Chapter 165
Collaborating with intelligent people was, naturally, a very pleasant affair.
Qiu Chi used all the money from selling the house to buy medicine. She even had the head of the Yu family help her find a warehouse to store it for two days, after which she naturally moved it all into her spatial ring.
In those two days, the news that Nie Zhicheng had divorced Zhai Jiayue, that the Nie family had moved out of their residence, and that the Nie house had been sold to the Yu family was enough to spread through every street and alley.
Some who were close to the Nie family were quite puzzled when they discussed business with Old Master Nie. “Never mind the divorce, but why did you move out of your original house?”
The public didn’t yet know that Qiu Chi had taken over their storeroom, but even the rumors that were circulating were enough to make Old Master Nie’s face darken.
He sighed and said, “Don’t mention it. After Zhicheng returned from studying abroad, he insisted on a divorce. He’s my only son, what can I do about him?”
“So, they divorced. I felt terrible for that girl from the Zhai family, so I gave her the house. I never expected she would actually sell it to the Yu family. But it’s only right that she resents us. Alas…”
He was furious enough to die, but Old Master Nie still cared about his reputation and directly painted himself as a great, benevolent man.
However, Qiu Chi had no time to deal with the Nie family’s affairs at the moment, because the Zhai family had heard the news and come looking for her.
Qiu Chi was currently staying in a hotel owned by the Yu family. As a key figure in the scandal, her whereabouts were naturally not hard to find.
The Zhai family still believed that Zhai Jiayue had been cast out by Nie Zhicheng, and they found it disgraceful.
However, the Nie family’s house was quite valuable, and they very much wanted it. They had come to her now to make Qiu Chi negotiate with the head of the Yu family to get the house back.
The one who came was Zhai Jiayue’s older brother, Zhai Jiaming. He had no great affection for his sister and wore a high-and-mighty expression, utterly shameless.
Qiu Chi didn’t even let him finish speaking before she beat him up.
“Looks to me like you came here today just to get a beating. What kind of trash is the Zhai family? And what kind of trash are you?”
“You want me to go to the Yu family and demand the house back? You’re pretty ugly, but your dreams are quite beautiful.”
“You turned a blind eye to my situation in the Nie family before, but now that you’re coveting what’s in my hands, you come looking for me? Where do you get the nerve?”
“I’m not afraid to tell you, not only do I have the money from the Nie family’s house, but everything in the Nie family’s entire storeroom is mine. Mine, not the Zhai family’s, understand?”
“Oh, envious? Greedy? Too bad it’s useless. If you dare to come looking for me, I’ll beat you every single time.”
“Get lost, you piece of trash.”
The Zhai family was already coveting just the Nie family’s house. Now that they knew the Nie family’s entire fortune was in Qiu Chi’s hands, they coveted it even more.
Qiu Chi wasn’t afraid of them coveting it; she was afraid they wouldn’t.
In any case, if anyone dared to come and try anything, she would beat them up one by one.
A gentle approach would be useless on her as well.
As for why she told the Zhai family, it was naturally to have them spread the news.
Qiu Chi hadn’t taken the initiative to tell the head of the Yu family that she possessed the Nie family’s assets. The rumors circulating outside were incomplete, and the Nie family surely still coveted that fortune. They would probably try to continue painting themselves as good people, and Qiu Chi had no intention of indulging them.
She told the Zhai family because they felt disgraced by Zhai Jiayue being cast out and simultaneously resented the Nie family, blaming them for the divorce that had brought them shame.
Now that they resented the Nie family, even knowing that she held the Nie family’s assets wouldn’t make them suddenly think the Nies were good people.
On the contrary, once the news that Qiu Chi had the Nie family’s fortune spread, the Nie family would surely suffer a great loss.
As for whether people would call the Nie family great people because of this? What kind of great person would willingly give their family fortune to someone else? They must have done something to warrant a guilty conscience.
In any case, once the news was out, the Zhai family would no longer be the ones losing face.
The subsequent developments unfolded just as Qiu Chi had expected.
Old Master Nie had succeeded in playing the good guy in front of his close associates, but unfortunately, before that reputation could spread, a rumor started that the Nie family had not only given Qiu Chi the house but also the assets from their storeroom.
The rumor came from the Zhai family, which immediately gave it a high degree of credibility.
This news spread much faster, as everyone dreamed of getting rich overnight.
When Qiu Chi went out to eat, she overheard people discussing it.
“You think the head of the Nie family got kicked in the head by a donkey? Such a big house and all that money, given to a woman. Why doesn’t something that good ever happen to me?”
“Nothing that good ever falls from the sky. The Nie family aren’t some wealth-scattering boys. There must be a reason behind it, and it’s probably not a good one.”
“Let me tell you a secret. My second aunt’s nephew’s younger sister is neighbors with Nie Zhicheng’s lover. I heard they got together while he was abroad, and Nie Zhicheng even said he was going to marry her.”
“Those wealthy families can marry several wives at once. They have the money, anyway. But there’s still no need to give all their money away.”
Without turning her head, Qiu Chi, who was eating, chimed in, “Because they got a divorce, and Nie Zhicheng was the party at fault for having an affair during the marriage. So, during the division of assets, his guilty conscience made him give the Nie family’s house and everything in the storeroom to Zhai Jiayue.”
The men who heard Qiu Chi’s words were stunned.
By the time they came to their senses and wanted to ask her what she meant, Qiu Chi was long gone.
Back at the hotel, as expected, someone else from the Zhai family had come looking for her.
The Nie family was in a state of chaos and probably had no time to bother with Qiu Chi.
The person from the Zhai family who came this time was Zhai Jiayue’s biological mother.
The moment she saw Qiu Chi, she immediately rushed forward, her eyes welling with tears. “My dear Jiayue, you’ve suffered so much. Our family knows all about what happened. Your father doesn’t blame you. It’s all the Nie family’s fault, a thousand times over. Come home with Mother, quickly.”
She even tried to grab Qiu Chi’s hand and cry her heart out.
Unfortunately, Qiu Chi dodged her, but even so, it didn’t affect her performance.
“Mother knows you must blame me in your heart, but I couldn’t do anything. For the two years you were with the Nie family, not a moment went by that I wasn’t thinking of you. But you know our family’s situation. Even if I wanted to help you, I was powerless.”
Qiu Chi just watched her act quietly.
She had just beaten up her son. How long had it been, and now she was ignoring the fact that her precious son had been beaten, putting on the facade of a loving mother to see her? One had to admit, the power of money was truly immense.
A pity. An act was just an act.
If it were the real Zhai Jiayue standing before her now, and if she went home with her, this family would change their tune the moment she stepped into the Zhai house.
But the one standing before her now was Qiu Chi.
No matter how earnestly she pleaded or how much she acted like a loving mother, Qiu Chi wouldn’t feel the slightest bit of compassion.
Besides, even if she really did go back with her.
Who knew who would be the unlucky one.
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