Chapter 169 No one will ever call me a fatherless child again.

Chu Rou and Mo Chi were both stunned when they saw Qi Wende's face.

Chu Rou stared blankly at Qi Wende's face as if frozen in place. Although the face bore the marks of time, she could still recognize it; it looked very much like her father in the photo.

Her father is still alive, he's not dead!

She has a father; she's not a child without a father. She no longer has to be looked down upon; she has a father to support her.

Thinking of this, years of grievances turned into tears, which rolled down my cheeks one by one.

"Rou Rou," Qi Wende called out Chu Rou's name softly, his expression tense, "Don't cry, it's Dad's fault, Dad has amnesia, I've forgotten you and your mother."

"Dad, you and Chu Rou have a good talk. I'll go out and make a phone call first." Mo Chi stood up, almost overjoyed, with a smile playing on his lips as he walked briskly out of the ward.

Qi Wende was taken aback by the word "Dad." Was this kid changing his address a little too quickly?

Qi Wende ignored the inkstone and got up to get tissues to wipe Chu Rou's tears. "Rou Rou, it's all Dad's fault. I haven't thought of you all these years. Have you and Mom suffered a lot?"

Hearing Qi Wende's gentle words, Chu Rou couldn't stop the tears from flowing. She sobbed, "Am I dreaming? How did my father suddenly come back to life?"

“It’s not a dream, it’s real,” Qi Wende hesitated before placing his hand on Chu Rou’s head and gently rubbing her scalp. “Dad will never let you suffer any injustice again.”

"Waaah..." Chu Rou hugged Qi Wende, "Daddy, I have a daddy now, and no one will ever call me a child without a father again."

Qi Wende felt heartbroken and distressed. He couldn't bear to imagine little Chu Rou standing at the street corner, being scolded by others for having a father but no one to raise her.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Qi Wende didn't know how to comfort Chu Rou, so he could only apologize to her again and again.

Chu Rou cried uncontrollably in Qi Wende's arms, and only after releasing her emotions did she gradually calm down.

She couldn't bear to leave Qi Wende's embrace; this was the place she had dreamed of for twenty-six years.

Although Uncle Shen treated her very well, she knew from a young age that he was not her father, and there were never any intimate gestures between them. It was a different feeling from having a father.

She sobbed as she pondered the problem. Chairman Qi was her biological father, so Qi Hang and Qi Lin were her half-siblings, just like Shen Luo.

My father got married and had a child with someone else.

My mother also got married and had a child, Shen Luo, with Uncle Shen.

Sigh! In the end, she's still all alone, with her mother's home on the left and her father's home on the right.

Qi Wende gently embraced Chu Rou, stroking her head lightly. He really wanted to give Chu Rou all the fatherly love he had accumulated over the past twenty-six years at once.

"Sister Chu Rou, I'm here!" Qi Lin pushed the door open and came in without knocking.

Qi Wende turned his head and looked over. Qi Lin was stunned. Why was her father hugging Sister Chu Rou?

"You...you guys..." Qi Lin pointed at the two of them and shouted excitedly, "This is too much!"

After shouting, he turned and ran away.

Chu Rou got up from Qi Wende's arms, sat up straight, her eyes were swollen and red, and her face was covered with tears. "Did Qi Lin misunderstand something?"

“Linlin doesn’t know about our relationship yet,” Qi Wende sighed. “I will explain it to her.”

Chu Rou wiped away her tears with a tissue. "Qi Lin seems to know she has a half-sister, but she doesn't know that her half-sister is me."

"Does Qi Hang know?" Chu Rou asked, raising her eyes. "Does your...wife know?"

Qi Wende nodded. "Qi Hang knows everything, and my wife knows about you too. Dad will handle these things."

Chu Rou opened her mouth, wanting to call out "Dad," but it seemed difficult for her; the subject matter was too unfamiliar.

She took a deep breath, stared at Qi Wende's face, mustered her courage, and said in a weak voice, "Dad!"

"Sigh!" Qi Wende couldn't help but feel his eyes well up with tears. He turned his head away, not daring to look at Chu Rou, afraid that he would cry. A man doesn't easily shed tears, and he had never cried before.

After Chu Rou shouted it out, it didn't feel so difficult anymore, and then...

"dad!"

"dad!"

"dad!"

...

After calling out more than ten times, Qi Wende was both amused and exasperated; his daughter was truly a treasure!

"dad!"

Qi Wende hummed in agreement, looking at Chu Rou with a smile in his eyes.

"My mother doesn't know you're still alive, does she?"

When Shi Jingman was mentioned, the smile in Qi Wende's eyes disappeared, and his expression became guilty. "Your mother doesn't know yet, and I don't know how to face her."

Chu Rou thought for a moment, "Anyway, my mother remarried, Uncle Shen treats her very well, and they have a son together."

"You've remarried and had a son and a daughter, so you two are even now."

“In the years before you disappeared, my mother had a hard time. At worst, she could just beat you up to vent her anger.”

"When did your mother remarry?" Qi Wende could only find information about Shi Jingman in recent years.

“I was probably a little over two years old,” Chu Rou recalled what Shi Jingman had told her. “I was too young to remember anything; my mother told me about it later.”

"Chu Mingjie had ill intentions towards my mother, but Uncle Shen saved her, and that's how the two of them gradually became acquainted."

"What did you say?" Qi Wende frowned deeply. "Chu Mingjie has ulterior motives towards your mother?"

Chu Rou nodded angrily, "He's not human at all, he's a beast."

After she finished cursing, Chu Rou belatedly realized that Chu Mingjie was her uncle, the brother of her biological father. She restrained herself a bit and continued talking.

“My mother stayed home to take care of me at that time and couldn’t work. Even with our frugal living, our savings were almost gone. Uncle Shen was the one who supported my mother and me. In the end, my mother was moved by Uncle Shen’s sincerity and that’s why she married him.”

“My mom said she waited for you for three years without any news, so she completely gave up hope. She married Uncle Shen to give me a better living environment.”

Having witnessed the character of Old Madam Chu and Chu Mingjie, Qi Wende still couldn't help but ask, "What about your grandmother?"

Chu Rou stole a glance at Qi Wende. She didn't want to call that old beast "grandma" at all. She pouted and said, "She and Chu Mingjie took all your compensation money and completely ignored my mother."

“My mom said that when I was born, she came over to take a look, knew I was a girl, and left without hesitation.”

“After learning that my mother later remarried Uncle Shen, she spread rumors everywhere, calling my mother a vixen, saying that my mother had been having an affair with Uncle Shen for a long time and had cheated on you, and that I was not even a member of the Chu family.”

After listening, Qi Wende's expression remained indifferent, and his voice was as cold as frost, "This mother and son will be punished."