Free Web NovelChapter 413: Chapter 443: What a Happy Family
When Li Xiaomei heard this, her expression changed, and she immediately rushed over. "Brother Feng, what’s going on? I just called you, and you said you bought the piano for me!"
"When did I ever say I bought the piano for you!"
"Just now! I asked why you’d buy me something so expensive, and you said it wasn’t that expensive..." Li Xiaomei suddenly trailed off, realizing something was wrong.
Over the phone, Shen Zhengfeng’s voice was a bit grim. "I bought you a watch. It’s on the bedside table. I thought you saw it."
Well, case closed.
Li Xiaomei’s face flushed bright red. She slammed the phone down and stormed back into the house. Shen Feng wanted to leave, too. He longed to see Qin Jiao, but he didn’t want to see her being all lovey-dovey with Shen Yi.
But Shen Yi suddenly spoke up. "You’d better not go. Just stand aside and watch. In case your family loses anything, you might try to blame us."
With every other word being "your family" and "your dad," Shen Feng glared sinisterly at Shen Yi, who just tilted his chin up and met his gaze with a nonchalant air.
It was clearly Li Xiaomei and her son, Shen Feng, who had seized this home. But for some reason, Shen Feng felt none of the joy of a victor. Instead, it was Shen Yi who seemed to have the upper hand.
As the piano was being moved out, Shen Yi walked out last. Just then, Old Mrs. Shen came out. She had been listening to her tape recorder and hadn’t heard the commotion outside. When she saw people moving the piano, she was taken aback for a moment and asked, "Xiao Yi, why are you having the piano moved out?"
Worried about further embarrassment, Shen Feng quickly explained the situation.
Old Mrs. Shen felt it was a bit of a shame that it wasn’t Zhengfeng who had bought it. She gave the piano a few more glances and said, "Xiao Yi, I remember your mother can’t play the piano, can she? Doesn’t she just love making clothes?"
"My mom is a clothing designer. As for this piano, it’s for my Jiao Jiao. She loves it."
As Shen Yi said this, he looked at Qin Jiao with deep affection. On the other side, Shen Feng had already turned around and slammed the door shut.
Moving the piano today had managed to thoroughly infuriate the mother and son, which put Qin Jiao in a rather good mood. After they moved the piano back to her place, she gently brushed her fingers over the keys and sighed, "I really missed this piano. It was so boring staying at your house back then. There was no one to talk to, so for most of the time, this piano was my only companion."
Shen Yi looked around from left to right.
Qin Jiao asked, "What are you looking for?"
"I’m looking for a washboard."
Qin Jiao paused, then gave a resigned laugh. "Alright, alright, I’m not blaming you. There’s no end to that, anyway. Come, allow me to play a piece for Young Master Shen, ’Für Elise’."
"Alright!"
Shen Yi turned a chair around, resting his arms on its back as he listened with rapt attention.
A melodious, soothing tune flowed from her fingertips, gently embracing the two of them.
Mr. Du was feeding his myna bird when he heard the melodious sound of the piano from the other house. He smiled softly, then teased the bird, "Such a happy family."
"Happy! Happy!" The myna bird, eager for a treat, chirped enthusiastically.
That evening, Qin Jiao told her parents about the phone call from her father’s hometown. Su Yun said, "Xiao Jiao, you’re right. We don’t owe your Third Uncle anything, so why should we help him? Besides, he shows up with such an arrogant attitude, demanding a management position and for us to find him a house. Is he here to work and earn money, or to be treated like a lord?"
Qin Zhonghui sighed beside her. "Third Brother was spoiled rotten by our parents."
"Tell me about it. And Mom and Dad... even now, they still don’t get it. They’re the ones who drove Eldest Brother and his wife to divorce, aren’t they?"
