Chapter 84: A clear conscience

Chapter 84: A clear conscience

    Qin Yuan said that sentence, and his heart was pounding, and he hoped that Ruan Qingmu would understand what he meant, but he was a little afraid that he would feel that his words were abrupt, and was about to post an emoji After covering it up in the past, he suddenly noticed Ruan Qingmu's cold fingers.

    Recognizing the unfamiliar street scene behind the photo, he frowned: "Where are you, outside?"

    Ruan Qingmu's face was burning hot. Seeing that he changed the subject, she couldn't get what she wanted, so she quickly replied: "Well, come out to do some errands. I'll go back soon, I'm looking for the bus stop."

    When I came, I was willing to take a taxi, but when I went back, I was a little reluctant - the huge sum of 500 yuan has not yet arrived!

    Qin Yuan succinctly said, "Send me your location."

    This request is a bit abrupt, but Ruan Qingmu didn't care, and gave him the location: "I'm shopping on the cultural street."

    Qin Yuan asked again, "What are you wearing today?"

     Ruan Qingmu was taken aback: "Ah? Wearing that blue down jacket."

    Qin Yuan quickly said, "Stand there and don't move."

    Ruan Qingmu waited for a while, Qin Yuan didn't send any more news, she was a little confused, when suddenly, an online taxi appeared on the street.

     Driving beside him, the driver's elder brother stuck his head out: "This little brother, does he live in Aimin Lane?"

    Ruan Qingmu raised her head in amazement: "Huh? Yes!"

     "Get in the car, your friend called the car for you, gave you the location, and said it was Qin."

     Ruan Qingmu got into the car in a daze.

    The driver's elder brother smiled and said: "You can choose the place to get on the bus, he gave you the detailed address, and gave you the characteristics, saying that it is a blue down jacket, which is very good-looking. I am driving When the car patrolled the street, did I see you at a glance?"

     Ruan Qingmu sat in the back seat, suddenly pulled down the hat of her down jacket, wrapped her face, and quietly rubbed it a few times.

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh he said he looks so good!

    Opening WeChat, he said briefly: "Get in the car. May I ask if Qin Shaoxia has been taking care of the little girl recently, and has taken care of it a lot. Having a nanny is "sex"?"

    Qin Yuan quickly replied: "Yes, it's mainly because you are lunatics, afraid that you will become a lost child."

    Ruan Qingmu was about to refute, when Tang Tiantian's phone arrived, he quickly typed: "Chat back, I have a phone!"

    Qin Yuan smiled and put down the phone, and when he turned his head, he saw his sister Siquan standing beside him, looking at him curiously.

    The little girl was wearing a red branded children's clothing, with a string of crystal hair accessories tied between her jet-black hair, which was very valuable at first glance, and wore a string of the same style on her chest The crystal necklace looks beautiful and expensive.

    He motioned for his sister to sit down. Seeing that the little girl was still staring at him, he couldn't help but smile: "Why are you looking at brother like that?"

    Xiao Siquan sat down obediently and whispered a little shyly, "Brother just laughed so happily."

    Qin Yuan's eyes were gentle: "Really?"

    "Well, really!" The little girl nodded vigorously: "Brother has never laughed like this before."

    Qin Yuan's eyes fell on the two books held in his sister's hands: "Are you coming to the garden to do your homework? If you have any questions, you can ask your brother."

    The little girl blinked: "This brother will definitely not!"

    Qin Yuan curiously stretched out his hand to take it, flipped it over, and was stunned.

     "One Hundred Cases of Daily Flower Arrangement by Housewives", "The Combination of Oriental Women's Virtues and Western Lady Culture".

    What kind of mess is this?

    He sat in the sun and read a few pages carefully, his stern eyebrows frowned.

    "Who showed this to you?" He looked at the little girl, although the answer was about to come out, he still wanted to make a final confirmation, "Is it mother?"

    Xiao Siquan nodded: "Mom said that girls should be little ladies."

    Qin Yuan's face was expressionless: "Is there no homework during the winter vacation? For elementary school students, are the burdens greatly reduced now, so do you have time to watch these?"

    He had a gentle expression just now, but now he suddenly became like ice and snow.

    Qin Yuan sighed in his heart, stood up and took his sister's hand: "Take my brother upstairs and show me your transcript, please?"

    Upstairs, in Xiao Siquan's princess room, Qin Yuan stood up straight, looking at his sister's report card, his heart was blocked for a while.

    He tried hard not to show his disappointment, and asked in a harmonious voice: "I remember Koizumi was good at math before, and he liked to go to the Math Olympiad class, right? Why does it seem to be regressing now?"

    The little girl sensed his unhappiness and looked at him timidly: "Well, my mother said that girls are not good at math, and should learn something else."

    "Should? What should I learn?" Qin Yuan asked lightly.

    "Mom helped me sign up for dance classes, etiquette classes, art appreciation classes, and 'flower arranging' classes." The little girl said softly, her expression was a little hesitant, "Mother also said , when I grow up in the future, I will continue to learn how to watch jewelry..."

    "Jewelry Appreciation?"

    The little girl nodded again and again: "Mmmm, appreciation!"

    Qin Yuan looked at her: "So, what about Koizumi's own wishes? I remember you used to really like math, right? When you were very young, your father asked you what you wanted to do when you grew up , you are proud to say that you want to be a scientist?"

    The little girl lowered her head and drew circles with her toes on the ground: "Mom said, girls should not be scientists, it is very tiring. You should improve your temperament and have good etiquette, Dressing up beautifully without being tacky is the most important thing..."

    The blue veins on Qin Yuan’s forehead jumped up slightly, and he raised his voice unbearably: “It’s not like this. Girls like math and scientists, it’s a good thing, there are no boys. It is time to study mathematics, physics and chemistry, and girls should learn dance and the principle of "arranging" flowers."

    The little girl looked at his serious face, and became more and more frightened, and tears began to roll in her eyes: "But, but..."

    Qin Yuan looked at his sister's pitiful appearance, and his heart softened. He bent down and looked at his sister flatly: "I'm sorry Koizumi, my brother is in a hurry."

    The little girl looked at him with aggrieved tears: "Why is my brother angry?"

    "Brother is not angry with you. He is angry that Koizumi did not learn knowledge according to his own liking." Qin Yuan gently stretched out his hand and wiped the tears that fell from his sister, "If Koizumi himself likes "arranging" flowers and etiquette classes, of course, that's fine. But if you do it because of other people's requirements and delay your academic performance, then it's not right."

    The little girl nodded her head, "The mother said that girls don't need to have good grades, as long as they can be beautiful in the future, they can find a boy who really likes them. isn't it?"

    Qin Yuan looked at his sister steadily, suppressing the discomfort in his heart: "Of course not. Like the boys in the class, learning should make you better and stronger, not In order to please the boys, you can't make it your life goal to get a man's love, that would be too sad, understand?"

    The little girl thought for a while, and was about to answer when suddenly there was a sound from the door.

    Wei Qinglian walked in hastily, with a bit of shame and anger on her pretty face, and there were tears in her eyes.

    She silently bent over and picked up her daughter, and helped her trim her hair: "Kid Koizumi, Mommy will take you to eat snacks."

    She took Xiao Siquan and walked out, but when she got to the door, she stopped.

    She turned to look at Qin Yuan, her voice choked: "Xiao Yuan, I ask myself that I have treated you badly, and it was several years after your mother's death that I married your father, so you don't need to be so hostile and laugh at me. —Yes, I am married to your father, but is there anything wrong with me?”

    Qin Yuan looked at her in astonishment and took a deep breath: "Aunt Wei, I definitely didn't mean to laugh at you, I was just targeting Koizumi's situation."

    Wei Qinglian's eyes were full of shame and anger: "To please men is the goal of life, it's too sad to live, that's what you think of me, right? Even if you think so in your heart, why do you have to be in front of your sister? To slander her mother like that?"

    Qin Yuan looked at his sister's shocked face and looked at Wei Qinglian patiently: "Aunt Wei, these words... It's better not to say these words in front of Koizumi."

    "It's obvious that you said it in front of your sister. Xiaoyuan, you are really amazing." Wei Qinglian's voice trembled, she turned and walked out the door quickly.

    Qin Yuan stood there and closed his eyes slightly.

    Shouldn't care, eh? …

    Qin Zhufeng frowned slightly, looked at his wife and son in a dilemma, and sighed.

    The steamed pink eastern star fish came up, Qin Zhufeng was about to put it for his son, Wei Qinglian next to him took the lead and took a chopstick and sent it to Qin Yuan's bowl, his voice was slightly hoarse: "Xiaoyuan eat this, you always liked it."

    Qin Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at her red and swollen eyelids: "Thank you auntie."

    Xiao Siquan was sitting on the edge and stretched out his chopsticks to pick it up, but Wei Qinglian gave her a gentle look: "It's rare for my brother to go home for a few days, he likes to eat, let him eat it , didn't I tell you?"

    Xiao Siquan hurriedly retracted his chopsticks, lowered his head and ate rice silently.

    Qin Zhufeng frowned, a little unhappy: "Is the family too poor to eat fish?"

    He was about to speak again, but when he saw his son's silent face, he suddenly stopped. Going on, it seems like you are partial to your daughter and don't see her being wronged?

     Wei Qinglian pursed her lips, her eyes were slightly red, and she stopped talking.

    Qin Yuan stared at the fish on the table, stretched out his hand and pushed the plate in front of his sister, and said softly, "Xiaoquan also eat more, the fish is high in protein."

    He slowly picked up a piece of fish and said lightly: "In the future, if Koizumi wants to continue studying mathematics, you need to be smart."

    …

    A meal was boring, Qin Yuan finished the meal in a hurry, didn't want to stay for a moment, turned back to the bedroom.

    The afternoon winter sun is warm, shining into the room through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, and a little spot of light is reflected on the brown wooden floor.

    He leaned on the head of the bed and opened WeChat: "Are you there?"

    Ruan Qingmu had just finished eating and was walking out the door. His phone never left his body, and he immediately replied, "Yes, I'm going out soon."

    Qin Yuan was startled: "Why go out again, it's so cold outside."

    Ruan Qingmu paused for a while, then carefully lied: "Help my mother buy some New Year's goods, she's busy."

    "What else is there for the New Year's goods?"

     Ruan Qingmu replied suspiciously: "What? You won't call another car to deliver it, will you?"

    Qin Yuan: “…”

    He saw through it.

    "Nuan Ruan, I want to ask you something." He typed slowly, "If I do something and everyone will be upset, should I do it?"

    Ruan Qingmu returned a message to Tang Tiantian, then turned around and asked, "Who is everyone?"

    "My stepmother, my dad. Maybe my sister thinks I'm too strict."

    Ruan Qingmu walked to the bus stop, leaned against the advertising light box, and made a sneering expression: "What kind of qualified parents are they? If they are not happy, then You must be right."

    Just after he finished speaking, he added: "Whatever you do, you are right."

    Qin Yuan smiled silently, and his tense body finally relaxed slightly: "Don't ask me anything?"

    In the distance, the bus approached slowly, Ruan Qingmu jumped into the car: "Then tell me, I'm free."

    Qin Yuan briefly said what happened in the morning: "Did I go too far? That was the decision of Koizumi's mother, my half-brother, what position do you have to say? Three and four."

    There were no passengers on the bus in the afternoon, Ruan Qingmu walked to the back row, found a seat where she could bask in the sun, and then typed: "If you don't care, no matter how long your sister is. What kind of thing, no one must accuse you. But it doesn't matter, will you feel at ease?"

     Ruan Qingmu smiled: "Then you can do what you want, but ask for a clear conscience."

    Qin Yuan stared at the words "clear conscience" and froze for a while, but suddenly he felt enlightened.

    He stood up and strode towards Qin Zhufeng's study.

    Just as I walked to the door, I found that the door of the study was open and there were people inside.

    The woman's voice was with a soft cry: "...I asked myself that being a stepmother is considered qualified, whether it is food, clothing, housing, and transportation, it is considered hard, but Xiaoyuan's words today really make me feel chills."

    Qin Zhufeng whispered comfort from the study: "Nothing, Xiaoyuan has been sensible since he was a child. You have done so much, how can he not see it?"

    "I have no problem with what he says about me, but in front of Koizumi, he said that I live by pleasing men. Is this... too much?"

    Qin Zhufeng's voice was a little irritable: "Xiaoyuan definitely didn't mean that, don't worry about it!"

    Wei Qinglian's eyes widened in amazement, and tears fell in a string: "How much do I care? ... Children don't lie, but you should ask Koizumi if Xiaoyuan told her personally. These?"

    Qin Zhufeng finally sighed, looking at his wife ten years younger than him with tears in her eyes, she couldn't bear it.

    He stretched his hand around his wife's shoulder and comforted: "Okay, I know you won't lie. When a boy is rebellious, his words are a bit inappropriate. You have always been lenient, and you should take more care."

    Wei Qinglian leaned against his arms and stopped talking. After a while, she sobbed softly: "I didn't think about it, I just felt so uncomfortable. Don't worry, I won't care about my child."

    ...Qin Yuan stood outside the door, listening silently, suddenly raised his hand and knocked on the door.

    The door opened, Wei Qinglian's pitiful face appeared at the door, and when she saw him, she was stunned: "Ah... Xiaoyuan?"

    Qin Yuan nodded calmly and looked at his father: "Dad, I have something to talk to you about."

    …the door closed.

    Qin Zhufeng pulled over the chair and greeted his son with a little unease: "Come here, sit down. Your aunt Wei talked to me about today's matter. Don't worry, she won't have any ideas. Turn around and forget, after all, the family…”

    Qin Yuan looked at him with a calm expression: "Dad, I don't mind what she thinks. I'm here to talk to you about something else."

    Qin Zhufeng was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "Oh, what does Xiao Yuan want to talk about? I'm listening."

    "I shouldn't have been involved in this matter." Qin Yuan said lightly, "But Koizumi is my sister, I watched her born and grew up, and I didn't want to watch her. She was taught that way by Aunt Wei."

    Qin Zhufeng looked at him in amazement: "What did you say?"

    Qin Yuan said word by word: "Dad, you are so busy, have you really asked what Koizumi is studying?"

    Qin Zhufeng was a little dazed: "Xiaoquan goes to the best private school in the area, what, what's the problem?"

    "Dad! Do you remember when Koizumi was in first and second grade, he was very good at math and participated in competitions? Now?"

    Qin Zhufeng suddenly realized: "Girls have good grades when they are young, but when they get older they can't compare to boys, so don't worry about it. It's almost a little short, do you have to scold and 'force' it? ?"

    Qin Yuan took a deep breath, "It's good for Aunt Wei to concentrate on being a full-time housewife, and I am willing to respect her work. But 'godchild' is a very important thing, and my father should not let go Ask Aunt Wei to do it alone, and you should also work hard together."

    Qin Zhufeng was speechless: "Koizumi attends a lot of expensive training classes every week, we are very attentive."

    Qin Yuan looked at his father in disappointment, before shaking his head after a while: "Koizumi could have done this differently."

    Qin Zhufeng was even more at a loss: "What?"

      But Shen Su said, "I believe that Aunt Wei will not want to harm her own daughter. She even thinks this is the best way for Koizumi. But... this is not right."