Velvet Chains of a Tycoon

Qin Jian endured the scrape on his calf and rode his electric scooter for nearly an hour before finally reaching home.

As soon as Du Xiaomei saw him come in, she started scolding him. "Qin Jian, what's wrong with you? You hung up the phone while we were talking and then even turned it off? What were you doing outside?"

Du Xiaomei had a very strong desire to control everything. When Qin Jian's phone was off, she felt as if he had slipped out of her control, which made her extremely irritable and angry.

"Honey, I didn't turn it off on purpose. My phone got broken..."

Qin Jian quickly took out his broken phone and put it on the coffee table, briefly recounting the accident that had happened earlier.

"What? You crashed into someone else's car? How could you be so careless?"

Upon hearing that Qin Jian had gotten into trouble again, Du Xiaomei became even angrier. "You can crash into a car parked by the roadside even when riding an electric scooter. What else can you do?"

"At the turn, the street light there was broken, and her car was black. By the time I saw it, it was too late."

Qin Jian hurriedly said, "Fortunately, the car owner was reasonable. She said she would call me after the car was repaired and give me an account number so that I could transfer the money to her."

"The car owner was reasonable? How do you know where she will take the car to be repaired? How do you know how much the repair company will charge her for the repairs?"

Du Xiaomei sneered. "By the way, what kind of car was it?"

"Maserati!"

"What?"

Du Xiaomei's shocked voice almost burst Qin Jian's eardrums. "Qin Jian, why did you crash into a Maserati of all things?"

Qin Jian said, "I didn't do it on purpose."

Du Xiaomei asked, "Did you give her your phone number?"

Qin Jian shook his head. "My phone was broken, and I didn't have any paper or pen at that time. But she gave me her business card. I'll buy a new phone tomorrow, put in the SIM card, and send her a text message."

"Where is her business card?"

Qin Jian took out the business card from his bag and handed it to Du Xiaomei. "Here. There is only her name and phone number on it. I don't know which company she is from."

"There is no company name or title on the business card. It's obvious that she is someone's mistress. Money comes easily to such women. Why should we compensate her?"

After saying that, Du Xiaomei directly picked up the lighter on the coffee table, flicked it, and the flame ignited the business card. By the time Qin Jian realized it, the business card had been burned to ashes.

Qin Jian shouted angrily, "You burned the business card. How am I going to contact her now?"

"Are you out of your mind? Why do you still want to contact her? Are you afraid that she won't ask you for the repair costs?"

Qin Jian said, "I hit her car. I should naturally compensate her for the repair costs."

"Who saw you hit her car?"

Du Xiaomei argued unreasonably, "No one called the police at that time. You were riding an electric scooter. You can totally say that she hit you."

Qin Jian: "..."

Du Xiaomei said irritably, "Do you think it's an ordinary car? It's a Maserati. Even repainting it will cost two or three hundred thousand yuan. Do you have that kind of money?"

Qin Jian looked regretful. "...But we can't not compensate, right?"

Du Xiaomei said in frustration, "You are such a pig-headed person. I must have been blind to think of marrying you at that time."

Qin Jian quickly said, "Honey, don't say that. Haven't I been working hard all the time?"

Du Xiaomei sighed lightly. "Well, well. The matter of the car accident has passed. The 500,000 yuan compensation from the gas company is the most urgent thing now. Hurry up and find a solution."

"Xiaoran and I have already retrieved the surveillance video of the building and found the drawings at that time. Tomorrow, we will be able to prove that we installed according to the drawings."

Du Xiaomei breathed a long sigh of relief. "That's good. As long as we can prove that you didn't make a mistake, at least we won't have to pay compensation. Then you can look for another job."

Qin Jian had worked in the gas company for more than ten years, always installing gas pipelines. He had never done any other work.

But the general manager of the gas company was Manager Yang's uncle. Even if Qin Jian could prove that his team didn't make a mistake, Manager Zhang would probably find a way to drive Qin Jian away from the gas company.

Du Xiaomei said sadly, "What else can you do besides installing gas pipelines?"

Qin Jian thought for a moment. "I should be able to install water pipes."

Du Xiaomei was extremely annoyed. "Does installing water pipes pay as much as installing gas pipelines? Can you apply for a project supervisor position?"

Qin Jian said, "...I don't know."

He didn't even have experience in installing water pipes. Whether he could get a job as a water pipe installer was still unknown. How could he possibly apply for a project supervisor position?

Qin Ran originally planned to wait for her brother to return from charging and give him the surveillance video. However, Zhao Lin called her and said that Grandma Huang had returned from abroad and brought something for her, which had been delivered to the clinic.

Grandma Huang was a more than sixty-year-old aunt who lived in the Meihao Impression community. She had suffered from facial paralysis for many years and had never been cured. It wasn't until last November when she went to Ren'an Clinic to buy medicine that she was discovered by Qin Ran.

At that time, Qin Ran told her that facial paralysis could be treated with acupuncture. Grandma Huang didn't believe it. Later, Qin Ran said that she could treat her for free. If it was effective, she could pay; if not, she wouldn't have to pay. Only then did Grandma Huang agree to give it a try.

From last November to April this year, for a full six months, Qin Ran used small silver needles to cure Grandma Huang's facial paralysis.

At the beginning of July, Grandma Huang went traveling abroad. She said that now that she had a beautiful face, she must go and have a good time abroad.

In the blink of an eye, two months had passed. Grandma Huang, who had gone abroad to have fun, came back and actually came to look for Qin Ran first.

In order not to keep Grandma Huang waiting for a long time, Qin Ran specially took a taxi back to the clinic. Just as she got out of the car, she heard Grandma Huang's slightly shrill voice coming from inside the clinic.

"What? You're moving?"

"What? The greedy landlord wants to raise the rent?"

Then came Zhao Lin's helpless voice. "What can we do? Fortunately, everyone helped. Otherwise, we would have moved out tonight."

"How outrageous!"

The old lady slapped the table with her palm, turned around, and shouted to the young man beside her, "Gu Yi, find the landlord of this place and buy this shop. Let Ren'an Clinic continue to operate."

It was originally thought that the young man beside Grandma Huang would object. Unexpectedly, he obediently responded.

"Yes, Grandma!"

Zhao Lin wanted to dissuade her but looked up to see Qin Ran walking in.

"Grandma Huang, you've returned from your trip?"

Grandma Huang turned around and saw Qin Ran walking in. She immediately smiled and walked two steps towards her.

"Oh, little Ran. After being apart for two months, I've missed you so much."

Grandma Huang held Qin Ran's hand and turned to her grandson again. "Xia Yu, this is Qin Ran, who cured my facial paralysis with acupuncture. Look, I didn't lie to you, right? Isn't she pretty?"

Xia Yu's face turned slightly red. "Grandma, you're wrong. Miss Qin is not just pretty. She is beautiful."

"Hehehe, this naughty boy. After reading for a few days, he knows how to use formal language."

Grandma Huang laughed out loud and then said to Qin Ran, "This is my grandson who studied abroad for four years. If I don't go abroad to bring him back, he will study himself silly."

Xia Yu: "..." Is this really his grandmother praising him?