Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 441 The Predator Trapping Plan (40)

After he finished speaking, the Qin family bodyguards who heard the sound of guns being cocked immediately gathered around. The bodyguard who had been kicked by Yan Zhen at the door of the guest room earlier even pressed the muzzle of his gun almost right in front of Yan Zhen.

The two sides have entered into a silent standoff.

Qin's mother looked at Yan Zhen, then at Qin Shao, her eyes conveying a sense of "Son, say something!"

Qin Shao looked at the gun barrel so close to him, his expression darkening slightly. He stared directly at the bodyguard and said, "Put the gun away."

The bodyguard showed no sign of backing down: "Please ask this young lady to put away her gun."

Qin Shao narrowed his eyes: "Are you trying to bargain with me?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to turn sour, Qin Ma quickly gave the bodyguard a look, signaling him to step back.

The bodyguard then put away his gun and stepped aside.

“Mother,” Qin Shao said, “just tell me what’s on your mind.”

After a long silence, Qin's mother said, "Shao'er, it's because we're useless and can't protect you... It was like this ten years ago, and it's still like this now."

Qin Shao paused, then stood up: "Mother, what do you mean by that?"

Qin Ma's face gradually paled, and her well-maintained, slender, and fair hands clasped tightly together. Perhaps because she knew that her request was unreasonable, her voice became increasingly weak.

"Leave the black box here, and don't come back."

Qin Shao was taken aback.

Qin's mother turned her head away to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, her tone pleading: "I know it's very unfair to you, but your father and grandfather don't want the balance that the three parties have worked so hard to maintain to be broken again. If you insist on overturning the case, it may lead to Thorne and the Winston family joining forces against the Qin family. You know we are no match for the two families working together."

Qin Shao pursed his lips and stared intently at his mother, without immediately expressing his opinion.

"Just for the sake of the Qin family, and for your beloved grandfather, please leave the black box behind, okay?"

Qin's mother said, "Your grandfather is getting old, and we don't know how many more years he can remain in office. Your father's current abilities are not enough to support the entire Qin family. Among the younger generation born in the past ten years, only your younger brother is a 2S-level..."

"Younger brother?" Qin Shao interrupted her.

Qin's mother paused, as if she had just realized that she had let something slip. Her eyes flickered, and she dared not meet Qin Shao's gaze.

"I have a younger brother?" Qin Shao pressed. "When did this happen?"

Qin's mother lowered her head, unwilling to answer the question.

"Was it after I left A001?"

Under his intense gaze, Qin's mother could only nod reluctantly, "Yes."

After saying that, she immediately explained, "Your younger brother has peak 2S level mental strength, and he has the potential to break through to 3S after he comes of age. He is the hope of the entire Qin family, so your grandfather and father must provide him with an absolutely safe environment before he comes of age..."

Qin Shao didn't listen to a word of these explanations. He asked, "How old is he?"

Aunt Qin: "..."

How old is your little brother?

"...Nine years old."

Qin Shao: "..."

He escaped A001 ten years and seven months ago, and his younger brother is now nine years old.

No wonder the Qin family was unwilling to overturn his case; there were better, less risky alternatives available.

In contrast, his ten-year quest to find the black box, his fantasy of returning to the Qin family and his loved ones after proving his innocence, is utterly ridiculous.

Qin Shao took two steps back, looking at the woman in front of him with disappointment. She was both familiar and unfamiliar.

He understood that his grandfather and parents made this choice for the sake of the Qin family's future.

But he could not forgive his family for abandoning him so easily and without hesitation.

He clearly did nothing wrong.

"Shao'er..." Qin's mother anxiously reached out to grab Qin Shao's arm, "I'm sorry, it's Mom who's sorry..."

Qin Shao stepped aside to avoid her and asked one last question: "Was it your idea to come and get the black box and tell me not to go back to A001, or was it a decision you made together with your grandfather and father?"

Aunt Qin: "...It was a decision we made together, but we did it all for the Qin family. We were also struggling and in pain when we made this decision..."

Qin Shao ignored her and pulled Yan Zhen aside, leading her to stride out of the cabin.

Qin Ma hurriedly chased after him: "Shao'er!"

Qin Shao shook off her hand that was trying to grab his arm: "What else do you want to say?"

Aunt Qin: "..."

Meeting Qin Shao's angry and hurt gaze, which resembled that of a stressed little animal, Qin's mother hesitated briefly before wiping away her tears and quickly regaining her calm demeanor as the matriarch of the large family.

"Shao'er, leave the black box behind."

Qin Shao felt as if the woman in front of him, whom he called "Mother," was repeatedly stabbing his heart with a rusty, dull knife: "What if I don't?"

Qin Ma glanced at the bodyguards around her.

The spaceship hatch closed quickly, and a dozen bodyguards surrounded them.

“Shao’er, your skills were personally taught to you by your grandfather and father. We are also familiar with your mental strength attributes. Before we came, we considered that you might not cooperate. This spaceship is full of high-tech weapons that can suppress you.”

Qin Ma's voice turned cold and hard, "I don't want to hurt you, and I don't want you to get hurt. Listen to my advice, don't make futile struggles, otherwise you may not be the only one who gets hurt."

She glanced meaningfully at Yan Zhen.

Qin Shao almost laughed in anger at her threat: "I can give you the black box, but I don't mind telling you that I made a lot of backups and left them in C032. In order to stop me from causing trouble, are you going to detain me in A001, or just kill me?"

Qin Ma: "Shao'er, don't make things difficult for me. Since you're doing well in C032, why do you have to..."

"How do you know I'm doing well in C032? Don't you know I'm afraid of the heat? Don't you know the surface temperature in C032 is high?" Qin Shao's emotions, which he had been trying to suppress, suddenly collapsed. He angrily ripped off the communication computer he was wearing on his wrist and threw it in front of Qin's mother.

The computer fell onto the cabin floor, and a floating screen automatically popped up. The background on the floating screen was a family photo of four people.

Grandpa Qin sat in the middle, holding seven or eight-year-old Qin Shao in his arms. Qin's parents stood behind him, and all four of them had bright smiles on their faces.

Upon seeing the family photo, Qin's mother's face stiffened.

Qin Shao's chest heaved violently, and his whole body trembled: "For the past ten years, I have never thought about clearing my name, nor have I thought about going home. I have never given up on finding the black box. It's not that I'm reluctant to give up the Qin family's resources, nor that I'm greedy for the Qin family's wealth and glory. It's that I don't want you, who were once proud of me, to bear the stain of being the parents of a murderer because of me!"

But what you've done makes me feel like my perseverance over the past ten years is a joke! I thought you felt as wronged as I did, I thought you could empathize with what I went through, but now you're telling me that you've all moved on, and I'm the only one left stuck in the nightmare from when I was sixteen!

Even for the sake of the Qin family's future, and to provide a safe environment for my younger brother to grow up in, you're pushing me back into that nightmare, refusing to let me escape it! To you, is it that if I have no further use, I have no reason to live?