Listening to Ji Fei's inner thoughts, the usually good-tempered Qin's Mother and Qin Yan were both furious.
This time, without even notifying the men in the family, they directly took Ji Fei along to storm the academy.
Just as they got out of the car at the school gate, they received a call back from Qin Rong, which saved them the trouble of looking for her.
Qin's Mother held the phone with trembling hands. After all, who could accept that such an obedient and sensible daughter suddenly changed into a completely different person one day, deceiving those above and below her?
Qin Yan took the phone and put it on speakerphone. Ji Fei immediately leaned in curiously.
"Mom, you're looking for me?"
[Surprisingly, Qin Rong's voice was so nonchalant. It seems she has really been deeply influenced.]
Naturally, this version of Qin Rong was even more unacceptable to her mother and sister.
"Who just answered your phone?" Qin's Mother questioned directly.
"It was a male classmate."
"Which male classmate!"
"...Mom, what are you doing?" Qin Rong's tone carried a hint of dissatisfaction, as if complaining about her mother's excessive control, completely unaware that she had already been exposed by Ji Fei.
"You..." Qin's Mother was almost speechless with anger.
"Rong Rong, where are you now?" Qin Yan immediately interjected.
"Big sis? I... I'm in the school's art studio."
[Huh? Guilty conscience? Lying? Perhaps she's on a date with Cheng Yue, let me see...]
Qin Yan directly said in a cold voice: "We're at your school gate. Since you're in the art studio, come to Professor Wang's office within ten minutes! We'll wait for you there!"
"Big sis!" Qin Rong suddenly panicked. As soon as she heard Professor Wang, she naturally knew that the situation had been exposed. "How could you come without telling me!"
"Didn't you also not tell us?" Qin Yan implied, also showing the strictness expected of an eldest sister, "Be there in ten minutes."
She then hung up the phone and helped Qin's Mother walk towards the campus.
[...Ten minutes, I'm afraid she won't make it.]
Qin Yan also guessed that she was on a date, probably off-campus now. The more she thought about it, the more disappointed she felt.
But then she unexpectedly heard Ji Fei, who was following behind, say:
[She's currently cleaning in a rented apartment...]
Qin Yan and Qin's Mother stopped in their tracks, looking at each other in disbelief.
It wasn't hard to imagine that it should be Cheng Yue's rented apartment. Their precious fourth daughter of the Qin family should have been holding a brush in the art studio at this time, so focused that she wouldn't even notice if paint got on her face.
But now? What was she doing?
[Has she gone mad?!]
Qin Yan and Qin's Mother: Indeed, this love affair has practically robbed her of her senses.
But in the next second, they realized how naive they had been. The situation that could be described as "mad" by Ji Fei couldn't be that simple.
[It turns out it's not just getting back together, Qin Rong is no longer living on campus. She's been taken to the rented apartment to cohabit with Cheng Yue!]
It was like a bolt from the blue, a thunderbolt out of a clear sky.
Qin's Mother's legs suddenly went weak.
"Mom!" Qin Yan cried out in alarm, quickly supporting her mother.
Ji Fei, who had been watching the drama unfold in the system, quickly came forward to help support her.
[I didn't expect Qin Rong's private decision not to go abroad would hit Qin's Mother so hard. If she knew they got back together and are living together, all for that little hooligan, wouldn't she end up hospitalized from the shock!]
Qin's Mother really couldn't recover, her voice trembling as she said to Qin Yan: "Go... go to Rong Rong's dormitory, help her check out immediately."
[Checking out is good, I guess Qin's Mother also feels that Qin Rong's education has gone wrong and needs to be brought home for proper teaching.]
Qin Yan was also furious, her face ashen. She handed Qin's Mother over to Ji Fei, then turned to call the driver, going together to Qin Rong's dormitory. They would use all connections and means necessary; today, they must bring Qin Rong home.
Afterwards, Ji Fei accompanied Qin's Mother to meet Professor Wang, a middle-aged woman.
Whether it was because of cherishing talent or because of the Qin family's status requiring special care for their little princess, Professor Wang wanted to advise against Qin Rong's irrational behavior, which was why she had contacted Qin's Mother.
Professor Wang was also shrewd. As soon as she saw Qin's Mother, she began to hint that Qin Rong might be in a relationship.
"Ever since she returned from the field trip abroad, she's been out of sorts. Recently, she's even been distracted while painting, constantly delaying her assignments. I've occasionally seen a male student picking her up... Of course, it's normal for her to date at this age, but she can't let it interfere with her future. After all, she's a very talented artist."
Qin's Mother's face was ashen. "Yes, don't worry, this child has gone astray, and we will definitely correct her."
They were originally waiting for Qin Rong to arrive, but Qin Yan had already finished her errand and returned before Qin Rong finally ran in, out of breath.
"Mom, big sis, second sister-in-law, Professor Wang." Qin Rong's politeness was still intact, but the expressions of everyone looking at her were not good.
Especially Qin's Mother and Qin Yan.
Qin's Mother pointed at the application form on the table and said: "You've already met all the standards required by your academy. Now fill out this application form."
Qin Rong's expression changed slightly, but she finally spoke up: "Mom, I'm an adult now. I have the freedom to choose my own future path. I don't want to go."
Hearing such words face to face, Qin's Mother had already passed the point of anger, to an unexpectedly calm state. "Just because of a little hooligan, you want to give up the dream you've been working towards for years?"
Qin Rong's face paled, and she was about to speak when she heard Ji Fei comment: [It seems Qin's Mother has already guessed. As a woman herself, she naturally knows that the first thing that can destroy a woman's strong will and drastically change her personality in a short time is a man's sugar-coated bullets.]
Qin Rong swallowed the words that were about to come out.
Then she heard Qin Yan say: "Rong Rong, I just went to your dormitory. There's dust on the desk and bed. Did you think you could hide this from your family? No wonder you haven't come home on weekends for three weeks. We really thought you were dedicating yourself to painting. Rong Rong, you've truly disappointed us."
Qin Rong's face instantly turned deathly pale. Living with a man was already a huge challenge for a good girl like her, and now that it had been discovered, she was truly scared to the point of trembling.
"It's not... I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just..."
[It's just that when you got back together, Cheng Yue said the Qin family would do everything to separate you, so he told you to hide it from your family. You're really obedient, not even afraid of encountering bad people. I didn't expect that between family of twenty years and a boyfriend of one month, she would choose the boyfriend.]
Qin Rong was immediately rendered speechless by the sarcasm, not knowing where to put her hands and feet.
Hearing this truth, the expressions on Qin's Mother and Qin Yan's faces couldn't have been more awful.
"So, after what happened last time, you still haven't woken up. You still think we're making things difficult for you and that little hooligan?" Qin's Mother said, heartbroken.
"He's not a hooligan, you've all misunderstood him."
As soon as Qin Rong finished speaking, Qin's Mother raised her hand. If it weren't for Qin Yan stopping her, that elegant lady would have really slapped her precious daughter this time.
"Mom, we'll teach little sister when we get back. Let's deal with this matter first."
Qin Rong was also scared stiff, her eyes instantly becoming moist. "Mom, you want to hit me?"
From childhood to adulthood, even Qin Xian had been hit before, but never Qin Rong. This was the first time she faced such an enraged mother, and she was completely dumbfounded.
Qin's Mother's eyes also reddened. She truly wanted to slap some sense into this daughter.
How did it suddenly happen that she felt she didn't recognize this daughter she had given birth to with such difficulty?
Professor Wang spoke up at the right moment to ease the tense atmosphere: "Why don't we let Qin Rong submit the application form first? Tomorrow is the deadline, and it will be too late if we delay any further."
Qin Yan quickly pushed Qin Rong, "Go on, don't make Mom any angrier."
But Qin Rong only swayed slightly, as if her feet were nailed to the ground, not moving an inch.
