Capítulo 268: Chapter 268: She's Not the Right Puppet

Lin Yao fell silent for a moment. She had grown up with him since they were children and knew all too well the man's ambitions.

But...

"Qin Yan, have you ever thought," she said, "that if Yan Xiaye really is as you say, once she gets close to the center of power of the Qin Family, would she still be content to work with you as your puppet?"

Qin Yan agreed profoundly, his lip corners lifting in a devilishly handsome smile as he spoke in a low, playful tone, "That's why, to make sure nothing goes wrong, I must make her fall in love with me—fall so deeply in love that she can't live without me."

Lin Yao's eyebrows slightly furrowed as she glanced at the determined man, feeling a faint pain at the tip of her heart.

She had investigated Yan Xiaye's background and knew that, no matter how stubborn and clever she was, at her core she was still a woman starved of love.

For Qin Yan, Yan Xiaye's vulnerability was so evident that it was too easy for others to take advantage of her.