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Chu Qinghuai frowned. The sound of the door slamming shut pulled him back to reality, but his brain seemed to be too hot to process what he was seeing.
Frustrated by his setback, the man ran a hand through his hair. The feeling of being out of control was unpleasant, especially when he thought about the potential danger to his children. He wished he could keep them tied to his waistband at all times to protect them.
Although he is aloof and not entirely kind, it is impossible for him to be so morally corrupt that someone would want to harm his child because they can't stand seeing him doing well. That much can be guaranteed.
Chu Qinghuai understood the importance of keeping a low profile from the moment he entered society. He was always diligent, honest, and conscientious, like a tenacious but dusty pearl. He couldn't imagine who would go to such lengths to upset him.
Could it be a prank?
He shook his head as soon as the thought crossed his mind; it wasn't a prank, it was blatant harm.
At first, Chu Qinghuai thought it was the old woman causing trouble, after all, she was the one who couldn't stand to see him doing well, but as soon as the other party showed her rude face, Chu Qinghuai knew it wasn't her, her acting skills weren't that good.
Chu Qinghuai walked slowly along the street, his eyes stinging from the bright sunlight.
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For two whole days, Chu Qinghuai was preoccupied with his thoughts, not daring to leave the children for even a moment. Unless he was really unable to leave the shop, he could only video chat with Zhong Wan, saying things like, "Let me see the children." He didn't know how many times he said that, but Zhong Wan became suspicious. "What's wrong with you? You don't seem to miss the children that much usually. Why do you want to see them as soon as I'm home? Do you think I can't take good care of them?"
Chu Qinghuai didn't want to tell the truth, so he made up a reason: "I just miss them."
"Come back and see for yourself if you want."
Zhong Wan felt increasingly that something was wrong with the man, so she decisively refused when he called her for the tenth time.
As expected, Chu Qinghuai left work half an hour earlier than usual, and he came back panting. Zhong Wan glanced at him suspiciously, wondering to herself what this man was up to.
In the evening, Chu Qinghuai was diligently cooking in the kitchen, making chicken stew and pumpkin and shrimp porridge, which the children loved. Since dinner wouldn't be ready for a while, Zhong Wan decided to take the children downstairs to play first. Chu Qinghuai poked his head out of the kitchen and asked, "You're going out so late?"
He was holding a spatula in his right hand and looked very anxious.
"Hey, what's up? We've come back from our trip and it'll be time for dinner."
This was their family's usual practice. Chu Qinghuai was worried, but didn't want to stop them, so he said, "Come up after playing for twenty minutes. My dinner is almost ready."
"I understand, I understand."
She thought the other person was really long-winded.
The swaying shadows on the ground became clearer and clearer. Zhong Wan remembered Chu Qinghuai's words and took the children home after playing for a short time. Sure enough, as soon as she entered the door, she was greeted by the rich aroma of food.
"Wow, it smells so good! Cai Cai, it's time to eat!"
Cai Cai asked her mother to take off her coat, and was the first to run to the dining table. She stood on tiptoe and tilted her head back to look at the dishes on the table, including the meat she loved.
The child's eyes lit up, his little mouth was open, and he almost drooled.
Seeing this, Chu Qinghuai touched his chin and said with a smile, "Go wash your hands with Mom. You can eat after you wash your hands."
He knew that the three children were used to their clean parents and were somewhat obsessive about cleanliness. Ever since they first ate human food, they knew to wash their hands before meals.
Three high chairs were arranged in a row. Chu Qinghuai served each of them a small bowl of pumpkin and shrimp porridge that had been simmering for an hour, along with chopped broccoli and carrots. It was so delicious it made your eyebrows fall off. The plates contained chicken, with each child getting a chicken leg and a chicken wing. Chu Qinghuai also added a piece of potato to the stew, making it soft, tender, and flavorful, so the children could eat a few more pieces.
The seating arrangement at home is usually the same: the children sit in a row, Chu Qinghuai sits opposite them, and Zhong Wan sits at the head of the table.
Logically speaking, one should not talk while eating, but the two parents, who should be setting an example, could not refrain from talking, and naturally, they could not restrain their child either.
During dinner, everyone chats about what happened during the day, which is a very warm and cozy time.
Mumu said that her mother bought them candy today, which was a particularly delicious gummy bear. Her words implied that she wanted to eat it again tomorrow. Zhong Wan understood perfectly well and said ambiguously, "You can eat it if you behave well."
But what constitutes a good performance is ultimately up to her.
Chu Qinghuai had just asked, "What kind of candy? Let me see it later."
The next second, the phone screen on the desktop lit up, and two messages were sent one after the other, accompanied by sound effects.
Zhong Wan took a bite of food and asked, "Who is it?"
"Let me see."
Chu Qinghuai was still chewing something when he entered the password to unlock his phone. His expression went blank for a second when he saw the text message from the sender. He lost his composure, and Zhong Wan couldn't hold back any longer. She snatched the phone away.
"I'd like to see what's on your phone."
The scene she had imagined did not appear, but two striking text messages left her speechless.
I'm telling you, I already know the child isn't yours.
I'm sure you don't want this secret to be discovered by others, so please do as I say.
"Who is this?" Zhong Wan asked.
Seeing that he couldn't hide it any longer, Chu Qinghuai showed her the text message from that night, saying, "I don't know, but she must know someone who knows us."
Zhong Wan frowned and cursed, "What are you doing behind my back? If you're so capable, say it to my face."
She made some harsh remarks, but she remained vigilant and worried about the babies.
"It seems she doesn't know that babies are spirits. That's fine. My children are my children. They're all on the same household registration. What's there to deny? This person is ridiculous."
Zhong Wan remained calm and composed, losing her appetite. She asked Chu Qinghuai to contact Officer Chen to see if they could identify the sender of the text message.
The three children were slowly eating their meat when they saw their parents huddled together looking at their phones. Xiao He exclaimed, "Dad! Mom! What are you doing!"
"You guys eat your food, Dad and I have some work to take care of urgently."
After saying that, she and Chu Qinghuai went back to their room to call Officer Chen and saved screenshots of all the text messages.
The couple were both a little guilty, mainly because they were afraid that outsiders would find out about their children's supernatural identities. If things got out of hand, it wouldn't be something they could hide anymore.
We live in a scientific society now, and if such absurd things happen, even if they aren't arrested for human experimentation, they should be locked up.
But the anonymous person disappeared again after sending the text message. The number was from out of town, and nothing could be found out yet. Zhong Wan just felt extremely annoyed: "Whose interests did we touch? Why are they doing this to us?"
"You can know a person's face but not their heart; who can truly know?"
Chu Qinghuai tapped his fingers on the table. It was better to share this burden with Zhong Wan than to keep it to himself. He pondered, "Let's hold back for now."
The two returned to the table and added some porridge to the children's bowls. Zhong Wan put down her bowl and then seemed to realize something, saying, "I finally understand. So all that behaving strangely these past two days was about this?"
Chu Qinghuai gave a barely perceptible "hmm" and buried his head in his food.
"Are you trying to kill me? Why didn't you tell me what this big thing meant?"
Zhong Wan couldn't stand it anymore. She was already angry, and his failure to report serious problems to the organization in a timely manner made his crime even more serious. She hit his shoulder hard.
"hiss."
The children asked her why she hit her father.
"Because Dad made a mistake and didn't listen."
She was speaking to the child, but her eyes remained fixed on Chu Qinghuai.
He smiled helplessly. "I didn't mean to hide it from you. I didn't want you to worry. I originally wanted to handle things myself."
"You're too confident in yourself. Your acting is terrible, you can't even act straight. Try not telling me next time. The children are mine, and you are mine too. What kind of person doesn't tell me about things at home?"
Chu Qinghuai assured her that this situation would never happen again.
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Hello, this is the production team of "Baby Baby". The three children on your homepage are very cute. May I ask about your relationship with them?
I'm just a kind person who's documenting the children's story.
【Could you please help us contact the children's parents? We'd like to have these three children as guests on the new season of "Baby Baby".】
Okay, I'll go ask.
Yu Yue's hands were shaking as she typed the last word. She went to the noodle shop almost every day, but she had never been able to see the three children, Mu Mu, Cai Cai, and Xiao He. If this continued, she wouldn't be able to update her videos, wouldn't get any advertising offers, and wouldn't earn any money... Thinking of this, she was very anxious.
It's hard to go from extravagance to frugality. After a video she casually posted made Yu Yue a little famous, she became so immersed in the huge amount of traffic that she couldn't extricate herself. She even walked with a swagger, neglecting her classes and thinking about becoming famous while eating and sleeping. She didn't realize that this was disrespectful to others.
She wasn't that bad at first; she was just an ordinary female college student. Her sudden rise to fame made her lose herself and forget her original intentions. She genuinely believed that she had millions of fans who would follow her for life, which successfully satisfied her vanity.
Instead of being grateful for the contributions of her three children, she deliberately disturbed their lives, sending prank-like "threatening" text messages to their parents. Her ambition grew so large that it was almost beyond her capacity to contain it.
Yu Yue has been on hiatus for almost three months, and she is getting more and more anxious every day. Seeing her fans constantly leaving, she has no choice but to resort to extreme methods to achieve her dirty goals.
She investigated the family of the three children and found out where Zhong Wanchu and Qing Huai had originally lived, hoping to discuss with them whether she could make money by filming videos of the children.
You wouldn't believe it until you ask around, and what you find out is astonishing: no one in the neighborhood has ever seen the young couple's children before. They seem to have appeared out of nowhere, which is both strange and eerie.
Leaving this question in mind, she continued to ask her aunt, whose job involved special procedures, to investigate Zhong Wan's reproductive records. The result was zero miscarriages and zero births. Where did those three children come from?
Yu Yue was almost driven mad by her thoughts. During this time, she happened to receive private messages from several TV program teams asking if they could let her three babies appear on their shows. Tempted by money, she acted without thinking and her mind had already conjured up a grand drama. She felt like a brave and mighty warrior about to expose a conspiracy.
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