Chapter 9

Same day at Qin mansion,

Qin mansion had an enormous living room and the most lively part of the whole mansion. as the living room possesses warm and filled with happiness that brings the world into life. today that place was silent. it seemed no one was around. However, there was the presence of someone in the living room.

In the centre of the room, hung a gigantic chandelier and, below the centre, placed a spacious glass table surrounded by an enormous couch.

 The right side of the wall decorated with a giant painting of the couple, who looked around 25 years or maybe younger.

The man in the painting was sitting in a tremendous chair, which gave off a stunning and luxurious vibe. And the woman stood beside him with a sweet and elegant smile on her face. The warm youth of the couple could be seen and how happy they must have been when this huge painting was painted.

And the left side of the wall was decorated with splendid antiques and showpieces that were filled inside the shelves.

In the room, an old couple was settling themself on an enormous sofa, and the old man looked with a slight smile towards the direction of the right wall, decorated with a huge painting of the couple.

The Old Master, Qin Huang, head of the family, was sitting with his wife Zhao Wangli, and staring towards the wall hung with a couples painting. His face with the wrinkle and his black eyes full of excitement of life, and the dyed black hair, and clean-shaven face, gave him the look of a young man by heart.

That's enough of his age.

His wife Zhao Wangli was a graceful and lovely old lady with black eyes filled with kindness towards everyone.

Old couple staring at the young couple in the painting that looks the same as the old couple. And the couple in the painting was none other than Old Master Qin and his wife, Zhao Wangli. who was sitting on the sofa and staring at their younger self.

"It's been fifty-five years", said the Old Master Qin, glancing at the painting on the wall.

"Hmm, it's been fifty-five years, since I am bearing you," stated the old lady, Zhao Wangli with a sharp grin on her face.

The Old Master Qin's expression altered when he heard these comments of his wife.

Old Master Qin takes his eyes aside from the oil painting and gazes at his spouse, Zhao Wangli.

"What did you say? Are you enduring me for fifty-five years?," asked Old Master Qin with a distressed expression.

Zhao Wangli knew her husband's character extremely closely and his elderly age tantrums, who were attention seeker, whenever he was free. Now, this was the moment of his tantrums.

"Did I had said something untrue?" Zhao Wangli countered her husband, old Master Qin.

"Did I ever neglect you? Are you not fortunate with me?" Old master Qin questioned. It seemed he had fear, his wife would leave him at this age.

Before Zhao Wangli would answer, someone, interrupted them.

"What! Mother and father are squabbling again?" said a middle-aged man coming towards the old couple's direction and sat at the right side of the sofa beside his mother, Zhao Wangli.

The middle-aged man was Qin WuShuang, the elder son of the Qin family. A powerful person in the business world., whom everyone feared.

"Who said we are quarrelling?, we are just reliving our old memories," came the unfriendly reply of Old Master Qin as he glared at his son, Qin WuShuang with his black eyes. As he was not pleased to see his son, who interrupted their couple talks when His Wife Zhao Wangli was about to confess what was inside her heart.

How could not Old Master Qin irritate?

Detecting the icy glare coming from his father, Qin WuShuang said nothing, further he sat quietly beside his mother.

"So, which old memories were you recalling? Father and mother," asked Ling Fei, the elder daughter-in-law of the family and wife of Qin WuShuang, first son of Old Master Qin.

On hearing her voice, Qin WuShuang looks at his wife, who comes towards them with a plate full of dishes in her hands.

"We were just remembering, young days. It's been fifty-five years. We are together." Old Master Qin replied to his daughter-in-law with a smile on his face, forgetting the bitter words of his wife and coldness for his son as he went back to those times.

Ling Fei looked at her mother-in-law, who was saying something different from Old Master Qin.

"And I said that I too have fifty-five years enduring this old man," old lady Wangli replied, as she was ready to tease Old Master Qin. whose expression changes again.

"Who are you calling an old man? I am still young by heart and look, ask anyone," said Old Master Qin with a prideful smile.

"Hmm, What father had said is right," Qin WuShuang says by applying butter to impress his father.

"Hmm…" Ling Fei also nods.

Hearing the satisfactory replies of his son- and daughter-in-law, Old Master Qin felt pride.

"Have you forgotten that tomorrow is your seventy-fifth birthday anniversary, and looks can't change your age," the old lady mocked, staring at Old Master Qin while taking the snacks from the bowl. As she was mocking the old man on his face, for his increasing age, as he became really old, and looks can not hide his age.

 Hearing the bold and farm voice of the old lady, Zhao Wangli, a smile formed on Qin WuShuang and his wife's lips, as they were happy how their Mother still teases Old Master Qin and his rein was still in her old hands. 

However, someone could not control his laughter. When an old lady teases Old Master Qin. 

A middle-aged man could be seen coming downstairs. Who was laughing loudly, and everyone sitting in the living room heard that laugh.

A woman was also visible behind the middle-aged man.

These two people are Qin Sheng, the second son of Old Master Qin, and his wife, Su Meilin, the second daughter-in-law of the house.

"You punk! Why are you laughing? Is there a show going on here? What are you enjoying?" Old Master Qin says in irritation, glancing towards Qin Sheng and his wife Su Meilin, who hides behind her husband, Qin Sheng. hearing Old Master Qin scolds her husband.

Like an Old Master Qin, not pleased when his second son- and daughter-in-law laughed at him.

On the other hand, the old lady and Qin WuShuang smile at Old Master Qin's childish behaviour.

Qin Sheng stops laughing after his father scolds him. As he came downstairs with his wife, Su Meilin.