Lin Qian looked at Fu Yan Ting. Although he was her son, whom she had carried for ten months, Lin Qian found she didn't understand Fu Yan Ting at all, nor his cruelty, brutality, and heartlessness.
Fu Yan Ting's phone rang. It was a message from Lin Nan, informing Fu Yan Ting that Yan Xi was hidden by Lin Qian in the first bedroom on the far left of the second floor.
After reading the message, Fu Yan Ting deleted it. He knew Lin Nan had chosen to text instead of call to avoid Lin Qian knowing. After all, Lin Nan lived with Lin Qian, and if she found out, Lin Nan's life wouldn't be easy from then on.
Fu Yan Ting put away his phone and then walked upstairs with a swagger that acknowledged no one.
As Fu Yan Ting ascended, Lin Qian's face turned ashen with fear. Unable to think of anything else, Lin Qian quickly blocked his path and asked coldly, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"What do you think?"
Fu Yan Ting's lips curved into a slight smile.
What else could he be here for, if not to find someone?
Although he and Lin Qian were mother and son, their relationship had grown increasingly strained over the years. If he hadn't known Yan Xi was here, Fu Yan Ting probably wouldn't have shown up.
Lin Qian feigned composure as she looked at Fu Yan Ting, speaking word by word, "Are you crazy? Believe it or not, I can sue you for trespassing."
"I believe you."
Fu Yan Ting nodded, indicating he believed Lin Qian's words very much.
Fu Yan Ting's indifferent attitude successfully angered Lin Qian. She struggled to maintain her calm.
She felt that the rumors outside were indeed true.
Fu Yan Ting was truly a cold-blooded animal.
How could she have given birth to such a cold-blooded creature?
Seeing that Lin Qian had no intention of moving aside, Fu Yan Ting's lips curved slightly. He then took out his phone and called his assistant. The assistant picked up and asked, "President, it's so late, do you have any instructions?"
"I'll give you five minutes. I want to see the Lin family in Mingcheng go bankrupt."
In Mingcheng, there was only one Lin family, Fu Yan Ting's maternal grandfather's family.
The assistant also knew that Fu Yan Ting's relationship with the people in his maternal grandfather's family wasn't good.
But Fu Yan Ting's cold-blooded ruthlessness terrified Lin Qian, who quickly snatched his phone away.
She glared at Fu Yan Ting with ferocious eyes, like a venomous snake.
Fu Yan Ting, however, was unhurried. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Qian, saying faintly, "Aren't you going to let the person go yet?"
"Fu Yan Ting, the thing I regret most now is giving birth to you."
Fu Yan Ting was used to Lin Qian hurting him time and again.
But for Lin Qian to say such a thing so openly, right in front of him, still pierced Fu Yan Ting's heart deeply.
He was human too, flesh and blood, his heart could hurt, and he yearned for maternal love.
"You have four minutes left. Either the Lin family goes bankrupt, or you hand over Yan Xi."
Lin Qian was gambling, betting that Fu Yan Ting wouldn't dare to act against the Lin family, after all, the Lin family were his relatives, he wouldn't be so heartless towards them.
Thinking this, Lin Qian stood there motionless.
Fu Yan Ting was not flustered either, calmly waiting the four minutes with Lin Qian.
The four minutes were up, and Lin Qian's phone rang.
It was Lin Qian's father calling. When she saw the caller ID, her eyes instinctively glanced at Fu Yan Ting. Fu Yan Ting remained standing there calmly, unmoved.
A sudden bad feeling arose in Lin Qian's heart. She didn't answer the phone, but fixed her gaze on Fu Yan Ting, questioning, "What exactly did you do to the Lin family?"
"Didn't I just make a call earlier? Did you not hear it clearly? Do you need me to repeat it?"
Lin Qian clenched her fists tightly, glared at Fu Yan Ting, and then walked aside to answer the phone.
In fact, Lin Qian had a rough idea of what her father was going to tell her.
After Lin Qian answered the phone, her father questioned, "What did you do to Fu Yan Ting? Why is Fu's Group openly suppressing us? Do you know that the Lin family just made an investment, putting in thirty billion yuan? If something goes wrong at this critical juncture, the Lin family will go bankrupt."
Lin Qian didn't know things would escalate to this extent.
She was silent for a moment, then said, "The Lin family will not go bankrupt. Leave this matter to me."
After Lin Qian finished speaking, she hung up.
Her father also sighed helplessly.
After all, Lin Qian was Fu Yan Ting's biological mother, and whatever Fu Yan Ting did, he was targeting Lin Qian.
Their mother-son grievances had to be resolved by themselves.
After hanging up, Lin Qian looked at Fu Yan Ting with ferocious eyes and coldly demanded, "Are you crazy? You really took action against the Lin family."
"I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."
Fu Yan Ting said with a relaxed expression.
Lin Qian was already very angry, and hearing Fu Yan Ting's words, she became even more furious. She raised her hand to hit Fu Yan Ting.
But as soon as she raised her hand, Fu Yan Ting stopped her.
Fu Yan Ting looked at Lin Qian coldly, a smile on his lips, but the smile was increasingly indifferent and distant.
"Fu Yan Ting, what exactly do you want? Don't forget, I am your mother."
"Release Yan Xi, and I will stop. I won't trouble the Lin family. If you refuse to release Yan Xi, then I'm sorry, your Lin family will have to declare bankruptcy."
Lin Qian gritted her teeth, about to retort.
The phone rang again, it was from the old residence.
Lin Qian answered the phone.
Her father's voice trembled as he said, "How is it? How is your communication with Fu Yan Ting? Qian Qian, if all else fails, try the family card. Our stock has dropped another three percent. If it keeps falling at this rate, in three days, the Lin family will only be history."
Lin Qian did not respond and directly hung up.
After hanging up, Lin Qian looked up at Fu Yan Ting. Despite her immense reluctance, Lin Qian knew very well that Fu Yan Ting was no longer the boy she could control at will.
She no longer dared to act against Fu Yan Ting.
Lin Qian sighed in resignation, and finally, bowed her head to Fu Yan Ting.
She said, "I can let Yan Xi go, but you have to promise me that from now on, you and Mingcheng will stay out of each other's way in Yan Cheng, and you will no longer take action against the Lin family. Can you do that?"
"You know the people and things I care about. Whether I can do it or not depends on you."
Although Lin Qian was unwilling, she also understood that Fu Yan Ting, with his unrestrained nature, was not someone she could defeat with a few cunning schemes.
Fu Yan Ting's capabilities far exceeded her imagination.