Chapter 668 - 698: Principal Offender and Accomplice

Qin Jiao accepted the silver lock and said with a smile, "Uncle, let’s put the past behind us. We should all look to the future."

"Yes, you’re right! You’re right!"

When Old Mrs. Qin saw this, she quickly pulled her youngest son aside and said in a low voice, "Jiqun, why didn’t you take this chance to have Xiao Jiao arrange a job for you? Look at you, all covered in dirt every day. It’s such hard work."

Qin Jiqun was tan from the sun. He grinned. "Mom, my job is fine, really. And I get along great with my coworkers."

Old Mrs. Qin frowned, incredibly frustrated.

’How good could a construction job possibly be? He could be working at the clothing company or the restaurant, out of the wind and rain. How much better would that be?’

Qin Jiao had actually overheard them but could only shake her head helplessly.

’It’s a miracle my own father and my uncle didn’t turn out crooked,’ she thought. ’Your family of origin is so important for a child’s development.’

Qin Jiao glanced at the babies, who were currently teasing the adults... ’That’s right,’ she mused. ’Usually, it’s the adults who tease the babies, but our two little ones are so smart they’re already teasing us back!’

Qin Jiao’s eyes filled with tenderness.

’Now that I’m their mother, I’ll do everything I can to give them a good life and make sure they grow up healthy and happy.’

After the Lunar New Year, Jiu Yi Restaurant’s operations had completely stabilized, and Jiu Yi’s new spring clothing line was now in its promotional phase.

After Qin Jiao’s postpartum confinement ended, she had Shen Yi make a trip to the company in the South. The mobile phone sales over there were kicking off, along with other electronic accessories.

The coming year was going to be an incredibly busy one for them.

Shen Yi reluctantly kissed his wife and then his two babies before boarding a southbound plane with his assistant.

Meanwhile, there was still no news of Lin Nian or Lu Jiuan.

Although Jiang Xiaoyue had mentioned it before, Meng Lanlan clearly trusted Lu Jiuan completely. Or rather, she was deeply in love with him.

She didn’t believe Lu Jiuan was involved in the kidnapping, and she certainly didn’t believe he was having an affair with Lin Nian.

Once she had recovered a little—around the same time Qin Jiao finished her postpartum confinement—Meng Lanlan came to visit her. Of course, the most important reason for her visit was Lu Jiuan.

Ironically, just a few months ago, she had come to Rose District to visit Lin Nian.

Now, she was visiting Qin Jiao, the very person who had nearly been harmed because of Lin Nian.

Meng Lanlan loved children, and she gazed tenderly at the two babies sleeping in their crib. Before Lu Jiuan’s incident, she had always looked forward to having a baby with him.

But now, all of that was just an empty dream, and her family’s finances had been completely drained at the same time.

Although she was only in her twenties, she looked haggard and worn, as if she were in her thirties.

Qin Jiao didn’t say anything. She waited until Meng Lanlan was done looking at the babies before asking her mother, Su Yun, to watch them. Then, she led Meng Lanlan to the living room.

She said, "Thank you for coming to see me."

Meng Lanlan gritted her teeth. "Qin Jiao, was Jiuan really involved in your kidnapping?"

"I’ve already given my statement to the police. Besides, giving a false statement is against the law. It’s not just me. Hasn’t Shen Feng, who’s locked up, also implicated Lu Jiuan?"

After Shen Feng was taken into custody, he calmly recounted how the three of them had plotted to kidnap Qin Jiao.

He said that he had initially disagreed with the plan but later just went along with it, and that Lu Jiuan was the one who had hired the kidnappers.