"If I truly wanted your Qin family's fortune, I would have killed you while you slept and let my two children inherit it. Wouldn't that have been faster? Why would I need to play house with you like this?" Yu He retorted impatiently.
She thought her words would make Qin Beiting understand she was angry.
But Qin Beiting countered with a straight face, "That's because you still don't know how much wealth I possess, so you're hesitant to make a move!"
Yu He laughed in exasperation, "I don't know how much your identity as the Lord of Xingque Hall is worth, nor do I know the value of the world's number one hacker, 'vulcan,' nor the power you wield as the former captain of the special forces 'Azure Wolf.' Fine, I'll settle for the value of the behind-the-scenes boss of XS Group, alright?"
"You!" Qin Beiting was shocked!
How did this woman know about all his identities?!
Especially the identity of the Lord of Xingque Hall, which he had kept incredibly secret. How could she possibly know?
Who told her?!
"You know my identities so clearly, yet you claim to have no ulterior motives!"
Yu He took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. "Qin Beiting, if you believe you've been perfectly fine living alone for the past five years and don't want anyone to disturb you, then just forget me completely! Let's never meet again.
"From now on, if I see you in the capital, I'll go out of my way to avoid you. I certainly won't let my children inherit a single cent of your Qin family's fortune, alright!"
For some reason, when he heard her say they would never meet again, Qin Beiting felt as if something was constricting his heart, making it impossible for him to breathe.
"Heh, no matter how nice you sound, you can't change the fact that, legally, those two are my blood relatives!" he sneered, to mask the discomfort he felt inside.
"Then what do you want?" Yu He asked through gritted teeth.
Qin Beiting looked at her exquisite face, her brows furrowed in anger. He was somewhat surprised. He thought she would, as before, ask him to marry her, and then he might have indulged her and said, "I can."
Previously, when she brought it up, he had refused because he didn't want to be a scapegoat. But now, knowing the children were his, he was willing to take responsibility.
Yet, she chose not to bring it up anymore!
He parted his thin lips and said, "I'm taking the children."
Yu He was startled. "No!"
The two children were her treasures, born after she had fought to protect them. Even their biological father couldn't take them away from her.
"Whether you agree or not, it's not up to you to decide!"
Qin Beiting cornered her against the sofa step by step. He leaned down, bracing his hands on the sofa back, trapping her between his arms, and declared domineeringly, "Also, I said you don't have the right to end this game!"
"You..." Yu He suddenly felt a sharp pain in her neck. She widened her eyes, looking at the man inches away, and thought, "Despicable," before her vision went black, and she fainted.
Qin Beiting looked expressionlessly at the woman who had fainted on the sofa, his dark pupils growing darker. You brought this upon yourself!
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Meanwhile, Xiao Anran took Yueyue and Duoduo to a nearby children's park.
"Brother, can we sneak back? I want to go back to Mommy and Daddy," Duoduo whispered to Yueyue while Xiao Anran went to buy park tickets.
"No," Yueyue refused.
He wanted to go back too, but if they did, and Mom found out, she would be unhappy.
He knew Mom had installed a GPS tracker in their smartwatches.
Duoduo pouted unhappily, "You don't want to go back because you're afraid Daddy will beat you?"
"I'm not afraid of him," Yueyue retorted.
Duoduo: "Then why won't you take me to sneak back?"
Yueyue: "Mom will be unhappy."
Duoduo: "You're just afraid Daddy will beat you!"
Yueyue: "...I can't be bothered to argue with you."
"Hmph, if you won't take me back, I'll sneak back myself!" Duoduo said angrily, hands on her hips.
"Yueyue, Duoduo, I've bought the tickets. Let's go play inside," Xiao Anran returned with the tickets and led them towards the park entrance.
The park had a trampoline that Duoduo loved, but she had no interest in it now, preoccupied with how to slip away without Auntie Anran noticing.
Just then, a group of men in black suddenly arrived at the park, searching for someone. They were all in black suits and sunglasses, looking conspicuously out of place among the children.
"Uncle Chen!" Duoduo exclaimed with joy when she saw Chen Dong leading the group and ran over. "Uncle Chen, why are you here?"
Chen Dong, who was looking for Yueyue and Duoduo, was pleased they had come to him. "Duoduo, where's your brother?"
Duoduo, annoyed that her brother wouldn't take her back, didn't want to mention him. She asked with anticipation, "Uncle Chen, are you here to take us back?"
Seeing the child's cute, innocent face, Chen Dong's expression flickered with a moment of regret, but he nodded. "Yes."
Upon hearing this, Duoduo's face lit up with happiness. She instantly forgot her anger and turned to wave at Yueyue and Xiao Anran. "Auntie Anran, Brother, Mommy sent Uncle Chen to pick us up!"
Xiao Anran and Yueyue approached. Since Chen Dong had been at Yu He's beck and call for a week, they both assumed he was sent by Yu He. They followed him out of the children's park.
A black Rolls-Royce was waiting by the park entrance. Chen Dong opened the rear door for them.
After the two children got in, Xiao Anran, who was walking behind, was about to get in too, but Chen Dong stopped her.
He closed the car door and said solemnly, "I'm sorry, Seventh Master and Miss Yu are taking the children somewhere else and won't be returning to the clinic for now. You'll have to take a taxi back yourself."
Xiao Anran felt something was wrong and tried to refuse, but a bodyguard appeared behind her from nowhere and put a hand on her shoulder. Before she could struggle, the car had already driven off.
"Brother, this car is so spacious! Daddy should get Mommy one like this too," Duoduo said.
This was Duoduo's first time in a Rolls-Royce, and she looked around curiously, completely oblivious to the situation outside.
Yueyue wasn't particularly interested. Seeing that Xiao Anran and Chen Dong hadn't gotten into the car, he felt something was amiss and asked the driver, "Why aren't Uncle Chen and Auntie Anran getting in?"
"They're in another car," the driver replied expressionlessly.
The unease Yueyue felt inside grew stronger.
"Oh, Brother, don't make a fuss! People from wealthy families always travel separately from their masters," Duoduo explained.
"Daddy agreed to let Uncle Chen send a car to pick us up, which means Daddy and Mommy have reached an agreement. Daddy approves of us, and we no longer need to worry about Daddy's fortune falling into someone else's hands."
Yueyue thought Duoduo had a point, but he still felt something was off.
After a while, Yueyue looked out the window at the passing streets, and his internal alarm bells rang. This wasn't the direction of the clinic.
"Stop the car. Where are you taking us?" Yueyue stood up and asked.
Duoduo was a bit disoriented, "Isn't this the way home?"
The driver hadn't expected Yueyue, at such a young age, to be able to recognize the way home. Fearing they would cause trouble and distract him, he explained, "Seventh Master instructed me to take you to the old residence."