Shengxia choked and couldn't refute it, so she had to swallow her breath. Okay, she often didn't have it, but she still had to hire someone to guard her mouth. How tiring would life be!

Qin Ge put on his coat, and Sheng Xia asked, "Are you going to your uncle's place?"

Qin Ge's uncle is Qin Danian, and it was this uncle who asked someone to talk to the school leaders about Qin Ge's schooling.

The house where he settled in Qingshui was also the house that Qin Danian didn't want.

It’s just that the uncle and nephew rarely see each other. At least in the previous life, Shengxia had never heard Qin Ge mention it.

Qin Ge said, "It's New Year's Eve, so I have to go take a look. Go to sleep and listen for any noises downstairs. If someone knocks on the door, look carefully before opening it."

Shengxia nodded obediently, and Qin Ge went downstairs and drove the car.

Qin Danian used to live near the high school, but after something happened at the school, he moved away to an old tube-shaped building far south of the school. Qin Ge carried two boxes of New Year's goods and went upstairs and knocked on the door.

The woman who opened the door was holding a child in her arms and breastfeeding. Qin Ge looked away. Before he could say anything, the woman showed a disgusted expression: "Hey, look who is this? Are you here to beg for food during the New Year? Don't you mind dirtying someone else's house..."

The woman turned and shouted into the house, "Qin Danian! Your debt collector is here! Why don't you come out and greet him?"

Qin Ge's voice lowered: "Speak more politely."

Zhou Chunhong was stunned and started cursing at the top of her voice. "Qin Danian! Look at your good nephew! What a piece of shit we raised after all these years! He comes to scold his aunt on New Year's Day! If it weren't for us, he would have starved to death countless times! Now he's become an ungrateful person!"

Qin Danian came out of the house and said angrily, "Shut up! Stop talking, look at what you look like!"

"Qin Danian, you bastard, how dare you scold me! I've been with you for more than ten years, and how many days of happiness have I ever enjoyed? Don't think I don't know that since we got married, you have been secretly supporting this bastard behind my back...! I said he is a bastard, so what? He is! If you don't believe me, go ask your sister-in-law! Does she know who the father of her child is?..."

"That's enough! It's New Year's Day, aren't you ashamed? Get out of here!"

Qin Danian pulled Zhou Chunhong and the child into the house. He looked embarrassed and straightened his collar before coming out to meet Qin Ge.

"Why are you here? Your aunt is from the country and her words are unpleasant. Don't mind her."

Qin Ge looked at Qin Danian, an ordinary, honest middle-aged man who looked even more down and out in recent years. He worked in the school cafeteria a few years ago, but because Zhou Chunhong went to the school and said that a female classmate seduced her husband and forced the female classmate to drop out of school, Qin Danian also resigned because of this incident.

Qin Danian knew that Qin Ge would not easily come to him unless he was in dire straits. He opened the drawer on the table and pulled out the few dozen yuan inside: "This is what I earned from odd jobs a few days ago. Your aunt is like this, and I haven't given you a penny in the past few years. Take these for emergency use..."

Qin Danian was about forty years old, half of his hair was already white, and his cuffs had been sewn again and again.

Qin Ge pushed the money back.

He put the New Year's goods on the ground and took out a thick envelope from the box: "Uncle, this is the rent for the past few years, you can give it to her. I have already cleaned up the house..."

As soon as he opened the heavy envelope, Qin Danian was shocked by the thick stack of 100-yuan bills inside. It was actually a full 10,000 yuan!

"No, no! Qin Ge, where did you get so much money?"

"I earned this money in the city, uncle. Don't worry, it's all clean money." Qin Ge continued, "You often helped us when we were young. I don't know if this is enough..."

"How can I spend so much!" Qin Danian refused to accept it: "What happened back then was something no one wanted. I should help you. This money is really too much. Your house in Qingshui was leaking and there was no electricity. You fixed it all by yourself. You know my difficulties and have never asked me for a penny. I already feel..."

Qin Danian sighed. He was so tight on money that he couldn't even afford a bottle of wine to entertain his nephew. Qin Ge didn't mention the past and just asked Qin Danian to take the money.

Qin Danian sent Qin Ge downstairs and saw that Qin Ge had grown from a little boy who was not even as tall as his knees to a boy who was taller than him.

Qin Ge's car was parked a little further away. When he was about to leave, Qin Danian beside him called out to him, "Qin Ge!"

Qin Danian hesitated for a long time, then took out a stack of newspapers he had hurriedly brought downstairs. He opened the wrinkled newspaper and found an envelope inside. "Qin Ge, this is the letter your mother brought when she came here. Actually, I'm not your uncle. When I met your mother, I didn't know what happened to her. It seemed like she was fleeing from disaster. She was already pregnant with you when she came here!"

Qin Ge stopped and his back became stiff after hearing Qin Danian's few words.

Qin Danian stuffed the letter into Qin Ge's hand and said, "Write a letter back to your mother. She really had no other choice back then. There was no way she could escape from here with you."

Qin Ge lowered his head for a long time, then sneered helplessly.

Qin Danian sighed heavily. He knew Qin Ge was innocent, but he couldn't help but persuade her: "She is your mother, your closest relative in the world. Maybe after all these years, she has been looking for you. She just can't find you."

"No need."

Qin Ge said coldly that there was a fire downstairs made by children using dead branches and leaves to bury sweet potatoes. Qin Ge threw the envelope into the fire, and sparks flew up in the cold weather. Qin Danian shouted from behind, but Qin Ge left without looking back.

Qin Danian looked at Qin Ge's back. How else could he persuade her? Who would forgive a mother who abandoned her innocent child?

In the cold winter, Qin Ge was walking alone, with the sound of firecrackers lit by children in the yard in his ears. His brows were cold, and he walked to the car and opened the door, but the next second, he slammed the door shut. He cursed and ran back madly, his lungs filled with coldness.

He took the envelope out of the fire, a corner of which was burnt.

Qin Ge's breathing was clearly audible. He tore open the envelope with his red-hot fingers, and inside was the familiar self.

In her heart, Song Yuwen said that she was chased here by her father's enemies and was met by Qin Danian's cousin Qin Dafu. He was tempted by her beauty and kidnapped her back home. However, when he got home, he found out that she was pregnant, so he beat and kicked her, trying to abort the baby.