Old Man Qin was not more than fifty years old, but he looked like he was in the prime of his life. His hair was a mess, and deep wrinkles covered his weather-beaten face, making him look miserable.
Old Man Qin rested for a long time before he finally stopped crying. He lifted his coarse brown sleeve and wiped away the remaining tears. "Those letters are real, but …"
"Since it's true, what else is there for your Qin family to say?" Elder Brother Huang had long been impatient with Old Man Qin's crying. When he heard Old Man Qin admit to the letter's authenticity, he stood up and prepared to leave.
"But it wasn't for my sister." Old Man Qin hurriedly explained.
"Nonsense."
"Since you want to listen, just listen. Whether I am spouting nonsense or not is up to you. Could it be that even Boss Huang doubts his judgement? " Su Mu gently gripped the armrest of the wheelchair with a calm expression.
"Ha!" Elder Brother Huang did not deny it and sat back down. He crossed his hands and said with a hint of anger, "Let's see if you can tell us a flower."
"The cause of this disaster was my cousin Qin Chang. Last March, Qin Wushuang had taken her in for nearly four months. At that time, it was as if you had gone out to do business. If you asked the manager about this, you would know if it was true." Old Man Qin spoke slowly, as if he had thought over every word.
Elder Brother Huang turned to look at the man with the dog. Seeing him nod, his heart began to fill with uneasiness.
It was raining again outside. In the courtyard, the leaves of the camphor tree swayed gently. The branches drooped slightly, giving off a somewhat dejected feeling.
"Qin Chang is the only daughter of my family, and has strict upbringing. She has very few opportunities to meet other men, but in the past February, my sister-in-law realized that she had started to be jealous, and often vomited. Although I could not believe it, my sister-in-law still called a doctor, and as a result, my fourteen-year-old cousin became pregnant. When Sister-in-law asked who the father was, Qin Chang refused to say. She only said that the father would marry her, and told Sister-in-law to wait. "
"Sister-in-law would naturally not wait. She detained all of the maidservants who were serving Qin Chang and beat them until someone asked for it." In the end, someone couldn't stand it any longer and told his sister-in-law who the father was. When my sister-in-law heard this, she fainted. She was only woken up when someone grabbed her. "
"That man is a well-known popinjay in the town. He has been wandering in the Smoky Willows all year round, gambling like his life depended on it. Anyone with a discerning eye would be able to tell that the man had his eyes on the properties. When her sister-in-law woke up, she immediately had someone buy her a concubine. That night, she forced Qin Chang to swallow the pill. Qin Chang, who did not care about good or bad things, even blamed her sister-in-law for leaving home. "Since there's no other way, my sister-in-law forcefully sent Qin Chang to Qin Zhuang's place, begging him to persuade Qin Chang properly."
"However, I don't know what happened, but the two of them contacted each other again. After Qin Wushuang looted the letter, he was at a loss of what to do and went to discuss it with his sister-in-law. That old thing isn't any good either. He only thinks about his daughter. She actually begged Qin Meng to communicate with that beast, enticing that beast to reveal her wolf ambition, so that Qin Chang could see that man's true appearance. "Qin Wushuang softened his heart and actually agreed."
"This matter was only known to me after Qin Shuang leaked the information after she left the Huang Clan. Qin Wushuang was not good at scheming and scheming. Even if my sister-in-law took advantage of him, she did not know. She was still rejoicing at the fact that she had saved Qin Chang. She did save Qin Chang, but who could save her? "
"Nonsense, heh, nonsense!" Elder Brother Huang refused to believe him. His hands trembled as he reached for the teapot on the table and gulped the tea down his throat. More than half of the tea flowed down his mouth and wet his collar. After grabbing it for a while, the teapot fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
The frightened dog whined.
The rain outside was getting heavier.
"I'd rather it was a book." Old Man Qin leaned back with his eyes closed. He was twelve years old, and Qin was almost half a daughter to him. It was exactly because of Qin Xing's unclear death that Boss Huang refused to see him, so he closed the clinic and stayed at the yamen to do coroner work. He only hoped that one day he would find out the truth, and now that the truth had surfaced, he suddenly felt his heart empty and extremely tired, "It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, Qin Lie will never come back."
"It's fine if you don't admit to it, but the Huang Family's ancestral hall can't hold him. My Qin Family can." With that, Old Man Qin slowly stood up and walked to the wooden box. He took off his robe and wrapped it around Huang Xi's corpse, preparing to leave.
Boss Huang ran over and grabbed Old Man Qin's shoulder, not letting him go. The broken pieces of porcelain stabbed into the soles of his shoes, causing blood to flow from the soles of his feet.
The bailiff pulled Boss Huang aside and pressed him to the ground. Boss Huang could only watch Huang Xi be taken away by Old Qin and roar in a low voice.
"Let go." Boss Huang looked very pitiful, but Su Mu didn't have the slightest bit of sympathy. He looked at Boss Huang with an indifferent expression as tears streamed down his cheeks.
The bailiff released his grip, but Boss Huang did not get up. Instead, he crouched on the ground and howled like a grieving ape.
Huang Ling went forward and tried to pull Boss Huang up, but he was slapped away by Boss Huang. In the end, he could only helplessly stand by Boss Huang's side.
The man also came over with the dog. Seeing that something had happened to his master, he did not seem flustered at all. Instead, he said, "It's difficult to determine the truth from Qin Shen's words."
Even though he felt that Qin Fan had betrayed him, in his heart, he was probably still unsatisfied with Qin Fan's death. Hearing Old Man Qin's argument about whether it was true or not, he lost his reason for a moment and was reminded by the man. He finally regained his senses and stopped his lamenting, but his mind was still in a trance.
Qin Wushuang was a rotten wound in his heart. However, he had been hiding it in the bottom of his heart and thought that he had completely recovered. No matter what the truth was, the wound had already been gouged open, so he was the only one who could bear the pain.
"I will investigate if what Qin Chen said is true or false. But please stay at the yamen and cooperate with the investigation. " County Magistrate Ge straightened his body and said with a serious expression. With a wave of his hand, several bailiffs came forward.