Qin Yu stood up and picked up the things. Du Wenqing paused, her eyes filled with joy.
Xia Lan looked at Qin Yu curiously, only to see Qin Yu get up, walk to Du Wenqing, and put the file bag back into Du Wenqing's arms.
The light in Du Wenqing's eyes went out instantly.
"Whether you give us these things or not, we will take care of you."
Qin Yu's gaze was firm, while Du Wenqing's eyes were moist and red.
"So I put all these things away."
Qin Yu's eyes left no room for refusal. Seeing that they had all said so, Du Wenqing understood their determination and stopped pressuring them.
"Fine, I'm sticking with you guys now, this old man is determined to stay."
Du Wenqing relaxed, took the documents back to his room and put them away, then leisurely walked out.
"I feel like we've been tricked into getting on a pirate ship..."
Xia Lan looked at Du Wenqing's appearance and smiled at Qin Yu.
"I think so too."
Qin Yu nodded in agreement.
Du Wenqing smiled smugly.
"You're only realizing it now? Too late!"
Inside the house, the atmosphere was relaxed. Outside, Du Wenqing's son, Du Zhimin, saw the door, which remained silent, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
Looking at the man blocking his way, Du Zhimin pursed his lips.
That damned old man, how can he be so heartless?
He's brought his wife and son over so many times, but he just won't see them.
"Dad, what should we do? Grandpa still won't open the door. There are so many mosquitoes now, I've been bitten so many times."
Du Zhimin's son, Du Xinghua, looked unhappy. He had been calling out to his grandfather for so long, and had been bitten by mosquitoes countless times. Now his body was itchy and painful.
When Du Zhimin's wife, Chen Tong, heard that her son had been bitten by mosquitoes, she pulled him away with heartache.
"Son, where did you get bitten? Let me see. Oh dear, what a big mosquito bite!"
"Zhimin, if you can't manage, go home first! The old man only has you as his son, he definitely won't just stand by and watch someone die!"
Chen Tong felt that Du Wenqing only had one son, Du Zhimin, and Du Juan was a daughter who had already married out. If the old man wanted someone to break the basin for him in the future, he would definitely have to let Du Zhimin do it.
He only has one son, so he'll definitely be his forever.
"So many times, and he still refuses to see me!" Du Zhimin shook his head, determined to see the old man today.
"Dad!!! Your son is begging you on his knees, please come out and see me!!!"
Du Zhimin looked at the gate and knelt down with a thud.
"Grandpa, Dad knows he was wrong, please come out and see him..."
“Father-in-law, your daughter-in-law is kneeling before you. No matter what, Zhimin is still your son.”
Du Zhimin glanced at his wife and son, and Chen Tong and Chen Xinghua knelt down behind him unwillingly.
They really suffered a lot of grievances just to see this old man.
After kneeling for several minutes, there was still no movement inside. Du Xinghua couldn't kneel any longer, and Chen Tong couldn't take it anymore either.
"Dad, I'm so tired."
“Zhimin…look how tired your son is.”
Chen Tong felt extremely distressed and helped her son up.
"Kneel down."
Du Zhimin said in a cold voice.
Sensing the coldness in Du Zhimin's words, Chen Tong gritted her teeth, glanced helplessly at her son Du Xinghua, and finally continued to kneel down.
"Girl, come with me outside and help me chase them away!"
Inside the room, Du Wenqing frowned and said to Xia Lan.
“If I let him keep kneeling like this, tomorrow a bunch of people will come and pretend to be good people, trying to persuade me to forgive him.”
Du Wenqing gets angry whenever this is mentioned.
Xia Lan nodded.
"Walk!"
If they were really forced to kneel down again, she and Qin Yu would never have the face to see Old Master Du again.
It's as if she and Qin Yu were preventing Old Master Du from coming out to see them.
With Xia Lan accompanying him, Du Wenqing felt much better.
"Open the door, I want to see just how thick-skinned this guy is."
Du Wenqing gestured to the man guarding the door.
The man glanced at Xia Lan and opened the door.
As soon as there was any movement at Du Wenqing's gate, Du Zhimin and Du Xinghua immediately straightened their backs.
When Du Zhimin saw Du Wenqing, whose hair had turned completely white, he was clearly taken aback. Then, with a look of remorse and remorse, he took two steps forward.
"Dad! You're finally willing to come out and see me? Your son is unfilial. I really had no choice back then. Dad, please forgive me! Let me stay by your side and take good care of you."
"To make up for all the mistakes I've made over the years."
Du Zhimin said with deep emotion, like a wanderer returning to his hometown, affectionately portraying a son who knows his mistakes.
All that's needed now is a generous 'father' who forgives all his evil deeds.
"Excuse me, I'm interrupting you for a moment!" Xia Lan couldn't stand it after hearing the first sentence.
"Back then, you had no choice but to report your father? After reporting him, you enjoyed the benefits, didn't you? You've been living comfortably all these years, haven't you? Now you're acting like a dutiful son, isn't it a bit... premature?"
Xia Lan's words hit the nail on the head, and Du Zhimin's expression changed immediately.
"Who are you? Can't you see I'm talking to my father?"
Du Zhimin couldn't answer Xia Lan's question, assuming that Xia Lan was just a nanny who took care of his father, and said lightly.
"Oh my! Minister Du, you have quite the airs of an official."
Du Wenqing's face darkened instantly when he saw that Du Zhimin dared to be rude to Xia Lan.
“Dad, no…” Du Zhimin quickly explained.
“You don’t need to explain, and you don’t need to call me Dad. I only have one daughter, not a son as old as you.”
Du Wenqing said indifferently.
"Also, this is my granddaughter, Xia Lan. You don't need to worry about me being left without anyone to take care of me, I'm doing fine!"
When Du Zhimin heard Du Wenqing say that Xia Lan was his granddaughter, he knew that Du Wenqing still wanted a family, and immediately looked at his son behind him.
Du Xinghua quickly stepped forward and greeted Du Wenqing warmly.
"Grandpa, I am your grandson, Du Xinghua."
Du Wenqing glanced at Du Xinghua indifferently.
"You've got the wrong person. I'm not your grandfather."
The calculating look in his eyes was exactly like that of his father.
Du Wenqing saw Du Zhimin in his eyes, and the indifference in his eyes was repulsive.
"Father-in-law, please don't blame Zhimin. He was forced into it at the time!"
Chen Tong slowly walked over, ignoring Xia Lan, and reached out to take Du Wenqing's arm.
Xia Lan glanced at the family with amusement; it really was a three-person show.
No wonder Old Du said he couldn't handle them alone; you really need some skill to deal with three shameless people like that.
"An ant wearing glasses—thinking it has a lot of face."
Xia Lan looked at the three of them and smiled brightly.
"What did you say? What's wrong with you, young lady? Don't you have any sense? This is my father-in-law, you know? And this is his son, and this is his grandson, they're related by blood! You're just an outsider with no blood relation, understand?"
Chen Tong rolled her eyes at Xia Lan, finding her in the way, and tried to push Xia Lan aside so that she would give up her seat.
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