Remembering Ye Yuning’s height, Xiao Linye dared not even consider how much hardship she must have endured to grow up. That height was clearly due to malnutrition. "Did you come just to talk to me about that woman?" Speaking again, Xiao Linye’s tone was obviously displeased. Qin Jinchuan’s thoughts were pulled back. He gave Xiao Linye an inexplicable look. "Don’t make things difficult for her in the future." "What do you mean?" Xiao Linye was somewhat confused; he hadn’t quite processed Qin Jinchuan’s words. Follow current novᴇls on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩 Qin Jinchuan flicked the ash from his cigarette. "You’ve bullied that girl so much she’s probably cried countless times. You’re a grown man; don’t bully a child!" Instantly, dark lines appeared on his face! So, when he said the Ye Family’s foster daughter was like a child, he really wasn’t joking? And he said that woman would cry. Was he serious about that? "What do you mean?" Xiao Linye asked, not understanding. His mind was a muddle, thanks to Qin Jinchuan. Earlier, he’d said the Ye Family’s foster daughter wasn’t innocent and that he intended to use her to deter those lurking in the shadows. Did this mean he was now telling him not to make things difficult for Manlang too? Qin Jinchuan said, "It hasn’t been easy for a girl to get Manlang to where it is today. As a grown man, it’s not appropriate for you to always be at odds with her." Now he was even saying *his* actions were inappropriate. Xiao Linye snorted coldly. "Don’t forget your own plan. You said before that even though the Qin Family is now under your control, the hidden currents are not to be underestimated!" "Just a bunch of petty people. There’s no need for me to go to such lengths to intimidate them," Qin Jinchuan said nonchalantly. Xiao Linye looked at him and didn’t want to talk anymore. After all, he was the one who suggested using the Ye Family’s foster daughter, and now he was the one changing his tune. He was the one saying all of it... Seeing Qin Jinchuan’s attitude, Xiao Linye raised an eyebrow and eyed him skeptically. "Why do I get the feeling you have... *that kind* of interest in the Ye Family’s foster daughter?" "You haven’t developed feelings for her, have you?" Xiao Linye considered himself experienced in such matters. Qin Jinchuan’s uncharacteristic behavior towards the Ye Family’s foster daughter clearly indicated he’d developed feelings he shouldn’t have. Hearing Xiao Linye’s implied meaning, Qin Jinchuan laughed. "You know, she’s actually quite cute." Xiao Linye: "So, you really have developed those feelings for her?" "We were almost married. What’s so impossible about it?" Xiao Linye fell silent. Speaking of the wedding between the Ye Family’s foster daughter and Qin Jinchuan, it was the joke of Upper City. On the wedding day, the bride had registered her marriage with another man! Xiao Linye took a drag from his cigarette. "You seem to have forgotten that your wedding with her never happened. You’re a bachelor now, but she’s a married woman." This statement was undoubtedly a harsh reality. Hearing this, Qin Jinchuan’s expression immediately turned grim. When it came to nerve, that woman was truly infuriating, publicly humiliating the Qin Family like that. In this world, she was probably the only one daring enough to do such a thing. She could be tough, yet she could also be yielding. That personality of hers... "Also, she’s not the pushover you imagine. Don’t think she’s merely ’cute’," Xiao Linye reminded Qin Jinchuan coldly. He had collaborated with the Ye Family’s foster daughter for a long time. Although he had never met her in person, he understood her to some extent. The fact that Qin Jinchuan had changed his initial impression of her today showed that woman really had a few tricks up her sleeve. Qin Jinchuan’s face darkened, his tone tinged with dissatisfaction. "Don’t be biased against her." Xiao Linye: "I’m biased against her?" Qin Jinchuan: "If this isn’t bias, then what is? You can’t assume she’s not a good person just because your collaboration with her was unpleasant." Fine. His good intentions were being treated like dirt! Qin Jinchuan continued, "Besides, with your nitpicking attitude, ordinary people really couldn’t collaborate with you. It’s quite something that she’s tolerated you for this long!" These words made Xiao Linye’s expression darken. So now, it was completely his fault. Things having come to this, no one would believe Qin Jinchuan if he said he hadn’t developed feelings for the Ye Family’s foster daughter. "What are you planning to do now then?" Xiao Linye directly asked Qin Jinchuan about his intentions. Qin Jinchuan didn’t hide it from him. He said straightforwardly, "That unfinished wedding... I still want to see it through to a satisfactory conclusion." Now that he’d said this much, it was clear he intended to win back the Ye Family’s foster daughter. Xiao Linye: "What about her husband?" Undeniably, while the wedding became a joke for the Qin Family, the Ye Family’s foster daughter had gained a husband out of it. If Qin Jinchuan harbored such thoughts now, wouldn’t he become a genuine homewrecker? Qin Jinchuan, however, was unconcerned. "Husband? What husband? He’s just a pawn used to embarrass the Qin Family!" Qin Jinchuan paid no mind whatsoever to this husband who had never even shown his face.