hell with your bad news!” Shen Qing growled.

Was he just messing with her?

A low chuckle came from the other end. “Your capital’s Mo family is involved in this. Since you’re there, maybe you should check it out.”

“The Mo family…” Shen Qing repeated quietly, her eyes darkening. Wasn’t Mo Wuxie from the Mo family?

“Yeah. Hanging up now.”

*

On Monday, a crowd was gathered at the entrance of First High.

The Yu family’s private car was parked across from the school. Yu Min’er glanced at the sea of people, her brows slightly furrowed.

The fans and the media had been following her for a week—still not giving up?

Yu Jiaxuan was the first to get out, looking toward the school gate. He said to Yu Min’er in the car, “Sis, there are a lot of people out there. Even the security guards are out. Should we have the bodyguards come with us and use the side entrance instead?”

To prevent students from skipping classes, the side entrance of First High was always locked, with a guard stationed there at all times.

Yu Min’er nodded, took a black mask from her bag, put on a white bucket hat, and with the bodyguards in tow, followed Yu Jiaxuan around to the side entrance.

*

The security guard, an elderly man, looked at the middle-aged man sitting on the ground, making a scene, and cursed under his breath, “A grown man like you—why aren’t you working? What are you doing causing trouble at the school gate?”

“If I don’t come, that shameless daughter of mine will run off with someone else!”

The elderly guard was furious. “Is that any way to talk about your own daughter? Get up, get moving! You’re stopping students from getting to class!”

Nie’s father threw himself onto the ground. “I’m not leaving! That little brat ran off with a man and doesn’t want her father anymore!”

“I raised her with blood, sweat, and tears, and this is how she repays me…”

Suddenly, Nie’s father jumped up, startling the onlookers, who quickly backed away, afraid this crazy man would cause trouble for them.

“You!” He grabbed a boy by his school jacket.

“Let go,” Chu Yu said coldly, staring at him.

With so many people around, Nie’s father wasn’t afraid. “What, you hit me and think you can just walk away without paying?”

“Hey, uncle, which eye of yours saw him hit you?” Liu Yichen squeezed through the crowd, looking as nonchalant as ever.

“I saw it with both eyes!” Nie’s father rolled up his pant leg, revealing a half-bruised calf.

“This is proof! Now tell me, where are you hiding that wretched daughter of mine, Nie Huan?”

“Shut the hell up!”

Liu Yichen was shocked—what the hell!

So it had something to do with Nie Huan after all?

The onlookers, all familiar with Nie Huan’s reputation, began to whisper among themselves.

“Damn, that’s Nie Huan’s father?”

“No wonder Nie Huan gets into fights all the time. With a dad like that, it’s clearly a family issue.”

“I actually feel bad for Nie Huan, having to deal with a dad like that.”

“So her dad says Nie Huan ran off with Chu Yu?”

“No way, isn’t Nie Huan Chu Yu’s boss?”

“Then why does Chu Yu only recognize Nie Huan as his boss?” a student next to Liu Yichen analyzed, sounding quite convinced.

Liu Yichen coughed softly. “Actually, Chu Yu also recognizes Shen Qing as his boss.”

Nie’s father puffed up with pride, giving Chu Yu a sidelong glance. “Nie Huan is just a wretched girl, just as cheap as her mother.”

“You…” Chu Yu’s eyes reddened at the corners, and he lunged forward with a raised fist.

Liu Yichen quickly grabbed Chu Yu around the waist. “Bro, bro! Don’t do it.”

This man was shameless—if he got hit, he’d probably extort them for money.

“A man who can gamble away his wife—why shouldn’t my mom leave?”

At the sound of her voice, the crowd parted to let her through. Chu Yu glanced at the girl approaching, his Adam’s apple bobbing. “Sister Huan…”

Liu Yichen threw her a look, as if to say, “Why aren’t you hiding right now?”

Nie’s father sneered, “She’s just a woman. What if I lost her? Isn’t she happy to—”

Smack!

Nie Huan slapped him across the face, leaving Nie’s father stunned, his eyes wide, completely incredulous.

The crowd was shocked too—Sister Huan was fierce!

“You… you dare hit your old man?”

“With my people backing me, why shouldn’t I hit you?”