In all good conscience, Wu iyu didn’t want to tell Ye Xiu the truth, but infuriatingly, she was a little afraid of her son-in-law.
She took three deep breaths to calm her tumultuous emotions and said, "Qin Qing is indeed not Qin Zhongwen’s biological daughter, but Qin Zhongwen knows, and so does the entire Qin Family."
What?
The entire Qin Family knows that Qin Qing isn’t Qin Zhongwen’s daughter? No wonder they all bullied her. To think Qin Zhongwen would wear this green hat so openly, while the rest of the Qin Family just stood by and watched. What a peculiar family!
Wu iyu continued, "The Qin Family has known about Qin Zhongwen’s... issue for a long ti. Qin Fugui was afraid that if the matter got out, the family would beco a laughingstock, so he forced to have a child with soone else."
Ye Xiu’s worldview shattered! No wonder the relationship between the Qin Family and Qin Qing was so strained. They never revealed her true parentage because they were concerned about losing face.
"Who is Qin Qing’s real father?" Ye Xiu asked.
"My first love," Wu iyu said shyly.
What?! Ye Xiu felt as if his entire worldview had just dropped to the floor with a THUD.
"Wait a mont!" Ye Xiu suddenly noticed that when she ntioned her first love, Wu iyu’s expression beca deeply pained. He asked, "Was there sothing underhanded about you breaking up with your first love to marry Qin Zhongwen?"
There had to be! If she and her first love had broken up on good terms, she never would have asked him to be the father.
"How did you know?" Wu iyu exclaid in shock.
Co on... it’s written all over your face. Besides, anyone with half a brain could have figured it out, right?
Wu iyu said dejectedly, "I was forced into marrying Qin Zhongwen. My dad and Qin Fugui were from the sa village, but my dad was a drunkard and a gambling addict who owed a lot of money. He borrowed from Qin Fugui, and when he couldn’t pay it back, Qin Fugui proposed I marry Qin Zhongwen to write off the debt. My dad agreed."
Could the story really be this lodramatic?
"So, to pay off your father’s debt, you endured the heartbreak of breaking up with your first love and married Qin Zhongwen?"
"I refused at first, but Qin Zhongwen threatened . If I didn’t marry him, he would have my first love killed." As she recalled this, the gentle Wu iyu’s face turned livid with rage.
Ye Xiu frowned. He hadn’t expected Qin Fugui to be so despicable. He asked, "What is your first love’s na? Where is he?"
"His na is Qin Ming. As for where he is, I don’t know. I haven’t seen him in many years," Wu iyu replied.
"Do you still love him?" Ye Xiu asked.
Wu iyu looked down in silence.
So she still loves him... Ye Xiu sighed and said, "Alright, let’s go back and eat."
"Oh."
Wu iyu followed behind Ye Xiu with her head down. She didn’t remind him not to tell Qin Qing any of this. She knew Ye Xiu was a asured man who understood what should and should not be said.
「Back in the private room.」
Qin Qing asked, "What did you and Mom talk about?"
"I persuaded Mom to move in with us, and she agreed!" Ye Xiu said.
Wu iyu was stunned for a mont. When did I agree to that? In an instant, she understood his intention. Ye Xiu was worried the Qin Family would bully her, so he planned to take her to Tu Mountain Manor to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She was actually quite happy about the idea.
Qin Fugui was furious. He had been planning to go ho and teach Wu iyu a lesson, but now Ye Xiu was protecting her.
"Then let’s go. This al is pointless anyway," Qin Qing said, standing up.
"Okay!" Ye Xiu nodded and said to Wu iyu, "Mom, let’s go."
"Oh!" Wu iyu happily stood up and trotted after Ye Xiu and Qin Qing.
With their departure, the private room suddenly beca so quiet you could hear a pin drop. After a mont, the silence was broken by the sound of angry panting.
"Wu iyu left with Ye Xiu and Qin Qing. I’m afraid she’ll never co back," Grandma Liu Xiaocui said through gritted teeth.
"She never loved Big Brother. Staying in the Qin family and with Big Brother only made her more repressed. Now that she has Ye Xiu as a powerful backer, she’s no longer afraid of Big Brother or the family. Of course she won’t be back," Qin Zhongwu said, his eyes sharp.
"Big Brother, say sothing!" He Qing, Qin Anruo’s mother, said angrily. "Your wife and child ran off with Ye Xiu. Are you just going to sit there and not even let out a fart?"
The weak-willed Qin Zhongwen kept his head down, lost in thought. After a good while, he looked up, a rare, vicious snarl on his face. "If we can’t benefit from Ye Xiu, we absolutely cannot let Qin Qing and Wu iyu benefit either."
With that, he looked at his parents. "Dad, Mom, let’s just expose Qin Qing’s parentage. If Ye Xiu finds out she’s a bastard, he’ll definitely divorce her to protect his status and reputation, and to avoid being dragged into another public scandal."
"Wait!" Qin Anruo exclaid in shock. "Uncle, what are you talking about? Qin Qing isn’t your daughter?"
"No. She’s the bastard child of Wu iyu and so random man," Qin Zhongwen said through gritted teeth.
Upon hearing this, Qin Anruo beca excited. "This is a huge bargaining chip! We can use it to blackmail Wu iyu and extort a large sum of money."
"No!" Grandma Liu Xiaocui refused. "Once this is made public, your uncle’s infertility will be exposed, and the Qin Family will beco a laughingstock."
Uncle is infertile? Qin Anruo’s face was a mask of utter confusion.
Qin Fugui squinted and said with a sinister smile, "I’ll find a chance to talk to Ye Xiu alone and ask him for a large sum of money. If he refuses, we’ll drag him down with us. I’ll throw the Qin Family’s reputation away if I have to. I will let the entire country know that the dicine King Xuanse married a bastard."
The Qin Family’s eyes lit up. It was a brilliant idea. To protect his reputation, Ye Xiu would never dare let Qin Qing’s true origins be known. He would beco the Qin Family’s personal moneybag.
"Mr. Qin..."
Just then, the door opened and the waiter ca in smiling. "Tonight’s total is 516,193. Adding the 163,821 from lunch, the grand total is 680,014. We can drop the change, so let’s just call it an even 680,000."
The Qin Family mbers were overwheld. The plan had been for Qin Qing to pay, but now the bill was theirs.
"Take back the wine," Qin Fugui said, knowing that without the wine, the food wouldn’t cost that much.
"I’m sorry, sir," the waiter said with a smile. "Divine Doctor Ye asked us to open all ten bottles."
What?!
Qin Fugui and the rest of the Qin Family were furious. Ye Xiu was clearly doing this to spite them. However, they could only swallow this bitter pill in silence. What else could they do? Confront Ye Xiu? They didn’t dare.
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