Chapter 455 Old Mrs. Qin

• Stephanie had Junie right where she wanted her. Junie could only tell the truth. “It was Old Mrs. Qin.” Stephanie recalled the Qin family file that Lin Feng dug up. Old Mrs. Qin was Qin Xiuyun’s grandmother, about the same age as Old Mr. Moore. The old lady was a tough one. For years, she’d been the head of the Qin family, calling all the shots. “You think that old witch kept the child at the Qin residence for no reason? She was simply scared you’d use the kid to cling to Qin Xiuyun. Funny thing is, she always mocked you for trying to climb the social ladder, called you a gold digger. If she knew you had assets worth tens of billions yourself, that dead old crone’s face would be priceless.” Stephanie was a bit surprised. Looked like Junie didn’t think much of the Qins either. Seeing Stephanie raise a brow, Junie grabbed a wet wipe, cleaned her face, and snorted. “You’re curious why I’m like this, aren’t you?” “Because I hate them too!” “If that old woman hadn’t told me since I was little that I was Qin Xiuyun’s future wife and I should marry him when I grew up, I wouldn’t have fallen for him from the start.” “And how did it end? Qin Xiuyun fell in love with you.” “You don’t know this, but when he first started dating you, he told me right away not to waste my time on him. He said he’d never marry me in this lifetime.” “I was heartbroken then, but I was still young, and I had my pride. If he didn’t like me, I didn’t like him either. Our families were going to call off the engagement, but that old woman wouldn’t allow it. She told me Qin Xiuyun had been tricked by you. Said you were one of those material girls on TV, only after the Qin family’s money. She even promised that once he graduated, she’d make us marry.” “So the engagement stayed. And I waited like a fool. I waited through you giving birth to Mumu, waited as Mumu grew up, waited until he found you again.” “I threw my best years away on Qin Xiuyun. Tell me, do I hate them or not? How could I possibly be okay with this?” Stephanie’s face stayed blank. “That’s your business, not mine. I just want to know why she treated Mumu like that.” Junie said, “Because she despised that Mumu was a girl, and worse, born to a woman she saw as poor. Most of all, she hated that Mumu held Qin Xiuyun back.” Stephanie’s expression sharpened. “Mumu held Qin Xiuyun back? What do you mean?” Junie bit her lip. There were things she didn’t want to tell Stephanie. But she’d already blurted out too much in one go. She raked her fingers through her hair, sighed, and went on anyway. “Not long after you left back then, Qin Xiuyun went home. At first, that dead old crone lied to him, said your family didn’t take the money and you dumped the child and ran.” “Later, Qin Xiuyun found out the truth—that the old woman locked you up—and he knew you’d suffered. He raised hell at home. That was when the old woman tried to make me marry him. Qin Xiuyun refused and the fights were nasty.” “The Qin family wanted him to keep studying, but he refused to go to school and wouldn’t work at the company. He stayed home and took care of the kid every day.” “He did that for three years.” “For those three years, Mumu had it good—she was basically the Qin family’s little princess. No one dared bully her.” “Three years later, the old woman said Mumu should start schooling. She hired a bunch of tutors to teach her all kinds of things at home. Qin Xiuyun didn’t get how ruthless a woman like that could be, how deep her schemes ran. He thought the old woman had accepted Mumu as the Qin family’s little lady and would teach her with care. So he went to work at the company.” At that point, Junie paused, suddenly afraid to meet Stephanie’s eyes.