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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nShe had been to the Beijing University research laboratory before, to test the medicine that Chen Shulan took.

nWhen Chen Shulan passed on a while later, she had left some things behind.

nQin Yu and Mu Ying did not want it.

nNing Wei did not take them, either. Hence, the belongings were left with her and Mu Nan.

nQin Ran looked at Principal Xu for a while and responded with, “I got it.”

nBack then, Chen Shulan would rather have died than stepped into Beijing. She hadn’t mentioned anything about Beijing to her, either.

n“Since you’re back in Beijing now, you have to stay close to Third Young Master Cheng for now. Don’t go anywhere without him.” Principal Xu glanced at the door as he asked, “Where are the rest?”

n“He’s waiting for me outside.”

n“Alright.” While Cheng Juan seemed to not have anything to do around Beijing, Principal Xu was clear that the still waters run deep. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gotten Cheng Juan to look out for his heir.

nCheng Juan surely knew the current situation.

n“Teacher, I’ll get going first then,” Qin Ran said.

nPrincipal Xu had nothing more to say and so walked her to the door.

nButler Xu was standing behind Principal Xu. Upon seeing her leave, he said, “Old Master…”

nIt took a while before Principal Xu said, “Back then, the Old Master of the Qin family had seemed so upright, but he was helping Ning’er secretly. Look at the Qin family now. Who knows how Yaoguang’s trip to Continent M was this time…”

nPrincipal Xu looked up at the gloomy sky. Most of the other strongholds in Beijing were guessing that the Xu family was trying to outdo the Cheng family in order to become the most powerful name in Beijing. But they didn’t know that they were trying to protect themselves through their power in Continent M.

n“Old Master, they’re still waiting for you for the family meeting.” There was a meeting in the morning.

nUpon hearing that Qin Ran was coming back, Elder Xu had postponed the meeting by 30 minutes.

nHe headed to the hall.

nAs he expected, they were still talking about Qin Ran.

n“Master, I already said that you can’t trust an outsider to take over the Research Institute. People are all selfish. No matter how righteous she is, I don’t believe that she can be completely unfazed by such a huge institute.” One of the stakeholders of the Xu family got up and said, “It’s barely been two days, and she’s been sent back by Young Master Xu already.”

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nPrincipal Xu was sitting in the Master’s seat and did not respond.

nIf it wasn’t because Ning’er left Beijing back then, he wouldn’t have had the chance to take over the Research Institute either.

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n“Master, you have to think twice!”

n“Yes, Master…”

nThey took turns to express their opinions.

nButler Xu came in holding his cell phone. He seemed to be in shock. “O-Old Master, Young Master is calling…”

nElder Xu’s hand stiffened as he turned to look at him. “What did he say? Did they get it?”

nThe Xu family had been especially concerned with the matters in Continent M in the recent two years.

nAll of them suddenly turned to Butler Xu, momentarily forgetting about Qin Ran.

nButler Xu paused. “Young Master said that Miss Qin…”

nOne of them slammed on the table. “I already said, she won’t be of any help. She only makes things worse!”

n“No, our Xu family isn’t just going to get 1% of the market share, it’s 1% of the economic center’s! They called the moment they got the official signature, but you didn’t pick up your phone, that’s why they contacted me.” Elder Xu hurriedly handed the cell phone to Elder Xu.

nThe rest of the Xu family members were slightly stunned. “1% of the economic center market share? H-How is this possible?”

nBack then, it had cost the Xu family a lot just to get 1% of the normal share. It took them so much in order to gain the Mas family’s trust. How did they suddenly obtain the economic center’s share right away now?

nDid they get lucky?

nButler Xu took a deep breath and tried to explain. “It seems like it’s because of Miss Qin…”

nHe went on to let them know exactly what Xu Yaoguang had told him.

n“Miss Qin did not ask Mr. Carlo for any commission whatsoever. She just asked for them to give 1% of the economic center share to the Xu family. If it wasn’t for her, we probably wouldn’t even be able to get 1% of the periphery region, much less the economic center.”

nWith that, everyone in the hall went quiet.

nThey knew that Butler Xu and Xu Yaoguang couldn’t possibly be lying about it.

nIf they chose to lie, they’d only be exposed soon.

nThe man who slammed the table and was planning to push the blame to Qin Ran previously went quiet. His face got a little red…

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nOutside the Xu household.

nAfter Qin Ran went in to meet Principal Xu, Cheng Juan parked the car and headed to the Xu family’s driveway.

nThere was a tall figure standing there.

n“Mr. Feng.” Cheng Juan greeted politely.

nThe man turned around. He looked elegant despite being rather old.

nIt was Feng Loucheng.

nQin Ran addressed him as Uncle Feng, and Cheng Juan was very respectful towards him too.

nHe looked at Cheng Juan deeply. “Young Master Cheng.”

n“You should know what I’m here for.” Cheng Juan signaled for him to stand closer to the edge. “The 712 case had been deliberately kept a secret. We couldn’t find out about it even after so long…”

nOn that note, Cheng Juan bowed towards Feng Loucheng slightly and said, “Mr. Feng, if you could please tell me the truth, I’d owe you a favor.”

nFeng Loucheng’s eyes seemed distant as he heard that.

nHe roughly knew what Cheng Juan had come for. “I don’t need a favor.” Feng Loucheng took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and handed Cheng Juan a stick. Cheng Juan received it, and then Feng Loucheng went on to light his own cigarette. “A few people know about this, actually. It’s just that the order we received is to keep this among ourselves.”

nCheng Juan did not light the cigarette. He simply listened to Feng Loucheng quietly.

n“712 is a major case. You should know that several people died.” Feng Loucheng took a deep breath.

nA cloud of smoke came up between them.

nCheng Juan nodded.

nThat was all he found, nothing more.

nFeng Loucheng took a while before he went on. “The explosion… the reactors originally came from her.”

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