Sheng Yufei was stunned when she saw the tears in Lu Ziqian's eyes. After two seconds of silence, she squatted down and looked at Lu Ziqian at eye level. She touched his little face and said gently, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you."
Lu Ziqian pursed his little lips and shook his head. "It's okay."
Sheng Yufei looked at Lu Ziqian and said, "Tong Qiao is the third party who destroyed our family. She wants to steal your father away. When her child is born, your father won't love you anymore. You should stand with me. We'll work hard to drive her out of the Lu family so that our family can be reunited."
Lu Ziqian pursed his little lips and asked carefully, "Mommy, is Daddy really ours?"
"Yes," Sheng Yufei answered firmly.
"Then why did you divorce Daddy?"
Sheng Yufei paused for a moment. "Children shouldn't get involved in adult matters. Anyway, you have to remember that Tong Qiao doesn't really treat you well. She just wants to use you to please your father so that he can marry her. She wants to replace you and Mommy with the child. Do you understand?"
Lu Ziqian nodded, then shook his head. "I think Tong Qiao really cares about me …"
"I told you not to mention her in front of me. Why did you still bring her up?" Sheng Yufei's anger burned in an instant. Her face immediately turned cold.
"Mommy, you were the one who brought it up first …"
"You still dare to talk back?" Sheng Yufei raised her hand and slapped Lu Ziqian's butt. "You dare to talk back to me because of that woman?"
Lu Ziqian looked at Sheng Yufei with red eyes. "Mommy, I didn't talk back. Tong Qiao …"
"You still dare to talk back?" Sheng Yufei raised her hand and hit Lu Ziqian's buttocks again and again. "I'll let you talk, I'll let you be disobedient …"
Lu Ziqian didn't dodge. Instead, she cried and said, "Mom, you never accompanied Ziqian to school activities … You didn't care when Ziqian was bullied at school … I don't think Tong Qiao is a bad person … I don't want to hate her anymore …"
"Then who do you want to hate? Do you hate me? "
Lu Ziqian cried and shook his head. "Mom … I don't want to hate anyone …"
"How long has it been? You're always siding with that vixen. I've really raised you for nothing. You only remember the small favors others give you. Useless thing. " As Sheng Yufei spoke, she hit Lu Ziqian's buttocks. She vented all the anger she had for Tong Qiao on Lu Ziqian's buttocks.
Lu Ziqian endured the numbing pain on his buttocks. His tears kept falling, and his suppressed sobs filled the corridor. "Mom … I heard everything you said to Grandma …"
Sheng Yufei's hand froze in the air. She froze for a few seconds, then her eyes turned to Lu Ziqian's little face. "What … did you say?"
"I heard everything …"
"What did you hear?"
"I know, I actually didn't …"
"Don't say it," Sheng Yufei said in a trembling voice. Tears rolled down her cheeks, and then she collapsed onto the ground.
Lu Ziqian raised his chubby little hand to wipe away Sheng Yufei's tears. He said in a sobbing voice, "Mom … don't cry … You won't look good if you cry …"
Sheng Yufei hugged Lu Ziqian and cried without caring about her image.
Lu Ziqian's face was tinged with a maturity and sadness that didn't belong to his age. He gently patted Sheng Yufei's back. "Mom, let's not fight over him, okay?"
Sheng Yufei suddenly pushed Lu Ziqian away and shook her head. "No, no one can take him away. No one can destroy our family."
"Mom …"
Sheng Yufei cried and held Lu Ziqian's shoulders. "Ziqian, Dad doesn't want Mom anymore. Don't you want Mom too?"
Lu Ziqian shook his head. "I will stay by your side forever … to protect you for the rest of my life …"
"Then help Mom drive that woman away."
"Mom …"
"Mom begs you, okay?"
…
The day before she was discharged from the hospital, two uninvited guests came to Tong Qiao's ward. It was Zhuangzhuang, the chubby boy who bullied Lu Ziqian at school, and Zhuangzhuang's mother, who was arrogant and looked down on people. They came with flowers and fruit baskets and came to apologize with flattering smiles.
Their attitude was so sincere that they almost knelt down and begged for mercy.
After the two of them left, Tong Qiao looked at Lu Jinshen, who had been sitting quietly on the sofa and reading documents. He had closed the documents at some point and was looking at her from afar.
Tong Qiao could tell that Lu Jinshen was waiting for her to ask him what had happened just now.
Or she could directly ask him if he had arranged for this to happen.
Tong Qiao could tell from the look in his eyes that he had arranged for this to happen. She was curious about what method he had used to make the arrogant chubby woman come over to apologize, find the school to mediate, or use his status as the chief to oppress her, or use other methods.
She was curious, but she didn't want to ask, so she didn't let him have his way.
Tong Qiao took the remote control from the bedside table, turned on the TV, and started to watch it.
Lu Jinshen put down the documents on his lap, got up, and turned off the power of the TV on the wall.
"Why did you turn off the TV?" Tong Qiao frowned.
Lu Jinshen walked to the bedside and looked at Tong Qiao with his hands in his trouser pockets. Even though he was standing casually, he was still in a straight military posture. "Why didn't you ask?"
Tong Qiao played dumb. "Ask what?"
Lu Jinshen stared at Tong Qiao for a moment and sighed softly. "Nothing. You should rest. I'm going out for a smoke."
Tong Qiao felt as though Lu Jinshen's sigh was stuck in her chest, making her feel suffocated. When he was about to reach the door, Tong Qiao asked, "How did you persuade them to come over and apologize?"
Lu Jinshen stopped in his tracks but didn't turn around. "That child's father works in the army." After waiting for two seconds, there was no response, so he continued walking forward. When he reached the door and was about to pull it open, Tong Qiao's voice came from behind him again.
She said, "I've vented my anger."
When Lu Jinshen heard what he wanted to hear, he turned around and looked at Tong Qiao with a smile. "It's good that you've vented your anger. Go to sleep."
Tong Qiao lay back on the bed and pulled the blanket over her head. She slapped herself lightly and muttered softly, "Who told you to ask? What does his sigh have to do with you? You're too talkative. "
…
After she was discharged from the hospital, Tong Qiao was practically under house arrest. She didn't leave the house at all. Auntie Lin took care of her during the day, and Lu Jinshen personally "guarded" her at night.
After a few days, Tong Qiao couldn't take it anymore. She was an active person. She wasn't allowed to go out or play games, so she could only stay in bed and recuperate. Wasn't this asking for her life?
One day, she snuck out to play. When she came back, she saw Lu Jinshen sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face. He looked like a parent who had caught his child sneaking out to play.
He asked, "Where did you go?"
Tong Qiao swung her hands around and smiled. "It was too stuffy in the house, so I went out for a walk."
Lu Jinshen raised his hand to look at his watch. "When you left, it was one o 'clock. It's now half past three. You've been out for two and a half hours …" As he spoke, his deep gaze moved from the watch to Tong Qiao's legs. "Are your legs sore? Are you tired? "
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