Chapter 85: Chapter 85: The Free Gift with a Phone Top-Up
Qin Xiao put Mianmian into the child seat, then sat beside Mianmian, while Xiao Li sat next to Qin Xiao.
Ever since the three of them lived alone, this was how they always sat.
Qin Xiao sat in the middle, with Mianmian on his left, making it convenient for him to take care of Mianmian while eating, and Xiao Li on his right, close enough to pass dishes to her.
After Qin Xiao sat down, he first offered Xiao Li a soup dumpling. "I had these soup dumplings back when I was at the Medical University; they tasted quite good. I happened to pass by the place, so I brought some back for you to try..."
Xiao Li picked up the soup dumpling with her chopsticks, caught it with a spoon, then took a small bite, sipping the broth only after it seeped out...
Seeing that she had eaten it, Qin Xiao asked, "How does it taste?"
Xiao Li nodded, "Not bad..."
In the child seat, Mianmian stared wide-eyed at the back of her father’s head and her mother’s side profile as she ate, whining in impatience...
Mianmian: Mom and Dad are true love, I’m just a bonus from a phone recharge...
Qin Xiao heard Mianmian’s whimper and turned to offer her a pig-shaped red bean bun.
Soup dumplings, Mianmian couldn’t have them.
After the family of three finished their snacks, they went for a walk in the garden.
In the garden, little Mianmian was pulling at the grass on the lawn, while Qin Xiao and Xiao Li sat on the swing and chatted idly...
"Uncle, when you said you were done being busy, did you mean completely done, or just done for today?"
Qin Xiao hugged Xiao Li, watching Mianmian not far away, "Done for this phase."
Recently, Qin Xiao had been busy with Feng Ye and Qin Zilong countering the Wen Family’s first house.
Now that things had settled, whether to continue dealing with the Wen Family’s first house depended on the follow-up investigation and the Wen Family’s first house’s reaction.
Qin Xiao entrusted the investigation to Qin Zilong, while Feng Ye mainly watched over the Wen Family’s first house.
Qin Zilong and Feng Ye were from the Qin Family’s branch. Now they followed Qin Xiao, along with some other branch family members who were busy across the country, not in B City.
Each generation in the Qin Family’s branch has outstanding individuals who work alongside the main branch members.
Qin Xiao had people around him, and so did Qin Tan.
But these people, due to following different leaders, had different identities.
Those following Qin Tan, since it was above board, could directly work at the company headquarters or go to various industries across the country.
Whereas those following Qin Xiao had to, like Qin Xiao, have a public job while privately managing the Qin Family’s network affairs.
The only one around Qin Xiao without a public job was Feng Ye.
Because he was mainly a face-to-face person, always staying by Qin Xiao’s side.
With someone as wealthy as Qin Xiao, having one or two bodyguards was normal, and no one found it strange.
Xiao Li was silent for a long while upon hearing his words, then hesitantly asked, "Will it be particularly difficult to investigate what happened back then?
Is there a chance we won’t uncover it?"
Qin Xiao tightened his hold slightly on Xiao Li, "No, there are no eternal secrets in this world.
I’ve handed the investigation of Mom’s matter to Zilong, the guy who followed us out to toast at our wedding.
He’s quite adept at digging up information. Anything entrusted to him for investigation has never gone unresolved.
You don’t need to worry about these things; I’ll tell you once there’s news.
The clan school at the ancestral home has already started, and now that I’m done, shall we stay at the ancestral home for a couple of days?"
Xiao Li nodded, her eyes drifting to Mianmian playing with the grass, "Yes... this matter concerns Mianmian’s future; we should first check it out for Mianmian."
Qin Xiao laughed lowly, "Alright, we’ll take Mianmian back to experience the atmosphere."
Mianmian, who was happily playing on the grass, had no idea she’d soon have to visit the place she’s most likely to want to escape from in her future life...
At the Wen Family’s first house, Cheng Jue awoke groggily, seeing the maid Wang Ma watching by her side, with an IV drip in her hand.
Wang Ma noticed she was awake and hastily called out, "Madam, you’re awake. Is there anywhere you still feel discomfort?"
Cheng Jue didn’t feel like talking, her chest still felt tight and uncomfortable.
Wang Ma, seeing her not speaking, dared not ask anymore, as everyone working here understood that with the Madam’s peculiar temper, it was best to keep silent when unnecessary.
After a while, Cheng Jue felt better after taking several deep breaths and asked, "Where’s the Master and the Eldest?"
Wang Ma carefully replied, "The Master is in his room, and the Eldest has already left."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Jue closed her eyes.
When she reopened them, they were filled with hatred, "Go and call the Master here..."
Wang Ma hesitated for a moment because the Master and Madam never entered each other’s rooms since their marriage. Could she really call him here?
But Wang Ma hesitated only briefly before going to call him.
Whether or not he would come, she had to inform him, or she would surely be scolded. If she informed him and he came, great. If not, she’d done her part, and if the Madam was mad, it wouldn’t be her fault.
Wang Ma went to Wen Xiaozheng’s door and knocked lightly, "Master, the Madam asks for you in her room."
After calling out, Wang Ma waited a long while but no one came to open the door, which meant he wouldn’t go.
Unable to do anything else, Wang Ma returned to report to Cheng Jue, who nearly fainted again from rage upon hearing this...
Yet, however furious she was, there was nothing she could do. Avoiding each other’s rooms was a rule set by her and Wen Xiaozheng since their marriage, he was simply adhering to it.
Cheng Jue mediated her anger, waiting patiently for the IV to finish.
Once it was done, she anxiously had Wang Ma help her to the living room to sit, and then asked Wang Ma to call Wen Xiaozheng down.
This time, Wen Xiaozheng came. As soon as he entered the living room, Cheng Jue sarcastically sneered, "The esteemed Master Wen is becoming more and more imposing. Calling you to discuss something requires multiple pleas..."
Wen Xiaozheng was unwilling to argue with Cheng Jue and directly asked, "What exactly do you want to discuss?"
Cheng Jue said angrily, "What else could it be?
The Qin Family obliviously dared to disregard my threat and retaliate.
I can’t swallow this...
You must act and kill that man’s granddaughter."
Upon hearing this, Wen Xiaozheng coldly glanced at Cheng Jue, realizing she was becoming more delusional.
"Do you think it’s still like more than twenty years ago? Where you could target whoever you wanted to target?
The people you sent to crash into the Qin Family car are already in prison.
Cheng Jue, don’t you see the situation even now?
We are no longer at the time when we could command the elements within the Wen Family.
The Qin Family’s willingness to counterattack means they’re not afraid of us."