Seeing that Zheng Shufen had made up her mind and was so resolute, Qin Yi had nothing more to say.
The main reason was that if he went to buy a house now, he wouldn't know how to explain it to Zheng Shufen.
If she were to overthink it again, it would only make her worry more.
After packing their belongings, the three of them left quickly.
Zheng Shufen and Qin Lei had lived in the junkyard for several years, and they didn't want to stay there for another second.
About half an hour later, Qin Yi and the other two arrived at their destination by taxi.
It was the affluent community where Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Shufen's elder brother, lived.
At this moment, in a spacious apartment in Building 18 of the community.
Zheng Chenggong, in his early fifties, was washing fruit in the kitchen.
As he washed, he said to the woman sitting in the living room playing on her phone and a young man in his twenties who was a bit overweight, "Guihua, Dapeng, don't just sit there. Shufen and the others will be here soon!"
Undoubtedly, the woman was Zheng Chenggong's wife, Zhang Guihua, and the young man was their son, Zheng Dapeng.
Zheng Chenggong's words only made Zhang Guihua glare at him and retort, "Zheng Chenggong, are you bored? Why do you want those jinxes to come and stay at our house?"
"Do you think our family has been doing too well these past few years and want them to bring us bad luck?"
Zheng Dapeng also said indignantly, "Dad, it's not me saying this, but your sister's family are jinxes and bringers of bad luck!"
"Look at their family. Over the past few years, some have been to jail, some have lived in junkyards, and some have been disfigured..."
"If you invite them to our house now, and they bring us bad luck, what will you do then!"
Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong threw the fruit he was washing into the sink and came out, saying, "What are you talking about? Dapeng, that's your aunt and cousins!"
"They've had such a hard time these past few years, and they haven't asked us for any help. They've even kept their distance from us for fear of implicating us!"
"Now that Xiao Yi is out of prison and there will be no more trouble, what's wrong with them coming to stay with us for a few days? Blood is thicker than water, don't be so heartless!"
"Why are you yelling?" Zhang Guihua stood up and retorted, "What did Da Peng and I say wrong?"
"You..."
Zheng Chenggong was furious and was about to say something more.
However, this time, he had only uttered one word when there was a knock on the door.
Immediately after, Zheng Shufen's voice came in.
"Brother, are you home?"
Zheng Chenggong glared fiercely at Zhang Guihua and Zheng Dapeng, signaling them not to speak nonsense, and went to open the door.
"We're home, coming, coming..."
As the door opened, Qin Yi, carrying Zheng Shufen on his back, and Qin Lei, carrying luggage, stood at the door.
"Big Brother!"
"Uncle..."
Zheng Shufen, Qin Yi, and Qin Lei called out.
"Oh, Shufen, you're here, come in, come in..."
Zheng Chenggong made way and gestured for the three of them to enter.
Qin Yi, carrying Zheng Shufen on his back, was about to walk into the house.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped one foot inside the door, Zhang Guihua rushed out and stopped him, shouting, "Wait, wait..."
"Your shoes are so dirty, put on shoe covers before you come in!"
She quickly took out three pairs of shoe covers from the shoe cabinet nearby and threw them in front of Qin Yi and the others.
At the same time, she covered her nose and said with a look of disgust, "What's that smell on you? It's awful. When you visit someone else's house, don't you know to clean up beforehand?"
Qin Yi's expression stiffened slightly.
Zheng Shufen and Qin Lei were full of embarrassment.
Especially Qin Lei, holding her luggage in one hand and lowering her head, the other hand tidied her hair, letting it cover half of the scar on her face, and didn't dare to look directly at Zhang Guihua and Zheng Chenggong.
Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong also looked embarrassed and reprimanded Zhang Guihua, "What nonsense are you talking about? What smell..."
Then, he said to Qin Yi and the other two, "Don't listen to her nonsense, come in quickly! No need for shoe covers!"
"It's okay, Brother, the place we lived before was indeed not very clean..." Zheng Shufen said sheepishly.
Then, she still had Qin Yi and Qin Lei put on shoe covers, and even had Qin Lei put on a pair for her, as she couldn't walk.
After putting on the shoe covers, the three of them entered the house. Zheng Dapeng was still sitting there playing on his phone, not getting up at all.
He just smacked his lips and said, "Just say you lived in a junkyard, we already know, no need to pretend it was 'not very clean'!"
"Dapeng..."
Zheng Chenggong reprimanded Zheng Dapeng again and then showed an apologetic expression to Qin Yi and the other two.
"Xiao Lei, you can put your things in this room!"
Immediately, Zheng Chenggong walked to a bedroom and pushed the door open, saying, "From now on, Shufen and Xiao Lei will live in this room."
"Xiao Yi, you will live in the room next door."
Qin Lei quickly walked over and put her things in the room.
"Thank you, Uncle."
Qin Yi thanked him and placed Zheng Shufen on the sofa.
As soon as Zheng Shufen was placed on the sofa, Zheng Dapeng, who was sitting next to her, immediately got up and moved further away.
He was clearly disgusted by Zheng Shufen, as if she had a contagious disease.
Zheng Shufen saw this and felt nothing but embarrassment. She had originally intended to greet and talk to them, but at that moment, she didn't know how to start.
"Shufen, Xiao Yi, Xiao Lei, please sit down for a while and have some fruit!"
Zheng Chenggong brought out the washed fruit, "You haven't been to our house for a long time. Later, I'll ask Guihua to cook for you to welcome you! You don't know how delicious Guihua's braised pork is!"
"Thank you, Big Brother, Sister-in-law!" Zheng Shufen thanked them.
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Guihua immediately said, "I've already made plans with Sister Ma and the others to play mahjong, so I don't have time to cook for you. If you want to eat, do it yourselves!"
As she spoke, she walked towards the door.
She didn't care about Qin Yi's group or Zheng Chenggong's reaction.
Zheng Chenggong's face turned as black as if it were smeared with charcoal, but he was helpless. He could only say, "Well, Guihua doesn't work now and often plays mahjong with a few neighbors..."
"It's okay, I'll cook later. My cooking is also quite good, Shufen, you should still remember, right?"
Zheng Shufen knew he was saying this deliberately and nodded, "Yes, I definitely remember. Big Brother's cooking is even better than Mom's used to be!"
"But Big Brother, it's already a bother for us to stay at your house. How can we let you cook? Let Xiao Lei do it!"
She gave Qin Lei a look, and the latter immediately said, "That's right, Uncle, I'll cook."
"Holy cow..."
At this moment, Zheng Dapeng let out a loud exclamation, startling Zheng Shufen, Zheng Chenggong, and Qin Lei.
Qin Yi looked at Zheng Dapeng, not understanding why.
Zheng Dapeng pointed at Qin Lei and said, "Can you cover up half of your face? You're trying to scare someone to death!"