A Step-Mother

After She finished watching an episode of the drama, the System's voice broke the silence, "You guys are practically friends now, aren't you?"

Lin Qing let out a dismissive snort. "Friends? With that moody teenager?

She's more like... you know how in olden days rich young ladies had personal maids they were close to? That's how I see her. I'm providing for her, taking care of her, because she's under my wing."

The System chuckled lightly. "Okay, okay. But you do know, since the plot shifted, she hasn't confronted her father yet."

Lin Qing's eyebrows raised in mild surprise. "She didn't? And she didn't even take the money that was meant for helping Liu Jun?"

"No, she didn't, host," the System replied. "Maybe it's because you stepped in to help her. But she hasn't approached her father about the mother and daughter duo or their plots against her.

Remember, in the plot, it was Liu Jun who assisted her and revealed that Qian Shanshan is the stepmother's daughter."

Lin Qing pondered this for a moment. "So she used that information to confront her father..." she murmured, her voice trailing off as she contemplated the implications of this new development.

She looked around and saw Qian An sitting on couch in the living room with her pajamas.

Lin Qing, with a note of curiosity, asked, "Anna, why haven't you been working recently?"

Qian An answered with a tinge of anger ; "Why are you eveb asking, don't you know?

I'm blacklisted. There's no chance of getting something with my usual network."

Lin Qing rolled her eyes " Oh no more plastic friends for you~~"

Qian An gave her a middle finger "I already have something coming up, so shut it"

Lin Qing replied, a touch of sarcasm in her tone, "Oh, really? Given your stepmother's reach, I'm skeptical about your chances. Do tell?"

She put her palm on her cheek and looked at Anna as if she was curious.

Qian An responded, "There's an overseas project I'm eyeing, but it requires funding so I'm waiting on that."

Lin Qing reclined, her lips curling into a smirk. "That sounds rather dubious, don't you think?"

Qian An challenged, "Why are you so noisy, why, are you interested in casting me?"

Observing her with amusement and interest, Lin Qing chuckled, "I don't do couch casting....

Even if I did you're not my type

hahaha."

"Then stop meddling, bitch" Qian An throw her a pillow.

Lin Qing catched the pillow

"Wait, wait. Actually, I have something that might help you. But what will you give me in return?"

Qian An sceptically inquired, "What info do you have?

What could I possibly offer you?

Even if you pay me I won't do anything illegal!"

Lin Qing replied cryptically, "I'll decide what I need later. Just remember, you owe me one.

Also what do you think of me?

I am not some kind of mafia boss, pffffahah"

"Stop it! Tell me, what is it?" Qian An demanded, her brows furrowed in impatience.

"I'll have it for you in five minutes. Just wait here," Lin Qing responded, her tone nonchalant as she turned away to her suite room.

Lin Qing then murmured under her breath, "System, can you hack into the hospital's records and get the information Liu Jun uncovered in the plot?

Print it all from my printer, but change the dates, would you?"

The System, with a hint of exasperation, replied, "Host, I think it's about time you start paying me. I've never seen a host as demanding as you."

Lin Qing, her eyes twinkling with mischief, challenged, "But will you do it?"

"Absolutely"

Lin Qing descended the stairs, a stack of papers in hand, and extended them towards Qian An with a composed expression.

"Relax and read. Take it with a pinch of salt," she advised, her eyes observing Qian An closely.

Upon perusing the documents, Qian An's face contorted with shock and disgust. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and her lips curled into a sneer as she spat out, "That nasty old slut!" Her voice was laced with anger and contempt, reflecting the intensity of her emotions after absorbing the shocking revelations from the papers.

Just as Qian An was about to thank Lin Qing, she heard her talking in the phone in an urgent voice and Lin Qing hurriedly left the condo