Qin Jia lay on the ground, her right ear ringing on and off, her face burning, and her broken wrist growing increasingly painful. She was somewhat dazed, and hearing Qin Dingshan’s words only added to her sense of injustice. Without even looking at Qin Dingshan’s face, she looked up and cried out, "Grandpa, are you hitting me for that An Yiqing?!"
"Hitting you? I don’t just want to hit you, I wish I could skin you alive!" Qin Dingshan’s eyes bulged with fury as he waited, seething, for the dim-witted look on Qin Jia’s face to disappear. "Once today is over, the entire world will know that the Qin Family has become a thorn in the eye of both the Gu Family and the An Family, and who else would dare stand with us! Have you filled your mind with crap? Do you want the Qin Family to go down with you!" Qin Dingshan struggled to contain his rage, wishing he could kick this foolish Qin Jia to death right then and there.
Qin Fang stood to the side, his head lowered, breathing carefully and quietly, not daring to even let out a fart. He was smarter than Qin Jia; though he was uneducated, he could still perceive the situation clearly. His grandfather might dote on his grandchildren most of the time, but if anyone truly crossed his interests, Qin Fang was certain, his grandfather would definitely kill them!
Confused on the ground, Qin Jia just wanted to deal with that background-less An Yiqing. How had things gotten so serious? With this thought, she couldn’t help but feel indignant as she defended herself, "Grandpa, An Yiqing is just a wild child with no background. She was lucky for a time to cling to Young Master Gu, but she will be discarded sooner or later!"
"Lucky for a time?!" Qin Dingshan felt he was about to die from anger at this foolish woman, slamming the desk with a "bang bang", turning red in the face as he bellowed, "You fucking show me what ’lucky for a time’ looks like! Even a blind person could see how precious An Yiqing is to Gu Yelin. Were you born without eyes? An Yiqing has no background? In a few days, she’ll become the prized gem of the An Family! From now on, even our Qin Family has to treat her with utter respect! But you, you offended both the An Family and the Gu Family just trying to win a petty dispute!" The more Qin Dingshan thought about this, the more he wished he could shove Qin Jia back into Xiao Shulan’s belly to be reborn!
Even though Qin Dingshan was fuming, Qin Jia still didn’t think the situation was that serious. She pouted and muttered softly, "Our Qin Family and the An Family are both among the five major families. Besides the Ancient Martial Gu Family and the Gu Family whom we shouldn’t offend, why should I have to treat An Yiqing with obsequious respect in the future?"
Qin Jia’s voice was low, but the sharp-eared Qin Dingshan heard every word crystal clear. He couldn’t hold back any longer and, picking up an inkstone from the table, viciously smashed it onto Qin Jia’s head! With a horrifying scream from Qin Jia, blood gushed out from her forehead, streaming down her face in an instant.
"What do you know!" Qin Dingshan, looking at the bloodied Qin Jia with disgust, exclaimed, "What do you understand! Do you think the An Family is really just any ordinary family? They have..."
"Grandpa..." Qin Han, who had been standing to the side with his head down the whole time, suddenly interrupted, saying cautiously, "Jiajia is hurt, please calm down a bit."
Qin Dingshan paused, abruptly holding back his words. With two harrumphs of disgust toward Qin Jia, he waved his hand impatiently.
After Qin Fang left with the dejected Qin Jia, only Qin Dingshan and the simple-faced Qin Han were left in the room.
"Qin Han, I said too much just now! I don’t know if that boy Qin Fang caught onto anything." Qin Dingshan pondered the words he almost blurted out earlier, feeling some regret.