"I...I don't know her." Xue Wei's angry and ferocious face froze for a moment. She subconsciously took half a step back, her eyes darting around, her face flushed red. She looked away and raised her voice: "I just think you are not good enough for her."
"Shen Zhu, one should have self-awareness."
"You'll only ruin her life in a family like ours!"
Xue Wei has complicated feelings for Shen Zhu. Although he is not her biological child, his companionship over the years and his maturity have long touched her.
But none of this could affect the interests of her own daughter!
She would never allow anyone to harm or expose her biological daughter's identity!
“Mother, although I cannot understand your anger, I reiterate, she will only ever be mine,” Shen Zhu replied stubbornly, his narrow eyes flashing with a fierce and determined light.
"You!" Xue Wei's breathing quickened, her head throbbed, as if she had learned something of earth-shattering importance.
It made her gentle expression crack and distort.
“Mmm…” A soft, delicate voice suddenly came out.
Both of them were startled, a chill running down their spines.
Shen Zhu and Xue Wei looked over at the same time and saw Yu Qiao standing at the door, barefoot and yawning sleepily.
"What are you all arguing about?" Yu Qiao was woken up by the noise, her head was still groggy, and she could barely open her eyes. Her voice was sleepy and unclear: "Little dog, Auntie, aren't you sleeping?"
"Sleep, Auntie will sleep now." A loving and gentle smile suddenly appeared on Xue Wei's face, and her cloudy eyes were filled with undeniable joy.
Shen Zhu saw all of this. He withdrew his sharp gaze, took long strides, and led Yu Qiao back to her room by the wrist.
He covered her with the blanket and coaxed her gently, "Miss, go to sleep. I was just discussing some trivial matters with my mother."
"Sorry, did I wake you up?"
"Hmm...?" Yu Qiao, with her eyes closed, lazily stretched and turned over to continue sleeping, not forgetting to mumble a reply: "Then you should go to sleep..."
"I'm so sleepy..."
"puppy."
"I'm going to sleep now." Shen Zhu patted her head and turned to leave.
Outside the door, Xue Wei was still standing there when Shen Zhu's gentle gaze suddenly turned cold: "Mother, do I need to say it a second time?"
Xue Wei felt her blood turning ice-cold.
Over the years, ever since her husband, an alcoholic, killed someone in a car accident and went to prison, and she, whose health had suffered due to childbirth, perhaps as retribution for her immoral deeds, has been in poor health.
Over the years, all of the family's expenses have been covered by Shen Zhu's earnings.
Xue Wei understood this child less and less, but how could she just stand by and watch Shen Zhu ruin her daughter!
"A-Zhuo, I'm begging you, please." Xue Wei burst into tears, her knees buckling as she tried to kneel before Chen Zhu.
“Mother, I told you, she is mine.” Shen Zhu remained unmoved, the cold curve of his lips sending chills down one’s spine. He said, word by word, “No one can stop me.”
"Unless I die."
Shen Zhu strode away and went to the living room to sleep.
Xue Wei collapsed to the ground, her eyes vacant and numb, swallowed by deep despair.
Is this karma?
Given such a huge class difference, why did these two happen to fall in love?
Xue Wei clutched her aching heart, leaning against the corner of the wall, as if she could hear the long, drawn-out breathing coming from inside the room.
"Heh..." She couldn't help but laugh with joy again.
Inside is her daughter, whom she had carried for ten months!
I never imagined that one day I would see her in person, living under the same roof.
Xue Wei was crying and laughing at the same time, as if she had gone mad.
…………
"Child, here are the house keys." After making breakfast, Xue Wei handed a bunch of keys to Yu Qiao.
"Hmm?" Yu Qiao tilted her head in confusion, her bright cat-like eyes looking at Xue Wei with a puzzled expression. She eagerly took the item, but not forgetting her composure, she coughed lightly twice: "Auntie, this... isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
"Auntie likes you. If you have time, you can come and visit Auntie." Xue Wei's kind smile was gentle and doting, almost insincere.
"Great! I like you too, Auntie, and I like the food here too." Yu Qiao blinked her eyes as she took the key, secretly pleased, and put it in her bag. After taking a couple of bites of food, she praised, "Your cooking is better than my mom's."
Wei Yun occasionally cooks, but her cooking skills are obviously not very good, almost like poison. Yu Qiao and Yu Tinglie ate a couple of bites and ended up in the hospital for two days with food poisoning.
"Then come often, and Auntie will cook for you." Xue Wei's eyes were filled with sweetness as she reached out and patted her head.
Yu Qiao didn't shy away from such intimate gestures, and Wei Yun often touched her head at home as well.
Yu Qiao couldn't help but cover her mouth and giggle.
It seems the puppy's mother really likes her!
"Miss, let's go." Shen Zhu came out of the room: "I'll take you home."
"Okay!" Yu Qiao quickly finished the last bite of her meal and said with a smile, "Goodbye, Auntie."
"Goodbye, Qiaoqiao." Xue Wei's gaze remained fixed on Yu Qiao.
When she met Shen Zhu's sharp, probing gaze, Xue Wei paused, her smile fading as she turned to clear the table of dishes.
She only breathed a sigh of relief after Shen Zhu and Yu Qiao left, her eyes filled with tears.
She took out hundreds of photos from the drawer, hugged them, and couldn't help but shed tears.
This is her daughter!
He said he liked her.
She even said she likes the food she cooks!
Xue Wei burst into tears of joy.
"What are these?!"
Suddenly—
As Shen Zhu's tall figure appeared before her, Xue Wei's tears suddenly froze. Turning her head, she saw him walking quickly towards her.
"It's nothing!" Xue Wei hurriedly stuffed the photo into the drawer.
"hiss-"
Shen Zhu strode over, reached out and pulled out a photo, which clearly showed Yu Qiao.
In the photo, Yu Qiao appears to be fourteen or fifteen years old, carrying a delicate little schoolbag, her tender face full of grievance.
“Mother, I think you need to give me an explanation.” Shen Zhu held the photo in his hand, his gaze cold and sinister as he stared at Xue Wei: “Why do you have so many photos of young ladies?”
"You've been stalking her? Ever since she was a child?"
So, what exactly is their relationship?
In his haste to leave, Yu Qiao left her bag behind. When he came back to get it, he never expected to discover such an outrageous scene!
His mother had secretly kept photos of the young lady from childhood to adulthood, all of which were taken without her knowledge!
Thinking back to Xue Wei's strange and unusual behavior last night.
Shen Zhu's gaze grew colder and colder. He asked in a low voice, "Mother, please explain!"
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