Chapter 117 How could this be a misunderstanding?
"Let me ask you, see if you've bullied her," Li Hui said.
“She’s doing well and is already in school,” Guo Peng replied.
"She's still living with your sister?" Li Hui asked. "Your sister wouldn't be deeply in love with you, would she...?"
Guo Peng hung up the phone immediately; he shouldn't have come to answer it. Li Hui didn't give her name, so no one knew it was her. They asked Guo Peng to answer the phone, so he came.
The voice on the phone can change, so the person at the public phone booth doesn't notice.
Li Hui hadn't expected Guo Peng to hang up so abruptly. She stared at the phone receiver in her hand; Guo Peng's attitude towards her had been terrible since his remarriage. Li Hui wasn't married yet; she couldn't have children, and no man wanted to marry her, especially since many people knew about her situation. A few men were willing to marry Li Hui, but their circumstances weren't good, and Li Hui refused.
When Li Hui returned to the Li family home, she picked up a banana from the table and ate it directly.
“Your daughter is doing well and is studying,” Li Hui said to her sister-in-law. “If that child stayed with you, you would have to pay her tuition.”
"Did you make the call?" Sister-in-law Li asked.
"Yes, she is my niece and my adopted daughter after all. I have to ask her." Li Hui thought that Guo Furong was related to her by blood, but not to the Guo family. Li Hui had no children, and she was thinking about who she would rely on in her old age. It would be best if Guo Furong could take care of her.
"Don't let her come back, just let her stay there." Sister-in-law Li thought to herself that Li Hui wouldn't ask about Guo Furong for no reason. "Are you still thinking about Guo Peng?"
"..." Li Hui didn't speak; she was indeed thinking of Guo Peng.
After Li Hui returned to her hometown, she dated several more men, none of whom were as good as Guo Peng. Each time, Li Hui would subconsciously compare those men to Guo Peng, and the more she compared them, the more heartbroken and upset she became.
All the good times have passed for Li Hui, and she's still scheming now; she can't possibly be a good person.
Qin Zihang stayed at Zhang Xiaohu's house, and he didn't complain about how bad it was. When Qin Zihang and his mother accompanied him to the military base, he also lived in a similar house. Fan Yani even brought Qin Zihang some food, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
"I'll buy it, I'll buy it," Qin Zihang said.
"No need," Fan Yani said with a smile. "Eat up, it's for you. When your mother lived here before, she gave me a lot of things. When you went back to the capital, she sold them to us cheaply. How is your mother now?"
"It's fine," Qin Zihang said.
"That's good, that's good." Fan Yani wasn't Fatty Sister-in-law, so she didn't call Song Fenglan. It wasn't that she didn't want to contact Song Fenglan, but she felt that she and Song Fenglan were just ordinary neighbors, and their relationship wasn't as close as Fatty Sister-in-law's. Her child was still so young, and she had nothing to say to Song Fenglan.
Fan Yani didn't want to bother Song Fenglan with her own trivial matters; it was better for Song Fenglan to focus on her research.
"How long do you plan to stay in Nancheng?" Fan Yani asked.
"I'll be leaving in a couple of days," Qin Zihang said. "I also plan to visit other cities and then come back."
“Okay, that’s good. After graduating from high school, it’s good to travel around and see more of the world,” Fan Yani said. “It will broaden your horizons.”
In Qin Zi
When Hang was preparing to leave Nancheng, Zhang Xiaohu's college acceptance letter had not yet arrived. Zhang Xiaohu was a little anxious, afraid that he wouldn't be able to get in.
"You'll get in, don't worry," Qin Zihang reassured Zhang Xiaohu. "Your grades are good, you'll get in."
"I hope so," Zhang Xiaohu said. "If I can't get in, I'll have to repeat the year, and people will laugh at me."
"Why worry about being laughed at if I can go to university?" Qin Zihang said.
“That’s true,” Zhang Xiaohu said.
"Would you like to go for a walk too?" Qin Zihang asked.
"No, I'll stay at home," Zhang Xiaohu said. "My parents have decided to buy a house in the capital, so we'll keep some money for ourselves."
"Okay." Qin Zihang didn't insist that Zhang Xiaohu come with him; every family has its own problems.
Not everyone has that much money. Qin Zihang received some prize money from competitions, and his parents and grandparents also gave him pocket money. The more money Qin Zihang had, the more he could spend. When he was out and about, Qin Zihang was careful not to appear too wealthy and to avoid attracting attention.
Zhang Xiaohu escorted Qin Zihang to the station and only returned home after Qin Zihang boarded the train.
When Zhang Xiaohu returned home, he saw his wife, Pang Sao, sitting in the yard picking vegetables.
“Mom,” Zhang Xiaohu said.
"Once you've made some money, you can travel around some more," said the plump woman.
When Song Fenglan lived next door, Fatty knew that her family's financial situation was not as good as Song Fenglan's. Now, her family's financial situation was even less likely to be better than Song Fenglan's.
Fatty Sister-in-law envied Song Fenglan, but she also knew that not everyone could reach Song Fenglan's economic status.
"It's alright." Zhang Xiaohu understood what Fatty Sister-in-law meant. "Do what you can with the strength you have."
"Yes, it's good that you know," said the plump woman. "After you go to study in the capital, don't think you'll be the same as Zihang. You two are different. Zihang's family has been in the capital for many years, they have a lot of money and connections. You can benefit from Zihang's connections, but Xiaohu, you can't have any other ideas."
"No way," Zhang Xiaohu said. "It's good enough to get a good deal, why would I think about so many other things?"
"Yes," said the plump woman. "Your Aunt Fenglan is an extremely kind person. When you were in junior high school, she sent you to the capital so you could see more of the world. She put in both money and effort. Where else in this world can you find such a good person?"
Fat Sister was afraid that Zhang Xiaohu would be ungrateful. If Zhang Xiaohu really did that, she would never acknowledge him as her son.
Qin Zihang went to Shanghai, where his family owns property, and planned to stay in a hotel. He intended to explore a few major cities before returning to the capital.
Song Fenglan and her husband already knew Qin Zihang's plans, so they didn't tell him about his mother and let him have fun.
A person who is partially paralyzed needs a caregiver to help them with anything they want to do.
Qin's mother is the kind of person who likes to put on airs. When she was a mother-in-law, she had to act like one; now that she's a mother, she has to act like one; and now that she's the employer, she has to act like one too. Qin's mother has a lot of disdain for the caregiver, feeling that the caregiver hasn't done a good job.
If Qin's mother were mute, that would be fine, but the key is that Qin's mother is not mute; she can speak.
"You just want to save trouble. I need to go out to the yard to dry my clothes, and you just say it'll only take ten minutes or so," Qin's mother grumbled. "You just want to get money for nothing. We shouldn't have given you that money; we should have deducted it from your pay."
The caregiver felt she couldn't continue working like this; she was being penalized for everything, and she didn't know how she could afford to have so much money deducted from her pay.
So the caregiver found You Yun, who didn't want to continue working there and asked You Yun to find another caregiver.
"I'll leave once you find someone new," the caregiver said. "You'd better hurry, I don't know how long I can endure this."
"Do we really have to leave?" You Yun asked, her head aching.
“We can’t stay. Your old lady is very picky,” the caregiver said. “She needs help going to the toilet, which is what I should do. She has her own hands and can feed herself, but she still wants me to feed her and says I’m not doing a good job. When I massage her legs, she says I’m too rough. When I’m gentler, she says I haven’t eaten. If I’m not around for a few minutes, she says I’ve been stealing your food.”
These days are too hard to bear!
“I’m just an ordinary person,” the caregiver said. “I took the money, so I do have to do things, but wasn’t she going too far?”
The caregiver genuinely felt that Qin's mother was too much of a worry, saying, "If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't have stayed for very long either."
Unless Qin's mother can change her ways, but given that she's paralyzed from the waist down, her temper has only worsened, so how could she possibly treat the caregivers well? Qin's mother needs someone to vent her emotions to, and since You Yun and the others aren't always by her side, and Qin's mother is worried about her future care, she can't say much to You Yun and her husband.
Qin's mother was referring to the caregiver, who sometimes cursed and swore at Tian Keshu.
“Alright, then let’s find someone else.” You Yun had no choice. “We’ll have to trouble you for the next few days. You can leave after we find someone.”
"Okay." The caregiver nodded.
That evening, You Yun talked to Brother Qin about the caregiver, and the thought of it gave her a headache.
“Mom is really something, this caregiver is pretty good,” You Yun said. “She’s strong, she can lift Mom up, and she can help Mom sit on the toilet to use the toilet. She even helps Mom take a bath, so we don’t have to help her much. Mom still complains about this and that, and the caregiver came to me saying she didn’t want to do it anymore. With your mom’s condition, it’s not easy for us to find someone to help her.”
"Just bear with it," Brother Qin said. "Mom's body has just become like this, and she's feeling bad, that's why she's like this."
“I know,” You Yun said, “but if she continues like this, even caregivers won’t want to work anymore. What will we do then?”
"Add a little more money, and someone will do it," Brother Qin said. "Tell the caregiver not to worry about it too much."
“How could we not care? People have ears,” You Yun said. “The caregiver is also worried that we will think she is abusing Mom and that we won’t pay her.”
"Sigh." Brother Qin sighed.
“Talk to your mother, she needs to change her temper,” You Yun said. “It’s not wrong for others to do things for money, but she is a normal person who doesn’t like being scolded and just wants to do things quietly.”
"What do you mean?" Brother Qin said, "You know how temperamental Mom is now. There's no point in saying anything more."
“You…” You Yun said helplessly. She knew that what Brother Qin said was true. “We can’t have each caregiver work for ten days or half a month. How many people would we have to replace in a year?”
You Yun didn't want so many strangers coming to her home, and she didn't want to cause any trouble.
It was so painful. You Yun wanted Qin's mother to have some peace and quiet, but Qin's mother was not one to stay still.
Why didn't Heaven make Qin's mother mute?
You Yun couldn't help but think that if Qin's mother became mute, many things would be much easier to handle. They wouldn't have to constantly try to keep Qin's mother quiet and prevent her from causing trouble.
Song Fenglan and her husband didn't care about the Qin family changing caregivers; they just followed Qin's father's advice and paid them money.
When Song Fenglan and her husband learned that Qin's mother had changed caregivers, they were not surprised. Qin's mother was not a good-tempered person to begin with, and with her health in that state, it was impossible for her not to be angry. Qin's mother was the kind of person who would vent her dissatisfaction on others.
"Isn't your mother worried that no caregiver will be willing to take care of her in the future? She's already changed two or three caregivers, hasn't she?" Song Fenglan asked, sitting in the living room watching TV.
"There's nothing we can do," Qin Yizhou said. "She always has that mouth of hers, saying things that are hard to hear. How can anyone put up with her? The salary she pays isn't very high either. Even if we paid her more, she'd still want to run away."
Qin Yizhou felt fortunate that he didn't have to deal with those things. If it were him, he would have been overwhelmed by all the trivial matters. His mother would scold him for even the smallest things.
“If we don’t run away, will we be criticized if we stay there?” Song Fenglan said. “If we keep changing caregivers like this, it’s obviously your mother’s problem. It’s impossible for every caregiver to be so bad and to bully your mother.”
Qin's mother is paralyzed from the waist down, yet she still has so many demands. With You Yun and her family frequently at home, the caregivers are already hesitant to treat Qin's mother poorly, and yet she still puts on such a fuss. Who can she blame?
If she were You Yun, Song Fenglan thought she would absolutely despise Qin's mother's actions. Couldn't Qin's mother just stay quiet for once? She had to keep causing trouble for everyone's already difficult lives.
“That makes sense,” Qin Yizhou said. “But there’s no other way. My elder brother and sister-in-law have to find another caregiver. They don’t have that much time to take care of Mom.”
"Are you going over there?" Song Fenglan asked.
“I won’t go,” Qin Yizhou said. “You don’t need to go either. Mom needs to calm down. Maybe after a while, she’ll figure it out.”
At the start of a new day, Qin Li'an pushed his mother out into the yard. He only took her out briefly in the early morning because it was too hot; they had to go back inside after a short while. Qin Li'an didn't have a job; he stayed home to take extra care of his mother. Qin Li'an knew he had made a big mistake: his father hadn't worked for a relevant government agency, but had instead left the system.
Qin Li'an sensed that his father's gaze was very unpleasant, which made him uneasy. He feared he would become a scapegoat and that his father would refuse to give him anything. Qin Li'an's extra care for his mother was also a way to change the Qin family's opinion of him.
"Has your mother arrived yet?" Qin's mother asked.
"My mom?" Qin Li'an asked, puzzled. "Mom went out to buy groceries."
“I’m not talking about your stepmother, I’m talking about your biological mother. She hasn’t even finished paying the compensation yet,” Qin’s mother said. “She’s no good. You must never get involved with her again. She’s a scourge that will live on for a thousand years. If she hadn’t married your father, he wouldn’t have turned out like this. They even had to hide the fact that there was a spy in their family, and they still had the nerve to say that others had bad class backgrounds. This time, if it weren’t for your sake, I would definitely have made sure she went to jail.”
Qin's mother was extremely uncomfortable that Tian Keshu hadn't gone to jail. She was still unhappy even though she knew Tian Keshu had become a dishwasher. Tian Keshu was still free; what did it matter if she was divorced? Her second husband hadn't been any better anyway, and Tian Keshu probably wanted a divorce a long time ago.
It was precisely this incident that led to Tian Keshu and Weng Guoqiang's divorce.
Qin's mother wanted to kick Tian Keshu a few times, but she couldn't kick anyone now.
“Don’t be like your own mother,” Qin’s mother said. “She’s a troublemaker who’s made a mess of our family. She just packs her bags and leaves, not caring at all how hard we’re working. It’s because of her that your uncle and aunt think we’re bad.”
"Grandma." Qin Li'an didn't know what to say.
"The compensation still needs to be given by your mother," Qin's mother said. "If she doesn't give it, you should go to her and ask her for it; it's her duty to give it."
"Mm." Qin Li'an nodded.
"Speak louder," Qin's mother said.
"I'll go to Mom and ask for compensation," Qin Li'an said loudly. "I'll make sure she doesn't end up with nothing."
“That’s right, that’s my grandson,” Qin’s mother said. “You’re just unlucky to have been born from Tian Keshu’s belly. If you hadn’t been born from her land, your life wouldn’t be like this. Look at Qin Zihang, he has the Song family’s backing, he was recommended to university, and he even went on a trip after graduating from high school. Even though Grandma is like this, he still hasn’t come back.”
Qin's mother kept nagging, and Qin Li'an didn't dare to say anything bad about Qin Zihang along with her. Qin Li'an already understood the gap between himself and Qin Zihang, and that he could never become someone like Qin Zihang in his lifetime.
Qin Li'an could only coax his mother, "Grandma, I'm here with you. You're like this because you went to pick me up. If you hadn't gone to pick me up, you wouldn't be like this."
Now, Qin Li'an can only cling tightly to his mother. Everyone else in the Qin family despises him, and he cannot afford to lose his last straw.
When Zhang Xiaohu received his school acceptance letter, he was overjoyed. The people in the residential compound even invited Zhang Xiaohu's family to host a dinner party, but his wife, Sister Pang, didn't throw a big banquet; she just set up two tables and invited a few people, not wanting to invite so many.
Zhang Xiaohu received his university acceptance letter, but someone else didn't. One of them was the daughter of a martyr; Zhang Xiaohu knew her, they were from the same compound.
That girl also applied to a university in the capital, but it wasn't a particularly good one; it wasn't as good as the Capital University of Political Science and Law.
Zhang Xiaohu thought for a moment and then made a call to the capital.
At the time, Qin Zihang was not in the capital; he was still out of town. Song Fenglan was at home. She overheard Zhang Xiaohu mentioning the girl's scores and learned that the girl hadn't received her acceptance letter.
"Could there be a problem here?" Zhang Xiaohu asked.
"I'll go ask," Song Fenglan said.
"Thank you for your help," Zhang Xiaohu said. "Her score is not low; she should have received an admission notice, even if she was transferred to another school."
“Don’t worry, it’s so late now. I’ll go ask tomorrow during the day. I’ll go there in person,” Song Fenglan said. “I’ll go directly to that school.”
"Okay." Zhang Xiaohu nodded.
Song Fenglan hung up the phone. She suspected that the girl's college acceptance letter had either been lost or taken by someone. Song Fenglan went to the Song family home. She first wanted to find her eldest brother, who worked at the Education Bureau and knew a lot about the matter.
When Brother Song heard Song Fenglan's words, he frowned.
"This score...there's no way I wouldn't get in," Brother Song said. "I even checked the admission scores for the provinces south of the city today. If I hadn't looked at them, I wouldn't remember them. Why haven't I received an acceptance letter?"
"I haven't received it," Song Fenglan said.
"What are your thoughts?" Brother Song asked.
“I suspect she might have been intercepted and someone tried to impersonate her,” Song Fenglan said. “Her score was high, but not exceptionally high. She wasn’t among the top few; she was somewhere in the middle. If she hadn’t passed, people might not have paid attention and would have assumed she really hadn’t taken the exam. That’s why I wanted to ask if she really didn’t pass, or if someone impersonated her. I told Xiaohu I’d go ask her tomorrow.”
“You don’t need to ask, I will,” Brother Song said. “Tell me the person’s name and contact information. Once I’ve confirmed it, I’ll call them.”
“Alright,” Song Fenglan said.
“If it really is an impersonation…” Song Fenglan said.
"We'll see when the time comes. Let her come over first, but don't make a fuss," Brother Song said. "Impersonation is something that can't be done by one person alone. There are people behind this. We need to follow this line and catch them."
Just as Song Fenglan had expected, the girl was indeed accepted.
Those people are truly despicable, daring to bully the daughter of a martyr like that. Perhaps they thought she was just a girl, easy to bully, which is why they did such a heinous thing. Her score wasn't particularly high, and given the lack of transparency in information dissemination at that time, they probably assumed she didn't pass the exam and was rejected.
It's important to understand that many schools in other provinces don't have many places available for students from their home province. If a student doesn't get in, they generally assume their score isn't high enough. If they aren't transferred to another school, they might also assume that other schools are full and they can't go there.
Brother Song made a phone call, but he didn't call the local education bureau, because there's a high possibility there's a mole there. Brother Song made the call, and...
The girl shouldn't make a fuss. She can come with Zhang Xiaohu and his group later. Brother Song explained to the little girl's mother that the mother treats her daughter very well and is very cooperative because she wants her daughter to go to university.
At the end of August, Qin Zihang returned to the capital and learned that his mother was paralyzed from the waist down.
"They can actually argue at the prison gate?" Qin Zihang found it unbelievable.
“Yes.” Song Fenglan nodded. “They can do that.”
“Grandma didn’t like me before, but she doted on Qin Li’an. This is karma,” Qin Zihang said.
“You go with your dad,” Song Fenglan said. “Take some tonics with you, and be careful. If your grandma treats you badly, you should leave immediately, understand?”
"I know, I'm not a stone that can't move," Qin Zihang said. "I have hands and feet, I know what to do."
“Okay, sure,” Song Fenglan said.
Since Qin's mother had an accident, Song Fenglan couldn't refuse to let Qin Zihang visit her. Qin's mother was in a wheelchair and constantly yelled at the caregivers, resulting in several changes of caregivers. Qin's father slept in a separate room from his wife. Because of Qin's mother's constant fuss, the caregivers didn't like to bathe her, and she always had a body odor from being in a wheelchair. Sleeping separately meant Qin's father could sleep better, preventing Qin's mother from waking up and causing trouble in the middle of the night.
The night before Qin Zihang went to the Qin family, Song Fenglan also gave Qin Yizhou instructions.
"Keep an eye on him. You stay right next to Zihang. Don't tell me your mother won't see you; you're standing way away," Song Fenglan said. "This is your own son, not someone else's. If you don't help him more, who will you help?"
"Okay, I'll stand next to Zihang then," Qin Yizhou said.
The two were talking in the room; Qin Zihang was in his own room.
“It’s not that I want to say this about your mother, but she’s hardly ever been kind to Zihang,” Song Fenglan said. “She always wants Zihang to give in to Qin Li’an, and she always likes to say bad things about Zihang. Even my mother doesn’t say bad things about Zihang like that. How many people outside Zihang speak ill of him?”
Qin Zihang was born to Song Fenglan, and she watched him grow up; she knew her son very well. Song Fenglan also arranged for others to keep an eye on Qin Zihang to prevent him from being two-faced.
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on things," Qin Yizhou said. "Mom really has a very good temper."
"Hmm." Song Fenglan nodded. "Your mother still hasn't changed her temper. Aren't you afraid that one day she won't be able to find a caregiver?"
"She..." Qin Yizhou said, "I'm afraid she feels that she won't live much longer after this fall, so she's making a fuss."
Qin Yizhou knew his mother well; she was definitely terrified. A person who was once able to walk and move around had become like this, and Qin's mother worried that her health would worsen. She didn't want to be confined to a wheelchair forever, but she had no other choice.
"If you're not going to live long, then enjoy life to the fullest. Eat more good food. There's no need to make such a fuss," Song Fenglan said.
"It's good that it didn't come to our attention," Qin Yizhou said. "How could we possibly manage so much?"
The next day, Qin Yizhou took Qin Zihang to the Qin family home. Qin Yizhou hadn't seen Qin's mother for a long time. Actually, no, Qin Yizhou had seen her when she came to him asking for money. His mother didn't want to see him, so he wouldn't appear; he would just stand where she couldn't see him. This time, Qin Yizhou only appeared by his mother's side for Qin Zihang's sake.
"Grandma, I've come to see you." Qin Zihang said calmly.
Qin's mother looked at Qin Zihang, who was sitting in a wheelchair. She felt that Qin Zihang was tall and had a good temperament, unlike Qin Li'an, who looked like a nobody.
"Just returned to the capital?" Qin's mother asked.
"I came back yesterday," Qin Zihang said. "I went to see a few big cities to broaden my horizons."
"Didn't your mom and the others tell you I fell?" Qin's mother asked.
“We didn’t say that,” Qin Yizhou said. “With us here, it’s not necessary for Zihang to come back. It’s good to let Zihang see the world. When he goes to university, he’ll be like his mother, spending a lot of time in the lab, and won’t have as much time to travel around.”
"Did I ask you?" Qin's mother said. "You never showed up in front of me before, but now that your son is here, you've finally appeared."
Qin's mother thought that she, as a mother, was not as good as her son; her son clearly valued Qin Zihang more. If it were up to Qin Yizhou, Qin Zihang would be his only son. Looking at the tall and imposing Qin Zihang, she realized he wasn't a three-year-old child, and ultimately decided not to say anything more to him.
"Should we stay for dinner, or go back?" Qin's mother asked.
"I need to go back and pack my things; school starts in a few days," Qin Zihang said.
"Do you live at school?" Qin's mother asked again.
"I don't live on campus," Qin Zihang said. "I live at home. My family has a house next to the research institute, which is also close to the school, so I can live there."
"Your family has so many houses," Qin's mother said. "If this were in the past..."
“That apartment was allocated by my mother’s work unit,” Qin Zihang added. “Now many people want to rent or buy apartments there because the schools are good.”
Qin Zihang sensed the sarcasm in his mother's words. He silently rolled his eyes inwardly. He hadn't taken anything from the Qin family, so why was his mother talking about his mother?
“It’s not just the house near my mom’s workplace; my mom also had my uncle help her buy houses in other places,” Qin Zihang said. “My mom said that if I don’t have the ability to apply for research funding in the future, I can still do research at my own expense. I said, with a mom like her, how could I not have the ability? I definitely have the ability and I will definitely be able to apply for research funding. My mom supervises graduate students, so I can learn from her and also from other supervisors.”
Hearing Qin Zihang repeatedly refer to his mother as "my mom," Qin's mother felt a pang of sadness. Qin Zihang only had eyes for his mother; she was the best person in the world. He never seemed to know how to praise the Qin family.
“Your mother alone couldn’t have given birth to you,” Qin’s mother said.
"Yes, it's genetic. Fortunately, I didn't inherit any bad genes from my father's side," Qin Zihang said.
"..." Qin's mother felt even more heartbroken. She looked at Qin Yizhou and asked, "What does your son mean?"
“He’s telling the truth,” Qin Yizhou said. “It wouldn’t be right for him to talk nonsense in front of you. Mom, don’t you know how things are at home?”
"That's because Tian Keshu carries inferior genes!" Qin's mother said. "It's all inherited from her!"
How could Qin's mother possibly admit that those people inherited her inferior genes? "If they had inherited my inferior genes, would you still be so good?"
"This is a probability problem," Qin Zihang said.
"If you don't want to stay here, go back, all of you." Qin's mother waved her hand.
In the past, Qin's mother would have definitely given Qin Zihang a good talking-to, but now that she feels Qin Zihang has grown up, she doesn't want to say too much about his shortcomings.
As Qin Zihang was leaving, he saw Qin Li'an approaching with a water glass. Qin Li'an was bringing the water to Qin's mother. Qin Zihang didn't stay; Qin Yizhou walked beside him.
Qin Li'an went to his mother's side, and his mother took a sip of water from her glass and then frowned.
"Don't you have any juice at home?" Qin's mother asked.
"I'll go make you some juice," Qin Li'an said.
"Never mind, never mind." Qin's mother looked at Qin Li'an. Ever since Qin Li'an was released from prison, the child had always been by her side. Qin's mother also felt that Qin Li'an was a good person, and that Tian Keshu was the one who was wrong. If Tian Keshu hadn't pushed her, she wouldn't be paralyzed on one side, and her precious grandson wouldn't be disliked by everyone.
Qin's father wanted to find Qin Li'an a job, but Qin Li'an had a criminal record, so even if he asked his friends, none of them were willing to help him. Qin's older brother was worried that Qin Li'an would affect him, so he didn't think about finding Qin Li'an a job either.
After discussing it, Qin's father and older brother decided that Qin Li'an should open a supermarket and sell goods. They couldn't really let Qin Li'an stay at home all the time. However, Qin's father and older brother also planned to wait a while before letting Qin Li'an open the supermarket, so that Qin Li'an could spend more time with Qin's mother and avoid her making too much of a fuss.
After leaving the Qin family home, Qin Zihang couldn't help but ask, "Dad, has my eldest cousin really changed for the better?"
"Do you believe it?" Qin Yizhou asked.
"How would I know?" Qin Zihang said. "I know people can pretend."
Qin Zihang disliked Qin Li'an and didn't want to associate with him. Regardless of whether Qin Li'an had truly changed for the better, Qin Zihang knew that Qin Li'an would still have many troubles ahead of him.
"You should have less contact with him," Qin Yizhou said. "He has a younger brother, a brother with the same father as him. It's none of your business to care about him or help him. He has his father and his grandparents; those people will help him."
While Tian Keshu was washing dishes at the restaurant, her younger sister Tian Kexian went over.
Tian Kexian's life wasn't much better. She and her husband still rented an apartment. Her husband was a gambler; he would gamble away any money he had and couldn't save any. While others would think about saving money to buy a house and give their families a better life, Tian Kexian's husband didn't. He only thought about his own comfortable life. In the evenings, he would go out to eat good food by himself. If he was in a good mood, he would bring some back for the children; if he wasn't, he wouldn't.
"Sis, you're actually washing dishes here?" Tian Kexian said.
Previously, Tian Kexian thought it was good that Tian Keshu married Weng Guoqiang; at least Weng Guoqiang didn't gamble, and they could sometimes eat meat at home. Tian Kexian sometimes even felt that her own husband was inferior to Weng Guoqiang. Now, Tian Keshu and Weng Guoqiang are divorced.
"Sister, you really are...you're destined for divorce," Tian Kexian said. "No matter who you marry, you'll eventually get divorced."
"You want to come and make a fool of yourself?" Tian Keshu asked.
"No way, you're still my sister, why would I laugh at you?" Tian Kexian said deliberately. "I just didn't expect you to do the dishes. You never used to like doing dishes."
Tian Keshu certainly didn't like washing dishes; few people enjoy it, but she used to do a lot of housework. Now, Tian Keshu can wash dishes very well. Looking at her hands, she realizes that washing dishes requires soaking them in water for a long time, which makes her hands uncomfortable.
"If that doesn't work out, you can just marry someone else," Tian Kexian said. "Even though you might end up getting divorced, at least you can be together for a while, and you'll have some financial flexibility. Want your sister to introduce you to someone?"
"No need!" Tian Keshu didn't believe that Tian Kexian would introduce her to a good man.
Tian Keshu has no intention of remarrying. Those men are all bad; they abandon her at the slightest sign of trouble.
Time flew by, and the start of the university semester was fast approaching. Zhang Chenghai and his wife brought Zhang Xiaohu, along with a mother and daughter. The mother and daughter were picked up by Brother Song, who had to have someone investigate the impersonation case.
Zhang Chenghai and his wife, along with Zhang Xiaohu, stayed at Song Fenglan's house. It was the first time that Fatty Sister-in-law had visited Song Fenglan's home in the capital.
"My goodness, your house is so nice!" The fat woman was stunned. The sofa, the lamp, the TV... it was really too nice, even better than what she saw on TV.
"It's alright," Song Fenglan said. "Aren't you guys thinking of buying a house? My second brother has someone inquire about some places, and we can take you to see them later."
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“Yes, we’re going to buy a house,” said the plump woman. “Of course, we can’t afford a house as nice as yours, we’ll just buy an ordinary one. Zihang said your family has bought a lot of houses. You’ve talked to us about buying houses before, but we’re just two young men, we need money for many things, where would we get so much money to buy a house? This time, we’ve taken out all our savings, but we might still be a little short. Zihang said he’ll lend it to us, and Xiaohu will pay him back later.”
“Okay, no problem.” Song Fenglan couldn’t possibly say no. Zhang Xiaohu and Qin Zihang had a good relationship. “You can stay here with us without worry. After you take Xiaohu to register, you can also travel around the capital. It’s a rare opportunity to come here, so you should explore as much as possible. It’s just that I don’t have the time, so I might not be able to accompany you around.”
"It's alright, it's alright, Xiaohu can just come for a walk with us," said the plump woman. "Xiaohu has been here before."
"I can walk with you guys too," Qin Zihang said. "It's just that we have military training after school starts."
"You two go about your business," said the plump woman. "How could two grown men like Chenghai and me get lost?"
“It’s alright, we can walk with the tour guide,” Song Fenglan said.
Zhang Chenghai and Qin Yizhou went to have tea. Qin Yizhou doesn't drink alcohol, so Zhang Chenghai didn't either. Qin Yizhou told Zhang Chenghai he could drink, but Zhang Chenghai still refused.
"You've married well," Zhang Chenghai remarked.
The two sat in the courtyard. Zhang Chenghai looked at the flowerbeds and the large trees beside them. The courtyard wasn't small, and the building was quite nice. Zhang Chenghai had always thought Qin Yizhou must be doing very well in the capital, but he hadn't expected him to be doing this well.
"You could say that." Qin Yizhou wasn't upset by Zhang Chenghai's words. "I'm only doing this because of my wife."
“It’s good to benefit from your family’s success. My wife often says how wonderful your husband is, and our family is also benefiting from your family’s success,” Zhang Chenghai said. “Also, if you weren’t in the capital, we wouldn’t even know…”
Zhang Chenghai looked around and said, "Someone impersonated someone else to get into university."
"Yes, something like this has happened, so it has to be dealt with," Qin Yizhou said. "Don't worry, there will definitely be a fair and just outcome."
"Keep your voice down, don't let anyone else know," Zhang Chenghai said. "We said it's a secret, so no one can know."
The mother and daughter had gone back to their so-called hometown before coming to the capital, just to avoid alerting anyone. Others also thought it unlikely that the mother and daughter would come to the capital, assuming that they hadn't gotten into university and had gone back to their hometown in a daze.
"We'll have a result in a few days, then we can say something," Zhang Chenghai said.
On the day of registration, the imposter was caught, along with the child's parents. They never expected to be caught; the people who helped them with the paperwork said everything was done perfectly and there was no way anyone would find out. Yet, they came to register, and just like that, they were caught.
"This is a misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding!" the arrested person kept saying, leaving the impersonating girl completely bewildered. Actually, the girl had known all along that she was an imposter, impersonating her classmate, but she hadn't said a word earlier because she desperately wanted to go to university.
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