Switched Marriage: The Coddled Little Wife-Chapter 323: Brothers’ Rift

"Once you’re in the city, have a good life with your younger brother. Don’t worry about home or mom and dad, you have me and your eldest sister-in-law."

"Brother, this is the first time you’ve treated me like family," Lin Chuxia smiled.

There were other matters, so she didn’t stay long at the bun shop.

After people left, Qin Han’s expression turned serious.

Zhang Guilan came over with a worried face, "What did your sister-in-law tell you? She doesn’t know about those matters, does she?"

Qin Han shook his head.

They only heard about the rumors in the village from Zhou Hongmei this morning, not knowing who was spreading them. Isn’t this ruining sister-in-law’s reputation?

Qin Han told Zhang Guilan about Lin Chuxia giving them a thirty percent share of the bun shop.

"You know, sister-in-law has been worrying and working hard for our family, and just yesterday, my second brother returned the money for the house construction. As his family, if we can’t even protect him from this, I really feel..."

Zhang Guilan understood her husband’s thoughts, and she was equally infuriated.

"I’ll take care of the bun shop. You go to the food factory and see if there’s any news from Wensong."

They would definitely teach the rumor-spreader a lesson if they found him.

"Alright, I’ll go check it out now."

Su Wensong had already started investigating; many of Qin Village’s workers in the factory had heard the rumors.

While feeling agitated, they actively cooperated with the investigation.

This investigation pointed all fingers towards Ma Suyun and Qin Wen as a couple.

Qin Han knew about the breeding pig issue, and also about Jianjun being arrested. Was Qin Wen just waiting for drama to unfold and started spreading rumors when it didn’t?

Both were ready to have a serious talk with Qin Wen, but just then, the sound of a motorcycle was heard outside; Qin Yang was back from the city.

He went straight to Xiyang Food Factory, eager to know the progress of the investigation.

Su Wensong repeated everything to him.

Qin Han added, "Younger brother, we need to have a serious talk with Da Wen. We won’t fuss over other stuff, but spreading such rumors is going too far."

Hearing it was Qin Wen, Qin Yang’s face darkened greatly, and without letting Qin Han finish, he immediately turned and left the office.

By the time Qin Han and Su Wensong followed him out, he was already riding the motorcycle away.

Qin Han slapped his thigh, "Wensong, quickly follow him. I’ll go over to Uncle Qin’s place."

Although they wanted to teach Qin Wen a lesson, they couldn’t be too reckless and turn a justified act into an unjust one.

Meanwhile, Qin Yang directly went to Qin Wen’s home. Before even reaching the doorstep, he saw Qin Wen biking home from work.

When Qin Wen saw Qin Yang riding the motorcycle, he even greeted with a smile, "Yo, Fourth Brother, riding a big bike now."

Qin Yang parked the motorcycle on the side and got off, heading straight towards Qin Wen.

Seeing Qin Yang’s hostile approach, Qin Wen’s smile faded, even showing a bit of fear, "Fourth brother, what’s this... hey... fourth brother, what are you doing? Let’s talk... ah..."

Without a word, Qin Yang grabbed him and started beating him.

Soon, Qin Wen’s cries and screams filled the air.

Ma Suyun heard the noise, put down the half-cooked meal, and ran out to see her husband pinned down and beaten by Qin Yang.

She no longer cared about respect toward uncle and aunt, and went up to pull them apart.

While tugging, she shouted, "Help! Someone is beating him up..."

At this time, people either had just finished work or were returning from the fields, and the street already had passersby; the fight quickly attracted a crowd watching the commotion.

Su Wensong, Qin Han, Qin Liang, and Uncle Qin rushed over.

Uncle Qin, seeing his nephews fighting on the street and gathering a crowd of outsiders, felt it was disgraceful for the Old Qin Family; yet he understood Qin Yang wasn’t someone who acted impulsively.

Moreover, on the way here, Qin Han had explained the reason.

This had really infuriated his nephew.

"Stop fighting," Uncle Qin berated, "Eldest, go separate them."

At this moment, Uncle Qin didn’t expect Qin Han to pull them apart.

Clearly, seeing his second son overpowered by Qin Yang, and knowing the brothers shared a kinship, he guessed Qin Han wouldn’t be effective.

With Qin Liang’s help, Ma Suyun and Qin Liang finally separated Qin Yang and Qin Wen.

Seeing Qin Wen’s face bloodied, Ma Suyun angrily accused, "Qin Yang, what are you doing? Even if you are wealthy, you can’t just beat people up like this?"

Qin Yang coldly looked at Ma Suyun, "If it weren’t because you are a woman, I would beat you up too."

Ma Suyun was taken aback, then retorted as if she had the higher ground, "Isn’t this bullying? Bullying your brother is bad enough, how can an uncle speak to his sister-in-law like this, even wanting to hit me? Fellow villagers, judge for yourself, does an uncle act like this? I know you now own a food factory and many villagers don’t dare to offend you, but it doesn’t give you the right to be so tyrannical and bully your own brother."

Qin Yang remained unaffected by her criticism, his gaze chilling as the abyss, "The rumors about Xiaxia were spread by you two."

His certain tone made Qin Wen and Ma Suyun momentarily guilty.

Ma Suyun’s eyes dodged, "What rumors, I don’t know anything."

Qin Wen also argued, "Big Brother, you start hitting without saying anything, accusing us of spreading rumors; who told you this? We haven’t done such things; if you want to blame us, you need to show some evidence, right?"

He was confident that his actions had been covert; even his wife had slipped out the words unintentionally, so there could hardly be any evidence.

Qin Yang wasn’t planning to waste words with them, "I don’t need evidence to deal with you."

He turned to look at Uncle Qin and the surrounding villagers.

"Today, with the elders and Uncle present as witnesses, henceforth, Qin Wen and I are no longer brothers."

"Qin Yang!"

"Little Four."

Uncle Qin and Qin Liang both looked at Qin Yang; this was the severance of brotherly ties.

Qin Wen did not expect things to escalate to such severity, slightly frowning, "Big Brother, isn’t it too much to break relations with your brother over a woman unjustly? Or is it you’ve always disliked me and just wanted an excuse to kick me out?"

Qin Yang coldly looked at him, "She is not just any woman; she’s my wife. You spread rumors about my wife and expect me to still treat you as a brother? Besides, do you really think a beating settles it all? Today, I’ll put it clearly before the whole village: you either apologize to my wife or lose your job at the Hardware Company. Choose one."

Qin Wen, seeing Qin Yang was serious, felt intimidated.

"Big Brother, I really am wronged; I just heard about this issue, but speaking of which, why are there such rumors, Big Brother? You’re hardly home, are these really just rumors?"

Since he wasn’t going to have it easy, neither would anyone else.

Qin Wen turned to Qin Han, "Second Brother, you’re Big Brother’s own sibling, with such a big food factory, Lin Chuxia would rather give it to outsiders than let you manage. Think about what you have now? The little salary you get each month, and look at others, so glorious, being factory managers, managing hundreds of people, even Qin Wu, he became the deputy manager, didn’t he? Qin Jiang even got a deputy role in the chicken farm due to this connection. Why is that? I feel for you, brother. If not because Lin Chuxia is playing favorites, she wouldn’t have given all these good positions to others...ah..."