Chapter 1380 That’s the Bottom Line
Qin Hongfei spent most of this year in Qin City. She stayed there for a week from the time she came back to the hospital and then to the time she was discharged.
Second Aunt Qin called several times and wanted to come over, but was dissuaded by Qin Hongfei. Not only did she dissuade her from coming, she also asked her to watch over the other members of the Qin family and prevent them from running around: "Second Aunt, it's very chaotic right now. If someone comes to your house to give you something, don't accept it."
The Yuan family was investigated. The Yuan family had built up a complex network of relationships over the years. Not to mention the distant ones, the Shao family, which was the first to be affected, was being secretly investigated, not to mention other industries.
Everyone is in danger at this time, but inevitably some people will want to take shortcuts to get information -
Tang Qing'er said that many people have been running to the Tang family openly or secretly recently.
The same goes for Lao Qin's family.
Aunt Qin said, "Recently, many people have sent gifts under the guise of New Year's greetings, but your grandmother gave all those gifts to Captain Sun."
The person who gave the gifts claimed to be from both the First Institution and the patients, so it was hard to tell the real from the fake. So Grandma Qin simply gave all the gifts to Captain Sun, and the gift-giving stopped.
Aunt Qin said, "Don't worry, we have a plan."
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The two elders of the Qin family are not stupid. When Qin Yan was training people, they did not take advantage of this matter, for fear of causing trouble for their grandson.
Now, Qin Yan, Qin Yun and Qin Hongfei, three members of the Qin family, are in the same situation. Grandma Qin is afraid that her words and deeds will bring them trouble, so she is very cautious in her words and actions. It's not that there haven't been people who tried to get close to the Qin family with ulterior motives, and they sent a box of cash in the name of sending something, but when Grandma Qin saw it, she reported it right away.
The children are running in front, and the adults cannot help but must not fall behind.
This is what Grandma Qin meant.
Qin Hongfei felt that the Qin family had a very high level of ideological awareness.
Xia Lu told her daughter, "Although your grandparents have old-fashioned ideas, they still love their children, including the fifth child. Even now, your grandparents are secretly supporting those three children."
Qin Hongfei raised her eyebrows, "Does mom mind?"
She hasn't paid attention to the affairs of the fifth room for a long time.
She knew that Qin Wanwan was working in the entertainment industry after graduation.
She didn't know much about Qin Qing and Qin Nian - she didn't know much about Ye Ru and Qin Hu either, so she had just heard about the Qin family's two elders' help.
Xia Lu looked at her daughter and said, "Your grandmother told me about helping them."
This surprised Qin Hongfei.
Xia Lu said, "Your grandmother said that you are narrow-minded. If you find out about it in the future, it might harm the three children. So she told me directly, and I said that as long as they don't use the eldest wife's influence to seek benefits for them, I won't care about their financial support. And if they have the ability to make a name for themselves, the eldest wife will not interfere."
Pause.
She said, "A Fei, have you always been curious about why Mom didn't take you away from the Qin family when the eldest wife suffered so much injustice?"
Qin Hongfei said, "Isn't it to wait for Dad?"
Xia Lu said, "Waiting for your father is waiting no matter where you are. This is one of the reasons..."
"That was half a year after your father left. I kept running around looking for him, and I had a falling out with the fifth room. I had a fever when I came back from Qin City and couldn't cook for you. You and your sister were very sensible and wanted to take care of me, but you didn't have the ability to do that. You were so young at the time..."
Oh, not that small, but Qin Jiangke loved his wife and daughter so much at that time that he would never let his children do such housework.
Therefore, Qin Fei and Qin Hongfei had no foundation for living. When Xia Lu fell ill, the country was in chaos.
Because of the conflict with the fifth house, Concubine Qin and Qin Hongfei were unwilling to go to the old house.
"After you and Qin Fei went to school that morning...your grandma came over."
Xia Lu still remembered that she was very ill at the time, but she also remembered that she had to cook for the children and buy vegetables and rice for the family. However, soon after she stood up in a daze, she felt dizzy and wanted to take a nap.
I saw my mother-in-law coming in a daze——
At that time, Grandma Qin saw that there had been no movement in the big room for several days. She heard from the neighbors that Xia Lu seemed to have fallen ill in the past two days. There were only two children in the house who didn't know anything, so she went to buy rice and oil and put them in the big room. She originally wanted to leave and then go, but when she saw that Xia Lu had a high fever, she rushed to buy antipyretics to reduce her temperature. She also cleaned up the kitchen, left some easy-to-cook pasta, and bought fish and vegetables.
A few days later—
There are always meat, fish and pork bones in the big house, all of which are processed.
Later, there was an extra box of milk.
Qin Hongfei remembered these things - but she always thought that it was Ms. Xia who went out to buy them despite having a fever, but it turned out not to be the case.
Xia Lu said, "Your grandma did a lot of things behind your back, but she didn't want to talk about it."
"So I have been pretending not to know. I was sad about your father's death, but she was no less sad than I was. Your grandparents were actually more proud of your father than Qin Hu, but they were not good at expressing it. You may not say how much she loves us, but at least she protected the fifth room when I was in the most difficult time and said a lot of unpleasant things. But while she was scolding the first room, she was also doing things to support the first room. Otherwise, Mom would not have been able to hold on for so many years."
Xia Lu was able to completely break up with the Xia family and not return to the Xia family because the Xia family had been ruthless enough, so she didn't need to feel any gratitude or nostalgia.
The conflict with the Qin family was not because of Qin Jiangke.
It was because Grandma Qin was harsh and biased - but every time when she felt the most difficult to give up on herself, her parents-in-law would lend a hand from time to time. They treated the eldest wife in many unfair things, but compared to those injustices, Xia Lu remembered more the helping hands they extended to her and her daughter when they were in the most difficult times.
"Mom's biological parents never lent a hand when she was in the most difficult time. I have no blood relationship with your grandparents, but they were able to help me when I was in the most difficult time. So even if your grandmother did some excessive things later, as long as she didn't cross the bottom line, I could tolerate her." Xia Lu said slowly.
If it weren't for the kindness she remembered, Xia Lu would have turned against him long ago.
"But even so, I will not forgive Ye Ru for what she did..." Xia Lu said, "Your grandparents can use their own money to help those children and I won't care. After all, they didn't give up on us, their grandchildren, at that time, let alone now. But if they use your and Xiao Yan's identities to help them find a future, I won't allow it. That's the bottom line."
Pause -
Xia Lu said, "Fei! When can we know the whereabouts of your father?"
Qin Hongfei was stunned, then looked at Ms. Xia in surprise.
Xia Lu looked at her calmly and said, "I read your father's diary. He is dead. I heard from Sun Shu that your father died while trying to save someone. There were people there at the time. So they should have collected your father's body, right?"
Qin Hongfei took a deep breath, "There should be, but mom, you have to wait patiently for a few more days. I will take you to find dad's body after Yuan Dazhen's case is closed."
Xia Lu: "Yeah, okay."
(End of this chapter)
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