After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

"It's just..." She lowered her eyes, "It seems like it will take some time before I can reunite with Yinyin and the others."

Xiahou Yu said: "Anian, we can have some fun these days."

Xia Nian raised an eyebrow: "Don't you want to check the accounts?"

Xiahou Yu nodded and said as a matter of course: "I have to take you with me when I check the accounts." He smiled slyly, "Fu Nian likes to count the most, so he will look at the account books."

Xia Nian patted his arm: "Don't be careless about these things."

Xia Houyu touched the place where she hit him and said aggrievedly: "I was just kidding."

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Qin Hanlin was naturally happy that his parents had come from afar, but they did not look relaxed.

Qin Hanlin noticed something and helped them into the yard first.

Father Qin looked at the decorations in the courtyard which had not changed for many years and couldn't help but sigh.

Mother Qin held Qin Hanlin's hand and asked about his well-being, wiping her tears with a handkerchief.

Qin Hanlin's eyes were also slightly red. Thinking back then, she was forced to leave her parents under Xia Houjing's coercion, and now they can finally be reunited.

Sitting at the table, Qin Hanlin held his mother's hand and said, "Dad, Mom, my aunt is now imprisoned in Ju'an Temple, and I will not live in Xiahou Mansion anymore. I will go back to Shiyuan County with you."

Father Qin and Mother Qin looked at each other, and Mother Qin spoke first: "Han Lin, don't you have any intersection with Master Xiahou?"

Qin Hanlin was stunned and explained: "No, I have only seen him a few times. He has been away from home since he was a child."

Mother Qin sighed and said, "Hanlin, you don't know that we came here this time to propose marriage for you. We hope you can marry into the Xiahou family."

Qin Hanlin pulled his hand back and shook his head in a daze.

Mother Qin grabbed her hand, tears dripping onto the back of her hand. She said, "Hanlin, you don't know that ever since your father was transferred, he has never had a smooth career in the officialdom. Previously, because of your second uncle, our Qin family was still well-known among the famous families, but now..."

Qin's father said: "Dad is useless. Now many of the Qin family's businesses have gone bankrupt."

He patted his knees and said, "Your brother killed someone a few days ago, and the matter has not been resolved yet."

Hearing this, Qin Hanlin felt a tightness in her chest and a ringing in her head. The brother that Qin's father mentioned was the child they adopted after arriving in Shiyuan County. He was one year older than her. She only found out about this later.

Qin Hanlin stood up, tears welling up in her eyes: "Because of him, you are going to let your only daughter go into that wolf's den!"

Mother Qin hurriedly said: "It's not just for your brother, but also for the Qin family and your father's official position."

Qin Hanlin looked at Qin's father, and he turned his face away, which made her smile bitterly.

"You have been raised in the Xiahou family since you were a child, and now you have grown into a beautiful young lady. How come you are a den of wolves, child?" Mother Qin stood up and grabbed her arm.

Qin Hanlin collapsed and said, "How did my second uncle die? You don't know, but don't I know?"

Mother Qin hurriedly said, "Hanlin, don't talk nonsense! The Xiahou family is now headed by Young Master Xiahou. If you marry him, our Qin family, your brother, and your father's official position will be saved. Do you know that?"

Qin Hanlin frowned and looked at her in disbelief: "Mother, don't you know that Xia Houyu is already married?"

Mother Qin said, "I know. We have asked around. That girl is just a dancer. Is she worthy of Master Xiahou's status?"

Qin Hanlin shook off her hand: "You don't know anything at all."

She really wanted to let the two of them see how Xiahou Yu strangled her neck.

Qin's father stepped forward and shouted angrily: "Han Lin, how can you talk to your mother like that! Although our Qin family is not as powerful as those top-notch wealthy families, we are still related to the Xiahou family!"

Qin Hanlin now understood that the Qin family had long been in ruins. When the second uncle was alive, they relied on him and sucked his blood. Now that the second uncle is dead, the burden of maintaining the family's glory falls on her.

Because her generation was small, her second uncle had no children, her parents only had her, and the other families only had illegitimate children.

Mother Qin cried and grabbed her clothes: "Hanlin, don't you know that your brother was beaten and his body is covered with wounds? You will definitely feel sad when you see it..."

Qin Hanlin looked at her with a mixture of laughter and tears. How could she feel sorry for him? She had to take the blame for the misfortune caused by a brother she had never even met.

Mother Qin continued to cry: "You don't know how much your father has suffered in the officialdom over the years. Those people saw that your second uncle was dead and abused us. When has our Qin family ever suffered such grievances?"

She wiped her tears and said, "You married Master Xiahou, and these things are just a matter of words for him."

Qin Hanlin said, "Mother, he already has a wife! Are we going to force him to divorce Miss Xia?"

Father Qin said, "Han Lin, she was just a dancer who died suddenly. She didn't have her family to support her. Would Master Xiahou go to war for her?"

"Yes, Hanlin, you won't suffer any loss if you marry him as his second wife. That's the Xiahou family. You are different from your second uncle. We will prepare a generous dowry for you and let you marry into the family with honor. Your status will be different from that of your second uncle's son-in-law."

Qin Hanlin couldn't stand it anymore. She sat down on the couch and threw the cup to the ground, scaring both of them.

She suddenly found it ridiculous that her parents, whom she had missed for many years, were trying every means to marry a married man as soon as she met them. It wasn't even for her own benefit!

She probably understood why her second uncle had been ill for so many years. With such a family, she couldn't imagine how many things her second uncle had to take care of for them, and how he had lived his whole life in a humble manner in front of Xia Hou Jing!

And now, they want to push me to live a similarly humble life and let her harm Xia Nian? If Xia Houyu knew about this, he would definitely break her neck, and maybe even the entire Qin family would be buried with her.

Think about it, when Xiahou Jing insisted on taking her in to raise her, her parents must have not tried to stop her. Instead, they applauded and celebrated, thinking that there was someone else who could serve as an umbrella for their Qin family.

Qin Hanlin roared: "There is no way I will marry him! I won't marry you even if you beat me to death. Even if Xiahou Yu becomes a widower, are you so sure that he will marry me? Father and mother, please stop dreaming unrealistically, okay?"

Both of them were shocked. They only gave birth to this daughter but did not raise her, but they still had some understanding of her temper. They did not expect that she would say such rebellious words.

Qin's father walked up to her and slapped her in the face. Qin's mother hurriedly stopped him.

Qin Hanlin tilted his head and his left face quickly became red and swollen.

"Are you going to teach your parents a lesson? Are you going to disobey your parents?!"

She gritted her teeth and didn't want to give up. She raised her head and shouted, "Why do you have to marry him? Can't someone else do it?"

Mother Qin sobbed and said, "In today's world, there are only three other families that are as famous as the Xiahou family, but we are not familiar with them, so it is difficult to propose marriage."

She took out a scroll from her bosom and opened it with trembling hands: "Hanlin, look, this is written by Xiahou Yu's great-grandfather. If you are a daughter, go ahead and arrange the marriage."

Qin Hanlin laughed sarcastically, "Xiahou Yu doesn't recognize these things at all."

If we bring these things to him, he might just draw his sword and cut them in half, and then have someone drag them away.

Father Qin said angrily, "You kid! How do you know it's impossible if you don't try? Are you worse than that girl in appearance and family background?"

Qin Hanlin stood up, wiped the tears from her face, and said coldly: "In short, I will not marry him. If your parents have nothing else to do, please go back."

Qin's mother was stunned, then fell in front of her, and Qin Hanlin was so scared that she wanted to help her up immediately.

Mother Qin cried, "Hanlin, do you want to force your mother to death? Your last name is Qin! How can you enjoy yourself alone, ignoring your family and your parents! Where did your filial piety go?"

Qin Hanlin had no choice but to say, "Mother, you get up first!"

Mother Qin shook her head and grabbed her skirt tightly: "If you don't agree, I will die here today!"

Father Qin also said: "Hanlin, I know you have resentment towards us in your heart, but you are a lady from a wealthy family, and you have been responsible for the honor and disgrace of your family since you were born!"

Qin Hanlin collapsed to the ground. When the family was thriving, they left her alone in the Xiahou family living in fear. Now that it has failed, she has remembered her responsibilities.