Chapter 32: The biological child is not kept by one's side, while the one kept by one's side is not taught well
Qin Xingwan slept slumped by the bedside for the entire night.
She was woken up the next day by a strange sensation on her face.
Grandma Qin stroked her cheek with pity: "Wanwan."
Qin Xingwan woke up instantly, all her exhaustion replaced by joy.
"Grandma, you're finally awake."
Her eyes turned red, and she gripped her grandmother's hand tightly, refusing to let go for a long time.
"I've made you worry." Tears welled up in Qin Nainai's cloudy eyes.
She recalled the things she had heard yesterday, and a wave of sorrow filled her heart.
Wanwan had been pregnant, but the child was gone...
She, as the grandmother, hadn't known anything about it at all.
Qin Xingwan's face was pale; she couldn't hide it anymore, so she simply told her about the child.
Because the pregnancy was fragile, the doctor had specifically warned her to be careful, so when she first conceived, she hadn't dared to tell Qin Nainai, fearing the old woman would be disappointed.
Later, when Qin Yunshu returned, she and Chu Li often quarreled, and several times she was so angry it made her stomach ache, so she dared to say even less.
And after the incident happened later, there was no need to say anything.
"How did you lose the child?" Qin Nainai asked with a trembling voice.
Qin Xingwan's eyes shimmered with tears as she suppressed the grief in her heart, "It was just raining and the road was slippery; I wasn't paying attention and fell."
She did not want to speak of those dirty matters and make her grandmother sad.
Qin Nainai felt immense heartache and patted her granddaughter's hand, "It is Grandma who implicated you. If it weren't for me back then, you wouldn't have agreed to marry Chu Li."
She had heard everything Qin Shen said.
She had thought Qin Xingwan and Chu Li had a good relationship, but she hadn't expected that Chu Li still liked Qin Yunshu.
In this ill-fated relationship, how innocent Qin Xingwan was.
"Grandma, I don't regret it." Qin Xingwan comforted her grandmother, but her tears fell faster and faster, unable to be stopped.
She didn't want to make her grandmother sad along with her, so she quickly got up and went to the restroom, "I'm going to wash my face."
Qin Nainai sighed heavily.
While Qin Xingwan was washing her face, Qin Jianguo and his wife arrived with Qin Yunshu.
She really didn't want to see them, so she stopped at the doorway and didn't go out.
Qin Nainai was very angry.
"You ignored Wanwan when she was born and threw her to me. Now that she's grown up, you scheme against her marriage again, using my name to force her. Now that her marriage is stable, you indulge Yunshu in trampling on her. Do you really think I'm dead?"
"Now I'm just asking Yunshu to accompany me to the countryside for a while, and you're already shouting that she can't go. What, is she made of gold?"
"Mom, please don't be angry." Qin Jianguo hurriedly tried to persuade her, only hoping Qin Nainai would keep her voice down so others wouldn't hear.
It was a bit embarrassing.
Qin Nainai breathed heavily and pointed at Qin Yunshu, scolding: "If you wanted to run away from the wedding, then run far away. Why did you come back?"
Qin Yunshu sobbed, "Grandma, this is my home too. Just because my sister isn't happy, does that mean I can't come back?"
"I'm asking you, why did you go find Chu Li when you came back?" Qin Nainai pressed.
She was old, not blind; Qin Yunshu had been crossing the line all along.
Lady Qin hugged Qin Yunshu and said with some dissatisfaction: "Yunshu and A Li are childhood sweethearts with a deep bond. Even if they can't be husband and wife, can't they still be friends?"
She felt there was no problem with that.
"Running away from the wedding first, where do you get the face to be friends?" Qin Nainai scolded coldly, "Crying, crying, crying, all you know is how to cry. Bad luck."
"Grandma." Qin Yunshu felt ashamed and angry.
"From today on, you will take care of this old woman in the Yiyuan. When I'm better, you will go back to the countryside with me." Qin Nainai had long since made up her mind to take Qin Yunshu away.
She could not let Wanwan continue to be wronged.
"No." Lady Qin grew anxious, "Yunshu cannot go; she can't endure that kind of hardship."
Grandma Qin patted the quilt and said loudly: "Wanwan lived with me for twenty years; you didn't think she was enduring hardship, so why is it suffering for Yunshu to go?"
"Did Wanwan kill someone or set a fire in her past life to be saddled with you two heartless parents in this life?"
The more she spoke, the angrier she became, and her emotions grew more agitated.
Qin Yunshu hid in Lady Qin's arms and cried.
Qin Jianguo's expression was ugly, "Mom. We are a family."
No one went to soothe the old woman; they were still fanning the flames.
Qin Xingwan walked out and stroked her grandmother's back to help her catch her breath.
"Don't be angry, your health is what matters."
She didn't look at anyone.
Qin Nainai felt her granddaughter's filial piety and unleashed another round of angry scolding at Qin Jianguo.
"Back then, I didn't agree to Wanwan marrying Chu Li, so you took advantage of me being hospitalized to threaten her. What face do you have to say we are a family? Have you ever treated Wanwan like family?"
Qin Jianguo felt a bit guilty and didn't dare to retort.
After all, three years ago, it was indeed he who used Grandma to threaten Qin Xingwan, allowing the marriage alliance to proceed smoothly.
Lady Qin was displeased, "She lived in the countryside with you, and we sent money every month. We didn't mistreat her; is it necessary for you to be so mean?"
Qin Nainai snorted coldly: "You fool, you don't keep your own flesh and blood by your side, and you can't even teach the one you do keep well. The Qin Family will be ruined by your hands sooner or later."
"I..." Lady Qin was angry and immediately opened her mouth to retort a few words.
"Get out." Qin Xingwan stood straight and looked at her expressionlessly.
She drove them away without any courtesy, showing no respect whatsoever.
Lady Qin screamed in anger, "Qin Xingwan, I am your mother."
Qin Xingwan sneered, "If you don't leave now, I will post the news of Qin Yunshu fleeing the marriage online."
"Qin Xingwan..." Qin Jianguo said with a dark face, about to start lecturing her.
"And you... if you don't leave, I will tell Madam Chu about you hitting Chu Li on the back of the head."
The air was deathly silent.
Qin Jianguo and Lady Qin took Qin Yunshu and left in a rage.
After all, those were all facts.
And Qin Xingwan never cared about the family's reputation; she meant what she said and would do what she promised.
Qin Nainai was still not satisfied and huffed with great displeasure, "I, an old woman, haven't finished scolding them yet."
Qin Xingwan burst into laughter; it was truly good that Grandma still had the energy to scold people.
"I know you are still vigorous in your old age, but you should rest a while."
The stifling atmosphere was swept away.
Qin Nainai said, "What I just said is true; I intend to take Yun Shu back to our hometown to live for a while."
Even though she lived in a large villa in the city and had people to wait on her hand and foot, Qin Nainai still felt uncomfortable.
It was only because she thought of her granddaughter being here all alone with no one to rely on that she had endured it.
Now, she wanted to take Qin Yunshu away to let Qin Xingwan have a few days of peace.
"You want to go back?" Qin Xingwan leaned on her grandmother's shoulder and said softly, "I want to go back too."
The three years since coming to Yuncheng had been the most miserable days of her life.
Out in the hallway, Qin Yunshu sobbed softly in Lady Qin's arms.
"Grandma is too biased."
They were both granddaughters, so why did she only dote on Qin Xingwan?
Lady Qin's heart was shattered by the crying, "Be good, Yun Shu, don't cry; Mom won't let you suffer."
She kicked her husband, "Think of a way, quickly."
Qin Jianguo was unconcerned, "Mom was just saying it casually; don't take it seriously."
"What if it's true?"
"I'm already having someone look at the house in the countryside, preparing to sell it; what would we go back for..."
End of Chapter
