Qin Chun pursed her lips, looking as if she was quite hesitant.

Indeed, she was struggling inside since this went against Old Lady Qin’s original intentions, and if she hadn’t been unconscious, she would never allow her to speak.

But...

After a long while, she finally emerged with a decision.

Qin Chun clenched her fists and said, "Today, I’m going to break the rules; at worst, I’ll go back and accept punishment from Old Lady Qin."

Yixuan chuckled lightly.

Qin Chun was like family to Old Lady Qin, so saying punishment was too severe.

Qin Chun took a deep breath.

"Xiao Xuan, Old Lady Qin never let me tell you these things. But you... you have no idea how bad the rumors outside are. They’re saying that our Young Master of Qin Family is a wastrel, does nothing productive, only knows how to play and have fun."

Qin Chun said quickly, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

Especially Dong Huiying.

A wastrel, does nothing productive, only knows how to play and have fun?

Even the brothers of the Liang family looked speechless. Are you sure this is talking about their cool-headed and mature Yixuan?

Qin Chun continued, "Old Lady Qin adopted you as a son, brought you back to the Qin family, but you are ambitious and set up Chuixue Manor on your own. You have talent, but outsiders don’t know."

Although Yixuan was not reclusive, he had a quiet personality.

Back then, when Yixuan was adopted by Old Lady Qin, they were mother and son in name, but actually always interacted as grandmother and grandson. Only in front of outsiders would Yixuan occasionally call Old Lady Qin ’mother,’ but these occasions were rare, probably due to the shadow left by Liang Yuru which made Yixuan instinctively resist this title.

At that time, people said Yixuan was lucky, how could a poor boy from who knows where inherit the extensive assets of the Qin family? Many were envious and secretly gossiped. They slandered, saying Old Lady Qin was shameless, claiming Yixuan used his looks to get ahead, relying on his handsome face to seduce Old Lady Qin, and so on.

In short, there was a lot of malicious and disgusting talk.

During those times, Yixuan was busy with the brewing business at Chuixue Manor, while also secretly paying attention to and protecting his wife. He did many other things, all in all, he was very busy, usually staying at the manor. In addition, Old Lady Qin was very strict, and all of Chuixue Manor’s servants were her people. She had long commanded them to keep their mouths shut, so even privately they didn’t dare to speak carelessly.

As a result...

The slanderous speculation was successfully blocked by Old Lady Qin, but because Yixuan never showed himself, the rumors became even more rampant. There were even claims that Yixuan was hidden away like a treasured mistress.

Yixuan: "..."

He looked at the unconscious Old Lady Qin on the bed, feeling helpless, "Grandmother misunderstood."

Qin Chun was taken aback.

Third Brother Shujun was a lazybones, at this time holding his wife’s neck, more than half of his body hanging on her. He said lazily, "My Xiao Xuanxuan is not that fragile."

He laughed playfully.

Due to their background, they, who should have had a carefree childhood, learned early to shelter their family from the storm. The path of growth for their brothers was far from being able to be described just by the word ’hard’.

By now, suffering some slanders cannot shake Yixuan’s strong psychological resilience.

Qin Chun smiled bitterly, "You don’t know, when Old Lady Qin was young, she was engaged, but her fiancé... fell for someone else. Old Lady Qin was angry and since then, lived alone for a long time, distrustful of outside men."