Chapter 38: She left her three daughters behind during the divorce proceedings, only taking her youngest son with her…
No one answered the phone, so Shen Qinghuai had no choice but to give up. At that moment, Liang Yuting was going crazy and smashing things, which terrified the four children in the family.
If he goes out for a bank card, who knows what kind of scary drama Liang Yuting might cause, like when they were going through their divorce, taking the child to the rooftop. How will he ever be able to face anyone then?
Although several years have passed since that incident, it still haunts him.
He could only call Manager Zhao and ask him to go and find Qiu Xiaoman: "Tell her that if she refuses to return the card to me, she shouldn't use it recklessly. She's a person of status now, and making trouble won't do her any good."
Manager Zhao advised, "Forget it, Mr. Shen. This child doesn't seem like the type to cause trouble. If you rush to find her now, she'll definitely think you don't trust her and are being wary of her."
This will only worsen the already precarious relationship between father and daughter.
However, Manager Zhao didn't know that the card's PIN was actually Chen Baihui's birthday. Shen Qinghuai had no choice but to urge, "Just go if I tell you to."
It wouldn't be good if that kid wanted to play a trick on him and changed his password.
Manager Zhao was speechless. It was late at night, so he had no choice but to make another trip.
Qiu Xiaoman is currently tidying up her new clothes, and the children are all gathered around her room, looking on with immense envy.
Seeing that Qiu Xiaoman was in a bad mood, Feng Shengnan quickly persuaded the children to leave, closed the door, and let Qiu Xiaoman sort things out on her own.
Outside the door, A-Yue looked at Feng Shengnan with a puzzled expression, "How could you tell that Sister Xiaoman was unhappy?"
"Are you stupid? If her parents acknowledged her, would they still let her live here? They're just trying to shut her up with money. If you were in their shoes, you wouldn't be happy either." Feng Shengnan had already found out that Qiu Xiaoman's biological father was very rich, but unfortunately, he refused to acknowledge her.
Like Liu Xiangyang, she could have been born with a silver spoon in her mouth, but she was left to fend for herself outside. This was even more painful than her parents being in financial straits—it wasn't that her parents lacked ability, but that they didn't want her.
Therefore, Feng Shengnan didn't want everyone to bother Qiu Xiaoman, and forcing a smile was very uncomfortable.
Xiao Qiao agreed with her opinion and said, "Then let's go to sleep. Tomorrow, no one should ask her about her parents, so as not to upset her sister."
"Hmm." The children went back to their rooms to sleep, while Grey stayed in the yard to stand guard.
Xiao Qiao also made sure to dress her in thick dog clothes and built a doghouse for Huihui.
The other dogs stayed with Qiu Xiaoman, each lying down and pretending to sleep, not wanting to disturb their owner who was in a bad mood.
Qiu Xiaoman wasn't in the mood to coax them; she kept comparing the clothes that Shen Qinghuai and Chen Baihui had bought.
Shen Qinghuai was concerned about his image, so he bought the most expensive items, spending a total of seven or eight thousand on the two outfits.
Both pairs of shoes are genuine leather. The white pair is more expensive, costing over 1,200 yuan, while the black pair costs over 900 yuan.
The outerwear consisted of two wool coats, one black and one apricot, paired with matching wool trousers. The two sets together cost nearly three thousand yuan.
We've already collected 5,000 here, and there are still 3,000 left, all of which are for wearing underneath.
They agreed to buy two sets, but ended up buying six cashmere sweaters from Erdos alone. Shen Qinghuai said that winters in the north are cold, so if one isn't enough, he'll wear two more. Therefore, in his mind, three sweaters might be equivalent to one ordinary sweater plus a cotton-padded coat.
Even the socks are made of cashmere, and they're quite warm to wear.
Qiu Xiaoman couldn't forgive Shen Qinghuai, but she forgave Qian Jin.
Who would turn down money? We can coax Shen Qinghuai a little in the future; it's better to take advantage of him than not.
The shoes that Chan Pak-wai bought for her were a bit cheap; they were made of synthetic leather. I never expected that a big department store like Scitech would have shoes made of synthetic leather.
It felt almost like real leather, and she didn't recognize it at first. It was only when Manager Zhao brought her back and helped her carry her things that she couldn't help but tease Chen Baihui a little. That's when she realized that her own mother was taking advantage of her not being able to tell the difference between real leather and fake leather.
Qiu Xiaoman tried it out and found that you get what you pay for; the artificial leather wasn't as comfortable as the real leather.
I'll wear it to work then; I'm a little reluctant to wear the genuine leather.
As for what to wear outside, although it was also a cashmere coat, the feel was a grade lower than the one Shen Qinghuai bought, and the pants were made of corduroy, which was much cheaper.
As for what I wore underneath, I didn't buy a cashmere sweater from Erdos, but two knitted sweaters. They felt okay, but they weren't as warm as cashmere sweaters.
Qiu Xiaoman hung up the clothes, bent down and touched Mango's belly, and whispered, "Mango, I'm going to the base to report tomorrow. I won't take you with me yet. You stay home and take good care of yourself. I'll take you there after you give birth and the puppies are weaned, okay?"
"Don't worry, Master, I understand! Little White and Little Flower's injuries haven't healed yet, so you can take Gray and Rice Dumpling over tomorrow." Mango was very sensible; she wouldn't make things difficult for her master.
Qiu Xiaoman was very pleased. She rubbed the dog's head, washed her feet, and went to bed.
Just as he lay down, his cell phone rang. Manager Zhao didn't dare knock on the door, afraid of disturbing the other children, so he could only stand at the door and make the call. Huihui recognized him but didn't call out to him.
Qiu Xiaoman got up, put on her floral cotton-padded jacket, and went out to open the door.
Manager Zhao was a little surprised: "Why are you still wearing this?"
"It's warm." Qiu Xiaoman smiled, handed him the bank card, and instructed, "Tell Shen Qinghuai to change the password."
Manager Zhao looked at her in surprise, and after a moment of stunned silence, he realized: "The password is really President Chen's birthday?"
"Hmm." Qiu Xiaoman yawned. "Please tell the driving school that I have to go to the police dog base these few days and won't be available. Let's do it this weekend."
"Okay, sure. How about I find you a used car first? New drivers are bound to get scratches and bumps, and a used one won't break the bank." Although Manager Zhao had only spent an afternoon and an evening with Qiu Xiaoman, he trusted his judgment. Qiu Xiaoman didn't seem like a big spender; she would definitely be frugal with the 500,000 yuan.
Qiu Xiaoman nodded: "Okay, I'll contact you again after get off work tomorrow. What's your number?"
"Here you go." Manager Zhao handed her a half-smoked cigarette pack with several numbers written on it: his, Shen Qinghuai's, Liang's, Chen's, and Zheng Linmao's (who didn't have a cell phone) phone, so it was labeled the manager of the auto trade center.
He didn't think Qiu Xiaoman would contact them, but he was worried that some of them might make things difficult for Qiu Xiaoman, so having their numbers would make it easier to call for help.
Qiu Xiaoman understood his concerns and smiled as she shook the cardboard box: "Thanks."
"You're welcome." Manager Zhao quickly went to report to Shen Qinghuai.
When they arrived at Shen Qinghuai's house, they found that this time the commotion had indeed become quite big, even alarming the elders.
Shen Qinghuai's father was in the military, and his mother was a government official. The elderly couple had been retired for several years and now lived in a retirement home. They spent their days playing chess and cards, or playing with cats and dogs. Since all their children had started their own families, they were too lazy to help take care of their grandchildren and rarely interfered in matters here.
They had heard rumors that Shen Qinghuai had a daughter who had come looking for them and had even gotten into the police station through her own abilities.
However, in the past eighteen years, they had never seen this granddaughter, had no feelings for her at all, and besides, their son did not acknowledge the child, so they were too lazy to bother with her.
Now that their daughter-in-law is getting a divorce because of this granddaughter, they reluctantly came over to offer some advice.
Poor Liang Yuting, she originally wanted to ask her in-laws to come and say a few words of justice for her, but they all sided with Shen Qinghuai.
Enraged, she hugged her youngest son, crying and threatening to jump off the building.
Manager Zhao arrived at an inopportune moment; Liang Yuting was just about to climb out the window. Startled, he quickly shouted, "President Chen, I've brought your bank card back. Tell your wife to stop jumping!"
Liang Yuting quickly turned around, and before Shen Qinghuai could react, she snatched the bank card, handed the child to her mother-in-law, and rushed out to find an ATM to check the password.
Shen Qinghuai chased after them, and the couple began arguing and pulling in the corridor, which soon alerted the neighbors.
The neighbors really couldn't stand Liang Yuting anymore. They argued every few days, either suspecting that Shen Qinghuai was keeping a mistress or that he was having an affair with some female employee.
Now there's this ex-wife's daughter popping up, it's really a never-ending drama, full of surprises.
However, one family's child was about to take the college entrance exam and couldn't stand this crazy woman, so they called the police.
Now look what happened! Shen Qinghuai's face was burning with embarrassment. He was so angry that he slapped Liang Yuting across the face on the spot and insisted on getting a divorce!
Liang Yuting immediately quieted down upon hearing the word "divorce".
No matter how much she and Shen Qinghuai argued, as long as he didn't mention divorce, there was still room for reconciliation. Even if she brought it up a hundred or a thousand times, it wouldn't matter. But once he brought up divorce, it would really be over.
Her son is still so young, and her three daughters are only in elementary school. Once she gets divorced, Shen Qinghuai will inevitably find a mistress. What will happen to her children then?
Following her would make Shen Qinghuai happy, wouldn't it? Not following her would mean suffering abuse from his stepmother.
She had no choice but to endure the humiliation and apologize to the police officer, saying it was all her fault, that she had postpartum depression, and that she didn't want things to turn out this way.
The police officer gave her a few warnings and then left.
Liang Yuting returned to the house, slumped onto the sofa, and stared blankly at her youngest son in her mother-in-law's arms.
She couldn't possibly jump off a building; if she died, wouldn't that be letting that wild child have it easy?
But if I just backed down like that, I would feel incredibly frustrated, so I had no choice but to swallow my anger and suffer this injustice in silence.
She thought for a long time, and only spoke when her parents-in-law were about to leave: "My mother's birthday is coming up soon, and I'd like to go to Hong Kong to visit them in a few days. Mom and Dad, could you come and help me take care of the child for a few days?"
The elderly couple didn't want to go through this trouble, so they declined, saying, "Don't we have a nanny at home? We two old folks aren't very mobile, and we can't keep up with the kids who are running and jumping around. If it really comes down to it, let Lanlan come back and take care of them for a couple of days."
No, that won't do. Liang Yuting couldn't stand her sister-in-law the most, so she had to suppress her anger and said, "She has her own child, she definitely won't be able to manage. Forget it, I'll take the child with me."
The next day, she left her three daughters behind and only took her youngest son with her.
She refused to believe that Shen Qinghuai, who had longed for his son for so many years, would be willing to be separated from him for an extended period.
She'll only bring her son back when Shen Qinghuai takes the initiative to back down. Just you wait and see!
Shen Qinghuai, who was in a meeting, received a call from the nanny and couldn't help but rub his temples: "Ignore her and let her go."
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Qiu Xiaoman dressed neatly, ready to report to the police dog base.
Just outside the courtyard gate, a Mercedes-Benz was parked there; it was Shen Qinghuai's personal driver.
He opened the car door respectfully: "Miss, Mr. Shen asked me to take you to work."
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