Chapter 112 Suspicion of Four Clans: Scheming over Family Business, Trouble Begins for the Second Branch
Upon seeing this, everyone rushed forward.
"Doctor, how is my grandfather?"
"Doctor, how is the old man?"
"doctor……"
"Quiet!"
The doctor raised his hand, stopping the crowd from showering him with greetings.
"The patient is out of danger and needs to rest and recuperate. They should avoid any major emotional fluctuations. It would be best for them to be hospitalized for observation in the next few days. Please keep the surroundings quiet. The patient's family members need to come with me to complete the necessary procedures."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that the old man was alright.
Qin Shu looked at her grandfather, who was still fast asleep with his eyes closed, and was about to follow the doctor when Qin Yong pressed down on her shoulder.
"The old man is most worried about you. If you're free, stay with him for now. I'll take care of the formalities so that he won't worry when he opens his eyes and doesn't see you. Otherwise, we'll have to find someone to help him."
Qin Shu opened her mouth, but in the end, she followed the nurse and pushed the old man into the ward.
With Qin Yong gone and no one in charge, Qin Zhen and his wife became more obedient, staying quietly by their side and not daring to say a word.
Later, the doctor returned and found the ward crowded with people, so he shooed them out.
"One or two caregivers are enough in the ward; too many people will disturb the patient's rest."
Qin Zhen and his wife looked at their eldest son's family, and then at Qin Shu and his wife.
They acted as if they wouldn't leave unless the others did.
After completing the formalities, Qin Yong immediately saw through the couple's little scheme.
So he took the initiative to speak.
"Second brother, let Mr. and Mrs. Shu stay with us tonight and take care of him. We'll come back tomorrow. It's not good for Father if the whole family is crammed here."
"Why should he? Brother, don't you know that the old man was so angered by Qin Shu and his wife that he fainted? If he opens his eyes again and sees those two, he'll be dead for sure..."
The word "Alas" was about to be uttered when Xu Jinhua used her remaining intelligence to stop it.
So they changed their tune.
"Anyway, I've already called A-Zhou, and he'll be here soon. He's free tonight, so it's not too much to ask him to take care of his grandpa for the night, is it?"
As they were talking, Qin Ji and Qin Zhou appeared at the door.
Qin Ji: "Mom and Dad, how is Grandpa?"
Qin Zhou: "I heard from the doctor that you just came out of the ICU. How are you doing now?"
"Gentlemen, please leave!"
The doctor couldn't stand the family's constant arguing, so he kicked both the eldest and second wives who were blocking the doorway out.
Then just close the door.
Xu Jinhua immediately became angry. "What's wrong with this doctor?! Why does he have to meddle in other people's family affairs? Does he live in the ocean and have such a big mouth?!"
"Mom, say less! Keep your voice down! Ashu is indeed close to Grandpa, and Grandpa definitely wants to see him as soon as he opens his eyes. Let's not join in this commotion. We can take over tomorrow. What's the point of all this formality?"
Qin Zhou pulled his mother away from the ward.
Xu Jinhua shook off her son, her face full of dissatisfaction.
"What do you know? You're looking down on me, aren't you? Let me tell you, your grandfather is thinking about dividing the family property! If he opens his eyes and finds that none of us are here, and only his precious Qin Shu is being filial, what do you think he'll think!"
Xu Jinhua originally did not want to say these things in front of so many people.
Unfortunately, her son didn't understand a thing about her good intentions.
She finally couldn't help but speak up.
Even so, Qin Zhou wouldn't listen.
"The Qin family's business was built by my grandfather. Does it make sense for him to divide it however he wants, whether it's a little more or a little less?"
"You're so generous! Who am I doing this for! Tell me, who am I doing this for!"
Xu Jinhua raised her hand and punched her son on the back.
"Shut up!"
Qin Yong finally couldn't take it anymore.
"If you keep arguing like this, you're going back to the old house right now!"
Xu Jinhua then fell silent.
But I was still resentful.
They are all sons of the Qin family, so who is much better than the other?
Just because he's the eldest son, he's already acting all high and mighty. When the old man gives all the family business to Qin Shu, let's see if Qin Yong can still act so calm and collected like a big shot!
“Aji.” Qin Yong looked at his son, Qin Ji.
"Father."
"Take your second uncle, second aunt, and A-Zhou home. You and A-Zhou don't need to go to the company tomorrow. One of you can come in the morning and the other in the afternoon to relieve A-Shu and take care of the old man."
"Yes, Father."
After responding, Qin Ji looked at Qin Zhen and his wife.
"Second Uncle and Second Aunt, please."
Xu Jinhua was unwilling, but she couldn't fight against the powerful.
Qin Yong remains the head of the family.
So he could only snort coldly and leave reluctantly.
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Watching the group enter the elevator, Li Biru rolled her eyes dramatically.
"There isn't a single normal person in the entire Xu family. When the Xu family had their troubles, I thought Xu Jinhua would also fall down, but I didn't expect the old man to give her another chance. She really got lucky."
Qin Yong also disliked Xu Jinhua.
But his attitude towards his wife is different.
"Say less, she is, after all, my second brother's wife. We're family, we'll see each other all the time."
Li Biru hummed.
“You treat them like family, but they might not treat you like family. Didn’t you hear the implication in what you just said? After the Qin family splits up, no one should make decisions for anyone else. Whether they will acknowledge you as their elder brother is another matter entirely.”
Qin Yong said, "Then I will still acknowledge A-Zhen as my younger brother. A-Yue is gone, and Father only has the two of us sons left. If we turn against each other, the Qin family will be finished."
"You do seem to care about sibling relationships, but—"
Halfway through her sentence, Li Biru glanced around, then pulled her husband to the end of the corridor.
"I heard from the servants in the garden that the old man seemed to have been so angry with Ashu today that he fainted. They said the two of them had a fight in the garden, and the old man even slapped Ashu!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yong frowned.
When he arrived earlier, he noticed that Qin Shu's face was a little swollen and had some faint marks.
But at that time he was worried about the old man, so he didn't think much about it or ask any questions.
Now that I hear it...
"Why did Father hit A-Shu when he was perfectly fine?"
Normally, the old man dotes on him the most.
"The maid said it seems to be because Ash asked the old man again about the truth of his parents' death."
Qin Yong's eyes twitched slightly.
“Wasn’t the death of my third brother and his wife already determined to be an accident? The police and forensic doctor’s death certificates are in black and white, and Father knows about it too.”
“Isn’t that right?” Li Biru couldn’t understand either. “Anyway, the maid said that it seems that A-Shu has found some evidence again and discovered that his parents were murdered. The old man who was the murderer seems to know, so he questioned the old man.”
At this point, Li Biru sighed.
"The regret is that the maid didn't hear the whole thing. Later, the two had a conflict, and she was afraid of being blamed, so she kept her distance. She only heard these few sentences: 'Husband, do you think there was really something wrong with the death of our third brother back then?'"
After making her bold guess, Li Biru saw that Qin Yong was still in a daze, so she called out softly again.
"husband?"
"Huh? You tell me."
What are you spacing out about?
Qin Yong adjusted his glasses. "No, what did you just say?"
Li Biru then repeated it again.
Then, without waiting for Qin Yong to respond, he stroked his chin and muttered to himself.
"If Third Brother was truly framed, given the old man's personality, there's no reason he wouldn't seek revenge! Who in the entire capital would dare target the heir of the Qin family? Could it be someone from somewhere else?"
"But over the years, the four major clans of China—the Qin family in the capital, the Jiang family in Mo City, the Li family in Donghai, and the Fu family in Nancheng—have each kept to themselves and never interfered with each other."
"The Li family of Donghai is A-Shu's maternal grandparents' family, so it can't be; the Jiang family of Mocheng is Jiang Lan'an's maternal family, which is Song Ying's maternal grandparents' family. If the Jiang family were related to the death of the third brother, the old man would never have agreed to the marriage between A-Shu and Song Ying in the first place."
"Then only..."
Li Biru gasped, "Honey, could it be someone from the Fu family?!"
Among the four families, the Chiang and Li families were slightly inferior, hence the saying in China that they were "Qin in the North and Fu in the South".
Divided by the Yuan River, each region claimed supremacy.
If it really is the Fu family, then they are indeed a tough nut to crack.
but……
"That's not right either."
Li Biru denied her previous speculation.
"If the Fu family wants to harm the third brother, what is their purpose? To destroy the heir and seize the Qin family's assets? But the Qin family has been doing just fine all these years, and the Fu family has shown no signs of wanting to take action against them."
"Furthermore, even if the Fu family has some influence in Nancheng, their reach doesn't extend to the capital. Even if they did, it would be because they crossed the line first. The old man, grieving the loss of his son, can still take action against the Fu family. There's no reason for them to remain silent for sixteen years, not only doing nothing but also tacitly accepting that the death of his third brother was an accident..."
Li Biru couldn't understand it any better, so she had no choice but to ask Qin Yong for help.
"Honey, who do you think the murderer is?"
Qin Yong: "Stop speculating wildly. If you ask me, there might not be a murderer at all. Even the police and forensic doctors have determined that it's true. If there really is a murderer, like you said, given the old man's personality, would he just do nothing?"
"That's true..."
Li Biru nodded, but after nodding, she felt that she was still not convinced.
"But I still feel like something's not right. If it really was an accident, couldn't the old man just patiently explain it? He's already said it so many times before, so saying it again wouldn't make a difference, right? Why did he have to hit Ashu?"
"...So you're going to stick with this tonight, aren't you?"
Qin Yong pressed his temples, looking somewhat helpless.
Then he pointed his watch at his wife and asked, "What time is it? Mrs. Qin, are you going home to rest?"
Li Biru exclaimed in surprise, "It's midnight! Ahhh, my beauty sleep! Let's go, let's hurry home and reapply our face masks!"
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Meanwhile, Xu Jinhua had just arrived home.
While Qin went to park the car, she kicked off her high heels and grumbled to her husband.
"We're going to split up the family anyway, so why pretend to be brothers? We'll move to Yunshui Bay from now on, and you'll see if I still bother with them!"
"Say less, you've been nagging me the whole way, I'm sick of hearing it."
Qin Zhen finally lost her patience, changed her clothes, and headed out.
"Wait, Qin Zhen, where are you going!"
Xu Jinhua grabbed Qin Zhen.
"I left my clients at the hospital earlier, but now that I have time, of course I'm going back to continue doing business. What else could I possibly do there?"
"You're kidding me! It's midnight, and you're going to talk business! Tell me, are you going to see that little vixen hiding outside?!"
Qin Zhen shook off Xu Jinhua: "What nonsense are you spouting!"
Xu Jinhua stretched out her arms to block the door.
"You think I don't know? Li Biru told me last time that you're keeping that little vixen in Yunshui Bay, right on the floor we bought! Fine, aren't you going to meet a client? I'll go with you! Let's go now!"
Qin Zhen pointed at Xu Jinhua: "Don't go crazy!"
"I think you're the one who's crazy!"
"If I were crazy, I would have divorced you long ago!"
Xu Jinhua screamed, "Fine, Qin Zhen, you've finally told me what's on your mind! You refused to get a divorce before because the old man wouldn't allow any unrest in the family. Now that you want to separate the family, you think you're all grown up and want to get rid of me, huh!"
"Nonsense!"
Just as Qin Zhen was about to pull Xu Jinhua away, his cell phone started ringing incessantly.
Qin Zhen could only answer the phone first.
Upon receiving the call, he froze on the spot.
"What's wrong? You're too scared to talk on the phone, you little bitch? If you're too scared, I'll do it!"
As she spoke, Xu Jinhua snatched the phone away.
But instead, they heard a man's voice.
"...President Qin, please say something! What should we do now? The other directors have said that if LanChuang's accounts are not made public, they will sue you!"
"Blue...Blue Creation..."
Xu Jinhua was also stunned.
Suddenly, she thought of something.
He suddenly shouted, "Song Ying! It's her! She just threatened me, saying she'd expose Lan Chuang's dirty laundry! It must be that little bitch..."
"Smack—"
Qin Zhen slapped Xu Jinhua hard across the face.
He slapped the person to the ground, and even the phone rolled to the side.
Qin Zhen picked up the phone and pointed it at Xu Jinhua.
"It's all your fault, you spendthrift woman! Why did you have to go and provoke her? Now look what's happened! Let me tell you, if I can't get past Lan Chuang, I'm divorcing you! Anyway, all that money went into your Xu family's accounts, so you'll end up in jail with your good brother and your good niece!"
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