"No money?" As soon as Hu Li heard the words ’no money’, she stood up with a whoosh, as if the phrase ’no money’ had drunk her blood and carved out her flesh. "How can you possibly have no money? Military schools don’t require tuition, and you get a subsidy every month. After all these years, how can you not have saved even US$ 5,000?"
"And you," Hu Li extended her finger towards Granny Lu, "don’t think I don’t know. You’ve been doing business for so many years, you must have at least tens of thousands of dollars, no? If you have no money, you ask for it, you borrow it."
Qin Xiangyang utterly disliked Hu Li’s pointing and gesturing.
She never visits unless it’s to freeload or ask for money. Do they think they’re made of clay? Moreover, whatever state Granny Lu is in, she’s still an elder. Who talks to their elders like that?
Qin Guohua’s face turned cold, "Qin Xiangyang, is that how you talk to your mother?"
"My mom?" Qin Xiangyang clenched his teeth, visibly radiating a naless fury.
"How did my mom die? I don’t believe she didn’t know. She had a daughter less than a year younger than my sister. Not a premature birth, my sister was born less than 5 pounds, Qin Xiangi over 7 pounds, is that premature? People do as they will, heaven watches. Don’t treat everyone like fools. n live with face, trees live with bark. I haven’t created a scene only because I still want to save so face for you, as you are my father, but are these actions befitting of a father?"
Upon hearing this, Granny Lu lost her temper too, her chest hurting as she stared at Hu Li with red-rimd eyes.
Hu Li was startled and dared not look anymore.
Qin Guohua, shad by Qin Xiangyang’s words, turned red in the face and neck and stood up, slapping him across the face.
With a smack, Qin Xiangyang did not dodge. He took the slap, because after all, Qin Guohua gave him life and raised him, though to be fair, it was only for eight years, after which he and his sister lived on their own, worked for themselves, went to the doctor by themselves, and celebrated New Year’s by themselves.
Two kids, one nine and the other six, what could they know? Yet they survived, and now they live well. By what right does the woman who killed their mom demand they provide money for her daughter’s marriage, for her daughter to get married from their household, by what right?
After slapping Qin Xiangyang, Qin Guohua’s body trembled, perhaps his hand had gone numb.
At this mont, Qin Xiangnuan turned around, opened the door, and leaned against it.
"Sorry, we’re about to eat, please go back, you’re not welco here."
Her voice was soft, neither angry nor happy, neither annoyed nor distressed, but her smile held an indefinable trace of sarcasm.
"You’re kicking us out?" Qin Guohua was driven mad by Qin Xiangyang, and now pushed past his limits by Qin Xiangnuan, lost all rationality. He grabbed a broom lying nearby and swung it at Qin Xiangnuan.
"Nuannuan..."
"Sister!"
Both Qin Xiangyang and Granny Lu were horrified.
Qin Guohua had beco mad, he had previously smashed a big hole in Qin Xiangnuan’s head, and now he truly dared to strike.
But the broom stopped less than ten centiters away from Qin Xiangnuan.
Qin Xiangnuan grabbed the broom, not even blinking an eye.
"You can go ahead and hit , but then, don’t expect your daughter to get married. It just so happens..." She smiled faintly, her lips curving into a chilly, graceful smile.
"I know your future son-in-law’s grandfather, and I bet the Song family doesn’t know about all this, right? What if I went and told Mr. Sun, could your daughter still get married?" If she said she’d do it, she definitely would.
Mr. Sun genuinely had the ans to prevent Qin Xiangnuan from getting married by pressuring the Song Family. Qin Xiangi would not have an easy marriage—if she managed to get married at all.
Qin Xiangi was taken aback, her face quickly losing color.
She knew Qin Xiangnuan wasn’t joking. Mr. Sun at Song Wang’s grandfather’s was a tough hurdle. If Mr. Sun really interfered, then whether her marriage would proceed at all, and even if it did, her life in the Song Family would be difficult.
Whether she would enjoy prestige before the marriage or suffer afterwards, she didn’t know how to choose.
As for Qin Guohua, it seed he was blinded. He turned back, looked at Qin Xiangi, who appeared lost and hesitant. Qin Guohua’s hand holding the broom simply couldn’t bring it down.
Qin Xiangi indeed feared Qin Xiangnuan might complain to Mr. Sun. Once married, it’s a done deal, who cares what anyone says then, but for now, she couldn’t afford to stir trouble or make mistakes.
Qin Guohua, though unwilling, saw Qin Xiangyang’s indifferent, unresponsive deanor and realized he could not stay here any longer.
If they wanted money, it had to be willingly given, and clearly, Qin Xiangyang and his sister were not going to give. Making a scene would not harm Qin Xiangyang; the most it would do is open up accusations of them being unfilial, but Qin Guohua knew what they had done themselves.
Qin Xiangi was about to get married, and she could not afford to lose face.
The Song Family was already reluctant; if they truly got so leverage on them, the marriage might really not happen.
Guan Xiaojie left reluctantly. She liked that Siheyuan, it was much better than those small apartnts, spacious and large, and it seed Qin Xiangyang, being a military officer, was quite wealthy. She glanced dismissively at Qin Mingfei. Initially, she thought Qin Peng was okay; he had graduated from a university, though a third-tier one, and had a place in the city and a decent job. Though Qin Peng was fairly plain and ordinary, after weighing her options, Qin Peng seed the best choice, so she married him. Only after marriage did she find out that the house wasn’t even Qin Peng’s—it was bought by Qin Xiangi’s boyfriend, and still in his na. As for Qin Peng’s job, it didn’t really pay much; she couldn’t even afford expensive clothes. Plus, she had a difficult, dishonest mother-in-law and a beautiful and well-married sister-in-law, which had already made her sowhat unhappy, feeling deceived by the Qin Family. But the marriage was done, she couldn’t just get divorced and remarry.
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