Chapter 116

Qin Siqing left several scratch marks on Ruan Jun's face; upon seeing Ruan MiaoMiao, she cried, "MiaoMiao, your dad is truly no good—he's already in such a state yet still keeps a mistress outside, the illegitimate child is about to be born, and he even makes me give him money to raise the child."

In Ruan MiaoMiao's heart, Ruan Jun had long ceased to be her father; moreover, this Building 7 is now under her name, and he has not a penny left, so even if he has a mistress and an illegitimate child, he cannot take anything from her.

She felt that the most important thing now was the Qin family's reputation and her own reputation outside.

Ruan MiaoMiao ignored Ruan Jun, stepped forward and linked arms with Qin Siqing, and they went into the room together.

"Mom, could you please go ask my grandfather and cousin for help?"

Qin Siqing had been crying nonstop, but upon hearing this she frowned and looked at Ruan MiaoMiao.

"You mean that matter online? You can't even handle this small thing?"

Ruan MiaoMiao choked, bit her lip and explained: "Behind this, the Fifth Young Master of the Zhou family is involved; I simply can't handle it. The other side directly brought out a famous lawyer from Sijiucheng, and even warnings and threats are useless—it might even get me into big trouble."

"Mom, my relationship with my grandfather and the Zhou family is still decent, and my cousin gets along well with the Fifth Young Master of the Zhou family; their help would surely be better than me running around explaining. Besides, the situation is only getting bigger online, and nobody there listens to me." Ruan MiaoMiao shook Qin Siqing's arm, "Moreover, Mom, now Wen Ling has come back; if she goes to see grandfather, he will surely favor her as before, and what he had originally set aside for me will definitely all go to Wen Ling."

Probably, the harder life gets, the greedier people become.

Qin Siqing had also been spoiled and pampered since childhood; when she first married into the Ruan family, life was good, but later Ruan Jun proved disappointing, nearly ruining the Ruan family, and as a result Qin Siqing could no longer live the lavish, free-spending life she once had.

At this moment, her daughter's reminder made her feel as if she had been thoroughly awakened.

Yeah, she could go plead with her father—she is his biological daughter after all. Even if she previously acted foolishly and insisted on choosing Ruan Jun, so many years have passed; surely her father still feels some affection for his daughter? If that really doesn't work, she could also go plead with her brother and nephew…

Qin Siqing nodded, "Alright, I'll go see your grandfather and cousin; rest assured, I will definitely get them to help us."

Ruan MiaoMiao leaned into Qin Siqing's embrace, honestly saying she wasn't very reassured, but she had no choice; even if there was only a sliver of chance, she would try, lest the career she had built over these years and her own plans be ruined in an instant.

At that moment, a knock sounded on the room door; Ruan Jun stood outside shouting, "MiaoMiao, if you have money, give me some—that's your own brother, after all; if you won't take care of him, who will?"

Upon hearing that, Qin Siqing burst into tears, hugging Ruan MiaoMiao as she cried, "Listen to your dad—his own daughter is being bullied outside and he doesn't care, yet he goes to ask his daughter for money to support his illegitimate child outside."

Ruan MiaoMiao was also annoyed, furrowed her brows, suddenly thought of something, and urged Qin Siqing: "Mom, when you return to the Qin family, you can mention in front of grandfather how my dad usually treats you; if grandfather softens, he might give you more of the family property, and maybe even force my dad to divorce you, in which case you'd be free, right?"

Qin Siqing stared, glanced toward the door, and hesitantly asked, "Is that okay?"

"How could it not be? Do you still want to keep living this tight-fisted life?" Ruan MiaoMiao straightforwardly brought up Qin Siqing, Wen Ling's mother.

"You don't know, do you? My aunt and Wen Ling's dad are currently traveling around the world together; the Wen Family abroad is no small matter, and there have been many magazine and media reports of their travels." Ruan MiaoMiao continued to fan the flames, "Don't you want that? Didn't you tell me that Wen Ling's dad was supposed to be your fiancé?"

Upon hearing that, Qin Siqing immediately stood up, took Ruan MiaoMiao's hand, and said, "Let's go to the Qin family right now."

"Mom, it's too late now; let's go tomorrow."

"Alright, then you can sleep at home tonight." Qin Siqing glanced out the window, withdrew her gaze, and instructed, "Don't give your dad money; if you do, he'll just turn around and send it to that mistress."

Ruan MiaoMiao nodded, "I know, Mom, don't be angry either—these days are almost over for us; from now on, it'll all be good days."

Qin Siqing grunted, rose, walked out of the room, and left while pulling Ruan Jun's ear.

Ruan MiaoMiao got up to draw the curtains, and let out a light laugh.

——

Wen Ling flung herself onto the sofa as soon as she got home and sighed, "It's so hot—who actually likes going out?"

Zhou Yinhe wouldn't let her lie like that, he hugged her and went upstairs, "Let's take a shower first; if you don't feel like moving, I'll wash you."

Wen Ling heard that and directly refused, went into the bathroom alone, and locked the door.

"Lingling, let's do it together," Zhou Yinhe said, leaning against the bathroom door, "It's not like we've never showered together before."

"Get lost."

Zhou Yinhe shrugged his shoulders; anyway, she couldn't run away even if she wanted to later, so it didn't matter waiting a bit.

He simply went downstairs, played with Hehe for a while, and in passing did his litter duty; finally, he brushed Hehe's cat bowl, filled it with cat food, and then stuffed Hehe with a whole strip of freeze-dried salmon.

After Wen Ling finished her shower, she discovered he wasn't there, turned around, walked out of the room, and called out to him.

Upon hearing that, Zhou Yinhe went upstairs; just as he was about to lower his head to kiss Wen Ling, she reached out and covered his mouth.

"Shall we have a drink together?"

Zhou Yinhe blinked, not wanting to drink, and leaned forward against her hand.

"You have to drink even if you don't want to." Wen Ling pushed his chin, gave a soft hum, shifted her body and went downstairs, leaving Zhou Yinhe with an unwilling yet helpless expression.

"Then wait for me a moment; I'll go take a shower first."

Wen Ling responded, went down the stairs, and only then noticed Hehe gnawing nonstop on a freeze-dried salmon while clinging to her huge cat tree.

"Your dad is really good to you." Wen Ling stroked Hehe's head.

In the past couple of days at Chen Yue Fu, Zhou Yinhe had bought so many snacks and toys for Hehe that they could pile up into a mountain; he had also specially prepared a wood-colored cat tree that would utterly ruin the overall decor, with colorful little toys scattered everywhere.

Such a clean-loving person, because he dislikes having outsiders at home, Zhou Yinhe himself daily dutifully scoops Hehe's litter and feeds him.

Wen Ling didn't want Hehe to eat so many snacks, but Zhou Yinhe said, "It's only natural for kids to love snacks; if I bought them, they're meant for him to eat."

Wen Ling thought, Zhou Yinhe will surely be especially patient when he has children of his own.

She lightly flicked Hehe's forehead, got up, took a few bottles of beer from the fridge and put them on the table; there were also some snacks made by the chef at Feng Qi Yuan in the fridge, which she likewise took out and placed on the table.

Zhou Yinhe came downstairs, and Wen Ling had already drunk two cups.

"Why aren't you drinking red wine?"

"What's the point of drinking red wine?" Wen Ling raised an eyebrow at him, "With these snacks, beer is better."