99: Chapter 99 Internal Strife in the Qian Family! Brothers Clash, Tigers Unleashed!

The Qian Family's ancestral residence.

This garden estate, covering dozens of acres, was usually a gathering place for the powerful and wealthy of Jinling.

At this moment, however, it was shrouded in a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.

In the living room, expensive antique vases lay shattered across the floor.

“Qian Zhenghao! Are you even a man?!”

Liu Yufen was dressed in a high-end Hermès silk robe, her hair disheveled.

Her makeup was streaked and mottled from crying.

Yesterday, she had still been abroad enjoying top-tier beauty treatments, but when she saw what had happened in Jinling,

she had booked the earliest flight back almost immediately.

She couldn't believe that her eldest son, her pride and joy, would actually steal from the family.

Like a shrew, she gripped Qian Zhenghao's collar tightly,

her well-maintained long nails leaving several bloody scratches on his neck.

“Wenbin is your own flesh and blood! He is the eldest son of our Qian Family! How could you lock him in the basement?”

Her voice was hoarse and tearful:

“How can your heart be so cruel! Even a vicious tiger won't eat its cubs! Tell your people to release him right now!”

“If anything happens to Wenbin, I won't want to live anymore!”

Qian Zhenghao sat in a grand armchair, his face pale and haggard.

He shoved Liu Yufen away.

“Release him?”

Qian Zhengyi, who had been sitting on the sofa nearby slowly sipping tea, suddenly spoke up.

He blew on the foam in his teacup, his tone flat but laced with sarcasm.

“Sister-in-law, if we release Wenbin now, do you think the Qian Family hasn't lost enough face already?”

“Last night at Zijin Villa, every prominent figure in Jiangnan Province was watching.”

“Wenbin admitted in public to gambling, owing over a hundred million in high-interest loans, and even using fake antiques to swindle money from those big shots.”

Qian Zhengyi set down his teacup with a soft click.

“Sister-in-law, this isn't child's play.”

“This is fraud. An exceptionally large sum.”

“If Big Brother hadn't acted decisively to lock him up for 'family discipline' to give outsiders an explanation,”

“it wouldn't be loan sharks coming to our door now, but the police from the Economic Investigation Squad.”

“By then, Wenbin's life would truly be ruined; he'd be spending his whole life behind bars.”

Liu Yufen froze.

Although she was just a wealthy socialite who only knew how to spend money, she knew what "prison" meant.

But she soon began to wail again, though her voice was quieter, carrying a tone of unreasonable pestering.

“Then... but you still can't lock him in the basement! It's so damp there! Wenbin's health hasn't been good to begin with...”

“And that Qin Feng! It's all his fault!”

Liu Yufen seemed to have found an outlet for her anger, a venomous light flashing in her eyes.

“I've heard all about it! It was that Little Punk from out of town who did this! He set a trap for Wenbin!”

“He's also the one who humiliated you in public, Zhenghao!”

“Zhenghao! Don't you have so many people working for you? Go and kill him! Avenge Wenbin!”

Qian Zhenghao pushed Liu Yufen away irritably.

“Women know nothing! Shut up!”

Just then.

A low engine roar echoed from the courtyard.

A modified black mercedes-benz g-class braked sharply,

its tires letting out a piercing screech on the bluestone pavement as it came to a steady halt before the steps.

The car door swung open.

A foot wearing limited-edition AJ sneakers stepped onto the ground.

Following that, a burly young man with a buzz cut

and a gold chain as thick as a finger around his neck stepped out.

He chewed gum, his face fleshy and his eyes glinting with a touch of brutality.

The second young master of the Qian Family, Qian Wu.

Unlike his refined elder brother Qian Wenbin, who disguised himself as a business elite,

Qian Wu was a notorious troublemaker in Jinling.

Fighting, drag racing, womanizing—he even had a few murky murder charges to his name,

all of which Qian Zhenghao had spent money to settle.

“Yo, what's all the commotion?”

Qian Wu swaggered into the living room, glanced at the mess on the floor, and then at his sobbing mother.

“Ma, who upset you? You're crying like you've been widowed.”

“Pah! Watch your mouth, you little brat!”

Liu Yufen scolded him, but she looked as if she had found a savior, rushing over to grab Qian Wu's arm.

“Xiao Wu! Something happened to your brother! Your father locked him up! Go and save him quickly!”

An imperceptible glint flashed through Qian Wu's eyes.

Big Brother was locked up?

That brother who had suppressed him in every way since they were kids, who was groomed by the old man as the successor,

and who called him a piece of trash... had finally fallen?

Qian Wu felt like setting off firecrackers to celebrate in his heart.

However, he squeezed out an expression of "shock" and "anger" on his face.

“What?! Dad, you locked Big Brother in the basement?”

Qian Wu walked over to Qian Zhenghao, plopped down on the coffee table, and took a loud bite out of an apple.

“Dad, this is uncalled for.”

“Even if Big Brother acts a bit pretentious usually, he's still the eldest son of our Qian Family.”

“If word gets out, won't outsiders laugh at the Qian Family for internal strife?”

“Besides, isn't it just a hundred million lost?”

Qian Wu spoke indistinctly while chewing the apple:

“With our family's great wealth, do we really care about this bit of money?”

“If it really comes down to it, I'll sell those sports cars under my name to fill the hole for Big Brother. Wouldn't that work?”

Qian Zhenghao looked at this younger son, who usually gave him the biggest headaches.

Though the words were crude, at this moment, they sounded much more pleasant than his eldest son's father-pitting behavior.

“Hmph, what do you know.”

Qian Zhenghao snorted coldly.

“Is this about money? It's about reputation! It's the face of the Qian Family! He threw it all away!”

“Face is something you can just get back once you've lost it.”

Qian Wu casually tossed the apple core into the trash can and pulled out a tissue to wipe his hands.

He leaned in close to Qian Zhenghao, lowering his voice with a hint of ruthlessness.

“Dad, I've heard everything.”

“This whole thing, in the end, was started by that kid named Qin Feng, wasn't it?”

“He's the one who exposed the fake antiques in public, and he's the one who brought that female cop to crash the party.”

A bloodthirsty light flickered in Qian Wu's eyes.

“Since the problem lies with him, if we get rid of him, won't the problem be gone too?”

Qian Zhenghao's eyelid twitched as he looked up at Qian Wu.

“What are you planning to do?”

“What am I doing?” Qian Wu grinned hideously.

“Dad, I don't understand business stuff, and I don't want to.”

“Big Brother understood it, and look what happened. He was played like a fool.”

“I only know one principle.”

“Whoever makes our Qian Family uncomfortable, I'll make their whole family uncomfortable.”

Qian Wu stood up and paced back and forth in the living room.

“That Qin Feng, isn't he just some outsider with a bit of stinking money? Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake!”

“On this small patch of land in Jinling, as long as he hasn't become an immortal, I can kill him.”

“Stage a car accident? Or find a few brothers to slip into his hotel at night and stage a home invasion robbery and murder?”

“As long as the hands are clean, who will know we did it?”

“When he's dead, Tiansheng Group will be leaderless. We can take the chance to buy back the shares amidst the chaos.”

“Big Brother will be avenged, and our face will be restored.”

“Two birds with one stone.”

After finishing, Qian Wu looked at Qian Zhenghao, waiting for his father's decision.

In fact, his own little abacus was clicking away in his head.

As long as Qin Feng died and Big Brother was ruined,

wouldn't the Qian Family's future inheritance all be his?

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Qian Zhenghao fell silent.

He fiddled with his last remaining walnut, his brow furrowed deeply.

Reason told him this was very risky.

Since Qin Feng dared to be so arrogant, he must have guards around him.

Moreover, that Ye Qingcheng was a criminal police captain; although she was suspended, her sharp instincts remained.

If they failed, the Qian Family would truly be beyond redemption.

But...

If they didn't touch Qin Feng, how could the Qian Family's current predicament be resolved?

The fake antique scandal had already caused the group's stock price to hit the limit down, and the banks were starting to demand loan repayments.

If they didn't deal with Qin Feng, then during the judicial auction in a week,

once that 25% stake in Tiansheng Group fell into Qin Feng's hands,

the Qian Family would completely lose control over Prosperity.

That was the Qian Family's cash cow; it absolutely could not be lost!

“Big Brother.”

Qian Zhengyi, who hadn't spoken, chose this moment to speak up timely.

He uncrossed his legs and straightened the hem of his Zhongshan suit.

His tone seemed objective, but he was actually adding fuel to the fire.

“I feel that Xiao Wu's words, though crude, are not without merit.”

“Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.”

“That Qin Feng is too uncanny.”

“If we don't suppress him while he hasn't yet established a firm footing, once he truly settles in Jinling,”

“it will be hard for us to move against him.”

Qian Zhengyi glanced at Qian Wu, a flash of mockery in the depths of his eyes.

This stupid nephew could serve as a perfect blade.

If it succeeded, Qin Feng would die, the Qian Family's crisis would be resolved,

and then he would find a way to send this murderer Qian Wu to prison, leaving the family fortune to him.

If it failed, it was Qian Wu acting on his own; what did it have to do with him, Qian Zhengyi?

He could even take this information to negotiate with Qin Feng for a good price.

Either way, he wouldn't lose.

Qian Zhenghao closed his eyes.

A long time passed.

He slowly spat out one word.

“Do it.”

Qian Wu's eyes instantly lit up.

“But.”

Qian Zhenghao snapped his eyes open, staring intently at Qian Wu, his tone stern.

“It must be clean! Absolutely no one can find any evidence! And it must not involve the Qian Family!”

“Find people from out of town, and send them away immediately after the job is done!”

“Don't worry, Dad!”

Qian Wu patted his chest in guarantee, his face full of savage excitement.

“I'm familiar with this! That's exactly what the guys I keep under me are for.”

“Tonight.”

“I'll let that guy named Qin know exactly whose name the sky of Jinling bears!”