northernbook Chapter 113 Getting Rich
Chapter 113 Getting Rich
What other secrets are hidden in He Jinqiu's home besides this non-existent brother?
Yan Xun changed into his pajamas and returned to the bedroom. He Jinqiu must have gone to the study, leaving him alone in the bedroom.
He opened the door again. Opposite was the room belonging to He Jinqiu's brother. At this time, the door was closed and there was nothing unusual about it.
Yan Xun glanced at it a few times, closed the door, and set up another save point.
According to the forum, He Jinqiu's older brother is extremely dangerous.
He went back and lay down on the bed. The group chat was quiet, except for a message from He Jingtang.
[He Jingtang: Be careful.]
[Yan Xun: What am I supposed to be careful about?]
[He Jingtang: Don't ask! Just be careful.]
Yan Xun wasn't sure whether He Jingtang knew about He Jinqiu's family secret and that's why he told him to be careful, or if there was some other reason.
He sent an emoji to He Jingtang, and then searched for information online.
The fact that he and He Jinqiu ended up at a pet school was still secretly filmed and posted online.
In the photo, she is wearing a fisherman's hat, while He Jinqiu is wearing a beanie, completely hiding her striking hair color.
In the photo, He Jinqiu is holding Qiuqiu and talking to him, then she hands Qiuqiu to Yan Xun... In the photo, Yan Xun is holding Qiuqiu and they look at each other for a few moments.
Below, He Jinqiu's fans are controlling the comments section—
[You paparazzi! I knew my brother was just going to see Qiuqiu!]
[Long time no see! Qiuqiu, if I calculate my age, I'm practically an old lady now.]
[Are they that close? He Jinqiu went to see the dog, and Yan Xun even followed her?]
[They're roommates, that's not surprising, right? Only fans think they're being fake; maybe they have a great relationship within the group.]
[Hilarious! They say they're close? Everyone knows their group is a notoriously fake boy band. Just between you and me, some of them still haven't added each other on WeChat :)]
[What?! Couldn't you at least make something up nice? My colleague and I have such a bad relationship, but we still add each other on WeChat to discuss work. They live in the same house every day, of course they'll add each other on WeChat!]
[It might be true. After all, we live under the same roof and see each other all the time, so it's not a big deal if we don't add each other on WeChat.]
Thank you, I'm so touched :)
Yan Xun glanced at it a few times, then simply registered a brand new alternate account and left a message below.
[Nobody knows me: Does He Jinqiu have an older brother?]
[When did He Jinqiu get a brother? Did you create a brother for her?]
It seems the fans didn't know He Jinqiu had an older brother. Yan Xun thought he wanted to say something more, but then he discovered that his account had been reported.
Yan Xun: …………
He thought about it and decided to call Song Baiyuan.
It was unclear what Song Baiyuan was doing on the other end; perhaps he was busy, or perhaps he didn't hear the ringtone, because the other party did not answer.
A few minutes after hanging up, Song Baiyuan called back, saying he had been busy and asked Yan Xun what was wrong.
"Did you know that He Jinqiu has an older brother?" Yan Xun asked.
"Brother?" Song Baiyuan's voice sounded utterly confused. "Never heard of him..."
"how?"
"Did you see his brother?"
“No,” Yan Xun said, “but I discovered that he does seem to have an older brother.”
“That’s not surprising,” Song Baiyuan said from the other side. “His family is in business, and they didn’t initially plan to have He Jinqiu become an idol, but they couldn’t persuade him otherwise, so they agreed.”
"If he has an older brother, he's probably being groomed to be the heir to the family business, so it's normal that he doesn't show up."
Song Baiyuan spoke for a while, then thought for a moment, "But I really haven't heard any rumors."
"Could it be that this older brother... has an unusual identity?"
Yan Xun immediately understood Song Baiyuan's implied meaning—
He suspected that the reason there was no news about He Jinqiu's brother was because he was not born in wedlock.
So neither He Jinqiu nor Song Baiyuan had heard any rumors about the He family having two children.
“His family started out making snacks,” Song Baiyuan said. “Do you remember the candies you liked to eat when you were a child? They were all made by the food factory owned by He Jinqiu’s family.”
"Later, we started doing toys and other miscellaneous businesses, completely expanding our industry."
“I remember someone interviewed his parents and asked why they suddenly decided to start a food business. They only said that when He Jinqiu’s mother was pregnant, his father dreamed of a child who said that they should make candy and they would definitely make a fortune.”
"Many people have heard this story as part of his family's rise to wealth."
Song Baiyuan spoke eloquently for a while before saying, "But nobody believes it. Everyone knows his family has other channels."
"What channel?" Yan Xun asked.
Online information about He Jinqiu only includes some of his hobbies and a vague background as a "young master"—it seems that, as Song Baiyuan said, his parents objected and did not allow the family business to be associated with He Jinqiu himself.
"It's a long story."
"If you hear it, then you hear it, but don't tell anyone else," Song Baiyuan instructed.
Yan Xun felt that Song Baiyuan was just being gossipy and had nowhere else to talk about it, so he wanted to share it with him. He could feel the excitement in Song Baiyuan's tone, as if he couldn't wait to hear the gossip. "I definitely won't tell."
Yan Xun, like everyone else who hears big gossip, said similar things.
"It's through He Jinqiu's maternal grandfather's side of the family."
“He must have known something beforehand,” Song Baiyuan said. “His father was a son-in-law who married into the family.”
"It's hard to say whether they received advance notice or rumors. The food factory's first big order was a large overseas purchase order, and it only gradually gained fame and became a household name after that."
"When you were little, you used to insist that I buy you candy from their store."
"When did this happen?" Yan Xun asked after thinking for a moment.
"That was about a year before He Jinqiu was born, right?" Song Baiyuan recalled.
"That's why there's this rumor that He Jinqiu appeared in his dream and told his family to make candy so they'd definitely get rich." Song Baiyuan chuckled as he spoke, "What a coincidence."
“His mother is in poor health. If he had an older brother, there’s no reason why others wouldn’t know.”
“Unless his brother’s identity is questionable,” Song Baiyuan analyzed. “But his father wouldn’t dare to do that. He’s a son-in-law who married into his wife’s family from humble beginnings; how could he dare to use underhanded tactics and bring his father-in-law home while his father-in-law is still alive?”
“You seem to understand their psychology quite well,” Yan Xun suddenly said.
Song Baiyuan coughed on the other end of the line, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm just giving a rational analysis."
Don't make wild assumptions.
Yan Xun didn't make wild connections; he just felt that everything was a coincidence.
He Jinqiu's words certainly make sense; he had also heard such stories—
Someone secretly worshipped a little demon at home and had their child recognize him as a "sworn brother." Then, this sworn brother led the family business to flourish.
But I've never seen one that's been kept at home and has almost become a part of the family.
At most, there's just a separate room, or at certain times, someone will bring food to the room.
If it were just about getting He Jinqiu to recognize a sworn brother, it probably wouldn't warrant the system issuing a special mission to investigate the secrets of He Jinqiu's family.
After thinking it over, Yan Xun finally hung up on Song Baiyuan.