61: The True Young Master Who Was Killed by His Inner Voice 3

Two days later in the afternoon, a major event occurred in the Qin Family.

The cash in Qin Zhengguo's study had disappeared, approximately fifty thousand yuan.

Qin Zhengguo usually kept some cash in the study for emergencies, but when he went to use it today, he found it gone.

He questioned everyone, but they all said they hadn't seen it.

"Could it be the cleaning lady..."

Su Wan speculated.

Qin Zhengguo shook his head:

"The lady took leave to return to her hometown yesterday and hasn't come back yet."

Qin Mingyuan frowned:

"Did a thief break into the house?"

Just then, Qin Meng "happened" to visit.

After hearing about the matter, she said thoughtfully:

"I think I saw Brother Jiuge coming out of the study yesterday, holding an envelope..."

Everyone's gaze turned toward Qin Jiuge.

Qin Jiuge, who was reading a book in the living room, looked up at the words:

"I didn't enter the study yesterday."

"Is that so? Then maybe I saw wrong."

Qin Meng said this with her mouth, but her expression clearly hinted at something else.

Seizing the opportunity, Qin Qiu "thought" in her heart:

[It couldn't really be Brother Jiuge who took it, right? He's used to life on the outside; maybe he couldn't change his habits in time...]

[But why would he take the money? Does he owe debts outside? Or... did he make some bad friends?]

She had learned to be clever this time; her inner voice was transmitted ambiguously, appearing worried while actually leading them on.

Qin Jiuge sneered and tampered with it again:

[It was definitely him who stole it! What kind of character can someone raised in an orphanage have? It's normal for his hands to be dirty!]

[This is perfect, caught red-handed with the loot! Let's see how he talks his way out of this! Mom and Dad will definitely kick him out this time!]

Hearing these "inner voices," Qin Zhengguo's Face darkened:

"Qiuqiu, don't talk nonsense without evidence!"

Qin Qiu was dazed again:

"I... I didn't say anything?"

Seeing this, Qin Meng decided to add fuel to the fire:

"Actually... there's something I don't know if I should say."

"Speak," Qin Zhengguo said.

"I have a friend who runs a shop in the old district on the west side of the city. He said he saw Brother Jiuge with some hoodlums the day before yesterday and even gave them money."

Qin Meng pretended to hesitate,

"Maybe my friend saw wrong, or Brother Jiuge was just being kind and helping out..."

These words were more vicious than a direct accusation.

Qin Jiuge closed his book and slowly stood up:

"So you suspect I stole money to give to hoodlums?"

"Jiuge, we didn't mean it that way..."

Su Wan tried to smooth things over.

But Qin Zhengguo was already furious:

"Did you take the money or not? Are you associating with shady characters?"

Qin Jiuge looked at the people in the room and suddenly laughed.

That smile was bone-chilling, making everyone shudder.

"Qin Zhengguo,"

He addressed him directly by name,

"If I say I didn't, would you believe me?"

Qin Zhengguo was stunned, then became even angrier:

"What kind of attitude is that!"

"The attitude a father should have toward his son—do you have it?"

Qin Jiuge walked toward Qin Zhengguo step by step,

"Bringing me back—was it because you felt you owed me, or was it for the Face of the Qin Family?"

"You..."

"No need to answer, I know."

Qin Jiuge stopped in front of Qin Zhengguo,

"You have never truly considered me family."

"In your eyes, I am just a stranger with Qin Family blood,"

"Perhaps not even comparable to the fake you raised for eighteen years."

These words stung everyone present.

Qin Qiu was secretly delighted, but she feigned sadness on the surface:

"Brother Jiuge, how can you say that to Mom and Dad..."

Qin Jiuge turned his head to look at her:

"And you, Qin Qiu—acting for eighteen years, aren't you tired?"

Qin Qiu's Face turned pale.

Just then, Qin Mingyuan's phone rang. After answering, his expression became strange.

Hanging up, he looked at Qin Zhengguo:

"Dad, the security room said the surveillance shows someone did indeed enter the study yesterday afternoon..."

"Who was it?"

Qin Zhengguo asked.

Qin Mingyuan was silent for a moment before uttering two words:

"Qin Meng."

...A deathly silence filled the living room.

The smile on Qin Meng's Face froze:

"Brother Mingyuan, what did you say?"

"The surveillance shows that at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, you entered the study and came out ten minutes later holding an envelope."

Qin Mingyuan stared at her,

"Do you need me to pull up the footage?"

Qin Meng took a step back:

"I... I went to borrow a book! I didn't take any money!"

"Then what about the envelope?"

Qin Mingyuan pressed.

"I... I don't know anything about an envelope!"

Qin Meng panicked.

Qin Qiu also grew anxious:

"Mengmeng, you..."

"Shut up!"

Qin Meng's Face suddenly changed as she pointed at Qin Qiu,

"It's all you! You're the one who told me to frame Qin Jiuge!"

"You said if I got him kicked out, you'd give me 5% of the Qin Corporation shares!"

These words were like a thunderclap, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

Qin Qiu's Face was deathly pale: "You... you're lying!"

"I'm lying?"

Qin Meng sneered and pulled her phone from her bag,

"Do you need me to play the recording?"

"Should I let everyone hear what you said on the phone yesterday?"

Qin Qiu's legs gave way, and she slumped onto the sofa.

Qin Jiuge watched the farce quietly before suddenly speaking:

"And the matter of the old district in the west—do I need to explain that?"

Everyone looked at him.

"I went there to meet a few old friends."

Qin Jiuge said,

"They aren't hoodlums; they're good brothers I grew up with in the orphanage."

"One of them is sick, and I lent him some money for medical treatment. It was money I saved from working myself, not from the Qin Family."

He looked at Qin Meng:

"As for that 'friend who runs a shop,' there's no such person, is there?"

Qin Meng was speechless.

The truth was out.

Qin Zhengguo was trembling with rage:

"The two of you... the two of you..."

Su Wan covered her mouth as tears fell:

"Qiuqiu, how could you do this... Jiuge is your brother..."

Qin Mingyuan walked directly to Qin Qiu, his gaze cold:

"I really misjudged you."

Qin Qiu grabbed Su Wan's hand while crying:

"Mom, I didn't mean it, I was just scared..."

"I was afraid you wouldn't want me anymore... I was wrong, I was really wrong..."

But this time, her tears could no longer move anyone.

Qin Jiuge turned to leave the living room, but Qin Zhengguo called out to him:

"Jiuge... I'm sorry."

Qin Jiuge did not look back:

"No need to apologize. From today on, I'm moving out."

"What?"

Su Wan panicked,

"No, this is your home!"

"Home?"

Qin Jiuge smiled,

"Is there anyone here who treats me as family?"

He walked away, leaving a room full of people consumed by shame... Qin Jiuge didn't actually move out, at least not yet.

He knew that if he left now, Qin Qiu would quickly use her tears and acting to regain ground. He had to completely destroy her.

The opportunity came quickly.

A week later, the Qin Family hosted a charity banquet, inviting most of Jiangcheng's socialites.

This was the kind of occasion Qin Qiu excelled at;

She had always been the Face of the Qin Family—elegant, proper, and highly praised.

On the day of the banquet, Qin Qiu wore a high-fashion gown, looking radiant.

She decided to use this banquet to rebuild her image while delivering a final blow to Qin Jiuge:

System, it must succeed tonight. Activate maximum power for the inner voice transmission, expanding the radius to cover the entire banquet hall.

Qin Qiu intended to use this ability to shape an image of her own kindness in everyone's hearts while hinting at Qin Jiuge's "unseemliness."

But she didn't know that Qin Jiuge was waiting for this exact moment.

Halfway through the banquet, Qin Qiu went on stage to speak.

She spoke about her understanding of charity, her voice gentle and pleasing:

"I have understood since I was a child that one's luck is not to be taken for granted."

"So all these years, I have done my best to help those in need..."

At the same time, her inner voice began to transmit, covering the entire hall:

[These rich people are so easy to fool; just say a few pretty words and they're moved to tears.]

[If it weren't for the Qin Family's image and my reputation, who would want to deal with those paupers? They're filthy and disgusting to look at.]

[But pretending to be kind is quite useful. Look at how obsessed those men's gazes are...]

The guests, who were originally moved by her speech, were all stunned as they suddenly heard these "inner voices."

Qin Qiu continued her speech:

"So I want to call upon everyone to care more for vulnerable groups and let the world be filled with love..."

While her inner voice came through simultaneously:

[Hurry up and finish; these high heels are making my feet ache.]

[After this is over, I'll have that simp Young Master Wang take me out for a drink. He's been chasing me lately; I'll use the chance to make him donate more money...]

[That bitch Qin Jiuge is sitting down there looking all cold. What's he posing for? I'll make him look like a fool in a moment...]

A commotion began below the stage.

People whispered to one another, their gazes toward Qin Qiu shifting from admiration to shock, and then to disgust.

Qin Qiu sensed something was wrong but didn't know what had happened.

She forced herself to finish, but as she walked off the stage, she was greeted not by applause, but by whispers and strange looks.

"What's going on?"

She whispered to her best friend nearby.

Her friend's expression was bizarre:

"Qiuqiu, were those... those things you were thinking just now real?"

Qin Qiu's heart jolted:

"What things I was thinking? I don't understand..."

"It's... you think poor people are dirty, you think charity is a show, and you called Young Master Wang a simp..."

Her friend's voice grew smaller as she spoke.

Qin Qiu's Face turned deathly pale.

The Inner Voice System! It was acting up again!

But this time was different... this time it covered the entire banquet hall; everyone heard it!

She wanted to explain, but no one would believe her.

Who would believe that a person could hear someone else's inner voice?

Qin Jiuge sat in the corner, elegantly sipping red wine.

This was the first big gift he had sent to Qin Qiu: social death.

During the latter half of the banquet, Qin Qiu became a complete laughingstock.

People avoided her, looking at her with disdainful eyes.

The Young Masters who had once fawned over her now pretended not to know her.

Qin Zhengguo and Su Wan had also heard those "inner voices" and were consumed by unbearable shame.

They finally understood how hypocritical and malicious the daughter they had raised for eighteen years truly was.

The banquet ended on a sour note... back home, Qin Qiu locked herself in her room and smashed everything she could.

"Qin Jiuge! It must be Qin Jiuge's doing!"

She screamed,

"I'm going to kill him! I must kill him!"

She knew she was finished.

In Jiangcheng's high society, her reputation was completely ruined.

The Qin Family would no longer tolerate her; the way Qin Zhengguo looked at her tonight had already said everything.

But she was unwilling to accept it.

Even if she had to die, she would take Qin Jiuge down with her.

Qin Qiu took a fruit knife from a drawer, her eyes filled with madness.

In the dead of night, she quietly left her room and came to Qin Jiuge's door:

The door isn't locked? It turns out Qin Jiuge was never afraid of me! Dammit!

Qin Qiu pushed the door open and saw Qin Jiuge standing by the window with his back to her.

"You've come."

Qin Jiuge didn't turn around.

Qin Qiu gripped the knife:

"You knew I would come?"

"I knew you would grow desperate."

Qin Jiuge turned around, his eyes showing not a hint of surprise,

"What, want to kill me?"

"It was you who ruined me!"

Qin Qiu hissed,

"If it weren't for you, I would still be the Eldest Young Miss of the Qin Family, and everything would be fine!"

Qin Jiuge laughed:

"If it weren't for me? Qin Qiu, you stole my life; it wasn't I who stole yours."

"I don't care!"

Qin Qiu raised the knife,

"Go to hell!"

She rushed at Qin Jiuge, but the knife stopped an inch from his chest, as if hitting an invisible wall.

Qin Qiu discovered with horror that she couldn't move.

Qin Jiuge slowly approached and took the knife from her hand:

"Did you think I was really that Qin Jiuge you could bully at will?"

His eyes turned crimson, and a suffocating pressure radiated from his body.

Qin Qiu's eyes widened; she wanted to scream but couldn't make a sound.

"The Original Owner's wish was for you to live in agony for all eternity."

Qin Jiuge stroked the blade,

"I originally wanted to take my time playing, but you were too impatient."

He snapped his fingers, and a swirling black vortex appeared in the center of the room, from which hair-raising shrieks emanated.

"Have you heard of Goblins?"

Qin Jiuge smiled,

"Those ugly, greedy, and brutal little monsters love tender-skinned human females like you the most."

Qin Qiu shook her head frantically, her eyes full of terror.

"Don't worry, you won't die."

Qin Jiuge said,

"I will keep you conscious to feel every moment of pain."

"Your body will constantly regenerate, enduring endless torture."

"This is the end you deserve—living in a Goblin Lair for all eternity."

With a wave of Qin Jiuge's hand, Qin Qiu was thrown into the black vortex by an invisible force.

The vortex closed, and the room returned to silence... The next day, the Qin Family discovered that Qin Qiu was missing.

The room was a mess, but there was no sign of her.

After reporting it to the police, they investigated for a long time but found nothing.

Qin Qiu had seemingly vanished from the Face of the earth.

The Qin Family vaguely guessed it was related to Qin Jiuge, but no one dared to ask.

After that night, Qin Jiuge carried an aura that inspired fear in others.

A month later, Qin Jiuge officially took over part of the Qin Corporation's business.

His abilities shocked everyone; with a sharp eye and decisive judgment, he increased the company's profits by 30% in just three months.

Qin Zhengguo handed over more power to him, and Qin Mingyuan was also willing to assist him.

Su Wan tried to mend the mother-son relationship, but Qin Jiuge always maintained a polite yet distant rapport.

He knew that the change in these people was more due to his abilities than a genuine acceptance.

Speaking of which, the IQ of these people was quite low, to be stupid enough to believe someone else's inner voice.

Qin Jiuge could, of course, read minds, but he basically didn't believe in that stuff.

One should know that 'inner voices' and 'inner thoughts' are two different concepts; an inner voice is just speaking in one's mind... One can only say it's typical for a female-oriented novel world.

But it didn't matter. He had already fulfilled the Original Owner's wish.

As for Qin Qiu... deep within a Goblin Lair in some unknown dimension,

A figure constantly screamed and begged in the darkness,

But the only responses she received were the roars of Goblins and unending pain.

She had truly achieved "immortality," in the most cruel way... On a certain night a year later, Qin Jiuge stood on the rooftop of the Qin Family villa, overlooking the night view of Jiangcheng.

Qin Jiuge gave a faint smile.

Just then, footsteps sounded behind him.

Qin Mingyuan walked over and handed him a glass of wine.

"What are you thinking about?"

Qin Mingyuan asked.

Qin Jiuge took the wine but didn't answer.

Qin Mingyuan was silent for a moment before saying:

"Qiuqiu's matter... was it you?"

Qin Jiuge turned to look at him:

"Does it matter?"

Qin Mingyuan gave a bitter smile:

"It doesn't matter. She got what she deserved."

The two stood side by side for a long time before Qin Mingyuan spoke again:

"Dad wants to officially hand the company over to you and retire."

"And you? Are you willing?"

"I am."

Qin Mingyuan said sincerely:

"You are more suited for it than I am. Besides... the Qin Family owes you."

Qin Jiuge finished the wine in his glass and looked toward the distant night sky.

"Your younger brother died long ago. I'm not that interested in his life."

"I just came here to have some fun, and now I'm leaving."

"In the future, burn some spirit money for him, otherwise he might come back as a ghost to find you."

After saying this, Qin Jiuge vanished directly from this world. He didn't want to live with these idiots for a lifetime.

Seeing this scene, Qin Mingyuan was scared shitless...