Chapter 1255: Marriage Recovered Through Fraud (End)
When Duzhou and his children calmed down and returned home, Duzhou's elder brother, sister-in-law, nephews and nieces, and Du's mother also heard the news and rushed to inquire about the situation.
Other villagers in the village who learned that Du Xiaoshi was almost abducted also ran to Du's house to watch the fun.
Shi Chu had to tell them the whole story from beginning to end. Everyone listened with great interest and asked Shi Chu many questions, such as how she found the hiding place of the traffickers, how many traffickers there were, how many children were caught...
Shi Chu answered all the questions she could answer and glossed over the ones she couldn't answer. Even though her tone was calm and uneventful when she was narrating the story, the incident itself was thrilling and exciting enough, and because Shi Chu added some critical episodes from time to time, everyone became more fascinated and almost listened to her words as stories and legends. After all, there were many families who lost their children, but there were basically no victims' families who could single-handedly lead the police to catch the human traffickers and save other children in the same day. Everyone looked at Shi Chu with different eyes than before.
When it was almost dark, Shi Chu finally sent the onlookers away. She had talked too much and her mouth was dry. After she stopped, she realized that her throat was hoarse.
Because of the thrilling events that happened during the day, no one had the heart to focus on dinner. Shi Chu simply cooked a meal, and the family went to bed early after eating. After all, both adults and children had expended too much energy that day.
Du Xiaoshi really had a nightmare in the middle of the night. He was sweating profusely and crying and couldn't wake up. Du Zhou had to hold him tightly and tell him over and over again in his ear that he was safe and at home. It was not until the second half of the night that Du Xiaoshi finally calmed down and stopped having nightmares.
In addition to having nightmares at night, Du Xiaoshi also became timid during the day. He no longer dared to wander around the village like before. Now he almost never went out without an adult, and would be so scared when he saw strangers that he would hide back home.
Shi Chu realized that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, which means he had a psychological shadow. There was no other way to treat this problem. Only the patient companionship and daily care of his parents could help him slowly get out of it.
Shi Chu and Du Zhou treated him better. Even Du Xiaoling knew that her brother had suffered a lot and began to care about him.
Fortunately, Du Xiaoshi's psychological trauma was not too great. In addition, he was young and had a bad memory. His family also cared for him. So after a month or two, he slowly forgot the terrible experience of being abducted by human traffickers and regained his lively and playful self.
One day after Du Xiaoshi was abducted, Shi Chu asked Du Zhou whether she had ever blamed her for not taking good care of the child, which led to the child almost being abducted.
Shi Chu thought that even if Duzhou didn't hate her, he would definitely blame her for being too careless and tell her to be extra careful in the future. However, she didn't expect that Duzhou didn't have that intention at all.
On the contrary, he said to Shi Chu in a very good-tempered manner: "When I first learned from the police that Xiao Shi was lost, I did take my anger out on you, thinking that you were the one who caused him to get lost. But then I calmed down and realized that it was not your fault, because you were alone with two children that day, and you had to compete with other people to buy things. You are not a supernatural being, so it is normal for you to be negligent.
It was just bad luck that Xiaoshi ran into a human trafficker that day, which led to him being abducted. You made some mistakes, but the biggest mistake was made by the human traffickers. They are the culprits. Even if I want to blame someone, I will only blame them. "
Shi Chu was very surprised to hear his words, and couldn't help looking at him with surprise: "You are too - reasonable, I am surprised."
"I've never been someone who couldn't tell right from wrong." Du Zhou replied calmly, "Besides, didn't you find Xiao Shi back that same day? Even if you made a mistake, you've already made amends."
Shi Chu sighed slowly, feeling that he really couldn't have any ill feelings towards such a man. The original owner in the original world was really a sinner, causing such a good man to be destroyed and his family to be killed.
In fact, if the original owner had not acted like a demon and had lived with Duzhou honestly, she would probably have lived a good life, because Duzhou was not a man without conscience. On the contrary, he had a strong sense of responsibility. Even though he was forced to marry the original owner, he was only a little cold to her and did not treat her badly. He even indulged her to give a lot of money to her parents' home, which was better than 99% of the men in the village. Unfortunately, the original owner was too stupid and blindly listened to her parents' words, which shattered her good life. In the end, she did not end up well and hurt others and herself.
Since Duzhou is so generous, Shichu will naturally reciprocate. The two children are the people Duzhou cares about most, so Shichu takes good care of them every day and never lets Duzhou worry about their lives.
After Du Xiaoshi went to school, Shi Chu also took his textbooks and began to "study by herself". Gradually, she learned to recognize words and "taught herself" a lot of knowledge as Du Xiaoshi's courses progressed. Du Xiaoshi once thought that his stepmother was a genius.
The "genius" stepmother Shi Chu was even able to tutor Du Xiaoshi in his homework. Du Xiaoshi did not think there was anything wrong with it. He had already accepted the fact that Shi Chu was not simple. What's more, Shi Chu convinced him with her real ability. After all, she was able to raise his grades from average to top. Isn't this proof enough?
So Shi Chu tutored Du Xiaoshi and Du Xiaoling in their elementary and junior high school studies. Because they had a solid foundation, the brother and sister were admitted to the best high school in the city. After they entered high school, Shi Chu was no longer so "unlucky" and was able to tutor them - she hired a tutor for them.
In this life, they have a harmonious family environment and excellent educational resources. Du Xiaoshi and Du Xiaoling were both admitted to prestigious universities. At that time, their careers were also on the rise.
She started her own business when the brother and sister were in high school. She started by doing makeup for people. After accumulating capital, she opened a makeup room and a styling studio, and taught many apprentices. In the end, because there were so many people who came to learn makeup and styling, she simply opened a school...
So by the time Du Xiaoshi and his sister graduated from college, she had become the number one beauty brand in China.
As for Duzhou, he resigned from the transport team when the brother and sister were in junior high school, and started his own transport company. His career is no less successful than Shichu's.
After the siblings became adults, Shichu once asked Duzhou for a divorce so that he could regain his freedom, but Duzhou refused. The two children had already regarded Shichu as their mother and were reluctant to let her leave. When they heard that she wanted to divorce Duzhou, it was as if the sky was falling, and they cried and begged her not to leave...
After weighing the pros and cons, Shi Chu decided that since Duzhou didn't mind, she wouldn't insist on giving him his freedom. After all, it would be a great loss to give away the child and man she had raised so well to someone else.
(End of this chapter)
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