Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Old Master Cheng put down his chopsticks and fell deep in thought while holding his phone.
He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but when he saw Qin Ran, he swallowed his words and shook his head instead. “It’s nothing serious. Don’t worry.”
He picked up his chopsticks again and continued eating as if nothing was wrong.
In the past, Old Master Cheng would find some excuses to stay after eating, but today, he left in a hurry.
Cheng Wenru originally had something to discuss with Cheng Juan, but seeing how urgent the Old Master was, she frowned and caught up to him with her briefcase.
“Dad, what happened?” Cheng Wenru walked to the elevator and pressed on the ground floor button. She then turned around and asked Old Master Cheng.
Old Master Cheng looked up at the red floor numbers on the elevator. “There were some changes at 129… Beijing has become more and more unstable in recent years.”
The entry of the Yunguang Consortium, and the changes of 129…
“Changing?” Cheng Wenru looked up in surprise.
Unlike the other forces, 129 was too mysterious, and they had little information on it. Their intelligence network covered almost the whole world, and no one knew how many families’ lifelines were in their hands.
Old Master Cheng walked out when the elevator door opened. “I heard that two core personnel came to Beijing today. Ouyang Wei saw them.”
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“Could it be Giant Crocodile?” Cheng Wenru frowned and murmured, “How could you put such a dangerous figure in Beijing?”
“I’ll go back to see the situation first.” Old Master Cheng stopped beside the car. He put his hand on the door and didn’t go in immediately. “I heard that Ouyang Wei will become an intermediate member of 129 soon. The Qin family… has no chance of a comeback.”
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Cheng Wenru knew some information of 129’s veteran members.
One reason why nobody dared to provoke 129 and why they were able to control so much information was due to their influence, and because the few veteran members were particularly scary.
The four big families in Beijing had heard about Giant Crocodile.
He was a weaponry big boss on the border.
If Ouyang Wei really broke into the internal members, not to mention the long-declined Qin family having no chance of success, even the other families would have to fear the Ouyang family.
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**
In Yunjin District.
Qin Ling watched the video sent by Qin Ran repeatedly and then sat cross-legged on the sofa to continue the grid game.
He put on headphones to isolate noise.
At the dining table not far away, Qin Hanqiu was talking to Uncle Qiu.
Uncle Qiu handed him a folder. “I’ve already found a school; it’s an international elementary school. Qin Ling will go to elementary school, and you will learn with me.”
Qin Hanqiu took the folder and nodded serenely. He opened it and had a headache after seeing the complicated texts inside.
Seeing him behave like this, Uncle Qiu sighed internally and stood up with his hands on the table.
“What’s he doing?” Uncle Qiu wandered around in the hall, his eyes fixated on Qin Ling.
The middle-aged man had been following Qin Hanqiu and Qin Ling these days, fearing that they would cause trouble. Hearing this, he replied in a whisper, “I think he’s playing a game that his sister gave him.”
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“His sister?” Uncle Qiu couldn’t help but massage his brows when he heard this.
The middle-aged man could tell that Uncle Qiu was feeling very disappointed. Not daring to say anything, he just lowered his head and sighed inwardly.
Uncle Qiu had paid a heavy price to find the orthodox Second Master of the Qin family.
But who knew…
Since he had been lost since young and had never received family training, it was like driving a duck onto a perch and pushing him beyond his ability.
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Uncle Qiu stayed for a while before returning to the Qin family’s house.
The middle-aged man sent him out.
After he left, Qin Hanqiu stopped forcing himself to look at the numbers. Instead, he walked over to Qin Ling, squatted down, and whispered, “Xiao Ling, your sister will start school tomorrow. Shall we go and visit her?”
Qin Ling pressed on the screen and finally passed this level.
Taking out his headphones, his eyes lit up at Qin Hanqiu’s suggestion. “Ok.”
1
When the middle-aged man returned and heard this, instead of stopping them, he simply ordered solemnly, “Second Master, don’t tell her about your current situation.”
Qin Hanqiu had already told her, but he didn’t explain to the middle-aged man and just nodded in a simple-minded way. “I know.”
“I’ll take you there tomorrow.” The middle-aged man glanced at him, thinking that he probably wouldn’t spill the beans.
Qin Ling had already looked down to contact Qin Ran.
**
The next day.
The first day of school at Beijing University.
Qin Ran went very early.
There weren’t too many people at the freshman reception when she arrived.
Cheng Juan stood by the roadside with her suitcase, waiting for her to head to the freshman reception.
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Glancing around, Qin Ran walked over to the nearest one. She stood out like a sore thumb and quickly became the focus of everyone’s attention.
Several seniors surrounded her immediately. Because she had no luggage, they all wanted to volunteer to take her through the formalities.
“Enough, let me.” A gentleman received Qin Ran. “Junior, don’t you have any luggage?”
The sun was shining brightly overhead. Qin Ran lowered her cap and said, “I do. It’s over there.”
She pointed in Cheng Juan’s direction.
Cheng Juan had one hand in his pocket and was sitting lazily on the luggage, waiting a long time for her. Since it was Summer, he was wearing a black T-shirt that reflected against his white collarbone. While dangling his legs lazily, his looks attracted the attention of students walking past.
“Then, it’s easier for me.” Taken aback at first, the boy then laughed and brought her through the formalities. He snorted inwardly. She was so good-looking, of course, she wasn’t single. “My name is Xia Min. I’m a sophomore in the Law Department. Remember to find me if you’re interested in joining the school’s student union.”
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When they left, the students in the student union at the freshman reception couldn’t help but exchange glances.
“Did that freshman come to the wrong school? We’re not the film and television university…”
1
“I wonder which department she’s in?”
“She’s so good-looking, it’s probably the Media Department?”
“No matter which it is, it’s definitely not the four major departments.”
2
“I think one more person will be added to the campus belle list? This year’s freshmen are very good.”
“What do you mean by adding one more campus belle? She obviously stands out among all the others!”
“…”
Since there weren’t many people, Qin Ran didn’t have to queue up and managed to complete the formalities in less than an hour.
She was assigned to Room 301 in the old teaching building.
It was too early, and there was no one else in the room.
Four beds were inside, each with a name affixed. Qin Ran’s bed was near the window. She and Cheng Juan packed up everything and went downstairs instead of staying in the bedroom.
There were a total of three days for the freshmen to sign up. After signing up, they didn’t necessarily have to live in the dormitory. Some students took advantage of the three days to have fun with their parents.
**
At the same time, a black car stopped at the entrance of the bustling commercial street.
The middle-aged man sat in the driver’s seat. He parked the car and looked at Qin Hanqiu in amazement. “His sister got admitted to a university in Beijing?”
2
This area was the university town of Beijing and was where all the well-known universities were gathered. It wasn’t an easy feat to be admitted here.
The smile on Qin Hanqiu’s face was indiscreet. “Yeah, she just finished her college entrance examination this year.”
The middle-aged man was really surprised.
He only knew why Qin Hanqiu’s information was so difficult to find once he found him. He lived in Ninghai Town, which appeared to be a poverty alleviation site, but was actually an experimental base for several big families.
It was said to be poverty alleviation, but it was only to let fewer people go there for development.
For this reason, Ninghai Town’s information was specifically controlled by someone and was extremely difficult to obtain. The middle-aged man still hadn’t figured out what happened to Qin Hanqiu these years.
After communicating with him, he naturally knew that he had been moving bricks on the construction site before, and his education level wasn’t high. But he was the Qin family’s Second Master, after all, and shouldn’t stay in Ninghai Town forever.
Fortunately, Qin Ling was still young and had learning capacity.
As for the other two daughters, he had also heard of them but didn’t expect much. The Qin family’s situation was so treacherous, and even retrieving Qin Hanqiu and Qin Ling had posed a great risk. However, these two were different from their expectations, so they didn’t anticipate much from the two daughters and didn’t know that one had been admitted to a university in Beijing.
Surprised, the middle-aged man didn’t ask much and only instructed Qin Hanqiu not to babble.
Then, he felt too deliberate and casually asked what Qin Ran was studying.
Qin Hanqiu didn’t know what she was studying, so he said excitedly, “She plays the violin very well.”
2
Qin Ran had sent Qin Ling a video before.
Having said this, Qin Hanqiu took out his mobile phone to show the middle-aged man. “Look at this…”
The middle-aged man was rustic and felt a little impatient at the moment. He only entertained them perfunctorily.
2
When Qin Ran came out of the dormitory, Qin Hanqiu and Qin Ling were still outside Beijing University. They only waited two minutes at the intersection.
Qin Yu originally planned to go to Continent M, but now that the placing had been given to Wang Zifeng and school had started, she still came with Ning Qing to sign up.
2
The Shen family’s car drove to Beijing University.
At the intersection, Qin Yu looked out the window subconsciously and immediately saw Qin Hanqiu standing there. She clenched her hands and said in disbelief, “Mom, why are they here?”
