Seeing the burly men around him approaching, Qin Dashan hurriedly cried out, "No, no, no, Boss Shen, it's not that we don't acknowledge it, we just really don't have the money."
"Sigh." Shen Lang sighed, feigning helplessness, and said, "Alright, poor Shiya."
Then Shen Lang took out a contract and handed it to the two of them, saying, "Since you don't intend to take care of her, then sever ties with her. I won't ask you for the 1.2 million."
Upon hearing that Shen Lang wouldn't ask them for money, Mr. and Mrs. Qin excitedly accepted the contract and nodded.
When they read the contents of the contract, they nodded without hesitation and asked, "Mr. Shen, can we sign it?"
Shen Lang said, "I will only approve if you leave a bloody handprint."
"This..." The couple looked at each other in bewilderment.
Shen Lang handed the two of them a fruit knife from the bedside table, saying, "Use this."
Qin Dashan's hands trembled as he took the fruit knife. With a determined heart and a gritted tooth, he cut his finger and pressed his fingerprint onto the name.
Liu Hongyan hesitated for a moment, then pressed her fingerprint on the paper.
Their desire to find Qin Shiya stemmed from the belief that she was now grown up and capable of earning money, and they hoped to squeeze some money out of her to alleviate their family's immediate financial crisis.
The 'Qin Shiya' lying in bed now is a dying person. Even if they take her back, it will be useless. In addition, they will have to pay for 'Qin Shiya's' funeral expenses. It would be better not to acknowledge her.
They no longer cared whether the person lying in the bed was Qin Shiya or not, as long as they didn't have to pay any money.
After all, the two of them were already in deep trouble, and even if the woman in bed wasn't their daughter, they would still have to accept her.
Now that they could finally get rid of her completely without spending a penny, Mr. and Mrs. Qin were practically weeping with joy. After all, Qin Shiya had never lived with them and they had no emotional connection to her.
After handing the contract to Shen Lang, Qin Dashan chuckled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Shen, can we leave now?"
Shen Lang shook his head and smiled, "Don't rush, I still have a business deal to discuss with you."
"What kind of business?" Qin Dashan asked, puzzled.
Shen Lang did not answer Qin Dashan's question immediately, but instead said to the security guard, "Take this lady away to rest, so as not to disturb the patient."
He then said to Qin Dashan, "Come with me."
The two had no choice but to be led by the nose by Shen Lang.
Shen Lang led Qin Dashan to the office that He Yongze had prepared for him. A maid dressed in a maid's outfit was squatting in front of the coffee table, fiddling with the tea set.
"Please sit down." Shen Lang sat in the main seat, gestured to the sofa next to him, and said to Qin Dashan.
Qin Dashan shook his head awkwardly and said, "Mr. Shen, please speak frankly. We need to go home soon. It's dark and the road is long, so let's not waste any more time."
Shen Lang lit a cigarette and said, "Well, I have a basic understanding of your family's situation."
Then he handed one to Qin Dashan.
Qin Dashan took the cigarette but didn't light it, standing awkwardly to the side.
“Your son Qin Ming got another woman pregnant. Originally, all it would have taken was 180,000 yuan plus five gold items to resolve this matter. However, you only found out a month ago that the woman was a minor under the age of fourteen.”
Shen Lang exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "According to the laws of my Yanhuang Kingdom, having sexual relations with a woman under the age of 14 is punishable by death."
"Then the other family made an outrageous demand, asking you to give them 800,000 yuan as a bride price, or they would sue your son for rape."
"You must have been worried sick about this for the past month."
Shen Lang looked at Qin Dashan's graying temples and smiled.
Shen Lang found out through the trader information, so he was able to read out all the recent events that had happened to Qin Dashan in one go.
Qin Dashan wasn't surprised at all, since this wasn't exactly a secret in his hometown and could be easily found out with a simple investigation.
The police didn't arrest Qin Ming because the other party's parents hadn't reported it to the police yet.
Otherwise, his son would probably already be in prison by now.
Qin Dashan nodded with a worried look on his face and said, "Boss Shen is right, that's how it is."
Shen Lang flicked his cigarette ash and asked curiously, "What I don't understand is, your son Qin Ming has been a troublemaker since he was a child, and you've been cleaning up his messes all the time. What was originally a well-off family in the countryside has been dragged down to poverty by him. Why are you thinking of protecting him?"
Shen Lang was right. Qin Dashan's family was indeed quite well-off; they were the first family in the village to build a two-story house.
However, Qin Ming's troublemaking led Qin Dashan to sell the truck and several harvesters he had bought with a loan to clean up Qin Ming's mess.
Qin Ming also squandered that two-story villa. The old couple now live in a dilapidated old courtyard, relying on the charity of their two daughters.
After hearing Shen Lang's words, Qin Dashan couldn't help but burst into tears, saying, "Boss Shen, you don't know, when my father was alive he longed for a grandson, and after he died he asked me to take good care of my son."
“We rural people believe in raising children to provide for us in our old age. If he gets arrested by the police, my wife and I will truly be left without anyone to rely on in the future.”
Shen Lang stubbed out his cigarette and asked, "Do you think you can count on Qin Ming in his current state?"
With tears streaming down his face, Qin Dashan said, "I consulted a fortune teller, and she said things will get better after Qin Ming gets married, and they definitely will."
Shen Lang picked up his teacup, took a sip, waved to the maid, and then the maid left the office.
After putting down his teacup, Shen Lang said to Qin Dashan, "Uncle Qin, in principle I shouldn't help you. You abandoned Shiya, which makes you a guilty person. I even wanted to call the police and sue you for child abandonment."
Upon hearing Shen Lang's words, Qin Dashan buried his head and burst into tears: "I didn't want to either, sob sob sob. Before my mother died, she held my hand and kept saying that she wanted a grandson and that I must carry on the family line."
“Our family was simply unable to support four children at the time, so we had no choice but to abandon the little girl.”
“After I got home, my wife and I dreamed about my poor little daughter every night.”
"My poor little daughter, she's so young and she's already seriously ill. It's all my fault."
"This is all my fault..."
"Waaaaah..."
After saying this, Qin Dashan burst into endless sobs.
Shen Lang was moved by Qin Dashan's crying.
"Oh well, never mind." Shen Lang sighed inwardly.
He casually said, "Uncle Qin, I can give you two solutions that can resolve your current predicament. You can choose one."
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