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nShe had already reached a professional level.

nHer violin was extremely good and she was his proud disciple.

nShe used to be and still was.

n“Mom, I’m back—” A clear voice from outside interrupted Father Xu’s thoughts.

nThe driver pushed open the door and Qin Yu came in with a stack of books. She saw Ning Qing sitting with Father Xu in the gazebo on the left, turned, and said quietly, “Mom, your friend is here?”

nQin Yu had not seen Father Xu before. She looked him up and down and couldn’t remember who he was.

nHe probably wasn’t close to the Lin family.

nOtherwise, Lin Wan would have come out to entertain him.

nQin Yu quietly looked at the bank card in Ning Qing’s hand and guessed very smartly. “Is this… Xu Shen’s father?”

nInside the room, Lin Wan drank half a cup of tea, gathered her shawl, and walked out slowly, her movements graceful.

nThe other servants didn’t dare to look up, but they moved lightly and listened with pointed ears.

nNing Qing could feel the servants occasionally glance over with strange expressions.

nFrom yesterday to today, news of the Lin family members running around for Qin Ran, who had been detained by the police due to a fight, had already spread throughout the whole Lin family.

nIt had taken her twelve years to create the image of a magnificent lady of her own. In just one month, she seemed to have become a joke.

n“Mr. Xu, it’s not good for anyone if this matter is publicized. If it’s possible, it’s best to settle it privately. It’ll be good for our families’ reputation too,” Lin Wan said.

nLin Wan had no intention of bothering about Ning Qing’s daughter, nor did she want to spend time on such things.

nShe didn’t know why Lin Qi and Lin Jinxuan had to protect this stepdaughter Qin Ran, who could bring nothing to the table except for her pretty face. However, since Lin Jinxuan had already come to her for help, she couldn’t just stand by and watch.

n“Uncle Xu, my sister finally had the opportunity to come to First Middle School. She has been delayed for a year already and can’t take a break anymore.” Qin Yu took her schoolbag back to the servant.

nShe didn’t like Qin Ran, but she hated the idea of an elder sister behind bars even more.

n“I want to settle it privately too.” Father Xu quickly took out his check and embarrassedly said, “This is my son’s fault. On account of me having taught Ran Ran before, tell her to request for the Chief to stop pressurizing my son. She definitely wouldn’t want to see me, so Mrs. Lin, could you help me hand this cheque to her?”

nSpeaking of this, he bowed his head in shame. “This is a one-million-dollar compensation. I heard that Ran Ran’s hand was also injured. Her hand…”

nNothing could happen to her hand.

nHearing this, the room was silent, and even Ning Qing had yet to respond.

nQin Yu looked at Father Xu in shock.

nHow could there be such a big reversal all of a sudden?

nFather Xu gave the check to Ning Qing and turned to leave.

nLin Wan squinted at Father Xu’s back for a long time and then at Ning Qing, who was still rooted in place. Her voice was particularly clear as she asked, “Your daughter knows the Chief?”

nNing Qing was also shocked.

nHer realization came later. So Qin Ran wasn’t at fault in this matter?

nFrom the moment she had known about this matter, she had accused her subconsciously. She hadn’t listened to her explanation and hadn’t even known that her hand was injured.

nLooking down at the one-million cheque in her hand, Ning Qing’s heart trembled. Even Father Xu knew that she had a hand injury, but she, as her mother, hadn’t known about it until just now…

nQin Yu looked at the scene, digging her fingernails into the palm of her hand. She said, “Aunt, I reorganized a tune last night. Do you want to listen to it and see if Teacher Wei will like it?”

nLin Wan had stayed in the Lin family for so long to watch Qin Yu practice the violin.

nIt was her top priority.

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nLate self-study.

nQin Ran leaned against the wall and threw a notebook onto Lin Siran’s table. She had a lollipop in her mouth and was absentminded.

n“What is this?” Lin Siran flipped through the notebook. It was a physics review note, and she opened her mouth softly.

nShe opened it and took a look at the three cursive words written on the title page.

nShe only recognized one “song” and one “law”.

nQin Ran’s eyelids were squinting. Perhaps it was because of her hand, but she was a little wan and her voice was hoarse. “Someone gave me that, you can take a look.”

n“Oh.” Lin Siran nodded.

nShe turned a few pages and accepted Qin Ran’s kindness, but didn’t pay much attention to it.

nShe just set it aside.

nQin Ran put her mobile phone on the table and flipped through the book in her hand while deep in thought. Her eyebrows looked frustrated and she bit the lollipop in her mouth into pieces.

nLin Siran helped her unscrew the lid of her bottle and poured water into it.

n“Ran Ran, your phone is ringing.” She pointed to Qin Ran’s mobile phone that was vibrating constantly.

n“Don’t worry about it.” Qin Ran didn’t even look up. She squinted her eyes and her voice was lazy.

nThe caller was Ning Qing, and she was too lazy to answer.

nAfter self-study.

nQin Ran didn’t return to the dormitory with Lin Siran. She cleared her throat and tilted her head slightly. “I’m going to buy something.”

n“Need my help?” Lin Siran looked at her hand.

n“No.” Qin Ran walked towards the door of the school, waving back to Lin Siran and smiling. “I’ll come back immediately.”

nThere were many students living in school who had self-study, and students also came back to school to study as well, but there were only a few.

nIt was deserted and dark outside the school.

nQin Yu had originally been practicing the violin at home, but she kept thinking about Qin Ran’s affairs and couldn’t calm down. She wasn’t playing the violin well and was afraid Lin Wan would hear it, so she made an excuse to come to school.

nShe always felt that Qin Ran was out of her control.

n“Miss.” The driver of the Lin family opened the door and let Qin Yu get on.

nQin Yu nodded and was just about to get in the car when she saw a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.

nShe gestured slightly to the driver to wait for her and walked to an alley in the school’s residential area.

nThere were no lights in the alley.

nOnly the faint yellow street lights at the intersection.

nQin Ran hid at the intersection, looking around carefully. She saw a black car at the end of the alley, a Mercedes.

nQin Ran stood by the door.

nBeside her, there was a man. Because he was facing away from Qin Yu, she couldn’t see his face, but she vaguely saw that he wasn’t young. The figure had a vaguely familiar side face—

nQin Yu was startled.

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