Chapter 49: Chapter 48: Do you take marriage as a child’s play in your eyes?
Qin Xuan held the Silent Night Cicada in his hand.
Today’s events happened one after another, leaving his mind still sowhat in chaos.
Grandma Qin looked at her son and daughter-in-law, who were bowing their heads in silence, and let out a long sigh, her eyes filled with disappointnt.
The air in the room was tense and oppressive.
It was as if a heavy stone weighed on the hearts of Qin Xuan and Shen Manru, leaving them breathless.
They had never dread sothing like this would happen.
It was just a girl, yet she had stirred up such a storm.
Grandma Qin looked at her son and daughter-in-law and thought about Gu Qiaoqiao’s words earlier, feeling a sense of powerlessness and concern swell in her heart.
“Qin Xuan, I am very disappointed in you.”
Grandma Qin tapped the floor with her cane as she spoke, her voice not loud but carrying a hint of mockery, “Qin Xuan, I always thought you were full of wisdom and stability, but I never expected that you and your wife, together nearly a hundred years in age, would be so easily duped by an eighteen-year-old girl.”
The couple’s faces flushed red, as if they had been slapped.
Especially coming from their usually gentle mother, it made them feel utterly disgraced.
“Gu Qiaoqiao is young and inexperienced. I can understand her being deceived by Bai Yun, but I can’t fathom how you two got conned like this.”
Qin Xuan bowed his head, indeed not daring to look at his mother. Truth be told, in the eyes of others, he had really played the fool today.
“Mom, I’m sorry, I was confused today.”
“It’s not confusion, it’s because you already had biases against Qiaoqiao. Aside from her rural background, what is wrong with that child that you would join outsiders in falsely accusing her as soon as trouble arises?”
Grandma Qin suddenly raised her voice, “And even if she weren’t flawless, she is still a mber of the Qin Family, Ah Ze’s wife. Even if she did take that thing, it should have been dealt with behind closed doors, but you…”
As she spoke, Grandma Qin stood up, pointing her cane at her son and daughter-in-law who also stood up, scolding them for not having faith, “You don’t believe your own daughter-in-law but believe Bai Yun’s words instead, and then you join outsiders in framing her, even going so far as to involve the police. Thank goodness Gu Qiaoqiao was clever enough to find out the item was with Bai Yun. Otherwise, would she have been sent to the police station by you?”
“Mom, things were a bit chaotic at that ti, no matter what, I never thought of filing a report, I…” Qin Xuan stumbled over his words.
“What’s with ‘I’? In the end, the police still ca. Now, the Bai Family is losing face, but you are even more disgraceful than the Bai Family. Two university professors joining outsiders to target your own daughter-in-law—it’s laughable. It’s not Gu Qiaoqiao’s face that you’ve lost; it’s your own!”
“Mom, it’s all my fault. I will go and apologize to Qiaoqiao in a minute. Please, don’t be angry. If it harms your health, your son will be even more without a place to hide his face.”
Qin Xuan looked at his mother’s excited expression and trembling hands; he was truly frightened.
Grandma Qin’s piercing gaze turned to Shen Manru, speaking firmly yet evenly, “Shen Manru, I know you favor Bai Yun and want her to be your daughter-in-law. Today, I am telling you seriously that even if Gu Qiaoqiao does divorce Ah Ze, Bai Yun will not be stepping foot into the Qin Family’s door in this lifeti!”
“Mom, I…” Shen Manru was extrely uncomfortable, as she had never been reprimanded by Grandma Qin like this before—and after such an incident, how silly she would be to still favor Bai Yun, yet she couldn’t refute.
Qin Xuan felt a sinking feeling. If this incident caused his son and daughter-in-law to divorce, Old Grand Master Qin would not let him off lightly.
Moreover, with his foolishness, he wouldn’t be able to lift his head in front of his brothers.
“Mom, they won’t get divorced,” Qin Xuan said hastily.
It hadn’t reached an irreparable point. Qiaoqiao was soft-hearted, and if he humbly apologized to her, everything would clear up after the storm.
Grandma Qin looked at the two people with disappointnt, these two, because of their prejudice against Qiaoqiao, simply failed to see how the child had changed.
She had beco completely different from before.
And today’s talk of divorce wasn’t just said in anger.
She knew Qiaoqiao was serious.
She sighed deeply, seeming to age several years in an instant, and murmured, “I really regret it, I shouldn’t have given you ti to get along slowly, nor should I have indulged your mistreatnt of Qiaoqiao. Ah Ze is naturally cold by temperant, and with in-laws like you, Qiaoqiao can only grow increasingly disappointed with this family. I can’t even imagine how you treated her when I wasn’t looking. I am also to bla, I am an elder of this family, yet I let Brother Gu’s granddaughter suffer endless grievances here. It’s all my fault…”
Grandma Qin, leaning on her cane, pushed past Qin Xuan, walking towards her own room with a staggering step.
Qin Xuan collapsed onto the couch, drained of strength.
Shen Manru stood there, watching her daughter timidly standing in a corner, her heart also in utter turmoil.
But Grandma Qin was right about one thing; they had been foolish to be used by Bai Yun to fra their own daughter-in-law.
She still had that much sense.
Even if apologizing to Gu Qiaoqiao was what she ought to do.
But then again, if Gu Qiaoqiao had not married into the Qin Family, would all these things have happened in the first place?
She knew this line of thought was wrong, but she couldn’t control her emotions.
anwhile, in the room of Qin Yize and Gu Qiaoqiao.
Qin Yize’s hand gripped Gu Qiaoqiao’s all this ti, causing a slight pain in her wrist. She struggled for a long ti but couldn’t break free from his grasp, which felt like iron tongs.
Heat seed to radiate from the palm of his hand, while hers was cooler, the contrast making her skin shiver.
“Let go of …” Gu Qiaoqiao growled angrily, “It hurts.”
Upon hearing this, Qin Yize abruptly released her hand.
But as he let go, he moved closer, his tall fra cornering Gu Qiaoqiao against the door, making her feel almost suffocated.
Qin Yize’s thin lips ford a cold, straight line, the frosty gleam in the corner of his eyes flickered for a re mont but still made Gu Qiaoqiao tremble.
She tried to remain composed, raising her eyes to glare fiercely at Qin Yize, biting her red lip. A few breaths later, she still ended up pathetically diverting her gaze.
Qin Yize’s chest heaved as if he were breathing deeply, his voice even raised, “Marriage can be a condition, divorce can also be a condition, Gu Qiaoqiao, do you take marriage so lightly in your eyes?”
Gu Qiaoqiao suddenly looked up, as if struck by lightning.
Marriage is a joke?
How dare he say that?
What right does he have to say that!
She fell in love with him in the most beautiful years of her life, a love so deep and yet so humble.
Her love began with Qin Yize but ended with their marriage and also with the most splendid ti of her life.
And her heart, nowhere to settle, riddled with a thousand holes!
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