Lin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yushen walked in side by side. Since it's customary to bring something when visiting someone's home for the New Year, they carried some gifts.
Qin Yushen casually placed the things on the nearest cabinet after entering the room, without even glancing at Yao Huixian.
"Everyone's here? Please have a seat." Qin Jinye said with a smile, pointing to the sofa opposite him.
After Lin Xiaoxiao sat down, she took out a milk candy from Qin Yushen's pocket, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth.
One cheek was pushed up by the milk candy, and the milky taste spread throughout the mouth.
She also told Yao Huixian, "Don't worry, stepmother, I won't eat your food even if you beg me."
Yao Huixian's face stiffened, but she stubbornly said, "That's for the best."
With her sharp eyes, she noticed the pattern on the candy wrapper that Lin Xiaoxiao had peeled off and deliberately said, "Even the snacks we eat are imported from Friendship Store. I wouldn't even look at the kind you're eating."
"Stop talking nonsense, go cook." Qin Jinye wanted to get rid of Yao Huixian.
“If you want to eat, cook for yourself. I have no obligation to do so.” Yao Huixian sat down, deliberately not preparing lunch.
She wanted to see if the two of them had the nerve to stay any longer.
Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and said to Qin Yushen, "How unsophisticated must this person be? He gets a sense of superiority from eating a snack."
"Oh dear~ It's imported from the Friendship Store, yet it belittles products made in its own country and fawns over foreign goods. No matter how nicely you put it, it's still worshipping foreign things. If this kind of person had been around during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he would have been a traitor and a national sellout."
"Stepmother, do you think I'm right?"
After saying that, he didn't forget to mention Yao Huixian.
Yao Huixian's face turned pale as those unforgettable seven days suddenly replayed in her mind.
"If you keep talking nonsense, believe me, I'll tear your mouth apart!"
Lin Xiaoxiao beckoned to her with her finger as if teasing a dog, smiling brightly, "Want to try?"
If Yao Huixian touches even a single hair of hers, she will take her surname.
“You…” Yao Huixian stood up abruptly.
"That's enough," Qin Jinye said coldly. "Go cook."
"I'm not going." Yao Huixian's face darkened even more when she didn't expect Qin Jinye to give her such a hard time in front of that little bastard and bitch.
He said he wouldn't go and then refused, and started walking upstairs.
"You'd better think this through," Qin Jinye said in a calm tone.
"snort."
Yao Huixian continued walking upstairs without stopping.
Little did they know that their impulsive act would lead to irreversible consequences.
Qin Jinye's expression only darkened for a moment before he smiled again, "It's alright, Dad will cook for you."
Lin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yushen exchanged a glance, Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes filled with doubt and confusion.
Qin Yushen, however, understood the situation after seeing Qin Jinye's somewhat relaxed gait.
After Qin Jinye entered the kitchen, Lin Xiaoxiao leaned close to Qin Yushen and whispered, "Your dad is acting a bit strange."
Yao Huixian didn't want to cook, so he cooked for her himself, which didn't seem like something he would do.
Qin Yushen also whispered, mimicking her, "Just watch, the old man is definitely up to no good."
Or they're just using this as an excuse to make a fuss.
As for what he wanted to achieve, they had no idea.
"Your dad went too far." Upstairs in Qin Huaijun's room, Yao Huixian gritted her teeth and accused Qin Jinye, not forgetting to drag Lin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yushen out to scold them as well.
Qin Huaijun clenched his fist, then relaxed it, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips. "Dad has changed a long time ago, hasn't he?"
He finally saw through his father's true nature: an absolute egoist.
Talking about feelings with this kind of person is useless; you can only talk about interests.
"Dad used to dote on my sister so much, but now he still sends her to that kind of place without any mercy?"
"Mom, as long as Qin Yushen and Lin Xiaoxiao don't fall, Dad won't care about us."
Thinking of her husband's indifferent expression when their daughter was sent away, Yao Huixian shuddered.
"That little bastard has the military backing him, and Lin Xiaoxiao also has the Chu family behind her. How can we possibly deal with them?"
Does that mean that the mother and her two children will be trampled underfoot and humiliated at will for the rest of their lives?
Qin Huaijun's eyes deepened. "If we can't handle it, someone else will."
Using someone else's strength against them, using someone else to do their dirty work—the Chu family isn't the only one in the capital.
"Son, do you have a solution?" Yao Huixian's eyes lit up.
Qin Huaijun neither nodded nor shook his head, but instead asked Yao Huixian, "Mom, do you know the Lu family?"
How could I not know?
The Lu family of the past is now the Chu family, but unfortunately they have declined somewhat.
Yao Huixian reviewed the known information about the Lu family in her mind and said carefully, "It seems that only Lu Yunzhang in the Lu family has a future."
That fire not only killed several of the Lu family's younger generation, but also destroyed the Lu family's future.
Yao Huixian was quite young at the time, but she still witnessed the Lu family mansion engulfed in flames that night.
That house was a reward given to Mr. Lu by the state in recognition of his hard work and great contributions to the revolutionary cause.
It is said that the house was once the mansion of a regent, and it is well-preserved and huge.
It was all burned to the ground.
Qin Huaijun chuckled lightly, "Mom, haven't you heard the saying, 'Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse'? Don't be fooled by the fact that the Lu family has declined a lot now. As long as Old Master Lu is still alive, who among those higher-ups wouldn't give him face?"
Yao Huixian said, "The Lu family and that little bastard have no dealings with each other and have no grudges against each other, so why would they help us deal with him?"
Qin Huaijun narrowed his eyes. "I had someone investigate Lin Xiaoxiao. She has an adopted sister who married into the Lu family. The two have a deep-seated hatred for each other. Perhaps we can work on that."
Yao Huixian thought about why her daughter had been exiled to the Northwest and felt somewhat worried. "Is it illegal?"
If her daughter is her most precious treasure, then her son is her lifeblood.
She only has one son, and absolutely nothing can happen to him.
Qin Huaijun shook his head, "Don't worry, Mom, I won't do it myself."
What he wants to do is be the big hand controlling everything behind the scenes, stirring up trouble...
If Lin Xiaoxiao knew what he was thinking, she would definitely say, "Dude, are you having a fit of chuunibyou?"
Yao Huixian and Qin Huaijun didn't go downstairs until it was time to eat, when the table was full of steaming hot food.
Yao Huixian thought it was Lin Xiaoxiao who did it, but then she saw Lin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yushen come in from outside the door, as if they had just gone out for a stroll.
If we exclude the two people, then Qin Jinye is the only one who can cook.
Yao Huixian's face darkened; how come she didn't know Qin Jinye could cook?
What's wrong with them? Are they, mother and her two children, not worthy of eating his cooking?
"Wash your hands and eat." Qin Jinye called out as he brought out the last dish.
Seeing Yao Huixian and Qin Huaijun come downstairs, he didn't look at them directly, but instead greeted Lin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yushen, "Sit down quickly and try Dad's cooking."
Lin Xiaoxiao's fair assessment: "Very good. I didn't expect Dad to be so talented."
Qin Yushen remained silent. Qin Jinye was already used to his eldest son's indifference and didn't expect him to say anything meaningful.
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