HLnovel Chapter 220 Peeping
Chapter 220 Peeping
They arrived back in Shenzhen at 11 p.m. The two took a taxi home, checked the room, and found that the children were not home. They ate some noodles, took a shower, and were so tired that they fell into a deep sleep as soon as they hit the bed.
After watching the late-night movie and walking around for over an hour, it was already past midnight. It would be too late if they didn't go home soon. Long Xiaobin walked Qin Wenxin to her doorstep, watched her go inside, and then reluctantly went home himself.
Wenxin was in a good mood and hummed a song softly as she prepared to take a shower and go to bed.
When I got to the bathroom, I found the laundry basket overflowing with clothes. I picked one up at random and glanced at it, only to discover it belonged to Deng Xiuzhen.
Qin Wenxin rushed out and saw the bag on the coffee table in the living room. Her heart skipped a beat: it was Deng Xiuzhen's bag.
On one occasion, she accidentally saw Deng Xiuzhen taking out some important documents from her bag, such as property ownership certificates, company documents, and money.
Normally, Deng Xiuzhen always hides her bag well. Qin Wenxin guessed that Deng Xiuzhen must have been too tired and thought no one was home, so she put the bag on the coffee table.
Qin Wenxin tiptoed to Deng Xiuzhen's room and listened for a while. The even breathing inside proved that Deng Xiuzhen and Qin Yanlin were sleeping soundly.
She tiptoed back to the coffee table and slowly unzipped her bag.
On top are a few pieces of clothing, and below them is a house sale contract.
Qin Wenxin read it from beginning to end, and her heart pounded even harder: Her parents really did have a courtyard house! No, to be precise, it was her mother, Deng Xiuzhen, who had a courtyard house.
During their trip to Kyoto, they sold the courtyard house for 310 million yen.
My hands were shaking with excitement.
Qin Wenxin frantically searched for her bankbook, wanting to know how much money was left and how much she would receive as a share.
Suddenly, she heard someone get up. She jumped up and tried to run into the room, but realized that she would definitely be seen if she went in.
In a flash, she made a decision: turn off the light and go out through the nearest door. She would wait until her father or mother finished using the bathroom before going back in.
Deng Xiuzhen opened the door and went straight to the bathroom. She had a bit of diarrhea, probably because the food on the train wasn't fresh.
As Deng Xiuzhen left the bathroom, she suddenly noticed a dark figure in the living room. Just as she was about to scream, the lights came on.
It turned out that Qin Yanlin also had an upset stomach and got up to go to the bathroom.
"You scared me to death!" Deng Xiuzhen scolded, preparing to go back to her room to sleep, when she caught a glimpse of the bag on the coffee table out of the corner of her eye.
She zipped up her bag, picked it up, and went back to her room.
Not long after, Qin Yanlin also went back to sleep.
Qin Wenxin eavesdropped for a while, waited a few more minutes, and then quietly went into the house.
She was somewhat disappointed to find her bag missing from the coffee table. She also couldn't find the bankbook and didn't know how much her family owned.
After this ordeal, she didn't dare take a bath. She didn't even take off her clothes, intending to just lie there and make do, and leave before Deng Xiuzhen and the others got up the next morning.
If it weren't so late and unsafe outside, she would have preferred to wait outside until dawn, pretending she had just returned home.
She opened the zipper of her bag, but because it happened so suddenly, she didn't have time to zip it up.
Deng Xiuzhen kept a close eye on the bag, naturally remembering to keep the zipper closed at all times.
If she wakes up tomorrow morning and sees the bag zipper open, and then sees herself at home, she'll definitely suspect that she's tampered with the bag.
If she comes home from outside, they will just think she forgot and won't suspect her.
As dawn broke and the breakfast vendors opened their doors, Qin Wenxin secretly slipped out.
After wandering around outside for a while and having breakfast, Qin Wenxin figured that Deng Xiuzhen and the others should be up by now, so she headed home.
Just as Qin Wenxin had predicted, when Deng Xiuzhen woke up in the morning and unzipped her bag, she found it a bit messy.
She immediately got up and looked through the rooms, even the doors and windows, but she didn't see any children or anyone else who had been there.
She felt that she must have been too tired these past few days and forgot to pack her bag.
When Qin Wenxin entered the room, Deng Xiuzhen had already washed the clothes and was preparing to leave.
"Mom?" Qin Wenxin called out happily like a child and ran to Deng Xiuzhen's side.
"Hmm, why are you back? Isn't it class time today? Are you feeling unwell?" Deng Xiuzhen said, looking Qin Wenxin up and down.
"Mom, I'm not feeling unwell anywhere. It's just that my last appointment was for a follow-up check-up today," Qin Wenxin explained with a sweet smile.
"Was it supposed to be today? I don't remember at all," Deng Xiuzhen asked, puzzled.
"No, it's not that. I accidentally bumped into something at school a few days ago, and it felt a bit uncomfortable, so I went to see a doctor. The doctor told me to come back for a follow-up check-up today," Qin Wen explained.
"Where did you run into? Are you alright?" After all, they are her own children. Deng Xiuzhen felt that as long as they didn't go astray and had a little filial piety, she would still love them from the bottom of her heart.
However, they must be filial.
"Mom, don't worry, I can handle it myself. You and Dad have something to do, so you should go back first." Qin Wen wanted to follow them out to see what his parents were doing.
"Okay, then go check it out and come home. We'll add two more dishes for lunch." Deng Xiuzhen was in a hurry to see the house and naturally didn't want Qin Wenxin to come along; that girl was too cunning.
"Alright then, Dad, Mom, be careful, there are a lot of cars on the road." Qin Wenxin felt disappointed and resentful that Deng Xiuzhen treated her like an outsider. She felt from the bottom of her heart that Qin Yanlin was useless and dragged the whole family down.
But he didn't show it at all, and even said words of concern.