Chapter 14 Dad is so sad that he can't eat
Obviously, Butler Chen also recognized at a glance that the person on the screen was Ji Huaizhuo, the eldest son of the Ji family.
The Ji family and the He family have always had a bad relationship since a few years ago. Although the relationship has eased a little in the past two years, it is only superficial. Especially in the area of port trade, the two families are still on the verge of a war.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is that Ji Huaizhuo, the successor of the Ji family, had evil intentions towards Mrs. He when Mr. He's wife was still alive. This is also the most important reason why the Ji family has been continuously suppressed by the He family in recent years.
Seeing the video screenshot of Ji Huaizhuo suddenly appearing in Mingling Zoo, Butler Chen also felt quite incredible. As far as he knew, Miss Shang should have no relationship with the eldest son of the Ji family.
As I was speculating, a voice came from the entrance behind me.
"What's wrong."
He Cong had just returned from outside and saw the little fellow standing on the stairs. He was so angry that his mouth pouted. He thought someone had provoked the little ancestor of the family, so he glanced at the housekeeper Chen and asked.
Butler Chen brought the tablet that Young Master He had just given him to He Cong and roughly repeated what the young master had just said.
He Cong lowered his eyelids, his gaze fixed on the video screenshot of Ji Huaizhuo walking towards Shang Youqing. After several seconds, he looked away indifferently as if it had nothing to do with him.
Before he could say anything, He Zhimo had already walked up to him, his chin pointed, and he made the same expression: "Dad, I suspect that bad guy is here to snatch Shang Youqing from me. It's really too much."
"This has nothing to do with you."
He Cong took his schoolbag off, handed it to the servant, and took it to the restaurant for dinner.
He Zhimo was still furious, twitching the beads on his wrist like a feather-ruffled bird, and saying, "What if the bad guy tricks Shang Youqing away?" and "Will he have to live with Shang Youqing too?" In short, he had lunch in a state of anxiety.
It was not until he had barely finished the seafood soup his father had served him that he turned around and opened his eyes wide in surprise to find that his father next to him had not touched a single bite of the rice.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" He Zhimo asked worriedly.
Butler Chen, who was standing by, also noticed this and stepped forward to ask cautiously, "Sir, is today's meal not to your liking?"
"No." Seeing He Zhimo still looking at him eagerly, He Cong explained calmly, "I ate before I came back."
"Really?" He Zhimo glanced at him suspiciously, not caring that Housekeeper Chen and the others were still there, and muttered, "It was the same thing last time when Dad came home drunk. I clearly smelled the scent of Shang Youqing, but Dad insisted that there was no smell of Shang Youqing in his mouth. Is he lying to me again?"
As soon as the words fell, the servants held their breath and lowered their heads even more.
He Cong had no explanation for this. He had come back specifically to have dinner with his child. There was a signing ceremony at the branch office in the afternoon that he needed to go back to attend. He Cong instructed everyone in Yanyuan to take good care of the child and then went out again.
He Zhimo lay on the windowsill of his room, watching his father's car leave. He thought for a moment with a serious face, then climbed down from the windowsill and came to Chen, the housekeeper, who was directing the gardener to arrange the new flowers downstairs. "Uncle, can you help me call Shang Youqing?"
Butler Chen hesitated: "Of course, but..."
"Let's fight now. I have something very important to say to Shang Youqing."
On the other side, Mingling Zoo.
Sister Ling watched the well-dressed elite man get into the car and leave from the zoo gate, then she turned back to the feed room.
"Director Xiao Shang, I just finished the live broadcast and saw a lot of comments saying that this person is a powerful person from Bindao. Here, look at this—"
Shang Youqing put down his suitcase and came over to glance at the comments scrolling by on Sister Ling's phone. He didn't take it too seriously and just said, "He didn't reveal his identity. He just saw some videos online saying I can read animals' minds. He also happened to have a pet at home, so he came to ask for my help."
Sister Ling suddenly realized: "Then did you agree, Director?"
Shang Youqing shook his head: "Of course not."
In addition to the daily maintenance and enrichment work at the zoo, she will be busy taking her baby to register for kindergarten in a couple of days, so she has no time to run around.
Shang Youqing reminded Sister Ling about the dietary changes for the furry cats, and just as he came out of the feed room, his cell phone rang.
Seeing that the caller ID showed that it was Butler Chen, Shang Youqing was stunned for a moment before pressing the answer button.
Unexpectedly, the voice on the other end of the phone was the soft and tender voice of Young Master He.
"Shang Youqing?"
Ever since the last incident in the underground parking lot, Shang Youqing began to feel quite emotional about everything related to He Cong, and had made up his mind to no longer have any dealings with the He family.
But at this moment, after hearing the little guy's voice, for some reason, Shang Youqing felt some subtle surges in his heart, and in the end he still couldn't bear to be cold to the little guy.
After a pause of only one or two seconds, Shang Youqing responded, "It's me, young master, is there anything wrong?"
He Zhimo hesitated on the phone for a long time before finally speaking, saying that he had also seen today's live broadcast. He began to interrogate with a lack of confidence: "Shang Youqing, what is your relationship with that bad guy?"
Shang Youqing's key point was: "Big bad guy?"
He Zhimo exaggerated the incident at Uncle Yan's birthday party when Ji Huaizhuo mocked him for not having a mother, and complained, "Shang Youqing, don't be fooled by him. He really is a super villain!"
Shang Youqing's expression softened when he heard that Ji was mocking and ridiculing even a child who had lost his mother. He agreed, "Then he is indeed very bad."
He Zhimo heard her say this and then continued to test her in a low voice, "Then, Shang Youqing, you actually have no relationship with him at all, right?"
"certainly."
He Zhimo breathed a sigh of relief, it was a false alarm. He finally patted his chest with his little hand and couldn't help but whisper to her, "Shang Youqing, you don't know, but after seeing the picture of you standing with that bad guy, Dad was so sad that he couldn't eat!"
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Children speak without restraint, and Shang Youqing certainly would not take such nonsense seriously.
Two days later, after she filled in her identity information on the relevant platform and passed the review, she took Shang You to the selected kindergarten for an admission visit.
Shang Youqing was originally a little worried that Shang You might not be able to adapt to the kindergarten environment, but it turned out that she was worrying too much.
While other children still needed their parents to hold them while they ate and played, Shang You had already turned the tables and Tiangang was holding her hand to help her familiarize herself with various areas of the kindergarten.
Like other children, Shang You also changed into a uniform blue and white uniform that day. Shang You usually wears a hood on his head, but now his soft light chestnut hair is tied into two fluffy, slightly curled braids, hanging on both sides of his fair cheeks. He looks sweet and cool, as adorable as a porcelain doll.
Finally, Shang You led her to the side of the kindergarten gate and told her seriously, "Mom, from now on, you have to wait here for me after school. Don't run around. Remember?"
Shang Youqing couldn't help but curl his lips: "Remember, baby."
The garden activities lasted until the afternoon. On the way back on the electric bike, Shang Youqing couldn't resist his greed and bought some candied fruits.
However, Shang You has always been strict with her when it comes to sweets. After buying them, he only gave her a few and put the rest into her little schoolbag.
No matter how Shang Youqing bargained, she still put on a soft and sweet face and rejected her sternly: "Mom, you have to be obedient. My uncle told me not to let you eat too many sweets."
"Okay, okay."
Shang Youqing had no choice but to give up. Just as she was about to get on her bike and start again, she was suddenly caught off guard when a black silver-throated thrush stumbled and landed on her shoulder from a distance, its cry sounding anxious and sharp.
Shang You was still just a young phoenix chick and had not yet developed the spiritual power to listen to the voices of animals, but she could see that her mother's expression changed significantly after hearing the birds' chirping.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
Because the situation was quite urgent, Shang Youqing turned around on his bike and said to the kid sitting behind him on the way to Old Yan, "An endangered Lingnan deer accidentally stepped on a hunting trap in the mountains and is now in a very dangerous situation."
Knowing that his mother was going to the mountains to rescue animals, Shang You did not make trouble and said that he would stay at Uncle Yan's house and wait for his mother to come back.
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"No movement from Yanyuan yet?"
Inside the car, He Chengsheng sat in the back with a gloomy face. He glanced at the person who had just gotten in and asked.
"No, Yanyuan is heavily guarded. It's been several days, and we haven't seen that young master He come out. But Uncle Six, my men did find a way out from He Cong—"
He Chengsheng narrowed his eyes: "What is it?"
"Although He Cong's schedule has always been kept secret, my people accidentally found out that he had a sudden private schedule this afternoon, and he didn't bring anyone with him this time."
The young man opened the message on his phone and showed it to him, "Sixth Uncle, look, it's right here."
"Pingzhuang Mental Hospital..." He Chengsheng laughed halfway through reading, "So this is it? Wasn't this mental hospital found to be illegal and closed down a few years ago? Why is he still going there?"
The young man said, "Who knows him, Sixth Uncle? The point is, this place is very remote. It's right at the foot of a mountain, surrounded by mountains. If something happens to He Cong there, it won't be easy to get help."
He Chengsheng's gloomy expression grew even more intense, and he spoke almost word for word: "That's perfect, let's do it right there."
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Shang Youqing followed the thrush all the way into the depths of the forest. When he found the fawn trapped in a trap, it had already collapsed under a tree and was dying due to severe injuries.
Shang Youqing squatted down and gently untied the trap on the deer's front hoof, then injected healing spiritual power into the deer's wound.
After a moment, the little deer gradually woke up from its chaotic consciousness, kicked its hind legs and stood up. The bright little deer looked at Shang Youqing for a moment, and instinctively wanted to knock the beautiful antlers on its head to the ground and give them to her.
The next second, Shang Youqing gently held his head and said, "No need, just go."
The little deer rubbed her palm, made a deer cry to her, and then walked away from the woods, looking back every three steps.
After rescuing the little deer, Shang Youqing returned to the only mountain road surrounded by mountains. When he was about to turn back from this remote mountainous area, Shang Youqing suddenly stopped, looked around the mountain road, and keenly noticed something unusual.
She tilted her head slightly to look at the treetops, and saw a little thrush fluttering its wings and flying down, hovering on her shoulder.
Shang Youqing calmly touched the thrush's tail feathers and said, "Help me scout the way ahead."
The thrush flew to the front of the mountain road and circled around, then quickly flew back, reporting the information ahead of the mountain road to her in a chattering voice.
Shang Youqing didn't even have time to think after hearing this, when a familiar black car drove towards him from behind.
After seeing who was in the car, Shang Youqing immediately understood what was going on. Without thinking, she stepped forward to stop the car.
The next second, the car braked suddenly, making a sharp and harsh friction sound on the mountain road.
Shang Youqing didn't care about the reactions of the people in the car. He opened the passenger door and got in. Before He Cong could say anything with a sullen face, he spoke first, "Turn around immediately. There are several cars with guns blocking you from the front."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people stuck in front probably heard the unusual braking noise, and a car started to chase him.
Shang Youqing didn't have time to wait for He Cong to react, and immediately leaned towards He Cong's body and turned the steering wheel sharply. Fortunately, He Cong also came to his senses at this time and cooperated with her to step on the accelerator, while his big hands covered the steering wheel to take control.
Immediately afterwards, with a "bang", the bullet grazed the car body and hit it.
He Cong reacted extremely quickly and swerved the car sideways towards the forest. In less than half a second, Shang Youqing had helped him unbuckle his seatbelt and then kicked open the car door. Without saying anything, the two of them jumped out together.
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