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Youshan Cemetery is located 30 kilometers from Haicheng.
Under the black umbrella, Si Jiuyin wore a black woolen coat and held a bunch of jasmine flowers in her hand.
Before her stood the tombstones of He Qinqin's parents.
"Mom and Dad, I've come to see you." He Qinqin called out timidly from behind.
Si Jiuyin turned around and saw He Qinqin: "You're here too?"
The original owner was afraid that He Qinqin would be saddened by seeing the graves, so she didn't take He Qinqin to visit her biological parents' graves often.
He Qinqin never brought it up herself, nor did she dare to communicate with Si Jiuyin.
She felt that Si Jiuyin disliked her visiting her biological parents and was very authoritarian and dictatorial.
So when Si Jiuyin went to sweep the tombs this time, she asked He Qinqin if she wanted to come along.
He Qinqin then followed.
"Dad, Mom." He Qinqin walked to the tombstone of her biological parents and put down the daisies in her hand.
"I'm being taken very well by the Si family, so don't worry."
She traced the words on the tombstone with her finger: "Mom, I am so lucky to have met such a wonderful adoptive mother."
He Qinqin was speaking to the tombstone, but her words were meant for Si Jiuyin.
Si Jiuyin placed the jasmine flowers in her hand in front of Zhuo Qin's tombstone, and then looked at the tombstone of He Qinqin's biological father, He Beizhou. Her face remained calm.
Is Aunt Ling He Beizhou's mother?
Si Jiuyin has already sent people to investigate, but they haven't found anything yet.
The original owner hadn't met He Beizhou's family much, only briefly at Zhuo Qin's wedding, which was over twenty years ago, so she had little recollection of them.
The face of He Beizhou's mother had become blurred in the original owner's memory.
Later, the original owner heard that when He Beizhou resigned from his job at the law firm, he had a big fight with his family over Zhuo Qin and cut off all contact with the He family.
The original owner was more familiar with Zhuo Qin's relatives.
Zhuo Qin's parents were the most successful among their relatives. They came from the mountains and made their fortune in the garment export business.
After Zhuo Qin's parents became wealthy, they helped many relatives and arranged jobs for them. However, these people were not only ungrateful, but also became even more demanding.
The poor management of the Zhuo family's clothing factory in its later stages was partly due to these awful relatives.
So when He Qinqin asked if the original owner could still find her relatives, the original owner always said that the Zhuo family had simple relationships and no relatives.
Now that He Qinqin is almost 24 years old and an adult, Si Jiuyin feels it's time to tell He Qinqin the truth.
"Qinqin, haven't you been asking me all along whether the Zhuo family still has any relatives of yours?"
Si Jiuyin meant it sincerely: "Actually, there are some, but I advise you to stay far away from them."
"Many of your mother's troubles before her death were caused by these awful relatives of the Zhuo family."
He Qinqin looked up in surprise upon hearing this, "Is that so?"
"No wonder when I was a child, my mother always only told me that one sentence."
He Qinqin kowtowed again in front of Zhuo Qin's tombstone, "Mom, I didn't know you had such a hard life."
As He Qinqin was still touching the tombstone and pouring out her heart, Si Jiuyin's assistant, Tang Yu, walked over holding a large umbrella.
Si Jiuyin closed her umbrella, and Tang Yu whispered in Si Jiuyin's ear, "President Si, I've inquired, and Aunt Ling hasn't come to the park to sweep the tombs in all these years."
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Si Jiuyin adjusted the cashmere gloves she was wearing and glanced at the tombstone of Zhuo Qin and his wife.
After Tang Yu answered a phone call, she said to Si Jiuyin, "President Si, there's an urgent call from the second engineering team."
Si Jiuyin glanced at He Qinqin, who was kneeling on the ground.
She also asked me if He Qinqin had heard what Tang Yu said and knew that Si Jiuyin had something important to do. She considerately said, "I'll stay here a little longer, Mom, you should go back to the car first."
"It's raining and quite cold here, don't catch a cold from this strong wind."
Si Jiuyin nodded: "Okay, but don't stay too long, take care of yourself."
Si Jiuyin and Tang Yu descended the steps of Youshan Cemetery and returned to their car.
After Si Jiuyin left, He Qinqin cried more and more bitterly at her grave.
She looked at Zhuo Qin and her husband's tombstone and asked, "Mom and Dad, you left so early, didn't you leave me anything?"
“If you leave me an inheritance, why should I have to be subservient to the Si family?”
He Qinqin's eyes darkened.
Just as she got up to leave, a few people suddenly walked towards her.
This small garden only contains the graves of Zhuo Qin and his wife, so He Qinqin concluded that these people were walking towards the graves of their biological parents.
But who are these people?
The other party was also stunned when they saw He Qinqin.
Who are you?
"Is she a friend of Aunt Zhuoqin?"
The young man in the lead looked at He Qinqin and spoke. He was dressed in trendy brand clothes, very fashionable, tall and long-legged, and looked like he was not short of money.
He Qinqin's face flashed with surprise when she heard the young man call her biological mother "aunt".
“My name is He Qinqin, and Zhuo Qin is my biological mother.”
The young man was quite surprised: "Cousin?!"
“My name is Zhuo Yun, this is my father, and you are your cousin.”
Zhuo Yunlai pointed to a middle-aged man in a gray jacket behind him: "Dad, this is Aunt Zhuo Qin's daughter."
He Qinqin didn't expect to run into the Zhuo family so soon. Remembering Si Jiuyin's instructions, she remained silent.
Zhuo Feng was pulled out by his son and was quite excited to see He Qinqin: "You are He Qinqin? So you were adopted by Si Jiuyin of the Si Group back then."
"We've been looking for you for a long time after your parents passed away."
He Qinqin was somewhat surprised: "You've been looking for me?"
“Yes.” Zhuo Feng’s face turned bitter as he said this: “After learning that the adopted daughter of the Si Group was also named He Qinqin, I went to see Si Jiuyin, but I was kicked out by the security guards, who said that you have no relation to our Zhuo family.”
"They even warned us that if we came back, they would break my legs."
He Qinqin hadn't expected things to turn out this way, and she began to have some doubts about what Si Jiuyin had said earlier.
“We who come from the mountains can’t compete with city people, so we have no choice but to stay far away from the Si family.”
Zhuo Yun also said indignantly, "The Si family is really something, acting as if we want to covet their money. We can't stand this misunderstanding and grievance from Zhang, so we haven't bothered you anymore."
"I never expected to meet you here."
He Qinqin's resolve wavered as she listened to the Zhuo family's explanation.
"Hey, Qinqin, why aren't you using an umbrella? What if you get soaked?"
As Zhuo Yun spoke, she handed the umbrella she was holding to He Qinqin.
"I, I have..." He Qinqin wanted to say that she had an umbrella, but Zhuo Yun's attitude was very domineering, as if he was afraid that she would get wet: "Then I'll hold it for you, this umbrella is so heavy."
He Qinqin glanced at Zhuo Yun, who tilted the umbrella toward himself, his shoulders getting wet with raindrops. He seemed oblivious, looking intently at He Qinqin: "Qinqin, did Si Jiuyin say something bad about the Zhuo family to you, which is why you're so distant with us?"
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