"This..." Jie Jinghun’s expression stiffened. Faced with Qin i’s questioning, he didn’t know what to say.
"My mother is a doctor, and she’s also your father’s wife," Qin i reminded him.
Jie Jinghun was speechless. He cast a complicated glance at Jie Jingchen. ’The way she said that, it’s as if Dad isn’t Jing Si’s real father.’
"There’s no need to let Yan Qiu know about this," an old woman spoke up, her resonant voice laced with unquestionable authority.
Qin i looked at the old woman in confusion, her clear eyes emitting a cold light. ’Who is this old hag? Anyone Xu Chunyan invited is definitely no saint.’
"Qin i, this is Grandpa and Granny," Jie Jingchen introduced them. He knew Qin i could be rcilessly blunt, and while he wasn’t particularly close to his grandparents, they were elders, after all.
Qin i froze. ’Their grandpa and grandma.’ She instantly understood who the "distinguished guests" Jie Jingchen had ntioned were. ’They’re certainly distinguished, alright. A whole generation higher.’
Qin i’s fair face was expressionless. She moved her fingers away, pulled a small dicine bottle with a torn-off label from her crossbody bag, twisted off the cap, and poured a pill out for Jie Jingchen. "Give this to Dad."
Jie Jingchen didn’t hesitate, placing the pill in his father’s mouth. Xu Chunyan imdiately offered an enal mug.
Just as Jie Jingchen was about to take the mug, Qin i stopped him sharply. "No water."
Hearing this, Jie Jingchen decisively pulled his hand back. Xu Chunyan’s grip on the enal mug tightened, and she glared resentfully at Qin i. "Fourth Wife of Jing, you’re supposed to drink water with dicine."
"Are you the doctor, or am I?" Qin i demanded coldly.
"Do you have a dical license?" Xu Chunyan pressed, deliberately making things difficult.
"I don’t, but my mother does. We could go to the hospital and ask her to co back." As she spoke, Qin i took out her silver needles and began administering acupuncture to Mr. Xie.
Xu Chunyan fell silent. In front of Grandpa and Granny, her attempt to curry favor had been completely thwarted by Qin i.
Once the acupuncture was finished and the drug’s effects had subsided, Mr. Xie’s sharp gaze filled with a towering rage. His voice carried a terrifying aura. "Where is Zhang Hongying?"
’She used Xiao You to lure ho and then took the opportunity to drug .’ Mr. Xie was filled with rage and regret.
’I rushed ho in a panic. I shouldn’t have drunk the water Zhang Hongying offered before I’d even seen Xiao You. I was too worried about her. I shouldn’t have let my guard down around Zhang Hongying.’
Mr. Xie didn’t dare to imagine it. If Second Daughter-in-law Jing and his parents had arrived a mont later, he would have made an irreversible mistake. His marriage to Yan Qiu would have been over.
"Chunyan locked that hussy in her room," Granny said indignantly, her weathered eyes filled with fury. "Jian Country, you’re the director of the machinery factory! For that hussy Zhang Hongying to have such wicked designs on you, trying to destroy your marriage to Yan Qiu... she is utterly shaless!"
’Zhang Hongyan gave the Jie Family a daughter and two sons, and I still look down on her, to say nothing of Zhang Hongying,’ Granny thought. ’It was only because of Yan Qiu’s kind heart that Zhang Hongying was allowed to stay on as a maid. If it were up to , I would have cut off all ties with the Zhang family long ago.’
Thinking of what Zhang Hongying had done, Mr. Xie felt a wave of disgust. Especially the way she had pressed up against him. Even though they were stopped at the critical mont, she had already touched him in places she shouldn’t have.
The drug had overco his reason, controlling his actions and leaving a dark stain on his life. Even the mory of it was repulsive.
Mr. Xie wanted to get up and settle accounts with Zhang Hongying, but his body felt weak and powerless.
"Eldest, are you alright?" Grandpa asked worriedly.
"I..." Mr. Xie’s expression was one of unconcealable embarrassnt.
"Dad, I suggest you get so rest," Qin i said. She didn’t force Mr. Xie to rest, rely suggested it.
"Fourth Wife of Jing, his body... there won’t be any lasting side effects, will there?" Granny asked Qin i, her face etched with worry.
Qin i shrugged and replied irresponsibly, "I don’t know. I’m not a doctor."
"If you’re not a doctor, then what were you doing ssing around with him like that?" Granny snapped, annoyed. "Giving him dicine, sticking him with needles... it pained just to watch."
"My mother is the best antidote for Dad. You were the one who hid this from her. If I had just stood by and watched, and sothing happened to Dad, you all would have absolutely resented and blad for standing by and doing nothing," Qin i said, looking at Granny with an innocent expression.
Granny’s face was covered in wrinkles, but judging from her bone structure, she must have been a great beauty in her youth. The impression she gave Qin i wasn’t one of gentle kindness, but of a sharp, biting nature. ’She’s not an easy old woman to get along with,’ Qin i thought.
"Fourth Wife of Jing, I am Jing Si’s granny. Is that any way to speak to ?" Granny scolded sharply.
"Granny, Qin i’s attitude toward you has been perfectly fine. Besides, she just saved your son. Shouldn’t you be grateful to her?" Jie Jingchen spoke up, defending Qin i.
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