"Big Bro, if you have something to say, just say it here. There’s no one else around."

"Come out for a moment." Qin Bogang was insistent. Apparently, he didn’t want Su Yun and Qin Jiao to overhear.

Qin Zhonghui had no choice but to put down his chopsticks and follow his older brother outside. The two of them stood by the front gate, muttering to each other. Su Yun was a little frustrated. She took a hard bite of her steamed bun. "I bet it’s something about his family back home again!"

Qin Jiao refilled her mom’s bowl with congee and said, "Don’t worry, Mom. Dad knows what he’s doing."

’Things got so ugly last time. They probably won’t go back again until Grandpa and Grandma have passed away.’

’Either that or Grandpa and Grandma would have to formally separate their household from Third Uncle’s family.’

’But the second option was impossible. Whenever Grandpa and Grandma got their hands on anything good, they wouldn’t even keep it for themselves—they’d immediately give it to Third Uncle and his wife. And that was even more true for money. Last time Grandma was sick, she didn’t even have the money for her surgery, and whatever funds her other sons gave her, she immediately handed over to her youngest son.’

Su Yun said indignantly, "Speaking of which, for your grandma’s surgery and hospital stay last time, it was agreed that the three sons would split the cost. Your Eldest Aunt is a decent person; she brought their share. But your Youngest Uncle’s family just pretended it had nothing to do with them! Anyway, I’m done. If your dad dares to get involved with those horrible relatives of his again, I’ll divorce him on the spot and go live a good life with you and Xiao Shi!"

Qin Jiao quickly tried to soothe her fuming mother.

A short while later, Qin Zhonghui returned, his expression grim. He sat down and got straight to the point. "Since we’re moving out, Big Bro said that Feng Lan’s younger brother is coming to work in Ping’an Town, and they want us to transfer the lease to him."

Feng Lan was lazy enough as it was, but her younger brother was even more spoiled by their parents. As a child, he would shoot firecrackers at people. After growing up, he got involved with a young widow. He eventually got married but never settled down. He was even locked up for over two years for stealing a bicycle.

’For a person like that, Feng Lan sure has some nerve asking them for help.’

Su Yun sneered. "The rent for this place is sixty yuan a month, right? I was originally thinking that if they could afford it, we could help out. But if the person is Feng Lan’s brother, then forget it. We can’t let him ruin this nice house for the landlord."

In those days, renting a house wasn’t like later, when there were tons of real estate agencies; it was all done through friends introducing friends and relatives introducing relatives. Qin Jiao nodded in agreement. "Dad, Mom’s right. My aunt’s brother is nothing but trouble. We shouldn’t get involved."

Qin Zhonghui said, "Okay. I’ll just tell Big Bro that it looks like the landlord has already rented the place out to someone else. We just have to leave when our lease is up, and we don’t know anything beyond that."

The Qin Zhonghui of today was not the same man he used to be. He was still kind and honest, but he was beginning to learn how to differentiate between people. If someone treated him well, he would still repay their kindness with wholehearted generosity.

But if they were cold and only sought to use and bully him, he would no longer let them take advantage of him indefinitely.

Even if those people were his own parents and his own brother.

Qin Jiao was very satisfied when she noticed her father’s progress. Now, with everything more or less ready, they were just waiting for the acceptance letter to arrive so they could take care of the necessary paperwork, like transferring their household registrations.

Transferring household registrations was a hassle in those days, but thankfully, Du Liya knew people. She helped them take care of it, along with Xiao Shi’s school transfer.

Even Su Yun sighed with emotion. "Mr. Du and Liya have been so good to us. They’re truly our family’s greatest benefactors." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

’Actually, Qin Jiao wasn’t sure herself. Grandpa Du was a kind old man, so it was understandable that he would be good to them. But in this lifetime, why was Du Liya being so exceptionally kind?’

’Could it be that leaving that scumbag, Shen Zhengfeng, so early had changed her personality?’