"Xia, Ruiqiu!"
"No one would think you're mute if you kept quiet!"
Before Qin Xuan could respond to Xia Ruqiu's expectations, a very cold voice sounded in her ear.
Xia Ruqiu was clearly terrified of this voice, but she still shrunk her head and ran to Qin Xuan's side.
"You, don't be fierce with me! My elder brother is the head of the Qin family!"
"Brother, look at her! Every time something doesn't go her way, she calls me by my full name to scare me. This time, you must be fair to me!"
"I'll do my best!"
Seeing his little sister's comical expression of fear mixed with defiance, Qin Xuan couldn't help but chuckle.
Since it was proven that his father's accident had nothing to do with Qin Anrong, he naturally acknowledged this elder aunt.
Moreover, judging by Qin Anrong's reaction just now, she didn't seem to hold any major grudges against his father.
After nodding and agreeing to the little girl's request, Qin Xuan walked to Qin Anrong's side and said softly, "Aunt, I think Ruqiu has a point."
"She's still young and should be doing things that children should do."
"When she's older and her heart settles down, she can do whatever she wants then."
"Our Qin family lacks nothing, so there's no need to push the children so hard."
Qin Anrong was stunned, clearly not expecting Qin Xuan to acknowledge her so easily.
However, upon seeing her daughter's triumphant expression, she couldn't help but sigh.
"Alas, it's not that I'm unwilling to let her enjoy her youth, but the situation before was not optimistic."
"If it weren't for your sudden emergence, the final outcome today would likely have been Qin Anbang successfully taking power, and my daughter and I being driven out of the capital."
"Teaching her more things is for her to be able to survive independently in the future."
"If one day I'm no longer around, she won't be completely helpless and starve to death outside..."
As soon as Qin Anrong finished speaking, Xia Ruqiu, who had been looking smug, immediately teared up.
She was already fifteen years old and not foolish.
It was just that her mother had never told her these things, and she hadn't thought about it that way.
Now, hearing that her mother had always been thinking of her, she couldn't help but shed tears and cried into Qin Anrong's arms.
Watching the mother and daughter cry their hearts out, Qin Xuan quickly went forward to comfort them.
After they had finished sobbing softly and wiped away their tears, Qin Anrong also confided in Qin Xuan.
"Actually, Xuan'er, your father and I never had any disagreements."
"I know he was very good to us and far more outstanding than us."
"So, from beginning to end, I never harbored any resentment towards him."
"Of course, if you ask if I had any resentment towards my father, there was a little."
"However, in front of Qin Anbang, it had to appear more serious."
"Otherwise, I was truly afraid that after he dealt with my elder brother, he would turn his attention to me."
As she spoke, she gently stroked Xia Ruqiu's back.
Her eyes were filled with deep love for her child.
"I didn't want Ruqiu to come to this gathering either."
"Who knew she would sneak behind my back and run to your grandfather's place."
"Fortunately, I bet on you this time and it paid off, otherwise, I really wouldn't dare to imagine the consequences..."
With everything out in the open, the atmosphere in the restaurant finally eased considerably.
Qin Anbang, supported by Qin Hu, knelt before Qin Shoujiang.
After crying, Xia Ruqiu clung to Qin Xuan incessantly.
In any case, the Qin family's affairs had finally come to an end.
And Qin Xuan finally stated his true purpose after everyone else had spoken.
"I need to utilize all of the Qin family's resources to break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining to save Ling'er."
Upon hearing this, everyone present had mixed expressions.
They had initially thought that Qin Xuan's forceful takeover of the Qin family was for his father's death or for the Qin family's status in Longguo.
They never expected that his assuming the position of Qin family head was merely to use the Qin family's cultivation resources.
However, since Qin Xuan had successfully taken the helm in such a powerful manner,
What he wanted to do was naturally not something that they could interfere with.
Therefore, after Qin Xuan expressed his needs, both Qin Anrong and Qin Shoujiang expressed their hundred percent support.
What they didn't expect, however, was that Qin Xuan also stated that he couldn't manage the Qin family's affairs on a daily basis.
So, unexpectedly, these matters were once again handed back to his grandfather and elder aunt.
Qin Shoujiang would be responsible for martial arts matters, and Qin Anrong for economic matters.
Coupled with the already arranged Mike and Lucian, Qin Xuan was confident that even if he became a complete hands-off manager, the Qin family's future development would definitely be much more stable than in the past decade.
With all the work arranged, the Qin family gathering today finally concluded.
Qin Wenchang and Qin Yusheng, the two brothers, went to the Tang family to find their mother.
Qin Anbang and Song Xian, the couple, were also helped away from the restaurant by Qin Hu.
Qin Anrong and Qin Anning, the two sisters, had also finally resolved their years of emotional knots.
So, the two sisters decided to not go home until they were drunk and found another restaurant to celebrate with Xia Ruqiu.
"Xuan'er, do you have confidence in this marriage snatching?"
At the dining table, Qin Xuan and Qin Shoujiang, grandfather and grandson, were having a heart-to-heart talk.
When the topic of February 28th came up, when Qin Xuan was going to the Lie family's barrier to snatch the bride, Qin Shoujiang's expression became visibly anxious.
If it were any other family, his old bones could still help Qin Xuan.
But hidden families were different from prominent families like the Qin and Tang families. In those families, there were existences that surpassed Divine level Supremes.
Hearing his grandfather's question, Qin Xuan honestly shook his head, "Honestly, I have no confidence in this marriage snatching."
"But even without confidence, I cannot stand by and watch Ling'er's life be controlled by those people!"
"However, grandfather, don't worry, my going this time will not affect the Qin family's future development."
"If I don't come back, you can just take over the Qin family again."
"Nonsense! What are you talking about!"
With a feigned anger, Qin Shoujiang stopped talking and instead pulled Qin Xuan's hand and led him into the backyard.
Qin Xuan seemed to guess what he intended to do and let himself be led through the backyard.
After a long while, after passing through several large gardens, they arrived in front of a rockery that was over a person's height.
Qin Shoujiang stopped, and Qin Xuan followed and watched silently.
"Beneath this, most of the Qin family's cultivation resources are stored. Now that you are the head of the Qin family, these should naturally be kept by you."
"The mechanism for the basement is here. Watch me operate it once, and then remember it well."