Shen Qingqing was not particularly surprised that the old housekeeper arranged for them to live together in Zhou Yexuan's bedroom. After all, the old housekeeper would not know that she and Zhou Yexuan were a fake couple.

And even if two rooms were really arranged, Yanyan should sleep in one, and she and Zhou Yexuan should sleep in one.

But with Yanyan here today, it shouldn't be so awkward to let him sleep in the middle, right? Zhou Yexuan probably wouldn't dare to make any moves when his son was around.

Thinking of this, Shen Qingqing felt much more relieved.

The room that the old housekeeper arranged for them was obviously Zhou Yexuan's former room, and it was said to be where he grew up.

The bedroom is a suite with a separate living room, bathroom, etc.

Compared to Zhou Yexuan's current bedroom, this place seems more popular and not so dark and cold.

The bedroom also has a study room with a desk and bookshelves. On the bookshelves are books and textbooks from his student days, neatly stacked. I don't know whether it was arranged by the servants later or Zhou Yexuan had arranged them so neatly from the beginning.

When Zhou Jiayan saw his father's old desk and bookshelf, he ran to the desk excitedly, climbed onto the chair and began to look through the books, exclaiming, "Wow, my father is so amazing. I can't understand many of the symbols on it."

When Shen Qingqing heard what Zhou Jiayan said, she looked down and saw three big words written on the book in his hand - Calculus.

If he could understand this now, he would be a rare genius boy in a century, although he is already smart and excellent enough now.

Zhou Yexuan also smiled upon hearing this and said, "Don't worry, Yanyan, you will understand it in a few years."

After hearing what his father said, Zhou Jiayan couldn't help but smile, revealing two rows of white, fine and neat teeth.

Zhou Yexuan then went into the bathroom, while Shen Qingqing and Zhou Jiayan continued to visit Zhou Yexuan's study.

Then Zhou Jiayan flipped through a photo album and said, "Wow, these are photos of Dad when he was a child. He was as cute as Yanyan."

Shen Qingqing also became curious when she saw this. After all, she was really curious about what a man like Zhou Yexuan was like when he was young, so she and Zhou Jiayan squeezed on a chair and started to look through the books.

The time span of this photo album seems to be very long, starting from photos of Zhou Yexuan when he was a baby until the end of Zhou Yexuan's adolescence.

The boy in the photo had handsome features, and his whole body revealed aloofness and dignity, and he had a stern face since he was a child. Shen Qingqing thought of Zhou Yexuan's current appearance, and it seemed that he had been like this since he was a child.

It can also be seen that Zhou Yexuan doesn’t have many friends. There are very few photos of him with others. The few photos are of him with a few boys.

Just when Shen Qingqing was about to mock him for being unpopular with girls, she saw a photo of him with a girl who was half a head shorter than him. Shen Qingqing raised her eyebrows. Huh, interesting, she's the only one.

Zhou Jiayan also opened his eyes wide at this time and said, "Wow, this young lady is so beautiful, Yanyan feels a little familiar."

Shen Qingqing only found it a little funny when she heard Zhou Jiayan's words. Was this a skill he had learned to flirt with girls without any instruction? It was a pity that the girl in front of him was just a photo.

At this time, Zhou Yexuan had just come out of the bathroom after taking a shower and was wearing pajamas.

When Shen Qingqing saw him coming out, she joked, "Wow, I thought you weren't popular with girls at all and wouldn't take photos with them, but I didn't expect that there would be some."

As she said this, she picked up the photo and showed it to Zhou Yexuan.

Zhou Yexuan's face was unnatural for a moment, but it quickly faded away. After a long time, he explained, "Don't think too much, this is my sister."

Sister? Shen Qingqing searched her memory. Why didn't she remember Zhou Yexuan having a sister? Could this be a love sister?

Looking at Shen Qingqing's obvious expression of disbelief, Zhou Yexuan felt a little helpless.

Because of his incident, his parents had not disclosed her identity in order to protect their sister's personal safety. They planned to announce her identity to the public after she graduated from university.

However, what he didn't expect was that after graduating from college, Zhou Ruoyan would have such an incident, and it seemed unnecessary to disclose his sister's identity. In addition, in order to avoid people from exploring Yanyan's life experience, he deliberately concealed this matter.

Therefore, even Shen Qingqing didn't know that the Zhou family once had a rich daughter.

He pinched his brows. Although Shen Qingqing had changed a lot now and it could be seen that she really loved Yanyan sincerely, now was not the time to tell her the truth.

Besides, there was no need for it, but he didn't want to lie to her.

He sighed and said vaguely, "Don't look at me like that. She is my real blood-related sister, not what you think."

Shen Qing didn't really care about this matter. After hearing Zhou Yexuan's explanation, he shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "Oh, well, then you are really lame."

Zhou Yexuan: ...I always feel that it is better not to explain than to explain.

Then he decided to take care of the child and said to Zhou Jiayan, "Yanyan, go take a bath, the water is ready."

It was already late, so Zhou Jiayan nodded obediently, slid down from the chair, and rushed to the bathroom in his pajamas.

After Shen Qingqing and Zhou Jiayan finished their showers and changed into their pajamas, Zhou Yexuan felt like he was being left out.

Because both of them were wearing little yellow chicken pajamas, and there was even a hat with a little yellow chicken head on it. The two were pecking each other with their little yellow chicken's pointed beaks.

The two of them took turns taking a bite, making the child giggle.

Zhou Yexuan couldn't help but hold his forehead when he saw this. How could these two people be so childish?

However, there are three people in the bedroom now, and two of them are so childish, making him, a normal person, seem out of place.

Zhou Yexuan couldn't help but rub his temples again and began to think about whether he should also buy a set of pajamas like this and join them.

Fortunately, it was already late. As a good baby who went to bed early and got up early, Zhou Jiayan felt sleepy after making a fuss for a while and lay beside Shen Qingqing, yawning.

Shen Qingqing stopped teasing him when she saw this. She placed the child in the middle of the big bed and covered him with a quilt.

Moreover, as a night owl, after sleeping with the kids on the variety show for a few days, Shen Qingqing's daily routine became more normal and she actually felt sleepy at this moment.

Zhou Yexuan sighed when he saw this. It seemed that Shen Qingqing was becoming more and more competent as a mother. At least she knew how to take care of the child until he slept.

The children were all asleep, so he naturally planned to sleep too. He walked a few steps, got on the bed, and lay down on the other side of Zhou Jiayan.

The bed was big enough, and with Zhou Jiayan between them, Shen Qingqing felt quite comfortable. So, she said to Zhou Yexuan calmly, "Good night."

So gentle? And she didn't even warn him not to cross the line. Zhou Yexuan was just wondering if Shen Qingqing had changed her personality when he heard Shen Qingqing's voice again, "So can you turn off the lights? I'm not used to sleeping with the lights on."

Zhou Yexuan then remembered that the old house was quite old. Although it had been maintained regularly and there was no obvious damage, the electrical appliances and lights in the house had not yet been replaced with smart devices, and people still had to get out of bed to turn them off.

Zhou Yexuan suddenly realized that this was the idea.

He turned his head and saw Shen Qingqing with sleepy eyes and a dazed look, while the curly-haired kid next to her was already snoring in sleep, so his original intention to argue with her was immediately put to rest.

What else can I do? I can only spoil her.

In the master bedroom of the Zhou family's old house, Zhou Qian and Pu Junya had finished washing up and both had changed into silk pajamas.

Pu Junya had just washed her hair and was drying it with a towel. Zhou Qian saw his wife like this and took the towel and brought a hair dryer to help dry her hair.

After about ten minutes, Zhou Qian touched his dry hair and put the towel and hair dryer back into the bathroom.

It was already late and it was time for them to go to bed, so they both went to bed. However, after about half an hour, neither of them had fallen asleep yet.

Pu Junya spoke first, "Old Zhou, that child..."

Zhou Qian was not surprised to hear his wife's words. In fact, he was also thinking about the child. When he saw him on TV before, he only thought he was a sensible and obedient child. However, when he saw him today, perhaps because of the blood relationship, he inexplicably felt a sense of intimacy.

Just like when he first saw his daughter...

Moreover, the child seemed to be well educated. Even though he and his wife treated him so coldly, he still thought about preparing a birthday present for him. When he looked at him, his big eyes were clearly black and white.

But he thought of his daughter again. If it weren't for the child's father, they wouldn't have lost their daughter. And that child had the same blood as that scumbag...

He reached out and held his wife's hand under the quilt, sighed, and said, "Alas, he is also pitiful, but we are destined not to be together."

Pu Junya wanted to say something, but she didn't say it in the end. She knew the position of her daughter in her husband's heart. He even thought of killing the scumbag with his own hands. If he hadn't been persuaded by his son, the consequences would have been disastrous.

It is not easy for her current husband to face Yanyan calmly, who has half of that man's blood. She also sighed softly, and everything can only be left to time.

The next day, Zhou Yexuan was still the first to wake up.

The curtains have very good light-blocking properties, so the light in the room is still very dim and only the general outline can be seen.

However, even so, he could see that little Zhou Jiayan, who was originally sleeping in the middle, was now held in Shen Qingqing's arms, like a teddy bear.

Sure enough, he was not the only one who suffered. He was curious about how Shen Qingqing would treat Zhou Jiayan in his arms when he woke up.

Seeing that it was only seven o'clock in the morning, Zhou Yexuan got up from the bed carefully. Although today was Sunday, he still had to go to work soon and could not sleep until he woke up naturally like the mother and son.

However, when he came out after washing up, he saw that Zhou Jiayan had opened his big watery eyes and was twisting and turning on the bed.

He was held in Shen Qingqing's arms, and naturally woke Shen Qingqing up. Shen Qingqing grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Bad Yanyan, why did you wake up so early? Children need to sleep more to grow taller."

As she spoke, Shen Qingqing hugged Zhou Jiayan tightly again, wanting him to continue sleeping.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yexuan felt a little jealous. Both of them were used as "pillows" by Shen Qingqing, but he was disliked and suspected, while Zhou Jiayan was hugged even tighter.

Zhou Jiayan's voice was still nasal because he had just woken up, and it sounded even softer. "But we have slept long enough. Do you just want to sleep in, or did you secretly play with your phone again last night?"

Shen Qingqing really didn't play with her phone secretly last night, but she did play with her phone secretly when she couldn't sleep in the past few days. How did this guy know?

She quickly seized the opportunity and turned the tables, "First of all, I didn't secretly play with my phone last night. Secondly, if you could find out that I was secretly playing with my phone, would you have stayed up all night to play with your Little Genius watch?"

Zhou Jiayan quickly denied it, "No way, I just occasionally see your phone screen is on when I get up to pee, I don't play with the watch at night."

After the mother and son laughed and played for a while, they got up from bed and changed into the regular clothes they had brought with them.

When they went downstairs, Zhou Qian and Pu Junya were already having breakfast in the restaurant downstairs.

Seeing the three people coming down, Pu Junya was a little surprised, "Today is the weekend, why are you up so early? Why don't you sleep a little longer? There is actually no need to be so restrained here."

These words were spoken to Shen Qingqing. Pu Junya knew that Shen Qingqing liked to sleep in after watching the variety show.

Shen Qingqing was a little curious about why Pu Junya knew that she liked to sleep in, but she still answered truthfully, "It's all Yanyan's fault. He woke up so early in the morning and refused to sleep even if he was told to."

Zhou Jiayan was already sitting at the table, picking up a spoon and starting to eat eggs. Upon hearing this, he raised his head and retorted, "I'm just supervising you to get up early and go to bed early for good health. If you sleep any longer, you'll turn into a little fat pig."

He had not yet completely swallowed the egg in his mouth, so there was still yellow yolk on his delicate teeth.

Shen Qingqing naturally wanted to "retaliate" against Zhou Jiayan's words that "ruined" her image, "Yanyan, pay attention to your image. Look at your mouth. The egg yolk is all on your teeth."

Zhou Jiayan was a child who paid great attention to his image. When he heard his stepmother's words, he immediately shut his mouth and stopped talking. He could only stammer in protest.

Seeing this, Shen Qingqing thought to herself, Humph, can’t I handle a little brat?

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw this scene. Even Zhou Qian, who was always serious, couldn't help but smile.

As for Pu Junya, she was much softer-hearted than Zhou Qian. Seeing Yanyan being so cute, her heart softened even more. If that incident had not happened, she should be the happiest grandmother now.

After breakfast, Zhou Yexuan took Shen Qingqing and Zhou Jiayan away from the old house. Of course, he went to work at the company, while Shen Qingqing took Zhou Jiayan home.

Having gotten up too early, Shen Qingqing decided to let Zhou Jiayan study on his own after returning home while she would take a nap. Zhou Yexuan was not at home anyway, and she was the boss of the Zhou family. It would be wonderful to have a nap after waking up and then have lunch.

Compared to Shen Qingqing's ease, Shen Linyan was in dire straits.

They left the birthday party early, and Liang Hongyu didn't say a word along the way. If it weren't for the presence of Liang Tianyi, Shen Linyan felt that Liang Hongyu would probably get angry with her directly.

After arriving home, Liang Hongyu handed Liang Tianyi to the servant, then took Shen Linyan to the bedroom and locked the door.

However, unexpectedly, Liang Hongyu's tone was much calmer than Shen Linyan had imagined.

"Lin Yan, have you forgotten what you promised me before you left? You said you would get it done, but if I hadn't shown up, you almost messed up everything."

Seeing Liang Hongyu like this, Shen Linyan became even more flustered and explained anxiously, "Hongyu, I didn't lie to you. I really want to resolve this matter and make peace with Shen Qingqing. It's just that Shen Qingqing suddenly became more difficult than before. In the past, as long as Dad was around, she would eventually give in. Today, I don't know what evil has possessed her."

However, after this explanation, Liang Hongyu's eyes became even colder. "So you think that with Shen Hong around, Shen Qingqing will succumb to the so-called father's authority or let you go because of some family affection? I only now realize that you are such a naive person."

"No, I just thought..." Shen Linyan wanted to explain something more, but she couldn't say anything when the words came to her lips.

Yes, she had always relied on the fact that Shen Qingqing cared about Shen Hong, and Shen Hong was partial to her, so she thought that Shen Qingqing would let her go under Shen Hong's "oppression" this time, but she never thought that people would change.

She was at a disadvantage from the very beginning, and it was not as she thought that she had Shen Qingqing manipulated.

Seeing that Shen Linyan finally stopped arguing, Liang Hongyu continued, "You don't have to struggle anymore. Just follow Shen Qingqing's instructions. As for that variety show, I don't think you need to participate. After all, your current state is not suitable for taking care of Xiaoyi."

"I also watched the live broadcast of the program. Shen Linyan, you instigated Xiaoyi to lie for your own selfish reasons on the program. So in daily life, did you also let Xiaoyi lie to me for your own selfish reasons?"

When Shen Linyan heard that Liang Hongyu would not let her participate in the program, she felt her mind exploded in an instant. She knew that if she really withdrew, it would naturally avoid a lot of controversy for the Liang family, but for her, it would undoubtedly be equivalent to quitting the circle in disgrace, and it would be difficult for her to come out again.

This is something Shen Linyan absolutely does not want to see.

Shen Linyan understood the ruthlessness of the man in front of her. He would never change his decision easily and always only considered his own interests. It would be useless for her to beg him.

In that case, you might as well give it a try.

As she thought about this, the expression on her face gradually became solemn, and she was no longer as flustered as before.

"Hongyu, I know you won't listen to anything I say now, and you won't take it to heart no matter how much I beg you."

"It's true that I had too many selfish motives before. I was jealous of Shen Qingqing's upright background, so I hired a group of trolls to discredit her. My methods were not very clever, and Zhou Yexuan got hold of it. But didn't you know all this time? You just turned a blind eye. You hoped that I would ruin Shen Qingqing's reputation and affect the Zhou family, so that the public would think that Zhou Yexuan was nothing special."

"And I'm strict with Xiaoyi. Isn't that what you agree with? You want to have a perfect heir, so I force Xiaoyi to learn so many things. If you didn't want to, you could have stopped me a long time ago. You just don't want to be the bad guy, so you pretend to know nothing."

"And Hongyu, do you think I stayed in the Liang family for so long for nothing? Is there really no evidence at all?"

After hearing what Shen Linyan said, the man who had been so arrogant and confident of victory suddenly changed his expression. Shen Linyan was ten times more difficult to deal with than he had expected. More importantly, these few words all touched upon the most hidden secrets deep in his heart.

In essence, he is the one who allows Shen Linyan to do everything that happens.

Liang Hongyu stared at Shen Linyan steadily, looking the woman in front of him straight in the eye for the first time, "What do you want to do?"

After hearing Liang Hongyu's words, Shen Linyan smiled faintly, "Hongyu, I will make a public apology as you said, but leave the rest to me. I will give you a satisfactory result."

Shen Linyan is indeed a ruthless person. He is ruthless to others, but even more ruthless to himself.

After making sure that she could only apologize as Shen Qingqing asked, she discussed all the subsequent countermeasures with her agent.

They finally decided that since they had already apologized, they should apologize thoroughly. After all, it was not a mistake that would get her banned. As long as she was still in the circle, she still had a chance to make a comeback.

So one evening, when it was the peak time for people to surf the Internet after get off work, Shen Linyan posted a tearful apology video.

In the video, she not only apologized for hiring internet trolls to discredit Shen Qingqing, but also apologized for her inappropriate way of educating Liang Tianyi for such a long time.

"I know that many netizens have had a lot of debate about what I did during this period. I feel very sorry for this and have reflected on myself during this period."

"First of all, I want to apologize to Miss Shen Qingqing. Because I debuted at the same time as her, we competed for routes and resources, so I hired Internet trolls to spread bad news about Miss Shen Qingqing and to blacken her. But through my contact with Miss Shen Qingqing during this period, I was moved by her personality charm. I feel very ashamed of what I did before, so I apologize to her here."

"Secondly, regarding my education of Liang Tianyi, I inadvertently disregarded Xiaoyi's personal feelings and forced Xiaoyi to do things he didn't like or was even afraid of. I feel very ashamed for this. I didn't expect this would cause such great harm to the child."

"When I was young, my mother disciplined me very strictly, but I also learned a lot from it. When I grew up, I gradually understood my mother's good intentions. So when I was educating Xiaoyi, I took it for granted that I should be strict with Xiaoyi now. Even if Xiaoyi is not very happy now, he will understand me when he grows up. But I forgot that not all strictness is necessary. For children, healthy and happy growth is the most necessary."

"I am Xiaoyi's mother. I hope everyone will give me another chance to prove myself. I will never ignore Xiaoyi's wishes in the future and will work hard to be an open-minded mother."

As soon as this apology video was released, it immediately caused an uproar among netizens.

[Oh my god, what happened to Shen Linyan? Was she hacked, or did someone hold a gun to shoot this video? ]

[She exposed herself? I know about the incident of forcing Xiaoyi, but she even slandered Shen Qingqing? ]

[No wonder Shen Qingqing had such a bad reputation before, it turns out that someone was targeting her. ]

[Has my sister Shen finally been cleared of all charges? I told you long ago that her performance on the show was nothing like what was said before.]

[Shen Linyan is so disgusting. Not only does she treat her stepson like that, she also maliciously competes with him.]

Shen Linyan's team was not unprepared for the negative reviews that would appear online after the apology video was released.

After the netizens had vented their anger after a round of cursing, they quickly mobilized their internet trolls to start leading the discussion. The main idea was that she had already apologized and promised to correct her mistakes, so what else do you want from her!

[Shen Linyan did do something wrong before, but now she has realized her mistake. Criminals can be released after serving their sentences.]

[Yes, I think Shen Linyan's apology is quite sincere, so let's give her another chance.]

[Many people would make the same mistakes as Shen Linyan. She forced Xiaoyi to do this and that regardless of his wishes. But this is also a mistake that many parents would make. At least Shen Linyan apologized.]

[It’s normal for artists to blacken each other, and it’s a life-and-death struggle to grab resources, but it’s just not exposed. ]

[I also feel the same way as the above. Shen Linyan didn’t actually make any big mistakes, and she even admitted her mistakes. How many people would refuse to admit their mistakes? ]

Shen Linyan's team had a good plan. These days there are many argumentative people and saints on the Internet, and most netizens lack the ability to think independently. They believe that as long as they set the pace, they can influence some netizens and make them believe that Shen Linyan has realized his mistakes and can mend his ways.

However, what Shen Linyan's team did not expect was that because so many celebrities have fallen from grace during this period, most netizens have long lost sympathy for the celebrities who earn "2.08 million" a day. Only a small number of "Internet saints" called for giving Shen Linyan another chance.

Even in view of Shen Linyan's current bad reputation, several brands have announced that they will terminate their contracts with Shen Linyan and will no longer cooperate with her.

Looking at the termination statements, Shen Linyan almost threw the phone in her hand away.

Yu Bin calmed her down. "Lin Yan, the current situation is already very difficult. It is normal to terminate the business contract. It is also a temporary measure. Let's keep a low profile for a while. Everything will be back to normal with time."

Although Shen Linyan was unhappy, she knew that this was the only way for now.