Watching Ye Meiyun, who was suddenly flustered and blushing, on the chair, Qin Chuan's eyes widened in surprise.
What was wrong with this sister?
He was just joking, why such a big reaction?
"Sister, Sister Yun, I was just kidding!"
Qin Chuan said quickly.
On the opposite chair, Ye Meiyun's eyes widened: "What did you just say? Joking?"
"Yes, really kidding, did Sister Yun take it seriously?"
Qin Chuan's face was playful.
"Who... who took it seriously!"
Ye Meiyun said flustered, then raised an arm and pressed her chest: "Hoo... Xiao Chuan, you scared me with that sentence just now, you know?"
"I'm so much older than you, and you already have such a beautiful girlfriend like Li Ya, how could that be possible!"
"Alright, I'll take care of the money for the mechanical equipment. I have other things to do, so I'll be going now."
Ye Meiyun stood up and quickly left the office.
Just looking at her hasty footsteps, it seemed like an attempt to escape was hidden within...
A few days later, a professional team set off from Xinhua Electronics Factory.
The factory director, Ye Meiyun, personally led the team, taking elites from the marketing department, including Ge Lan and Li Chunsheng, to the Zhejiang region to purchase the latest production equipment.
Ye Meiyun was generous and directly transferred five million yuan to the company's account.
As this elite troop left, Qin Chuan suddenly became busy and could no longer be a carefree boss.
He personally oversaw the electronics factory every day, handling various matters, and in his spare time, he would discreetly text Yang Laoshi, living a relatively good life.
One day, after Qin Chuan finished his work as usual, the phone beside him rang. Picking it up, he saw it was a call from his elder brother, Qin Yang.
"Brother!"
Qin Chuan answered the phone and called out.
"Xiao Chuan, where are you now?"
Qin Yang asked.
"I'm at the electronics factory, what's wrong?"
"Um... I'm coming to find you now, don't go anywhere."
After saying that, Qin Yang hung up, leaving Qin Chuan very confused.
His elder brother, Qin Yang, was usually calm and introverted, and rarely called unless there was something important.
What had happened?
While Qin Chuan waited, half an hour later, the office door was pushed open, and Qin Yang's sturdy, mountain-like figure walked in.
"Brother, what happened that you had to come all this way?"
Qin Chuan asked, his tone still with a light chuckle.
Qin Yang remained silent, his face grim, and sat on the sofa.
"What on earth happened? Why do you have such an expression and attitude?"
Qin Chuan sensed the seriousness of the situation and his smile disappeared.
"Xiao Chuan, I just went out to do something and passed by our family's supermarket. Guess what I saw?"
After a long pause, Qin Yang finally spoke.
"What?"
Qin Chuan was completely clueless, no matter how smart he was, such a vague statement left him confused.
"I saw relatives from our mother's side, Auntie Da and Auntie Er!"
Qin Yang said.
Upon hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in the depths of Qin Chuan's dark eyes.
"Are you sure you saw clearly?"
"Of course, Mom was there too. I wouldn't mistake our Mom, would I?"
Qin Yang mumbled.
"What were they doing?"
Qin Chuan inquired.
Qin Yang shook his head: "I'm not sure. When I saw them, Mom was just seeing Auntie Da and Auntie San off. Each of them was carrying a large bag of things."
Qin Chuan took out a cigarette and threw one to Qin Yang, then lit one himself.
The two brothers sat on the sofa, neither speaking, the atmosphere very silent.
Because this matter involved something the two brothers least wanted to bring up.
This matter was about the mother's side, a group of very snobbish relatives.
Whether in his previous life or this one, Qin Chuan had no good feelings towards his mother's relatives, even disliking them.
No other reason, those relatives were too snobbish and inhuman.
The old Qin family was small in population. Qin Shuren's generation had only one sister, and the rest were some distant relatives who lived far away and had little contact.
Qin's mother's side had many relatives, but after the Qin family suffered that big fire, their entire family saw the true colors of everyone.
At that time, Qin Shuren was severely burned and needed a large sum of medical expenses, as well as compensation for the village chief's house. It was truly the most difficult period.
Qin's mother borrowed money from all her relatives. In the end, only her aunt, who had married far away and was in the worst financial situation, lent them money. It was said she even sold the calf her family had just given birth to.
Others, such as maternal grandparents, aunts, uncles, were truly beyond words, better not to mention!
Those relatives, like many people in the village who gloated over misfortune, wished you would stay sick and unlucky so they could feel superior.
Qin's mother, Jiang Cuihua, spent three days borrowing money. When she returned, she was dirty all over and even hungry, yet she hadn't borrowed a single cent.
At that time, the three Qin brothers were indignant. The three brothers went together to question those relatives, received a disgusting scolding, were almost beaten, and finally were kicked out.
From then on, the three Qin brothers completely saw the true faces of these relatives.
This was a bad memory, a hidden secret deep in the hearts of the three Qin brothers that they least wanted to touch. They didn't want to think about it because it was truly vexing.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yang had now accidentally discovered that Auntie Da and Auntie Er, who had not contacted their family for a long time, were appearing at the door of their family's supermarket, and their mother was also there.
The two brothers understood very well what signal this sent!
It must be that the news of their family's prosperity had finally reached those snobbish relatives, and then those snobbish relatives had come.
"If I hadn't seen it by chance today, we wouldn't have known."
In the silent atmosphere, Qin Yang spoke.
"I don't know when those people started contacting Mom, and Mom never told us."
Qin Chuan took a deep drag of his cigarette, held his breath, as if unwilling to let the nicotine in his lungs escape quickly. After a long time, he exhaled slowly.
"The reason Mom didn't tell us is probably because she's afraid we brothers will get into friction with them when we find out!"
"We brothers have no good feelings towards her relatives, Mom knows that too well."
Qin Chuan grinned.
"Hmph, do those people deserve our good feelings for what they did?"
Qin Yang cursed loudly.
The fact that the kind and honest Qin Yang was so angry showed how excessive those relatives had been.
"Brother, don't be angry!"
Qin Chuan comforted him, then suddenly said, "I remember it's been a long time since we had a family dinner. How about tonight we go to the supermarket together to wait for Mom and Dad to get off work, and then go home to have a meal and taste Mom's cooking?"
Qin Yang's eyes lit up: "I think that's a good idea!"
"By the way, should we call Xiao Gang? If that second brother finds out about this, with his temper, he might..."
Qin Chuan said with a smile: "We definitely have to call Second Brother. If we don't call him, who will lead the charge for us? It's most suitable for Second Brother to take the lead in this kind of thing!!"
"Remember, we're just going for a simple meal tonight, tasting Mom's cooking. No one knows about any relatives, understand?"
Qin Yang, showing a rare look of sly success, hummed: "I understand. I'll call my sister-in-law now."
"I'll also call Li Ya and ask her to get off work early tonight."
Time flew by, and it was already past six in the evening. At this time, winter in the north had long since fallen, and the lights were twinkling.
Two cars stopped at the entrance of Meitehao Supermarket. After the car doors opened, Qin Chuan, Li Ya, Qin Gang, Qin Yang, as well as elder sister-in-law Wu Yanyan and nephew Taotao, emerged.
After a period of not seeing him, little nephew Taotao had already started babbling and could even walk, looking very cute.
A group of people walked into the supermarket together.
Inside the supermarket, Qin's father and mother, who were working, saw their children and their wives suddenly appear. The old couple's faces showed a look of shock, followed by full surprise.
"What are you doing? A surprise attack? You're all here so suddenly?"
Jiang Cuihua was very happy, but she complained, "Normally, I can't even catch a tail of you guys!"
"Mom, we're here now. We miss your home-style cooking!"
Qin Chuan stepped forward and affectionately put his arm around his mother's shoulders.
"Auntie, I'm really sorry. I've been so busy lately..."
Li Ya said with a face full of apology.
"Oh, you girl, I was just criticizing these brats, not you!"
It didn't matter what others said, but Li Ya was different.
Looking at the beautiful and capable future daughter-in-law before her, Jiang Cuihua doted on her immensely. She quickly stepped forward, affectionately held Li Ya's small hand, acting like a mother-in-law looking at her daughter-in-law.
Beside them, Wu Yanyan, holding her son, looked a little displeased at this scene.
"Yanyan, you must be tired from holding Taotao for so long. Let me hold my eldest grandson!"
Just then, Qin Shuren said.
"Dad, no need, I'll hold him. You've been working all day..."
"It's okay, I'm not tired!"
Qin Shuren said he didn't mind, took his eldest grandson, and kept teasing him, clearly doting on him.
Wu Yanyan's expression then improved considerably...
Qin Shuren noticed the change in his eldest daughter-in-law's expression and breathed a sigh of relief.