Shi Nian remained calm and said, "I didn't say anything. Did I say anything just now?"
Shi Wei met her puzzled gaze and suddenly felt a little hesitant.
"Maybe I was hallucinating..."
Shi Nian breathed a sigh of relief silently, took Shi Wei's arm, and smiled, "Sister, you are already perfect. Mr. Zheng is still waiting for us outside. Let's go?"
"Walk."
The two walked towards Zheng Hai, and Shi Nian observed Shi Wei's expression out of the corner of his eye.
Shi Wei suddenly stopped and turned her head to look at her, "Niannian, if we leave, what will happen to Chenchen?"
She frowned, "Since she was kidnapped by Zhang Jiahao, her personality has become much more reserved than before. I would be worried if she was alone at home."
Zheng Hai suggested, "We can bring the children with us."
Shi Nian agreed, "I can help you take care of Chenchen."
Shi Wei sighed softly, "I'll go ask her opinion."
Shi Wei pushed open the bedroom door and quickly left and returned, "Chenchen, settle the puppy down and let us wait for a while."
Chenchen came out and the group got into Zheng Hai's car.
Zheng Hai set the venue in a gallery under the company. When everyone arrived, there were already quite a few people in the gallery.
Shi Wei was a little nervous, and Shi Nian encouraged her, "Sister, they are all here to see your paintings, get off the car quickly, or someone will buy your paintings but not be able to find the owner."
Shi Wei tucked the hair by her ear and said, "Nian Nian, stop teasing me."
Shi Nian's phone kept vibrating in her bag. She took it out and looked at the screen. Seeing that it was Feng Sihan calling, she quickly said to Zheng Hai, "Mr. Zheng, please look after Chenchen for me. I'll go over there and answer the call."
"no problem."
Shi Nian hurriedly got out of the car, walked to a place with few people, and answered the phone, "Si Han, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"A couple contacted us and said that they had lost their daughter near where your adoptive mother found you. When she went missing, she was wearing the same clothes you described, a cotton jacket embroidered with gold thread, and her age matched."
Feng Sihan paused, "But I asked them about Jinsuo and showed them the picture your sister drew, and they all said they had no impression. Do you want to meet them and do a paternity test?"
Shi Nian bit her lower lip lightly, and her heartbeat became disordered for a moment.
“I want to meet them.”
Shi Nian tightened her grip on the phone. "I was thinking about the gold lock last night. The shop owner said that the gold lock was worthless. If that's the case, then the gold lock could have been hung on me by a passerby who saw me alone before Liu Chunyan found me...Looking for relatives is like finding a needle in a haystack. As long as there's hope, I want to give it a try."
“You’re still in the gallery?”
"I just arrived."
"I'm fine here for now, I'll come find you now."
"OK."
Shi Nian heard Chenchen calling her and raised her hand to wave at her, "Sihan, Chenchen is calling me. Shock me when you arrive and I'll come out to greet you."
She hung up the phone, composed herself, walked quickly towards Chenchen, and went in with Zheng Hai.
The walls of the gallery were covered with framed paintings on both sides. Shi Nian couldn't help but slow down and take a closer look.
She had seen most of the paintings, but she had no impression of a small number of them, probably those painted by Shi Weixin.
She looked at the familiar paintings hanging on the wall and felt very novel as she stopped to admire them with strangers.
Shi Wei was not far away, talking to a few young girls.
Shi Nian saw the light flashing in her eyes when she talked about painting, and was happy for her from the bottom of her heart.
Chenchen and Zheng Hai got along well. Seeing this, Shi Nian did not go up to disturb them, but walked aside to look at the paintings.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.
Shi Nian frowned, turned his head and looked over, and when he saw Liu Chunyan, his forehead jumped.
Almost at the same time, Liu Chunyan also saw her and walked towards her quickly with her chin held high.
Shi Nian blocked her way and glanced at her warily, lowering his voice, "What are you doing here?"
Liu Chunyan was dissatisfied, "If you can come, why can't I?"
She said in a rebuking tone, "I heard it from your uncle's daughter. Outsiders are more informed than me, her own mother. Why didn't you tell me in advance about your sister's art exhibition?"
Shi Nian's face was stern. "Why should I tell you? Is it convenient for you to come and make trouble after you know it?"
Liu Chunyan glanced at her and said, "What are you talking about? We are all family. I am so happy that Shi Wei is living a good life. How could I possibly mess things up?"
Her eyes passed Shi Nian and fell on Shi Wei, who was wrapping up the paintings and giving them to customers behind her.
Her eyes lit up, she pushed Shi Nian away and walked quickly towards Shi Wei.
After Shi Nian stood firm, he immediately reached out to grab her arm, but missed.
She quickened her pace, caught up with Liu Chunyan, and dragged her to stop, "Stop right there!"
When Shi Wei heard the quarrel and saw Liu Chunyan, the smile on her face faded in an instant and was replaced by panic.
Chenchen also saw Liu Chunyan. She hugged Zheng Hai's arm, hid behind him, and watched her quietly.
Liu Chunyan shook off Shi Nian and stopped in front of Shi Wei, smiling greedily, "I saw it all. You just sold a painting. How much did you get?"
"I……"
Shi Nian chased after her, drowning out Shi Wei's voice, glaring at her and saying, "What does it have to do with you how much money my sister made? Whatever money she made is hers, and it has nothing to do with you! If you want to beg, go somewhere else, don't stand in the way and affect others!"
Liu Chunyan was unhappy, "Shi Nian, if you don't acknowledge me as your mother, I will think you have raised an ungrateful person, but you can't teach your sister to disown me. I am her biological mother, I carried her for ten months and gave birth to her. Her life and everything she has is given to her by me. Now that she is making money, she should respect me!"
"My sister depends on this money to survive, and you have the money but you insist on taking it away. You call this filial piety, don't you feel ashamed?"
Liu Chunyan pointed at Zheng Hai standing nearby and said, "Didn't she find a new man? It's useless for a woman to make so much money. It's enough to serve a good man and live a good life."
She spread her hands towards Shi Wei, "Your brother is waiting to pay off the mortgage, so you should quickly give me the money from the painting sales. I will stay quietly by the side after I get the money. Otherwise, I will be unhappy, and none of you will be happy!"
The gallery is not big and the space is limited. Liu Chunyan has a very loud voice and her shouting attracted a lot of attention.
Shi Wei bit her lower lip until it turned white, anger appeared in her eyes, and her eye sockets were stained red.
Zheng Hai pursed his lips tightly, picked up his phone and dialed a number, saying in a cold voice, "Someone is causing trouble, bring in a few more people."
When Liu Chunyan heard what he said, she raised her voice instantly and pointed at his nose and asked, "You little bastard, how dare you be rude to your mother-in-law?"
Zheng Hai frowned, looked up and saw the security guards rushing in, and waved his hand to them.
Liu Chunyan was so angry that she gritted her teeth and said, "You forced me to do this!"
She took down the painting hanging on the wall and threw it to the ground. "Unfilial daughter, what rubbish are you painting? And you still have the nerve to hold an exhibition!"
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