Chapter 44: The Old Lady Launches a Sneak Attack!

Lin Qingqing, after asking her question, felt like she had been driven to the point of stupidity by anger.

Letting someone with a love-obsessed brain make a decision?
If someone with a love-obsessed brain could think rationally, would they still be called that?

In the original plot, Qin Yansen betrayed the second and third branches of the Qin family just to ensure Mu Yiyi could live a happy life.

So in Qin Yansen’s heart, the entire Qin family meant nothing compared to Mu Yiyi.

How could Qin Yansen possibly choose his own family?

Once Lin Qingqing realized this, she let go of Qin Yansen and made a phone call.

Not long after, the private room door was pushed open. A group of tall, muscular bodyguards walked in and stood respectfully beside Lin Qingqing, bowing deeply:
“Madam.”

Lin Qingqing glanced at the confused Qin Yansen standing beside her and ordered, “Take him down.”

Qin Yansen looked warily at the group of bodyguards, his eyes carrying a touch of coldness. Just as he was about to speak, Lin Qingqing suddenly raised her hand and struck the back of his neck. The tall man, over 1.8 meters tall, collapsed stiffly to the ground.

Looking down at the unconscious Qin Yansen, Lin Qingqing curved her lips without a trace of guilt and said, “Don’t blame me for the sneak attack. If we keep wasting time talking, it’ll be too late.”

She didn’t want anything unexpected to happen.

“Carry him away,” Lin Qingqing instructed the bodyguards beside her.

There’s no need to reason with someone with a love-obsessed brain. Just use force.

——
By the time Lu Zeyan arrived and saw the empty private room, his brows furrowed tightly.

He had clearly used Mu Yiyi’s phone to send a message to Qin Yansen—how could he not show up?

He turned to ask a server, “Has anyone come to this private room?”

Normally, VIP rooms are reserved for honored guests, and such information isn’t to be disclosed. But this club was part of the Lu Group, and Lu Zeyan was essentially one of the owners.

The server recounted the earlier events truthfully:
“Yes, President Qin from the Qin Group came. But later, a woman in her thirties brought a bunch of bodyguards and carried him away. We tried to stop them, but we couldn’t.”

Lu Zeyan frowned: “A woman in her thirties?”

“Yes, that’s right. When I tried to stop her, she even said this was a family matter of the Qins. When we heard that they were family, we didn’t dare to interfere.”

Lu Zeyan thought hard. A woman in her thirties, with the guts to forcibly take Qin Yansen away—he couldn’t think of anyone like that.

Since he couldn’t figure it out, he went to the security room to check the surveillance footage. One glance and he nearly jumped in shock!

The woman leading the group in the footage looked incredibly familiar, but he couldn’t place her at first. After a while, it finally hit him—

Wasn’t this the old lady who beat him at the racetrack the other night?!

But how had her appearance changed so drastically?

When he first met her, she had white hair and a wrinkled face. How was she now looking so young?

No wonder that server said she looked thirty-something.

If no one knew the old lady’s real age, they would never guess she was actually eighty.

How was this possible? He clearly remembered Qin Jingshu telling him the old lady only had one breath left and wouldn’t live much longer.

He had even been waiting eagerly for her to die so the Qin family would start fighting over the inheritance, and he could profit from the chaos.

But now, judging by her vibrant condition—playing basketball, racing cars, even defeating him—it seemed like not only was she not dying anytime soon, she might even be… aging in reverse?

Aging in reverse…
Lu Zeyan murmured the words to himself, finding it hard to believe.

Impossible. It defied science!

He quickly pulled out his phone and texted an unfamiliar number:
“Why does Old Madam Lin look so young recently?”

The reply came quickly:
“Plastic surgery.”

That explained everything.

Being unfamiliar with plastic surgery, Lu Zeyan believed it. Besides, he couldn’t think of any more scientific explanation for it.

Putting his phone away, he looked back at the surveillance footage and let out a cold chuckle.
Even on her deathbed, she still went for cosmetic surgery—this old lady really doesn’t know when to quit.

And not only that—she beat him at the racetrack, too. Mu Yiyi had been singing her praises all day yesterday, marveling at her incredible driving skills.

Because of that, he had completely lost the mood to confess to Mu Yiyi. And while she was in the restroom, he had used her phone to text Qin Yansen.

He had completely run out of patience.

Between Qin Yansen and Old Madam Lin, he felt like the longer the Qin family survived, the harder life would be for him.

Especially that old hag—she keeps ruining his plans!

Since things hadn’t worked out with Qin Yansen, he’d have to go after Qin Jingshu instead.

——
Qin Family Ancestral Home

When Qin Yansen woke up and saw Qin He sitting across from him, he frowned.

Rubbing his sore neck, he slowly sat up.

The old lady had gone completely unreasonable and launched a sneak attack—he hadn’t stood a chance.

And her strength was no joke.

The worst part was that his guard had been focused entirely on the bodyguards. He never expected the old lady to make a move herself. After all, what threat could an eighty-year-old woman pose to a young man like him?

But the reality was—he, a 1.87-meter-tall man—had been taken down by an eighty-year-old woman.

Their old lady really wasn’t your average grandmother.

Qin He, seeing that he was awake, put down his phone and asked curiously,
“What happened to you? Some accident? Why did Grandma carry you back here?”

Qin Yansen looked annoyed, but he didn’t want to lose his temper. He rubbed his neck a few more times and said in a muffled tone,
“The ‘accident’ was Grandma.”

She had ruined his one chance for a one-on-one meeting with Mu Yiyi.

Only he knew how rare it was for Mu Yiyi to agree to meet him. It was a dream opportunity—and it had been destroyed just like that.

He felt unwilling and wronged. But then, he recalled what the old lady had asked him just before he lost consciousness.

She had asked him to choose—stay and wait for Mu Yiyi, or give up on the entire Qin family.

Was the old lady trying to say that if he stayed for Mu Yiyi, he would be giving up everything the Qin family offered?

Did she dislike Mu Yiyi so much that she forced him into this decision?

But he didn’t want to give up Mu Yiyi—nor did he want to give up the Qin family.

Qin He was confused.
“Wait—you’re saying Grandma knocked you out?”

“Yeah.”

“Why would she do that? What mistake did you make?”

Qin He’s relentless questioning gave Qin Yansen a headache. Since when were they so close?

Sure, they used to play together as kids, but after they started school, they each went their separate ways, even studying in different countries. They’d only see each other during holidays when the old lady insisted.

Later, when she fell ill and was bedridden, they barely met even during the holidays. Without contact, their bond had faded.

Honestly, they weren’t even as close as his school friends or colleagues.

Qin Yansen was growing increasingly frustrated—at the old lady for ruining his chance to meet Mu Yiyi, and at her clear dislike for Mu Yiyi.
How on earth was he supposed to get the old lady to like her?