Ch 331: if Line （13）
In a month’s time, less than half of the Qi family’s assets had been transferred. In less than a month after that, the Qi family’s companies entered the bankruptcy liquidation stage one after another and were completely driven out of Yuncity and even the domestic market.
Afterwards, Father Qi and Mother Qi divorced and went to two different countries. Qi Anhui and Qi Anxu also went to different places. The family of four was torn apart and never returned to their previous happiness and harmony.
Just like Gu Qingyin said before, you reap what you sow. All of this was traceable.
Before leaving, Qi Anxu met Huo Yunjing. Neither of them mentioned the Qi family or Qi Anhui. They simply reminisced and said goodbye. It was likely that they would never meet again, which could be considered the end of their friendship of more than ten years.
The Qi family’s fate also sounded an alarm for other families in Yuncity. For a time, each family repeatedly told their children not to covet Huo Yunjing, let alone provoke Gu Qingyin.
After that, the families in Yuncity successively received invitations from the Huo family. The Huo family was going to hold a first birthday banquet for the triplets in the family and invited the wealthy families of Yuncity to join in the fun.
A few days before the first birthday banquet, the three brothers could already walk back and forth while holding onto things, but they were weak and would want to lie down and continue crawling after walking for a while, and each of them crawled faster than the other.
Gu Qingyin was afraid that there would be too many people at the first birthday banquet and she would not be able to take care of them all, so she arranged a small paper figure for each of the three brothers. They were only one meter tall, like little butlers responsible for them one-on-one.
Also afraid of scaring ordinary people, Gu Qingyin made the paper figures very realistic. At first glance, they looked like real children, and they were especially likable when they smiled.
After the paper figures were made, Gu Qingyin put them in suits and gave them names—Xiaoxiao, Zhizhi, and A Ren.
Combined, it’s just “small paper figure,” it couldn’t be more perfunctory.
Gu Qingyin brought the paper figures to the triplets and let them choose the ones they liked. Little Xingye acted very much like an older brother, letting his two younger brothers choose first.
Little Xinghai chose Zhizhi, who was a little girl wearing a princess dress.
Little Xingchen chose the only boy, A Ren. He also wanted to stand up and compare his height with A Ren, but he swayed and almost fell. A Ren steadily supported him.
The remaining Xiaoxiao naturally belonged to Little Xingye. Little Xingye steadily stretched out his hand, solemnly shook Xiaoxiao’s hand, and shook it.
Gu Qingyin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and exclaimed that the dominant president gene was really too terrifying!
The mother and her four sons were having a great time with the three paper figures when the butler came to report that Old Madam Huo and a group of relatives from the Huo Family Branch had arrived.
Gu Qingyin clicked her tongue and raised her hand to calculate before saying, “Let them in and take them to the reception room.”
After a while, Gu Qingyin went to the reception room.
At that time, the Huo family members were denouncing Gu Qingyin with ugly expressions. They were relatives of the Huo family, so what did it mean to greet them to the reception room when they came to visit? It was too disrespectful!
“Wow, there are really a lot of people.” Gu Qingyin’s voice sounded at the door. She walked closer with a smile, “Everyone, why are you free to come today? I’ve lived here for so long, and this is the first time I’ve seen so many Huo Family Members.”
Several people who had been to the Old House before and had met her greeted her with smiles, calling her sister-in-law and sister-in-law, but what they were thinking in their hearts was unknown. The rest who had not met Gu Qingyin silently sized her up, their eyes extremely critical.
Gu Qingyin’s appearance and figure were naturally impeccable. Her features were bright and her figure was tall and straight. She was wearing a light cyan Tang suit, which also neutralized the strength and aggressiveness that she unconsciously revealed between her eyebrows.
This temperament was not something that could be cultivated by a small family.
“Gu Qingyin?” The woman sitting in the main seat spoke softly, “Is it the Gu family of Beijing?”
Gu Qingyin raised her eyebrows slightly, “You misunderstood. I am just an orphan who grew up in the mountains. I don’t have a prominent family background.”
Hearing this, the Huo family members, who had originally thought highly of her, showed disdainful expressions again, and were even too lazy to say more. Instead, they asked, “Where are the children? I heard they are triplets. They are almost one year old, and we haven’t seen them yet.”
“That’s right, Brother Yunjing is really too much. He doesn’t even know to bring the children back to see us.”
Gu Qingyin twitched the corners of her lips. She felt disgusted as soon as she heard the words “Brother Yunjing.” And bring them back to see them? If they dared to say this in front of Huo Yunjing, she would do a headstand and wash her hair!
“Okay, when Huo Yunjing comes back tonight, I’ll help you ask him why he doesn’t know to bring the children back to see you.” Gu Qingyin agreed, “I will definitely talk to him properly tonight.”
As soon as these words came out, a group of Huo family members shut up. In the end, they still didn’t dare to offend Huo Yunjing, fearing that Huo Yunjing would take it to heart.
“Qingyin.” The woman in the main seat spoke again, “We came today just to see the children. After all, we are Huo Family Members. We can’t not recognize our own children at the first birthday banquet.”
Gu Qingyin raised her eyebrows and sized her up, finally recognizing her—Huo Yunjing’s younger sister, Huo Yunli, the heiress who strongly opposed Huo Yunjing being with her at the beginning, making a lot of noise but to no avail.
“Have you prepared a meeting gift?” Gu Qingyin asked, “After all, it’s the first time we’ve met. You can’t possibly meet the children empty-handed, can you?”
“Naturally.” Huo Yunli raised her chin, “We Huo Family Members still understand this etiquette. You don’t need to remind us. But let’s make it clear first, the gifts we give can only be registered under the children’s names. Outsiders can’t touch a single cent.”
She said it with certainty, completely unaware that several Huo Family Members had revealed slightly unnatural expressions. They simply came to join in the fun and had no intention of spending money at all! This bloodletting was caught off guard.
Gu Qingyin nodded, “That’s good.” She looked at the butler who had been guarding here, “Go and bring Xingye and the others over.”
The butler bowed slightly, turned and went out.
Gu Qingyin looked around. The huge reception room didn’t even have a seat. She chuckled, walked to the east side of the wall, pulled out a futon, picked it up, and sat down in front of everyone.
Huo Yunli secretly rolled her eyes.
For a time, no one spoke in the hall, and everyone waited quietly.
Before long, three children came in, each holding a smaller child.
“Mother!”
Little Xingchen called out as soon as he entered the door. Little Xinghai followed suit and grinned, calling out “Mother.” Little Xingye was obviously a little hesitant and hadn’t decided whether to call out yet, but he saw a group of strangers in the hall first. Little Xingye immediately pursed his lips.
When the Huo family members saw six children coming in, they were a little confused. After a closer look, they could tell who the Huo family’s children were. The triplets’ eyebrows and eyes had a bit of Huo Yunjing’s shadow.
Huo Yunli looked at the triplets and felt that her eyes were not enough. She liked all of them. While asking, she couldn’t help but step forward, wanting to hug them, but she was stopped by the Little Paper Figure.
Zhizhi blinked and tilted her head, threatening while acting cute, “Auntie, please don’t approach our young master casually, or I will get angry and hit you.”
（End of this chapter）
