Poison Genius Consort

The noise not only scared Qin Min, but the few hundred people in front of them, who all looked back in alarm.
Seeing this, Shaoyao gripped the wheelchair and ran forward like mad! 

“Out of the way, out of the way, hurry! If I hit anyone I won't pay reparations, so move aside quickly!”

“This concerns a human life, hurry and make way! If they die, you can shoulder the consequences!”

“Quick! Quick, quick! If you don't move, there won't be time to save him! It'll be one life for another!”

Even Qin Min herself was floored by Shaoyao's exclamations, to say nothing of the crowd.
Just what was she shouting? Either her words were effective or the wheelchair speeds were too frightful, but the crowd proactively opened up a path for the pair straight to the Qin Estate gates.
Even Qin Zhengyuan, who had vowed to stay kneeling, had long rose to flee out of the way.
By the time the wheelchair screeched to a stop, Qin Min almost flew out of her chair.
Fortunately, she had gripped the armrests ahead of time. 

Everyone looked at Qin Min, who swept her gaze over them and felt depressed.
Although Shaoyao was the one who shouted, why did everyone look at her as the monster instead? 

In the silence, Qin Zhengyuan cried out in alarm, “Qin Min!”

Those in the crowd who recognized her spoke up as well. 

“Isn't this the Qin Clan's Eldest Young Miss Qin Min?”

“That's the wife of the academy head, so why…”

“When did the madam of the academy head come back?”

Those who didn't know Qin Min only lamented that Medical City's most famous crippled female could be so beautiful.
Yet all gossip aside, they wanted to know why she'd shown up here and now.
Did she represent her father or her husband? Those who came here to demonstrate weren't friends of the Qin Clan and were always hostile to them.
But Qin Min had the title of academy head's wife, so people were much more courteous to her.
Still, that didn't mean they were kind.
Her identity became a key point for others to cause difficulty. 

Now many of them had moved to surround her.

“Madam of the Academy Head, are you here to convince your father?”

“Madam of the Academy Head, this concerns a human life.
Will the academy head make a personal appearance?”

“Madam of the Academy Head, the Qin Clan head is also the academy head's father-in-law.
If he insists on his own way, it'll lose all face for our medical academy.
Why don't you hurry and coax him?”

These were subtle words.
Some even smiled and asked, “Madam of the Academy Head, you should be calling the shots for the Qin Clan now, right? You should hurry and make up your mind about this matter.”

Qin Zhengyuan never expected Qin Min to show up and didn't dare stay quiet.
He strode over and called out, “Elder sister, you're finally back.
Hurry and convince uncle, he listens to you best.”

The Ren Clan members hidden in the crowd were waiting to watch a good show.
So what if Qin Min convinced the Qin Clan Head? At this point, their reputation was all but ruined, which fit the Ren Clan's goals exactly.
Moreover, their own head had told the old man they bribed ahead of time that it'd be too late for the Qin Clan Head if he tried to save him.

The Qin Clan would lose this life for certain! 

As long as there was a stain on the Qin Clan, it didn't matter that their daughter was the academy head's wife.
The Qin Clan would never rise again. 

Qin Zhengyuan's sinister designs and the Ren Clan's schemes were all too obvious for Qin Min, who was too lazy to bother with either of them.
She only came to do what Gu Beiyue told her, so the rest she'd leave to him.
She spoke according to Gu Beiyue's intentions without adding any of her own thoughts. 

“Everyone should go back.
If my father won't save the man, I will! If I can't save him, it won't be too late to come knocking at the doors again.”

Everyone was stunned.
Many thought they'd misheard and began to mutter amongst themselves.

“She said what? She wants to save the patient?”

“What a joke.
Even Vice-Head Shen dare not get involved, but she will?”

“Heheh, they take human lives as nothing!”

Their whispers were low, but Qin Zhengyuan intentionally raised his voice and cried, “Elder sister, what kind of joke is this?”

Everyone else's voices rose in response.

“Madam of the Academy Head, this concerns a human life.
It's not child's play, on what basis can you save him?”

“Come back if you fail? That'll be too late!”

“This…this is just treating human life as a joke! So the Qin Clan is all like this!”

Qin Min's words incensed the crowd and surprised the Ren Clan agents hidden in the mob.
They got restless and prepared to speak, but a female suddenly strode into the crowd and raised her voice.
“Madam of the Academy Head, I can save this man too! Please leave the task to me.”

This was none other than the Ren Clan's fourth young miss, Ren Yulan (任雨岚).[2]

1.
秦筝原 – Zheng is a 25-stringed plucked instrument, Yuan means “source, origin.” 

2.
任雨岚 – Yu means “rain,” Lan means “haze, vapor, mist.”