Qin Guanlin silently held Qin Sihan and watched Su Yiqing and his brothers get along. Although the brothers didn't talk much, it was clear that they had a great understanding of each other.
Even the videos of Su Yiqing with his maternal grandparents, uncle, and aunt are very heartwarming.
This had never happened in their family before.
The old man had been grooming all four of his brothers as his successors since they were young. As a result, apart from the second brother, who had lost his mind to women and had no interest in worldly affairs, the other three brothers, including him, had been outwardly harmonious but inwardly constantly fighting each other and had never truly been united.
Looking at the Su brothers now, they appear indifferent on the surface, even disliking each other, but in reality, they genuinely care about each other's brotherly relationship. It would be a lie to say that there is not a trace of envy in their hearts.
only……
Some things are destined to end from the very beginning.
The relationship between the brothers in their family is not something he can change on his own.
However, influenced by Su Yiqing and his brothers, he sent a message to Qin Laosan and Qin Laosi, and after hesitating for a moment, he also sent a message to Qin Laoer.
He was quite certain that, apart from Qin Lao Er, his other two brothers would rush to Chongqing as soon as possible.
Although Mr. Qin had already consulted a legal team to prepare his will before going to Chongqing, it has not yet been made public.
As long as the will has not been made public, it remains unknown who will inherit the Qin family's vast fortune!
To Qin Guanlin's surprise, when he and Su Yiqing arrived at the courtyard where the old man and woman in Yucheng lived in seclusion, the first voice they heard was not that of Qin Laosan or Qin Laosi.
Instead, the clear sound of a wooden fish came from inside the house.
Qin Guanlin was a little confused. The last time Qin Lao Er came back, it was the old lady who sent someone to bring him back.
After the old man recovered, the couple decided to go to Chongqing to live in seclusion. They had a long talk with the second son for half the night. When the old couple left the next day, the second son had already returned to Wutai Mountain.
How could we possibly have arrived in Chongqing so quickly?
Qin Guanlin quickened his pace and led Su Yiqing and Xiao Ruanruan into the house.
Sure enough, there was Qin Shan, wearing a monk's robe and with nine ordination scars on his bald head, quietly tapping a wooden fish in the main room with his eyes closed.
Upon seeing this scene, Qin Guanlin became furious and stormed over, shouting, "Qin Lao Er, what do you mean? Dad isn't dead yet! What are you doing here banging on the ground?"
Qin Shan opened his eyes, looked up at Qin Guanlin, and ignored him.
His calm gaze swept over the Su brothers, finally settling on Su Yiqing, who was holding Xiao Ruanruan's hand. "Do you know why my sister, your mother, went missing?"
As soon as he said that, the small room fell silent; the only sound was the breathing of the other people.
Qin Shan withdrew his gaze, stood up on his own, lit an incense stick, placed it in the incense burner, and bowed.
Su Xixi touched the goosebumps on her arm, leaned closer to Xiao Ruanruan, and whispered, "Xiao Ruanruan, don't you think Uncle Qin Er gives off a really creepy vibe? He doesn't seem like a great monk who's supposed to be saving all living beings at all."
Then, Sisi remembered something and let out a disgusted "Eh," "He's the little mute's biological father, thankfully the little mute doesn't look like him!"
After offering incense, Qin Shan sat back down on the prayer mat.
He said slowly, "Let me tell you a story."
"Once upon a time, there was a wealthy family with two sons. As the male and female heads of the family grew old, they wanted to divide their property among their two sons, but how should they divide it?"
The eldest brother is very capable, but he married an actress whom they didn't like.
The second son was cunning and obedient, marrying a lady from a prominent family through a marriage alliance.
In those turbulent times, after much deliberation, the elderly couple decided to let their second son inherit the family business. With the support of his wife's family, even if the second son couldn't expand the business, he could at least maintain it.
But the eldest son's wife, the actress, was competitive and naturally resentful.
Coincidentally, a prominent family in the city was holding a birthday banquet, and the whole family went to offer their congratulations.
The eldest son's wife also brought their youngest daughter, whom the elderly couple loved the most, along.
Midway through the birthday banquet, the eldest son's wife went to the restroom and entrusted her youngest daughter to the care of the second son's wife. But for some reason, the youngest daughter mysteriously disappeared.
When their daughter went missing, the eldest son's wife didn't rush to look for her. Instead, she quickly called the police and then used the opportunity to start complaining about her second son's scheming and tricks.
They also said that the second son's family took advantage of the old couple's fondness for their youngest daughter and feared that the old couple would leave more of their family property to her, so they had malicious intentions and took their youngest daughter away to be abandoned.
The old man was already anxious and furious after losing his favorite granddaughter, and he couldn't listen to his second son's wife's explanation. When he heard his eldest son's wife's tearful complaint, his anger flared up, and he thought about the outrageous things his two sons had done in their fight for the family property.
In a fit of rage, he divided the family fortune in two and kicked his second son out of the capital, sending him to a more remote place.
Everyone present could tell whose story Qin Shan was telling.
Only Su Xiaowu, the only simpleton, listened to it as a story. Even after Qin Shan stopped, Su Xiaowu still asked with great interest, "How exactly did the youngest daughter get lost?"
Was the youngest daughter ever found?
Qin Guanlin's face turned extremely ugly, and he scolded, "Qin Lao Er, if you keep talking nonsense, go back to your temple!"
Old Madam Qin, who had been helping Old Master Qin out of the inner room at some point, said, "Eldest son, let him speak!"
"Cough cough..." Old Master Qin coughed violently for a while, his cloudy eyes looking at Su Yiqing and his siblings with a complicated expression, full of guilt, self-blame and regret.
He waved his withered, aged hand. "Let me explain!"
Madam Qin helped the old man sit down on the sofa.
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