Chapter 118: I'm just a person with no quality

"Dad, I am also your daughter; you have favored my younger sister since I was little, and now you favor her child as well—have you ever thought about Miaomiao?"

Qin Siyan wiped her tears, crying as she continued: "My sister's life is already who knows how many times better than mine—can't you just feel some pity for me?"

Qin Lao expressionlessly lifted his tea, took a sip, raised his eyes to look at the tear-streaked eldest daughter who was still crying at her age, then glanced at the granddaughter sitting beside her, looking wronged like a little white flower.

"Yes, your sister married well and lives well, but wasn't that your own choice?"

Qin Siyan's sobbing paused, just about to retort, Qin Lao continued: "Back then the Ruan family took a liking to your sister; I originally disagreed as well, but Ruan Jun was nothing decent, yet you, seeing the Ruan family's power at the time, rushed to pledge yourself to them privately, and still claimed I was biased—though I was unwilling, after hearing your words I had no choice but to agree; now you're not doing well and start saying I'm biased again?"

Qin Lao looked at this eldest daughter and only felt a headache.

Ruan MiaoMiao saw Qin Siyan blocked by Qin Lao's words, silently poked Qin Siyan, reminding her not to forget the main point.

But who is Qin Lao? Having mixed in the business world for years, he naturally saw through these petty tricks and small calculations; Ruan MiaoMiao raised her hand at that moment and Qin Lao immediately understood—his eldest daughter, though greedy, was stupid, and only this granddaughter had inherited both the eldest daughter's stupidity and the Ruan family's scheming.

Qin Yuchen naturally also saw it, snorted, bent down to pick up the cigarette box on the table and lit one for himself, watching the mother and daughter perform like a show.

Qin Siyan, reminded by her daughter, finally remembered the point of this visit, stood up, sat beside Qin Lao, clung to his arm, and coquettishly said: "Dad, I actually came this time to ask you to intervene and let me divorce Ruan Jun—you don't know, the Ruan family is now like this, yet he still cheated and had a child with an outside mistress."

Seeing Qin Lao remain unmoved like Mount Tai, she continued: "He even wants to ask me and Miaomiao for money to support his outside mistress."

The young granddaughter's coquettishness is cute, but a daughter of this age acting coquettish—especially when she blatantly lays her purpose before the eldest daughter—makes Qin Lao feel uncomfortable.

He said coldly: "You chose it yourself, you bear it yourself."

"Dad!" Qin Siyan stared at Qin Lao in disbelief, "Are you still my biological father? How could you say such thing?"

"If I weren't your biological father, you wouldn't even be able to enter the Qin family's gate." Qin Lao shook off her hand, stood up, looked down at this unpromising eldest daughter, and said disappointedly: "When you were little, you and your sister both lived with me and your mother; we never favored either of you, and your brother was the same—we treated you all equally to avoid comparison."

"Even if you liked playing with these little tricks as a child, your brother didn't like it, but whatever we bought for you two was the same." Qin Lao shook his head, his gaze growing darker: "I don't know if we got you switched at birth—you both grew up the same, your sister was sensible from a young age, a few years younger than you yet still yielded to you, yet you feel no gratitude, instead envying her for her good grades and sensibility, even hating her."

"Now, look at the daughter you've raised." Qin Lao's gaze fell on Ruan MiaoMiao, who stared at him in disbelief, then heard Qin Lao continue: "In the past, when Ah Ling wasn't around, she would openly and secretly speak ill of Ah Ling in front of me, inciting Qin Yuyang to warn Ah Ling not to come see me; now she again stirs you to come plead with the Qin family—truly she has passed on all the flaws of you and the Ruan family completely."

Ruan MiaoMiao's eyes reddened, she stood up trying to explain: "Grandfather, I'm not…"

"This old man isn't blind—actually, a few years ago he was practically blind, yet he believed your words twice." Qin Lao cut her off, hands behind his back, preparing to leave.

Qin Siyan stood frozen; Ruan MiaoMiao saw such a useless mother and anxiously sat beside Qin Siyan, whispering: "Mom, quickly beg Grandfather to help me, otherwise I really won't be able to survive in the entertainment industry."

Qin Siyan nodded dumbly, looked at Qin Lao's back, gathered courage and shouted: "Dad, if you won't help me, then help Miaomiao—she's been slandered and abused online, and upon investigation it turns out the Fifth Young Master of the Zhou family is behind it; I heard the Fifth Young Master of the Zhou family is together with that dead girl Wen Ling, so this must be Wen Ling's doing..."

"Shut up!" Qin Lao turned, glared angrily at Qin Siyan, gritted his teeth: "As an elder, to scold a junior, moreover an innocent junior, do you still have any face?"

Qin Siyan didn't expect her father to be so angry; from the moment they entered, his face had been expressionless, his words cold and distant, but now, because of Wen Ling, he actually scolded them so harshly.

"Dad, how could what I said be wrong? Why would the Fifth Young Master of the Zhou family target Miaomiao for no reason? Surely someone behind the scenes is pulling the strings."

Qin Lao clenched his fists; if he weren't old and his eldest daughter weren't no longer a child, he would have stepped forward and given her a stern beating.

"No one is behind it." Zhou Yinhe shook off Wen Ling's hand that showed no anger, kept a cold face, and walked from the entryway into the living room.

He lowered his eyes to look at Qin Siyan and Ruan MiaoMiao, the corner of his mouth curling in a light, mocking smile, as if he were looking at ants.

"I simply can't stand seeing Miaomiao act like a white lotus." Zhou Yinhe crossed his arms, raised an eyebrow and smiled: "I'm just a person with no quality; I always speak straight about those I dislike."

Moreover, his anger had multiplied countless times when he heard Qin Siyan insult Wen Ling.

"A woman full of scheming thoughts, yet pretending to know nothing—those who know think she's acting like a white lotus, those who don't think she's just a fool, born without a brain."

Qin Siyan could no longer hold back; she stood up, raised her hand trembling, pointed at Zhou Yinhe and stammered: "What are you saying? Is this how the Zhou family educates its children? You've been taught to be so disrespectful to elders."

Zhou Yinhe gave her a cold look, stepped back as she extended her hand toward him; the bodyguard beside him, in tacit understanding, stepped forward and directly bent her fingers back—within a moment, her screams echoed throughout the Qin household.

Only Qin Siyan's fingers were bent backward in a deformed shape; at that moment she clutched her hand, sobbing and screaming, while Ruan MiaoMiao, seeing this, could hardly believe Zhou Yinhe would lay hands on the Qin family's eldest daughter within the Qin household.

She stepped forward to support Qin Siyan, alarmed: "What are you doing! This is the Qin family!".

Zhou Yinhe couldn't be bothered to look at her, turned and reached out toward Wen Ling, who was watching the show from not far away.