chapter 4 So you are this kind of person

Throughout the journey, Quintin Fang tried to spark conversations multiple times, but each time, he was met with Skylar Qin's distant responses—either a simple "uh-huh" or "oh," killing the topics he brought up.
Quintin Fang, feeling helpless, fell silent and walked alongside Skylar Qin quietly.
In no time, they arrived at a spot about five hundred meters away from the female dormitories.
Skylar Qin suddenly stopped, turned to Quintin Fang, and softly said, "Quintin Fang, I've arrived. Thank you for escorting me back!"
"We're not there yet! Let me accompany you to the dormitory building," Quintin Fang said, glancing at the distant floors of the female dormitories and rubbing his hands.
"No, I can go by myself."
Skylar Qin shook her head and walked away.
After taking a few steps, she stopped again, turned to look at Quintin Fang, hesitated, and said, "Quintin Fang, I know your intentions, but my situation is different from theirs. I don't want to harm anyone."
Quintin Fang was utterly confused. What situation? Was I rejected? But I haven't confessed yet!
He smiled and said, "Skylar Qin, I don't understand what you're saying!"
"Every time you come to Rosewood Garden to see me, I know," Skylar Qin said.
There was a long silence from Skylar Qin before she dropped a meaningful sentence and walked away.
Quintin Fang blushed. Did she reject me? But I haven't even confessed yet!
He thought for a moment. Yes, when he returned from the future, trading stocks and futures, his bank balance skyrocketed as if it were a dream. Only when he saw his youthful wife in Rosewood Garden did he realize it was real.
As he went there more often, and Skylar Qin was an extremely attentive girl, it was hard not to be discovered!
Thinking about it, just as Quintin Fang was about to speak, he saw Skylar Qin being stopped by a middle-aged man not far away. He was startled and rushed forward, pulling Skylar Qin behind him, about to ask, "Who are you!"
But seeing the middle-aged man's face resembling Skylar Qin's to some extent, he recognized him at a glance—Skylar Qin's father, his future father-in-law, Edward Qin.
He couldn't help but smile awkwardly. Was my father-in-law more shameless than I thought more than ten years ago?
In other families, parents give money to their children. Even if they didn't have money, they would find ways to lend it to their children. Yet he came to the school to ask Skylar Qin for cash.
Are you just grabbing a student and forcing Skylar Qin to borrow money?
No wonder in his previous life, after he married Skylar Qin, she rarely took him and the kids to her family's home. Occasionally, when we visited, we stayed for only half a day before leaving.
She only sent a fixed thousand dollars for living expenses every month.
So this was what my father-in-law was like.
"Dad, are you trying to push me to the brink?" Skylar Qin said with a teary voice.
Edward Qin glared, "Who's pushing you! I've taken care of you since you were a child. I just asked you for two thousand dollars to send home. What's wrong with that?"
"Haven't you pushed me?" Skylar Qin choked back her tears and said, "Tell me, from childhood till now, did you ever contribute a penny to my school fees? If it weren't for my grandparents borrowing money to support my education, I wouldn't have been able to go to school."
"Even now in college, the tuition is covered by my student loan, and I earn my own living expenses through part-time work."
"You're doing well, aren't you? You're all grown up and self-sufficient! You dare speak to me like this? I..." Edward Qin, furious and embarrassed, looked around, then suddenly bent down, took off his shoe, and held it in his hand, ready to hit Skylar Qin.
Quintin Fang was startled and hurriedly held Edward Qin, saying, "Mr. Qin, this is a school compound. Let's talk nicely!"
"Ungrateful girl! Do you think you've grown wings, huh? Daring to talk to your father like this," Edward Qin was furious, looked around, and then suddenly bent over, took off his shoe, and held it in his hand, ready to hit Skylar Qin.
However, she replied calmly, "I don't have money. Even if I do, I'll give them to Grandpa and Grandma. I will never give you any!"
"Fine, fine... You back off!" In a fit of anger, Edward Qin pushed Quintin Fang away, sat on the ground with a thud, and began to act stubbornly, fuming, "If you don't give it to me, I won't leave today. As a daughter, you don't care if people laugh at you, and I don't care either!"
Skylar Qin clenched her lips tightly, resisting the tears and not letting them fall, feeling helpless.
Quintin Fang looked at Skylar Qin, then at her father, and took out his wallet from his pocket, counted the money, and aside from the money he needed, he had precisely two thousand dollars left.
This was a habit he had developed in his previous life. He always carried some cash with him for emergencies.
After some consideration, Quintin Fang took out all the cash from his wallet and handed it to Edward Qin, forcing a smile and saying, "Mr. Qin, you're causing a scene like this, and it's not good for Skylar Qin's image as a student."
"I have two thousand here, take it!"
"Skylar, don't…" Quintin Fang was about to say it wasn't urgent. Still, he saw Skylar Qin's father, afraid he might change his mind, snatch the money offered, stuff it into his pocket, put on his shoes, get up from the ground, and smile at Quintin Fang, then leave.
Sob, sob!
Skylar Qin suddenly squatted down as Edward Qin left, hugged her knees, and buried her head, crying helplessly.
She seemed so helpless and fragile.
Quintin Fang's heart was also choked with emotions. He squatted beside Skylar Qin, lifted his hand, and finally placed it on her back, gently patting her, about to offer some comfort.
However, like a frightened kitten, Skylar Qin suddenly stood up, accidentally bumping into Quintin Fang.
Caught off guard, Quintin Fang sat heavily on the ground, feeling a wave of pain.
"Sorry, sorry!"
Skylar Qin apologized in a fluster while hurriedly helping Quintin Fang and apologizing repeatedly.
Quintin Fang endured the pain and pretended to be easygoing. "It's alright, it's alright!"
After saying that, he stood up from the ground suddenly, and moved his muscles a bit, signaling that he was okay.
Skylar Qin breathed a sigh of relief, wiped away the tears on her face, looked at Quintin Fang deeply, and said with her head down, "The money, I will find a way to pay you back."
"No..." Quintin Fang was about to say it was not urgent, but he saw Skylar Qin hurrying away, and he couldn't help but get lost in thought.
Honestly, he always thought he knew Skylar Qin very well.
Only today did he realize that his understanding was merely an assumption.
Judging from his future father-in-law's behavior just now, it was hard to imagine what kind of life Skylar Qin had before she married him.
Thinking about life after marriage, everything Skylar Qin did for the family made him realize the hardships this woman faced even more.
After a moment, Quintin Fang came to his senses, took one last look at Skylar Qin as she disappeared at the door of the female dormitory, and turned to leave.
In the last life, Quintin Fang couldn't change his past.
This life, he vowed to make her the happiest woman!

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