After Qin Baojun agreed, Cui Fengzhen had no choice but to go, even if she didn't want to.

After all, if she said she wouldn't go, Qiao Qiqi would ask her with a pained expression, "In the end, you still care about your uncle and aunt..."

Cui Fengzhen was immediately speechless and could only bite the bullet and go to the commune brigade.

Qiao Qiqi rushed to the commune brigade just before the lunch break and blocked Su Shangjin and the leaders from Beijing at the entrance of the commune brigade.

"Qiao Qiqi? What brings you here?" Su Shangjin was taken aback when he saw Qiao Qiqi approaching aggressively.

Qiao Qiqi stepped forward and said, "Uncle Su, we have something at home that we need your help with, so we'll need to take up ten minutes of your time."

Su Shangjin's gaze fell on Qin Baojun and Cui Fengzhen. The memory of being dominated by Qiao Qiqi's letter of severing ties a few days ago suddenly resurfaced. He realized that today's matter was probably not so easy to resolve, and his lips twitched.

Su Shangjin glanced subconsciously in Sun Shengli's direction, and was about to say that they would talk about it later when Qiao Qiqi quickly interjected, "It would be good to have the leaders from Beijing witness this for me, so that no one will go back on their word later."

Su Shangjin: "..."

Seeing that this approach was not feasible, Su Shangjin looked at Qiao Qiqi with a conflicted expression, realizing that he could not change her decision, and finally compromised.

"Alright, then come in!"

While the others were leaving, Su Shangjin quickly leaned close to Qiao Qiqi's ear and said, "Niece, next time you do something, can you at least ask me first? And even if you don't consider yourself, you should at least consider your father-in-law, Qin Baojun..."

"Don't worry, Uncle Su, I will come. Of course, I have my father-in-law's permission." Qiao Qiqi smiled slightly.

Su Shangjin's eyes widened slightly: "..."

Qiao Qiqi had already passed him and quickly walked into the office.

Su Shangjin rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on, and could only helplessly walk inside.

After entering, he first greeted the leaders from Beijing and helped them to their seats before taking his own seat. He looked helplessly at the person opposite him and asked, "Qiao Qiqi, what brings you here today that you need us to make a decision for? Just say it!"

"Okay." Qiao Qiqi's gaze swept over everyone.

Because the leaders from Beijing were unaware of the Qin family's past, she specifically mentioned that Qin Baojun had adopted Qin Huai on the battlefield, which had been opposed by Cui Fengzhen, her eldest son, and her eldest daughter-in-law.

"Back then, the Qin family had a small argument every day and a big argument every three days. Everyone in the village knew about it. In the end, Cui Fengzhen forced my father-in-law to make a choice: either abandon my husband or the whole family pack up and leave. My father-in-law had no choice but to take his family out to live in a cowshed."

When Qiao Qiqi got to this point, Fang Ke couldn't hold back her tears.

And what followed was even worse: "Even when my in-laws were living in a cowshed, Cui Fengzhen still demanded monthly support payments from them, and she increased those payments every few years, giving them absolutely no chance to catch their breath..."

Cui Fengzhen's face was extremely pale at this moment.

Seeing that Qiao Qiqi actually brought up these old, trivial matters in front of so many people.

She immediately said with a dark face, "That's all in the past, why are you bringing this up? Just say we're splitting up the family!"

As if reminded, Qiao Qiqi immediately smiled and said, "Yes, it's all in the past. I just thought that the leaders from Beijing didn't know the situation, so I mentioned it to them."

Cui Fengzhen reluctantly accepted this explanation, "Alright, hurry up and tell me."

Qiao Qiqi didn't dawdle any longer and looked directly at Su Shangjin, "Uncle Su, I came here today to ask you to issue us a notarized certificate of severance of relations. The people severing relations today are Cui Fengzhen and Qin Jiefang."

"What?!" Su Shangjin stood up excitedly.

So excited, he accidentally knocked over the teacup next to him.

But he didn't bother to pack up and immediately looked at Qiao Qiqi to confirm, "Are you sure you came here to sever ties between Cui Fengzhen and Qin Jiefang, and not to sever ties between Cui Fengzhen and Qin Baojun?"

Qiao Qiqi knew what Su Shangjin was confirming, so she explained, "Today, Ma Guizhi inexplicably skipped two meals for Cui Fengzhen. She was so hungry that she stole a cornbread from the kitchen, but Ma Guizhi discovered it and kicked her out of the house."

Su Shangjin immediately understood what was going on: "Then what does severing ties mean?"

Qiao Qiqi smiled slightly, "As you know, Lu Xiufen is in a bad situation, so my in-laws can take in Cui Fengzhen, but she must sever ties with Qin Jiefang before they can take her in."

Su Shangjin understood, but he didn't think it was a wise move.

He turned to Qin Baojun and confirmed, "What Qiao Qiqi said is true. As long as Cui Fengzhen is willing to sever ties with Qin Jiefang, you are willing to take her in?"

Qin Baojun subconsciously looked at Qiao Qiqi.

Seeing Qiao Qiqi nod to him, he hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, "Yes, I will listen to my daughter-in-law in everything."

Fang Ke couldn't help but say, "Uncle Qin, if you're unwilling, you can say so. Director Sun will uphold justice for everyone. If you're unwilling, you don't have to take us in, and we'll think of other ways."

Having already spoken, Qin Baojun had no more reservations and said with a smile, "I'm not unwilling; this is all of my own free will."

Now that things had come to this, Su Shangjin had no reason to stop him, so he simply took out paper and pen.

"Since you've all made up your minds, I'll start writing now!"

Qiao Qiqi quickly said, "Uncle Su, can I write it down and you write it down? I'm afraid my writing won't be rigorous enough."

Su Shangjin thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay!"

Qiao Qiqi immediately began to speak: "The letter of severance of ties is hereby issued because Qin Jiefang and Ma Guizhi are an unfilial and heartless couple. They beat and scold their own mother, Cui Fengzhen, every day. Today, because they did not give Cui Fengzhen any food, they beat her and kicked her out of the house after she ate only one cornbread..."

Su Shangjin frowned, glanced in Cui Fengzhen's direction, and seeing that he was silent with a dark expression, he picked up his pen again.

Qiao Qiqi watched him finish writing the previous words, and then he continued—

"Therefore, Cui Fengzhen decided to sever ties with her eldest son, Qin Jiefang, and that her third son, Qin Baojun, would take care of her from now on. She also voluntarily gave the courtyard and brick house left by her deceased husband to Qin Baojun as future support expenses."

"What?!"

Cui Fengzhen suddenly stood up. "When did I say I was going to give you a house! I didn't say that!"

Su Shangjin looked up and asked, "Didn't you two discuss this at home?"

Qiao Qiqi turned to Cui Fengzhen and said, "When you kicked my parents-in-law out of the house, you didn't give them any property. Your reason was that the house and yard were built by my father-in-law's father, and whoever takes care of them should live there. You said that, didn't you?"

"So it was perfectly natural for Qin Jiefang's family to live there before, and my parents-in-law had no objections. But now that you're severing ties with Qin Jiefang and letting my parents-in-law take care of you, the house and yard should naturally be handed over to my parents-in-law. What's wrong with that?"