Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 116 Qin Youran’s Last Stand

Chapter 116: 116 Qin Youran’s Last Stand

Two hours were left before the deadline set by Qian Yezhou.

Clutching her phone, Qin Youran dialed that number.

"Hello?" On the other end was an irreverent male voice.

"Lin Qiming, Mr. Lin?" Qin Youran asked politely.

"Who is this?"

Qin Youran raised her voice, "Who I am doesn’t matter, what matters is, does Mr. Lin remember who Qian Yezhou is?"

"Qian Yezhou?" Lin Qiming paused upon hearing the name.

Qin Youran said, "Mr. Lin, when you extended an olive branch to Qian Yezhou years ago, he not only rejected it but also opened a law firm specifically to slap you in the face. Can you really swallow this insult?"

Lin Qiming found it interesting, "Oh? Miss, are you taking up my cause?"

"Not exactly taking up your cause, I just happen to know... that Qian Yezhou has been collecting illegal evidence against the Lin Family over the years." Qin Youran deliberately let slip a few details. "Feiqi Entertainment, Zhisheng Culture, Cao Yuan Studio... all belong to the Lin Family, right? Qian Yezhou has quite a bit of evidence on their tax evasion and more dark smuggling transactions... If these get exposed, Mr. Lin’s days would not be easy, would they?"

Hearing this, Lin Qiming’s playful expression suddenly took on shades of seriousness.

He tapped his fingers on the table, speaking unhurriedly, "Go on."

Qin Youran knew she had piqued his interest and continued, "Not only do I know about these, but I also know the complete list of the Lin Family that Qian Yezhou wants to take down. I would like to exchange this information in return for a favor from Mr. Lin."

Finally getting to the point, huh?

Lin Qiming said, "Speak."

"Qian Yezhou issued a statement online to defend Yan Yueqing, targeting a well-known V. I would like Mr. Lin’s help in dealing with this matter."

"Who?" Lin Qiming almost thought he had misheard.

"You heard right, your ex-fiancée, Yan Yueqing." Qin Youran knew Lin Qiming harbored hatred for her, "She disregarded her engagement to you and came back pregnant from an affair, not only giving birth to a bastard but also abusing that child! As a woman and as a mother, she is an utter failure!

"The audio of her cursing her own son to die was leaked online. She dared not admit it and even joined forces with Qian Yezhou to silence us... Mr. Lin, she is so brazen, now targeting the whistleblower, and she might go after you next! Why not seize this opportunity for us to join forces and boot her out of the entertainment industry for good?"

Thanks to her time living at the Jun Residence, Qin Youran knew many secrets.

For example, when Yan Yueqing first entered the entertainment industry, she faced backlash from the Lin Family. They didn’t dare to make major moves but a nod to the major companies and drama crews made things very easy.

Especially after the Yan Family publicly declared that artist Yan Yueqing had nothing to do with them, Lin Qiming intensified his efforts, secretly arranging for Yan Yueqing to be cast in several distasteful reality shows.

But...

Qin Youran did not know the truth; she believed Lin Qiming genuinely hated Yan Yueqing!

She didn’t consider that with the Lin Family’s status in the entertainment circle, if they truly wanted to take action, how could Yan Yueqing have quietly been a star for so many years?

She couldn’t grasp this and thought herself as she was back in her days at the Jun Residence, where whatever she said, others would believe.

Lin Qiming listened silently, then suddenly counter-questioned, "Qin Youran, right? Do you really... only want her out of the entertainment circle?"

"Mr. Lin is indeed astute to guess my identity," Qin Youran said, "After all, she is a member of the Yan Family. Does Mr. Lin really dare to lay a hand on her?"

Lin Qiming laughed, his voice growing louder involuntarily, "Would I be afraid of the Yan Family?"

His reaction filled Qin Youran with elation!

"Since that’s the case, Mr. Lin, how about we work together? As long as you can take care of this matter cleanly, everything about Qian Yezhou... I can help you with."

Lin Qiming said, "Fine, two hours."

After he spoke, he hung up the phone directly.

Qin Youran let out a long sigh of relief, her legs going somewhat weak as she slid down to sit on the ground.

Thank goodness...

She had taken the step with Lin Qiming!

Lin Qiming tossed his phone onto the office desk, and casually lit up a cigarette.

The man in front of him asked curiously, "Whose call was that? I even heard the names Yan Yueqing and Qian Yezhou?"

"An idiot," Lin Qiming said dismissively, "Cao Yuan, would you believe that someone was advising me to make a move against Yan Yueqing?"

"Pfft—" Cao Yuan burst into laughter as if he heard a joke, "Who’s got the guts?"

"A Qin, named Qin Youran, she’s in the same program group as Yan Yueqing this time," Lin Qiming took a drag of his cigarette, slowly exhaling the smoke, "She probably doesn’t know the nature of my relationship with Yan Yueqing, dares to come and sow discord?"

Cao Yuan was beside himself with laughter, "You kid..."

Lin Qiming thought the other party was a complete fool, "Yan Yueqing and I were contractually married, she knew eight hundred years ago that I liked men, even advised me not to worry about the gossip. Later on, when that bitch snuck off to date, got pregnant, I said we might as well get married, give the kid a name. She didn’t want to affect my future partner, refused everything! If you think about it, Yan Wang is also like my stepson. Qin Youran doesn’t know and has the huge audacity to come to me?"

"Hahaha!" Cao Yuan laughed, "Isn’t it because when Yan Yueqing first entered the industry, you were giving her a hard time, making everyone think you despised her because of the broken engagement?"

"That was Grandfather Yan’s idea, to make me use some tricks to snap Yan Yueqing out of her daze, to make her willingly leave the industry and go home to take care of the child. Who knew she could withstand the pressure and even made Grandfather Yan give in? What could I do? One’s an elder, the other’s a good brother, I’m stuck in the middle and it’s tough!"

Cao Yuan was reduced to laughing out loud—it was the best joke he’d heard all year, bar none!

After laughing for a while, Cao Yuan suddenly spoke up, "Right, what’s going on with Qian Yezhou? Did your darling wife run off to your good brother?"

"Darling wife my ass! He’s just a stubborn prick!" Lin Qiming got angry just mentioning it, "Big Brother saw my intentions for Qian Yezhou, wanted to drag him into the fray, so I personally forced him to open his own office, stay away from our nest of vipers! And yet Big Brother still sends people to bother him from time to time..."

At this point, Lin Qiming remembered what Qin Youran had just said.

"Old Cao, go check out your studio when you get back."

"Huh?" Cao Yuan’s smile abruptly came to a stop, "What’s up with my studio?"

Lin Qiming said, "Just now, Qin Youran said that Qian Yezhou has evidence of your studio committing tax evasion, as well as Feiqi Entertainment, Zhisheng Culture, you’d better watch out! The core members of these are our own people, but that doesn’t mean Big Brother’s men haven’t mixed in! I took what she said seriously, didn’t sound like a groundless accusation—"

Cao Yuan was smart, immediately catching on, "Alright!" He paused, "What about Qin Youran?"

Lin Qiming stubbed out his cigarette, "I saw that statement, Ye Zhou gave her six hours to respond, now only two hours left."

Cao Yuan gave a thumbs-up, "You little bastard, deliberately dragging out the time, making her do nothing and wait for death, huh?!"

Lin Qiming smiled like a sly fox.