Chapter 382

Chapter 382

"Just shut up, what do you mean by the ones you're close to? Aren't they all your children? Didn't you look for the lost child because the others weren't up to par? Hoping to find a more capable one?

Have you ever thought about it? If a child is capable, but you treat them badly, do you think they'll still treat you and the other children well?

That child is a person, not a puppet you can just push around.

And your father and I... have we ever wronged you? Haven’t we always treated you all like the apples of our eyes?

Who did you learn this 'flesh of my flesh' nonsense from?"

Qi Shizhong was fuming with rage.

It was bad enough that her muddled mind came up with such a troubling plan.

"Did your mother even succeed in this matter?" Qi Shizhong looked at his granddaughter, not quite sure.

"No, my elder brother and sister-in-law only came to the provincial city after their work transfer was successful. Moreover, my sister-in-law's job is at the community office; they don’t just hire anyone there.

As for the other ideas, they were rejected by my father."

He Wei had always felt that what her mother told her didn’t quite sit right.

But she couldn’t pinpoint why. After all, her mother said it was all for the good of her and her two elder brothers.

Recently, He Ming had a better impression of the elder brother and sister-in-law than he initially did, and she also found them more agreeable recently. She could recall what her mother had said before, but still couldn’t quite figure out what the problem was.

She just knew that her mother shouldn’t have treated the elder brother and sister-in-law that way.

Only now did she understand what was going on.

Her grandfather’s words had cleared up her confusion these past few days.

Exactly, wasn’t her mother trying to find the elder brother because the two brothers and she weren’t successful enough and couldn’t compare to He Tian?

Now that they had finally found him, her mother kept trying to take advantage of them and was rude to the sister-in-law. What’s the point of bringing them back if you treat them like this? If her mother hadn’t acted like that, maybe they would have been willing to come back home by now.

If the elder brother and sister-in-law were willing to come back but there wasn’t enough space at home, Father wouldn’t let Huihui and He Tian stay at home forever either.

He Wei felt an epiphany.

Qi Yingying was crying uncontrollably. She wasn’t unaware of these facts, but seeing the elder brother and his wife, who had already lived well in the corners of her ignorance, made her feel suffocated.

It wasn’t what she had imagined.

She knew they were her children, but she just couldn’t feel close to them.

She had tried, but...

"If you’re done crying, you should go where you need to. Didn’t you say you had to go home and cook for the family? Hurry up and leave, there’s no food for you here."

Qi Shizhong had completely lost his patience with his daughter, who still had the nerve to cry and couldn’t even explain herself properly.

"She’s already having such a hard time, why are you rubbing salt in her wounds? Our Yingying’s life turned out like this because she married the wrong person. Why are you blaming Yingying instead of addressing the son-in-law?

Besides, regarding the grandson, hasn’t Yingying already changed?"

Guo Chunhua felt sorry for her daughter and quickly spoke up when she heard the old man criticizing her like that.

"This child has been spoiled by you, and now you're still making excuses for her? If the son-in-law isn't good, we won't have anything to do with him. The grandson is your daughter's child, born at great risk to her life. If she doesn't care for him, why are you still indulging her?"

Qi Shizhong was furious.

"Dad, I already know I was wrong. Now I really want to mend the relationship. My son has a strange temper. He doesn't recognize me anymore, nor does he acknowledge Old He.

He has become Director Zhou's apprentice and will learn Traditional Chinese Medicine from the old master.

His future looks really promising. At the very least, let our family put aside our past grievances and allow him to look after his younger siblings.

All my kids are your grandchildren, so please help me find a way."

Qi Yingying felt terrified when she thought about how her eldest son, after coming back with Old He, didn't even stay overnight before leaving with his wife.

She had tried so hard to win over Bai Xiuxiu all evening, but Bai didn't budge or show any leniency.

If it weren't for the fact that her son listens to Bai Xiuxiu, she would have kicked them out.

Now, she couldn't get through to her son, and her daughter-in-law was equally unapproachable.

She wasn't the type to beg or plead, either.

Already upset, being called out by her father and scolded like this made Qi Yingying feel completely humiliated.

It was easier to lose face in front of her parents than in front of her daughter-in-law.

"Do you still think he's strange?" Qi Shizhong really wanted to ask the people from the He family. "My well-behaved daughter married into your family, so why has she changed so much?

She used to be a little selfish, but she wasn't foolish.

No one mistreated her, so how did it come to this?"

However, he couldn't blame them, as they hadn't laid a hand on her.

"Yingying, sit down."

Qi Shizhong sighed inwardly several times but decided to properly guide his daughter.

He rarely saw her a few times a year, and she was no longer a child. She even had a grandson now, yet he still had to teach her. It was really...

Qi Yingying obediently sat on the edge of the kang.

"Tell me honestly, do you care for that child? If you don't, then don't even think about mending the relationship. As for your other children, even if you're no longer around and they live a harder life, they won't die.

Finding them jobs and helping them start a family is already enough.

You can't be expected to take care of their future generations too, right?

If you don't care for your child, without mending the relationship, he'll only be hurt by you once in his life, and that'll be the end of it.

He has his own family, a wife and children, and a respectable job.

Don't make me beg the child, and then, when he trusts us and opens up, you hurt him again.

He is your child, but he shouldn't be so unlucky.

If you say you still care for him, then let's all work together to change his perception of us. But I'm giving you a fair warning: don't even think about asking him to take care of his younger siblings."

Qi Shizhong looked at his daughter with disappointment and helplessness.

"Dad, I..." Qi Yingying was about to answer right away.

"Take a few minutes to think, have some water, and calm down a bit. You know how I am; I can’t stand being lied to, especially when you say one thing to my face and another behind my back."

Qi Shizhong didn't want to listen to his daughter's nonsense and gave her a stern warning.

Qi Yingying hung her head in guilt. Finally, she spoke after a long pause, "Dad, I still want to fix things between us. After all, it’s my kid. But... what about his brothers and sisters?"

"Chunhua, give her a couple of buns for the road, so she has enough energy to go home and cook dinner for those demanding family members." Qi Shizhong didn't want to hear another word from his daughter.

He realized there was no getting through to her.