Chapter 212 - Jinyu's Effort
Did Yan Jinyu really think that Elegant Court was Yin Yuhan and Qin Jianjia's residence?
Of course not.
The Yin Family's matters were not easy to investigate, and even she could not find out much. However, in such an old courtyard with the door tightly closed, it did not seem to be lively at all. Based on her intuition, she would not think that it was the Yin Family's eldest son's courtyard.
She had a lot to do on this trip to the capital.
Accompanying Yin Jiujin back to the Yin Family for the New Year; watching Feng take over the Min Family; accompanying Little Rain to lead her brother to treat Feng; settling scores with Qin Bailu and the others who wanted to kill her; and…
Verifying her guess at the Yin Family.
She hadn't forgotten the reason why she had followed Yin Jiujin back to North City.
She had to investigate the cause of Bai Ye's death at the Yin Family and returned the favor that Bai Ye had once taken a bullet for her..
Cause of death…
Was Bai Ye really dead?
"No," Yin Jiujin said.
He walked over and held her hand. "Go in and pack your luggage first. I'll bring you to meet the owner of the Elegant Court later."
Yan Jinyu held his hand tightly and smiled at him. "There's no hurry."
"We'll stay here for a while. There'll be plenty of chances." Today, she wanted to accompany him first.
"Let's go, Brother Nine. Bring me to the place where you lived when you were young."
Yin Jiujin chuckled and led her to the small building.
The small building wasn't big. After all, Yin Jiujin lived alone.
The first floor was the small kitchen and the living room, and the second floor was the study and bedroom.
It was about the size of Yin Jiujin's villa on Mount Jing.
The room that Qin Jianjia had arranged for Yan Jinyu was also on the second floor.
In the living room on the first floor, there were many Yin Jiujin's certificates of honor and medals. Most of them were from his time in the army.
Yan Jinyu couldn't help but walk closer to take a look.
From the honorary certificates and medals that were placed properly, it was obvious how much Yin Jiujin valued this profession in his early years.
She suddenly wanted to know why he had retired.
However, she didn't ask immediately. Instead, Yin Jiujin led her around his room and study. Yan Jinyu only asked after she saw the room Qin Jianjia had arranged for her and returned to the living room to sit down.
However, in Yan Jinyu's opinion, Yin Jiujin's room and study room were no different from Mount Jing's.
It was the same style.
However, there were many models on the bookshelf in the study.
They were mostly military equipment models.
Of course, he didn't buy them. Yin Jiujin had assembled them himself in the early years.
Sitting on the sofa, Yin Jiujin switched on the television. It was a habit he had developed recently. When Yan Jinyu was around, he didn't watch the news and financial channels that he often watched. Instead, he turned it to Yan Jinyu's favorite cartoon channel.
The television was not loud.
Yan Jinyu was leaning against Yin Jiujin with one of his arms around her. Yan Jinyu retracted her gaze from the television and looked up at him.
But she only saw his chin.
"Brother Nine."
Yin Jiujin lowered his head. "Mmm?"
"Since you like the army so much, why did you retire from it?"
"And what about you and the Yin Family?"
Yan Jinyu didn't mean to probe, even though she was indeed very curious.
However, there were some things that could become a thing of the past after he said it out loud.
She didn't want Yin Jiujin to be trapped by those things forever.
"Do you want to know?"
"Yes, can you tell me?"
Yin Jiujin held her hand over his heart and pinched her fingertips. "As long as you want to know, I can tell you anything."
"There's nothing you can't know from me."
Yan Jinyu smiled happily. He said sweet nothings again.
"There's more than one reason for leaving the army."
Yan Jinyu listened to him quietly.
"I've mentioned Liu Junqing to you before. Although he betrayed us, overall, he didn't do anything harmful to the organization, nor did he really hurt me. Of course, this is all thanks to your timely help."
"But no matter what, Liu Junqing didn't harm the organization. On the contrary, I've carried out many missions with him. His contributions to the organization are actually not less than mine."
"But no matter what, Liu Junqing didn't harm the organization. On the contrary, I've carried out many missions with him. His contributions to the organization are actually not less than mine."
"In addition, I once owed him my life. No matter what, I should protect the reputation he had exchanged with his blood countless times."
"I know. Military discipline is iron-clad. A mistake is a mistake. You should be punished."
"Just take it that I'm a selfish person too. Even if I don't want to, I have to admit that I did have a life-and-death relationship with him in the early years."
At this point, Yin Jiujin's emotions fluctuate greatly.
Actually, the reason why Yin Jiujin disregarded military discipline to protect Liu Junqing's reputation was because of the relieved smile on Liu Junqing's face when he died.
He always felt that Liu Junqing had his difficulties.
However, after he handed his back over to him without worry, Liu Junqing had almost shot him in the back. It had indeed dealt him a huge blow.
He was utterly disappointed.
"And I know the strict rules of the military. Since I've saved the reputation of a traitor, I naturally have to pay the price for it. Only then can I give my former comrades an explanation."
"I retired and gave up everything that I spent eight years building."
"This is my explanation to the others."
"It's also one of the reasons why I retired."
"What about the rest?" She was asking about the other reasons for his retirement.
"Probably because… I don't want the violent aura on me to be too strong that even my family is afraid of me." Yin Jiujin said these words in a calm tone, but Yan Jinyu felt uncomfortable when she heard them.
So, it was Min Qinglan again?
"Brother Nine, I don't know what the others are like, but no matter what you are, I won't be afraid of you."
Yin Jiujin looked at her, and his slightly depressed mood dissipated.
Of course, she was not afraid of him. It was because others were afraid of her whenever her name was mentioned.
Actually, there was another reason why he had retired. Yin Jiujin didn't say it.
That was when Feng Yun returned to the Yin Family and became distraught.
He joined the army because Feng Yun's disappearance had dealt him a huge blow. He actually had no way to deal with Feng Yun's disappearance.
He did not even have the right to participate in the search because he was too young.
At that time, he knew how important it was to be strong and have the right to speak. Hence, he joined the army.
At that time, he knew how important it was to be strong and have the right to speak. Hence, he joined the army.
That year, he and Feng Yun were 14 years old.
At the same time, his aunt and uncle were dead.
After Feng Yun came back from the hospital, he shut himself away.
To outsiders, Feng Yun was not considered autistic because there was no problem with Feng Yun's communication with others. However, in his opinion, Feng Yun, who used to like to jump around and cause trouble, had become extremely quiet. He had become unwilling to even take a step out of the courtyard. He was unwell.
He began to doubt the meaning of his joining the army.
Liu Junqing's incident was actually just an opportunity for him to retire.
"What about you and the Yin Family? What happened?"
Yin Jiujin paused for a moment before saying, "Now that I think about it, it's not a big deal. It's just that there were many things that happened back then. Furthermore, my temperament wasn't as mature as it is now, so that ended up badly."
"I want to protect Liu Junqing's reputation. They somehow found out that Liu Junqing had once wanted to kill me so they didn't want to protect Liu Junqing's reputation. Their stand is the opposite of mine."
"I want to protect him. They want Liu Junqing to pay the price."
"So, we have been in conflict all these years."
Yan Jinyu understood.
At that time, Yin Jiujin didn't know why Liu Junqing had betrayed him. He still had many doubts about Liu Junqing's betrayal. Furthermore, he had suffered the blow of a comrade's betrayal. Not only did his family not stand by his side to comfort him, but they even went against him. Coupled with Min Qinglan's fear and desire to control Yin Jiujin, it seemed understandable that the 16-year-old Yin Jiujin had been forced to fall out with them.
"What happened after that? After so many years, have you never thought of trying to ease your relationship with them?"
"It's not that I haven't thought about it, but my mother… Forget it, let's not talk about her."
"At that time, I told them three times not to interfere because I had my own plans for that matter, but they ignored it. Hence, it blew up."
"Speaking of which, if I hadn't so decisively stopped them by leaving home, I'm afraid someone would have interfered in my matters now."
"She can interfere, but she has to at least act like an elder. What right does a mother who is afraid of her own son have to criticize her son?"
Therefore, the conflict between Yin Jiu and the Yin Family had never been resolved after all these years. Was Min Qinglan the reason?
Yan Jinyu thought about it carefully and realized that it seemed to be true. Although Yin Jiujin's attitude towards everyone in the Yin Family was a little indifferent, in fact, other than Min Qinglan, there seemed to be no big problem with his interactions with the others.
"Although I wasn't in the capital all these years, I've more or less heard about her actions."
He wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned on the top of her head. "She always goes around looking for a wife for me. What right does she have to do that when she didn't even treat me as her son?"
Yin Jiujin was like a wronged child.
"Do you mean that if your mother has the right, the wife that she looked out for, will count?"
When Yin Jiujin heard that, his hug froze. He hurriedly said, "Of course not. I'm engaged. Someone booked me not long after she was born."
Yan Jinyu smiled. Of course, she didn't believe Yin Jiujin's words.
Yin Jiujin had actually not taken this engagement to heart in the past. Otherwise, why would he have ignored her all these years?
However, she didn't mind. After all, Yin Jiujin had never seen her in his early years and didn't have any feelings for her.
Of course, it would be another matter if Yin Jiujin had seen her before she was two years old.
Therefore, Yin Jiujin should be glad that he hadn't been to the Yan Family before she went missing and she hadn't accompanied her grandmother to the Yin Family to visit Yin Jiujin. Otherwise…
She really could not have ignored that.
She had only said this to ease the heavy atmosphere. She didn't care how Yin Jiujin answered.
"Alright, I'll believe you for now."
"What about now? Why are you trying to ease the tension?"
Yin Jiujin let go of her and held her face with both hands to make her look at him. He stared into her eyes and said seriously, "I have to officially bring you home."
It didn't matter if he returned to the Yin Family or not. He was the Second Young Master of the Yin Family, and this would never change. However, she was different. If she didn't come to the Yin Family to meet the elders personally, even if they got married in the end, she would still be an unofficial person in the eyes of outsiders.
He would not let her suffer like this.
Yan Jinyu was so smart that she completely understood his intentions.
"Besides, you're very capable. With you by my side, if anyone wants to interfere in my matters or make me unhappy, you'll stand up for me, right?"
Yin Jiujin was clearly teasing her. Yan Jinyu could tell that he was teasing her, but she still nodded seriously. "That's right."
Then, she looked at him and said seriously, "Brother Nine, I only acknowledge you and no one else. I'll treat your close ones as my family. I'll still teach those who treat you badly a lesson. Don't blame me for not giving you face when the time comes."
Her thoughts were very simple. In the Yin Family, she only protected her people.
As for the others, she wouldn't care.
"Ever since I acknowledge you as my fiancé, you've been the one I'm protecting."
Yin Jiujin chuckled. "Silly."
She had been trying to protect him at all costs. If she wasn't stupid, then what was she?
But he was happy.
Yan Jinyu glared at him. "I'm not stupid."
She wrapped her arms around his neck and used the force to sit on his lap. She leaned over and kissed his chin. "Then, Brother Nine, do you feel better after saying these things?"
Yin Jiujin was taken aback.
It turned out that this was the young lady's plan.
Indeed, after saying these things, he felt much more relaxed.
When he thought about those things again, his heart was no longer as heavy as before.
The hand that was holding her face grabbed her waist when she sat on his lap to prevent her from falling. Hearing her words, he raised his hand to hold her chin. "Mm-hm."
"Since you're in a good mood, don't think about these things anymore in the future?"
"Yeah."
Then he lifted her chin.
The kiss landed.