Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 1231: Chapter 1203: Even Her Father Doesn’t Recognize His Daughter

Qian was very disappointed by the phone call, the harmonious atmosphere from before was gone, and her face was as tense as anything, no matter how Yu Minglang and Qio Yu Xuan tried to amuse her, she remained expressionless.

Seeing her so troubled, Yu Minglang stood up to leave, intending to sneak a check on which underground money lender had given Chen Lin a loan while Qian was distracted, but Qian called him back coldly.

”Stop, where are you going?”

”To the bathroom.”

Qian snorted coldly, ”A man lying about investigating Chen Lin doesn’t have any balls!”

”...Honey, pay attention to prenatal education.”

Yu Minglang felt quite helpless, pregnancy-induced foolishness for three years didn’t exist, his wife was so smart and figured it out immediately.

”Are you just looking for trouble, Yu Minglang? Whether he’s dead or alive, what’s it got to do with us? Let him stew in his own mess!” Qian had nearly forgotten about his existence, when suddenly hearing his news felt as disgusting as swallowing a fly.

”I just think there’s something fishy here. Zheng Xu, despite his clear slate, still has influence. I just want to know who can bypass Zheng Xu and lend him money, excluding the possibility they’re coming after you.”

Yu Minglang’s point wasn’t without reason, Qian knew Chen Lin was addicted to gambling, so she had Zheng Xu issue a province-wide warning, forbidding any money lenders from giving loans to Chen Lin, and barring larger gambling operations from letting him join.

The fact that he was chased by loan sharks indicated not only did Chen Lin take out a loan, but the amount was undoubtedly high, potentially involving personal danger, otherwise Zheng Xu wouldn’t have called to inform Qian.

”Even if they’re coming after me, so what? You studied law, don’t you understand the law? Legally, there’s no such thing as a child paying a parent’s debt, I didn’t inherit a single benefit from him, whether he’s chopped to death outside has nothing to do with me. When he divorced my mom, I made it clear; if he loses his earning ability, I’ll provide him the legal minimum living expenses. Now, it’s his own mess, with hands and feet, he doesn’t work, owes loan sharks, why should I pay for him? You’re not getting involved either! Giving him a sweet deal once, he’ll repeat the trick next time!”

People addicted to gambling rarely quit, once addicted, it’s basically a mental illness, Qian had already been kind enough to this lousy dad with no feelings left for him.

Having said that, Yu Minglang didn’t persist, returned to his spot to continue woodworking, while Qio Yu Xuan silently observed Qian, his insight into people making her angry.

”What are you looking at! I’m just that cold-blooded! I don’t acknowledge my own dad, I’m seen as a wolf cub by outsiders! You better not transfer your feelings for your daughter onto me, even if your daughter were alive now, she wouldn’t be as ruthless as me, not acknowledging her dad!”

Her defiant words didn’t anger Qio Yu Xuan, he even laughed.

”What are you laughing at!”

”I’m laughing at you, kid, getting mad at him doesn’t mean you have to vent on us, come on, let’s test you, in this process of getting mad there are two psychological phenomena, if you answer correctly, I’ll reward you with a duck head.”

Qio Yu Xuan swung a bag Xiaoqiang had brought down under Qian’s nose.

This action reminded Yu Minglang of when he was little, his dad used to make them smell a chicken leg, saying whoever did chores longer got the reward, the three brothers worked tirelessly like foolish deer only to look up and see Xiaoxi on Dad’s shoulder eating the leg.

Xiaoqiang wanted to laugh, Qio Yu Xuan was quite adept at this parenting approach.

Qian’s anger over her lousy dad was instantly halved.

”The behavior you mentioned, venting on others, involves a common phenomenon: we tend to have a high tolerance for outsiders, but easily get mad at those close to us, the closer they are the lower the anger threshold, because we generally have higher expectations of family, and also because we harbor unipolar thoughts for them, imposing our ideas on them. Earlier, when I was upset, just your glance made me feel you were hurting me, that’s imposing my thoughts onto you, and the same reason I yelled at Xiaoqiang.”

Qian’s analysis was smooth, Xiaoqiang looked up with grievance, ”You have it all figured but how can you still bully people?”

Qian glared at him, ”Who told you guys are closest to me! If I don’t vent on the family, who else would I vent on!”

Qio Yu Xuan felt thoroughly satisfied with Qian’s roar and laughed heartily, Xiaoqiang pouted, ”I knew you had masochistic tendencies, the more you’re told off, the happier you get! Hey, wife, they mentioned two phenomena, you only answered one, what about the other?”

Despite an awkward relationship between Yu Minglang and Qio Yu Xuan, when it came to Qian, they would invariably cooperate seamlessly, without needing to cue each other.

Just like now, Qian got mad at her lousy dad and vented on the two of them, both Yu Minglang and Qio Yu Xuan didn’t get angry, instead they jointly distracted her.

Sure enough, brought up a professional topic, Qian calmed down.

”There’s another psychological phenomenon... are you testing me about why he’s addicted to gambling?”

Qio Yu Xuan handed the duck head to her, ”Come on, it’s your reward!”

Qian took the duck head, sat on a small stool and gnawed at it, feeling her anger dissipate by half, Yu Minglang continued sawing his wood serenely.

Apparently, her lousy dad in Qian’s heart was equivalent to the weight of two duck heads, calmed down with a treat.

”I know gambling, like substance abuse, can be addictive, because multiple areas in the brain become super active when gambling, two areas for online gaming, six for gambling, hence gambling is more addictive than online gaming.”

”Correct, that’s it! Your senior brother used to study many people doing extreme sports, finding that extreme sports are like gambling, driven by active brain hormone production, during gambling their saliva contains more hormones than usual, but activities like skydiving or bungee jumping aren’t accessible to everyone, gambling, however, is easy, and winning releases more hormones.”

Chatting with Qio Yu Xuan really quelled Qian’s anger, Yu Minglang noticed that whenever Qian viewed people as patients she became less angry, and Qio Yu Xuan just classified Chen Lin as ’sick’, making Qian’s professional demeanor take over, naturally not stewing over a worthless issue.

After keeping company a while, Qio Yu Xuan got a phone call and left, Yu Minglang completed the baby cot, then took Qian inside, preparing a bath for her. While the water ran, Qian saw Yu Minglang posed as a thinker, hand propped in contemplation.

”What are you doing?”

”I’m upset. I feel somewhat useless.”

”Huh? If you’re useless, who’s useful?” Qian wondered, given he’s always overflowing with confidence, such words didn’t sound like him at all.