Chapter 74: Could You Please Have Some Shame?

When Qinfei heard that Grandmother had found out about this and flew into a rage, she felt her scalp tingle as well.

The old Qin family!

All the different branches of the family were present. As soon as Qin’s mother entered with Qinfei, the fourth aunt-in-law was the first to speak up, “Eldest sister-in-law, I heard that your cousin wants to open an internet café—is that true? Are you trying to bring disaster upon our Qin family?”

The third branch anxiously added, “Eldest sister-in-law, internet cafés are not good places. If our relatives and friends find out, how will we ever hold our heads up again? No matter how much money it makes, we can’t earn dirty money like that. Qinfei, you’re not a child anymore. Your mother might not know better, but why don’t you talk some sense into her?”

“I…” Qinfei’s face flushed red. She wanted to explain, but seeing her third aunt’s expression, which showed no interest in listening, she swallowed her words. The looks of disdain from everyone made her feel miserable, and she wished she could just drag her mother out of there right away.

Qin’s mother shielded her daughter and said, “If you have a problem, take it up with me, third sister-in-law. Don’t blame the child. And about opening the internet café—I haven’t told you about it yet. How did you find out?”

Second Uncle Qin, always quick to speak, replied, “It was the fifth branch who told the family. Apparently, someone saw Hongfei’s child collecting computer parts…”

Qin’s mother immediately grew angry and, with biting sarcasm, turned to the fifth aunt-in-law, “I knew it had to be your foul mouth spreading this. You can’t go a single day without making trouble for our branch, can you? Now that my cousin’s about to make money, you’re getting anxious, aren’t you?”

The fifth aunt was so provoked she could have spat in Qin’s mother’s face!

Have you no shame?

Making money, indeed.

Your cousin lost a million on the stock market! Who in Qinhua Street doesn’t know that?

Grandmother Qin was rolling her eyes in fury. Where did you get the confidence to think you’d turn a profit? “So it’s true then, you really are opening an internet café?”

Qin’s mother replied, “Yes, it’s true. But Mother, don’t listen to gossip. What’s so bad about opening an internet café? I heard from Shangxu that it’s very profitable—some people just can’t stand to see our family do well.” She shot a glance at the fifth aunt as she spoke.

The fifth aunt was so disgusted she wanted to explode.

Grandmother Qin was so upset her head buzzed. Before returning, she had hoped the rumors were false, but hearing this now, she knew it was true. She immediately struck Qin’s mother with the feather duster in her hand, losing her temper first. “You brainless woman, shut your mouth! Xia Lu! I’ve tolerated you for the sake of my eldest son and those two children! A perfectly good child—Qinfei dropped out of school halfway through and you did nothing. And Hongfei, still so young, dropping out to try making money like adults, even tinkering with computers. Is fiddling with computers a promising career? Look what you’ve done to these children! One’s eighteen and a half and hasn’t achieved anything; the other’s fifteen with no prospects. People laugh at us wherever we go!”

In all the years since marrying into this family, Qin’s mother had never seen her mother-in-law so furious. Her scalp prickled and she dared not utter a sound. She thought to herself, let her scold, let her hit—so long as her mother-in-law left her youngest daughter alone, she would endure it.

With the whole family present, and her mother being scolded so harshly, Qinfei’s face burned. She wanted to speak but lacked the courage, lowering her head in shame.

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The old Qin house was now empty.

Tang Jinnan suspected that Xia Lu and Qinfei must have run into trouble. From what Qin Yun said, the situation sounded serious. Knowing how much Qin Hongfei cared about her family, he went back to her room and turned on her computer. There was no internet connection, but he had his own wireless card. He logged into a pitch-black website, opened a window, and typed two characters: …

At that moment, there was the sound of a car engine cutting off outside.

On the black screen, a window suddenly popped up: “Here, here! Tang Little Jin, is that you?? Waaah, where have you been? You finally decided to contact me! I knew it, in your heart, I’m still the most, most, most important, aren’t I…”