Qin Manshu asked, "Did Grandma take her medicine?"

The housekeeper said, "The previous medicine ran out, so we got a new prescription. The kitchen is preparing it now."

"Have them bring all the medicine to my room. Grandma might not feel comfortable with the medicine you prepared," Qin Manshu said slowly.

The housekeeper nodded. Usually, Qin Manshu would pick out all the medicines that Old Madam Qin needed to take due to her health condition and then personally deliver them to her.

After she changed her clothes, she heard a knock on the door. The maid brought Qin Manshu some blood pressure medication and some tonics that the old lady usually took.

After the maid left, Qin Manshu locked the door, then took out an iron box from the locked drawer. The box was also locked. After opening it, she exchanged all the medicine the maid had given her with the medicine in the box. After doing this, she had no expression, but instead, as before, she tidied it up and prepared to go find Old Madam Qin.

When Old Mrs. Qin heard the knocking, she already disliked the servants coming to her room, so her tone was particularly rude. When she opened the door and saw Qin Manshu, her already unpleasant expression turned even worse.

The old lady looked at Qin Manshu expressionlessly and said coldly, "So you finally decided to come back."

Qin Manshu smiled and placed the medicine on the table. Old Mrs. Qin didn't even look at it and pushed it all away. The medicine and the cup of warm water on the table fell to the ground with a loud crash.

The old lady's temper is getting worse and worse.

Qin Manshu glanced at the agitated Old Madam Qin and said gently, "Didn't I have you see a doctor before? The doctor said you shouldn't be so irritable; it's not good for your health. You already have high blood pressure—"

The old lady looked at Qin Manshu expressionlessly. "Who are you going to Y City to see? Are you going to see that Ji Shuli? I've told you so many times, there's absolutely no way our family and his family can be together. If you go to see him, won't you be disgracing me and the entire Qin family? Besides, I've heard that he has no feelings for you at all. You're just shamelessly trying to get close to him. You're going to completely ruin the Qin family's reputation!"

Qin Manshu, head bowed, said as she tidied up, "The Qin family's reputation has never been maintained by who I marry or who I like—"

As she said this, just like every time she mentioned something that Old Mrs. Qin disliked, she was slapped. The old lady's tone became even worse, "What kind of sins did our Qin family commit to give birth to such an unfilial daughter as you!"

That's a very harsh thing to say.

Even Qin Manshu's expression turned extremely ugly in an instant.

The glass on the ground cut her finger, and blood flowed down her finger. She didn't even frown or say anything. She had no expectation that her injured grandmother would say anything.

Sure enough, when the old lady saw Qin Manshu's actions, she coldly said, "You can't even do this little thing right. How can you take over the Qin family? Our Qin family is ruined in your generation. What kind of fate do I have to be stuck with you two, mother and daughter? One of you killed my son, and the other is always causing me trouble. You can't do anything right."

Qin Manshu stared at the blood on her hand for a long time. She did not take any action, letting the blood stain the glass red. She calmly picked up the tray and said, "Grandma, I'll go get you some more medicine."

It was probably Qin Manshu's unwavering compliance that pleased the old lady, for she then said leisurely, "Take care of your hands as well, don't look so sickly."

"Yes, Grandma."

She returned to her room, went to the bathroom, and turned on the water, watching the blood-tinged water wash over her wounds. Memories roared in her mind as if they were about to devour her.

Qin Manshu stared at the rushing water, at her wounds being washed.

After washing and treating her hands, Qin Manshu slowly made a phone call to Yu Jingchen.

It took Yu Jingchen quite a while to answer the phone. After answering, Yu Jingchen feigned surprise, "Didn't Miss Qin go to Y City? Why do you suddenly have time to call me?"

"Don't tell me you have no idea whether I'm in Y City or back." Qin Manshu smiled. "I think Mr. Yu has already found out clearly what I wanted to do and what I did in Y City."

Yu Jingchen stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, smoking a cigarette that flickered in and out of his hand. He squinted and smiled, "Miss Qin, how could you think that way? I've always been very interested in you and wanted to marry you. How could I do something so disgusting? If you don't provide some evidence, I might sue you for defamation."

“I’m not calling to beat around the bush,” Qin Manshu said directly. “Mr. Yu has already seen the proposal I gave him, right?”

Yu Jingchen's gaze darkened: As expected, it was Qin Manshu who brought it up on her own initiative.

Qin Manshu took a deep breath and said, "I really need your investment right now. You can make any conditions that aren't too unreasonable. Also, Mr. Qin hasn't always been interested in me. I think we can get to know each other for a while with marriage as the goal."

Qin Manshu's words put Yu Jingchen in a good mood, and things were even going more smoothly than expected. He smiled and said, "There's no rush for the investment. What unreasonable demands could I possibly make? Since Miss Qin is willing to get to know me with marriage in mind, how could I be stingy with my future wife? We can discuss it sometime later. After all, I'm also very interested in the projects that my fiancée is interested in."

*

Ji Shuli breathed a sigh of relief after he and Qin Manshu had cleared things up.

Before leaving, Qin Manshu also told Ji Shuli. Although he was surprised that Qin Manshu knew him so well when they were at the gym, and it was a pity to lose such a rare female friend with whom he could get along, Ji Shuli breathed a sigh of relief after making things clear and nipping this peach blossom in the bud.

After returning from the gym, Ji Shuli slept in his room. Whenever Ye Zhiwei called or knocked on the door to wake him, Ji Shuli would tell her and the others to eat first, and that he would come downstairs when he woke up.

When Ji Shuli finally got enough rest and was ready to eat something, she realized it was already 10 o'clock.

Ji Shuli stretched her body as she went downstairs, but she didn't expect to see Ye Zhiwei and Jiang Jianian watching TV together so intimately. They were feeding each other fruit, playing with each other's hair, and touching each other here and there.

"Hey, you two, watch yourselves! There's someone else in this house, there's someone else in this house, there's someone else in this house, your cousin is still here."