Qiu Mu-Cheng's eyes reddened in the face of her parents' loud questioning, but she continued to stick to her guns.
"Mom, I didn't lie to grandfather. Miss Xu was really only repaying Ye Fan's favor."
"What a pack of nonsense!”
"Qiu Mu-Cheng, back then, the reason why I made you marry that useless man was to punish you. I wanted you to reflect on your mistake and turn over a new leaf."
"But I did not expect that, after these three years, not only did you not show the slightest bit of improvement, but you have also learned to lie from that piece of trash. You have learned to fool others! You have become vain and shameless!"
Master Qiu's words were rather harsh and, when she heard them, Qiu Mu-Cheng was taken aback right away. Her eyes reddened as she stared in disbelief at her grandfather.
"Grandfather, why did you say that about me?"
"I don't know what I have done to make you describe me with such malicious words?"
"Can you tell me what I have done wrong exactly?"
Qiu Mu-Cheng was filled with confusion. She lifted her head to stare at Master Qiu.
When the old man saw this, he grew even angrier.
"Qiu Mu-Cheng, you are still refusing the tell the truth, even now?"
"Do you really think I won't find out if you say nothing?"
"Let me ask you. Did you tell that useless husband of yours to seduce Miss Xu? Did you tell him to become Miss Xu's servant? Did you tell him to sacrifice his dignity and body in order to become Miss Xu's gigolo? Is that the reason why she is doing you two favors?"
"Did you and your husband use such a dirty method to get us the loan contract and the partnership deal with Hongqi Group?"
"Qiu Mu-Cheng, Qiu Mu-Cheng. You were such an innocent and kind-hearted girl back then. I did not think that you would become such a shameless woman."
"In order to achieve your goals, you have resorted to unscrupulous means. You have even sacrificed your own husband."
"You may be fine with being shameless, but I, Qiu Zheng-Lun, and the rest of the Qiu family still care about our reputation.”
"I, Qiu Zheng-Lun, have always been an upright man. I gave the names Guang, Ming, Lei and Luo to my four sons. Together, their names form the word for 'Upright.'"
"I don't wish for great wealth for our family. But I do want us all to be upright people."
''But you, how could you do something that brings shame upon our family? How do you expect me to forgive you for what you
did?"
Clearly, Master Qiu had blown his top. His angry words rang out sonorously and resounded through the entire hall.
When he reached the end of his speech, Master Qiu's whole body was trembling with rage. In the next moment, the old man slapped the table and jumped to his feet. And with eyes that had turned red with rage, he glared straight at his granddaughter.
What?
Han Li and Qiu Lei were stunned when they heard this. In their eyes, both shock and fascination could be seen.
"Mu-Cheng, is your grandfather telling the truth?"
"Did you really tell your useless husband to sleep with another woman just so you could get the contract with Hongqi Group?" "Good heavens! How could you do something so shameless?"
"Mu-Cheng, say something!”
Clearly, both Han Li and Qiu Lei were overwhelmed with shock. Just then, they were angrily peppering their daughter with questions.
But Qiu Mu-Cheng kept shaking her head and said aggrievedly: "Mom, I didn't. I really didn't."
"I did not force Ye Fan to do anything."
"And I most certainly did not do anything to bring shame on our family. Mom, dad and grandfather. Please believe me~”
Qiu Mu-Cheng kept on explaining herself and, meanwhile, tears had started to form in her reddened eyes.
However, at this moment, Qiu Mu-Ying responded to her cousin's explanations with a sneer. She walked forward and faced Qiu Mu-Cheng.
"Mu-Cheng, stop pretending to be pitiful to make us feel sorry for you."
"Everyone here knows what is going on."
"That day, I personally witnessed Ye Fan and Miss Xu behaving intimately with each other at Belle's Cafe."
"Of course, maybe I am overthinking things."
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