Chapter 29: Cooperation?
Looking at the money in Lu Zhiyin’s hand, Qin An remained silent. After a moment of thought, she snatched the banknotes from Lu Zhiyin’s palm.
“I can’t do it. Besides, what gives you the illusion that you can negotiate with me? We are the bully and the bullied.”
She didn’t want to help Lu Zhiyin, although if she was willing to compromise with her father, it would be very easy to find someone to take Leng Qingqiu’s blame. However, Qin An didn’t want to do anything for Lu Zhiyin.
Couldn’t she just snatch the money from Lu Zhiyin directly? Just like what she had done before.
Even though she could no longer intimidate the people who used to tremble before her, she could still act superior towards this weak, pitiful, and disabled person in front of her… right?
“…”
The money in her hand was taken away, and Lu Zhiyin remained silent, merely looking up at Qin An.
She had expected this situation, so she hadn’t brought all the money with her.
“One thousand yuan won’t last long, right? It will be used up soon. Promise me, and I can give you more money.”
Pressing her lips together, Lu Zhiyin felt her aura was a bit weak. It was probably due to her height. Sitting on the ground, she seemed too short.
She thought that if she could stand up, she would be able to communicate with Qin An more smoothly.
“…Tsk…”
Extending her hand, Qin An grasped Lu Zhiyin’s collar and lifted her up.
Lu Zhiyin felt a little breathless. Due to gravity, her loose pajamas were slightly distorted, revealing one clavicle and half of her shoulder.
“If you want money, you must cooperate with me.”
Staring fixedly at Qin An, Lu Zhiyin was certain that she would not proactively compromise with her father to ask for money.
If she were truly someone willing to compromise and change, she probably wouldn’t have ended up in this state?
“…Are you threatening me?”
Qin An narrowed her eyes, Lu Zhiyin’s tone annoyed her.
Why wasn’t that timid person who only begged for mercy afraid of her anymore? Was she that insignificant after losing her father’s protection?
“…No, I just want to cooperate with you. I’ll help you solve your predicament, and you’ll help me save Leng Qingqiu.”
Lowering her gaze, Lu Zhiyin could see the tips of her dangling toes.
“Are you currently in a cold war with your father? Did your father also adopt a son?”
“Where did you find that out?”
Letting go of her hand, allowing Lu Zhiyin to fall to the ground, Qin An stepped on the back of Lu Zhiyin’s left hand, but did not apply force for the moment.
“…I live with Long Qinxin, and I found out from your conversation with her.”
Enduring the unease in her heart and the pain in her body, Lu Zhiyin continued to stare into Qin An’s eyes.
Her unchanging gaze gradually annoyed Qin An.
“Since you know, don’t bother me. You know I’m having a conflict with my father and I’m about to be abandoned. How could I possibly ask my father for help? Even if I did ask that guy, he wouldn’t agree.”
Scratching her messy hair, Qin An felt vexed just thinking about her father and that so-called adopted son.
Her father once said she lacked magnanimity, and she still didn’t quite understand what that magnanimity was. She also had no idea why her father was always dissatisfied with her, even though that damned bastard never told her what she should do.
Lost in messy thoughts, Qin An didn’t notice the force under her foot. She stepped down firmly, successfully hearing Lu Zhiyin’s cry of pain.
“Mmm…”
Letting out a low groan, Lu Zhiyin’s fingers trembled. Her left hand was squeezed between the hard sole of the shoe and the rough cement floor of the corridor. The thin skin on her fingers was abraded, and she could feel the piercing pain.
The saying “fingers are connected to the heart” was certainly not a joke.
“…Hmm?”
Coming back to her senses, Qin An released her foot.
“Ha… In the end, you’re just about to be abandoned, not already abandoned, right? You are your father’s biological daughter after all. Blood is thicker than water. You must be more competitive than that so-called adopted son, right? Why don’t you try to compete with that so-called adopted son for the inheritance? You don’t want your father’s fortune to fall into the hands of an outsider, do you…”
Panting heavily, Lu Zhiyin slowly withdrew her hand. She touched the skin on her left fingers that was scraped and bleeding.
Dust got into the bleeding flesh, and just blowing on it caused an unbearable pain.
“…Do you know what you’re saying? Do you understand my family situation? Don’t make assumptions about my situation or my thoughts.”
Frowning tightly, Qin An despised that scheming little boy from the bottom of her heart. Competing with that guy for her father’s favor? How could that be possible… Moreover, she couldn’t possibly compete with that brat.
Lowering her head, Qin An leaned against the wall, appearing somewhat dejected.
She did want her father’s approval and attention, but that was almost impossible. She didn’t even know the direction to strive for. How could she compete, how to compete?
Qin An had to admit that she was indeed not very smart, and her mind was very dull.
“…”
Lu Zhiyin saw Qin An’s dejection and tremblingly took out her phone.
“No matter what, let’s add contact information first… Contact me when you’ve thought it through. I can definitely help you.”
With such certainty, Lu Zhiyin gave Qin An her phone number.
She didn’t plan to contact Qin An using Qiuqiu. The matters she wanted to plot with Qin An could not be known by Long Qinxin.
As for why she was so confident that she could help Qin An… it was naturally the confidence given to her by a deity.
If she couldn’t do many things herself, couldn’t a deity do them? She just needed to pay the corresponding price, and everything would be solved.
“…Heh, what makes you think you can help me?”
Qin An shook her head. She was amused by Lu Zhiyin’s confident tone.
“Believe it or not. If you want to be completely replaced and lose everything, then continue to be arrogant.”
Lu Zhiyin shook her head; her attitude became a little tougher.
After all, she didn’t necessarily have to rely on Qin An to save Leng Qingqiu.
She still had a deity as her ultimate trump card. Although she didn’t want to admit it, that guy indeed had such capabilities.
“…I’ll contact you when I wake up.”
Lu Zhiyin’s somewhat forceful attitude made Qin An hesitate. Looking at the exceedingly confident girl in front of her, Qin An ultimately made a rash decision to trust Lu Zhiyin just once.
Perhaps it was because she actually knew that the predicament she faced could not be solved by herself.
Even if she apologized to that brat and got her father’s forgiveness, as long as she didn’t bring down that damned guy, when her father handed everything over to that scoundrel, she would still be in this sorry state.
Qin An didn’t think that two-faced guy would tolerate her existence after inheriting her father’s position and assets.
With a “treat a dead horse as if it were alive” mentality, Qin An agreed to cooperate with Lu Zhiyin for mutual benefit.
“Let’s get one thing straight, I’m not giving you that thousand yuan back.”
Waving the thousand yuan she had snatched from Lu Zhiyin not long ago, Qin An returned to her apartment.
After Qin An left the corridor, Lu Zhiyin quickly returned to Long Qinxin’s apartment.
