Seeing this, Qin Yanzheng's face darkened, and he slapped the coffee table. His eyes were sharp as he stared directly at Qin Yaxin, his voice clear and cold: "You bastard!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yaxin froze. She opened her mouth, her eyes clearly showing tension and unease as she called out to Qin Yanzheng, "Big Brother..."
"Don't call me that! I don't have a sister as shameless as you!"
Qin Yanzheng's voice was devoid of any warmth. He said, "You were deceived into dating someone you didn't know was married, and I won't say anything about that. But to continue the relationship after knowing he was married and had a daughter with his wife is morally reprehensible and shameless!"
"Am I morally corrupt? Am I shameless? Brother, I like Zhou Zhiyuan, and Zhou Zhiyuan likes me too. We are sincere to each other, and our feelings are love. As for Zhou Zhiyuan's wife, since she is not liked by Zhou Zhiyuan, she has to make way for our love. I don't think I've done anything wrong."
Besides, Zhou Zhiyuan's wife has already agreed to a divorce. Since she's willing to move out of the way herself, what does it have to do with me?!
Qin Yaxin truly didn't think she was wrong. She and Zhou Zhiyuan were in a relationship because they were compatible and fell in love after spending time together. Their love shouldn't have any obstacles. Zhou Zhiyuan's wife was just an accident, and she should have left his life when he found his true love!
"Second sister, you said before that your eldest sister had gone crazy, ignoring our parents' advice and chasing after a man to go to a remote rural area, and didn't even come home to see Mom before she passed away."
How are you different from your older sister now?
Is Zhou Zhiyuan really that great, that you're so obsessed with being with him?
Disappointment welled up in Song Lan's clear, cold eyes: "Do you know that because of your so-called love with Zhou Zhiyuan, a life was almost lost?!"
"No, that's impossible!"
Almost instantly, Qin Yaxin's face turned deathly pale: "Sister-in-law, you don't need to scare me. My relationship with Zhou Zhiyuan is between the two of us. Who would be so foolish as to try to kill themselves and then pin the blame on us?"
"You're just pretending to be confused."
Song Lan spoke in a declarative tone, coldly looking at Qin Yaxin: "Last night, your older brother and I took Da Bao and Er Bao to the compound. On the way, we saw a woman standing by the stone bridge."
If I hadn't called for your brother to stop the car in time, and hadn't rushed to the stone bridge to comfort her, that woman would surely be a corpse by now.
Her surname is Xia. She's the young mother I met downstairs at the inpatient ward the other day. I don't need to say more; you probably already know who she is.
Emphasizing her words, Song Lan continued, "Comrade Xia, this is Zhou Zhiyuan's wife, the woman you've known since childhood. She doesn't want a divorce, and she doesn't want her daughter to be without a father."
However, Zhou Zhiyuan brought up divorce again and again... and not long after entering the house on New Year's Eve, he brought up divorce for the umpteenth time, to the point that Xia was so heartbroken that she walked out of the house alone, intending to end her life.
When I called out to her at the stone bridge, one of her legs was already draped over the bridge railing, which showed that she was determined to die.
Can you still confidently say that you did nothing wrong?
Second sister, stop telling me that you and Zhou Zhiyuan like each other and that your relationship is love. You need to know that marriage is not just about love; it should also include responsibility and commitment!
Honestly, after hearing your so-called romantic remarks earlier, I really wanted to slap you twice! And don't blame your older brother for scolding you for being morally corrupt and shameless.
In my opinion, your elder brother's rebuke was entirely correct; the problem lies with your thinking. You are smugly pleased with your and Zhou Zhiyuan's shameless behavior!
"I am not complacent!"
Qin Yaxin retorted, meeting Song Lan's gaze, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm not like my older sister who was out of her mind before, chasing after men and not even seeing Mom one last time because of a man. I just want to be with Zhou Zhiyuan. We share the same ideals and love each other, so we should spend our lives together."
"Even now you still don't know you're wrong, and you still want to be with that Zhou Zhiyuan, Qin Yaxin. Are you determined to be shameless and bring shame to the Qin family, or not?"
Qin Yanzheng's dark eyes flashed with a fierce light as he asked again, "Tell me, are you determined to shamelessly tarnish the Qin family's reputation?"
"Big brother..."
Qin Yaxin shivered involuntarily, feeling her heart tremble. She avoided Qin Yanzheng's gaze and said, "Zhou Zhiyuan will divorce his wife, so my marrying him won't be considered bringing shame to our family..."
“I’ve already said I’m not your older brother, and I don’t have a sister as shameless as you. If you insist on being with that Zhou Zhiyuan, then sever all ties with this family!”
After saying this, Qin Yanzheng stood up, his expression cold, opened the study door, and left without looking back.
"Are you satisfied now? You made your older brother so angry, are you satisfied now?"
Song Lan stared at Qin Yaxin expressionlessly and said coldly, "If you can make your older brother so angry, how angry would Dad be if he heard your theories about love?"
After a pause, Song Lan stood up and looked down at Qin Yaxin, which made Qin Yaxin even more terrified than when she was facing Qin Yanzheng.
She stood up and opened her mouth several times, but no sound came out.
"Second sister, you make me feel very incompetent. As the eldest sister-in-law, I have failed to discipline you properly, which is my responsibility. Since that is the case, then I have to discipline you properly again!"
Song Lan had one hand behind her back, and as she finished speaking, a leather whip appeared out of thin air in that hand.
"Sister-in-law..."
Sensing the change in Song Lan's aura, Qin Yaxin involuntarily stepped back, her voice trembling as she asked, "Sister-in-law, what... what do you want to do?"
What do you think?
Song Lan did not answer, but instead asked a question.
"I...I don't know."
Qin Yaxin shook her head.
"Look what this is?!"
Song Lan exuded an imposing aura without being angry. She brandished the leather whip in her hand and then said, "You haven't forgotten what I said before, have you?"
"..."
Is my sister-in-law really going to do this?
“Our house isn’t very soundproof. I don’t want anything to happen to Dad’s health. You know what to do, right, Second Sister?”
Song Lan stared at Qin Yaxin, a faint smile playing on her lips. She held a leather whip in her right hand and gently tapped it against her left palm.
"No! Sister-in-law, please don't hit me! All I want is to be with Zhou Zhiyuan. This isn't murder or arson! You...you don't have to whip me like that, do you?!"
Qin Yaxin's eyes reddened; she was so scared she wanted to cry, because she knew that her sister-in-law, Song Lan, was not just all talk...
In reality, it's just that the leather whip that will fall on her!
At the same time, Qin Yaxin understood exactly what Song Lan meant. She was told not to cry out in pain after being whipped, and to grit her teeth and not make a sound, so as not to be overheard by her father and cause an accident.
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