Who Made Him an Antagonist

28: Chapter 28 Lin Xiaojin’s FavorYunhai City, an urban village.

In a dilapidated tenement building area, Lin Xiaojin bent down to pick up a watermelon rind from the ground and tossed it into a trash can, reminding Qin Ge, ”President Qin, please watch your step.”

She pointed at a crumbling single-story house in front of them, her smile growing warmer as she said, ”That’s my home.”

In the office on normal days, Lin Xiaojin was somewhat self-conscious.

She always felt out of place with her surroundings.

That was due to her severe lack of self-confidence.

But once she was home, even though the place was very small, dilapidated, and one story shorter than the other tenement buildings...

She appeared exceptionally sunny and warm.

Lin Xiaojin never felt that there was anything shameful about her family of origin.

Moreover, didn’t she have a mother at home who doted on her, protected her, and loved her?

”President Qin, Miss Qiao, please have a seat.”

After leading Qin Ge into the house to sit at the table, Lin Xiaojin left and returned shortly after, carrying two cups of plain boiled water. Placing them before Qin Ge, she said awkwardly, ”I’m so sorry, we don’t have any tea leaves at home.”

Qin Ge picked up the cup and drained it in one go. ”I happen to like drinking plain boiled water.”

Lin Xiaojin wrinkled her nose and said, ”Liar. President Qin, you clearly have a very exquisite tea set in your office, which means you usually enjoy tasting tea.”

Qin Ge tilted his head and teased with a smile, ”Do you know why the more successful a businessman is, the more they like collecting expensive tea sets and tasting tea?”

Lin Xiaojin shook her head. ”I don’t know.”

She was just an employee—

Actually, she was currently just an intern—

How could she possibly know the psychological motivations of those bosses?

Qin Ge said with a beaming smile, ”It’s like the imperial palaces of ancient times, built with such majestic grandeur and hundreds or thousands of steps, as if one were ascending to the heavenly gates.”

”When a court official enters the palace, panting as they climb section after section of stairs and enters the court, they then look up at the high-and-mighty Emperor.”

”In terms of Aura, they have already fallen to the bottom.”

”This is a form of psychological submission, which then leads to trust and looking up to someone.”

”And the bigger a business gets, the more it requires psychological maneuvering!”

”Nowadays, the tea sets in those businessmen’s offices are becoming more and more exquisite; there are even sets worth tens of millions or over a hundred million.”

”Ultimately, the so-called Thirteen Stages of Tea Art, with their incredibly tedious steps, are also a way for businessmen to use Aura to overwhelm the other party during a first meeting, thereby gaining their trust and facilitating the deal.”

There are those who truly enjoy drinking tea,

But among businessmen, they certainly aren’t that numerous.

In the end, it’s all just a tactic for negotiating business.

As for his predecessor, that guy getting into tea sets was purely following the trend!

Qin Ge had played that game before too, but as for now, he had absolutely no need to rely on the momentum of high-end tea sets.

”Understand?” Qin Ge asked with a smile.

Lin Xiaojin nodded blankly. ”It seems I understand a bit, but it also seems unlikely that I’ve truly understood.”

Beside them, Qiao Yingzi, who was drinking the plain water, glanced toward Lin Xiaojin.

She suddenly realized that this intern from the Operations and Maintenance Area was also quite sharp.

”Xiao Jin, do we have guests?”

Just then, a weak female voice rang out from inside the house.

Lin Xiaojin turned back and said, ”Yes, Mom, my company’s boss is here.”

Qin Ge looked toward the bedroom and then at Lin Xiaojin as she turned around. ”Aren’t you going to take me to meet your mother?”

Lin Xiaojin said softly with a hint of dejection, ”My mom... it’s a bit inconvenient.”

As her words fell, Qin Ge had already walked into the bedroom with an air of familiarity.

Inside the room, everything was clean and bright.

A woman with a sallow complexion lay paralyzed in bed.

Those withered, wood-like limbs indicated that the woman had been paralyzed for many years.

However, despite being a paralyzed person with mobility issues, there wasn’t even the slightest unpleasant odor.

On the contrary, there was a special, exceptionally dense fragrance of dry powder.

”Auntie!”

Qin Ge called out softly, a smile as refreshing as a spring breeze on his face.

When Xu Ying saw Qin Ge, her eyes lit up, and she said in a fluster, ”Are you President Qin?”

”How did you come in here?”

”I’m a paralytic and can’t get up, please forgive me, President Qin.”

Qin Ge hurried forward to steady Xu Ying, who was leaning slightly, and shook his head. ”Auntie, there’s no need to be so formal.”

”You know who I am?”

Xu Ying nodded, her eyes full of gratitude. ”I do. Xiao Jin told me. She said her company’s President Qin treats her very well. Knowing her family is in a difficult situation, you specifically prepared a meal card for her and even let her pack food to bring home for me to eat.”

Qin Ge looked back.

Lin Xiaojin blinked her bright, large eyes.

Qin Ge smiled, knowing in his heart that the kind-hearted Lin Xiaojin only reported the good news and not the bad.

She simply didn’t want her paralyzed mother to worry about her.

He reached out and squeezed Xu Ying’s shoulder, asking curiously, ”Auntie, you can’t move both your hands and your feet?”

Xu Ying said with a bitter and helpless expression, ”I was in an accident years ago and was paralyzed from the fall. I don’t know if my spine was broken or damaged, but I haven’t been able to move anything below my neck.”

”I’ve gotten used to it, but being paralyzed in bed and unable to work... it’s been hard on Xiao Jin.”

Lin Xiaojin stepped forward, shaking her head vigorously and saying stubbornly, ”Mom, it’s not hard at all!”

Qin Ge frowned. ”Spinal cord injury?”

”High-level paraplegia?”

He looked at Qiao Yingzi and asked curiously, ”I recall that my aunt’s side should have a type of special medicine for treating the spine, right?”

”Wasn’t there a paralyzed elderly man who was cured by that medicine before?”

Qiao Yingzi nodded cooperatively. ”There is indeed such a medicine, but...”

Qin Ge’s face darkened. ”But what?”

Qiao Yingzi said with difficulty, ”President Qin, that medicine is too expensive. It was developed in a foreign laboratory, and there’s only a tiny bit left. After that business tycoon used it, not much remained. Besides, he still needs it to stabilize his condition later on.”

Qin Ge urged with a cold face, ”I don’t care about some business tycoon or upper-class socialite. Right now, immediately, get that special medicine for me.”

”I’ll only give you one hour. If it’s not here within an hour, you can pack your bags and get out!”

”Yes, President Qin!” Qiao Yingzi hurriedly ran out.

Then she drove the business van, preparing to wander around for fifty minutes.

The black jade continuous ointment was right there in the car.

She could only obediently stretch the time to nearly an hour.

In the bedroom, Lin Xiaojin swallowed hard in excitement and said with difficulty, ”President Qin, that special medicine is... it’s too expensive.”

Foreign laboratory,

Business tycoon,

Curing high-level paraplegia.

No matter which aspect it was, it was absolutely not something she was qualified to come into contact with!

Qin Ge shook his head. ”We don’t even know if it’ll work yet.”

Besides, it wasn’t expensive.

Liu Mei had gotten it from Qin Huanhuan.

Forget about spending money—if he didn’t mind the mess, Liu Mei could be completely occupied by him.

Of course, Qin Ge couldn’t say this stuff was worthless either.

His efforts naturally had to manifest their value.

Otherwise, how would Lin Xiaojin feel his special treatment?

Giving silently without seeking anything in return?

Wouldn’t that make him a damn simp?

What he wanted was,

Lin Xiaojin to know the favor,

And for him to get the reward!

Within an hour, Qiao Yingzi returned from her stroll, holding a silver-white precision code box in her hands.

Once the box was opened, inside lay a black ointment contained in a vessel.

Just seeing the packaging of this special medicine made Lin Xiaojin feel it was expensive to an inconceivable degree.

Xu Ying shook her head even more. ”President Qin, you’ve already been good enough to our family.”

”This special medicine absolutely must not be wasted on me.”

”If it’s given to that business tycoon, it will surely be of immense help to you and your aunt.”

”I’ve been paralyzed for over a decade; I’ve already gotten used to it.”

Qin Ge didn’t answer but stuffed the black jade continuous ointment into Lin Xiaojin’s hand, urging, ”It’s for external use. Apply it to the injured part of the spine.”

He leaned close to Lin Xiaojin’s ear and breathed a puff of warm air, ”If you want your mother to be a paralytic for the rest of her life, then keep arguing with me.”

Lin Xiaojin hesitated for a long while.

Only after receiving an affirming look from Qin Ge did she open the vessel.

With her hand, she precious-ly took some black jade continuous ointment and applied it to her mother’s spine.

Under Qin Ge’s urging, the tens of milliliters of black jade continuous ointment were applied completely by Lin Xiaojin.

Half an hour later,

”Mom, do you feel anything?”

Lin Xiaojin’s eyes were filled with anticipation as she looked at her mother excitedly.

Xu Ying shook her head. ”No. You child, you’ve wasted such a precious special medicine from President Qin.”

”How can our family ever repay President Qin?”

She subconsciously raised her hand, wanting to pat Lin Xiaojin’s head.

Lin Xiaojin’s beautiful eyes widened, and pointing at her mother’s slowly rising palm, her voice trembled with a cry of surprise, ”Mom, your hand... you can lift it!?”