Qin Ge sneered, turned around and left.
"Ge'er, where are you going?" Old Mrs. Qin came at some point and blocked Qin Ge's way.
“Mom…” Qin Jin was shocked and scared. He didn’t know how much the old lady had heard.
However, the more he feared something, the more it would happen. Butler Liu came running over: "Sir, something bad has happened..."
"What number?" Qin Jin interrupted Butler Liu hastily and kept throwing threats at him.
Qin Ge laughed, his face full of sarcasm: "Dad, are you afraid that grandma will know that you don't recognize your sister?"
"What sister?" Old Lady Qin's face changed drastically. "Ge'er, what are you talking about?"
"Qin Ge!" Qin Jin roared, his temples throbbing with joy.
The more he said this, the louder Qin Ge said, "Grandma, today my aunt Qin Xue came home with a token to recognize her, but my father didn't recognize her and drove her away!"
Qin Jin's eyes went dark. Butler Liu hurriedly supported him and whispered, "Sir, the young lady went to Li Sui. Li Sui recognized her and is treating her."
"How could it be such a coincidence?" Qin Jin was really dizzy this time.
Old Lady Qin tapped the ground with her cane and said sternly, "Qin Jin, you say!"
"Mom..." Qin Jin had no choice but to step forward, "Mom, don't listen to Ge'er's nonsense, it's not true."
"I'm not talking nonsense! I'm leaving home now to live with my aunt! I won't come back until you recognize her. If you deny her for the rest of your life, I will never come back!" Qin Ge said and left.
Qin Jin had no time to care about him, and said to Mrs. Qin: "Mom, don't worry, Ge'er is just talking nonsense..."
"She's really back?" Old Lady Qin interrupted Qin Jin majestically, her old eyes staring at his eyes, "It's her, right?"
Qin Jin hesitated for a moment and lowered his head: "Yes."
"She is still alive?" Old Mrs. Qin was extremely surprised. She seemed to be so shocked by the reality that she could not stand steadily. She reached out to support the maid and nanny beside her.
The maids and nannies hurried to support her.
"Mom, I didn't recognize her today." Qin Jin said bitterly.
"What's the use of not believing her? She's still alive and will come back one day." Old Lady Qin's eyes were filled with complex emotions, and her waist hunched over. "It's been fifteen years, and I never thought she was still alive..."
Qin Jin ordered someone to help Old Lady Qin into the study and sit her down. He then closed the door, knelt down, and said sadly, "Mother, let's let her go home!"
Old Mrs. Qin was silent, her body trembling slightly.
How long did she remain silent? How long did Qin Jin kneel on the ground? The storax on the table melted into the air. When the incense stick was one-third burned, Mrs. Qin said, "No!"
“Mother…” Qin Jin raised his head and called out in a trembling voice, his eyes full of sorrow.
"Qin Jin, you have to remember that Qin Xue died fifteen years ago. Our whole family gave her a grand funeral, and the Qin clan even set up a sign for her as a chaste girl."
"But mother, she is not having a good life now. Her husband just died, and she lives in Yangliu Village with her three children. Just imagine, how can a widow with children survive if she is not liked by her parents-in-law?" Qin Jin asked.
"Alas!" Old Lady Qin sighed deeply, "There's nothing we can do about it. That's her fate."
"Mom..."
"The Qin family is a respectable family, and you have been promoted to the position of prefect. Neither you nor the Qin family will tolerate any dirt. Qin Jin, let it go! We were already sad for Qin Xue fifteen years ago." Old Lady Qin stood up and walked forward, wanting to help Qin Jin up.
Qin Jin held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked pleadingly: "Mom, what if I insist on taking her home?"
(End of this chapter)