Chapter 49: What Are You Afraid of?
After giving Little Liu his instructions, Qin Zelin contacted a lawyer and told him to head over immediately.
Only after everything had been arranged did he remember that he still hadn’t told Meng Yu and the others that Cen Miao had been found.
He opened their WeChat group and sent them a message.
A little over ten minutes later, the car drove into the police station courtyard. The moment it stopped, Qin Zelin hurriedly opened the door and got out.
Several cars slowly entered the courtyard behind him, and Meng Yu was the first to step out.
Without slowing down, Qin Zelin asked hurriedly, “Why did all of you come too?”
“We were curious. We wanted to see who got tired of living and decided to bully Little Brother,” Meng Yu replied with his usual languid tone, his lips curling to one side.
Qin Zelin: “…”
The lawyer was already waiting by the entrance. Seeing Qin Zelin approach, he immediately stepped forward to join him, and the group entered together.
Liu Jian and Deputy Chief Li Liping, who had rushed over shortly after his flight landed, stood to one side.
The moment Liu Jian saw the group entering, his heart clenched.
Every one of them looked distinguished and carried an overwhelming presence. They were clearly no ordinary people.
Panic filled him now, and his palms were drenched in sweat. The moment he received the deputy chief’s call earlier, he knew something had gone wrong.
He had originally planned to use his limited connections to suppress the matter, earn the other man’s gratitude, and smoothly secure the captain’s position.
But now, it seemed he might have kicked an iron plate.
“Oh, you must be President Qin.” Deputy Chief Li Liping forced himself to step forward. “There’s been a misunderstanding. We’ve treated your family member very well here, with tea and everything. He hasn’t suffered at all.”
Qin Zelin immediately spotted Cen Miao in the corner with his head lowered.
He was holding some small creature in his arms, curled up pitifully all alone.
Qin Zelin’s heart abruptly seized.
It felt as though his chest had been stuffed with a waterlogged mass of cotton—heavy, suffocating, and painfully tight.
Ignoring everyone beside him, Qin Zelin strode over and gripped Cen Miao’s chin, making him raise his head.
Cen Miao blinked. His lashes were still hazy with moisture.
He stared directly at Qin Zelin for a long while before burying his head against him.
Then, like an insecure little animal, he nuzzled restlessly into his embrace.
Qin Zelin lowered his gaze and gently stroked the back of Cen Miao’s head.
“Let me take you home first, all right? The lawyer can handle everything else.”
“Mm. I want to bring Maomao too.”
Cen Miao’s voice was very soft. With his face buried against Qin Zelin, it sounded muffled and deeply aggrieved.
Qin Zelin looked at the filthy little mutt in his arms. One eye was surrounded by black fur while the other was white, making it look like a tiny pirate.
A vein throbbed at his temple.
He had already named it…?
Maomao…
What kind of taste in names was that?
Qin Zelin sighed inwardly.
Forget it. Maomao it was.
“Mm, you can. Get up. We’ll go home first.”
The moment he finished speaking, Cen Miao lifted his head from Qin Zelin’s arms. His lips were pouted and his eyes were wet.
“I want a hug.”
Qin Zelin looked down at the dirty little dog in his arms.
“…Give the dog to Little Wang first. Then I can carry you.”
Cen Miao lowered his head and hesitated for a while before handing Maomao to the bodyguard.
Then he stretched both arms toward Qin Zelin.
“Hug!”
Qin Zelin bent down, supported him beneath the bottom, and lifted him into his arms.
He felt Cen Miao sniff around his neck like a puppy before pressing his face against him as though burrowing into a nest. The soft flesh of his cheek squished out of shape.
The others watching nearby stared blankly.
Although they had seen Qin Zelin coaxing Cen Miao before, this time they were even clingier!
They even suspected that Qin Zelin would have carried him regardless of whether he handed over the dog.
Qin Zelin turned toward the lawyer.
The man immediately understood, nodded, and carried his briefcase over to Li Liping to handle the formalities.
Just as the group was preparing to leave, two men—one tall and one short—entered through the doorway.
“What the fuck? Why did you let him out? I just got back from getting my injuries examined. I’m still pressing charges!”
Cen Miao turned his head and glanced at the shorter man. Then he immediately looked away and fearfully tightened his arms around Qin Zelin’s neck.
“What are you afraid of? I’m here.”
Qin Zelin patted Cen Miao’s back. Then his expression darkened as he looked at the newcomer as though staring at a corpse.
“Who are you planning to sue?”
“Oh, so he found a group of clients to back him up?” the man sneered. “Then why was he pretending to be innocent earlier? What difference does it make who he sleeps with?”
“You’re his clients, aren’t you? He hit my car and refused to compensate me, then injured me. I already got an injury report. If I don’t send him to prison, my surname isn’t Wang.”
This time, it wasn’t only Qin Zelin. Meng Yu and the others’ faces darkened as well.
They looked at the man as though he were an idiot moments away from death.
“Hey, someone here wants to change his surname. Do you handle that kind of service?” Meng Yu turned toward Li Liping.
Cold sweat nearly poured from Li Liping’s body.
“Yes, yes, of course.”
“Fuck your mother—”
The short man had barely tried to attack Meng Yu when the bodyguard restrained him with one hand and shoved him backward.
Holding Cen Miao beneath the bottom with one arm, Qin Zelin used his free hand to take the injury report.
He glanced at it, smiled, and handed it to the bodyguard beside him.
“Since he went to the trouble of getting an injury report, we can’t let that effort go to waste.”
After speaking, Qin Zelin turned his head.
“Deputy Chief Li, when I came in, I noticed that the surveillance camera on the western side of your courtyard appeared to be broken.”
Li Liping was quick-witted. He immediately exchanged a look with the person beside him and replied, “Yes, yes. That camera has been broken for a long time. We haven’t gotten around to repairing it.”
“Young Master Meng, could I trouble you to hold… Maomao for me?” the bodyguard asked Meng Yu.
Meng Yu: “…Mm.”
Holding the injury report, the bodyguard dragged the man toward the courtyard.
Realizing that the situation was turning against him, Wang Qizhi shouted furiously, “Do you know who my father is? If you dare touch me, I’ll sue every last one of you!”
Only after the courtyard fell silent did Qin Zelin carry Cen Miao outside with Meng Yu and the others.
He patted Cen Miao’s bottom.
“Can you get down and wait for me in the car?”
“No. I want to be held.”
Cen Miao buried his head against Qin Zelin’s shoulder and refused to move.
Qin Zelin sighed and walked toward the western side of the courtyard.
Looking at the man whose appearance now finally matched his injury report, Qin Zelin spoke.
“You said you wanted to sue me into the ground. I’ll give you that opportunity.”
He smiled at the man.
“But from this moment onward, my private attorney and Huanyu Group’s entire legal department will be devoted exclusively to you.”
“You’d better make sure you’ve never done a single guilty thing in your life.”
“Anyone can talk big. You think my company doesn’t have a legal department too?”
“Oh.” Qin Zelin raised a brow. “Then let’s see whether Huanyu’s legal department is stronger or your company’s.”
“Huan… Huanyu?”
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