How could Shen Qingqing not be moved when she saw the little kid rushing towards her to protect her? Even the sadness and worthlessness she had just felt were healed, but she couldn't get over the 15 billion joke...

The other three people were also a little panicked when they saw the little dumpling suddenly rushing out.

How could Zhou Jiayan show up? Isn’t he following Zhou Yexuan around and getting to know people everywhere?

Then, they turned around and saw a tall man in a black suit walking towards them.

If that person is not Zhou Yexuan, then who is it?

In fact, during this period of time, Zhou Yexuan had indeed been taking Zhou Jiayan to various ceremonies, introducing the child to everyone. However, although the child followed him, he was also paying attention to Shen Qingqing.

When he saw three people with unfriendly faces entering the place where his stepmother rested, the little boy felt uneasy. He tugged at Zhou Yexuan's sleeve and whispered, "Dad, a few people went to look for mom just now. They are not going to bully her, are they?"

Zhou Yexuan had just seen Shen Hong and the others go looking for Shen Qingqing, but based on his understanding of Shen Qingqing now, it could only be that Shen Qingqing bullied those people.

After being comforted in this way, little Zhou Jiayan still didn't believe it, and ran towards where Shen Qingqing was with his short legs.

So Zhou Yexuan had no choice but to run after him.

Seeing them arguing, little Zhou Jiayan wanted to rush forward immediately, but was stopped by Zhou Yexuan. After all, if they went in, there would be no good show to watch.

So they stood in the corner and listened for a long time, and naturally heard Shen Hong's provocation of the relationship between Shen Qingqing and the little guy.

Zhou Yexuan thought to himself that Shen Hong was truly greedy and selfish, not even sparing a little child.

After hearing Shen Hong's words, Zhou Jiayan's little face wrinkled even more.

This bad grandfather actually said that he was unreliable and would change when he grew up. How abominable. He wanted to rush in and refute loudly, but he was hugged by Zhou Yexuan and could not move. He could only continue to listen.

Until Shen Hong stretched out his hands as if he was going to hit Shen Qingqing, Zhou Jiayan could no longer bear it. He broke free from Zhou Yexuan's hands, rushed in, and shouted out the domineering declaration that he would take care of Shen Qingqing until the end of her life.

Seeing this, Zhou Yexuan followed him in, his face gloomy, and said to Shen Hong, "Mr. Shen, you threatened the hostess of the Zhou family at our Zhou family's banquet, and even wanted to beat her up. Do you really think that there is no one left in the Zhou family?"

Shen Hong put down his hand under Zhou Yexuan's oppressive gaze, feeling a pang of fear in his heart. How could he forget that this was the Zhou family? Shen Qingqing was no longer the little girl who let him control her.

Fortunately, his hand had not fallen yet.

He quickly forced a smile on his face, "Yexuan, you really misunderstood. I didn't really want to hit Qingqing just now. It's just that you know my temper. Sometimes I get carried away easily. Qingqing is my daughter, how could I bear to hit her."

Before Zhou Yexuan could refute, Zhou Jiayan had already "jumped" up, "You bad grandpa, you liar, I just saw your hand was about to fall, if I hadn't rushed in, you would have definitely hit it down."

Shen Qingqing lowered her head and saw the little guy's face slightly red due to anger, and she felt more relieved.

This boy really deserves to have stayed with her for so long, he's almost becoming her mouthpiece.

Patting Zhou Jiayan's little head and putting him behind him, Shen Qingqing sneered, "Dad, are you reluctant? I remember that you seemed to have taught me a lesson several times before I moved out of the Shen family. It's a pity that I didn't understand at that time, otherwise I would have called the police and sued you for domestic violence."

"When you raised your hand just now, I was thinking, if you really hit it, then I would have evidence. So you are lucky that hesitation saved your life, otherwise there would definitely be an article in the newspaper tomorrow that the chairman of Shen Group was detained for domestic violence."

Hearing Shen Qingqing's words, Shen Hong broke out in a sweat. It was even worse than Zhou Yexuan's warning just now. It seemed that his daughter had changed a lot.

After all, he only dared to act arrogantly in front of Shen Qingqing because Shen Qingqing still remembered their father-daughter relationship.

No matter how harshly Shen Qingqing had spoken in the past, he could see that the girl wanted to gain recognition from his father, so Shen Qingqing would eventually back down.

And now, he looked at Shen Qingqing, and the look in Shen Qingqing's eyes was filled with deep disgust. He had a feeling that their father-daughter relationship seemed to be really broken.

This discovery made him very panicked, although he actually didn't like Shen Qingqing as a daughter.

Shen Linyan was a little flustered when she saw the scene in front of her. Does Shen Qingqing really not care about her father?

However, what made her even more panicked was that her husband Liang Hongyu also walked in at this time. He came to her side with a serious face and asked, "Didn't you say you could handle it? How did it become like this?"

Liang Hongyu knew that Shen Linyan always had a way, and Shen's father was there, so after hearing Shen Linyan's assurance, he agreed to let her handle it herself today.

However, he was also observing this side the whole time. When he saw Zhou Yexuan and Zhou Jiayan arriving, he felt something was wrong. He hurried over and saw the tense scene in front of him.

Of course he didn't bring Liang Tianyi with him. After all, as a father, he didn't want Xiaoyi to know about this kind of thing.

Before Shen Linyan could come up with an explanation, Zhou Yexuan questioned Liang Hongyu first, "Boss Liang, is this what you meant by bringing your wife to apologize to Qingqing and seek peace? Why does this not look like a request for peace, but rather a threat to me?"

Liang Hongyu was choked again when he heard Zhou Yexuan's words. Wasn't Shen Linyan quite capable? Why did she mess things up like this?

He forced a smile and said to Zhou Yexuan, "Boss Zhou, is there any misunderstanding here? I discussed with Lin Yan that she should come to apologize to your wife."

Then he turned around and looked at Shen Linyan, "Lin Yan, do you still remember what you said? You are indeed wrong this time, apologize to Mrs. Zhou quickly."

Shen Linyan felt that she had never gone through such a difficult moment in her life. In front of her parents, she was forced by her husband to apologize to someone she had disliked since childhood.

The person she hated had the unconditional support of her husband and children. In comparison, she seemed like a joke.

What was even more desperate was that no matter how reluctant she was, she could only apologize to Shen Qingqing at this moment, because she could not leave the Liang family and Liang Hongyu.

She forced a smile, took a few steps forward, and said to Shen Qingqing, "Qingqing, I'm sorry. I was wrong before. I hired a group of trolls to smear you because of jealousy and career competition. I promise you that I will never do such things again. Please forgive me."

After saying this, he raised his head and looked at Shen Qingqing with tears in his eyes.

Shen Linyan now looked very sincere, as if she really knew she was wrong and was apologizing to her seriously. There was no sign that she had tried to pressure her through Shen Hong before.

Shen Qingqing sighed in her heart, this Shen Linyan is indeed the heroine, she is so flexible and if she met someone with a good heart, she might really be able to get away with it.

It's a pity that she is not a kind person.

She said sarcastically, "Ms. Shen Linyan, if apologies are useful, what do we need the police for? You have slandered me dozens of times, and I have only fought back once. You can't stand this? You are too fragile."

Shen Linyan was angry, but under Liang Hongyu's gaze, she had to continue begging for mercy, "Qingqing, what should I do to make you forgive me? I sincerely want to apologize to you."

Shen Qingqing tilted her head and pretended to be in deep thought. After a while, she said, "We are all public figures. How can we solve this privately? How about you make a public statement on Weibo, saying that you are sorry for hiring trolls to smear me several times in the past few years, and promise not to smear me again in the future?"

Shen Linyan's expression suddenly became tense, and she couldn't help but say, "Qingqing, don't you think this is a bit too much? You and I are both public figures. If I admit it publicly, how will I survive in the circle in the future? Please don't bully others by taking advantage of your status."

Speaking of this, Shen Qingqing had more to say, "Oh, so what you mean is that I deserve to be criticized by you. When you criticized me, did you ever think about whether I could continue to be in the circle? If I didn't have a strong heart and a strong background, do you think I can still be on the show and mix in variety shows now?"

"Since you knew I was powerful, why did you still come to provoke me? Do you think I'm a fool who doesn't know how to bully others by taking advantage of my power?"

"Now I just want you to apologize. I believe that as long as you apologize sincerely, the audience will definitely forgive you."

Shen Linyan wanted to say something, but Liang Hongyu stepped forward and said, "Mrs. Zhou, I promise you. Lin Yan was ignorant before, and I will ask her to apologize to you publicly. I hope you can forgive me for my mistakes."

As he said that, he turned his head and faced Zhou Yexuan, "Mr. Zhou, I will keep an eye on Lin Yan from now on and will not let her act recklessly. I hope that the Zhou and Liang families can continue to maintain a harmonious relationship in the future."

Zhou Yexuan looked at Shen Qingqing, and when he saw that she didn't say anything else, he nodded and said, "I hope Mr. Liang will keep his word. We are not strict people, so it would be best if we can live in peace like this."

The two people with the most say present have reached an agreement, so the rest of the people naturally can't say anything more.

After that, Liang Hongyu exchanged a few more pleasantries and took Shen Linyan away, making the excuse that he had something to do in the evening.

Looking at Liang Hongyu, Shen Qingqing thought of Liang Tianyi, the poor child, and sighed. Before Liang Hongyu left, she said something else, "Mr. Liang, I think you can never make enough money. If you miss the growth of a child, you will miss it forever. I hope you can pay more attention to Xiaoyi in the future instead of leaving it entirely to others."

When Liang Hongyu heard Shen Qingqing's reminder, he stopped and wondered why Mrs. Zhou said that.

But now is not the time to explore these things. He smiled and said to Shen Qingqing, "Mrs. Zhou, thank you for reminding me. I will spend more time with the children."

Then he took Shen Linyan away completely.

Looking at the backs of Liang Hongyu and Shen Linyan as they left, Shen Qingqing was not sure whether Liang Hongyu heard her or not, but this was all she could do.

As for Shen Hong, he looked at his daughter who no longer paid attention to him and wanted to explain something, but in the end he was unable to speak and left early at Ye Liwen's suggestion.

After sending away those annoying people, Shen Qingqing sat back on the sofa and started eating pastries.

I have to admit that quarreling is very tiring and it takes a lot of energy.

Thinking of this, she picked up the spoon, scooped a big bite of cake into her mouth, and then scooped a small bite and fed it to Zhou Jiayan who was sitting next to her.

Little Dumpling's performance today really touched her and she deserves praise.

Zhou Yexuan sat down on the sofa opposite, looking at the mother and son chatting leisurely, and felt a little funny. It was hard to tell that they had just had an argument with someone.

He thought Shen Qingqing would be upset no matter what, and thought of many words to comfort her, but now it seemed that she didn't need his comfort anymore.

Thinking of this, he also asked, "Aren't you sad that Mr. Shen is so biased? And I thought you would retaliate against Shen Linyan more fiercely, but I didn't expect you to just let her apologize publicly."

Shen Qingqing was feeding cake to Zhou Jiayan at this time, but was interrupted by Zhou Yexuan and almost fed the cake into the child's nose. Although it was discovered in time, the area from the child's upper lip to the nose was covered with a lot of cream, making it look like he had a beard.

Zhou Jiayan's chubby face wrinkled immediately. Seeing this, Shen Qingqing directly blamed him and said, "It was your father who suddenly interrupted me. It was not intentional. If you want to settle the score, identify your father."

Although she was throwing the pot away, Shen Qingqing still took a few tissues and carefully wiped the little guy's mouth.

After doing all this, she turned around and replied, "It's not the first day they treated me like this. I'm used to it. As long as I let it go, they won't affect me. After all, I can't punish myself with other people's stupidity, right?"

"As for letting Shen Linyan go, why do you think I let her go? Public reputation is not too important for entrepreneurs like you, but it is very important for celebrities.

"But she's not a legal expert now, and I can't force her to quit the industry. Now that she has publicly admitted to hiring Internet trolls, it's already a headache for her. What's more, it seems that the Liang family hasn't given up on her."

Zhou Yexuan suddenly realized that it seemed that he still didn't know much about the entertainment industry.

It's just a matter of quitting the circle, so it doesn't necessarily require a legal expert.

So he said to Shen Qingqing, "If you really want Shen Linyan to quit the entertainment industry, I can help you."

Shen Qingqing became interested and raised her eyebrows, "Are you planning to bully others by taking advantage of your power?"

Zhou Yexuan smiled and replied, "You can understand it that way."

It has to be said that Shen Qingqing was moved for a moment. After all, the feeling of bullying others by taking advantage of one's power is really great.

But she finally shook her head. It's not that she is a saint. After all, netizens nowadays are so good at exposing people, and they only love to rebel. If she really uses some means to get Shen Linyan banned directly, then netizens will attack her again.

Zhou Yexuan also smiled when he saw this, "I was just talking. After all, I don't know the leaders of the radio and television, so how can I really get someone banned?"

Shen Qingqing: Fortunately I didn’t agree, otherwise I would have been fooled again!

Apart from this "little incident", today's birthday party went quite smoothly overall.

However, this is not the end for Shen Qingqing and the others, because they need to stay in the old house for one night, and Zhou Jiayan will give his wooden pony to Grandpa Zhou.

At nine o'clock in the evening, considering the elderly's daily routines, the birthday party was completely declared over.

Before Zhou Jiayan came, he was very confident in his little wooden horse, but when it came time to give it away, he became conflicted and hesitant.

He pulled Shen Qingqing's skirt and asked in a low voice, "Will Grandpa really like it? Yanyan is a little worried. What if Grandpa doesn't like the little wooden horse?"

Looking at the fat wooden pony beside Zhou Jiayan, Shen Qingqing was also very unsure, but she couldn't discourage the child, so she said, "This is Yanyan's intention, how can I not like it?"

But in order to avoid a setback and make Zhou Jiayan even more sad, she made another patch, "Even if grandpa really doesn't like it, it doesn't matter, we can take it home, and I'll have someone build a glass display case and put the pony in it, so that everyone who comes to our house in the future can appreciate Yanyan's masterpiece, how about it?"

Zhou Jiayan felt much better after hearing Shen Qingqing's consolation, but he was still a little embarrassed about his stepmother's teasing. He scratched his head and said, "You don't have to put it in the living room. Just put it in your and Dad's bedroom. If Grandpa doesn't want it, then give it to Mom and Dad."

Shen Qingqing looked at Xiao Ma, who was responsible for more than half of the workload for her and Zhou Yexuan, and sighed deeply. It seemed that they were making a gift for themselves?

Zhou Qian was obviously in a good mood today. After all, he met many good friends at the birthday party. After he and his wife sent off the last wave of old friends and returned to the living room, he saw a three-headed little boy in a small suit carrying a fat wooden horse that was half his height and did not look very well carved.

He placed the wooden horse on the coffee table in front of the sofa and moved it left and right, changing its position several times.

His son and daughter-in-law stood aside, looking helpless.

Shen Qingqing said, "Okay, okay, Yanyan, it's centered enough, don't move."

Only then did the little boy finally stop, nodded and finally showed satisfaction.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qian couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this kid indeed has the blood of their Zhou family, and his obsessive-compulsive disorder is the same as their family.

He coughed, and soon the family of three in the living room noticed them and turned their heads.

Naturally, Zhou Yexuan was the first to call out, "Dad, Mom, send all the uncles and aunts away."

Shen Qingqing felt a little uncomfortable calling them "Dad, Mom", but now that the arrow was on the string, she had to follow Zhou Yexuan and call out, "Dad, Mom."

As for Zhou Jiayan, he was also a little shy and called out softly, "Grandpa, Grandma."

Seeing his son so shy at the critical moment, Zhou Yexuan felt that he should still shoulder the responsibility of the head of the family and help Yanyan introduce the gifts.

He said to the old couple, "Dad, this time, not only did I prepare a birthday present for you, but Yanyan also prepared a birthday present for you, which is a wooden horse that he carved by himself."

As soon as these words were spoken, the two of them suddenly realized that this was a wood carving carved by Yanyan himself. No wonder the carving looked so rough.

Zhou Qian felt an inexplicable emotion in his heart. It turned out that even though he was cold towards Zhou Jiayan, this child was always thinking about him and even prepared a gift for him personally.

And it was a wooden pony, obviously the designer had carefully studied his preferences.

Zhou Jiayan was also standing next to the little wooden horse at this time, feeling a little nervous. Although he was full of confidence in front of Shen Qingqing, he knew in his heart that his little horse could not compare with the wood carvings in the store. I hope his grandfather would not dislike him.

But since his father had already introduced it, Zhou Jiayan was still full of hope. He looked at Zhou Qian with sparkling eyes and whispered, "Grandpa, this was carved by Yanyan himself. Although he is not very skilled, his parents also helped. The workmanship of the pony is not very good, but this is Yanyan's very serious preparation. I hope you like it."

Zhou Qian looked at Zhou Jiayan and found that the little face was about 70% like the little daughter in his memory.

He was a little dazed. Although he had not expected the birth of this child, at this moment he truly realized that this child was his daughter's only blood.

Zhou Qian felt that his heart was in turmoil for a moment, with countless emotions rushing towards him. He had always been strong all his life, but now he didn't know how to face a five-year-old child.

If he is a good grandfather, he should now show infinite affection to the child, and even pick the child up and hold him high to show his love.

If he is a bad grandfather, he should remain silent, give the child a cold face, or even directly refuse the child's gift.

However, looking at the child's bright eyes, even Zhou Qian, who had a heart of stone, couldn't say no.

As for intimacy, Zhou Qian found that he couldn't do it either. He had never spent much time with children.

In the end, he squeezed for a long time and only showed a not very obvious smile, "Yanyan, you have worked hard, thank you for preparing a birthday gift for grandpa, but you are still young, there is no need to prepare these specially."

Zhou Jiayan, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly became depressed after hearing this, and could not help but lower his head. Did Grandpa reject his gift? Sure enough, did Grandpa dislike his poor performance?

Seeing the child like this, Zhou Qian realized that there was something ambiguous in his words that caused the child to misunderstand, so he said to the servant, "Move the wood carving directly into my study and put it on the shelf."

Hearing this, Zhou Jiayan raised his head again. Grandpa must have accepted it! His eyes became bright again, and he began to look forward to Grandpa praising him again, or even kissing him.

However, Zhou Qian was not a man who was good at saying nice things. Seeing the child's expectant look, he finally just reached out and touched Zhou Jiayan's head as a conclusion.

Perhaps he couldn't control his emotions. After talking to Zhou Yexuan for a few more words, Zhou Qian took Pu Junya upstairs.

Watching the backs of the two old men leaving, Shen Qingqing felt that the old man's attitude this time was actually better than expected, but it obviously did not meet the expectations of little Zhou Jiayan.

Especially after experiencing so many disgusting attacks from Shen Qingqing, Zhou Jiayan couldn't help but feel that his grandfather's attitude was a little cold.

The little guy was a little disappointed. He tugged at Shen Qingqing's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Grandpa and the others don't like Yanyan's gift?"

Shen Qingqing looked at the backs of the old couple and sighed. She was not surprised by their attitude. After all, they looked very serious people. And why did this old man's attitude look so awkward?

Of course, these speculations cannot be told directly to the little guy, so Shen Qingqing said, "Yanyan, how can grandpa not like your gift? Look, didn't he take your little wooden horse into the study? Grandpa and grandma are just old and their emotions are more reserved."

When Zhou Jiayan heard his stepmother's words and remembered how serious his grandfather had always been, he nodded to indicate that he understood.

Then he encouraged himself, "As long as Yanyan works hard, grandpa and grandma will like Yanyan sooner or later."

Seeing the little guy like this, Shen Qingqing couldn't help but reach out and pinch the little guy's face, "Grandpa and grandma didn't kiss you, so let mommy kiss you to make up for it, okay?"

As she said this, she pretended to kiss him.

Zhou Jiayan was amused by Shen Qingqing and giggled, but he refused, "No, it's not your birthday today."

"But I don't have to have your birthday to kiss you." Shen Qingqing stretched out her hand again, as if she wanted to pull Zhou Jiayan into her arms and rub him hard.

Zhou Jiayan dodged Shen Qingqing's "attack" again, and continued to giggle.

Zhou Yexuan naturally knew the reason why his father was awkward. In fact, their attitude towards Zhou Jiayan tonight was much better than he expected. He could only see the old man smile when facing his sister, but this obviously did not meet the little guy's psychological expectations.

Fortunately, Shen Qingqing was noisy enough to divert the little guy's attention, and was also good at comforting the little guy.

Seeing that the two had finally calmed down after the quarrel, Zhou Yexuan also squatted down and began to comfort Zhou Jiayan by sharing his own experience. After all, he was afraid that Zhou Jiayan would not be able to help but think too much when he was alone.

"Yanyan, don't be sad. Grandpa has been like this since dad was a child. He used to be even stricter with me and hardly ever smiled."

When Zhou Jiayan heard what his father said, he opened his mouth in surprise, "Dad, you are so pitiful. Your father never smiled at you when he was a child."

As he spoke, he patted Zhou Yexuan's shoulder sympathetically, with an expression of sympathy and comfort.

Seeing the little guy's appearance, Zhou Yexuan knew that his worries were unnecessary. His son would become stronger and stronger as he stayed with Shen Qingqing.

Zhou Jiayan’s depression only lasted for a short while, and soon he was overwhelmed by greater excitement because he found that he could sleep with his parents, and this was the first time since he was five years old!