Lord, give up! Madam has too many vests

The bright incandescent light in the police station's interrogation room shone glaringly on Bai Xiaoyu's pale face. Her hands were cuffed, and she sat there motionless.

The detective in charge of the interrogation pushed a transcript in front of her, his voice cold and hard: "Where exactly is Liu Jinnian? If you tell the truth, you can still try to get leniency."

Bai Xiaoyu lowered her head and remained silent.

"Don't take any chances. We've been monitoring Liu Yuli 24/7. If Liu Jinnian dares to contact her, we can arrest him immediately. It's better to talk now than to have your crime compounded later."

After a long pause, she finally said, "I don't know. If he's trying to hide, how could I possibly find him?"

She knew very well that if she said the wrong thing, her son...

A few days later, in Yan Lan's apartment, Yan Lan held the prescription, her eyes filled with focus.

Senior Sister Sun came in carrying several herbs. She smiled and asked, "Lanlan, I went to several cities to collect these herbs. What do you think?"

Yan Lan took the medicinal herbs, sniffed them lightly, rubbed them between her fingertips, and nodded, saying, "The quality is very good. Could you also fetch that wild ginseng for me? Let's work together."

The two worked together, and by evening, the two jars of dark brown medicinal liquid were finally ready, emitting a steaming aroma.

Yan Lan handed one of the jars to Senior Sister Sun: "Take this jar to the Prefecture and tell the Prefecture Chief to take it once in the morning and once in the evening. He should see results in half a month."

Senior Sister Sun took the medicine and couldn't help but ask, "Don't you want to deliver it yourself? The governor has been asking about you a lot lately and has said several times that he wants to meet with you."

Is the governor's health now being treated by Senior Sister Sun and Liu Guoshou together?

Yan Lan shook her head, her tone indifferent: "No need. There's nothing for me to see him."

She paused, recalling how eagerly Chaochao and Xiaoxi looked to see the governor, and added, "But if Chaochao and Xiaoxi want to see him, you should help arrange it and not stop them. The grudges of the previous generation should be settled with me, and shouldn't concern the children."

Senior Sister Sun nodded knowingly, then turned and hurriedly left.

In the study of the governor's residence, the governor took the medicine, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "She still refuses to see me?"

Senior Sister Sun nodded, then quickly added, "However, Lanlan said she won't stop Chaochao and Xiaoxi from coming to see you. The children can come anytime they have time."

Upon hearing this, the governor's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly. He picked up the medicine and drank it all in one gulp, the warm medicine warming his heart.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and a board meeting was underway in the conference room at the Qin Group headquarters.

Qin Shi sat in the main seat, holding the latest stock market report in his hand. Zhao Nan stood beside him, his voice full of joy, "Boss, as soon as the news of Blackstone Capital and Hurricane Capital's joint investment was announced, the stock price immediately rebounded by 25 points. The official also issued a statement to clarify the fake news about smuggling. Qin's stock price has stabilized!"

Qin Shi raised his eyes, his gaze falling on the words "Hurricane Capital" in the corner of the report. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes as he looked at Zhao Nan.

"You previously said that Hurricane Capital, which is on par with Blackstone, is founded by Yan Lan?"

Zhao Nan nodded, her voice even more excited: "Yes! I only recently learned that the founder of Hurricane Capital is the boss's wife. The boss's wife is truly a woman of great talent!"

Qin Shi smiled. No wonder she always felt that Yan Lan's vision and methods were far beyond ordinary people. It turned out that she was the helmsman of Hurricane Capital.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Yan Lan: "Today I'm going to court with Mom and Sheng Sheng to hear Shen Yunzhong's verdict. Could you help me pick Xiaoxi up from kindergarten?"

Less than two minutes later, Yan Lan replied: "Okay, I'll go as soon as I'm done."

Those few simple words inexplicably reassured Qin Shi.

Inside the courthouse, the judge's voice was exceptionally clear as he delivered the verdict.

"The defendant, Shen Yunzhong, is guilty of intentional homicide and commercial fraud. He is sentenced to 20 years in prison for the combined crimes."

As soon as the judge finished speaking, Shen Yunzhong slumped in the defendant's seat, his face ashen, while Madam Qin sat calmly in the audience, her expression serene and her heart undisturbed.

Qin Shengsheng held her mother's hand tightly and asked softly, "Mom, are you alright?"

Madam Qin turned her head to look at her, her eyes filled with relief. She gently patted her daughter's hand: "Mom is fine. From today onwards, the past is completely over."

The feelings that had plagued her for most of her life finally vanished with this verdict.

When the three of them walked out of the courthouse, it was already evening, and the sky was ablaze with the glow of sunset.

A bulky figure blocked their path.

"You surnamed Qin, may your whole family die a horrible death!"

Liu Yuli's curses were sharp and piercing. She was wearing an old, faded coat, and her once jet-black hair was now gray and disheveled, plastered to her scalp.

The deep wrinkles around her eyes made her look twenty or thirty years older than her actual age, a stark contrast to the well-maintained Madam Qin.

She staggered and tried to rush forward, but was stopped in time by the bodyguard. She pointed at Madam Qin, spitting everywhere.

"You are the ones who ruined Yun Chong! You caused him to be sentenced to twenty years! And my son Jin Nian, his whereabouts are still unknown!"

Qin Shi, he's your own brother! How could you treat him like that!

Qin Shi frowned and stood in front of his mother and sister, his tone cold and hard: "Shen Yunzhong has only himself to blame. The law will not wrong anyone. Liu Jinnian's whereabouts are unknown, which is also his own choice to escape. It has nothing to do with our Qin family!"

"Unrelated?" Liu Yuli suddenly laughed shrilly, sitting on the ground, her laughter filled with despair.

"If it weren't for the Qin family's relentless pressure, would Yun Chong have ended up in this predicament? Would Jin Nian have been forced to hide her face?"

She pounded her chest, tears and snot streaming down her face. "Now it's all over. Yun Chong is in jail, Jin Nian is gone, and my daughter is dead."

The creditors took away my house and all my money. I'm now living in a cheap rental apartment without a toilet, constantly hiding from them and living in fear!

She pointed at the Qin family members, her voice filled with resentment: "It's all your fault! You ruined my family, you ruined everything I had!"

Madam Qin looked at her quietly, her eyes showing neither hatred nor pity.

“Liu Yuli, you chose your own path. Shen Yunzhong was driven by greed and broke the law; Liu Jinnian did something wrong but dared not take responsibility and chose to flee. These are not things that others imposed on you.”

She paused, her gaze sweeping over the other person's disheveled appearance. "Being too obsessed will only hurt you. You should wake up."

After saying that, Madam Qin turned and left.

Liu Yuli was still crying and cursing behind him, but those venomous words were blown away by the wind and could no longer stir the slightest ripple in Madam Qin's heart.

In the evening, Yan Lan prepared to pick up her two children. She arrived at the kindergarten gate as usual.

Yan Lan looked at the message Qin Shi sent to her phone, the news that Shen Yunzhong had been sentenced to twenty years in prison, and then thought of Liu Jinnian, who was still on the run, and sighed softly.

All of this is the Liu family's own fault.

The cheerful laughter of children filled the air; kindergarten was over, and Yan Lan was searching for two children in the crowd.

But after a while, she only saw Xiaoxi walking over.