"Qin Shengyi, you've actually learned to lie now?!"

After confirming that it was indeed her daughter, Qin Yao strode forward and questioned her with a gloomy face, "Didn't you say you were going to meet a client? So why are you with this person?"

Qin Shengyi turned her face away guiltily, not knowing how to explain herself for a moment. Then she remembered that this coffee shop was her mother's favorite.

When Zhou Zehao made the call, he was at the company. He happened to run into his mother when he came out. Naturally, she didn't dare to tell the truth, so she had no choice but to say that she was out meeting a client.

Xu Yanshu couldn't bear to see the little girl being put in such a difficult position, so he carefully explained, "Auntie, it's not Shengyi's fault, it's..."

"Xu Yanshu, I thought I made myself clear enough last time, and you two have already broken up, so why are you still bothering Shengyi?"

"Is it because you really like her or do you have some other motive?" Qin Yao asked firmly, her face ashen.

Last time, he drove to the manor in the middle of the night, and I didn't hold it against him. I never expected that he would take advantage of the situation and even teach Shengyi to lie to me.

Xu Yanshu was speechless, and his expression became uneasy. He unconsciously clenched his hands at his sides.

Unexpectedly, her mother said such hurtful things. Qin Shengyi retorted indignantly, "Mom, you've gone too far. How could you say such things about Brother Yan Shu?"

"Don't think I'm completely unaware of what you've been doing behind my back. What right do you have to interfere in my feelings..."

Snap—

This tone and attitude completely enraged Qin Yao, who raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face.

Xu Yanshu was caught off guard by this. Looking at Shengyi's face, which had instantly turned red and swollen, his eyes were filled with heartache.

Judging from her words, the girl seemed to already know that Qin Yao had spoken to her alone.

A moment of regret crossed his mind, but Qin Yao's attitude did not soften. She reprimanded him firmly.

"I'm your mother, what right do you think I have? I think you've really lost your mind, actually talking to me like this because of a man."

"You absolutely must go back to the company right now, or don't consider me your mother!"

Ignoring the burning pain on his face, Qin Shengyi raised his head in disbelief, unable to believe that his own mother would say something so cruel.

After a brief standoff, she had no choice but to take the first step.

Only then did Qin Yao's anger subside slightly. She turned to look at Xu Yanshu standing in front of her and asked, "Are you satisfied now that you've seen my daughter and I fighting like this?"

"You should know that before this, I would never have laid a finger on Shengyi, but today's mess is all because of you!"

"Auntie, you've misunderstood. My meeting with Shengyi today was just a coincidence..."

Qin Yao raised her hand to interrupt Xu Yanshu's explanation, "I originally thought highly of you because you were able to break up with me so decisively after I contacted you, but I never expected you to be such a hypocrite who says one thing to my face and another behind my back."

"I'm giving you this final warning today: if you dare to get close to Shengyi again, I'll make sure you can't stay in Rongcheng!"

After saying this, Qin Yao gave Xu Yanshu a cold glance, then resolutely turned and walked away.

Xu Yanshu cursed under his breath in frustration. He had originally planned to wait until he returned to the Zhou family to close the gap between his and Shengyi's backgrounds, and then slowly gain Qin Yao's approval. He never expected things to turn out this way.

...

"Old Shen, I have something to tell you, but you have to promise me you won't get excited!"

Such solemnity made Shen Wei subconsciously sit up. After hesitating for a moment, she tentatively asked, "Is there any news about the child?"

“Yes! A paternity test has been done,” Zhou Shengyu nodded, reaching out to hold Shen Wei’s hand, tears unexpectedly welling up in his eyes. “Yan Shu is our son.”

After searching for so many years with little progress, he had almost given up hope, until he finally saw a glimmer of hope after confirming that his child had lived in Baoning for a period of time.

Although all the information matched, out of caution, he secretly sent his and Yan Shu's hair for testing, and only dared to mention it to his wife today when the results came out.

Shen Wei was stunned upon hearing this, her eyes suddenly reddening. She asked incredulously,

"Really? You're not kidding me!"

Zhou Shengyu nodded solemnly, "It's true, our son is outstanding!"

No wonder!

No wonder she felt a strong connection with him when she first met him. Overjoyed, Shen Wei burst into tears, never expecting that she would actually live to see this day of mother-son reunion.

That's really touching.

Zhou Zehao stood at the door, coldly watching this scene, a highly sarcastic smile curving his lips.

"Xiao Hao, you're here!" Shen Wei noticed the person standing at the door and greeted him, then couldn't help but add, "Your older brother has been found, it's Xu Yanshu!"

Zhou Zehao nodded as if he understood, and walked in unhurriedly from outside. "Then congratulations to you all, you've finally achieved your wish!"

Zhou Shengyu hadn't originally intended to teach the other party a lesson at this time, but he simply couldn't stand the sarcastic remarks any longer, so he frowned and reminded him...

"Speak properly! I thought we made things very clear that day, don't make things difficult for your mother and me at a time like this!"

Zhou Zehao shrugged nonchalantly and said innocently, "Wasn't I just congratulating you? Why weren't we speaking properly?"

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