Night falls quietly, and the lights of Donghu County flicker with a warm glow in the night.
Zhou Yanchen came here, and Chang You was waiting quietly on the side. "Boss, can you see if there is anything else you need? I can have someone bring it over."
Zhou Yanchen's eyes moved slightly, and he asked softly, "Have all the clothes been delivered?"
Chang You nodded quickly: "Yes, I'll send it over. They are all in the cloakroom."
Zhou Yanchen waved his hand, looking a little tired but with a hint of expectation: "Okay, you can go back and rest."
After Chang You left, Zhou Yanchen walked towards the bathroom. The warm water flowed over his body, but his thoughts had already drifted away.
Over the past seven years, time seemed to have drawn a ditch between him and Shen Qingli, but now, living in the same building, just the close distance, inexplicably made him feel a long-lost sense of security.
He walked out of the bathroom, his hair half dry, and casually sat on the sofa in the living room in a bathrobe, looking up at the ceiling, silently saying in his heart: Shen Qingli, this time, I won't let you leave so easily.
He knew Shen Qingli's personality very well. If he met her at this moment, he was afraid that she would escape again.
He was able to suppress his inner impulse and wait for the right time, waiting for the ice between them to slowly melt.
At the same time, Shen Qingli took Shen Jinnan and Shen Jinxi to enjoy the rare parent-child time in the building's community.
The children played and laughed on the slide, and their laughter echoed in the night sky.
After a while, Shen Jinxi came to Shen Qingli, with a little grievance on her face: "Mom, there is a particularly annoying child in our class recently."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingli quickly hugged Shen Jinxi to her lap and looked at her daughter with concern: "Xiaobao, what's wrong? What did he do?"
Shen Jinxi pouted and said seriously, "Mom, he always steals my brother's and my toys at school, and sometimes even hits us. He also doesn't listen to the teacher in class and often makes trouble."
"The teacher seemed to be very afraid of him and ignored him."
After hearing this, Shen Qingli frowned slightly, and his voice was filled with worry: "Xiaobao, how did you and your brother solve the problem at school?"
Shen Jinxi blinked her eyes and said, "My brother told me not to play with him, so I'll leave if I see him now."
"Also, he loves to cry. Even when we don't touch him, he would yell and say we are bullying him."
Shen Qingli looked at her daughter and continued to ask, "Xiaobao, how long ago did this happen? Did it happen today?"
Shen Jinxi shook her head: "No, a few."
A feeling of self-blame suddenly surged in Shen Qingli's heart.
During this time, she was too busy with work to take care of her children's lives. She often came home early and late, and her communication with her children became less and less.
She called Shen Jinnan to her side, her tone gentle but firm: "Dabao, come here first, I have something to tell you."
Shen Jinnan heard her mother's call, quickly got up from the slide, and ran to Shen Qingli: "Mom, what do you want to tell us?"
Shen Qingli looked at Shen Jinnan and asked softly, "Just now my sister said that you were bullied at school. Is that true?"
Shen Jinnan lowered his head. He didn't want to worry his mother, but seeing her concerned look, he nodded:
"Mom, that guy is a bit annoying, but don't worry, I won't let him bully my sister."
Shen Qingli's eyes were filled with heartache. She gently held the two children in her arms:
"Big Treasure, Little Treasure, you are still young. If anything happens, you must tell Mom right away so that Mom can communicate with the teacher.
Although I am sometimes very busy at work, you are the most important in my life.
You can text me when I'm not home, okay?"
Shen Jinnan and Shen Jinxi nodded obediently and said in unison: "Mom, we know."
Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Qingli took them home.
After taking them to wash and dressing and coaxing them to sleep, Shen Qingli walked gently out of the bedroom and slowly sat down on the sofa in the living room.
She leaned on the soft backrest, but her thoughts involuntarily drifted to what Shen Jinxi had said.
After thinking for a long time, she finally picked up her phone and sent a message to the kindergarten teacher, asking about the specific situation of her two children in school.
Not long after, the teacher replied.
However, the teacher's answer seemed somewhat neutral and ambiguous. He simply said that fighting among children was a very normal thing.
However, as a mother, Shen Qingli knew very well that her two children had always been well-behaved and sensible, and would never take the initiative to provoke other children.
If something like this happens again, she will never sit idly by.
At that time, she would either go to the school in person to find relevant personnel to understand the situation and solve the problem, or simply transfer the children to another school.
Thinking of this, Shen Qingli couldn't help but frown.
Because she knows very well that a child who can make teachers feel apprehensive must have parents who are not easy to mess with.
Either you have money or you have a strong background.
She had seen a lot of the methods used by the upper class.
Zhou Yanchen leaned against the head of the bed, tapping the keyboard with his bony fingers. After replying an email, he looked at the time. It was almost ten o'clock. It seemed that Xiaobao would not call him today.
He had already figured out her routine. If she didn't call him, it meant his mother was at home. If she called him, it meant his mother was working the night shift.
Zhou Yanchen actually couldn't imagine how a person could balance family and work when there was no one to help.
I wonder how Xiaobao’s father would feel if he knew how hard their mother worked?
Zhou Yanchen suddenly thought of Shen Qingli’s two children. Who is their father?
Or did she go abroad for IVF?
If it is the latter, then is she also raising two children alone?
When Zhou Yanchen thought of this, he felt as if a huge mass was pressing down on his chest, and he felt very suffocated.
At this time, the cell phone next to him rang, Zhou Yanchen picked it up and answered, "What's up?"
"Yan Chen, are you not at home? I'm at your door, open it!"
Bai Heng's voice came from the receiver.
"I'm not home, you can go back."
Bai Heng asked, "Where are you? I came to see you. I have something important to tell you."
“The phone says the same thing.”
Bai Heng's voice was a little excited. "Guess who I saw working at the First People's Hospital when I went to the hospital just now?"
Zhou Yanchen was not interested and asked calmly: "Who?"
"I went to the hospital to see my friend, and I saw my goddess's profile in the surgery department. I didn't expect that she actually worked in the First People's Hospital. This was really surprising."
At this point, Bai Heng became more excited: "A whole time has passed, and she finally came back!"
"Starting tomorrow, I'm going to start pursuing my goddess."
When Zhou Yanchen heard this, his face darkened instantly and he hung up the phone without saying a word.
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