By the time the police arrived, the three of them were already locked in a fierce brawl.
Two of them were even bare-bottomed, creating a scene worthy of a world-famous painting.
Qin Yiyang stepped forward. “Officer, this woman is the one who falsely accused my mother of stealing.”
Mrs. Zhao panicked.
She couldn’t be arrested—if she were, wouldn’t that just let that adulterous couple off the hook?
She grabbed An Rou!
“An Rou, I only slandered the Qin family to help you! You can’t just abandon me now!”
“Mr. Shen likes you so much—you’re practically the future lady of the Shen family! You have to save me!”
An Rou quickly distanced herself. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Mr. Shen and I only share a life-saving bond.”
An Rou did want to become the lady of the Shen family, but that required Old Master Shen’s approval first.
Until then, she couldn’t afford any complications.
“You little bitch!” Mrs. Zhao snapped, cursing loudly. “You were the one who said you had a grudge against the Qin family, so I helped you! Now you want to throw me aside? Not a chance!”
Her voice boomed with such force that it seemed she wanted everyone in the building to hear.
An Rou, meanwhile, looked utterly terrified.
Fragile and pitiful, she evoked sympathy from many of the men present.
Furious, Mrs. Zhao clawed at An Rou’s face. “Who do you think you are? You think Mr. Shen likes you? Bullshit! If he really liked you, would he have given you a fake necklace? You’re probably just some rich man’s plaything!”
An Rou trembled with rage, unable to dodge in time as a searing pain spread across her face.
This hit Qin Yiyang’s absurdly low laugh threshold.
Honestly, Mrs. Zhao really knew how to twist the knife!
Right now, the fake necklace Shen Qingshan gave her was An Rou’s biggest sore spot.
Hearing Qin Yiyang laugh, Mrs. Zhao redirected her anger. “What are you laughing at? Your family is about to go bankrupt, and you still have the nerve to laugh?”
“……”
Qin Yiyang’s defenses crumbled.
In her mind, a tiny version of herself knelt on the ground, bursting into tears.
Couldn’t we avoid bringing up such a depressing topic on such a fine day!
—”Who’s going bankrupt?”
A voice chimed in.
Qin Yiyang turned around and saw the paparazzo being escorted out of the neighboring room by the police.
The two had attempted a home invasion and were now proudly sporting silver bracelets.
【Gotta give them credit—even after getting arrested, they still remember to gossip. Quite dedicated.】
Mrs. Zhao couldn’t stand seeing others doing well and wished everyone were as miserable as her.
She replied with glee, “The Qin family! The Qin family is going bankrupt.”
The paparazzo frowned. “How is that possible? With a whole room full of gold, you’re telling me the Qin family is going bankrupt?”
“What gold?” Mrs. Zhao froze.
Just then, the police approached Qin Yiyang. “Miss Qin, we’ve already documented and photographed the scene. You can take the gold with you now.”
Qin Yiyang thanked them repeatedly and called out to Father Qin and Qin’s Mom, “Dad, Mom, lend a hand. Let’s move the gold back home.”
Mrs. Zhao sneered. “How much gold could there be that it takes three people to move it?”
As she spoke, Qin Yiyang pushed open the door to room 2203 next door.
Mrs. Zhao was stunned!
The entire room was filled with gold. Anyone would think the hotel had struck a gold mine.
No wonder it took three people to move it!
Even Father Qin and Qin’s Mom, who had mentally prepared themselves, were dazzled by the sight.
Was this the consequence of “sitting and waiting for money”?
It was oddly delightful.
Amidst the chorus of gasps, only An Rou’s face twisted with barely concealed rage.
How was this possible!
Shen Qingshan had clearly told her that the Qin family was about to go bankrupt, so how could they possibly have so much gold?
Could it be that Shen Qingshan had lied to her?
Thinking of that rusty fake necklace, An Rou’s mind grew even more unsettled.
All these years, Old Master Shen had prevented her from entering the Shen family, and she had always wanted to gain his approval. Yet she had never considered what would happen if Shen Qingshan no longer liked her.
An Rou panicked.
Clutching her phone tightly, she wanted to call her daughter to ask what to do next.
Just as she was about to dial, Qin Yiyang’s voice suddenly rang out.
“Officer, I’d like to report another case.”
The police were momentarily stunned.
Was this little girl trying to help them meet their quotas?
Qin Yiyang’s face was tense as she pointed at An Rou. “I want to report a human trafficking case. This woman trafficked me before—she’s a human trafficker!”
An Rou’s expression changed abruptly.
When it came to human trafficking, the police took it especially seriously. “Miss Qin, are you sure she trafficked you?”
“Yes.” Mentioning the painful memory, Qin Yiyang’s face fell. “At the time, she was even planning to sell me to a cripple in the neighboring village to be his child bride!”
Father Qin and Mother Qin’s hearts tightened.
There was such a thing?
They had never heard Yangyang mention it before.
Actually, it wasn’t that Qin Yiyang hadn’t said anything—she had been foolish back then and had no idea what was happening. Now that she had awakened, she understood the situation clearly.
Qin Yiyang recalled, “The cripple was an old bachelor in the village. One day, he suddenly told me to go with him, saying he had spent 2,000 yuan to buy me as his wife.”
Mother Qin grew anxious. “Did that person hurt you?”
“No, no. At the time, I pointed at his head and said there were two little people on top of it. The cripple thought I could see unclean things and was so scared he turned and ran.”
Looking back now, it was nothing short of a medical miracle.
Mother Qin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “So you deliberately tricked him?”
“Not exactly.” Qin Yiyang shook her head. She hadn’t been that clever as a child.
“The two little people I mentioned were the Haier Brothers on the air conditioner.”
Everyone: “…”
Qin Yiyang sighed. “After that, several nearby villages knew I could see unclean things, and no one was willing to buy me anymore. So An Rou made me live in the pigpen, and I was almost eaten by the pigs.”
After hearing these past events, everyone’s expressions toward An Rou changed.
“What a vicious woman!”
“She looks so gentle and delicate, but who would have thought her heart is so black?”
“Saving the richest man was just a pretense—marrying into a wealthy family was her real goal!”
An Rou, of course, denied it.
However, with Qin Yiyang’s testimony, the police still took An Rou away for questioning.
Seeing the situation reverse, a few people who had earlier tried to curry favor with An Rou shamelessly approached. “Fengyi, this gold looks quite heavy. Do you need help moving it to the car?”
Mother Qin: “Get lost.”
The group slunk away.
Seeing there was nothing more to watch, Mrs. Wei also turned to leave.
Just then, Qin Yiyang called out to her. “Auntie Wei, these next few days, stay away from water, especially surfing.”
Mrs. Wei didn’t take it seriously.
Still, she patted Qin Yiyang’s head. “Thank you, little one.”
After Mrs. Wei left, Mother Qin asked curiously, “Yangyang, why did you tell her to stay away from water?”
Qin Yiyang blinked, feeling conflicted inside.
[Because in the book, Mrs. Wei, who spoke up for us, was also defined as a cannon fodder character. In just a few days, she drowned while surfing.]
[Mrs. Wei is a good person. I should at least give her a warning.]
[But how do I explain this to Mom and Dad?]
Qin Yiyang thought for a moment, “I figured it out through divination!”
Father Qin and Mother Qin didn’t expose her.
They had no intention of telling Yiyang about hearing her inner thoughts, fearing it would burden her or make her feel awkward.
Mother Qin teased, “So what else did our Yiyang divine?”
Qin Yiyang replied seriously, “I also divined that I must break off the engagement with Bo Mingze.”
Back then, she had insisted on marrying only Bo Mingze, causing quite a few embarrassing scenes.
Even now, people often brought up this engagement, claiming the Qin family took advantage of others’ misfortune, bullied the weak, or whispered behind her back that she couldn’t find anyone else to marry and had to cling to the Bo family.
Her mother had always held back her anger.
She even went out of her way to maintain relationships, sending gifts to Bo Mingze’s aunts and relatives during holidays.
Now that the family business was in decline and they needed the Bo family’s help more than ever, bringing up the idea of breaking off the engagement would surely put her parents in a difficult position.
—Even though she knew Bo Mingze would never lift a finger to help the Qin family.
Unexpectedly, Father Qin agreed without hesitation and even proposed a solution, “Alright, then let’s publish a notice in the newspaper to announce the end of the engagement.”
Qin Yiyang: “What?”
You can even publish something like that in the newspaper?
“That’s a great idea—formal yet low-key,” Mother Qin immediately understood and dialed a number.
“Editor Jin, I’d like to publish a notice ending an engagement. The content is: Qin Yiyang, the daughter of the Qin family, hereby announces the termination of her engagement with Bo Mingze as of today. This is to inform relatives and friends, and also serves as a keepsake.”
Qin Yiyang: “…”
So it was just unilaterally and happily decided like that? No need to discuss it with the Bo family?
Mother Qin hung up the phone, looking radiant and triumphant.
“It’ll be in the paper tomorrow.”
“Didn’t the Bo family always say we took advantage of them with this marriage? Well, this time, we’ll be high-handed just once!”
“Let them know this is a notice, not a negotiation.”
Qin Yiyang couldn’t help but applaud!
Her mom shouldn’t be called Qin Fengyi—she should be called Long Aotian!
The System popped up: [There’s a piece of gossip about your family. Do you want to hear it?]