Free Web NovelChapter 1442: Chapter 1013: Full-Time Mother’s Counterattack 21 (6,000)_4
With someone like that, if the two kids were given to her, would she really take them with her? She might very well just turn around and sell them.
Things like this aren’t unheard of, but to marry this woman, their parents really did empty out the family savings.
After thinking it over, she still took the kids’ samples and Qi Yong’s sample (they could find some hair at home) and went to do a DNA test.
During the week she was helping deal with the house and car mortgages, her mood was all over the place.
Her father was heartbroken to the extreme; every day he just sat blankly in his room, caring about nothing, asking about nothing, and when you talked to him, it was like he didn’t even hear.
A week later, when the results came out, she saw them and sat down on the stone steps at the door, not caring how the vicious sun scorched her. Full of bitter sarcasm, she wanted to start cursing. This sister‑in‑law of hers really opened her eyes again—hehehe da—how could there be such a shameless woman?
Neither of the two kids was Qi Yong’s. Hahaha, funny, isn’t it? So damn funny. Grandma really was worthy of being an elder: she’d seen a lot of people and naturally had her share of "experience."
She started thinking about solutions to this mess, and in the end made a phone call and asked Chen Xinhao to meet her at a café across the street.
When Chen Xinhao arrived and saw the testing center across the road, she actually started to feel guilty inside. Those evasive eyes of hers were disgusting no matter how you looked at them.
Qi Qi didn’t waste words. She directly slapped the test result down in front of her. When she picked it up and saw it, her face went white with fright.
"What do you want?"
"You’ve got two paths now. One: wait for me to sue you in court, let your family become famous across the whole county, and you’ll have to repay our family all these years’ betrothal gift and the kids’ support costs. Add all that money up, it’s gotta be around five hundred thousand at least. You know, the number I’m giving is on the low side, not the high side."
Before Chen Xinhao’s flushed face could completely fall apart, she gave her a cool glance and went on.
"Second path: my brother’s plus your family’s debts, plus 600,000. Your family pays it back, we’ll accept the kids, and from today on, our two families will have nothing more to do with each other. The only reason I’m doing this isn’t because I’m so kindhearted; it’s because these two kids were raised by my parents, and they wouldn’t be able to let go. Besides, a fickle slut like you is never going to raise them properly. You’ll probably dump them on your parents, or even sell them. A selfish, self‑serving woman like you doesn’t deserve to have kids. These are the two paths. Which one are you choosing?"
Even after being cursed out, Chen Xinhao didn’t get that mad. Instead she anxiously asked back, "On the second path, are you sure it won’t get out?"
"Relax. I won’t even tell my own brother. You know what he’s like—once he finds out, he might kill your whole family and then send himself in afterward."
Those words scared Chen Xinhao so much her legs went weak. She didn’t even let her finish before nodding and agreeing on the spot: "I’ll do it. I’ll agree to your terms. I’ll go home and raise the money right now. 600,000—give me a few days. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely get the money together, and I hope you’ll keep your word."
After she finished, Chen Xinhao stood up, grabbed her bag, and was about to leave. Watching this, Qi Qi really couldn’t hold it in anymore.
"You’re just going to walk out like that? Those two kids—you really don’t have a shred of feeling for them?"
With reddened eyes, Chen Xinhao turned back. "I was young and stupid once. I’ve regretted it before, too. I knew this would come out sooner or later. Hehe, I didn’t expect you’d actually give me two paths to choose from. I know you’ll be a good aunt. You’ve got money. They’ll be better off with you than with us, a pair of unreliable parents. I’m still young; I don’t want to be dragged down by two kids. Just treat that 600,000 as buying my freedom, okay?"
When she finished, she didn’t wait for Qi Qi’s curses to come out; she really did walk away without a backward glance, making Qi Qi so angry she was grinding her teeth, yet there was nothing she could do.
As for the kids, this was something she’d probably have to swallow and keep buried in her stomach.
The Chen Family was probably guilty too; no one knew how they scraped together that money, but within three days they’d paid it back. Once all the debts were repaid, it was almost time for Qi Qi’s new term to start. She looked at the young kids and her utterly crushed father and sighed softly: "Let’s go. Come back to Beijing with me."
Mr. Qi turned his head in a daze. "What about Qi Yong?"
Only then did Qi Qi remember he was still locked up in the detention center.
"The money’s been paid back. They’ll let him out in a few days. I don’t want to bother with him. Do you really still want to keep handling his mess?"
"And the kids? The two of them have already signed a divorce agreement. Chen Xinhao went to the detention center to sign it with him. After he gets out, they’ll go file for the divorce certificate. Dad, Mom is already gone. That useless thing is already twenty‑five. Look at these two kids—their mother doesn’t want them, and their father is that unreliable. Who can they rely on? Tell me, who?"
Mr. Qi couldn’t hold back his tears; they kept streaming down. "Qi Qi, this is all your father’s fault. I shouldn’t have let your mother spoil your brother like that. We were wrong, we were wrong... Not only did we ruin him, we ruined ourselves. You’re right; we shouldn’t bother with that bastard anymore. I’ll go with you. We’ll all go with you. But... are you really willing to take in these two kids?"
"If I don’t take them in, what else can we do? Leave them with her family? Or with those unreliable parents of theirs? Let’s go. Just take a change of clothes and the necessities. We’ll travel light. I didn’t drive, I flew here. With two kids, it’s better not to haul too much stuff on the road."
That night, Mr. Qi went to sit for a while at his brother’s place, made all the necessary explanations, and then the next day followed Qi Qi into Beijing.
Besides the part of Qi Qi’s place where she and her kid lived, the second floor was her work area. Now that she was suddenly bringing back three people, the future studio would probably have to buy an office space; this place would just be for living. So she asked Li Xingchen to keep an eye out for a suitable place.
After she brought them back to Beijing, Mr. Qi was stunned when he saw such a warm, comfortable, and shockingly large home.
Qi Qi moved as fast as she could to give the first floor and the small room next door to the old man and the two kids, while she and her own child temporarily moved up to the second floor.
The furniture and home décor all needed redoing, which would take time. As for the office equipment, she temporarily put it all into her space, planning to move it out again once she found the right place.
Before, the two kids had always been taken care of by their mother; their father only helped out occasionally. So they weren’t close to either of them; they were only close to their Grandma.
Now that Grandma was gone, they didn’t know this aunt, and their grandpa had become their only support. They clung to him all day, never leaving his side, and were even more terrified at night.
Nannies in Beijing aren’t easy to find, and not just anyone can come and do it. Fortunately, the old man was in good health and could hold on for a few days. She didn’t know anyone suitable, so she could only ask Li Xingchen to help look around. She didn’t expect that, when someone at the company heard, a young man came over, embarrassed, and asked,
"Sis, my mom’s retired and sits at home with nothing to do. How about letting her come and give it a try?"
