The top star opened his eyes and became cannon fodder, the celebrity's wife was exposed

Chapter 1223 Qin's Illegitimate Daughter

"Are you Jiang Mubai?" Old Master Qin asked in a cold tone.

Jiang Mubai nodded, his tone calm: "It's me."

"Do you know who you are?" Old Master Qin asked in an aggressive tone.

Jiang Mubai met his gaze without fear: "Yes, the Qin family's illegitimate daughter."

Mr. Qin's expression changed, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "You..."

Cheng Yunchuan suddenly spoke up, interrupting Mr. Qin: "Grandpa, Mu Bai is my girlfriend, I hope you can respect her a little."

Old Master Qin looked at Cheng Yunchuan with a complicated look in his eyes: "Yunchuan, are you sure you want to be the enemy of the Qin family for this woman?"

Cheng Yunchuan held Jiang Mubai's hand and said firmly: "I love her. No matter who she is, I will protect her."

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Old Master Qin looked at the two people's tightly clasped hands, remained silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Well, since you insist on doing this, I won't force it."

Neither Jiang Mubai nor Cheng Yunchuan expected that Mr. Qin would compromise so easily.

"However, I have a condition." Mr. Qin changed the subject.

"What conditions?" Jiang Mubai asked.

Old Master Qin's eyes were deep: "I want you to help me do something. After it is done, I will not only recognize your identity, but also hand over everything in the Qin family to you."

Jiang Mubai and Cheng Yunchuan looked at each other, and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes. What exactly is Mr. Qin up to? It's confusing.

The condition proposed by Mr. Qin was that Jiang Mubai help him find something, which was an antique key.

This key is said to be related to a huge secret of the Qin family.

Jiang Mubai agreed to Mr. Qin's condition, but she was full of doubts. What exactly is this key? What is the secret of the Qin family?

After leaving the Qin family's old house, Jiang Mubai and Cheng Yunchuan fell into deep thought.

"Do you think what Mr. Qin said is true?" Jiang Mubai asked.

Cheng Yunchuan shook his head: "I don't know. The Qin family's affairs are too complicated."

"We must find this key." Jiang Mubai said in a firm tone.

"Only in this way can we know the truth."

However, what they didn't know was that this key was just the beginning, and a bigger conspiracy was quietly unfolding.

Jiang Mubai suddenly received an anonymous message. The content of the message was just two photos. In the photos was a person tied to a chair. It was K! And the background of the photos was actually Cheng Yunchuan's villa!

Jiang Mubai stood outside the courtyard of Cheng Yunchuan's villa. The cold wind blew past, bringing a hint of chill.

The photo in her hand was like a burning fire, burning her nerves. The "K" in the photo had empty eyes and bloodstains at the corners of his mouth. The rope was deeply embedded in his wrist bones, showing a horrible purple bruise.

The background is clearly the custom wallpaper in Cheng Yunchuan's study, with the iconic platinum ginkgo pattern.

"Take a look for yourself." She whispered as she handed the photo to Cheng Yunchuan, staring at him intently, as if she wanted to dissect every expression on his face.

At this moment, she was terrifyingly calm, like a judge in court. She didn't even notice that her hand holding the phone had turned white.

Cheng Yunchuan looked at the photo, his hand holding it paused for a moment, and then he calmly frowned.

His usually gentle expression was now unclear.

He didn't argue, nor did he panic. He didn't even breathe. He just whispered, "How did it come about?"

"Send the photos to my email address anonymously." Jiang Mubai said in a crisp and clear voice without any extra emotion.

She wanted to give herself some breathing time, some room to doubt his innocence, but her mind was filled with impatience as if it was cut by a knife.

The kidnapping scene in the photo matches the real place too accurately. Even the subtle lighting dimming and the traces of paint peeling on the edge of the desk cannot be easily forgiven. Is this a malicious coincidence, or a deeper trap?

Cheng Yunchuan was silent for only a few seconds, then he dialed the housekeeper's number without hesitation.

His voice was cold and solemn, with a hint of irresistible command: "Immediately retrieve all surveillance videos around the villa and start investigating within 72 hours. Thoroughly check every person who enters and leaves the house."

After hanging up the phone, he looked up at Jiang Mubai, trying to catch her gaze, and said calmly, "Mubai, listen to me, I didn't tie him up."

"What about these photos? Your villa? And the background?" Jiang Mubai paused for a moment and took a deep breath.

She tried her best to look like she wasn't affected by her emotions, but her voice was so cold that it stung her: "Are you going to tell me that someone broke into your study and just happened to tie him up and take a close-up photo?"

"This photo is indeed of my study." Cheng Yunchuan answered in a low voice, his handsome face covered with a layer of cold light.

"But that doesn't mean the truth is what it seems."

Jiang Mubai sneered, his sarcasm was not concealed: "Cheng Yunchuan, no one knows better than you how far photos and information can be tampered with, but I just want to ask you one question now, is your hacker code name 'K' really an online nickname that your secretary randomly gave you?"

Cheng Yunchuan frowned for a moment, his Adam's apple rolled slightly, as if he was about to speak, but in the end he swallowed it back.

His hands suddenly clenched, and he folded the photo in his hand into a ball. Even his breath seemed to be a little colder than before: "Mu Bai, if I explain this, will you believe it?"

"You can try." She looked at him, her eyes seemed to be hiding a knife.

However, just when the atmosphere was tense and about to explode, the door behind Cheng Yunchuan was suddenly pushed open, and the person who broke in was the butler.

His expression was extremely ugly, and even had a kind of panic that was difficult to conceal. "Sir!"

The housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief and reported in a low voice: "We found that the surveillance video has been completely cleared. There is no data from the past three days."

"Waste." Cheng Yunchuan scolded expressionlessly, and uttered two words with his thin lips.

He slowly turned back to look at Jiang Mubai, his eyes gradually becoming sharper: "Do you believe it now?"

Jiang Mubai's back tensed slightly. She had always been very good at hiding her emotions, but at this moment, she couldn't help but feel a chill of approaching danger in her heart.

The surveillance video was cleared, which really seemed like some kind of precise layout. However, she couldn't let herself fall into the quagmire of trust.

"That doesn't mean anything," she said in a cold voice.

"After all, K is one of your most important companions, or rather, your most important tool?" She paused and her tone became sharp.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yunchuan stared at her for a moment with a complicated expression, then suddenly reached out and grabbed Jiang Mubai's wrist, pulling her into the villa without saying anything.

"Cheng Yunchuan!"

Jiang Mubai struggled for a moment, but the force of his grip made her angry: "What are you crazy about?"