"Hearing this, Mr. Gao understood immediately and sternly questioned, 'Miss Shen is telling the truth, isn't she? You really did these things!'
Madam Gao stammered, 'I didn't mean to target her, she was the one who lured my child away first. I was worried about my child!'
'You're still making excuses!' Mr. Gao had had enough of her. He raised his hand and slapped her!
With a loud 'Slap!'
Madam Gao staggered from the blow. She looked up, her eyes filled with tears, 'How could you hit me? You've never laid a hand on me all these years, and now you're hitting me because of what this daughter said!'
She glared resentfully at Shen Qingqing.
Seeing her still unrepentant, Mr. Gao's hands trembled with anger. He wished he could slap her again, 'This slap is the least I could do! After what you did, it's no wonder they sent you to the police station!'
'No matter how wrong I was, I am still your wife. You should protect me!' Madam Gao shouted hysterically.
Mr. Gao looked at her in disbelief, 'You're truly unreasonable!'
'Am I unreasonable, or have you already changed your mind?!'
'I don't want to talk to you anymore.' Mr. Gao felt there was no way to communicate with her. 'From now on, stay away from the child and stop filling his head with your twisted logic!'
'This is my child! How dare you not let me near him?!'
Madam Gao, unwilling to let it go, stepped forward and grabbed him.
Mr. Gao, unable to stand it any longer, pushed her away. 'Because you are now shrill, mean, and malicious. I won't allow my son to be around a mother like you!'
'You describe me with such words?!'
Madam Gao, believing herself impervious to all trials, felt that a thousand accusations were not as hurtful as the misunderstanding from this one person. She took a step back sadly.
Mr. Gao ignored her completely. He turned and looked apologetically at Shen Qingqing, 'I'm very sorry. I didn't know my wife had done such unreasonable things before. This time, I owe you. Whatever you want in the future, just ask. I'll do whatever I can!'
With that, he took Gao Xu and left.
Gao Xu naturally didn't want to leave like this. He turned back and extended his hand to his mother, 'Mom, come home with us.'
Hearing this, Madam Gao's eyes reddened.
Even Mr. Gao froze for a moment.
Madam Gao didn't move immediately but turned her gaze to Mr. Gao.
Mr. Gao gave Gao Xu an impatient look and said, 'Hurry home. Don't embarrass yourself here!'
Then he left in a hurry.
At least he let her go home. Madam Gao breathed a sigh of relief. She turned and saw Shen Qingqing and her anger flared up again, 'You've caused all this, are you satisfied!'
'This is nothing. The real show is yet to come.' Shen Qingqing had a bright smile on her face.
Madam Gao was clearly angered, 'I came here today just to harm me! You are too vicious!'
'Vicious?' Shen Qingqing smiled. 'Didn't you try to harm me first?'
'But I didn't succeed!' Madam Gao retorted righteously. 'You sent me to the police station too and kept me locked up for so long. Aren't you still angry? How can you treat me like this!'
This was simply a case of the guilty accusing the innocent!
Shen Qingqing rolled her eyes at her. 'Instead of wasting your time arguing with me here, you'd better hurry home. If you're late, be careful you won't be able to get in.'
'You just wait!'
Madam Gao spat out a threat and ran off.
But when she returned home, she didn't see Gao Xu, only Mr. Gao. She approached him, 'Husband, are you angry?'
Mr. Gao remained silent.
'Husband...' Madam Gao cooed playfully, 'Don't be like this...'
'You're already this old, stop acting out.'
Mr. Gao's voice held no impatience, but his words were truly hurtful.
Madam Gao bit her lip and asked, 'Husband, do you dislike me for being old now?'
'I didn't mean that.'
Mr. Gao stood up and, using work as an excuse, turned and went upstairs to his study.
'You stop right there!'
Madam Gao shouted, but Mr. Gao ignored her and walked away without looking back.
Madam Gao gnashed her teeth in anger, but she couldn't blame Mr. Gao. In the end, she could only resent Shen Qingqing.
...
Shen Qingqing returned home and gathered with her two sons, talking about something secretively. No one knew what they were discussing.
Shen Qingqing tiptoed closer and saw the two boys holding a painting.
A portrait, to be precise.
The person in the portrait was Xi Xi.
'Brother, you painted this so well! Looking at him is like looking in a mirror!'
Shen Jinxi truly loved the painting and couldn't put it down, wishing he could have it framed and hung in his room immediately.
And it wasn't just a simple drawing; it had a beautiful background and lifelike expressions. The painting was filled with artistic conception.
Shen Qingqing said softly, 'It's a beautiful painting.'
Despite her soft voice, she still startled the two boys.
However, they weren't angry when they turned around. Shen Jinxi said with a grin, 'Of course! Brother is truly amazing. Seeing how well Brother paints makes me want to learn painting too.'
'Aren't you going to attend the painting class with Brother?' Shen Qingqing hugged both boys. 'You can learn with Brother then.'
'Mm-hmm!' Shen Jinxi nodded and grabbed Chenchen's hand. 'Brother, don't worry. If anyone bullies you at class, I'll protect you.'
'Thank you, little brother.'
Shen Qingqing smiled with relief, then saw Chenchen take out another painting.
There were four people in this painting.
Shen Qingqing, Fu Jingshu, Chenchen, and Shen Jinxi.
It was a family portrait.
Looking at the warm scene in the painting, Shen Qingqing's heart also warmed, 'Why did you think of painting a family portrait?'
'I feel like we don't have any photos together,' Chenchen said softly.
As he said that, Shen Qingqing remembered. She and Fu Jingshu each had photos with the two children, but the four of them had never had a photo taken together.
She thought for a moment and said, 'Then let's go take a family photo in a few days?'
'Okay.'
Shen Jinxi was the first to agree, 'I haven't taken a photo with Daddy yet.'
Chenchen said, 'I haven't taken a photo with Mommy yet.'
The two boys looked at each other, both feeling a bit pathetic.
Shen Qingqing hugged Chenchen and kissed him.
Shen Jinxi, who was nearby, immediately protested, 'Why did Mommy only kiss him and not me? Mommy is clearly getting more biased now.'
Seeing his little mouth pouting so much it could hang a bottle, Shen Qingqing felt a bit helpless and quickly kissed him. Only then did Shen Jinxi show a satisfied smile.
In the early morning, Shen Qingqing received a phone call.
It was Officer Wang. 'We've caught the kidnapper who took the child. Do you want to come to the police station to see?'"