Chapter 16 - 16. The Qin Mansion... (1/2)

It was almost 13:00 when they reached their ancestral home, the Qin Mansion.

The mansion atop the mountain road was deep inside a patch of forest.

It took them 20 minutes to reach the entrance from the front gate. The only route to the mansion minus the hidden routes for an emergency was surrounded by trees and nature.

The Qin mansion though old was renovated many a time, it was a Mediterranean Spanish styled Mansion which had a slight vintage touch to it, which was to the liking of the previous Matriarch.

A huge lawn was in front of it, encircled by paved walkways both for easy exit of cars and jogging around the lawn. A small pool was also in place in the lawn, where the old couple used to sunbathe. The whole mansion was surrounded by trees in the back, which also included a greenhouse, where the old man has been growing vegetables and some flowers since he left the office.

Qin ZiXuan entered from the left side of the road and parked in front of the entrance, which had a roof supported by two huge pillars, nobody liked to be hit by direct sunrays upon getting out of their car in a sunny day, now do they?

A dozen maids came out to greet them led by the head butler of the family.

Xiao Cheng was a man in his late 40s. He was chosen to serve the direct heir of the patriarch but one incident led to other and in the end, he took over the personal affairs of the family as the head butler.

If Secretary Feng was the right-hand man of the patriarch, then this man would be his left-hand, both were loyal to him and only him and by default to his immediate family.

He went to open the back door when he noticed Qin Meilin and Qin ZiXuan alight from the front doors.

He gave them a smile full of adoration and greeted, ”It's been a while Young Miss, Young Master.”

”En.... It seems you are doing well, Uncle Xiao”, they greeted back.

Both of them liked to call him 'Uncle' as he was like a father figure to them, in contrast to Feng Jiajie, who had forced them to call him so, even though he was more of an elder brother rather than an 'Uncle'.

She passed him the sweets she had in her hands and said, ”Uncle, I bought some gifts for everyone. Please help me pass them, they are in the car.”

”Young Miss you-...haaah”, he shook his head.

'Their Young Miss has always been like this' he thought and affirmed, ”I will.”

”xiao Mei. xiao Xuan.”, a deep voice resounded from the entrance.

Both of them looked there and saw their grandfather, standing there with his secretary beside him.

It seems between the time they were talking with Uncle Xiao, he was notified of their arrival and came to receive them himself.

The old man with slight grays was donned in a white Changsan and was standing at the entrance like an emperor. Even though he has left the military for years now, the air around him has only intensified. His eyes were still sharp, something that he got from his years in military and cut-throat business world but now they also held an emotion of love for the children in front of him, though it was not visible in his face.

”Grandpa.” They greeted him and went to give the old man a big hug, this has become a family ritual of some sort for them.

The old man was a little angry when he saw that his grandchildren didn't come and greet him 'first' but after the hug, he almost let it go, 'almost'.

”It seems you still remember this old man”, he tried to act a bit sarcastic but the elation in his eyes gave him away.

”Grandpa, it was our bad. You know the phase the company is going through, I know it's not an excuse but I hope you forgive us this time”, it was Qin ZiXuan who said this.