Chapter 58 We Moved Out Ourselves
Wang Ye's words were somewhat tactful, after all, Lily had returned, and he didn't want to drive her away again without understanding the situation.
Lily glanced at Qiao Xing but didn't mind. She carried her suitcase in and sat down next to Qiao Xing.
"Qiao Xing, I was angry when I said those things just now. I hope you won't take them to heart. I'm sorry."
Lily sincerely grasped Qiao Xing's hand, her tone and attitude very earnest, as if she were genuinely apologizing to Qiao Xing.
"Ah...it's nothing." Qiao Xing was stunned for a moment before she finally realized what was going on. "Lily, but I've already told my cousin about your situation. You can explain it to him yourself."
Lily sighed, lowered her head, and made a face as if she wanted to cry but couldn't.
"There's nothing I can't say, I just don't know how to say it..."
Wang Ye's heart softened when he saw her like that. He quickly walked over to Lily, sat down next to her, put his arm around her shoulder, and said with heartache, "It's okay, tell me. As long as it's something I can accept, I definitely won't blame you."
Wang Ye was referring to the fact that he had been lied to.
Lily lowered her head and wiped away her tears. After a long silence, she shared the story she had just made up.
She is from Chongqing, but in a remote mountain village far away from Chongqing. When she was a child, her family favored boys over girls, and her mother secretly saved money to send her to school.
Later, she was admitted to university, but her father and grandparents didn't want her to go. They wanted her to go out and earn money to support her younger brother's education.
So she agreed verbally, but in reality, she secretly went to work part-time for two months to raise the tuition fees and go to university on her own.
After that, she never contacted her family again. She was with Wang Ye because he was good to her. She lacked love since childhood, so she fell in love with Wang Ye uncontrollably.
But her life motto is making money; she believes that nothing in this world is more important or safer than money.
She was afraid that Wang Ye would look down on her, and that his family would despise her for coming from the mountains, so she rented 'parents' to act out the scene.
Qiao Xing frowned as she listened to the stories she told.
Ke Lili spoke vividly, her words a mixture of truth and falsehood, delivered with such emotion that they moved everyone who heard them.
Wang Ye, in particular, had tears in his eyes after hearing about Lili's ordeal.
He held Lily's hand tightly and said, "You silly girl, what's the big deal? I love you so much, how could I look down on you? Don't worry, even if your family doesn't love you, I will love you properly from now on. From now on, we will all be your family."
Lily's eyes also reddened, and two tears rolled down her cheeks. "Really?"
As she spoke, she glanced back at her aunt, whose expression seemed somewhat unnatural, as if she felt guilty for having said so many hurtful things to Lily earlier.
Auntie came over and said awkwardly, "Yes, child, I was a little harsh just now, but it was because I care about you and don't want you to leave here."
"From now on, we are your family, and we will take good care of you."
Lily forced a touched smile. "Really?"
"Of course, silly child." Auntie laughed too. As long as Lily was still a college student, she could forgive and forget.
“However, about the house…” Aunt’s smile changed slightly. She looked at Lily hesitantly. Now that Lily was back, the initiative was in her hands.
Lily smiled and said, "Auntie, I don't really care about houses. As long as we can all live together peacefully, everything else is just material possessions."
At this point, Lily changed the subject, "I really wish our family could live together, even if it's just in this house."
After Lily said this, everyone present looked at her strangely. How come she seemed like a different person after going out for a while?
"So what do you mean?" Auntie asked tentatively.
"Why don't we stay here?" Lily blinked, then looked at Qiao Xing. "Xingxing, wouldn't it be fun to live with us?"
"ha……?"
To be honest, Qiao Xing didn't find it lively, especially when the two of them were exercising in the middle of the night, she felt very awkward.
And then there's this auntie; being with her can sometimes feel really suffocating.
Qiao Xing took out a loan to marry Qin Ce and asked for a dowry so that they could buy a house and move out as soon as possible. Now Lily is asking her to live with her. How is that possible?
She gave them all the money, so they were essentially living in her house.
Qiao Xing forced a smile and said, "I think it's fine, but you can stay here. Aunt, why don't you give me back the money I used to buy the house, and we can move out ourselves?"
As soon as her aunt heard that she wanted money, she immediately became unhappy.
“You silly child, Lily already said you can stay here, I think it’s a good idea. Why don’t you live together? When your uncle and I go out to work, it will be more lively for you young people to live here.”
"Then who owns this house?"
My aunt said, "Of course it's yours. Lily is so considerate. Just let them stay here. They'll probably move out once they've earned enough money."
“This way, your uncle and I can have a much easier time. You’ve lived here with us since you were little, for 20 years, and we haven’t said anything, have we?”
Qiao Xing was speechless for a moment. As long as her aunt brought up this sentence, she would have nothing to say.
Just then, Qin Ce returned and heard these words, and his face darkened.
He had already discussed with the old man where to buy a house, and now this has happened?
Qiao Xing could tell from his expression that he was unhappy. He had paid for the house, so he certainly didn't want others to live in his house.
"Qiao Xing, come here for a second."
Qin Ce turned and walked outside, and Qiao Xing immediately got up and followed him.
Wang Ye and Lili exchanged glances, wondering what the two were up to now.
Aunt was furious when she thought about how Qiao Xing had lived here for so many years and was now unhappy that they were the ones living here.
Qiao Xing and Qin Ce arrived at the stairwell outside. Qin Ce stared at Qiao Xing and asked, "What's the situation now?"
Qiao Xing said with difficulty, "You heard it too, I don't know what to do either."
If she had bought the house outright herself, she wouldn't be in such a predicament. But since Qin Ce paid for it, she was truly caught in a dilemma.
If she had known it would turn out this way, she shouldn't have been so blinded by greed to get married, and she definitely shouldn't have bought this house.
This is making things more and more complicated.
Qin Ce said, "Then let them live in this house, and we'll move out ourselves."
"Where are we moving to? Are we going to rent a place? We're in debt right now, and renting a place for a year is a huge expense."
Qin Ce opened his mouth, about to say he would try to buy a house, but when he heard the words "rent a house," he swallowed his words back.
"No need, Yang Han has extra houses, let him rent them to us at a discount."
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