Chapter 5

Qin Gang didn’t expect to come back at this time. Qin’s mother felt a little guilty. She bent her legs and pretended to be lame, and was about to step forward to complain first. But when she heard Qin Gang’s words, she stood up straight in an instant.

“You accuse my eldest sister without knowing right or wrong. You don’t know how to bully her on weekdays? Qin Gang, do you really think that there is no one left in our Qin family?”

Qin Gang looked over in the direction of the voice. He had seen Jiang Yiyi before, on the day when Jiang Yiyi and Gu Yunze got married. Jiang Yiyi looked so rustic and ugly at that time. But the person in front of him, although she looked sick, could not hide her cold temperament, especially her pair of bright and clear eyes, which seemed to attract people and made people want to get closer.

His eyes flickered.

“It is only natural to pay back debts. I just mentioned it casually, and your family got so angry that they threw the two children out while my eldest sister was not at home, leaving them sitting in the mud and crying.”

Qin Gang actually owed money to his father-in-law!

The onlookers’ ears suddenly pricked up. Ever since the Qin family became rich, they looked down on the villagers. They only thought that the Qin family was very rich, but it turned out that they also owed money.

Qin Gang went to discuss business in the morning and didn’t know what happened at home. After listening to Jiang Yiyi’s words, he didn’t feel sorry for his two daughters at first, but was a little angry. It was true that he borrowed money, but his father-in-law was dead, so he didn’t have to pay it back. No, the money was borrowed when his father-in-law was alive. At that time, Jiang Yiyi hadn’t married yet, so how could she know? His mother-in-law wanted him to treat Gu Yunchi well and wouldn’t tell Jiang Yiyi. That was what Gu Yunchi said.

Thinking of Bi, Qin Gang became even more angry. He provided Gu Yunchi with good food and drink, but she was actually betraying him!

“Since you treat my elder sister and two children like this, I don’t need to show you mercy. Even if you deposit two thousand yuan in the bank, you will earn hundreds of yuan in interest in the next few years. For the sake of my elder sister and two children, I don’t want any interest. Apart from the fifty yuan I paid this morning, you only need to pay me one thousand nine hundred yuan.”

Qin Gang’s face changed. He had just negotiated a deal that required him to advance a lot of money. He came back to get the money. If he paid it back, he would not have enough money to pay it back. But if he did not pay it back, the villagers would talk about it. He could not afford to lose face, so he gritted his teeth and said, “Pay back 200 first, and the rest after I finish the work at hand.”

But he was swearing in his heart that he would make Jiang Yiyi take back the money in the same way she took it.

“Not even a cent less!”

“Sister-in-law Gu, after all, our two families are relatives, you can’t be so aggressive, right?”

Qin Lan “added fuel to the fire”, but still felt it was not enough, so she deliberately walked in front of Gu Yunchi and said, “Sister-in-law, please say something.”

Gu Yunchi looked at Qin Gang. Qin Gang had been very distant and disgusted with her recently. She knew that Qin Gang must have someone outside, but she endured it for the sake of her two daughters. With Qin Gang around, her two daughters would not be bullied or talked about. But now it was the Qin family who were bullying her two daughters, but Qin Gang chose to turn a blind eye. At this moment, her heart was completely chilled.

Seeing that she didn’t say anything, Qin Lan “anxiously” pushed her, and Gu Yunchi lost his balance and staggered towards Qin Gang.

Qin Gang didn’t even reach out his hand, just watched her fall to the ground holding the two children.

The moment she fell to the ground, Gu Yunchi twisted her body and protected the two children, but she fell heavily on her back into the mud, splashing all over her body.

The two children were frightened again and started crying.

Jiang Yiyi ran over and picked up the two children. Gu Yunyang helped Gu Yunchi sit up and glared at Qin Lan fiercely.

“I, I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Qin Lan explained in a panic, but there was a smile of triumph in her eyes. Her elder brother watched Gu Yunchi and the two children fall and did nothing. Gu Yunchi would definitely not tolerate it anymore.

Sure enough, Gu Yunchi wiped the mud from his mouth and said calmly, “Qin Gang, let’s get a divorce.”

“That’s what you said!”

Qin’s mother was so happy that she had long wanted her son to divorce this woman who could only give birth to money-losing things. Now, their Qin family would not be extinct.

“These two items are yours. The others are bought by our Qin family. You are not allowed to take them away!”

“You’re talking nonsense, the furniture belongs to us.”

Gu Yunyang said angrily that when his eldest sister got married, his father was still alive and he asked someone to make a set of the best furniture for his eldest sister as a dowry.

“Once you bring it into our house, it belongs to you.”

“And you can’t take the two thousand yuan either. You’ve been eating and drinking at our Qin’s house for the past few years. That money will be used as the cost of your food and drinks at our house.”

Gu Yunchi stood up, walked into the yard in the gazes of everyone, and picked up the axe by the door. Qin’s mother was shocked and wanted to go up to stop him. After chasing him for two steps, Gu Yunchi turned back, and Qin’s mother suddenly dared not move.

Gu Yunchi walked into the house, and soon he heard the sounds of smashing and looting.

After a while, Gu Yunchi came out of the house, still holding an axe in his hand, and looked at the Qin family, “Pay back the money! Two thousand, not a cent less.”

Mother Qin was so frightened that she pushed Qin Gang and said, “Give it to her!”

Qin Gang went back to the house and took the money to Gu Yunchi. Gu Yunchi counted it, threw away the axe, left the yard, gave the money to Jiang Yiyi, picked up the two children, and walked out of the village without looking back.

“Go get the divorce this afternoon. We don’t want a penny of child support. The two children will no longer have any relationship with your Qin family!”

After saying this, Jiang Yiyi chased after him, and she and Gu Yunyang stood on Gu Yunchi’s left and right to protect him.

Gu’s mother and Gu Yuncan were waiting at the gate. They saw Gu Yunchi and his two granddaughters covered in mud from afar. They asked Gu Yuncan to boil water and went over to take the children. The two little ones were frightened one after another and hugged Gu Yunchi tightly.

Gu’s mother could only let Gu Yunchi take the child to the bathroom. She went back to the room to get her and Gu Yuncan’s clothes. Jiang Yiyi followed her and told her that Gu Yunchi was going to divorce Qin Gang, and gave two thousand yuan to Gu’s mother.

Mother Gu took it in silence. She had to make plans for her daughter and two granddaughters. If Jiang Yiyi could not accommodate her in the future, the money would be enough for the three of them to live on.

“I’ll go cook, and mom will help my eldest sister.”

Jiang Yiyi went to the kitchen, and Gu’s mother took the clothes to the bathroom. Without asking anything, she helped Gu Yunchi wash the two children, put Gu Yuncan’s clothes on them, and coaxed them back to her room.

The clothes were too big, so Mother Gu tied the hems for them. She watched her two granddaughters looking towards the bathroom and secretly wiped away a few tears.

When Gu Yunchi came out of the shower, his mother could no longer see anything unusual. “It’s better to get a divorce. Then you won’t be bullied by that family, and I won’t have to worry about you every day.”

Gu Yunchi had no emotion when Qin Lan pushed him down, nor when Qin Gang ignored him. But at this moment he suddenly covered his face, and big tears flowed through his fingers.