Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 172 performs a double kill.

Chapter 172: 172 performs a double kill.

If it were just an ordinary drama of two people fighting over one, when Lin Qiming forced Qian Yezhou away, Lin Chengxiang should have quietly protected him.

In reality, Lin Chengxiang enjoyed the whole show from start to finish.

He quite liked Qian Yezhou, but that didn’t mean this person was more important than his own wealth and power.

When Lin Chengxiang saw that his brother had gone to great lengths to drive someone away, he suddenly understood something.

Perhaps keeping Qian Yezhou close would only provoke Lin Qiming’s violent backlash... Allowing him to leave and letting Lin Qiming feel at ease could maximize the use of this chess piece.

To everyone, including Qian Yezhou, it seemed that Lin Qiming forced him into a dead end, but who could imagine that the one who had once extended a helping hand was also scheming in secret?

Lin Chengxiang knew very well that Qian Yezhou was an extremely competent lawyer, so the people sent to harass him wouldn’t actually do anything that could leave evidence behind. They were like the buzzing mosquitoes in summer, swat away one batch and another would come, endlessly annoying.

He was not in a hurry, having spent four or five years setting up a trap...

"Under my name, the main projects are Feiqi Entertainment and Zhisheng Culture, plus the studio I opened with Cao Yuan..." Lin Qiming said, "Unexpected, isn’t it? The Lin Family may not be capable elsewhere, but they’re quite adept at creating internal strife."

He sighed and slowly explained.

"After returning to the capital, with the so-called connections of the Lin Family, I received some trivial projects, and Lin Chengxiang wanted me to hand over the company voluntarily. I was not willing, and we fought several times. In the end, although I kept the company, he still managed to insert quite a few people into it."

"I’ve always been on guard against those people, entrusting all important positions and matters to the confidants I brought from C City. Guess what happened? Lin Chengxiang actually wanted me to hand over all major powers to them because some of them had long been bought by him, and some were chess pieces he laid out well in advance in C City."

"At first, I couldn’t understand why he, being so powerful, wouldn’t use these schemes to revitalize the Lin Family but instead targeted me. Later, I learned something that made me understand their real intention."

At this point, he suddenly chuckled without words, "Yue Bao, guess who spilled the beans?"

Yan Yueqing didn’t expect it: "Who?"

"It’s Qin Youran, the one who tried everything to take you down!" Lin Qiming said indignantly, "A layperson, yet she knew the Lin Family’s secrets and even knew which of my companies had illegal evidence? She tried to use this evidence in exchange for my help to suppress Qian Yezhou’s statement..."

"What the heck?" Yan Yueqing hadn’t seen that coming at all.

However, upon further thought, Qin Youran didn’t know the relationship between herself and Lin Qiming, unknowingly giving her best friend a secret advantage by using information from her previous life.

If she knew her clever ploy had backfired, she would probably be furious, right?

Lin Qiming’s lashes lowered, "At first, I did not believe what Qin Youran said, but she spoke with such conviction as if there was proof. To be safe, I still had Cao Yuan check it out..."

"Yue Bao, do you know? Zhisheng Culture is about to sign a new project, to support orphanages in some remote areas, looking for pilot points... My ’great helper’ Zhu Shan mentioned the orphanage in his hometown. Without Qin Youran’s meddling, I would have probably signed the contract by the end of the month! However..."

Thinking of something, his expression suddenly turned to disgust and repulsion: "Have you seen The Crucible? That orphanage is a real-life version of The Crucible... They regularly supply minors to the entertainment industry’s capitals for their amusement... And the brokers are none other than the Lin Family!"

Yan Yueqing was enraged: "What are you saying?"

"The most ridiculous part is... making me carry out these projects, they were determined to make me the scapegoat!"

Lin Qiming’s lashes drooped, sorrowful not only for himself but also for those children, "With the internet so developed these years, many things are exposed by netizens. Coupled with increasing scrutiny from above, they want someone to shoulder all the illegal activities! This is also why many of the Lin Family’s projects are now legally in my name..."

Yan Yueqing immediately understood, "Their real goal isn’t to merge the legitimate line with the collateral line? It’s not even to covet the collateral line’s property, but to target you as a person?"

"Exactly..." Lin Qiming looked somewhat exhausted, his handsome face no longer showing the vitality of the past, "I’m just a tool for them to pin the blame on."

"Qiming, since you discovered the matter ahead of time, it means it’s not yet time to take the fall. We still have a chance to turn the situation around," Yan Yueqing consoled.

Lin Qiming nodded, "I understand, I’ll handle the affairs of the Lin Family. But regarding Qian Yezhou... Yue Bao, can you protect him for me?"

"What do you mean?"

"I’m really at the end of my rope..." Lin Qiming let out a long sigh, "Now there’s no evidence to prove that the troubles he encountered after arriving in City C weren’t orchestrated by me. But Lin Chengxiang is very crafty. He’s made me take the blame for so many things, Qian Yezhou’s case wouldn’t make a difference."

"Moreover... Qian Yezhou is a very upright person. He already has misunderstandings about me, and if he learns about the orphanage matter, I fear with his sense of justice he might fall into Lin Chengxiang’s trap and join hands in sending me to prison..."

You don’t say!

You really don’t say!

Yan Yueqing thought about what the system had said about Lin Qiming’s ending last time...

"Don’t worry, Qiming, you are not alone," Yan Yueqing sorted out her thoughts, "Besides, Qian Yezhou isn’t really brainless. Despite his misunderstandings about you before, he never went to find real evidence. Think about it, even Qin Youran knew those things, yet Qian Yezhou held back. Maybe..."

Lin Qiming’s eyes lit up, "You mean, he loves me too?"

Yan Yueqing couldn’t stand his hopeless look, "What I mean is, things haven’t deteriorated to that point yet! Cut the lovey-dovey crap! Don’t make me fly to the capital to slap you right now."

"Oh..." Lin Qiming smacked his lips, mumbling quietly, "Anyway, he has feelings for me."

Hopeless!

I’m out of here!

Yan Yueqing gritted her teeth, "In any case, be careful with your own matters regarding the Lin Family. I will communicate with Qian Yezhou."

Lin Qiming howled, "Yue Bao, you are so kind!"

"Kind my ass!" Yan Yueqing saw his face filled with thoughts of love and wanted to knock some sense into him, "Let me make it clear. If you can’t protect yourself and let the Lin Family’s scheme succeed, I’ll set Qian Yezhou up on blind dates, arrange a dozen girls for him!"

Lin Qiming panicked, "Yue Bao, you’re that ruthless?"

Seeing her expression didn’t seem fake, Lin Qiming clenched his teeth, "Not allowed! Yan Yueqing!"

Yan Yueqing lifted her head, revealing a smug smile.

"Ah ah ah ah ah! That’s enough!" Lin Qiming yelled, "Jiang Xiaoxing!"

"Don’t reveal my main handle!" Yan Yueqing instinctively responded.

At the doorway, a silhouette clad in black froze in place.