CHAPTER 302: CHAPTER 251 SECOND UPDATE

The next day, Qin Ye woke up feeling refreshed. Seeing his still-sleeping wife, he couldn’t suppress the smile on his lips.

He got dressed and out of bed cautiously, then moved lightly out of the room, taking care to close the door behind him.

As he came out, he happened to see his younger sister, Qin Mei, also emerging from the room next door.

"Big brother!" Qin Mei called out hastily.

"Why so early? You could have slept a bit longer." Facing his sister, even Qin Ye’s stern face softened a bit. "Is it too hot to sleep?"

Qin Mei shook her head. "It’s not hot, getting up early to study helps me remember better."

When school started in September, she didn’t want her academic performance to be poor. She had heard there might even be an entrance exam!

She didn’t want to score too poorly.

Moreover, the teaching style of teachers in the city might be different from those in their town; she had to work hard.

Qin Ye, hearing her ambitious words, felt somewhat pleased. "Then let’s go downstairs."

Qin Mei nodded. "Okay, big brother!"

At that moment, Qin Ye’s eyes narrowed dangerously. "What are you hiding there for?"

Just as he spoke, Qin Mei looked surprised, but before she could follow her brother’s gaze, Qin Yu stepped out from behind a partly closed door.

Qin Ye stared at him and asked, "What are you skulking around there for?"

Faced with his big brother’s interrogation and that intense gaze, Qin Yu felt enormous pressure.

"I wasn’t hiding..." Then he glanced mournfully at his younger sister.

What was the point of reading so early in the morning?

If you wanted to read, at least let me know earlier so I could get prepared... I could also grab a book to look at.

Otherwise, if you’re the only one working hard, it makes me seem unambitious.

Qin Mei: ...

"Alright, downstairs you go, but tread lightly, don’t wake your sister-in-law." Qin Ye didn’t feel like chiding anyone so early in the morning, especially since his wife was still sleeping.

"Alright, okay!" Qin Yu said, barely able to conceal the joy in his voice at the prospect of not being admonished.

The three siblings went downstairs together.

Honestly, Qin Yu and Qin Mei were quite fond of this two-story Western-style house.

Especially Qin Mei – she loved the beds here, far softer than the brick platform bed at her home.

After the three of them washed up and brushed their teeth.

Qin Mei took a stool and sat under a tree in the courtyard to read...

While Qin Ye went to tinker with the pile of junk from yesterday.

Qin Yu didn’t fancy joining the two of them, so he headed to the kitchen instead.

"Auntie, let me help you start the fire..."

Madam Rong was cooking. Hearing this, she looked at Qin Yu, "No need, you go play..."

Qin Yu couldn’t just go and play. If he did, he reckoned he’d be on the sharp end of his big brother’s glare.

And with his younger sister studying, him doing nothing... that would show too big a gap.

"Auntie, I like starting fires, please let me do it!" he pleaded earnestly.

Madam Rong: "You’re such a good child. There are plenty of other kids about your age around here; you can go play with them..."

Qin Yu: ...

No, I’m not a child.

At the age of thirteen, in their rural village, it certainly wasn’t the age to play.

Rong Wenming also got up, and he was now particularly focused on maintaining his health, especially after learning the set of health-promoting exercises from his own daughter. He loved it and would practice every morning after getting up.

After all, he wanted to live longer to be there to hold his future granddaughter!

Everyone in the family was up except for Rong Yan, who was still sleeping.

During breakfast, knowing that Rong Yan would sleep very late, they didn’t call her to get up.

Instead, it was just a few of them who got up early eating together...

What they didn’t know was that at this moment, Xu Guilan had actually brought her mother-in-law and her husband over.

"Mom, Daquan, it’s over there..." Xu Guilan whispered, pointing at the gate of the Rong Family not far away.

Old Lady Zhao followed the direction of her pointing and looked over; she couldn’t suppress the anger that had built up overnight, "Let’s go."

Xu Guilan, seeing her mother-in-law’s face filled with rage and obviously not here for a medical visit, instantly became worried.

"...Ah, Mom, could you please..." speak nicely later?

She didn’t want to come and argue; she just wanted to get treated properly and then... have children.

Right then, Aunt Jin, who was returning from buying groceries, also saw the three of them.

Aunt Jin quickly approached, "Guilan... what are you doing here?"

Xu Guilan felt a bit guilty seeing her elder aunt, because last night, she had promised not to reveal the person, but... she not only did, but also brought her mother-in-law back.

"...Elder Aunt, I, I came to find Rong Yan..."

Aunt Jin was furious; she had cautioned her so many times last night, and yet she still ended up telling her mother-in-law.

Was her brain filled with pig dung? No wonder they no longer wanted to treat her.

"Guilan, what is this all about?"

Old Lady Zhao was already angry, and seeing Xu Guilan’s elder aunt speak in such a manner, she became completely livid.

"Guilan’s elder aunt, are you saying you’re okay with others deceiving Guilan... wouldn’t that prick your conscience?"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Jin suddenly shifted her gaze and let out a cold laugh.

"I haven’t done anything as damning as certain people; why should my conscience hurt? If anything, it’s the conscience of those malicious old hags that should be in pain."

She had been growing more and more angry the previous night—how could there be such people in this world?

They came so early in the morning with this attitude clearly not to ask for medical treatment, but to cause trouble.

She had never seen such a vicious person.

At least other people’s malice was directed at strangers, but this old woman unleashed it even on her own offspring.

She had never heard of anyone trying to prevent their own daughter-in-law from getting pregnant.

Old Lady Zhao exploded at these words.

"You’re the old hussy, shameless, manipulating people to swindle money from my family... and having problems with the medicine? What problems? Don’t I want a grandson?"

Initially, Aunt Jin had some doubts, but seeing the old lady’s vehement reaction, she believed it must have been the old woman who tampered with the medicine.

This made her blood boil even more. "Who knows? You should ask yourself that..."

Old Lady Zhao was not someone to mess with, and besides, this had been going on for years; who would find out?

So, hearing Aunt Jin’s infuriating words, she went on the attack, "I’ll tear your mouth to shreds for spouting nonsense..."

Aunt Jin wasn’t expecting her to resort to violence so quickly and, after coming to her senses, the two of them ended up tussling together.

"Ow, you old bitch..."

The two women were of similar age, build, and strength... The fight was fierce with neither side backing down.

Xu Guilan was dumbfounded—how did they end up fighting like this?

Regaining her composure, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "Mom, elder aunt, stop fighting... you guys, stop it..."