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The Little Merman - Chapter 69

Published at 14th of December 2022 06:38:44 AM


Chapter 69

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The river is not only wide but also deep. Fortunately, Qin Shen and Fang Miao were good swimmers. Qin Shen pulled Fang Miao up from the water and immediately took Jiang Naonao from his arms, took off his coat, and wrapped the little cub tightly.

When he got ashore, Fang Miao wiped the water from his face and quickly asked, “Is the little one okay?”

He was caught off guard when they fell into the water. It would be bad if he choked on water and had an accident.

“He’s okay.” Qin Shen hugged the little cub tightly. He was rescued in time. The little cub hadn’t transformed his little tail. He touched the little boy’s short legs through his coat and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fang Miao looked at the little one, who was leaning on Qin Shen’s arm, unharmed except for being drenched. His heart can now relax.

“Everyone has been caught except for the one called Brother Hui,” Zheng Jin said as he emerged from the dirt bag. “There’s a tracker on that guy, follow him to find out who’s behind him.”

The big, shiny diamond brooch on Jiang the little cub’s body has a tracker in it. According to the temperament of these people who love money, they can’t lose it.

“What’s inside?” Fang Miao asked curiously as he looked at the dirt bags. 

Zheng Jin raised his eyebrows at him, “Casino. The bottom of these dirt bags are empty. More than a dozen people are inside. These people are really good, sneaking into the ground in the middle of nowhere to gamble.”

“Give me your coat, you can watch and deal with them here, I’ll take these two back first.” The little cub, Fang Miao and him were all wet. Qin Shen asked Zheng Jing for his coat, and after saying that, he drove back first.

After sending Fang Miao and the little cub home, Qin Shen went to find Zheng Jing again. They tracked down the person behind Brother Hui, who really was the bar owner. The bar owner finally revealed his relationship with Lu Keying after being blackmailed using the casino.

After the matter was finished, it was already evening. As soon as Qin Shen got in the car, he received a call from the nanny saying that the little cub was sick.

 

He rushed home. As soon as he opened the door, the nanny hurriedly greeted him and said, “Sir, the young master was fine when he first came back in the afternoon. Later, when I touched his forehead I found it was hot. Thinking it was just a small cold, I boiled some scallion water for him to drink. Unexpectedly, just after falling asleep, the young master’s condition worsened.”

Qin Shen listened while going into the room, and saw Jiang Naonao lying on the crib, covered with a small quilt, revealing only the little red face, grunting and whimpering, with a snot bubble on his nose. 

On the way here, he had already called his personal doctor. He bent over and picked the little cub up from the crib. The little cub hugged his neck, his hot face leaned against his shoulder, and the snot bubbles also rubbed on his clothes.

Qin Shen took out his handkerchief to wipe the little cub’s snot, and after waiting for a while, the doorbell rang. The nanny went to open the door. In addition to the personal doctor,  Qiao Xin also came carrying a large paper bag at the door.

Qiao Xin went shopping with her friends. When she saw the children’s clothes, she couldn’t walk away. She bought a lot of them and came to send them over. When she saw the little one lying on Qin Shen’s shoulder, with tears on his red face and sobbing, her heart broke. 

Qiao Xin was startled and hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong with the baby?”

“Sick.” Qin Shen hurriedly replied, and then took the doctor upstairs into the room. He gently put the little cub on the bed and let the doctor examine him.

“He was fine yesterday, why is he suddenly sick today?” Qiao Xin was distressed as she looked at the little cub that was whimpering on the bed. 

 

“It’s a cold, and it’s a bit serious,” the doctor said after completing his examination. “I’ll prescribe some medicine that children can take first.”

“He caught a cold?” Qiao Xin quickly glanced at the nanny. “I have taken good care of the young master, and the young master was fine this morning,” the nanny hastily defended.

“In the morning? By the way, what did you and Fang Miao do with the baby in the morning?” Qiao Xin remembered that her calls couldn’t reach the both of them in the morning, and when she later called the nanny, the nanny stammered that the two had taken the little cub out.

……When the little cub fell into the water in the morning, he stripped him naked and returned him with only Zheng Jin’s coat wrapped around him. Could this have caused the little boy to catch a cold?

Qin Shen choked. Did he make the little cub sick?

Seeing him silent, Qiao Xin turned around and called Fang Miao.

When Fang Miao learned that the little boy was sick, he instantly recounted what had happened and blamed it all on Qin Shen.

Qiao Xin was furious after hearing this, and when the doctor went downstairs, she angrily reprimanded Qin Shen, “The baby is so small, you dare to use him as bait, what if something happens? You and Miao Miao will be fine but what if he had accidentally let go of him? Won’t he be washed away by the river? How can you be a father? You’re irresponsible!” 

In the water, if something really happens to them, nothing will happen to the little cub. But this can’t be told to his mother, plus the little cub really did caught a cold because he fell into the water. Qin Shen was scolded in silence and he didn’t dare to reply. 

The nanny brought the brewed medicine, Qiao Xin stopped scolding him, hugged and coaxed the little cub to take the medicine. 

 

When Qin Shen couldn’t get a hold of him by the side, his cell phone rang. It was the same number that Jiang Yu used last time. Looking at the baby lying in Qiao Xin’s arms, he touched his nose guiltily and turned to the balcony to answer the phone.

“Grandpa Patriarch has agreed to let Cheng Cheng and I go ashore.” As soon as the phone was connected, Jiang Yu said happily on the phone.

Qin Shen’s spirit lifted, “When? I’ll pick you up.”

“In two days, is your grandfather still unconscious? I’ll pick some medicinal herbs for him and bring them over.” Jiang Yu hadn’t seen Jiang Naonao for some days and asked, “Where is Naonao, how is he?”

Although the little cub did not belong to him and Jiang Yu, he is a relative of Jiang Yu and he made him get sick. Qin Shen couldn’t help feeling guilty and coughed lightly, “…He’s sick.”

“Sick?!” Jiang Yu’s voice raised and he hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong? Is it serious?”

“He has a cold and fever, it’s not serious. “Don’t worry, I called the doctor to come, it’s okay.” Qin Shen hurriedly reassured him. 

Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not serious.

Promising to take good care of the little cub, the two hung up the phone and Qin Shen went back to the room. The little cub had taken the medicine and fell asleep in Qiao Xin’s arms.

The private doctor stayed that night, and so did Qiao Xin. Qin Shen got up every two hours to check on the little cub. When the morning came, the little cub’s fever finally subsided, and only then could Qin Shen breathe a sigh of relief.

The little cub just had a fever, so his whole body was still a little weak. He didn’t drink much of his favorite milk. Qiao Xin asked the nanny to make some complementary food for the little one. She pinched the little cub’s mouth and saw another small tooth coming out, she said in wonder, “The baby’s teeth are growing so fast.”

She looked at the little cub and asked Qin Shen, “How many months is the baby?”

Looking at the little cub, it shouldn’t be a few months, but why are his teeth growing so fast?

Qin Shen coughed lightly. The little cub is not a human being. Of course, he’d different from ordinary human babies. He vaguely said, “I don’t know, he is not my son. I’m just taking care of him for a few days. How would I know?”

“Sure, not your son.” Qiao Xin rolled her eyes, obviously not believing him, she then picked up the little boy and went to the balcony to bask in the sun.

Qin Shen sighed. He doesn’t really understand why his mother didn’t believe him. He received a call from Zheng Jin, the more he listened, the colder he looked. Finally, he let out a sigh, hung up and called Uncle Xiang and said, “Uncle Xiang, please call my dad and the others. Tell them to go to Grandpa’s ward. Don’t mention me, just say that Grandpa explained a few important things before he was unconscious, and you have to tell them in person.”

After he finished the call, he went to Qiao Xin to tell her he had to go out, and asked Qiao Xin to take care of the little cub. So he picked up his coat and went out.

 

An hour later, Qin Zhentian and Lu Keying arrived in the ward of Qin Yunshan. Qin Zhentian asked Uncle Xiang, “What important thing did my father tell you before?”

“Sit down for a while, and when the young master comes, we will talk together,” Uncle Xiang said after pouring two glasses of water in front of them.

“What can the old man explain, Zhentian, let’s go back,” Lu Keying said, pulling Qin Zhentian’s sleeve.

“The old master explained that it is about the Qin family, madam, let us sit patiently for a while,” Uncle Xiang said calmly.

“Wait a little longer to see what’s going on,” Qin Zhentian said as he patted Lu Keying’s hand and asked, “Where’s Xiao Ze?”

“…I don’t know either,” Lu Keying replied, clenching her fists.

“He just came back, and now he’s already run out of sight,” Qin Zhentian frowned. “He didn’t even visit his grandfather. Call him and tell him to come over.”

Lu Keying stood up and went to the restroom with her phone. She hurriedly called Qin Ze after closing the door, but no one answered. She dialed another number labeled Brother Sheng in her phone, but no one answered. She was agitated as she stared at her phone.

She had previously requested Brother Sheng to capture the little boy in Qin Shen’s house. He was successful and was supposed to send a message in the afternoon, but there was no word from Brother Sheng all day yesterday. 

Is it possible that things have gone wrong and Qin Shen knows about it?

When she heard the door slam outside, she became uneasy. Uncle Xiang then knocked on the bathroom door and said, “Madam, the young master is here.”

Lu Keying bit her lower lip and called Qin Ze and Brother Sheng again, but no one answered. She had to put her phone away, wash her hands, and leave the restroom.

She sat next to Qin Zhentian, who turned his head and asked, “Has Xiao Ze arrived yet?”

Lu Keying reluctantly smiled and said, “I don’t know where he is and he didn’t answer the phone.”

Qin Zhentian was about to become enraged when Qin Shen sat across the table and said, “I know where he is.”

Lu Kexing’s heart sank as soon as he said this, and Qin Zhentian asked suspiciously, “How do you know? Where is he?”

Qin Shen stretched out his hand, and the assistant standing behind him handed over a tablet. Qin Shen tapped a few times before the sound of water flowing as well as Qin Ze’s weak curses could be heard. He then showed the two a recorded video.

Qin Ze was tied to a rope and hung in a river in the video. When the rope became loose and tight, he floated and sank in the river, wretchedly drinking a belly of water.

Not only Lu Keying, but Qin Zhentian’s face also changed instantly. He said angrily to Qin Shen, “What are you doing? Quickly have someone release Xiao Ze!”

“You listen to what he’s done first,” Qin Shen said coldly, “I have a little boy here, he thinks it’s my son, and yesterday he asked someone to take him away and threw him into this river to drown. If he can do it to such a small child, of course I can let him taste what it feels like to be drowned.”

The river runs from the top of the mountain to the bottom, and the current is extremely dangerous in several places. Previously, a mountain climber fell into the river and drowned, his body floated downstream to the base of the mountain. The man called Brother Hui explained that he simply wanted to push Fang Miao and Jiang Naonao into the water together to create the illusion of accidental drowning.

Qin Zhentian was shocked at first, but he couldn’t stand seeing Qin Ze in such a state. “He’s learned his lesson, in any case, he’s your brother. Let him go, don’t drown him,” he hurriedly said.

Qin Shen turned a deaf ear, he turned off the video then showed him a photo. It was a picture of a middle-aged man, who has a cropped haircut and muscular body. His black t-shirt tightly clung on his body revealing a pair of strong arms. The middle-aged man had a hostile expression on his face which looked difficult to provoke.

“I told you to release Xiao Ze, why are you showing me this man’s photo? I don’t know him,” Qin Zhentian frowned and stared at the man in the photo.

Qin Shen arched his brow. “You don’t know, but someone else does.”

Qin Tian was perplexed at first, but when he realized what he meant, he turned to face Lu Keying. He twisted his brows slightly as he noticed Lu Keying’s pale complexion. “Do you know him?”

The moment Lu Keying saw Qin Shen, she knew the plan had been exposed. When she saw Ye Sheng’s photo, her whole body became cold and her fingers trembled.

Not waiting for her to speak, Qin Shen had already spoken for her, “This person’s name is Ye Sheng, he owns a bar, and he’s also doing some illegal business behind the scenes. There’s an underground casino by the river you just saw. He is our Mrs. Qin’s…”

Qin Shen sneered at her, “First love, before her debut. Right? You opened the bar for him five years ago and you still have lingering feelings for him.”

Qin Zhentian’s face went black in an instant, and Lu Keying quickly grabbed his arm while crying. “Zhentian, I have nothing to do with him for a long time, he threatened me with my previous affairs, so I had no choice but to give him money. I didn’t tell you because I was afraid you’d be angry.”

She began her career when she was 18 years old. Before that, she was just the ‘school flower’ of a regular middle school. At that time, she preferred dressing up to studying. Ye Sheng was the most powerful and attractive student in school. She, of course, fell in love with him.

She had a wild time with Ye Sheng, then she entered the entertainment industry and became popular, and everything before that became a dark chapter in her life. She spent a lot of money and connections to conceal it. She had long forgotten about Ye Sheng until five years ago, when she ran into him on a shopping trip.

“Then why do I have a few photos of you and him talking happily here?” Qin Shen’s slender fingers flicked through several photos in quick succession, all of which showed Lu Keying smiling alongside Ye Sheng, and some of which showed her taking Ye Sheng’s arm intimately.

Lu Keying’s face turned pale once more. These photos were previously taken by a paparazzi and she paid a high price for them. How did they end up in Qin Shen?!

Qin Shen didn’t wait for Qin Zhentian to act, instead, he instructed his assistant to place a lighter in a clear bag on the table and said coldly, “This was found by the bamboo forest where grandpa had an accident, Ye Sheng had already admitted that he sent someone to move against grandpa, and the person who made him do it is you!”

Qin Zhentian was completely shocked and enraged, with trembling hands he pointed at Lu Keying, and angrily said, “You cheated behind my back, and even tried to kill my father?!”

“Zhentian…” Lu Keying still wanted to grab his arm, but Qin Zhentian slapped her hard and angrily said, “Bitch! ”

Lu Keying fell to the ground, holding her swollen face, crying and complaining, “I shouldn’t have gone out with Brother Sheng behind your back, but I told him to do something to the old man, all for you and Ah Ze. Think about it, Qin Zhentian. When did the old man give you a face? Does he even look at you and Ah Ze? Ah Ze is also his grandson so why should he be treated less favorably than Qin Shen! And you, you are his only son, yet he gave to Qin Shen all of the Qin family’s properties. You even had a big fight with him over this before. I’m simply assisting you in reclaiming everything that is rightfully yours!”

“Even if I get angry with him again, he’s still my father, I never wanted him to die!” Qin Zhentian’s eyes grew red as he reached out and angrily questioned, “My father is in a coma, does Xiao Ze know about this, does he have anything to do with it?”

“No, I did it all by myself,” Lu Keying said in one breath, crawling from the ground to the sofa, she opened a bag, and took out a few pieces of paper, and hurriedly hand it to Qin Zhentian saying, “Although I made the old man unconscious, the ‘will’ is true. This is the paternity test result of Ah Ze and the newborn child, and the baby is indeed Ah Ze’s son.”

After witnessing what happened just now, Qin Shen sat next to him with no expression. Only then his eyes sank. Lu Keying moved really fast enough. The child was just born and she already did the test.

“When I arrived, I called Lawyer Li, and he was already on his way. The old man’s ‘will’ was very clear. Because Qin Shen didn’t have a son, everything should be handed over to Ah Ze to manage.” Lu Keying said as she kneeled on the ground, a smile appeared on her red, swollen face as she gave Qin Shen a cold, triumphant look.

“Who said our Ah Shen doesn’t have a son?” The door of the ward was suddenly pushed open, and Qiao Xin appeared in the doorway, holding Jiang Naonao in her arms, with lawyer Li standing behind her.

“Is it great that you have a paternity test result?! I also have one.” Qiao Xin walked in, holding Jiang Naonao, and threw the documents in her hand on the table.





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