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"House? What house?" Qin Anyi asked with a slight frown and a displeased look.

"The ancestral home left by your grandfather. Once it's demolished, our family will be compensated with a sixty-square-meter commercial apartment. So your second uncle and second aunt came over demanding to split the ownership of the house in half," Qin Lianshan said with a bitter expression.

He and Zhou Xueqin had been honest and submissive all their lives, and even their speech tended to be gentle. His reasoning with Wang Zhixia just now had completely failed... because Wang Zhixia was simply unreasonable. As for Qin Lianhai, he stood aside without uttering a word. The old saying that kind people are easily taken advantage of was vividly and unfairly illustrated in this family.

"They want to split half the ownership of the house?" Qin Anyi widened his eyes, laughed out of sheer anger, "Ha! What an absolute joke! The ancestral home originally belonged to my father, left by my grandfather! Back then, when the family property was divided, you took the cash, and the house was left to my father! You didn't raise any objections at the time! What does this house have to do with you? Qin Lianhai, Wang Zhixia! How can anyone be shameless to this extent?"

"Adults are talking, what does a child like you know!" Wang Zhixia snapped back. "Back then, father indeed gave the house to your family. Even though we got the short end of the stick, considering we were still relatives and your family's conditions were truly too miserable, we reluctantly agreed. But how much cash did we get back then? A mere one hundred thousand yuan! Once this house is rebuilt, it will be worth at least nine hundred thousand yuan or more! Besides, after all these years, that one hundred thousand yuan has long been spent by us, so naturally, we must take back what rightfully belongs to us!"

Wang Zhixia put her hands on her hips. The moment the topic turned to money, she threw all her previous fear of Qin Anyi out the window and shouted loudly, as if the louder she was, the more justified she became.

"Wang Zhixia, I've always known you were shameless, but I genuinely didn't expect you could be shameless to this degree," Qin Anyi shook his head, looking deeply impressed. "When the property was divided back then, how much was the ancestral home even worth? Less than twenty thousand yuan! Grandfather leaving the family's cash to you was already showing immense favoritism. What have the two of you done all these years? After grandfather passed away, you didn't care about anything at all. Apart from organizing grandfather's funeral, what have you ever actually done for him? And the only reason you organized that funeral in the first place was to collect more condolence money!"

"Wang Zhixia, Qin Lianhai, a person can be shameless, a person can be utterly disgraceful, but you must always remember the word 'conscience'! If you even lose that and have zero bottom line, no matter how comfortable your life might seem in the short term, retribution will come for you sooner or later!"

"Hmph, Qin Anyi, you don't need to try and squeeze me with your words. No matter what, my mind is made up on this matter. Since you're speaking so inflexibly, I won't bother trying to preserve any decency between relatives either. In short, we're giving you two choices: First, after the new house is handed over, its estimated market value will be around nine hundred thousand yuan. Subtracting the hundred and fifty thousand yuan you still need to pay for the property, that leaves seven hundred and fifty thousand. Give us our half, which is three hundred and seventy-five thousand, and the house will completely belong to you two. Lianhai and I won't cause any more trouble. Second, we split the hundred and fifty thousand yuan payment in half, and the house becomes joint property of both families. Choose!" Wang Zhixia said with a cold snort and an arrogant expression.

"Interesting. And what if I don't choose? When it comes to this house... you don't have the final say!"

Qin Anyi stopped being angry, his expression returning to calm. There was no point in getting angry with people like this; the best counterattack against them was to completely shatter their plans and strike back fiercely! Some people cannot be tolerated. The moment you tolerate them, they will think you are weak and bully you even more aggressively. The world is simply like this, and the notion that the wicked will be met with wickedness is not without reason.

"Not choosing? Hmph, Qin Lianshan, is this your stance as well? You better think carefully about what this implies! The only reason I came here today was because I didn't want to hurt everyone's harmony over a house, and resolving it privately would be the best outcome. For the sake of still being relatives, we wanted to spare you some embarrassment. But clearly, my good older nephew doesn't appreciate it, so there's nothing more I can do. I can only resort to legal means! However, Qin Lianshan, you should think carefully: my Lianhai has connections in the Municipal People's Court. If something really happens, let alone half the house, I'm afraid you won't even be able to keep the whole thing!" Wang Zhixia said patronizingly, finally remembering her family's connections compared to Qin Lianshan's impoverished background, sweeping away her earlier fear of Qin Anyi.

What was she to be afraid of? How ridiculous! This was a society built on connections! Connections meant everything! Just a high school student—he couldn't possibly stir up any waves.

"Zhixia, why don't we discuss this again? You... you guys agreed to the will back then, and now going back on your word is completely unreasonable no matter how you look at it," Zhou Xueqin said with an ugly expression, though her soft and weak voice failed to exert any pressure whatsoever.

"Going back on my word? Zhou Xueqin, how are you talking?! Qin Lianhai is also father's son, and he has a share in inheriting this house! Back then, because your family's conditions were too difficult, we let you monopolize the house until now! What, do you really plan to swallow it all by yourself now? Let me tell you! No way in hell, don't even dream about it!" Wang Zhixia shouted loudly.

"Mom, let them get lost. Whatever drama they want to make of this, let them, we'll just take it head-on. It's nothing major," Qin Anyi smiled as he walked over to Zhou Xueqin, gently patted her back, and said with total indifference.

"What? What did you say? Say that again!" Wang Zhixia put her hands on her hips like a shrew, glaring fiercely at Qin Anyi.

"I said, get... lost!"

Qin Anyi smiled, but his gaze was as sharp as a blade. "Right now! Immediately! At once! This is a rented house belonging to our family. If you continue to make a scene here, I will call the police to report you for trespassing, and at the same time... throw you out!"

As he spoke, Qin Anyi took a step forward. With that single step, the murderous aura from having killed nearly two people earlier that day was released without reservation! Even though Wang Zhixia and Qin Lianhai were ordinary people, they still clearly felt a bone-chilling coldness rising from the depths of their hearts, causing both of them to instinctively take a step back at the same time.

"Fine, very well! Qin Lianshan, Zhou Xueqin! You will definitely regret this! See you in court! When that happens, even if you kneel on the ground and beg me, don't expect me to change my mind! Lianhai, let's go!"

Wang Zhixia's face had turned somewhat pale under the influence of Qin Anyi's aura. After spitting out a few harsh parting threats, she turned around and was about to leave when Wang Yiran suddenly spoke up.

"Auntie, what do both you and Uncle do for a living?" Wang Yiran maintained her persona as an adorable young girl, looking completely innocent and naive.

Even though Wang Zhixia was burning with rage, it was hard to keep a stern face when she saw Wang Yiran's innocent look. She just forced a smile and said, "Auntie is a civil servant at the Urban Construction Bureau, and Uncle is an engineering contractor."

"Is that so? Well then, I suppose the two of you won't be doing anything very soon," Wang Yiran said with a purely innocent smile.