At night, thinking of her grandfather, Shen Zhi Qiu couldn't put her mind at ease.
She quietly got out of bed, walked to the window, and dialed the phone.
"Hello." Mu Ziqi's voice was a little tight, as if she had been crying.
"Mom, are you alright?" Shen Zhi Qiu asked with some concern.
"Mom is alright! Your grandpa, he..." Mu Ziqi's voice began to tremble with sobs. She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.
"What's wrong with Grandpa?!" Shen Zhi Qiu felt a little scared, and her resentment towards Xiao Wan Qing grew even stronger.
Gu Qingyan glanced at the phone, took it from his mother, and said to Shen Zhi Qiu, "Grandpa is still in critical condition. The doctor said his condition is not good."
"Gu Qingyan, if you have any conscience at all, you shouldn't have angered Grandpa anymore after he was saved this time," Shen Zhi Qiu said bitterly.
"Wanqing and I..." Gu Qingyan pursed her lips, walked a little further away, and began to explain to Shen Zhi Qiu.
Upon hearing Xiao Wanqing's name, Shen Zhi Qiu's mind went blank, and a surge of anger immediately welled up within her. She yelled into the phone, "Gu Qing Yan, are you out of your mind?! Why are you talking to me about her at a time like this?"
After saying that, he couldn't catch his breath and started coughing.
"I just don't want you to be angry, and I want to explain to you."
"I don't need it. If you want to talk about her, give the phone back to Mom," Shen Zhi Qiu said bluntly.
“We probably won’t be able to come back for the next couple of days. You and Mom should stay home and take good care of yourselves.” Gu Qingyan changed the subject. She had originally wanted to tell her not to worry about Xiao Wanqing, that she would have the housekeeper look after her, but given the situation, she decided not to say anything more.
"Stop pretending to care about us. If you really care, then hurry up and get the divorce papers done! I'm so unhappy living with you. Either your sister tries to drug me and make me abort my child, or your scheming sister comes to make my life miserable. I'm absolutely fed up with it!"
Shen Zhi Qiu poured out her heart, expressing her utter disgust for her current life. Thinking about Shen Yan Shan and Shen Mei Yan's behavior today only fueled her frustration.
"Xiao Qiu".
A timid voice came from behind.
Shen Zhi Qiu was startled and hurriedly hung up the phone.
Gu Qingyan held up his phone and sighed. He knew that Zhi Qiu probably wouldn't forgive him.
Not far away, Mu Ziqi and Gu Suian were furious at the sight of their son. As he walked over to return the phone to Mu Ziqi, Gu Suian took it with a stiff face and said irritably, "Useless! You can't even appease your own wife! What good are you!"
"Dad, please stop bothering me!" Gu Qingyan frowned, somewhat annoyed.
"I'm causing you trouble?! Look at the bastards you've done! You drove Zhi Qiu away, and now that she's finally back, you and Xiao Wanqing are acting like this. Who can forgive you?"
"You even angered Grandpa so much that he had to be rushed to the ICU? Who's causing trouble for whom?!" Gu Suian glared at him fiercely, not wanting to talk to him anymore.
"Mom," Gu Qingyan said to Mu Ziqi somewhat shyly, "Zhiqiu listens to you a lot, could you please help me persuade her?"
"What are you trying to persuade her to not divorce you?" Mu Ziqi glared at him irritably.
"Hmm," Gu Qingyan's voice was muffled.
"If I were Zhi Qiu, I would definitely divorce you! What did I get out of marrying you? Your money? I don't think Zhi Qiu is the kind of person who pursues fame and fortune. Your looks? What's the use of a handsome face if you can't talk? Aren't you just a pretty face? Your thoughtfulness and gentleness? I don't think you inherited any of your father's traits!"
He has no redeeming qualities; he's like a dull, silent melon in front of Shen Zhi Qiu.
"He's only decent in front of Xiao Wanqing," Gu Suian muttered, then quickly took Mu Ziqi's hand and gently comforted her, "Wife, don't pay attention to him, don't get upset. If it really comes down to it, we can have another one, and just pretend we never had this son."
"I don't think it's a bad idea. Move aside, you're blocking the light." Mu Ziqi rolled her eyes at Gu Qingyan and said with disdain.
"Mom, why aren't you speaking up for me? I'm your own son!" Gu Qingyan was somewhat agitated, and his face began to show impatience.
"We're just sticking to the right, not our own family! If we're talking about family, Zhi Qiu is carrying our own grandson! He's closer than you! Move aside, don't block your mother's way." Gu Suian waved his hand dismissively.
Gu Qingyan pursed his lips into a straight line, glanced at the emergency room door, and knew he wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight. He couldn't upset his mother any further, or he might make her sick too. So he walked towards the chair opposite him.
“Your son is such a disappointment! He’s nothing like you. Zhi Qiu really made a huge mistake marrying him…” Mu Ziqi complained to Gu Suian.
...
Gu Family Villa.
"Aunt Lin, why are you awake?" Shen Zhi Qiu put away her phone and walked quickly toward her.
"I...I'm a little hungry," Lin Yunjin said somewhat embarrassedly, gripping the door frame.
Shen Zhi Qiu was a little confused. Suddenly she remembered that so much had happened this afternoon that she had forgotten that Lin Yun Jin hadn't eaten dinner.
At dinner time, the nanny prepared the meal and called them down to eat.
Shen Zhi Qiu was seething with anger and had little appetite. She had also eaten some snacks in the afternoon, so she didn't eat much.
Zhou Xiaoran told her that Lin Yunjin was sleepy after watching the TV series and was sleeping, so it would be better not to disturb her.
Thinking of this, Shen Zhi Qiu checked the time; it was already 11:50 PM. No wonder she was hungry.
She smiled and asked gently, "What would you like to eat?"
"I'd like to eat some egg noodles," Lin Yunjin said cautiously, afraid of troubling her too much.
Seeing her like this, Shen Zhi Qiu felt very sad.
When she was little, she would sometimes get hungry at night, and Lin Yunjin would always make her a bowl of steaming hot egg noodles with more vegetables than noodles, so that she would feel satisfied but not too full.
"Then I'll cook you a bowl, and we'll go down together, okay?" Shen Zhi Qiu coaxed her patiently.
"Okay, okay." Lin Yunjin's eyes were full of surprise. Her previous caregivers would never have treated her this well. The sudden joy of being satisfied made her as happy as a child.
Shen Zhi Qiu washed some fruit for her and told her to sit down at the table and eat while she went to cook noodles for her.
Turning on the kitchen light, Shen Zhi Qiu filled a pot with water and placed it on the stove to boil. Then, she bent down to look for all the seasonings in the house.
Suddenly, her cell phone rang.
Who could be there so late?
Shen Zhi Qiu took out her phone with a puzzled look, and her heart sank when she saw it.
"Hello."
"Zhi Qiu, do you know anyone from the Rong family in the capital?"
“The Rong family? I don’t know them.” Shen Zhi Qiu shook her head. Not to mention the Rong family in the capital, she didn’t know anyone in the capital at all.
“I’ve discovered that the Rong family is secretly investigating you and Aunt Lin. I have a very bad feeling about this.”
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