He was afraid that Tingting would do something that would be detrimental to his wife or the child in his wife's belly.
Thinking of this, Chen Qing suppressed his inner uneasiness and asked with a smile: "Tingting, what's wrong with you? Why are you always looking at your mother's belly?"
Wang Lan had long been uncomfortable with Tingting's gaze. After hearing the man's words, she also asked, "Yes, Tingting, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Tingting smiled and shook her head, but her eyes never left Wang Lan's belly.
"and you?"
Wang Lan tried to ask her if she knew about her pregnancy, but before she could finish her words, Tingting spoke first, "Mom, I know you are pregnant."
When Chen Qing heard this, he became more certain that Tingting ran away from home because of the child in his wife's belly.
For a moment, he didn't know what to do?
They had raised Tingting for so many years, so they must have deep feelings for her. If he abandoned her because of the child in his wife's belly, not only would he feel guilty, but he would also be criticized by others.
But if he left Tingting here, seeing that she kept staring at his wife's belly, he was worried that she would do something bad to the baby in the belly.
Not to mention that Tingting is not her biological daughter, even if she is, there are still some who harm their younger siblings.
Just when they were at a loss as to what to do, Tingting spoke again, saying, "Mom and Dad, you now have two choices. One is to let me go. From now on, we will no longer have any relationship. The other is to keep me, but you can't keep the baby in your belly."
Tingting seemed to be talking about two options, but in fact there was only one option, which was to let Chen Qing and Wang Lan let her go.
Because, no matter who it is, between a biological child and an adopted child, they will definitely choose their own. Chen Qing and Wang Lan are naturally the same, they have waited too long for this child.
If they hadn't been married for many years without conceiving, they wouldn't have adopted Tingting. Now that they finally have their own child, they definitely want to give birth to it.
After all, they are their own flesh and blood.
Then, they can only give up Tingting.
And this is exactly what Tingting wants.
She wanted to go find Fu Guang, and it would be best if Fu Guang's parents could adopt her. Compared with Chen Qing and Wang Lan's family conditions, Fu Guang's family was naturally better.
Not only are Fu Guang's parents cadres, his sister is also a doctor, and his brother-in-law is a future leader.
She believed that growing up in such a family would allow her to achieve greater success in her studies, future career, and marriage than if she had stayed in the Chen family.
"Tingting, what did you say?" Chen Qing and Wang Lan couldn't believe their ears after hearing Tingting's words.
Not only them, but even the police officer nearby was shocked. He looked at Tingting with scrutiny and suspicion, wondering if she was still a four or five-year-old girl. To be able to say such things, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was a teenager.
Of course, that wasn't the point. The point was how could she be so selfish as to force the Chens to choose between her and the baby in her belly?
If it was his daughter who said that, he would have slapped her in the face.
Spoiled her!
Chen Qing calmed down and wanted to hit someone. But he raised his hand but didn't hit her. He suddenly realized that even if he hit Tingting, what would happen?
She's already an ungrateful person, so what's the point of keeping her? If she's forced to stay, she might actually harm their child.
Instead of this, it would be better to let her go as she wishes.
Thinking of this, Chen Qing suddenly became discouraged.
Compared to her husband, Wang Lan was more sentimental. She thought Tingting said this because she was worried that she would no longer love and care about her after she had her own child.
Therefore, she looked at Tingting seriously and assured her, "Tingting, don't worry. Mom promises you that even if you have a brother or sister, Mom will still love you."
"You sound nice. What do you mean by still loving me? I think you want me to stay and work like a slave for your unborn child. Don't think I'm easy to fool because I'm young. I'm telling you, if you want to fool me, you can't!"
"Look at you, kid, what are you saying? Mom is not that kind of person." Although Wang Lan was a little unhappy, she still tried to reason with Tingting.
However, as someone who had traveled through the book, Tingting didn't believe Wang Lan's words at all. She only believed what was written in the book. She only believed that after Wang Lan gave birth to the baby in her belly, the couple would start to exploit her, making her take care of the child, do housework, and make her work like a slave for their child and for this family.
"You're not that kind of person?" Tingting sneered, pointing at Wang Lan and demanding, "Do you dare to swear to heaven that I won't have to take care of your children? Don't you have to do housework for you?"
After hearing this, Wang Lan was completely stunned and speechless for a long time.
Who hasn't been like this? The older ones take care of the younger ones. Isn't it natural for girls to help with housework when they grow up?
Why do these things seem not to belong when they come into Tingting's mouth?
Wang Lan couldn't understand why her adopted daughter, who should have been well-behaved and sensible, suddenly became like this?
Why does Tingting look more and more like an ungrateful person now?
They brought her up when she was little and raised her with great difficulty. Isn't it her responsibility to help take care of the children and do housework?
"Why are you silent? Are you afraid to swear? Look, you say nice things, but what do you say in reality?"
"Tingting, it's not what you think. Listen to what mom says..."
Before Wang Lan could finish her words, she was interrupted by Tingting. She shouted, "Stop talking. I don't want to hear it. Now, you choose, me or the baby in your belly."
"Tingting, you..." Wang Lan wanted to persuade her again, but Chen Qing stopped her and said, "Wife, please stop talking. Since she has made up her mind and doesn't want to stay in our house anymore, let's fulfill her wish. Our temple is small and can't accommodate a big Buddha like her, so let's just forget it."
"But..." Wang Lan wanted to say that Tingting was still young. What would she do if they didn't want her? Should they send her back to the orphanage?
But Chen Qing didn't want to listen to his wife anymore. He saw it more clearly than his wife. They had raised Tingting, this ungrateful person, in vain.
So he stopped her again and didn't let her finish her words.
"Wife, please stop talking. If she wants to climb up the social ladder, then let her do it. I want to see if she can really become a daughter-in-law after leaving our family."
That’s right. In Chen Qing’s opinion, only young ladies from wealthy families would be treated this way if they didn’t look after their younger siblings or help with housework.
Wang Lan always listened to men, and when she heard what Chen Qing said, she just sighed.
She knew that her husband was more rational than her and could judge people better than her.
She didn't want to lose the baby in her belly that she had worked so hard to get, and she didn't want to keep Tingting, the ungrateful child, by her side.
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