Qin Zijing, I hate you! Bai Yueyue felt like she was innocent, she hadn't done anything wrong, Mother, I'm innocent! Waaah, Grandpa, Grandpa Qin, please let me kneel down too!
"Qin Limin, look at your good son! When have I ever taught you to be violent towards guests, especially female guests?" Qin Zhenming slammed his wooden cane on the ground with a dark face, and the entire hall fell silent. "Do you think I'm old and useless, and that you can ignore what I say?"
Qin Zijing and Qin Ye dared not argue back and could only kneel with their heads down.
Qin Limin immediately stepped forward, bowed his head and apologized to Li Jianchuan: "Old Li, it is my fault for failing to discipline my son. I will personally enforce the family rules. I hope you will forgive my son."
He then took the paulownia wood cane from Qin Zhenming with both hands and stepped forward to stand in front of Qin Zijin: "Qin Zijin, Miss Bai Yueyue is an important guest of ours. The task assigned to you was to show Miss Bai around the house, but you were violent towards Miss Bai and even disobeyed orders. According to the family rules, you will be punished with twenty strokes of the cane. Do you have any objections?"
"No objection," Qin Zijing replied, head bowed.
"Okay." The executor was Qin Limin himself, and each blow landed solidly on Qin Zijing's back, the sound of which made Bai Yueyue feel pain.
Let me take back what I said earlier. Bai Yueyue thought to herself, feeling really glad that she didn't have to kneel like that.
"Qin Ye, as the younger brother, you failed to dissuade or stop your elder brother, which led to Qin Zijing's rude behavior towards Miss Bai. This is your dereliction of duty. Furthermore, you did not report to the elders of the family immediately afterward. This is also your dereliction of duty. According to the family rules, you will be punished with ten strokes of the cane. Do you have any objections?" Qin Limin then turned his gaze to Qin Ye.
"No objection."
As Qin Ye replied, the sturdy paulownia wood cane struck him, and Bai Yueyue could clearly see that Qin Ye was gritting his teeth and persevering.
"Patriarch, Elder Li, the two have been punished. I will privately re-instruct them on the Qin family rules. I hope you will forgive their rude behavior today," Qin Limin replied, bowing his head.
Qin Limin had already held back; if Qin Zhenming had been in charge of the enforcement, these two wouldn't have been able to remain kneeling there.
"Hmm." Li Jianchuan nodded with a dark face, but looked at Bai Shenxing kneeling and said coldly, "Bai Shenxing, as the elder brother, you failed to protect your sister, causing her to be frightened. You didn't even bring Bai Yueyue to us immediately, but instead fought with Qin Zijing. According to the Li family rules, you will be punished with fifteen strokes of the cane. Do you have any objections?"
Wait, when did our Li family have this rule? And I wasn't scared at all!
Because Bai Yueyue has always lived in the Bai family, and Li Jieyue's elopement made it difficult for her to return to the Li family, it was always Li Jianchuan and Lü Dan who came to Yashi to visit Li Jieyue, while Bai Yueyue had never been to the Li family.
Bai Zhenhao and Li Jieyue are very protective of their children, so they naturally wouldn't use the family discipline system to treat their three children.
If there hadn't been outsiders present, Li Jianchuan would have only thought that Bai Shenxing's failure to protect Bai Yueyue immediately was a dereliction of duty, requiring retraining. In Li Jianchuan's view, taking action was nothing; after all, that was his precious granddaughter, and he had already shown Qin Zhenming considerable respect by not attacking Qin Zijing.
However, Bai Yueyue disagreed. She didn't care what those two guys did, but Bai Shenxing was her own brother, and he only did it to protect her.
Just as Bai Yueyue was about to rush forward, Li Jieyue pulled her back and gently shook her head at Bai Yueyue.
The two elders didn't make Bai Yueyue kneel down because they wanted to protect her. Everyone knew this, but no one was foolish enough to point it out.
Therefore, Bai Yueyue should not approach them herself, as that would only make things more complicated.
Bai Yueyue understood this as well, so she could only bite her lip lightly to suppress her inner impulse, and stand quietly beside Li Jieyue with her head down, making herself look more like a victim who had suffered a great injustice.
Since Qin Limin was in charge of the Qin family's side, Bai Zhenhao was in charge of the Li family's side. In fact, the most suitable person to carry out the law was Li Jieyue, but only Li Jieyue could keep Bai Yueyue in check if she was impulsive. Therefore, Li Jieyue was put in charge of keeping an eye on Bai Yueyue, while Bai Zhenhao carried out the Li family's rules.
"You three, get down here!" Qin Zhenming shouted sternly after Bai Zhenhao finished delivering fifteen lashes. The three men who received the order quickly withdrew.
Everyone knew perfectly well that Qin Zhenming was establishing his authority over Bai Yueyue, telling the rest of the Qin family that Bai Yueyue was someone he, Qin Zhenming, was protecting, and that she was also Li Jianchuan's beloved granddaughter. Even Qin Zijing and Qin Ye, who might become the next head of the Qin family, would be punished, so others had better not be so foolish as to offend Bai Yueyue.
"Yueyue, come up here." Li Jianchuan's voice startled Bai Yueyue. Could it be her turn? Fortunately, Li Jieyue gave her a push, which made Bai Yueyue kneel down immediately.
Instead of the stern reprimand I had imagined, a particularly kind voice said, "Yueyue, after discussion with Patriarch Qin, we have decided to make you Qin Limin's adopted daughter."
Um?
Huh?
ah? ? ?
How did I become Qin Limin's adopted daughter?! And although I'm a girl now, I could turn into a boy again!!
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