Chapter 459 Make it clear to the child
"Found it!" Lin An's voice on the other end of the phone was clearly hurried.
"Mr. Qi, the license plate is registered to a property under the Xuanyuan Group. Xunxun and Chengcheng walked into the car on their own, and it doesn't look like they were forced."
Qi Moxun's fingers gripping the phone tightened slightly, and he turned his head to glance at Shen Hanxing, who was pale beside him.
Her fingertips were still trembling slightly. When she heard the words "get in the car by yourself", her eyelashes trembled violently, as if the last bit of her strength had been drained away, and she barely managed to stand by holding on to the wall.
"Someone from the Xuanyuan family?"
Shen Hanxing's voice was hoarse as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper, "Did Xuanyuan Pavilion come to pick him up personally?"
"The surveillance camera's angle isn't very good, so I can't clearly see the people in the car. But I can confirm that the driver is Uncle Zhang, the Xuanyuan family's veteran driver, who has been with Xuanyuan Ge's father for many years."
Lin An added, "I've already sent someone to check Xuanyuan Ge's whereabouts. He did return to the old house last night."
Chen Hanxing closed his eyes, and the dull pain in his heart finally subsided, but was filled with another more complicated emotion.
Feeling wronged, bitter, and a little confused.
She took out her cell phone, and her fingertips felt hot as she swiped across the name "Xuanyuan Pavilion" in the address book.
The phone rang seven times before it was picked up. Xuanyuan Ge's voice was hoarse from just waking up, but it was filled with unquestionable coldness.
“Miss Shen is looking for me?”
"Are Xunxun and Chengcheng with you?"
Shen Hanxing tried to keep his tone steady, but the ending tone couldn't help but tremble, "They are still young, they can't leave so suddenly, can you..."
"Miss Shen, are you questioning me?"
Xuanyuan Ge chuckled, and the mockery in that laugh pierced Shen Hanxing's ears like a needle.
"Didn't you say, 'As long as he's happy, I won't stop him'? Why, are you going back on your word now?"
"I'm not going back on my word!"
Chen Hanxing raised her voice anxiously, tears almost welling up in her eyes, "I'm worried about them! Chengcheng has never been away from me for so long. He's timid and kicks off the quilt at night. Xunxun has a bad stomach and can't eat too much cold food..."
"You should have thought of these words earlier."
Xuanyuan Ge's voice turned cold, "Miss Shen, you keep saying that you respect the children's choices, but when they really follow their own wishes, you chase them and ask for them back."
"Do you think the Xuanyuan family can't accommodate two children, or do you think my Xuanyuan Pavilion will treat them unfairly?"
"That's not what I meant!"
Chen Hanxing's voice suddenly choked, "It was my fault yesterday. I shouldn't have said those words in front of Chengcheng, making him misunderstand that I didn't want him. I just..."
"I just want to explain to them that I never felt they were redundant."
"explain?"
Xuanyuan Ge sneered, "You want to explain now?" He paused, with obvious accusation in his tone.
"Ms. Shen, your 'respect' is too cheap. You use it as a persona when you need it, but when you don't, you can just put the child's feelings aside?"
"I don't!"
Shen Hanxing bit her lips tightly and tasted a faint smell of blood.
She knew that whatever she said now would sound like an excuse, but she felt a surge of grievances in her heart.
Was everything she did for these two children just a carefully choreographed performance in Xuanyuan Pavilion's eyes?
"Xuanyuan Pavilion," Qi Moxun took the phone at this time, his voice as steady as if it was pressing down on ice.
"The safety of the children comes first. Han Xing isn't trying to force the children back, he just wants to make sure they're okay."
"If it's convenient for you, let's go over there now and have a good talk with the child."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds. Xuanyuan Ge's voice softened a little, but still sounded distant.
"You know the address. But let me be frank. Whether the children are willing to see you or go back is entirely up to them. If Miss Shen still wants to force them, I'm sorry I won't welcome it."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Hanxing's shoulders completely collapsed.
Qi Moxun put his arm around her waist, and the warmth of his palm came through the thin fabric, calming her down a little.
"Don't think too much." He lowered his head to look at her red eyes, his voice soft, "We are just going to explain, not to steal her. Xunxun and Chengcheng will understand."
Shen Hanxing nodded, raised her hand and wiped her face, the coldness of her fingertips made her a little more sober.
"I know. It's just... Xuanyuan Pavilion is right. I was too careless before. I should have made it clear to them earlier."
On the way to Xuanyuan's old house, Shen Hanxing looked out the window all the way.
When Chengcheng was first taken home, he had nightmares every night and cried out, "Mom, don't leave me."
As long as she is around, she will carefully coax him until he can sleep soundly through the night.
Could it be that the little warmth we have felt these days cannot withstand an unintentional misunderstanding?
The car turned into the small road outside Xuanyuan's old house.
The blue-gray brick walls are covered with wisteria, and the stone lions at the gate of the courtyard exude a sense of heaviness borne over the years.
The door was ajar. When Qi Moxun pushed it open, he vaguely heard a child's laughter coming from the yard.
Shen Hanxing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he walked inside following the sound.
After walking around the screen wall, you will see a plate of freshly peeled pomegranates on the stone table in the middle of the yard.
Xunxun was sitting on a stone bench with a small bamboo basket in his hand, while Chengcheng was squatting beside him, standing on tiptoe to put pomegranate seeds into the basket. There was some red juice on his face, and his eyes were narrowed into slits due to his smile.
A lady in a moon-white cheongsam was sitting on a rattan chair next to him, holding a handkerchief in her hand. She wiped the corners of Chengcheng's mouth from time to time, with tenderness in her eyes.
Shen Hanxing recognized her as Xuanyuan Pavilion’s mother, Jiang Shutong.
Rumor has it that she has a gentle personality and lived in Jiangnan for many years in her early years. She always has the gentleness of a Jiangnan woman.
But Chen Hanxing knew that such people were hypocritical and only cared about what pleased them, regardless of the life or death of others.
The key is that after doing something wrong, she can always get away with it.
Try to stay away from it.
"Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you."
Jiang Shutong's voice was like warm water soaked in honey. "This pomegranate is from the old tree in the backyard. It's very sweet, but the seeds are small, so you have to peel them slowly."
Chengcheng raised his head and handed her a few large pomegranate seeds that he had saved in his hand: "Grandma, you have some too."
Jiang Shutong took it with a smile, put it in her mouth, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes smoothed out.
"Our Chengcheng is so good. If you want to eat it in the future, grandma will peel it for you every day."
Shen Hanxing stood in the corridor, watching this scene, and his throat suddenly seemed to be blocked.
In Chengcheng's entire life, no one except her has ever been so patient in eating with him.
"Mom?" Xunxun saw her first, and the bamboo basket in her hand fell onto the stone table with a "bang", and pomegranate seeds were scattered all over the floor.
He stood up, his fingers subconsciously twisting the corners of his clothes, his eyes showing surprise and a bit of panic.
Chengcheng also turned around, and the smile on his face froze when he saw Chen Hanxing.
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