Shen Wuyou glanced at the fluctuating instrument readings and walked up to Elder Jiang, looking at him with a hint of helplessness. "Elder Jiang, stop playing around."
"I haven't even dealt with you yet! You dare to lecture me?" Elder Jiang's eyebrows shot up, ready to scold.
Shen Wuyou pointed at the instrument. "Old Master Qin is still conscious. For the stability of his condition, please don't go too far."
He didn't dare to get too close to Elder Jiang as he spoke, unsure if Elder Jiang would suddenly become stubborn without Huo Rou present.
Upon hearing that Old Master Qin was still conscious, Elder Jiang's face lit up with even more excitement. "It's good that he's conscious!!"
Old Master Qin had been finding fault with him for years, causing him countless business losses without ever truly catching him in a major mistake. He'd only been able to rely on a saying he'd heard from the younger generation: "If you don't like me, you can't hit me."
Thinking of this, Elder Jiang's eyes curved with amusement. "Now he can truly hear me and still can't hit me."
He burst into laughter. "Then I should say a few more words."
Elder Jiang began to reprimand him righteously.
"I'm a law-abiding citizen, doing legitimate business every day. What can you find by watching me so closely? If you have that much free time, you should go to work properly. At your age, if you're not retiring, shouldn't you be contributing to the country?"
"And what about what you did back then? Suspicious, suspicious. If it's suspicious, why did you release the person? If it were me, I would have beaten them up and interrogated them at least!"
"Every day you're after me, after me! Instead of finding traitors or investigating spies, you only focus on me!"
"Now, look what's happened. Xiao A Rou is such a good girl. If your Qin family doesn't want her, give her to me! Why are you upsetting her like this?"
Elder Jiang rambled on, scolding like an ordinary old man at this moment.
Qin Xingzhou had heard Old Master Qin describe this Elder Jiang as cunning, vicious, and deeply scheming. Could this garrulous old man, who sounded like a nagging old woman, truly be the same vicious, cunning, and scheming power broker of Taichuan City?
Shen Wuyou patted his forehead. The last time he saw Elder Jiang talk so much was when he was with Huo Rou. It seemed Elder Jiang and Old Master Qin weren't as irreconcilably opposed as they appeared.
After hearing these words, Qin Ningyi gained some insight into the past. Towards the end, he even heard Huo Rou's name. He stepped forward and asked, "Where did A Rou go?"
Elder Jiang let out a dismissive "Heh heh." "Do you think I'll tell you?"
Xiao A Rou had left precisely to keep him from being put in a difficult position. What use was it to tell him? Could he abandon his own grandfather and elope for love? Could he betray his own kin for a word from Xiao A Rou?
Tsk, young love, it should be like this! It's a pity his Xiao A Rou wasn't that kind of girl who would cause trouble.
However, Elder Jiang didn't hold back any of his complaints. "Who told you to be this old man's grandson? You deserve to be without a wife."
As he spoke, he walked towards the hospital bed, his eyes occasionally glancing at Old Master Qin's instruments and expression.
As he was about to reach the bedside, the guards outside were stopped. Only a few of them were left here. Qin Xingzhou bravely spoke up, "Please leave."
He stood in front of Old Master Qin's bed. "Our Qin family doesn't welcome you."
Elder Jiang looked at this man who could neither inherit Old Master Qin's legacy nor take good care of the company and rob children of their dreams, and pouted. "Who cares about you?"
"You..." Before Qin Xingzhou could finish his sentence, Elder Jiang glared, and he dared not speak further.
"Do you welcome the life-saving medicine?" Elder Jiang took out a medicine bottle from his pocket and shook it.
Qin Xingzhou stared blankly at the somewhat familiar medicine bottle, frozen in place.
Su Nianzhu, hearing this, finally mustered the courage to look closely at Elder Jiang. The medicine bottle in his hand was similar to the one Shen Ruoli had brought before. "Xingzhou! It looks like that medicine bottle, right?"
Qin Ningyi frowned and glanced at Shen Wuyou. The latter nodded to him.
Elder Jiang was so good to Huo Rou; it wasn't strange for him to have the same medicine.
It was just that Elder Jiang had never been within Shen Wuyou's consideration, as his animosity with Old Master Qin was common knowledge.
Qin Ningyi also thought of the rumors. He spoke calmly, "What are your conditions?"
"Conditions?" Elder Jiang narrowed his eyes and looked around.
He touched the gun in his hand, startling Su Nianzhu, who leaned closer to Qin Xingzhou.
Then, he looked meaningfully at Qin Xingzhou, making him tremble.
Finally, he turned to Qin Ningyi and slowly said, "How about this..."
"You leave Xiao A Rou, never look for her again, and never see her." Elder Jiang said slowly, looking at Qin Ningyi's suddenly darkened expression with great satisfaction. "How does that sound?"