"Is it only Mr. Luo who is allowed to adopt, but I can't? I took this child in here today, is that not allowed? If you want to make things difficult for this child, you should ask me first if I can touch him?"
Shen Jinmo stood like a majestic mountain, his broad back blocking Lu Anyu on either side.
He felt a strong sense of security.
"I don't have time to waste with your banter. How am I going to settle the score for the injustice my Ruixi suffered?" Luo Xiu said harshly.
“If a son is not taught properly, it is the father’s fault. I will take responsibility for his mistake. I can apologize to Mizuki. After all, it was I who arranged for his painting to be placed in the center first. If I had chosen the painting in the center based on my own ability, this would not have happened today, and your Mizuki would not be ridiculed.”
Although Shen Jinmo took all the blame upon himself, his words also indirectly indicated that Ruixi's drawing skills were limited and that she was not qualified to sit in the center position.
With so many famous people in front of him, Luo Xiu certainly wouldn't make things difficult for a five-year-old child.
He had always wanted to find an opportunity to make things difficult for Shen Jinmo, and now that Shen Jinmo had delivered himself to his doorstep, why wouldn't he take advantage of it?
"You think you can get away with just an apology?" Luo Xiu asked coldly, his face full of wicked arrogance, as if he didn't care about anyone.
"So what do you want?"
"Smash this exhibition hall of yours."
Although he didn't know what Shen Jinmo's intentions were in suddenly expanding his business empire to the United States instead of staying in Yunzhou, he had to expel him before he could grow bigger and stronger.
Otherwise, it might one day shake the Luo family's absolute dominance in the entire art capital.
"Impossible. This place contains paintings by many artists. I not only have no right to smash them, but I also have the right to protect them."
"Then kneel down before me." Luo Xiu glanced at him with a half-smile.
The two men locked eyes, their gazes locked like sparks, filled with undisguised hostility.
Everyone knows that this Mr. Shen from Yunzhou is arrogant and haughty, so how could he kneel down to anyone, even in the United States, thousands of miles away?
“I’m the owner here. It’s up to me to decide whose painting is good enough to be displayed here. Besides, the one whose painting was vandalized is this kid, so he should be the one who feels wronged. Even if we’re going to hold someone accountable, it should be Ruixi who gives him compensation and an apology.”
Instead of kneeling down to apologize, Shen Jinmo turned the tables on him.
“You are Ruixi’s elder, so you’ve come at the right time. You should apologize to her. As for whether or not to forgive her, that’s up to Lu Anyu.” Shen Jingmo glanced at Lu Anyu behind her.
At that moment, Lu Anyu felt a strong sense of security.
Suddenly, the sound of police sirens blared outside.
The commotion grew louder and louder.
"I've long heard that President Shen is a business genius with exceptional strategic skills. Now that I've met him, I have quite a bit of admiration for him." Luo Xiu glanced at Ruixi with a cold, sharp look.
"Aren't you going to apologize to them right now?"
Ruixi, who had been swaggering around, was suddenly ordered to apologize. Her little face scrunched up as she reluctantly walked up to Lu Anyu and said, "I'm sorry."
Lu Anyu replied that it was alright.
Luo Xiu had never run into a brick wall on his own turf.
This time they even kicked a tough one.
"Aren't you leaving yet?"
Luo Xiu got up from the sofa and called Rui Xi to leave.
The arrogant group marched in a grand procession toward the entrance of the exhibition hall.
As she passed by Lu Zhiwei, she unconsciously turned her face away.
Her makeup skills were so exquisite that she was difficult for others to recognize, but she could not escape Luo Xiu's eyes.
They were taught by the same person, and their makeup techniques were similar from a young age.
Close contact can easily expose weaknesses.
Back in the car.
Luo Xiu's face was gloomy and ugly.
Mizuki, standing to the side, felt stifled and dared not utter a single word.
"Did you get a picture of that kid's painting?" Luo Xiu asked the driver.
"Someone took a picture at the scene, I got one." The driver pulled up the picture on his phone and handed it to Luo Xiu.
Upon seeing the entire picture, Luo Xiu's gloom vanished instantly, replaced by an irrepressible joy.
Then.
Luo Xiu opened the car door, grabbed his phone, and hurried back to the lobby.
Lu Zhiwei was just about to take advantage of the chaos to lead Lu Anyu, who had escaped danger, away.
I haven't had a chance to pick up my son yet.
A tall figure darted ahead of her and scooped him up in his arms.
Startled by being suddenly picked up, Lu Anyu screamed, "What are you doing? Bad uncle, put me down! Put me down right now!"
A hint of tenderness appeared in Luo Xiu's eyes. "Who taught you to paint? Was it your mother?"
The sudden question startled Lu Anyu.
He had been waiting for someone to ask him that question.
I never expected it to actually come.
It turned out to be this fierce and domineering bad uncle in front of me.
What to do? He doesn't want to acknowledge this kind of father.
Lu Zhiwei wanted to take the person away from Luo Xiu, but when he asked this question, Lu Zhiwei stopped in her tracks.
Luo Xiu probably sensed her presence through Lu Anyu's words.
If she shows herself now, neither she nor her son will be able to leave.
At least, Luo Xiu dared not and could not bear to harm her son.
Lu Anyu glanced in Lu Zhiwei's direction, and the mother and son reached a tacit understanding.
He reached out his little hand and hugged Luo Xiu's neck: "Daddy, is that you? Daddy? I've been looking for you."
Luo Xiu was caught off guard when he was suddenly called daddy.
His face involuntarily showed a look of pleasure.
He dreamed of being the father of Lu Zhiwei's child.
This kid is pretty savvy.
"How about we go home with Daddy?" Luo Xiu carried Lu Anyu away.
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