Chapter 5 Qin Lan
Chapter 5 Qin Lan
This family of three had never taken Qin Chuan seriously since he had just returned, treating him no differently than a beggar. But his current appearance filled them with immense fear, as if it were striking at their very souls.
"Qin...Qin Lan...she was taken away by the Zhao family..." Yu Hui answered in a trembling voice.
The next second, Qin Chuan left, his cold voice ringing out: "Get out of the Qin family within an hour!"
Once Qin Chuan left, that oppressive aura vanished without a trace.
The family of three finally got up from the ground. Yu Hui, still shaken, said, "Chenghe, I...we should move away."
Her husband, Feng Chenghe, had an extremely gloomy expression: "Do you think we're afraid of a stinking beggar like him?"
Although he didn't know why he was scared just now, thinking about it now, he felt annoyed. He couldn't accept that he would be afraid of a stinking beggar.
"Besides, if he goes to the Zhao family, do you think he can come back unscathed?" Feng Chenghe snorted coldly, revealing a disdainful expression.
"Yes, Mom, this house is so nice to live in. If we move, we'll have to go back to our old rented room. I won't do that. Is that rented room even fit for a human to live in? Besides, this is our home. What does Qin Chuan, that stinking beggar, amount to? Let's see how the Zhao family deals with him!" Feng Ruiyun was unwilling to go back to her old rented room. She had already lived here for a while and was used to this big house. In any case, there was absolutely no way she would go back.
Besides, in her heart, this place was already her home, not the Qin family's.
Feng Chenghe grinned smugly: "That's right, this is the Feng family home now!"
at the same time.
The Zhao family.
The Zhao family of Jinling is also a large family, in no way inferior to the original Qin family, and may even be more powerful.
"No...no..."
A girl covered in injuries sat slumped in a corner, trembling, her eyes clouded. There wasn't a single unscathed spot on her body, and her legs were broken, rendering her unable to stand.
Standing in front of the girl was a young man with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He seemed unusually excited at the sight of the girl, as if the more miserable she was, the happier he would be.
"Young Master, if you torture her any further, someone might die..." one of the subordinates said, looking at the girl's condition.
Snapped!
As a result, Young Master Zhao raised his hand and slapped him: "What, are you telling me how to do things?"
"I wouldn't dare." The subordinate immediately fell silent.
"Qin Lan, what are you pretending to be, this saintess? You should have just obediently submitted to me, and you wouldn't have ended up like this." Young Master Zhao sneered twice.
"The Qin family is gone now. If you had submitted to me, I, Zhao Donglai, might have protected you. But look at you now, isn't this all your own fault?"
Indeed, the girl slumped in the corner, covered in injuries, was Qin Chuan's younger sister... Qin Lan.
In Jinling, everyone knows that the Zhao family has a wicked young master named Zhao Donglai. Almost no woman who sets his sights on him can escape his grasp. After the Qin family fell from grace, he set his sights on Qin Lan, but he never succeeded. Lacking patience, he simply resorted to violence.
However, the girls he captured would first be subjected to mental and physical torture. Qin Lan was tortured so severely that, although she had not yet lost her virginity, she had very little vitality left.
With both legs broken, he was destined to never escape the Zhao family again and could only be tortured to death here.
"Brother..." Qin Lan murmured, tears welling in her eyes, "Lanlan really, really... misses you so much..."
"Damn it!" Seeing that Qin Lan didn't even glance at him, Zhao Donglai was furious. She had been tortured like this, yet she wouldn't beg for mercy, which infuriated him. "Break her hands too!"
"This..." Several subordinates hesitated.
Because they could all see that if things continued like this, this frail girl might really die.
"A bunch of useless trash!"
Seeing his subordinates hesitate, Zhao Donglai simply grabbed a wooden stick and smashed it hard against Qin Lan's arm.
boom!
Click!
Her arm was broken, and the wooden stick snapped as well, but Qin Lan didn't utter a single scream. Only her pale, bruised face showed pain, because she no longer had the strength to scream.
The main hall of the Zhao family.
Mrs. Zhao was leisurely sipping her tea; she was Sun Yinghua, Zhao Donglai's mother.
"Have Donglai tidy up; we have important guests today."
"Madam, if the young master continues like this, I'm afraid that girl named Qin Lan won't be able to handle it." The Zhao family's butler felt a pang of sympathy.
This wasn't the first time Zhao Donglai had abused a girl, but this time was different. After a whole day of torture, he was genuinely worried that she would die.
These days, as long as no one dies, it's not a big problem. But once someone dies, the situation changes.
"Heh!" Sun Yinghua scoffed. "So what if he's dead? A piece of trash from the down-on-his-luck Qin family, can't we just kill him?"
The housekeeper thought about it and agreed, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. The main reason was that Qin Lan had no relatives or friends now, and if he really killed her, no one would care.
Da da da……
A series of footsteps approached.
Two figures walked in together. One was Zhao Yuanshan, the head of the Zhao family. He was dressed in a sharp suit and his hair was neatly combed, showing the demeanor of a successful person.
Accompanying him was a man in his thirties, with an extraordinary demeanor and an aura that made people's hearts tremble.
"Oh my, nephew Jiancheng, you've finally decided to come to Jinling." As soon as Sun Yinghua saw the man, she put down her teacup and greeted him with a beaming smile.
"Auntie." Zhao Jiancheng nodded slightly.
He was a direct descendant of the Zhao family and Zhao Yuanshan's cousin. Zhao Jiancheng's lineage was quite remarkable, with an entire family practicing martial arts, far surpassing ordinary families.
Even though Zhao Jiancheng was just a nephew, Zhao Yuanshan and his wife valued him highly and treated him with great respect.
"Where is Donglai?" Zhao Yuanshan asked.
"Quickly, go and call Donglai in. Tell him his brother has arrived." Sun Yinghua immediately instructed the housekeeper, deliberately removing the word "tang" (堂, meaning hall/court) to make it sound more intimate.
Zhao Yuanshan knew his son was abusing a girl, but he didn't pay much attention. He gestured for Zhao Jiancheng to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, and then asked, "Jiancheng, what brings you to Jinling?"
Zhao Jiancheng shrugged and didn't hide anything from his cousin Zhao Yuanshan: "The family received news that a remarkable and mysterious expert has emerged in Jinling. Our main purpose in coming to Jinling this time is to find this mysterious expert."
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