In the living room, Qiu's father, Qiu's mother, Qiu Ti, Qiu Yang, and Chen Dong sat together, the atmosphere somewhat oppressive.
Looking into Qiu Ti's burning gaze, Qiu's father slapped himself hard across the face and said, "Little Ti, I know you have grievances in your heart. It was wrong of me to force you to marry back then, but... but I really had no other choice at the time."
Qiu Ti frowned and said, "What do you mean by 'no way'?"
Qiu's mother sighed and said, "Let me tell you. Four years ago, I had a bad growth in my belly and needed to have surgery at the hospital. The cost was as high as 30,000 yuan. Where would our family get that kind of money? In order to raise the money for the surgery, your father wanted to marry you off."
Qiu's father said, "Your mother absolutely refused, saying that if I dared to use your dowry money to treat her illness, she would kill herself. That day, when Wang Laolai came to deliver the betrothal gifts, your mother and I did not accept them at all. We thought you didn't know about this, so we didn't tell you. We never expected that you already knew, and that your grandmother and Xiaoyang even sent you away."
Qiu Ti looked at Qiu Yang, who said, "Sister, what Dad said is true. After you left, Mom was very sad and cried her heart out. I had no choice but to tell the truth."
Qiu asked, "What happened next? Was the surgery performed?"
Qiu Yang said, "I did it."
Qiu Ti asked, "Where did the money come from?"
Qiu's mother said sadly, "It was Xiaoyang who sold his admission spot to Tsinghua University to Wang Ganxin, a very wealthy man in our county. It's all my fault, otherwise, Xiaoyang would be a senior at Tsinghua University now."
At this point, Qiu's mother's tears welled up again.
Qiu's father looked bitter and said, "It's all my fault. If I were capable, I wouldn't be short of money to treat your illness, I wouldn't have let my daughter run away from home, and I wouldn't have let my son give up the university he worked so hard to get into."
In this day and age, it is common for people to impersonate others to get into university.
Shen Dong just didn't expect that this kind of thing could be used to do business.
Qiu Ti's eyes were red and she said, "Xiao Yang, you've suffered so much."
Qiu Yang shook his head and said, "I don't regret it. If I hadn't sold that opportunity to go to university back then, Mom's illness wouldn't have gotten better, and I wouldn't have met Xiao Ye at the textile factory. Sister, Xiao Ye is really a very, very good girl. You will definitely like her when you meet her."
Qiu Ti smiled and said, "I'm so glad you found such a wonderful girl to be your wife. By the way, where is your little home? It's not a house the Ye family bought for you, is it?"
Qiu Yang blushed and said, "Sister, there's nothing we can do, our family has no money."
Qiu Ti frowned and said, "So you've become a live-in son-in-law?"
Qiu Yang quickly replied, "No. Uncle Ye said that any children we have will definitely have the surname Qiu. We'll only discuss the surname Ye if we have two boys."
Shen Dong praised, "This President Ye is really something. You and Xiao Ye could have a few more children."
Qiu Yang said, "The policy doesn't allow it; having an extra child will result in a hefty fine."
Shen Dong waved his hand and said, "You don't need to worry about the fine, and you can't live in the Ye family's house."
Qiu Ti chimed in, "That's right. Xiao Yang, which residential area in Xinglong County is the best? We'll go buy one this afternoon... no, two houses. One for you, and one for Mom and Dad, so you can live closer to each other, and I'll feel more at ease."
Qiu's father glanced at Shen Dong and quickly said, "A house is so expensive, let's forget about it."
After getting to know them for a while, Shen Dong has realized that the Qiu family is an honest and law-abiding family.
Even knowing that their daughter was already very wealthy, they had no intention of asking for money.
They were even afraid that Qiuti might upset them by giving them money.
Shen Dong laughed and said, "Qiuyang, houses in Xinglong County shouldn't cost more than a million, right?"
Qiu Yang nodded and said, "The best residential area in the city is called Xinglong Residential Area. There are large houses there, each 150 square meters, and the construction company has already renovated them. It costs 1,200 yuan per square meter, so a whole house costs 180,000 yuan. Although Xiao Ye's family owns a textile factory, they can't afford such a nice house, let alone us."
A 150-square-meter apartment for only 180,000?
This is so cheap!
Shen Dong asked, "Do you know how much the necklace around your sister's neck is worth?"
Before Qiu Yang could answer, Shen Dong said, "At least five million yuan, enough to buy several houses in Xinglong Community."
"More than five million?"
The three members of Qiuyang's family were all shocked, their mouths agape, and their eyes all turned to the necklace around Qiuti's neck.
Qiu Ti rolled her eyes at Chen Dong, took out a few boxes from her LV bag, and said, "Dad, Xiao Yang, these are watches I brought back from Hong Kong. Try them on."
Qiu's father smiled wryly and said, "Xiao Ti, I'm already very happy that you can forgive me. There's no need to buy me a gift."
Qiu Ti said, "Dad, if I had known Mom was sick back then, I definitely wouldn't have left. Forget about the past. Quickly try on the watch; this is my way of showing my filial piety."
"good."
Mr. Qiu took the box, took out a watch from it, put it on his wrist, and laughed, "These things from Hong Kong are really nice, much better looking than our principal's watch."
Qiu's father was a junior high school Chinese teacher at Xinglong Middle School. The principal was his old classmate and often showed off his watch, which cost more than two hundred yuan, in front of him.
Upon hearing this, Shen Dong couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
The watches worn by the Qiu family father and son were two that Qiu Ti selected from dozens of luxury watches owned by Chen Dong.
These luxury watches came from gang leaders like Camel and Han Chen.
The watches that they collect must be incredibly valuable.
Qiu Ti took out three more boxes, gave one of them to Qiu's mother, and said, "Mom, this is for you."
"I have one too?"
Autumn's mother looked delighted.
Qiuti smiled and said, "Of course."
Upon opening the box, a beautiful pearl necklace lay quietly inside.
Qiu's mother took one look and immediately fell in love with it, asking, "Xiao Ti, this necklace must be very expensive, right?"
Qiu Ti hesitated for a moment, then said, "It's alright."
Qiu's mother was taken aback and asked, "How much is 'okay'?"
Shen Dong said, "Qiu Ti, you'd better tell the truth. Otherwise, if you don't care and lose them, I'm afraid everyone will feel bad."
Qiu nodded and said, "Okay. Mom, this pearl necklace of yours is worth around 300,000. Dad, Xiaoyang, your watches should be between 200,000 and 250,000. Also, this is an emerald bracelet I gave to Grandma, it should be worth no less than 200,000. Yesterday I heard that Xiaoyang was getting married, so I bought a pearl necklace for Xiaoye in Yandu, it cost 163,000. Keep it safe and don't lose it."
"boom"
Qiu Ti's words were like a bomb dropped into the ears of Qiu's parents and Qiu Yang, leaving them completely stunned.
Five gifts, with a total value of over 1.2 million yuan, are far beyond the means of a family with an annual income of less than 3,000 yuan.
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