Having said that, Mei Yinan continued, "I’m going to sell the house in Xincheng and then move to Jiangcheng to live with Tianyu. So, I’ll be the one taking care of Chenchen, and her sister doesn’t need to worry about it. You certainly don’t need to worry about it either. The money from selling the house is our family’s money, and to prevent you from coveting it, we’ll make sure to buy a house here. So stop scheming, okay?"
"Big sister, you’re moving to Jiangcheng? What are we, your younger brothers and sisters, supposed to do?" Mei Yifan finished speaking and glanced at Mei Yifang. But that glance only served to frustrate Mei Yinan even more. She said, "Don’t bother your second sister for no reason. Her family doesn’t have money. You didn’t ask for help before, so don’t start now. What are you going to do when I leave? Aren’t you adults capable of sorting out your own affairs? Do I have to chew up your food and feed you? Don’t talk as if I’m so important to you. If I had no money, would you guys even give me a second thought?"
After finishing, Mei Yinan added, "Don’t keep coming to Jiangcheng to visit us either. Just treat us like distant relatives and live your own lives. I used to be too accessible to you all, which led to you taking more and more liberties with our family’s belongings, as if they were your own."
Mei Yifan was dumbfounded. "Big sister, are you saying that you’re not going to care for us anymore? Are you completely done with your younger siblings? Now that you’ve made money, you don’t need your poor relatives anymore?"
"It’s not that I won’t care for you, but you’re already adults. Can’t you stop acting like kids who can’t wean themselves? Always running to your sister for help. I’m your sister, not your mother, and our family has been wealthy for more than just a day or two. We never abandoned our poor relatives before, and we won’t in the future either. It’s just that you’ve crossed the line this time."
Mei Yifang really had no choice. If she had even a tiny bit of a solution, she would want to move away from these siblings. But moving houses, well, that’s not so easy.
However, the thought of moving had already taken root, and not just because of her siblings. A bigger part of it was her son. Moving to Jiangcheng would undoubtedly offer better prospects for Qi Yongwang’s future, not just for his career, but also for finding a partner. If that weren’t the case, Hu Chunyu wouldn’t have retired early and moved to Jiangcheng—all for the sake of her son.
Once she had that thought, she became eager to act on it. But the present situation was clearly inappropriate. Therefore, Mei Yifang suppressed the thought for now, planning to discuss it with Qi Hua that night.
Mei Yifan, on the other hand, truly sensed Mei Yinan’s seriousness. Was this an indication that Mei Yinan really intended to cut them off from now on? "Big sister, don’t be like that. Can’t you give us another chance?"
Mei Yifan knew when to back down, but this situation wasn’t going to be resolved with just an apology. Considering the nature of these three people—ingrates who never learned their lesson—Mei Yinan firmly stated, "Enough said, leave, and don’t come back."
Seeing the resolute look on Mei Yinan’s face, Mei Yifan really started to panic. It was an unprecedented feeling of anxiety, as if she had lost something very important to her.
Just as Mei Yifan was about to plead further, the Fan siblings didn’t give the three a chance to speak up again. They pushed them out of the house and even threw their clothes out with them.
The trio outside the door was genuinely dumbfounded. Mei Yifan banged on the door, shouting, "Big sister, big sister, even if you don’t want to bother with us, at least wait until Qiuhe has enrolled in school. We don’t even know where her school is. Surely you can’t just prevent Qiuhe from going to school, right? Big sister, big sister, please open the door. No matter how mad you are at me, you can’t let the child suffer."
Before Mei Yinan could reply, Fan Tianyu took the lead, "My mom doesn’t know where that school is either. What’s the use of yelling at her? Qiuhe has been there herself; let her take you there."
To prevent the three from coming up with any more excuses, Fan Tianhua immediately added, "The school’s brochure is also in Qiuhe’s bag. It’s not like there isn’t an address. If you don’t know the way, just take a taxi. You’ve just received a substantial salary, so don’t tell me you can’t afford it."
Now that they had said this much, it was clear to the trio outside that the people inside intended to sever ties with them and possibly abandon them altogether. This upset Wang Gaofeng, who had never been treated in such a manner before. "What do you mean by bringing us here and then locking us outside like this?"
"And what do you mean? You come with your daughter, showing ingratitude, and now you want us to look after her and give you money too? There’s no such good deal," Fan Tianhua retorted angrily. There was no need to save face anymore since things had escalated to this point. It was better to speak one’s mind freely.
"But you can’t just lock us out here, we are strangers in a strange land. What if something happens to us?" Mei Yifan said.
"Then call the police and let them send you back to Xincheng. By the way, we’d like to ask them about today’s incident and whether what we did was wrong."
The trio outside remained visibly upset, but they couldn’t just let it be. Wang Qiuhe immediately put on a pitiable act, "Zhenzhen sister, I was wrong. It’s my fault. I will never do this again. Please forgive me."
So it was clear, the Mei Yifan family was adept at both standing up for themselves and bowing down when necessary. But nobody inside bought their story. Mei Mengzhen found their pleas annoying and slammed the door violently before retreating to her room. Perhaps with two doors between them, she could hear less of what those three were saying.
However, the slamming door only angered the trio outside even more. Wang Gaofeng kicked the door hard, "Are you crazy, what’s wrong with you?"
The accusation was inevitably met with rebuke from the people inside, "It’s you who are crazy, not us."
"Exactly, the pot calling the kettle black."
"It would be hard to find such people outside. What right do they have to call others crazy?"
But at the Mei Family’s home, two eccentrics had emerged. Putting aside Mei Yifan’s current situation, there was likely to be another tough situation tomorrow at Mei Yongfu’s place.
Just thinking about it made Mei Mengzhen angry. The key was that she wouldn’t let others speak poorly of her, so, despite everything, she had to go there tomorrow.
As the family argued inside, Wang Qiuhe calmly entered the house access code and nonchalantly led her parents inside.
That’s right, Wang Qiuhe knew the code.
This fact was as surprising to Wang Qiuhe’s parents as it was to everyone inside the house.
Fan Tianyu was speechless. He had wanted to change the code, but there simply hadn’t been enough time. He had thought about taking out the batteries, but frustratingly, they were located on the outside. So, when he heard noises, he could only watch helplessly as Wang Qiuhe led her parents inside with utter confidence.