Chapter 44 Has Fu Siyan ever mentioned me to you?
"Um."
"There are only four days left until Lunar New Year's Eve." Qiao Xingjia said solemnly, "You have to spend the New Year with Aunt Jiang before you have the surgery, right?"
"I've checked. During postpartum recovery, just make sure to keep warm and avoid going out. Otherwise, there's nothing to worry about."
"But……"
"Xingxing, please ask for me." Shen Qingshu looked at Qiao Xingjia. "Scheduling a surgery is quite troublesome, and waiting another week... is too long."
After all, they are her own flesh and blood; the longer she stays, the more reluctant she becomes to part with them.
She was terrified that if things dragged on any longer, she would change her mind...
Although Qiao Xingjia felt this was not a good idea, she had no choice but to ask on her behalf since Shen Qingshu insisted.
When Director Jiang heard that Shen Qingshu had just come out of the emergency room with stitches on her forehead and still wanted to have surgery that afternoon, he not only refused but also scolded Qiao Xingjia over the phone.
Qiao Xingjia was scolded and dared not utter a sound.
After hanging up the phone, she pouted resentfully, "See? No way! You have a rare blood type, it's no joke! This is the first time I've been scolded so badly by a teacher since I became a full-fledged student!"
"I'm sorry, I just..."
"Alright, alright." Qiao Xingjia interrupted her, giving her a reproachful look. "How many times have you apologized to me since you woke up? I'm tired of hearing you say you're not annoyed. Now, don't think about anything and just rest."
Shen Qingshu pursed her lips and said nothing more.
Seeing that she still looked worried, Qiao Xingjia sighed and said, "Don't worry, Teacher Jiang knows your situation very well. She told me that she will keep the blood bank informed. After New Year's Eve, if you still want to do it, you can call her anytime."
Shen Qingshu touched her belly, "Let's talk about it after New Year's Eve."
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In the evening, Qin Yancheng took some time to visit Shen Qingshu.
Qiao Xingjia went to work, leaving only the two of them in the ward.
After confirming that Shen Qingshu was alright, Qin Yancheng cleared his throat, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Um, Fu Siyan came to see me this morning."
Shen Qingshu paused for a moment.
A few seconds later, she looked at Qin Yancheng and asked, "Dr. Qin, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you: Has Fu Siyan ever mentioned me to you?"
Qin Yancheng was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, he answered truthfully, "It seems there really isn't one!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingshu gave a very faint twitch at the corner of her mouth.
The answer was as expected.
In the past five years, Fu Siyan had never introduced her to any of his friends. She had thought that Fu Siyan was too busy with work, or that he was indifferent and did not like to have private gatherings for eating, drinking and having fun.
It wasn't until Zhou Yu returned to China and Fu Siyu's true identity was revealed that she suddenly realized that from the moment she went to ask Fu Siyan to defend her mother, Fu Siyan had already planned everything.
He reached out to her, basking in the glow of a savior, and she believed it was salvation, unaware that he was merely casting a net to her.
In that wedding net that Fu Siyan personally wove for her, she once firmly believed that the world inside the net was under his protection, but little did she know that it was just a net full of fishhooks.
After five years of marriage, she had unknowingly become battered and bruised, while Fu Siyan, the man who set the trap, came and went freely from beginning to end, with all gains and losses under his control and calculation!
Only she remained unnoticed, her disheveled state unknown to anyone.
The ward was quiet.
Shen Qingshu's silence at this moment carried an indescribable sadness, which made Qin Yancheng feel somewhat sorry for her.
"Are you alright?" Qin Yancheng asked cautiously. "Did I say something wrong?"
Shen Qingshu snapped out of her daze, looked at Qin Yancheng, and suddenly curled her lips into a cold smile, "Since Fu Siyan hasn't mentioned me, then why does Dr. Qin think that Fu Siyan will help me?"
Qin Yancheng: "..."
Yeah, what gives him the right?
Fu Siyan never gave a direct answer about what his relationship with Shen Qingshu really was!
He did ask, but Fu Siyan just wouldn't say.
Qin Yancheng looked at Shen Qingshu and suddenly felt a little awkward.
He couldn't very well say, "Because a man's intuition tells him that Fu Siyan has a special relationship with her!"
If Fu Siyan were single now, saying this might actually help him win back his wife!
Fu Siyan and Zhou Yuchu were deeply in love for many years, and they even had a son!
Qin Yancheng felt that if he were to say those words aloud, Fu Siyan would become a scumbag who was 'preparing to cheat'!
"I'm sorry, I didn't think it through. I just felt that since Siyan offered to help from the beginning, he should be able to help to the end, given his personality."
Qin Yancheng paused for a moment, then said, "Miss Shen, I know you are not the kind of person who would interfere in other people's relationships. If my previous behavior and words offended you, I sincerely apologize to you here."
"Dr. Qin, you're too kind." Shen Qingshu smiled faintly. "I can't even be considered friends with Fu Siyan. Dr. Qin, you should stop mentioning him in front of me. It's easy for others to misunderstand."
Qin Yancheng nodded in agreement, "You're right, I'll be more careful in the future."
Outside the half-open ward door, the man peered through the crack at Shen Qingshu.
The woman's profile was as white as paper, and her forehead was wrapped in thick gauze, a truly heartbreaking sight.
But her eyes were indifferent, and when she spoke those words, her voice was even colder, showing no emotion whatsoever.
Fu Siyan frowned slightly, looked for a while, then suddenly curled his lips into a cold smile.
A moment later, he looked away, turned and left.
A nurse pushed a dressing cart past and noticed a fruit basket on top of a trash can by the roadside.
"Who did this? Why did they throw such a nice fruit basket in the trash?"
The nurse examined the fruit basket; the packaging was exquisite, and the fruit looked to be of the highest quality…
…
Fu Siyan recently took on a case of a minor raping a girl. The victim's parents were migrant workers, and there were four perpetrators, all of whom were local rich kids. These types of cases often involve social class divisions and are quite tricky to handle.
These past few days, Fu Siyan has been busy with this case.
The victim's parents came to the law firm again this morning, saying they had been threatened with retaliation.
Fu Siyan reassured them, promising to do his best to win the case, and then had his assistant personally escort them back.
Qin Yancheng called right after the victim's parents had just left.
Fu Siyan answered the phone, walked to the French windows, and pinched the bridge of his nose. "What's wrong?"
“I thought about it all night, and I still think you should help smooth things over with Shen Yanying. You should do a good deed to the end.”
Upon hearing this, Fu Siyan paused in his pinching of his brow, his dark eyes narrowing slightly. "You seem to care a lot about Shen Qingshu."
"Of course I care about every patient!" Qin Yancheng sighed. "Just consider it helping me out. I don't think the Shen family will give in easily, but if you step in, there won't be any problem!"
"Me, go and show up?" Fu Siyan scoffed. "Did Shen Qingshu send you?"
"No, this is my own idea."
"She would rather be humiliated at the Shen family's than come to me, so how do you know she'll accept my help?"
Qin Yancheng choked.
"Since Shen Qingshu enjoys humiliating herself, why are you so overly compassionate?" Fu Siyan said coldly. "If she likes to beg the Shen family, then let her beg as much as she wants. I'll grant her wish."
After saying that, Fu Siyan hung up the phone.
He closed his eyes and pursed his lips tightly.
From yesterday until now, he has felt an inexplicable fire burning inside his chest.
"Young Master Fu."
Shao Qing's voice rang out in the quiet office.
Fu Siyan's mood worsened after being disturbed. When he turned around, his eyes were sharp and his aura was terrifyingly low!
Shao Qing felt a chill run down her spine from his gaze and quickly stepped aside, pointing to Jiang Yuelan outside the door, "Young Master Fu, this Ms. Jiang says she wants to visit you."
Outside the door, Jiang Yuelan and Aunt Qin stood side by side, each carrying a gift box.
Fu Siyan was taken aback when he saw Jiang Yuelan.
Jiang Yuelan walked in, looked at Fu Siyan, and said in a tight voice, "Attorney Fu, you just said that A-Shu went to beg the Shen family? Why did she go to beg the Shen family?"
Fu Siyan glanced at Shao Qing and said, "Have someone bring over some tea."
Then, he looked at Jiang Yuelan and said in a low voice, "Please sit down."
Jiang Yuelan shook her head. "Attorney Fu, I only came to deliver a New Year's gift, so I won't have any tea. But I just overheard you on the phone saying that A-Shu went to beg the Shen family. What's going on?"
"Please don't worry, first..."
"Siyan, I brought you a cup of Americano..."
Zhou Yuchu walked in from outside with a smile, holding a cup of Americano, but paused when she saw Jiang Yuelan. "Aunt Jiang?"
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