Without waiting for Song Qinian's reply, she hurriedly walked further in, smiling, "It's nothing, it's just my daughter is back, let's continue, continue!"
The apartment was only sixty square meters, with a mahjong table in the living room.
As soon as they entered, a pungent, unpleasant smell assaulted their senses: smoke, sweat, and beer.
Besides Liu Xiaohan, there were two other women and one man in the house.
Each of them was smoking. The women were dressed provocatively, and the man was bare-chested.
Song Qinian looked at the scene with reddened eyes, her head throbbing.
"Your mute daughter? Didn't you say she married a rich tycoon? How can she be here?"
"She's bragging, isn't she? If her daughter married a rich man, why would she still live in this dump? She'd be living in a villa with her daughter by now."
"But speaking of which, Niannian is quite beautiful. All the boys in our neighborhood liked her when she was little."
Liu Xiaohan snorted, "My daughter takes after me, of course she's beautiful. And, my daughter did marry a rich man. I'm afraid his name would shock you to death, humph... Come, come, come, my luck has turned now, I must..."
Before Liu Xiaohan could finish speaking, Song Qinian overturned the mahjong table.
"Ah..."
The four people present gasped, rising to their feet and looking at Song Qinian with dissatisfaction.
Song Qinian stared at them coldly, picked up a broom, and though she couldn't speak, she could communicate.
She pointed towards the door, her expression terrifying.
She meant for them to leave. Anyone who was slow would be hit.
Those people had already won money and had been playing cards all night. They were looking for an excuse to leave and naturally wouldn't escalate the situation. They slunk away from the Song family's home.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't go, you won my money and want to run!"
Liu Xiaohan tried to chase after them, but couldn't catch up.
Liu Xiaohan was furious. She returned to the room, pointed at Song Qinian's nose, and cursed, "Song Qinian, you're my nemesis! My luck was just turning, and you drove them away. The money I lost because of you..."
Song Qinian threw down the broom and gestured angrily at Liu Xiaohan, "Did you go to Gu Zhiyan to ask for money?"
Liu Xiaohan looked guilty and avoided Song Qinian's gaze, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Thinking that those people had left so hastily, they might not have taken the money from the mahjong drawer, Liu Xiaohan ran over to check them one by one.
Song Qinian was furious. She walked up to Liu Xiaohan and gestured angrily, regardless of whether Liu Xiaohan was looking at her, "Why did you go to Gu Zhiyan to ask for money? Why?!"
Liu Xiaohan dodged Song Qinian's gaze, but Song Qinian persistently used sign language. Annoyed, Liu Xiaohan glared angrily at Song Qinian.
"I did go to Gu Zhiyan to ask for money. My daughter married her son for three years, and she slept with her son for free for three years. What's wrong with me asking her for some pocket money? Can't I?"
Song Qinian was extremely angry. She had been ashamed in front of the Shen family for what happened back then, and her mother had actually gone to ask Shen Chi Yan's mother for money.
"Don't I give you money every month?"
Liu Xiaohan snorted, "You have the nerve to mention giving me money? You married a billionaire CEO, yet you only give me such a small amount each month, like you're feeding a beggar!"
Song Qinian took a deep breath and stared coldly at Liu Xiaohan, "How much did you ask Gu Zhiyan for?"
Liu Xiaohan frowned, "What do you want to do!?"
"Speak!"
"Just twenty thousand. She's a big celebrity, so rich. I'm her in-law after all, and she only gave me twenty thousand. She's really stingy."
Song Qinian clenched her fists tightly, her fingers digging into her palms until they bled, "Where's the money?"
"Gone! Your brother needs to study, and I have to take care of the household. Plus, I have to bribe people in prison to make things easier for your father. Isn't all this money? I'm a woman holding up a family, is it easy for me? You, my daughter, not only don't understand me but also embarrass me in front of so many people."
Liu Xiaohan collapsed onto the sofa, crying dramatically, "Oh, why is my life so bitter!"
Song Qinian wouldn't believe a word Liu Xiaohan said. Her father had been in prison for over three years, and Liu Xiaohan had only visited him once. It was always Song Qinian who took care of things at the prison; Liu Xiaohan had never bothered.
"You're lying! You gambled all the money away!"
Mentioning this made Liu Xiaohan furious. She abruptly got up from the sofa and glared at Song Qinian, "It's all your fault, you troublemaker! I lost all night, and my luck was just turning this morning when you came to cause trouble. If it weren't for you, I would have already won back the money I lost."
Looking at Liu Xiaohan's distorted and ferocious face, Song Qinian felt both exhausted and heartbroken.
It was one thing for Liu Xiaohan to have a gambling problem before, but now, with their family's situation and her father suffering in prison, she was gambling even more, and even went to Gu Zhiyan for money.
Twenty thousand!
She had gambled it all away!
Song Qinian was furious but didn't know what to do. She didn't want to see Liu Xiaohan anymore and turned to leave in anger.
Seeing this, Liu Xiaohan hurried forward and grabbed Song Qinian's arm fiercely, "Don't go, I'm out of money, you..."
Before she could finish speaking, Song Qinian coldly shook her off. With a blank expression, Song Qinian used sign language, "I have no money. If you don't quit gambling, I won't give you a single cent from now on."
Seeing Liu Xiaohan's face turn increasingly angry, Song Qinian continued to gesture, "And don't think about going to Gu Zhiyan again. The Shen family already dislikes me. If you cause more trouble, when Shen Chi Yan divorces me, all your schemes from three years ago will be in vain."
Ignoring Liu Xiaohan's furious and unpleasant curses, Song Qinian left the suffocating home.
The sky was a hazy gray, and it had started to drizzle somewhere.
Song Qinian's mind was filled with Gu Zhiyan's twenty thousand.
Although Liu Xiaohan had gotten that twenty thousand from Gu Zhiyan, she was determined to find a way to repay Gu Zhiyan.
But with her current salary of only six thousand yuan a month, when would she be able to scrape together twenty thousand?
Her phone beeped twice. Song Qinian took it out and saw a message from Li Nanxun.
"Miss Song, Mr. Shen asks you to deliver a set of gray suits and a blue striped tie from his wardrobe to the Venus Hotel within an hour."
As soon as she entered the villa, Song Qinian noticed something was amiss.
Previously, Shen Chi Yan's villa had three or four servants. When Shen Chi Yan was away, the servants would crack melon seeds and gossip, making it quite lively.
Today, it was unusually quiet.
"Madam."
Zhang Qiaoqiao?
Song Qinian was a little surprised to see Zhang Qiaoqiao.
"Yes, from today onwards, I will be taking care of Madam and Mr. Shen."
Zhang Qiaoqiao was the daughter of Zhang Ma, who had always served the old lady. Zhang Qiaoqiao was lively and eloquent.
Upon learning that the servants in Shen Chi Yan's villa had been bullying Song Qinian, the old lady sent Zhang Qiaoqiao to take care of Song Qinian and keep an eye on Shen Chi Yan.
"Madam, you can just use sign language to tell me what you want to say. I'm learning sign language, and I'm learning very quickly."
Seeing the girl's sincere and somewhat naive expression, Song Qinian smiled slightly, "Okay, okay, I'll trouble you then."
"No trouble, no trouble, it's all my duty."
Song Qinian was still thinking about delivering clothes to Shen Chi Yan and didn't have time to chat with Zhang Qiaoqiao for too long.
After getting the clothes and the tie, she went to the Venus Hotel as quickly as possible.
When she reached the door of the room Li Nanxun had mentioned, Li Nanxun was waiting outside. He was still dressed meticulously, giving people a sense of seriousness at first glance.
"Secretary Song, Mr. Shen is waiting for you inside."
Li Nanxun opened the door for Song Qinian. Song Qinian nodded slightly and, as if remembering something, gestured, "Secretary Li, may I ask what happened?"