"What a tragedy! What did we do to him? Why is he trying to wipe us out completely? No way, I'm going to find her, I have to get her to settle this! I've already lost my son, and she won't even tolerate my grandson!"

"Mom, I'm telling you this not so you can argue with her, since we don't have any evidence and it won't make a difference, but to give you a heads-up. I'm afraid this kind of thing will happen more often in the future. Starting tomorrow, I'll take these two siblings to school; they can't stay at home anymore."

Are you able to manage all the work at school?

"Don't worry, there are plenty of students. I'll have them keep an eye on things for me." Qin Xiaoyu had already planned this. People come and go at the school, so letting her little sister interact with more people might help her start speaking up someday. Besides, many of them speak dialects, which would be good practice for Hanhan too.

Qin Xiaoyu told Hanhan's grandmother not to tell her mother-in-law about it, lest she upset her. Hanhan's grandmother was still furious, so she went back and told Hanhan's grandfather, which made the honest man so angry that he went outside and spat twice under his uncle's window.

Qin Xiaoyu was both angry and amused. A cowardly man is incapable of protecting his family. He may be a good man, but he falls short as a father and husband.

No one could protect Hanhan and her younger sister except her. She was there to protect them and prevent others from harming them.

My cousin's wife was worried and came over to ask. When she heard that she was going to take the child to school, she was reluctant to part with him.

"If it doesn't work out, just throw it in my room. I'll take it with me."

“You have too much work to do. Longlong will be taking the college entrance exam in two months. Once he goes to college, there will be many expenses. You have to work hard to earn money.”

Qin Xiaoyu was being very considerate, not wanting to be a burden to her. She then noticed a tape recorder on the table and hurried over to take a look.

"You should take Hanhan's and use it with Longlong. Why did you buy another one?"

“Longlong is done, but there’s still Xiuqin. I can’t favor my son over my daughter, can I?” my cousin-in-law said with a playful smile.

"Wow, sister-in-law, you're doing great! This mother and daughter are getting better and better."

"That's right, no boy knows how to be considerate as a girl. My Xiuqin is so good."

"I think Xiuqin is so beautiful, she'll have a bright future."

"Whether your child is successful or not, they're always the best in their own family." My cousin-in-law finally understood.

Qin Xiaoyu was right. Hanhan thrived at the hairdressing school. The child had high emotional intelligence and was good at dealing with people. She quickly became familiar with everyone and could switch freely between Cantonese, Sichuanese, and Shanghainese.

The little sister still wouldn't say a word, and every day she would hold Hanhan's hand and run up and down the hill. With her chubby little round face and big round eyes, she was so cute that no one could dislike her.

"I just love girls, having a brat is such a hassle!" Commander Wang came in, picked up the little girl, and took a big box of chocolates out of his bag and put it in her arms.

"They'll cough from eating so much, Aunt Wang, you spoil them too much!" Qin Xiaoyu said with a smile. Director Wang had just returned from a tour with her troupe and was here at the hairdressing school to check in.

"Hurry up and fix my hair. I've been missing you all these days, and look at the way they've made me look like a ghost!" Commander Wang complained.

"Tian Tian, ​​come wash your hair." Qin Xiaoyu called over Tian Tian. Among these trainees, her technique was the best, and customers all said that having her wash their hair was a treat.

Seeing that Qin Xiaoyu didn't do it herself, Commander Wang frowned, but he was convinced within two minutes.

"Hey Xiaoyu, your school is really great. It's helped so many people. It's a good thing."

"Let's all make money together. Little sister, give the chocolate to your brother, be good." Qin Xiaoyu coaxed the chocolate from her little sister's hand and handed it to Hanhan for safekeeping.

“I just went on a trip to the south and heard about some kind of ionic perm. I’ve been too busy with performances to go see it, but you can ask around. It’ll be popular sooner or later.”

"Okay, I'll ask Xiaoru's sister to help me find out. We're running a school, we can't fall behind."

"Hey, which one of you is Principal Qin?"

An old woman entered, wearing a purplish-red padded jacket. What was unusual was that she was wearing makeup, with very dark eyebrows and very bright lipstick. This was quite rare at the time. Not to mention a woman of her age wearing makeup, even a woman in her early twenties wearing lipstick would be pointed at and gossiped about. Everyone in the room looked over.

"Yes, I am. Do you want to get your hair permed?" Qin Xiaoyu immediately went up to this difficult customer.

"I am Xu Dahua's mother. I'm here today to meet Principal Qin."

"Xu Dahua is?" Qin Xiaoyu racked her brains but couldn't recall the name.

"Oh my, in-law, what brings you here?" Master Wang came in from outside and immediately greeted Mrs. Xu.

"Oh, it's Auntie, please have a seat." Qin Xiaoyu's mind was already on high alert. Master Wang's daughter-in-law was a terrible person, and his mother-in-law wasn't much better. There was no good news coming over today.

"I came to see you today and also to discuss some things." Mrs. Xu sat down casually.

"Let's talk business? Let's go to my office then. It's too noisy here with people coming and going." Qin Xiaoyu wanted to find a quiet place to deal with her.

"No, although it's a family matter, let's talk about it in front of everyone and let them judge."

Mrs. Xu got even more worked up, and Mr. Wang's face turned red. He couldn't persuade her to leave, and he couldn't get her to listen to his words. He was just getting anxious.

Seeing that Commander Wang's hair was already washed, and since Qin Xiaoyu always did her hair, she didn't trust anyone else to do it. So Qin Xiaoyu simply walked to her chair, picked up the scissors, and started trimming.

"Are you alright? I'm not in a hurry," Commander Wang asked softly.

"Aunt Wang, it's okay, I'm here." Qin Xiaoyu carefully pulled up a strand of hair, snip by snip, and decisively cut it off, leaving a mess of hair on the floor.

"I heard that you and my in-laws opened a barbershop together, right?" Seeing that Qin Xiaoyu was ignoring her, Xu's mother had no choice but to come over and break up the fight.

"Yes, everyone knows that. Our income is split 50/50." Qin Xiaoyu had already guessed her purpose.

"Then shouldn't our in-laws also get half of this beauty school?" Mrs. Xu asked, glancing sideways.

“My dear in-law, you can’t just say things like that. This school was run by Xiaoyu herself, it has nothing to do with me. I’m already grateful enough for the shares she gave me, why would she want half? Are you out of your mind?” Master Wang waved his hands repeatedly.

"Shut up! You're the kind of person who gets sold out and then helps count the money! If it weren't for my daughter and my soon-to-be-born grandson, I wouldn't care about you. But I can't ignore it now, so you'd better listen to me settle accounts with her!" Mrs. Xu said, pointing at Mr. Wang's nose.

"Master, you'll easily trigger your high blood pressure if you stay here listening. Please go upstairs, class is about to start. I'll stay here, go on." Qin Xiaoyu felt sorry for Master Wang and urged her to leave. Master Wang wanted to stay, but she didn't dare to let her students fall behind, so she had no choice but to leave, looking back every few steps.

"Don't go, listen here!" Mrs. Xu tried to stop her.

"Let my master go. There are some things you can't easily say while she's there." Qin Xiaoyu was determined to fight a tough battle, and Xu's mother, being a sensible person, sat back down.