Chapter 13: In a State of Chaos

Chapter 13: A Total Mess

See a doctor? Isn't that just making trouble?

Hong Qi’s gaze toward Qin Jingming turned a bit unfriendly! Lately, he couldn't stand hearing the word "sick."

To be honest, he didn't really want his son to get married this early. It was just that the Old Master had had a bit of an incident recently, and the family wanted to hold a happy event to ward off bad luck. Besides, the Old Master loved this grandson the most. He used to say that if he couldn't see his grandson get married and start a family, he wouldn't be able to die in peace. Hong Wentao had no choice; calling it warding off bad luck, it was also a good way to make his son settle down, so he prepared to let his son get married!

Everything else was easy to talk about, just the marriage candidate was hard to find! Girls after the Hong family's money were a dime a dozen, but people like that weren't worthy of entering the Hong family's doors at all. Hong Qi's thinking was: since they had to marry, they should pick the best candidate. First, the person had to be beautiful and smart. For the sake of the Hong family's fourth generation, neither looks nor IQ could be lacking! And it would be best if she could keep his son in line, make him settle down and follow him in doing business.

Hong Qi knew such a person wasn't easy to find. He put the word out: no matter who it was, as long as they could get his son a satisfactory daughter-in-law, he would take out one million as a thank-you gift. The betrothal gifts and such were calculated separately.

Rich people, willful!

Qin Jingming was probably eyeing that money, which was why he used the pretext of finding a job for Qin Yike to lure her over.

Qin Yike didn't know these details, but she could figure it out with her toes: if there was no benefit in it, would Qin Jingming go to such great lengths?

Since you lot are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!

"I'm here to see a patient!" Qin Yike looked at Hong Dexi. "This should be the patient my Uncle mentioned, right!?"

Hong Dexi's expression wasn't good. "I'm not sick!"

His old man's face had already turned iron-green. Qin Jingming hadn't expected Qin Yike's guts to be this big—big enough to spout nonsense.

"Yike, don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense! Didn't you say it? You said the Hong family's young master frequents brothels, has a sore waist and deficient kidneys, and might have caught a dirty disease."

Hong Qi almost cursed. If he didn't know Qin Yike had skills and wanted to figure out the ins and outs, he really would have flipped the table. To hell with it, let whoever want it have it!

Gao Mingyu was scared stiff. She really hadn't expected that right at the critical moment, Qin Yike would suddenly flare up. "You, you child, how can you speak so recklessly! Mr. Hong, this really has absolutely nothing to do with us. We just thought this girl looked good, had a high education, met your requirements, so we wanted to bring her over for you to see. Those words really weren't said by us!"

Qin Yike smiled faintly. "In such a rush to wash your hands of it now, isn't it a bit too late!? Mr. Hong, right? This is what I think: one cannot hide one's illness and avoid treatment. If you're sick, you have to get treated! If your son's current condition isn't treated, it won't be long before things rot off down there! He's already started spraying perfume to cover the smell. Before long, that stench won't be coverable no matter what. If you don't trust me, you'd best take him to a proper medical institution for a check-up, lest it be delayed. If it goes on like this, you can forget about holding a grandson in this lifetime."

Qin Yike's words shocked everyone present into a daze!

Hong Qi was furious at first, but then seeing his son's evasive and guilty expression, he fell into deep thought.

As for Qin Jingming and Gao Mingyu, they were truly scared out of their wits right now! The couple broke out in a cold sweat all over, afraid of offending Hong Qi, fearing they wouldn't be able to stay in the county town afterward.

The imagined scene of rage didn't happen. Hong Qi looked at his own son with a doubtful, uncertain gaze, making Hong Dexi's back run cold; sweat was about to pour down.

A father knows his son best!

Hong Qi knew exactly what kind of person Hong Dexi was! One look at Hong Dexi's shifty eyes, and he knew that girl hadn't wronged him in the slightest. His good-for-nothing son had caught a venereal disease; his life was practically forfeit, yet he still had the mood to flirt here!

"Go home!"

"Dad!" Although Hong Dexi felt it was a pity, he didn't dare disobey his father's words! So he stood up shrinking back, just about to say something, but was cut off by Hong Qi.

"Let's leave it at that for today." Hong Qi glanced at Qin Yike, his face blacker than the bottom of a pot, and immediately left with his son.

A perfectly good game of chess, ruined!

Once Hong Qi left, Qin Jingming's explosive temper could no longer be contained. Evil fire flared up non-stop. "Qin Yike, are you asking for a beating? Letting you go on a blind date with Young Master Hong—that was thinking highly of you! You don't even look at your own origins, reeking of poverty. You think you're a fairy descended to earth? Picky as hell, pfft!"

These were words spoken by an uncle!

Qin Yike was exceptionally calm. Everything was within her expectations; what was there to be angry about?

"If Young Master Hong is so great, why didn't you save him for your own Qin Chuxi?"

"Pfft, our Chuxi is destined to marry into a prestigious family! A nouveau riche like this isn't worthy of her!" Gao Mingyu's ugly face was fully exposed. "Do you know what a huge deal this is? You little slut, you don't think about the consequences of doing this. Today you offended the Hong father and son; tomorrow, they can make it so your family can't stay in the county town. You hurry up and go apologize at their door, smooth this over! Qin Yike, I don't care if you kneel and beg them, or strip naked and crawl into Young Master Hong's bed to coax him back. In short..."

Before Gao Mingyu could finish, she felt her hair grabbed by someone. A tremendous force yanked her body backward. She could barely stand, her scalp hurting terribly.

"Ah~" She screamed. "Who is it? Let go." She reached back trying to save her hair, but to no avail.

Qin Jingming was also startled by the suddenly appearing Qin Weiming. "Second Brother, what are you doing?"

Qin Weiming, eyes red, let go of Gao Mingyu's hair.

Gao Mingyu then realized the person grabbing her hair was none other than Qin Weiming.

"Qin La'er, are you sick!" Her scalp was bleeding; she'd lost several clumps of hair. Gao Mingyu was furious, clutching her head and cursing. "What are you going crazy for??"

"I'm sick. The question is, am I the sick one, or are you two husband and wife the sick ones!" Qin Weiming casually grabbed a teapot and hurled it at Gao Mingyu.

*Clang!* The teapot shattered at Gao Mingyu's feet, tea splashing all over her.

"Ah, you're crazy!"

"Right, I'm crazy. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't dare believe my good big brother, my good sister-in-law, could actually do something worse than beasts! You said you were finding Yike a job? Hah? And the result? Is what you did even human? I'm fighting it out with you!" Qin Weiming was truly driven mad by the stimulation. He lunged at Qin Jingming like a runaway train.

"Qin La'er, are you crazy!" Qin Jingming wasn't one to back down either. He grabbed Qin Weiming. "We can talk nicely. Let's go back and talk!"

"Pfft!" Qin Weiming didn't care about face anymore. He spat a mouthful of thick phlegm onto Qin Jingming's face. "I have nothing to say to a beast like you. I'm fighting it out with you!"

The two wrestled into a ball. The scene was a total mess!

Family squabbles, right? Some families are just like this. For the sake of profit, they lose all kinship. Don't know if there are any like this around you!

(End of Chapter)