The shrill scream instantly broke the silence of the whole house.
Qi Mingyuan, who was still sleeping, woke up with a start, and Qu Jingyun, who was lying next to him, was so nervous that she couldn't sleep all night. At this time, she pretended to be awakened and followed Qi Mingyuan to the third floor where the scream came from.
Before they could run to Qi Shengzhi's room, they heard the heart-wrenching cry of a child.
Qi Mingyuan obviously quickened his pace, but Qu Jingyun's expression changed drastically.
Qi Shengzhi could still cry, which meant he was still alive, but...how could he not be dead? !
She followed Qi Mingyuan into the room in a panic. Even though she was mentally prepared, she was still startled by the horrifying scene before her:
I saw little Qi Shengzhi sitting on the bed with tears in his eyes. There was a pool of dark blood on the sheets in front of him. In his arms was a white Persian cat with stiff limbs. Its eyes were staring at me, and its tongue was hanging limply at the corner of its mouth. Its white fur was covered with black bloodstains.
Qu Jingyun quickly shifted his gaze to the bedside table, where a cup of milk with very little left on it was placed. His heart suddenly trembled.
Taking advantage of the moment when Qi Mingyuan was stunned, she quickly took the lead and hugged Qi Shengzhi into her arms, pulled the cat out of his arms, and threw it out of the window, constantly comforting him in a gentle voice:
"Sheng Zhi, don't be afraid!"
Qi Mingyuan came to his senses and asked what happened to the dead cat. Qu Jingyun immediately said that the cat must have accidentally eaten the rat poison placed in the yard, and was afraid of the cold, so it sneaked into Qi Shengzhi's room and died on Qi Shengzhi's bed, which scared Qi Shengzhi.
Although Qi Mingyuan believed Qu Jingyun's lies, he was still furious and kicked the nanny who was responsible for taking care of Qi Shengzhi out of the Qi family. He also lost the housekeeper's bonus this month. He also said that it was a blessing that Qi Shengzhi was fine. If anything happened to the child, they would all be in trouble!
When Qu Jingyun saw Qi Mingyuan's anger, she was immediately filled with fear.
Qi Shengzhi was just scared and cried. Qi Mingyuan could get so angry. If something really happened, he might even want to eat someone. So he gave up the idea of poisoning Qi Shengzhi.
Although Qi Mingyuan felt sorry for Qi Shengzhi being so scared, this kind of thing was an accident. After he got angry, he didn't say anything else. He just told Qu Jingyun to be more careful in the future and to check whether the doors and windows of Qi Shengzhi's room were closed before going to bed.
Qu Jingyun agreed with a look of heartache, turned around and threw the cup of milk and the dead cat out of the house.
She originally thought that Qi Shengzhi was still young and didn't understand anything at that time, but since then, Qi Shengzhi said he would not drink milk no matter what and became more and more unfamiliar with her.
Qu Jingyun was frightened for a long time, but then she thought again, she had thrown away the cup and the cat, and Qi Shengzhi was so young, even if he really knew that she was the one who poisoned the milk, he had no evidence to prove it.
Without any evidence, who would believe what a little kid said?
Qu Jingyun's thoughts were immersed in these past events. She didn't feel that she had done anything wrong. Instead, she felt that she had been forced step by step by those people to become so cruel and ruthless now.
When she was young, she had a beloved lover, but her family insisted on marrying her off to an old widower from the neighboring village for a hundred yuan dowry. So she had no choice but to take all the money from her family and flee her hometown by train without looking back.
Although Du Anping took her in when she met him, he actually had no good intentions towards her. All those years when she showed up outside the Ningshi Railway Station and did all those bad things, such as cheating and deceiving, were done under Du Anping's coercion.
Later, with great difficulty, she successfully married Qi Mingyuan through her own efforts. However, when Qi Shengyi cried, Qi Mingyuan cut off her idea of becoming a mother in this life. How could she not feel resentment towards these selfish father and son?
And that Shao Jingque, it was clearly she who recruited her into the art troupe and gave her the opportunity to marry into the Qi family and become a wealthy wife, but how did Shao Jingque repay her?!
That Liang Jinchun is not a good person either. She has been asked to do all the tiring work for so many years. Now she wants to use her as an example to gain recognition in front of the provincial leaders. Bah!
Over the past twenty years, thanks to her, she's been able to live a life everyone envies. During this time, she's put in so much effort and endured so much hardship. Now that she's no longer useful, everyone wants to step on her?!
She absolutely could not accept being abandoned by Qi Mingyuan, and even more so she could not accept that her life had fallen from the clouds into the mud again!
Qu Jingyun's eyes refocused and became determined. She lifted the quilt, put on a nightgown, opened the door and walked to the third floor.
Looking at the light coming through the crack of Qi Guangyao's room door, Qu Jingyun raised her hand and knocked on the door.
"Boom, boom, boom."
The room was very quiet and she didn't hear Qi Guangyao come over and open the door.
Qu Jingyun pressed the doorknob directly, but found that the door was locked by Qi Guangyao again, and she immediately felt unhappy:
"Guangyao, open the door! I know you're still awake!"
She patiently knocked on the door twice, but there was still no movement in the room, which made her even more angry.
Qi Guangyao has become more and more disobedient during this period. He no longer listens to her like he did when they were children, and he talks back to her much more often than before.
She just thought that her child had grown up and reached the so-called "rebellious period", with immature ideas in his mind, but fortunately he had become smart in his studies recently and did well in every important exam, so she just let him be.
It would be fine if her life was the same as before, but now her situation in the Qi family is precarious, and Qi Guangyao is the only person she can trust.
Qu Jingyun felt that she could no longer allow Qi Guangyao to live in a muddle-headed way all day long. He must stand up immediately and be ready to fight alongside her. Only then would she and her son have a hope of seizing the Qi family's property and becoming the final winner.
Therefore, Qu Jingyun couldn't wait to have a long talk with Qi Guangyao all night. She wanted to tell him about the current serious situation of the Qi family. If they didn't take action, it would be too late.
Just as she was about to knock harder, the door creaked open a little, revealing Qi Guangyao's extremely pale face.
Qu Jingyun frowned and reached out to push the door open:
"It took you so long to open the door, what were you doing in the room?!"
Unexpectedly, she failed to push the door open. It was obvious that Qi Guangyao was blocking it from behind.
Qu Jingyun's expression suddenly changed, and he said sternly:
"Why are you blocking the door? You don't say anything when I ask you. Are you mute?!"
Qi Guangyao's face was pale, his pupils flickered, and the corners of his dry mouth moved several times before making a sound like a broken gong:
"......mom."
Qu Jingyun finally realized that something was wrong with Qi Guangyao. His face was pale, his eyes were red, his gaze was erratic, and even his voice was trembling.
She suddenly became anxious:
"Guangyao, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Two lines of tears instantly flowed from Qi Guangyao's eyes, and he whispered with trembling lips:
"Mom, I'm in trouble..."
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