Pei Ziheng lived up to expectations and won first place in the class activity with full marks, while Zhou Hao ranked second.

The principal praised Pei Ziheng highly in public, and even his stepmother Shen Mingzhu looked extremely proud.

After the meeting, many parents surrounded Shen Mingzhu to congratulate her, making Shen Mingzhu feel like the center of attention.

Amidst the series of congratulations, there was a sour voice.

"Shen Mingzhu, no wonder you stayed at home all day long. It turns out you were secretly teaching Pei Ziheng English. You are so scheming. You hid it so well that we all lived in the same family compound and didn't hear anything."

Everyone smiled happily at Shen Mingzhu's being in the spotlight, but they were not necessarily truly happy or convinced in their hearts. They just had to appear magnanimous due to the social etiquette.

Therefore, after hearing what Shen Baolan said, the parents looked at Shen Mingzhu with strange and meaningful eyes.

Some even felt jealous and hoped that the two would quarrel in public and make a fool of themselves.

Under normal circumstances, Shen Mingzhu would definitely not be polite to Shen Baolan, but she was in a good mood today, and Shen Baolan was pregnant now, so she was willing to be a little tolerant. Otherwise, if something happened to the baby in Shen Baolan's belly and it was blamed on her, wouldn't she be wronged?

"It's really cold. We'll go back first. See you all later."

Shen Mingzhu wanted to retreat, but Shen Baolan refused to give in. "Shen Mingzhu, why are you in such a hurry to leave? I was right. Are you feeling guilty?"

Shen Mingzhu cursed inwardly that she was a psychopath, then turned around and looked at Shen Baolan with a smile, "You are right, as long as you are happy, can I leave now?"

Shen Baolan snorted, "Am I wrong? You have always been petty and you keep everything to yourself. You made egg cakes for fear that others would learn your craft. Now you teach your children the same way. You say you don't care about them, but you teach them to learn this and that behind their backs. Do you think you are interesting?"

"Interesting, very interesting, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see your ugly jealous look now."

Although some parents are jealous of Shen Mingzhu's popularity, many others cannot stand Shen Baolan's aggressive and sarcastic attitude.

"Mother Zhou Hao, calm down. Mother Pei Ziheng didn't provoke you. She just wanted her child to succeed."

"That's right. Don't you teach Zhou Hao this and that every day at home? If you're not convinced, you can go back and teach your Zhou Hao how to learn English."

These words really touched Shen Baolan's heart.

She wanted to teach, but she herself didn't know English, so how could she teach? After everyone's persuasion, Shen Baolan stopped pestering her, and Shen Mingzhu finally got away.

As she walked out of the kindergarten gate, the cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew on her face, making Shen Mingzhu shiver several times.

She quickly pulled up her scarf to cover her face, leaving only her eyes exposed. Then she bent down to pull Pei Ziheng's scarf and asked him, "Are you cold?"

“It’s not cold.”

Seeing her stepson's arrogant look, Shen Mingzhu wanted to play a prank on him and deliberately put her cold fingers into his collar.

Pei Ziheng was shivering from the cold, but Shen Mingzhu was laughing happily.

Pei Ziheng was so angry that he wanted to put his hand into Shen Mingzhu's collar, but Shen Mingzhu was prepared and turned around and ran away.

Pei Ziheng chased after her unwillingly.

The big and the small chased each other and ran away.

When other parents saw this scene, they all expressed their admiration for Shen Mingzhu's ability to raise children, and how she brought up those who were not her biological children even closer than her biological ones.

After Shen Baolan had a fight with Shen Mingzhu, she was ready to take her stepson home. However, she searched and searched, and almost turned the entire kindergarten upside down, but she still couldn't find Zhou Hao.

She suddenly panicked and asked the teacher to help her look for it.

It was a very cold day, and Shen Baolan was so anxious that she sat down on the ground. This scared the teacher, who still remembered that Ma Sufen had beaten and scolded Sun Lu. If something happened to Shen Baolan's stomach at school, Ma Sufen would probably tear down the school.

Everyone worked together to help Shen Baolan up from the ground, and while comforting her, they called the Zhou family and sent more people to help find Zhou Hao.

Some parents who had not yet had time to leave also took the initiative to help.

At this moment, a kid who had a good relationship with Zhou Hao gave a clue, saying that Zhou Hao left the classroom with Pei Ziheng and never came back.

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Shen Mingzhu had already arrived home and was wearing an apron and cooking lunch. As soon as the rice was put into the pot, someone slammed the door.

Pei Ziheng went to open the door.

As soon as he opened the door, Shen Baolan grabbed him by the collar, "Where's Zhou Hao? Where is my Zhou Hao?"

Hearing the noise, Shen Mingzhu ran out of the kitchen and got angry when she saw her stepson being picked up and bullied by Shen Baolan.

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She didn't care whether Shen Baolan was pregnant or not, she walked up and pushed Shen Baolan away.

"Shen Baolan, if you are sick, go get treatment. Why are you running to my house like crazy?"

While scolding Shen Baolan, Shen Mingzhu did not forget to pull her stepson behind her.

Pei Ziheng looked up at Shen Mingzhu who was standing in front of him, with complex emotions surging in his dark eyes.

"Xiao Hao is missing, Shen Mingzhu. If anything happens to my Xiao Hao, I will never forgive you!"

Hearing that Zhou Hao was missing, Shen Mingzhu was a little stunned.

However, she quickly thought of Zhou Hao's halo as the leading man, and she thought that he would not be so unlucky as to be abducted or encounter any accidents, and she felt relaxed again.

"If he's missing, just go look for him. Why are you coming to my house? Zhou Hao isn't at my house."

Shen Baolan pointed at Pei Ziheng behind Shen Mingzhu, full of anger, "My Xiaohao and your Pei Ziheng left the classroom together. Your Pei Ziheng returned to the classroom, and my Xiaohao disappeared. Pei Ziheng, where is my Xiaohao? Did you hide my Xiaohao? Hand over Xiaohao!"

"Shen Baolan, what nonsense are you talking about? Zhou Hao is such a big kid, not a toy, how can my Ziheng hide him?"

"I don't care! Xiao Hao left with your Pei Ziheng. Now he's gone. I'm asking you to find him!"

At this time, Pei Ziheng, who was blocked behind Shen Mingzhu, spoke.

"Auntie Lan, do you think Zhou Hao is a burden?"

"I heard from them that some stepmothers no longer love their stepchildren after they have their own biological children, and some even want to deliberately abandon their stepchildren so that they can only raise their own biological children."

Pei Ziheng's shocking words stunned both Shen Mingzhu and Shen Baolan.

At this time, Ma Sufen and Zhou Shuhuan, who were eager to find their son, also rushed to Pei's house. They just happened to hear Pei Ziheng's innocent words (to sow discord).

Fengcheng has heating in winter, so the house is very warm, but the atmosphere at this moment is three degrees colder than the snowy day outside.

Second update~