"Where to? It's getting dark."

"It's okay, I just want some fresh air. If you're cold, you can come inside." Wang Meimei quickly turned back.

"Meimei, you've worked hard." Qin Xiaoyu put her arm around her shoulder. She was short, so it was a little difficult for her to put her arm around her. This child was eating well and had grown taller, now standing at 1.7 meters.

"It's nothing, this little task is nothing." For some reason, Wang Meimei was a little nervous and kept trying to slip out from under Qin Xiaoyu's arm.

"You haven't been home lately, have you?" Qin Xiaoyu asked, tilting her head.

"No."

"Didn't you see your brother?"

"No." Wang Meimei pursed her lips and shook her head.

"You said your fourth uncle wanted to groom your brother, but your outburst has caused him to turn against you. Aren't you a little sorry for your brother?" Qin Xiaoyu followed her into Building No. 1, but instead of letting her go upstairs, pulled her to the sofa to sit down.

"Yes, I'm sorry, my brother." Wang Meimei sat stiffly on the sofa, her hands resting on her knees.

When do you plan to confess?

"Confess what?" Wang Meimei's eyes widened.

"Didn't your brother give you ten yuan that day so you could find a place to stay?"

"Yes, but I lost the money..." Wang Meimei hurriedly explained.

"It's lost, why didn't you say so?" Qin Xiaoyu suddenly took a step forward and reached out to press on Wang Meimei's outer thigh. She tried to stop her, but it was too late.

The hard thing inside must be a hairpin with intertwined silk threads.

"You know, I've been waiting so long for you to slip up," Qin Xiaoyu said with a cold smile.

When Qin Xiaoyu called several people to a meeting in Building 4, she did not allow Wang Meimei to be present.

"That kid! Really!" Qi Si turned his face away angrily.

"I told you, Wang Jian isn't that kind of person, but you wouldn't believe me!" Fourth Sister-in-law glared at him fiercely.

"Is this kid stupid? He's been extorted so many times, why doesn't he tell me?" Qi Si was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth.

"I never expected that my family of origin would be so terrible," Qin Xiaoyu said helplessly.

Under immense pressure, Wang Meimei confessed everything.

It turns out that Wang Jian had never told his family about being adopted by Qi Si; he only said that he was working outside.

Even so, his family didn't let him off the hook. This whole family were vampires; from his parents to his younger siblings, they would all beg him for money.

He carried Qi Si and the others out to carry heavy loads so that he could support the family's exploitation.

What truly drove him to despair was Wang Meimei. Somehow, she found out that Wang Jian lived in a villa, came to visit him once, and then pestered him to move in as well.

Wang Jian, of course, refused, and could only try to appease her with money time and time again. In the end, Wang Meimei resorted to a self-inflicted injury to force her way in.

To save his godfather and Qin Xiaoyu from trouble, Wang Jian made a tough decision: to leave the villa, return to his own life, and plunge back into the mire.

“If we come to their door demanding their return, that would be terrible. We won’t be able to afford to pay them back later.” Fourth Sister-in-law was rational. Although the son-in-law’s money wasn’t hers, she still felt she had to remind him.

“But if we don’t do anything, this child will be finished.” Deng Jianyan sighed. In front of Xiao Jin, he didn’t say a single good word about Wang Jian, but in his heart he really approved of the child.

"Girl, think of a way. We can't let Wang Meimei stay. She's dishonest. If we help her out, she'll definitely exaggerate things when she gets home and let her family know the truth. Then she'll dare to bring her whole family here." Qi Si was also very clear about the situation.

“I heard that Wang Jian hasn’t been going to school and is working odd jobs at the train station. His grades aren’t very good; his foundation is too weak. Let him drop out of school. But the odd jobs are too physically demanding; he should find something else. He doesn’t have to come back to live here, but he can’t disown his godfather.” Qin Xiaoyu had no other choice but to resort to this desperate measure.

After discussing it, Qin Xiaoyu decided to handle Wang Meimei.

When she returned to Building 1, Wang Meimei was still sitting blankly on the sofa, in the same posture as when she left.

"Aunt Qin, I was wrong! I won't do it again. I want to stay. I'll do anything! I'll be your nanny. You don't need to pay me. Just give me some food!" It turned out she had been trying to organize her thoughts. Qin Xiaoyu immediately gave her a thumbs up.

In the past, she might have been soft-hearted and believed it, but now, with Grandma Hanhan as an example, she had long seen through the farmer and the snake's trick.

This is practically a teenage version of Grandma Hanhan.

"You're seventeen this year, right?" Qin Xiaoyu suddenly asked.

"right."

Do you know how much this filigree hairpin is worth?

"I don't know, I just think it looks good..."

"Its value is enough to send you to a juvenile detention center," Qin Xiaoyu said with a cold smile.

"No! I don't want to go to the juvenile detention center!" Wang Meimei stared at Qin Xiaoyu, and it was clear that she was not joking, so she panicked immediately.

"That's not up to you." Qin Xiaoyu walked over to take the microphone.

"Aunt Qin! I was wrong, I won't do it again! I'll leave right away and never come back! Please!" Wang Meimei knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly.

"Wang Meimei, you know about the security cameras in this house, right? Everything you've said has been recorded. One day, if you go back on your word, you'll reap what you sow!"

Watching Wang Meimei's figure disappear quickly, Qin Xiaoyu knew that she believed the video recording existed.

The time she spent in this house was enough to broaden her horizons and teach her reverence, which can be considered a gain.

Qin Xiaoyu took Qi Si with her to the train station. When they found the South Goods Factory, a train carload of cement was just arriving at the station. The workers came out from their rest area, found their spots, and started unloading the cement together.

Those people were all covered in dust and dirt, their clothes stained with cement gray, making it impossible to recognize who was who.

However, Qin Xiaoyu and Qi Si stood out. Standing there, the man was handsome and the woman was beautiful, and anyone would take a second look.

Wang Jian couldn't withstand their pressure and came anyway.

"I kicked Wang Meimei out. Do you want to come back?" Qin Xiaoyu asked bluntly.

"I can't go back," Wang Jian said softly, his head bowed.

"You brat, what's wrong? I've raised you for so long, and you don't recognize me anymore?" Qi Si threw a punch right away, but the punch was weak and only produced a cloud of white ash.

The people unloading the truck nearby noticed what was happening. Wang Jian was the youngest among them, and they all liked him. He was easygoing, hardworking, polite, and never stingy with money.

Wang Jian had worked here for a long time and had always been very well-behaved. It was already strange that someone came looking for him; to dare to make a move was simply asking for trouble.

They put down the cement bags they were carrying and slowly gathered around.

"What's up, brother? You've come to my turf to make a scene? What do you want with Xiao Jian? Tell me what you have to say!" The leader was the foreman, the one who kept track of work points, and he had the most say here.