"Qiao 'er, wake up."
Tong Qiao vaguely heard someone calling her. She must be dreaming. Usually, no one would disturb her when she slept in.
Tong Qiao turned over and continued to sleep.
"Qiao 'er, wake up. We have a guest."
Tong Qiao felt someone pushing her shoulder. This time, it was real and not a dream. She opened her eyes a little and saw Auntie Lin standing by the bed. She closed her eyes again. "Auntie Lin, don't tell me it's a guest. Even the King of Heaven can't stop me from sleeping."
Qiao Chu didn't know what was wrong with her. She used to play games for no more than half an hour, but recently, she had been pulling her to play games. Last night, she even pulled her to play games all night. She felt that she had just laid down, so how could she get up now?
"Mr. Xu is here?"
Tong Qiao murmured sleepily, "Who is Mr. Xu?"
"Xu Zihua's father, Xu Dechang."
"Oh …" After two seconds, Tong Qiao sat up on the bed and looked at Auntie Lin with bloodshot eyes. "Who did you say was here?"
"Xu Dechang."
Tong Qiao frowned. This person was harder to please than the King of Heaven. "What is he doing here?"
Auntie Lin saw Tong Qiao's worried face and couldn't help but smile. She took the coat beside the bed and put it on Tong Qiao. "He said he's here to see Ziqian."
Tong Qiao had a bad feeling. See Ziqian? It was most likely that bad woman Sheng Yufei called for help again. Oh no, how could she deal with this?
Tong Qiao suddenly thought of someone and asked Auntie Lin, "Is Auntie Liu here?"
Auntie Lin shook her head. "Mr. Xu came alone."
Tong Qiao wiped her face anxiously. Liu Lingfeng didn't come. How could she deal with this old man who didn't like her?
Call Lu Meihua?
No.
Lu Meihua didn't know Lu Ziqian's real identity. In her eyes, Lu Ziqian was her grandson.
However, Xu Dechang knew that Lu Ziqian had the blood of the Xu family flowing in his veins.
If the two of them got into an argument over Lu Ziqian, wouldn't they end up in a fight?
"Qiao 'er, I'm going to the baby's room to see An' an. You quickly wash up and go downstairs to entertain Mr. Xu." Aunt Lin's words interrupted Tong Qiao's thoughts.
After Aunt Lin goes out, Tong Qiao punches the bed to vent her anger. She curses Sheng Yufei's eighteen generations of ancestors in her heart.
There was no end to this woman.
This old lady isn't someone to be trifled with. Do you think I'm afraid of you?
Different situations call for different measures.
Tong Qiao quickly washed up, changed her clothes, and went downstairs. She greeted him politely, "Uncle Xu, you're here."
Xu Dechang put down the teacup and frowned, obviously unhappy. "It's almost ten o 'clock, and you're still lying in bed. Can you teach Ziqian well like this?"
Sure enough, it was as expected.
But you don't have to start making things difficult for me the moment you arrive, do you?
Tong Qiao thought in her heart, but she said respectfully, "You're right. The morning is the golden time of the day. I'll definitely get up early in the future."
Xu Dechang snorted. He obviously didn't believe Tong Qiao's words. He had something to say, but he was worried that others would overhear. He pointed at the door. "The weather is good today. Come out with me for a walk."
"Okay." Tong Qiao stepped aside to let Xu Dechang walk forward. Then, she followed him out of the door.
Xu Dechang walked out of the villa and headed for the garden. He didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point. "I'm here because of Ziqian. I heard from Yufei that you detained Ziqian at the Lu family?"
Detained?
This adjective …
Tong Qiao said, "Jinshen brought Ziqian here before he went on a business trip and instructed me to take good care of him …"
"That's enough. Don't use Jinshen to talk about this." Xu Dechang stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Tong Qiao. "Ziqian is a child of the Xu family. Yufei is his biological mother. We have the final say on where Ziqian lives. Since when did you have the right to make the decision?"
"Uncle Xu, it's not that I want to make the decision. It's just that Ziqian isn't happy at Sheng Yufei's place. Sheng Yufei took care of him for less than two months, but Ziqian has become taciturn and unsmiling. This isn't how a five- or six-year-old child should behave."
"Then what do you think Ziqian should be like? Mischievous and disrespectful to his elders? "
"That's not what I meant …"
"That's exactly what you meant." Xu Dechang interrupted Tong Qiao angrily. "Because Ziqian isn't your child, you can't wait for him to be mischievous and domineering. You can't bear to see Yufei teach him well."
Tong Qiao was speechless. She really wanted to tear Sheng Yufei's mouth apart. She must have been sowing discord in front of Xu Dechang. "Uncle Xu, don't listen to Sheng Yufei's nonsense. I really like Ziqian from the bottom of my heart …"
Xu Dechang impatiently tried to Tong Qiao. "Even if Yufei doesn't say it, I know. The last time I stayed here for a period of time, Ziqian kept calling you Tong Qiao and calling your elders by their names. Not only did you not correct him, but you also let him do whatever he wanted. At home, you two would fight over the slightest thing. Today, it's not you snatching my snacks. Tomorrow, it's me snatching your remote control. Is this how you educate your child? "
Tong Qiao realized that she couldn't explain it at all. At first, she and Lu Ziqian didn't like each other, but slowly, the two of them accepted each other from the bottom of their hearts.
However, it was difficult to change the way they got along with each other for a long time. Moreover, she didn't think there was anything wrong with this, so she had always been with him in this' love-hate 'way.
The child didn't do anything bad, and it didn't affect his sense of right and wrong. Since that was the case, as long as he was happy, it was fine. Why must the child be bound to a certain way to live?
How tiring would it be to lose oneself?
Tong Qiao was used to being wild since she was young, and Tong Wenbin had always adopted a free-range policy for her. That was why she could leave her parents to study in Fan City. However, Tong Wenbin was never careless when it came to education.
Tong Qiao liked this way of education, and she also planned to educate Ziqian and An 'an in this way.
However, in Xu Dechang's opinion, her way of education was completely undesirable, and it would even lead the children astray.
Seeing that Tong Qiao didn't say anything, Xu Dechang didn't continue to harp on her mistakes. After all, she was Lu Jinshen's wife, and it wouldn't be good to go too far with her pride.
Xu Dechang continued to walk forward. The anger in his voice faded, and it became much gentler. "Don't you still have a child to take care of? You don't have to worry about Ziqian. Just pack up his things. Yufei will come and pick him up after school. "
"Uncle Xu, it's not that I have to go against your wishes, but Jinshen told me to take good care of Ziqian before he went on his business trip. What do you think about this? When Jinshen comes back, Sheng Yufei will come and pick up the child. "
"I say, why can't you get through to me no matter what I say?" Xu Dechang stopped in his tracks again and glared at Tong Qiao. "I've never seen a stepmother who takes advantage of the situation. What are your intentions for detaining Ziqian by your side?"
"I only want him to be well."
"Don't tell me that Yufei's biological mother isn't as good as you, the stepmother?"
Tong Qiao fell silent. Xu Dechang didn't like her to begin with, and Sheng Yufei had already sowed discord in front of him. Whatever she said now was useless.
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