My Hubby Can't Stop Pampering Me-Chapter 1172 - 1174: Chaos (6)

Qin Zhigu remained unmoved, speaking forthrightly. On the other end, Kong Jie hurried to placate, "You come back first; after you’re back, let your dad talk to you." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Then I should probably discuss this with my brother first..."

"Absolutely not!" Kong Jie’s voice changed, sharp and high-pitched this time, "Especially not Qin Zhiyou, you must not tell him! Zhigu, I’m begging you, just come back first, come back, and we’ll definitely tell you, okay?"

Unexpectedly, Kong Jie’s tone shifted again, growing softer.

Qin Zhigu had never witnessed his mother speak in such a manner. He always thought himself to be the luckiest member of the Qin Family, not having lost his father in his youth like his older brother, nor was he as domineering as Qin Zhizha or Aunt Qin Zhimei, and his uncle was habitually silent.

With his father managing external affairs and his mother the internal, his father being strict and his mother gentle, the two had always been in a good relationship, without any conflicts of infidelity or the like, and his childhood had been very happy.

But as it turned out, what’s visible above the sea level is only the tip of the iceberg.

Qin Zhigu took a deep breath, "Mom, I’m not a child anymore. I’m also a part of the Qin Family, a member of this household. If there are things you want to hide from me, then I can only seek the truth by myself. Moreover, even if you want to hide them from me, my brother is so astute, he probably already knows something, he’s just never said anything about it."

These words genuinely frightened Kong Jie, "Don’t do this, please don’t! I’m begging you, just come back first, and I’ll definitely tell you, okay? Don’t tell your brother at all costs, do not speak to him about this! Just come back by yourself!"

Qin Zhigu wanted to dig deeper, but at this moment, he couldn’t continue. He too was a gentle person and couldn’t bring himself to threaten or seduce. He could only nod, "Okay."

But he quickly added another sentence, "But after I come back, I must know, otherwise, I will still tell my brother."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Zhigu turned around. When he came back to start driving, he saw Qin Zhiyou still leaning against his car, smoking. Seeing him go and come back, Qin Zhiyou didn’t say a word to him.

In fact, Qin Zhigu vaguely felt what his parents were referring to. Things that made his parents so concerned, specifically instructing him not to tell his older brother, and again, an incident that the younger generation had hardly heard of—after much thought, it could only be something that happened a decade or two ago.

The only serious incident that occurred back when they could still laugh was one—the death of his eldest uncle.

Back then, his brother was only ten years old, and he himself was just seven or eight, hardly understanding anything. He only knew what the adults said, that his eldest uncle and his mistress had a car accident abroad and died. After that incident, Hanhai was managed by his father, and his brother changed from his previously high-spirited self to the unruly character he became later.

But wasn’t that an accident? Although his father was also abroad at that time, also in Vancouver, the police should have already conducted a thorough investigation, it was definitely an accident, right?

It surely couldn’t be that this incident was actually a murder?

Qin Zhigu didn’t dare to think any further, especially not about his parents. Although Qin Weijian really wasn’t very good to Qin Zhiyou and, moreover, Eldest Uncle Qin Weizang was not from the same grandmother as his father and his aunt, it still couldn’t reach the point of—murder, could it?

This matter was too frightening to even think about. He didn’t believe his parents were such people and dared not ponder if it were true—how then would he and his brother interact with each other?