Chapter 098: It Can Even Be Done Like This?

Mrs. Qin and Qin Fei were both taken aback. “It’s been solved? How?”

Qin Hongfei answered simply, “I did someone a small favor. He happened to be a cadre in the education bureau, so I asked him for help. He agreed, and it should be handled in the next few days. We just need to wait for the news.”

At that, Mrs. Qin was overjoyed. “Really? That’s wonderful.” She trusted her daughter without reservation.

Qin Fei did have her doubts, but since her younger sister had said so, she decided to believe it for the moment.

No one from the fifth branch came over.

Mrs. Qin had no desire to have anything to do with them, and naturally she would not volunteer any information. When her mother-in-law later came by to reproach her, Mrs. Qin blurted out that Hongfei had a solution.

Grandma Qin frowned at once. Her first instinct was that Hongfei was lying.

The Qin family didn’t know any officials at all, so where on earth could Hongfei have met one? Clearly, she had made it up just to reassure her eldest daughter-in-law. “You foolish woman. Just because Hongfei says she knows someone, that means she really does? How did she meet him? Where did they meet? What’s his name?”

Mrs. Qin was left speechless by the barrage of questions. She knew none of the answers. “Feifei didn’t say.”

Grandma Qin was so furious she wanted to slap her.

Qin Wanwan, seated at the dining table, let out a soft laugh and said, “First Aunt, you’d better go back and ask clearly. Schooling isn’t something to joke about. Registration is about to begin, and my mother only just managed to persuade Auntie to agree to give way a little.”

In her memory, the Qin sisters had achieved nothing in particular; how could they possibly have friends who were government officials?

The only way out had been Xia Shangxu, the Xia Shangxu whom everyone looked down on. After more than a decade of contempt, he had gone into business and made his fortune.

As for Qin Fei, she had only ever had a chance to rise because of Qin Yan... Of course, this life, the eldest branch would not be so lucky. Those opportunities were now in Qin Wanwan’s hands.

Mrs. Qin was not as sharp-tongued with her as Qin’s younger aunt was, but her tone was still stiff. “What do you mean by that? Are you saying your sister Hongfei is lying? Wanwan, why are you so petty? Don’t take after your mother. If you do, you’ll only learn bad habits sooner or later.”

The others were all at a loss for words.

What right did you have to say that about anyone else?

No matter what Grandma Qin said, Mrs. Qin stood firm: she would believe her daughter. Grandma Qin was so angered that she no longer wanted to speak to her.

Qin Wanwan, however, had a sweet tongue and could coax the whole family into warmth and laughter, while Mrs. Qin and Qin Fei seemed somewhat out of place.

After leaving the old Qin residence, Mrs. Qin told her elder daughter not to mention any of this to her younger sister. “It’ll only make your sister upset.”

She had little to boast of, and could not give her two daughters anything better.

But this small shelter from the storm was still necessary.

Qin Fei nodded.

Mrs. Qin sighed and patted her head. “Mom has made you suffer. But it’s all right. Once your father comes back...”

Whether Father Qin would ever come back, no one knew.

People said he was dead.

Qin Fei had no hope, and Qin Hongfei had none either. After helping recover the computer data, she began assembling the computers. The first one was put together under the curious gazes of passersby. In broad daylight, with the shop door standing open, Old Zhang next door watched with his own eyes as she fitted a pile of parts together, then used her tools to install everything, from the main unit to the motherboard. As she worked, a machine slowly took shape before his eyes, and the melon in his hand nearly dropped.

Could it really be done like that?

No, stay calm.

Even if it was assembled, that didn’t mean it would work.

Qin Hongfei had the same concern, so once it was put together she plugged it in at once to test it. The monitors she had brought back were ready-made. After installing the system and reaching the desktop, everything went so smoothly that the boot time was kept under thirty seconds.