Chapter 98 I Want Your Six Fingers
Seeing that her guess was correct, Qin said, "It's not about saving him, but it's related to him. It's about Xiao Cui and her sister, right?"
Qin Jin'an nodded, then shook his head.
It was Qin Xiaocui and her sisters, but not just the sisters, but a mother and her five daughters.
Looking at Qin Jin'an's expression, Qin Shi asked with suspicion, "It's not just Xiao Cui and her sister, but also her mother and two other sisters, right?"
Qin's heart skipped a beat; that meant five lives.
Qin Jin'an nodded. Yes, her mother was very clever; she guessed it so quickly.
Qin's heart trembled, and her heart clenched.
Thinking of Qin Xiaocui, who knew the consequences but still upheld her conscience, she felt uneasy.
Ling Shi valued all her children. The fact that her two daughters were taken away by the gambling den to pay off debts was undoubtedly a death sentence for her. Ling Shi couldn't get over this. She was desperate and inevitably thought of taking a dead end. She didn't believe that Qin Tianjiang would change, so in Ling Shi's view, her other two daughters would be sold sooner or later.
Rather than be separated from her daughter and never see each other again, it would be better for them to go to the underworld together. Ling Shi no longer wanted to live; she missed her child, and she would take her child with her.
Qin felt her body go weak, a dense, overwhelming pain welling up inside her. She was also a mother, and the thought of dying with her child was agonizing; she couldn't bear to think about it, the pain was too much.
"Sweetie, but your body..."
Her daughter has the softest heart in the world, but what about her health?
Qin Jin'an smiled slightly, then blushed again and said, "Saving...has...benefits—"
Her own mother, her tongue was sore and weak, but she finally managed to say it, drooling as she quickly slurped it up.
Looking at Qin Jin'an's childlike actions, Madam Qin's expression softened even more. She gently wiped the drool from the corner of Qin Jin'an's mouth with a handkerchief and said tenderly, "Mother understands what my dear child means. He should be saved, but he should also be taught a lesson. That way, he might really change."
Qin Jin'an nodded. "That's right, that's exactly what I mean."
"Don't worry, my dear. I know what to do. You should get some rest."
Qin kissed Qin Jin'an on the forehead, then got up and walked outside.
She vaguely understood how to improve Qin Jin'an's health; simply feeding him good food and using expensive medicine wouldn't be enough. She needed to take the precious medicine back.
But what's already given away is hard to get back, so we have to find other ways.
Saving lives is one such act. As the old saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, so saving lives is a meritorious deed.
Building roads, constructing bridges, distributing porridge—all kinds of good deeds are meritorious.
Qin kept these things firmly in mind.
When Madam Qin came out of the house, Qin Tianjiang was still frantically kowtowing in the courtyard. Upon seeing Madam Qin, he knelt down directly in front of her, pleading, "Niece Yuwan, please save your uncle! Only you can save him..."
Qin Yulin stepped forward and pulled Qin Tianjiang aside: "Uncle Jiang, you don't need to make things difficult for my little sister like this. My little sister has worked so hard to raise her child. Your predicament is all your own doing."
Qin Tianjiang wept bitterly, "I know it's my own fault, I regret it so much, I'm so remorseful..."
"Uncle Jiang, please get up. I can save you, but I have conditions. You might not agree to them after hearing them."
Qin looked at Qin Tianjiang, her uncle from the clan. He was originally an elder, but now he was servile and had no dignity. At this moment, his regret must be real.
But what about after a while, a year or two later?
Once the wound heals, will he forget the pain and repeat the same mistake?
Qin Tianjiang disregarded everything else; upon hearing that the Qin family was willing to help, he hurriedly said, "I'll agree to any conditions, I'd even give my life, as long as you can protect my daughter."
"Uncle Jiang, please calm down."
Madam Qin remained calm. Her precious child was still unable to speak. How should she punish Qin Tianjiang so that he would never forget this day?
Qin's gaze fell on Qin Tianjiang's hands, as if deep in thought.
Qin Tianhai helped Qin Tianjiang up and said, "Get up first, calm down before we talk. You can't remember things like this, so there's no point in talking. We can't just give you fifty taels of silver, and you might not agree to the terms. Those people are not good people, and our family is not a bunch of kind-hearted people either."
Qin Tianjiang nodded with tears in his eyes. His panicked heart gradually calmed down. As long as the Qin family was willing to save him, he thought that nothing could be worse than the gambling den people kidnapping his daughter.
Qin Tianjiang still regrets his reckless and blinded-eyed gamble and sheds tears.
"Uncle Jiang, have a bowl of water."
Zhao poured tea for Qin Tianjiang. She knew that Qin would not suddenly change his mind. Since there was a reason for it, he must have thought it through carefully.
Qin Tianjiang held the teacup tremblingly, looking hopefully at the Qin family.
“Uncle Jiang, my situation is no better than yours. My daughter is in poor health, and the money we need is incalculable. But even so, my daughter wants to save people, but she doesn’t want to save you. She wants to save Xiao Cui and the others.”
Qin looked at Qin Tianjiang and spoke, wanting him to know who had made her change her mind.
Qin Tianjiang nodded repeatedly: "I will be forever grateful to Yu Bao."
"You didn't understand what I meant. What I meant was that your wife and four daughters will lose their lives because of this gambling. You can't change your ways, and even if you do it this time, there will be a next time!"
Qin spoke frankly.
Qin Tianjiang's hands trembled as he struggled to speak, "They...they're all right..."
The Ling family treated him very well. Although they hated his gambling addiction, they would eventually forgive him over time.
He knelt and kowtowed today because he had no other choice. He was trying everything he could to save things before they got really bad.
“Uncle Jiang, I only agreed to save your wife’s life because of my daughter, but I want you to cut off six fingers in exchange. You don’t have to agree right away. You can go back and think about it carefully. Your daughter will eventually get married, and she will face all kinds of difficulties after marriage. She may not live a good life. You can go back and think about it carefully. Before you repay the money, my words will stand.”
Qin looked at Qin Tianjiang calmly and said, "Six fingers, six wounds. This is a lesson for Qin Tianjiang. If he still can't change after this, then he is truly beyond saving."
He knelt before the woman, but how much of his remorse was there?
Would he rather cut off his own finger or give up his two daughters?
Qin Tianjiang originally wanted to say more, but when he met Qin's calm gaze, he swallowed his words. His hands holding the bowl trembled, and he lowered his gaze, speechless for a moment.
"It's getting late. Go back and think about it slowly. If you care, then take better care of your wife and daughter. Don't make a big mistake and then regret it. Your tears and kowtows will be useless. There's no medicine for regret in this world."
Qin Tianhai said in a deep voice, understanding the Qin family's meaning.
Qin Tianjiang had calmed down. He put down his teacup, bowed his head, and said, "Thank you, niece. I will think it over carefully."
The question is whether to keep his own finger or ensure his daughter's safety.
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