Strongest Counterattack - Chapter 80

Chapter 80





When a group of men got together, there had to be alcohol . Otherwise, they would feel something was amiss and that the supposed climax in the atmosphere would never be reached or that the relationship would not progress to the next level . This was especially true for entertaining purposes, when alcohol must be served . This was the so-called 'Wine-at-the-table culture' in China .

However, the ones who drank end up suffering later on, especially the young men who tried too hard and thought the more one drank, the more mighty he was .

Such as the Qin Sheng, who had tried to be the hero . At this moment, he was squatting there vomiting, and could hardly get up . It was a very embarrassing moment for him . Although Xue Qingyan found the sight nauseating, she remained by Qin Sheng's side to take care of him, offering him a bottle to rinse his mouth when he needed it .

It was only after about 10 minutes that Qin Sheng finally recovered .

"Are you feeling better?" Xue Qingyan asked with a pained expression . She knew exactly how it felt to have drunk too much alcohol because she had been through it herself .

Qin Seng took two big gulps of water and breathing a long sigh of relief, said, "Yes, finally I'm feeling better, let's get going . "

Fortunately, the hotel where they were staying was Hotel Shangri La, which was next to Xuanwu Lake, so it was not too far from New Street . This meant that Qin Sheng did not have to suffer much longer before they reached the hotel . When they finally arrived, the two employees helped Qin Sheng up to his room, with Xue Qingyan's room just next to his . Xue Qingyan did not go back to her room straight away but instructed the two employees to prepare some porridge for Qin Sheng before he went to bed . She believed this would make Qin Sheng feel better .

Once Qin Sheng entered his room, he first washed his face to make himself more awake . Xue Qingyan, who was sitting on the bed then did not know whether to laugh or cry . She said, "I thought you wouldn't get drunk even after a thousand glasses of wine!"

"It's all for you, my Big Sister . I'd rather be made drunk then to have you made drunk," Qin Sheng said, drying his face with a towel .

"It is worthwhile?" Xue Qingyan said thoughtfully .

After dinner, Xue Qingyan received a message which but did not understand its implication . There was some discrepancy between what was discussed and what Qin Sheng said earlier .

"Of course it's worth it . I've to perform well so you will look at me in a different light . Perhaps then you will make some recommendations for me, so I wouldn't stay in Shangshan Ruoshui as an attendant forever . I'm making an investment," Qin Sheng said directly .

Little did Xue Qingyan expect Qin Sheng to be so direct and this was making her feel a little embarrassed .

However, since Qin Sheng was so forthright, Xue Qingyan played along and said, "Don't get angry with me, but I have got a question for you, Qin Sheng . "






"Please say it, Big Sister . Why should I get angry with such a beautiful lady?" Qin Sheng was still not totally clear-minded as seen from his glib tongue .

Looking at Qin Sheng intently and said, "Earlier, you said you were an orphan, but when I did some investigation, I found that not only are your parents still around, you even have a sister . Just that they are surnamed 'Lin' and you, 'Qin' . Please don't get angry with me, I just wanted to be safe . I hope you can understand . "

Qin Sheng quickly realized that Xue Qingyan must have done an investigation on him when he gave her his identity card . To people like Xue Qingyan, it was always wise to do so when a stranger came into their lives or when they were looking for someone whom they could trust . It was a double safety measure that they had to take .

"I totally understand . If I were you, I would've done the same thing . It's always better to be cautious, so bad things don't happen," said Qin Sheng, smiling . "I was an orphan, but I still had to go to school . This was why my grandfather put me with the Lins . Uncle Lin and his wife are my adoptive parents . I lived with them during my schooling years . "

"I see," Xue Qingyan nodded quietly . Her doubts were finally cleared after Qin Sheng's explanation .

However, overcome with curiosity, she continued to ask, "Did your grandfather not tell you more about your real parents?"

Qin Sheng sighed and said, "No . Although I did ask him, he never breathed a word about them . All he said was if one day, I can't take it anymore, I should go look for an old man named Chen Changsheng in Beijing, and he will tell me everything about me . "

Xue Qingyan's expression changed slightly when she heard this . The name Chen Changsheng seemed to ring a bell . Seemingly, he was some sage . How was he related to Qin Sheng's grandfather and his family? Did Qin Sheng actually come from a complicated family? Xue Qingyan's interest was kindled further .

"So have you been to look for that old man?" Xue Qingyan questioned, unable to understand what was on Qin Sheng's mind .

Qin Sheng burped, then continued, "No . It's been so many years and I'm used to being in this state . There has to be a reason for everything . If my real parents want to have me back, they would've looked for me years ago . Perhaps I shouldn't have existed in their world . I guess I will just continue living in this way, so we don't disrupt each other's lives . Moreover, I rather like being in the state of being carefree . "

"Alright, if this is how you're going to comfort yourself," Xue Qingyan said helplessly . She just could not understand Qin Sheng's thinking .

Qin Sheng's stomach felt much better after chatting with Xue Qingyan and it was at this moment, her subordinates came back with the porridge . She urged Qin Sheng to finish up the porridge . "How're you feeling now?" She asked after Qin Sheng was done eating .

"Comfy," Qin Sheng said with a smile .





With a smile on her face, Xue Qingyan got up and said, "Since you are feeling much better now, I shall retire for the day . Tomorrow will be a busy day, so you rest early too . "

"Alright . "

After sending Xue Qingyan out, Qin Sheng did a quick wash up and then stood at the window to take a moment to enjoy the beautiful night lights . He had always loved large windows which stood from the ceiling to the floor . It gave an unblocked vision which lifted one's mood . Xuanwu Lake was right outside and his grandfather once told him that he had been to Nanjing a long time ago and stayed here for almost half a year . During which time, he traveled to many points in Nanjing in order to familiarize himself with the geomancy of this place . There were different layers to geomancy and only by making an onsite observation could who be able to have a thorough knowledge of its geomancy .

As he stood by the window, Qin Sheng smoked a stick of cigarette before he retired for the day . As he turned around to walk to his bed, he inadvertently saw a small, flashing red light coming from the aircon unit . His expression changed as he sensed something amiss . He carried a stool and placed it directly below the aircon to check it out . As he opened the aircon unit, he was stunned .

There he found a pinhole camera inside the aircon .

Infuriated, Qin Sheng pulled out the camera, stepped on it and tossed it into the dustbin . Extrapolating the fact that there was even a camera in his room, there must be another one in Xue Qingyan's room . If Ms . Cheongsam was already sleeping, everything she did before that would have been captured by the camera .

Cursing under his breath in rage, Qin Sheng rushed to the room next door and stared knocking .

"Rap, rap, rap . "

The knocking on the door sounded really urgent, Xue Qingyan thought . Luckily, she had not gone to bed yet . In fact, she had just opened her laptop to browse through what she needed to do the next day . She was still thinking about how to recover her capital in a way that would not anger Du Jiang .

"Are you asleep, Big Sister?"

She wondered who it could be at this late hour when she heard Qin Sheng's voice . She was puzzled as to what Qin Sheng wanted . Unless he was having some outrageous thoughts while he was not fully recovered from the alcohol, otherwise, why was he knocking on the door?

"What am I thinking?" Xue Qingyan snapped herself out of her thoughts, got up and opened the door for Qin Sheng .

Once the door was opened, Qin Sheng, who still smelt of alcohol, forced his way in . Xue Qingyan was shocked and thought he was really up to no good, but she truly was not strong enough to resist him with the strength of her arms .





"What's happening to you?" asked Xue Qingyan, frowning .

Qin Sheng, seeing that Ms . Cheongsam was still wearing the set of clothes from dinner, breathed a sigh of relief . She obviously had not gone to bed . Closing the door behind him, Qin Sheng said, "Thank goodness, you haven't gone to bed yet! Otherwise, those people would have seen everything about you . "

"What do you mean?" Xue Qingyan was even more confused than before .

Qin Sheng anxiously replied, "Don't you understand what I'm trying to say already? There's a pinhole camera in your room and mine room . We have been spied upon . "

"What?" Xue Qingyan cried out in shock .

Qin Sheng, who thought it unnecessary to explain in words, took a stool and put it under the aircon, and eventually pulled out a pinhole camera from it, and threw it onto the floor .

Xue Qingyan stared hard at the pinhole camera on the floor for a long time, totally dumbfounded .

Thereafter, Qin Sheng searched the entire room twice over and found two bugs attached to the bedside table and under the table respectively . By then, Xue Qingyan was speechless .

"Who was the one who arranged the room booking?" Qin Sheng asked, squinting .

Xue Qingyan replied, "The people in our office in Nanjing . "

"Damn it, there must be an undercover within our company's office in Nanjing, who had an agreement with Du Jiang . Son of a bitch!" Qin Sheng cursed .

Xue Qingyan pondered for a few seconds, gritted her teeth and asked, "How did you find out about the camera?"

"By luck, I guess . I saw a blinking red light coming out from the aircon vent . Immediately, I could feel instinctively that something was wrong . That's how I found out," Qin Sheng explained .

Xue Qingyan was finally getting angry inside her . However, she tried not to burst out her anger but kept it under control . "We can't stay in these rooms, let's pack up and change to other rooms . "

Xue Qingyan did not feel at ease even though Qin Sheng had checked every corner of the room .

After some thought, Qin Sheng agreed with Ms . Cheongsam, and the two packed their bags and changed to two other rooms .

By the time things were settled, it was almost one in the morning .

Xue Qingyan was finally at ease after she settled into the new room . Thanking Qin Sheng profusely, she went back to her room to rest . She made up her mind to sift through all her employees in Nanjing after this episode . This was too much!

Du Jiang's man, who was spying on Xue Qingyan and Qin Sheng had immediately informed Du Jiang when the pinhole cameras had been discovered . This man was none other than Du Jiang henchmen . They used to buddies when Du Jiang was still doing illegal business . He had been the one to help Du Jiang carry out those illegal things after Du Jiang had turn over a new leaf .

Now that they had been found out and his henchmen urgently wanted to report the incident to him . However, Du Jiang had not recovered from his drunkenness still, so his henchmen had to wait until the next day .

Qin Sheng was awake at six the next morning . He took a hot shower and went for a jog around Xuanwu Lake .

Sangbo, Houhu were the old names given to Xuanwu Lake . It had a history of over 2000 years . It used to be part of the royal gardens and was only opened to the public towards the end of the Qing Dynasty . Its radius was about five miles and the lake itself was divided into six sections, namely, Xuzhou, Huanzhou Yingzhou, Lingzhou, Liangzhou, and Cuizhou . Each section was connected by bridges and each section was surrounded by some hills as well as water bodies . A poet from the Sung Dynasty named Ouyang Xiu once wrote a phrase which meant the capital was not as beautiful as the lake at the back of it .

After jogging around Xuanwu Lake twice, Qin Sheng went back to his hotel room and took another shower before making a call to Xue Qingyan to wake her up for breakfast, thinking that she must have gotten out of bed by then . It was already 8am after all .

Xue Qingyan picked up the phone, chuckled as she said, "I was about to call you, but you beat me to it . So you've been up?"

"I was up since 6 am and I have run round Xuanwu Lake twice . The jog made my day," Qin said as he chuckled .

Surprised, Xue Qingyan said, "Wow, you're early . "

"I'm used to it . "

"What a good habit . Alright, let's go for breakfast . "

After hanging up, Qin Sheng left his room only to bump into Xue Qingyan who was also coming out of her room . The two took their breakfast in the hotel's restaurant and afterward set out to go to the company's Nanjing office .