Chapter 190 You're so reluctant to part with her?
But the child's features were so similar to hers that it would be no lie to say they were her biological child.
He couldn't help but look at the man again. The man was talking to the child in his arms, a gentle smile on his lips. When he noticed his gaze, the man only glanced at him briefly.
His gaze was as deep and cold as a pool, devoid of joy or anger, yet carrying an undeniable air of authority.
Wen Shiqing's throat bobbed, but he couldn't help but ask, "Then... who is that person?"
Ji Shu glanced at Pei Yanzhi, who was playing with Qinghe, and said in a flat tone, "Oh, he's the child's uncle!"
Pei Yanzhi, who always had excellent hearing, heard it clearly and was so angry that he almost couldn't catch his breath.
This is utterly outrageous! This little girl is truly despicable!
Upon hearing this, Wen Shiqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then said gently, "Since it's your child, if we get together in the future, I will treat it as my own..."
Ji Shu looked at him with considerable surprise. Seeing his earnest gaze, she simply shook her head and said, "Magistrate Wen, perhaps I haven't made myself clear. I will not marry anyone, much less marry you."
"As for your statement that you need to wait for my consent, I can tell you right now that it is absolutely impossible."
Wen Shiqing was greatly disappointed and was about to say something more when Pei Qinghe grabbed Ji Shu's leg and muttered, "Mother, didn't you say you would play with me? Why aren't you here yet?"
Ji Shu lowered her head and said softly, "Okay, I'll be right there."
He gave Wen Shiqing an apologetic smile, then Pei Qinghe pulled him aside, leaving him standing there with a look of desolation in his eyes.
Seeing this from a distance, Chunzhi couldn't help but shake her head and chuckle.
How could a man as naive as Magistrate Wen possibly outmaneuver that man? The man simply said a few words to the young man and managed to coax his wife aside.
Ji Shu was completely unaware of all this.
Seeing Wen Shiqing's dejected figure, Pei Yanzhi glanced at Ji Shu, who was patiently accompanying Qinghe, and smiled smugly, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel jealous.
She was always gentle and polite to others, but only to him.
It's as if his whole body is covered in thorns, and he has to be pricked every now and then before he'll stop.
He took a few steps closer and sneered, "I never expected to stumble upon your good deed today."
Ji Shu was most annoyed by his sarcastic tone, and immediately replied, "It's good that you know."
After Ji Shu taught Qinghe how to disassemble the toy, she noticed that Pei Yanzhi was still staring straight at her.
Feeling annoyed, and remembering how he had stormed off the night before, she said coldly, "Since you're here today, take Qinghe away."
Pei Yanzhi was stunned at first, then anger surged up: "You can't stand it if I just leave him here for a few days, then why did you give birth to him in the first place!"
Seeing his strong reaction, Ji Shu couldn't help but feel angry. Her words were full of sarcasm: "I never said I would give birth to him. It was just a promise between your mother and me. If you hadn't gone back on your word time and time again, I believe this child wouldn't have been born into my womb."
Pei Yanzhi knew she was referring to the contract with the rubbing on it. Even though he knew he was in the wrong, he didn't show it on his face.
He simply said, "I thought you must have some feelings for him, even though I never told Qinghe that you were his mother, he was still so attached to you."
"If he knew that you were the cruel woman who didn't even want to give birth to him, what do you think he would think?"
"They're just people who feel like they weren't even blessed at birth."
As he finished speaking, he glanced at Pei Qinghe, who was having a great time not far away, and a hint of mockery flashed across his lips.
Ji Shu paused for a moment. The words had already been spoken, and it was impossible to take them back now.
After a long pause, he said, "Our relationship ended four years ago. You didn't respect me before, and you don't now."
Pei Yanzhi moved closer to her, almost touching her face, and asked in a low, suppressed voice, "I just want to ask you, in that nearly one year, wasn't there anything you missed?"
"I thought about your question all night last night, and now you say I don't respect you. How do you know that I haven't changed at all in the past four years?"
"Even if ordinary people make mistakes, they can still have the government to investigate, to sue, and to defend themselves. But what about me? You just condemn me outright without listening to a word of my explanation?"
Now that things have come to this, what's the point of those explanations? Can we pretend that what happened never happened?
He doesn't care who any man is around him, even if he is his son.
His first consideration was always the interests of his family.
He could be executed at will simply because his son wanted him.
She scoffed, "I'm tired of that kind of life. Now I see patients every day, treating and saving lives. Seeing my patients get better little by little makes me feel that life is still getting better."
"Instead of going back to that place in the four corners of the world, spending all my time guarding you, only to have you kill me at will if you ever become unhappy, or even give me away!"
After saying all this, she felt completely exhausted, even more so than if she had spent the whole night looking at the account books.
She didn't want to deal with him anymore and said coldly, "You don't need to tell Qinghe that I am his mother anymore. After you leave, as time goes by, everything will be forgotten."
"I was just a passerby in his life."
Upon hearing her words, Pei Yanzhi felt a surge of anger rising within him, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.
He turned around abruptly, not wanting to hear any more of her heart-wrenching words.
He strode over to Pei Qinghe, who was playing to the side, picked him up, and Pei Qinghe exclaimed in surprise as his father turned to leave without looking back.
She burst into tears, and seeing that her mother at the door hadn't turned around, she was heartbroken.
As Ji Shu listened to the fading cries behind her, her hands clenched tightly in her sleeves. She knew he was using the child to vent his anger, deliberately putting on a show for her.
I felt both annoyed and frustrated.
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Outside Guangmin Hall, in the carriage, Pei Yanzhi carried Qinghe, whose face was covered in tears, into the carriage. Seeing that he was still sobbing, he took a handkerchief and gently wiped his little face.
"You're really that reluctant to part with her?"
Pei Qinghe sobbed, "She...she is my mother...Qinghe can't bear to part with her..."
Pei Yanzhi leaned against the car wall, rubbing his throbbing temples, his voice low and hoarse: "She only stayed there for a few days, what kind of bewitching potion did she give you?"
As he asked this question, it was as if he was also asking himself—what was so good about her that made both father and son so obsessed?
He handed his self-respect to her, letting her trample on it under her feet and spit on it.
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