Chapter 160 Accidental Resolution of the Issue

Before Yun Xuan could figure it out, Qin Zhihua had already hung up the phone.
"Boss, if you still have things to attend to, I'll get out of the car and walk first." Hearing the icy voice of the girl on the phone, Chang Yue said in a soft voice.
"No need, I'll drop you off at Xuanxun House first." Yun Xuan thought for a moment; seeing Qin Zhihua required preparing a few things.
After dropping Chang Yue off at Xuanxun House, Yun Xuan bought a cake at a bakery and drove toward the location where Qin Zhihua was.
Qin Zhihua was currently at Fangyu University. A beauty of her caliber's whereabouts could be known with the slightest inquiry.
Just as Yun Xuan's car arrived at the gates of Fangyu University, he spotted Qin Zhihua and Qin Yun.
"Find a quiet place; we need to talk this through properly." Qin Zhihua opened the car door and said coldly. Qin Yun sat in the back row with a blank expression.
Yun Xuan felt bitter inside. This time, even without Qin Yun explaining, he understood.
Qin Zhihua had undoubtedly discovered the relationship between the two of them. In reality, a strand of hair could easily be found among Qin Yun's intimate garments, leading them to the hotel where Qin Yun had stayed, and a simple inquiry would reveal the conclusion.
The most crucial piece of evidence must have been the preventive item. That sort of thing certainly did not belong to a chaste woman; if Qin Zhihua had stumbled upon the unopened item, it would have been hard for her not to be suspicious.
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Yun Xuan drove to a coffee shop, and the three of them booked a private room.
Qin Zhihua and Qin Yun walked ahead, with Yun Xuan trailing behind. The moment they stepped inside, Qin Zhihua swung her hand and delivered a slap.
"Senior Zhihua, you're going a bit too far with this." Yun Xuan dodged the slap and sat down to the side.
"Yesterday, I found a short hair in my mother's clothes, along with this thing. After searching for the past few days, I finally figured out where Mother had stayed and whether you had appeared there. In the end, the waiter told me that the two of you stayed together and even had a private, candle-lit dinner reserved exclusively for you two in the hotel." Qin Zhihua threw an object onto the table—the contraception tool meant to prevent Qin Yun from having children, looking much like a piece of chewing gum.
"Yes, I admit it. Qin Yun and I have this kind of relationship. Isn't that quite normal? I helped you win back the Qin family, and Qin Yun is with me." Yun Xuan shrugged, acknowledging the matter.
"Yun Xuan! How can you be so shameless? There is such a huge age gap between you and my mother, yet you actually used such despicable methods to make her stay with you!" Qin Zhihua said angrily.
"Senior Qin Zhihua, I happen to like well-read, mature older women, and Qin Yun is precisely that type. That is also one of the reasons why I didn't accept you," Yun Xuan replied bluntly.
"You are truly a bastard! Mother, do you not plan to break up with this man? He is merely using you! Sooner or later, he will take away the Qin family. Besides, Yue'er likes him so much and he is by her side—are you really going to compete with your own daughter for a man?" Qin Zhihua's face was flushed red with anger. Finding it impossible to reason with Yun Xuan, she could only try to persuade Qin Yun.
"Zhihua, since matters have already reached this point, I don't want this affair to turn into a scandal. Therefore, stay out of my business with Yun Xuan. If Yue'er and Yun Xuan become a couple, I will sever ties with him," Qin Yun said earnestly.
"Mother... what has gotten into you? He is even younger than me, and yet you maintain this kind of relationship with him! Once this is discovered by others, your reputation and the entire Qin family will be utterly ruined." Looking at the two of them, Qin Zhihua felt a pang of bitterness in her heart. Clearly, this was the man she loved, yet now he was Qin Yun's lover? What kind of joke was this? Naturally, such a thing was completely unacceptable.
"Zhihua, there are many things you don't understand yet. You are still young. Give up on Yun Xuan; he is not suited for you. His scheming runs deep. I am staying with him for the sake of the Qin family, and for you children," Qin Yun said with earnest gravity.
"Senior Zhihua, find yourself a good man. I'm truly not the right fit for you," Yun Xuan sighed.
Beneath the table, hidden by the tablecloth, Yun Xuan's foot was rubbing against Qin Yun's leg.
Since Qin Zhihua was standing, she naturally could not see Yun Xuan's petty actions.
Seeing the two of them treat her this way, tears welled up in Qin Zhihua's eyes as she looked at Yun Xuan with utter disappointment.
"Yun Xuan, you are truly a piece of trash! Qin Yun, you claim with every breath that you're doing this for us, but in reality, you're only doing it for yourself!" Qin Zhihua bit her lip, struggling to keep her tears from falling, though they had long since overflowed.
"That's right, I am precisely that kind of person. It's actually a good thing that you found out the truth," Yun Xuan rolled his eyes.
Qin Yun remained silent, her face blushing crimson as she tried to block Yun Xuan's foot.
Observing Qin Yun's reaction, Qin Zhihua paused slightly. She stepped forward, yanked the tablecloth off, and saw Yun Xuan's foot resting on Qin Yun's chair. She felt as though she had been struck by lightning.
"Disgusting! You two are truly disgusting!" With a painful cry, Qin Zhihua slammed the door behind her and rushed out. The glass door of the private room shattered into tiny pieces.
"Little bastard, are you satisfied now?" Qin Yun pinched Yun Xuan's foot, stood up, and smoothed out her dress.
Regarding how to deal with Qin Zhihua, the two of them had reached a consensus: to completely sever ties between Yun Xuan and Qin Zhihua.
"I'll go check on her, otherwise who knows what kind of accident might happen," Yun Xuan also stood up and dropped those words before leaving the room.
Qin Yun gave a slight nod and turned to handle the waiter.
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As soon as Yun Xuan stepped outside, he spotted Qin Zhihua squatting by the flower bed, weeping. Lighting a cigarette, Yun Xuan walked up to her.
Qin Zhihua raised her head, glanced at Yun Xuan, and wiped away her tears.
"Why are you standing here? Aren't you going to the hotel with that disgusting woman? Are you here to watch me make a fool of myself?" Qin Zhihua said through gritted teeth.
"Senior Zhihua, to be honest, I rather like you, but I simply prefer slightly more mature girls. As for what happened between Qin Yun and me, it couldn't be helped—who can blame me for being a normal young man?" Yun Xuan blew out a ring of smoke and looked at Qin Zhihua.
"Yun Xuan, reasons like yours almost make me want to laugh out loud. I misjudged you. I originally thought you were a responsible and dependable person, but I never expected you to be such a thorough villain." Qin Zhihua stood up and glared angrily at Yun Xuan.
"Believe whatever you like. I'll drive you back," Yun Xuan opened the car door.
"No need! The only thing I want right now is to make both of you regret this!" Fixing her gaze on the road, Qin Zhihua dashed straight into the middle of the street.
"Oh, crap!" Yun Xuan was startled.
A truck was hurtling straight toward Qin Zhihua. She stood frozen in place, her body trembling as she watched Yun Xuan lunge forward, along with Qin Yun emerging from the coffee shop entrance.
"This way... will be fine." Qin Zhihua closed her eyes.
"Idiot!" A voice echoed right beside her ear. Qin Zhihua opened her eyes just as she felt herself shoved away by a burst of force.
With a sharp screech of emergency brakes, a figure was sent flying through the air. Qin Zhihua stared in a daze at the body crashing onto the hood of a car.
"Zhihua, are you alright? Are you hurt?" Qin Yun rushed over to Qin Zhihua's side, panic evident in her voice.
"Mother... I'm fine... Yun Xuan... Yun Xuan!" Snap-woken by Qin Yun, Qin Zhihua looked at the motionless figure slumped on the car and hurriedly ran toward him.