"Second Young Mistress—"
"My daughter!"
This woman's shout was all too familiar to Qin Shuangshuang; it was her mother, Mrs. Bai's voice! Mrs. Bai was back!
Mrs. Bai had originally been sent back by Mr. Qin to prepare lunch for the family, but little did she know that upon returning, she would find her daughter covered in blood, instantly causing her to scream in fright!
Along with Mrs. Bai's cries, there was the village chief's angry rebuke: "Old Chen! What are you doing? Holding a knife to your own granddaughter? I see you've truly become malicious, thinking we elders are dead? We of the Qin Clan cannot tolerate a malicious woman like you. I will open the ancestral hall and expel you from our clan!"
Most of the people in the village bore the surname Qin, with several generations tracing back to a common ancestor. The village chief was not only the village head but also the Clan Leader of the Qin Clan, and as Clan Leader, he had the authority to punish any erring clansmember.
