Chapter 200: What Had Happened That Year
In the villa, Qin Muxuan was brewing medicine for her sister, because the latter looked too frail.
“Drink this first.”
Qin Muxuan handed the cup of brown liquid to Qin Xue with an impassive voice.
She shouldn’t have any sympathy for Qin Xue after what her stepmother had done to her. However, what had happened couldn’t be changed. It was not like Qin Muxuan could throw her half-sibling on the road.
“Thanks.”
Qin Xue took the cup and held it in her hands with her head lowered. After she hesitated for a while, she raised her head as if she had made up her mind about something.
“Are you willing to hear my story now, sister?”
Qin Muxuan who had already turned around to leave got dazed. She never realized Qin Xue would be so insistent on this.
Qin Muxuan’s stepmother had set her up and hurt her. However, now that Qin Muxuan was living a good life with Qin Xiaobai, she didn’t want to mention the past stories. Nevertheless, her sister seemed to have a great impulsion to tell her something.
She had a hunch that the thing Qin Xue would tell must have something to do with Gu Zijin.
“Say it.”
Qin Muxuan didn’t turn around and stared at a place in front of her.
“Our family’s decline was caused by the Gu’s people and their relatives, the Li’s people. Otherwise our family wouldn’t have gone bankruptcy in such a short period of time.”
Qin Xue said fast. Meanwhile, she was afraid that she had touched Qin Muxuan’s sore spot, so she stopped in the middle of the speech.
“Are you finished?”
Qin Muxuan asked that in a flat tone. Although she tried very hard to keep calm, her lips were still trembling slightly.
Hearing that, Qin Xue thought that Qin Muxuan didn’t care about that at all. Then a disappointed look crossed her eyes.
“I know you hate my mother. She has done so many unconscionable things to hurt you so that…”
Qin Xue found it hard to continue, so she just stopped with her teeth gritted.
“But she was forced to do that. At that time, someone from the Gu family pressed her to get the goods on Gu Zijin. Actually, my mom has tried other ways to make Gu Zijin fall in love with you, it’s just…”
“It’s just you two thought that I am not charming enough to captivate him, so that you decided to sacrifice my virginity?!”
Qin Muxuan finally couldn’t restrain her feelings now. Her last name was also Qin, so she felt it was obliged for her to know the truth. However, what Sun Lianzhi had done could still never be excused.
“Sister, you know the position of the Gu family as well as how the Gu’s people act. My mom only did that to protect our family. She is remorseful every day now.”
Qin Xue cried out at once with a pitiful look. Perhaps she remembered the tough life she had been living after the Qin’s bankruptcy, or perhaps she truly felt sorry for Qin Muxuan.
Seeing that, Qin Muxuan also felt her heart being softened a bit. After all, if what Qin Xue said was true, there really hadn’t been too many options for her and Sun Lianzhi.
As Qin Muxuan was about to walk over, she heard a rustling sound behind her. It turned out Qin Xiaobai had run over to her.
“Aunt, the story you just told is not so interesting. Don’t tell it ever again.”
The little boy’s voice was quite immature, but his tone was very serious, which made him sound very imposing.
Qin Xue suddenly fell into silence with an embarrassed look. Seeing that, Qin Muxuan held Qin Xiaobai’s hand and said gently, “Xiaobai, why don’t you go to sleep? You have to go to school tomorrow.”
In no time, Qin Xiaobai became that cute little boy again.
“Dabai, you are the one who sneaked out. I am here to ask you to sleep.”
Seeing the pathetic look on Qin Xiaobai’s face, Qin Muxuan only felt her heart melting.
“All right, sorry that I haven’t told you that. How about going back to sleep right now?”
Qin Xiaobai nodded twice while glimpsing at Qin Xue. After that, he held Qin Muxuan’s hand like an adult and walked toward the stairs.
Qin Muxuan never realized that so much had happened between the Qin family and the Gu family. Nonetheless, what was done could not be undone, and there was no use saying anything more.
“After hearing what I said, do you still believe that Gu Zijin is that simple, sister?” Qin Xue was still speaking.
Pregnant women tended to be sensitive and any words like that would bother her. However, Qin Muxuan also knew that it was impossible for Gu Zijin to be that simple since he had dominated the business circle for so many years.
If he didn’t know how to play tricks, he would have been eaten alive.
She actually… understood Gu Zijin. However, in the meantime, she still couldn’t drive what Qin Xue had said to her out of her mind.Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.
Those words kept echoing by her ears like spells.
“I’ve said everything I wanted to. Now my mom is still lying in hospital. If you don’t trust me, you can visit her in the Third Hospital.”
“…”
Qin Muxuan remained silent.
It was impossible for Qin Muxuan to feel nothing. Then she walked faster.
Suddenly she remembered that Qin Xue had said that she would leave soon. Qin Muxuan pondered for a while and still decided to give some money to her sister. After all, that was the only thing she could give.
Qin Muxuan walked downstairs and put the money in Qin Xue’s hands, “Take it.”
“Sister…”
“Your mom is sick in the hospital now, so you must need the money. You can pay it back to me after you earn enough money. Don’t worry.”
Qin Muxuan bit her lips and said those words.
“OK, thank you, sister.”
“By the way, what is your job right now? I’ll visit you when I am free.”
When she heard the word ‘job’, the look on Qin Xue’s face turned strange right away.
“I… sing.”
Sing?
Qin Muxuan was a bit curious, “In a bar?”
“Yes…”
Qin Muxuan then continued to ask, “Which bar?”
Actually, the Gu Group owned a lot of bars in this city. Perhaps the bar where Qin Xue worked was one of those bars.
Qin Muxuan wondered if she could help her sister’s career.
“It’s not a bar.” Qin Xue lowered her head, seeming not willing to say out. That made Qin Muxuan get suspicious again.
‘Is she… hiding something from me?’ She thought.
“Then what is it?” Qin Muxuan raised her eyebrows.
“On… on a bridge.”
A bridge?!
A street performer? That explained why Qin Xue was in a mess. Qin Muxuan couldn’t imagine what this woman had been through before they met…
“I borrowed money from anyone I could think of in order to cure my mother’s disease. Now it’s time for me to pay the money back. I don’t have any other solutions except for performing on the street for money.”
Actually, performing on a bridge was no different from begging. Qin Muxuan couldn’t bear to hear that anymore.
Then she took out a piece of paper from the desk and wrote down her name.
“Bring this to Clear Delusion Bar. Find their manager and give him this note. He’ll assign you to a good position. The thirty thousand yuan I gave you is not too much, but enough to pay your debt and the medical bills for this month. After that, you can only earn money by your own ability.”
Qin Muxuan felt that she had done everything she could.
“Thank you, sister.”
“You don’t need to.”
After solving that, Qin Muxuan watched Qin Xue leaving. Qin Xiaobai also walked out of his room at the same time.
“Mom, should I call her aunt?”
“Maybe.”
“Why do you seem unhappy? You’ve done a good deed, haven’t you?”
Qin Muxuan shook her head, “I only lent her the money. She has to pay it back one day.”
“But besides the money, you have also put a lot of cash in her coat, right?”
“…”
Qin Muxuan was speechless. This boy truly had sharp eyes.