Chapter 70: You’re Accepted Into UK
“Yaoyao? Hello!”
Shi Nian waved her hand back and forth in front of Shiyao, ‘Does she become a fool?’
“Your leg, what happened to it?”
Shi Nian knew that Shiyao was kidnapped, but You Ze said he had brought her back safely. Why was she in a wheelchair now? Something bad happened?
Shiyao then came to her senses, “Oh, mom, I’m fine. Just a little cut.”
She explained, laughing, as if nothing had happened to her.
“Well, it’s my fault for not protecting you.”
Shi Nian’s eyes had been swollen from crying all night, and now they were red again, which scared Shiyao into comforting her immediately,
“Definitely not! Mom, don’t cry.”
“Damn the bastards of the Qin family! They ruined you and now come for Yaoyao!” Shi Xiang plonked the glass angrily on the table, which in turn, made Shi Nian forget her sadness and hurriedly pacify him.
“You are… My uncle?”
Shiyao looked at Shi Xiang doubtfully.
“Yes, I’m your uncle.” Shiyao’s forgetting him didn’t make him feel frustrated. After all, she was still a baby when he left.
“Why mom never told me before?” Shiyao asked, puzzled.
Shi Nian sighed. She never expected Shi Xiang would come back. Her brother was an excellent and able man who couldn’t be satisfied with the life in such a small place. Fortunately, he left and didn’t have to suffer with her.
Even at their worst times when Shiyao was young, Shi Nian didn’t ask her brother for help. She couldn’t reach him and seldom heard from him, except receiving his postcards every few years.
“I’m the one to blame. I promised mom to take good care of you. But I’m too selfish…”
Shiyao vaguely understood as mom and uncle told her the whole story, too shocked to speak.
‘I have an uncle. That’s great! My mother and I have family, finally.’
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In jail, Qin Wen was convinced that she would soon return home, so she turned a blind eye to the other women inside.
People here were not easy to deal with. Although Qin Wen made a mistake, she was a pampered rich girl after all, no match for those prisoners at all.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.
The inmate leader didn’t know Qin Wen, who was just a naive newcomer in her eyes. Qin Wen was beaten badly for disobedience in two days.
Qin Shaogang and his wife had come more than once, but no matter what they offered, they were always rejected by the police.
Worse still, the police seemed to irritate the couple on purpose. They were taken to the door of Qin Wen’s cell, listened to her scream, but were not allowed in. Her daughter’s wail almost broke the heart of the second Mrs. Qin.
Qin Wen was her dearest and spoiled baby, and never suffered like this. The second Mrs. Qin had no choice but to hold Qin Shaogang and cry. Gradually, Qin Shaogang was desensitized to it.
“Cry, cry, cry! Can you stop it? You coddled her so much. Then she couldn’t stop doing stupid things!”
The second Mrs. Qin looked at her husband with disbelief, “How could you say that? She’s your daughter!”
Qin Shaogang turned away in exasperation, “Whatever! Come by yourself next time!”
He cared about Qin Wen in case she might be helpful one day, but she turned out to be a no-brainer. Even without the eldest daughter, he had a daughter and a son!
The second Mrs. Qin cried and shouted behind Qin Shaogang, and he hurriedly drove off without looking back.
Qin Wen crouched in the corner unkempt; the conversation between her parents outside the door chilled her to the core.
Her father, who she always respected and loved, was going to give up her?
Qin Wen’s lips curled in a terrifying smile, ‘You’ll regret it!’
You Ze sat bored in a chair, with his legs crossed, waiting for Xing Shenzhi’s diagnosis to end.
“What can I do for you?”
Xing Shenzhi politely asked You Ze, with a teasing smile in his eyes.
“I’ll be blunt. Give me the ointment.”
After a week’s recovery, Shiyao’s wound healed clean but the scar was still obvious. Xing Shenzhi’s medicine worked well but didn’t last long, so You Ze had to see him again.
“I told you my request,” Xing Shenzhi answered.
“I agree,” He said without hesitation, his voice calm and powerful.
Xing Shenzhi’s smile froze.
“Beg your pardon?”
“I say, I promise you what you ask for! But the company isn’t mine, so I have to take into account the opinions of the board of directors. You’ll work in the branch office in City B, which is the biggest concession I can make.”
You Ze slowly said.
Xing Shenzhi was surprised that the little girl was so important to You Ze.
“You don’t have to worry about what I promise you. No one else in the You family dares to have complaints.”
You Ze graciously explained.
Xing Shenzhi silently curved his mouth up. The You family regarded him as the ill fortune bringer, and Jiang Fengyi desired to wring his neck every time she saw him. However, You Ze accepted him into the UK Group for that woman.
“Any questions?”
You Ze’s eyes showed full confidence in getting the medicine. It was just a branch manager, which he didn’t care.
“No. It’s a deal!”
Xing Shenzhi smiled with satisfaction. It was just a branch. So what? Given the chance to step into UK, he wouldn’t withdraw easily.
“These are for the last three courses. The woman is fabulous, isn’t she?”
Xing Shenzhi joked.
“Don’t give it another thought, or I’ll let you go back abroad!” You Ze said assertively and took the medicine away.
Xing Shenzhi studied the photo of a smiling girl on his phone. ‘Shiyao is an interesting girl to know.’
Shiyao listened as her mother and uncle detailed their past, feeling complicated and warm in heart.
“Yaoyao, I’m here to protect you from harm! Come and try to hurt my niece, I’ll kill you!”
Shi Xiang, who easily got flushed after drinking, held Shiyao’s hand and promised her off and on.
Shiyao felt the uncle out of nowhere was very interesting.
Of course, since You Ze was with her, no one dared to bully her. However, the unexpected happiness of one more person protecting her was really touching.
“Yaoyao, your uncle is drunk, hope you don’t mind.”
Noticing their white hairs on the foreheads, Shiyao held back the tears and nodded. She was blessed, because so many people loved her.