"I'll take the tea to him. If you're okay, go ahead!"
Qu Jingyun had a cold face and snatched the ginseng tea from Assistant Ding's hand.
The corners of her mouth were clearly upturned, but the hatred in her eyes made Assistant Ding terrified.
What a good Qi Mingyuan!
She treated him with all her heart, raised a child for him, and yet, in the end, he was guarding against her like a thief?!
All her worries from a while ago were confirmed when she heard what Assistant Ding said. Qi Mingyuan was biased towards Qi Shengzhi and wanted to leave all his property to him. Otherwise, why would he transfer the property so secretly without telling her?!
She is the mistress of the Qi family and has a share of all the Qi family's assets. Why would they transfer all of it to Qi Shengzhi without her knowledge?!
Qu Jingyun was so angry that her hands holding the teacup were shaking, and the ginseng tea in the cup was making ripples, just like her anger that was difficult to calm down at the moment.
She walked step by step to the door of the study, took several deep breaths, and finally managed to control her emotions. She forced a smile on her face, pushed the door open and walked in.
Qi Mingyuan heard the noise, looked up and saw that it was her, subconsciously closed the document in his hand and turned it over, smiling at her:
"Didn't Xiao Ding go to pour tea? Why did I ask you to bring it over?"
Qu Jingyun saw his actions, a trace of resentment flashed across her eyes, but the corners of her mouth still turned up, and she said in a charming voice:
"It's so late. I asked Assistant Ding to go back first. I can just pour you some tea."
Although Qu Jingyun is nearly fifty years old, she pays great attention to maintenance and always keeps her makeup exquisite. Outsiders say that she looks like a person in her thirties, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she still has charm.
She is very confident about her figure and appearance, and in the past ten years, she has always acted like a delicate little woman in front of Qi Mingyuan.
It turned out that Qi Mingyuan really enjoyed her coquettishness, but as he got older in the past two years, he obviously felt that he was a little incapable of doing so. After that, after seeing Qu Jingyun wearing thick foundation, heavy makeup, and doing coquettish behavior that was not suitable for her age, he couldn't help but feel a little bored.
However, due to the relationship between husband and wife, he couldn't say it out loud. Most of the time, he could only pretend not to understand Qu Jingyun's hints. He stayed in the study working for longer and longer periods of time, and often waited until Qu Jingyun fell asleep before returning to his room.
Qu Jingyun was also alert to this. Her first reaction was that Qi Mingyuan might have someone outside, so she immediately paid someone to follow him.
Who would have thought that the flowers you planted with care might not bloom, but the willows you planted by accident would grow into a shade? People outside didn't notice it, but she discovered that Qi Mingyuan didn't dislike Qi Shengzhi as much as he usually showed.
From then on, Qu Jingyun became even more wary of Qi Shengzhi. She was always worried that Qi Mingyuan would favor Qi Shengzhi and that Qi Shengzhi would take over the property that should belong to her and Qi Guangyao in the future.
Qi Mingyuan frowned, clearly having some objections to her frivolous tone that was inconsistent with her age, but he didn't say much:
"You should go back to your room and rest first. I still have some work to do here. You don't have to wait for me."
Qu Jingyun put down the ginseng tea, pouted, and slid her fingers from the desk to the back of Qi Mingyuan's hand, and said coquettishly in a greasy voice:
"What job is so important...more important than being with me?"
As she spoke, she pretended to jokingly flip through the stack of documents, but as soon as she picked it up, Qi Mingyuan pushed her back.
Qu Jingyun was a little surprised. She didn't expect Qi Mingyuan to take such a direct action.
At this time, Qi Mingyuan was already a little impatient. He felt more and more that Qu Jingyun was a little disrespectful to the elderly. If he did something like this at Qi Shengzhi's wedding, he would feel embarrassed just thinking about it.
"Didn't you just come back from the hospital? Go get some rest and get well. You'll have to entertain guests at Shengzhi's wedding in a few days, and you'll be exhausted that day."
Although Qu Jingyun only took a quick look at it, he could clearly see the huge words on the paper - Ning City Real Estate Ownership Certificate.
She felt secretly resentful. It seemed that what Assistant Ding said was true. Has Qi Mingyuan made up his mind to secretly transfer the property to Qi Shengzhi?
Although a house is nothing to the Qi family's assets, Qu Jingyun will never tolerate Qi Mingyuan showing any favoritism towards Qi Shengzhi. Even a button in the Qi family belongs half to them and their son!
She suppressed the anger in her heart and said, following Qi Mingyuan's words:
"I know you feel sorry for me. I've been out of the hospital for a few days and I've recovered a long time ago."
"By the way, I've sent out all the wedding invitations these past few days, but then I remembered that I was hospitalized and couldn't go on the engagement day. How did you negotiate the betrothal gift with the Yue family? Don't let outsiders ask about it later, it would be impolite!"
Qi Mingyuan frowned, obviously not wanting to discuss this topic with her, and simply said:
"Don't worry, I've already negotiated everything. The Yue family is very satisfied. Otherwise, they wouldn't have agreed to let the two children get married so soon."
How could Qu Jingyun let him go like this? He continued to ask:
"Then you have to tell me about it. If someone asks me on the wedding day and I don't know the answer, they'll think I, as a stepmother, don't care about Shengzhi's marriage!"
Qi Mingyuan was helpless because of her pestering. It seemed that Qu Jingyun would not leave until she got the answer she wanted today, so he simply took out a copy of the gift list from the drawer and handed it to her:
"Here's the gift list, take a look if you want!"
Qu Jingyun took the gift list in one swoop. The thickness of the list alone made her feel uncomfortable, but she still tried to keep a smile on her face as she continued to read. However, the more she read, the stiffer her face became.
Just as Assistant Ding said, there was indeed a house in Ning City on the betrothal gift list.
But the total betrothal gift was far more than that. The real estate alone included courtyard houses in Beijing and storefronts in Shanghai. In addition, there was also a long list of gold jewelry and 68,000 in cash written at the back!
The more he looked down, the uglier Qu Jingyun's expression became. He finally couldn't help but raise his voice and question:
"Is the Yue family marrying off their daughter, or selling her? Do they really need so much dowry to marry a daughter-in-law? If they want so much dowry for the first daughter-in-law, what about the second one? Then Guangyao can only marry more daughters-in-law in the future, not less!"
Qi Mingyuan is treating her like a fool!
Under the pretext of giving a betrothal gift, she openly transferred these properties to Qi Shengzhi. She couldn't just watch Guangyao's future inheritance being taken away by someone else!
Who is Qi Mingyuan?
From the moment Qu Jingyun came in with tea in her hand and glanced at the documents on his desk, he knew she was up to something.
They originally wanted to give each other face, but Qu Jingyun insisted on humiliating herself. Qi Mingyuan didn't want to accommodate her anymore, lest she say some nonsense at Sheng Zhi's wedding. It would be better to make things clear with her all at once.
"Alright, stop blaming the Yue family for asking for so much. I'm willing to give all this betrothal gifts."
"To be precise, these gifts were not given by me. Everything on this gift list was Sheng Zhi's mother's dowry."
"When Guangyao gets married, if you want to include your dowry in it, I have no objection!"
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