Chapter 11 Find a time to get the divorce certificate
The sound of running water could be faintly heard over the phone.
Shen Qingshu's breath hitched, and she forced herself to speak, "Siyu has a persistent high fever, and the test results show that she has acute bronchopneumonia and needs to be hospitalized for intravenous fluids."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuchu's voice immediately became tense: "How could this be? Wasn't everything fine when Siyan sent him there during the day?"
The questioning tone made Shen Qingshu frown. "Miss Zhou, I need to remind you that Siyu has a weak constitution and there are many things he needs to avoid eating."
After saying that, Shen Qingshu hung up the phone.
Holding her phone, she looked at Fu Siyu, who was lying unconscious on the hospital bed, his brows furrowed in discomfort. She felt a fire burning in her chest, making her heart, liver, and lungs ache.
The nurse came over to give Fu Siyu an injection.
After the IV drip was on for about ten minutes, Fu Siyu broke out in a sweat, and his fever subsided somewhat.
At that moment, the ward door was pushed open.
Fu Siyan and Zhou Yuchu walked in.
"Siyu!"
Zhou Yuchu rushed to the bedside and saw Fu Siyu sleeping soundly with an IV drip in his mouth. Tears immediately fell from her eyes.
She touched Fu Siyu's face and softly called out, "Siyu?"
Fu Siyu opened his eyes groggily and saw Zhou Yuchu. He called out softly, "Mom."
"Mommy's here!" Zhou Yuchu touched Fu Siyu's face, her voice choked with emotion, "Baby, don't be afraid, Mommy's with you!"
"Mom, don't go..."
"Mommy won't leave." Zhou Yuchu cried, her heartache for her child touching everyone who saw it.
Fu Siyu closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
Zhou Yu burst into tears, as if Fu Siyu had fallen seriously ill.
Fu Siyan walked over, took a handkerchief out of his pocket and handed it to Zhou Yuchu, "Siyu is just asleep, don't worry."
Zhou Yu took the handkerchief, turned around and threw herself into Fu Siyan's arms. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't had a difficult childbirth, Siyu's health wouldn't be so bad. It's all my fault that Siyu is in such a bad state..."
"Don't talk nonsense." Fu Siyan gently patted Zhou Yuchu's shoulder with one large hand. "Siyu will be sad if she hears this."
Zhou Yuchu cried very sadly, and Fu Siyan comforted him gently throughout.
Shen Qingshu stood at the foot of the bed, silently witnessing all of this.
A sharp, throbbing pain spread through his chest, but his face remained expressionless.
She thought there was no need for her to stay any longer.
Shen Qingshu silently walked out of the ward, and as soon as she turned around, she saw Qin Fang leading a maid hurriedly towards her.
She frowned and instinctively tried to step aside.
Unexpectedly, Qin Fang immediately raised her hand and slapped her.
The crisp sound of a slap echoed through the corridor in the dead of night.
Shen Qingshu's face was turned to one side from the slap, and a metallic sweetness filled her mouth.
"I always said a stepmother is never as good as a biological mother! If anything happens to Siyu, I'll never forgive you!"
Shen Qingshu covered her face, having been slapped for no reason. Her expression was extremely ugly as she frowned and glared at Qin Fang.
This commotion also attracted Fu Siyan and Zhou Yuchu.
Fu Siyan glanced at Shen Qingshu, then turned to Qin Fang, his brow furrowing slightly: "Mom, what are you doing?"
"What am I doing?" Qin Fang sneered. "I'm teaching this ill-intentioned woman a lesson on behalf of Siyu! If Dean Zhou hadn't called me, how would I have known that Siyu was in the emergency room in the middle of the night because of this woman!"
Dean Zhou is the eldest son of the Zhou family and also Zhou Yuchu's older brother.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuchu quickly stepped forward and took Qin Fang's hand, gently advising, "Aunt Qin, please don't worry. What did my brother tell you? Could it be a misunderstanding? Miss Shen treats Siyu like her own son; how could she possibly harm Siyu?"
"Xiao Chu, you mustn't be fooled by this woman!"
Qin Fang glared at Shen Qingshu, then grabbed Zhou Yuchu's hand and sighed, "It's one thing for Siyu to be brainwashed by her at such a young age, but as Siyu's biological mother, you need to understand the wickedness of people! Shen Qingshu's biological mother is a murderer, and she is just as scheming and vicious as her biological mother. The fact that neither the Jiang family nor the Shen family acknowledges her is the best evidence!"
Zhou Yuchu was speechless, his gaze towards Shen Qingshu filled with disbelief.
"Miss Chen, is what Aunt Qin said true?"
Shen Qingshu was so angry she almost laughed. She didn't think she needed to pay any attention to Zhou Yuchu.
She only looked at Qin Fang, lowered her hands from her face, and said coldly:
"First of all, Madam Qin can ask your son why Fu Siyu has a fever. Secondly, if Madam Qin can't distinguish between death due to excessive self-defense and murder, she can ask her son to explain the law to her. Madam Qin is, after all, the lady of a wealthy family. If she doesn't even have this basic common sense, she'll make a fool of herself when she goes out."
"You!" Qin Fang exclaimed angrily, "Shen Qingshu, you have absolutely no respect for your elders!"
Shen Qingshu scoffed coldly, "I'll say it again: you were disrespectful to your elders first, which led to my later disrespect for my elders."
“Miss Shen,” Zhou Yuchu said softly, adopting a conciliatory tone, “Aunt Qin is just worried and confused. She is an elder, and we, as the younger generation, should be more understanding of her. Please say less.”
Qin Fang felt much better after hearing Zhou Yuchu's words. "Look, this is what a well-mannered girl should be like!"
Shen Qingshu found it utterly ridiculous.
Human prejudice is a mountain, and she knew that there was no point in saying anything more.
She turned to look at Fu Siyan.
Fu Siyan frowned, his dark eyes revealing an unreadable emotion. When Shen Qingshu looked at him, his gaze also turned to Shen Qingshu.
Their eyes met.
Shen Qingshu's eyes were filled with sorrow, but she still managed a cold smile, her lips twitching from Qin Fang's broken smile.
"I've already signed the divorce agreement. In the next couple of days, when you have some free time, let's go to the Civil Affairs Bureau and get the divorce certificate."
Fu Siyan raised an eyebrow, about to speak, when Qin Fang impatiently interrupted—
"Good! Siyan, what are you waiting for? Go to the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow and get the divorce certificate!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu looked at Fu Siyan.
Fu Siyan frowned, his dark eyes looking at Zhou Yuchu.
Those eyes were unfathomable, sending a chill down one's spine.
Zhou Yu's breath hitched, and his face turned deathly pale.
The next moment, her slender body went limp, her eyes closed, and she fainted.
"Xiao Chu?!" Qin Fang was startled and was about to reach out to help Zhou Yu Chu when Fu Siyan caught her before she could.
Fu Siyan carried the unconscious Zhou Yuchu to the emergency room.
That anxious figure gradually became blurry in Shen Qingshu's vision.
Five years ago, on a snowy winter night, the man who walked towards her against the light ultimately passed her and ran towards another woman.
It turns out, he never belonged to her.
Shen Qingshu withdrew her gaze, forcefully pursed her lips to suppress the tears welling in her eyes, and turned to leave without a trace of lingering affection.
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