After hanging up the phone, Qin Gengxin walked out of the house. He knew the way from the airport to the ancient city, and before his mother met Xian Guiying, he had to shift her attention away first. If his mother had known about what had happened between him and Xian Guiying, then the Qin Family's Second World War would probably have erupted.
"Grandma, today, the kindergarten teacher taught us to draw chickens and geese. The geese I drew were appreciated by the teacher." Qin Wenqian was climbing the stairs, panting as she spoke to the nanny beside her.
Just then, Qin Gengxin walked downstairs. Qin Wenqian raised her head and saw him. Immediately, like a reflex, she ran behind the nanny, hugging her leg.
Her attitude was definitely equivalent to Xian Guiying's attitude. More painful than the feeling of stabbing his heart with a knife.
Qin Gengxin's footsteps stopped. He looked at his daughter, who was hiding behind the nanny's legs. He just looked at her with a gentle look, knowing that the child didn't want to see him.
Qin Wenqian looked away, avoiding his gaze. The nanny knew that the child was afraid of him, so she picked up Qin Wenqian, nodded politely to Qin Gengxin, and rushed upstairs.
Qin Gengxin looked at Qin Wenqian, who was lying on the nanny's shoulder. "Qianqian, you don't want daddy anymore, do you?"
Qin Wenqian immediately turned her head to the side and buried her face in the nanny's neck, ignoring him.
Qin Gengxin smiled bitterly. If it wasn't because he was afraid of disturbing the child, if it wasn't because of his consideration of her daughter's body and health, how could he possibly approach her step by step like this? In fact, the most direct method was to take the child away. As long as the father and the daughter were together, as long as Qin Wenqian was by his side, as long as he strives, the child will surely accept him.
However, once Qin Wenqian left Xian Guiying, the situation would get worse. If he used the method of coercion, then he would actually be sentenced to death. If he did that, he would never be able to see the mother and daughter pair again.
Because Qin Gengxin understood Xian Guiying very well, he could only slowly soften their hearts step by step. However, how exactly he will break down the wall in Xian Guiying's heart, no one knows.
How could he make his daughter, who was reluctant to recognize him, could happily call him "daddy' again, no one knows.
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Mrs. Qin had long suspected that her son, who was smarter than a monkey, would go and intercept her. She had told the driver to change routes and entered the ancient city from the train station long ago.
Having successfully intercepted Qin Gengxin, Mrs. Qin proceeded to the location shown in the photo and asked for directions to the ancient city. She knew that the place in the photo was on Square Street, so she walked towards the place under the local's guidance.
When she found the knitwear shop, Mrs. Qin held up the photo and compared the shop to the one in the photo. When she finally confirmed it, she put the photo in her hand down and suddenly saw a handsome man standing on a high stool with a hammer. He removed the decorative door lamp at the front of the shop and replaced it with a new one.
Mrs. Qin was stunned to see the man. Xian Guiying immediately brought water to wash his hands and then used a wet towel to wipe the sweat from the side of his face. Mrs. Qin narrowed her eyes and walked briskly.
"Xian Guiying, what are you doing?!"
The door lamp that broke not long ago was finally replaced by Wei Zhengsheng. The weather today was very hot, so Xian Guiying helped him wipe the sweat to prevent it from falling on his clothes. The sudden voice behind her made her instinctively turn around.
Mrs. Qin's face was cold when she saw her daughter-in-law so close to another man.
The word "mom" stuck in Xian Guiying's throat. She didn't expect Mrs. Qin to suddenly appear here, so she was shocked.
When she realized what Mrs. Qin saw, Xian Guiying's expression turned so pale that she immediately released her hand from Wei Zhengsheng's face. She stepped back and looked at Mrs. Qin. After hesitation, she said, "Mom."
After all, she hadn't really divorced. Thinking about her actions just now, she was actually just cleaning his sweat. However, in Mrs. Qin's eyes, it's still possible she misunderstood.
Xian Guiying didn't think Mrs. Qin would be here no matter what. When Xian Guiying called "mom", even though Wei Zhengsheng had never seen Mrs. Qin before, he could tell roughly from her expression about her identity.
He put the hammer in his hand and wiped his face with a towel. Xian Guiying looked at him and they understood each other secretly.
"Xian Guiying! What do you mean by this?" Mrs. Qin wanted a face, so she walked inside the shop quickly but lowered her voice to a whisper.
The shouts from before had caught the attention of the surrounding hawkers. After all, in this era, everyone loves to watch gossip.
In the past half month, Xian Guiying's shop had been bustling with handsome men coming and going. Everyone had been whispering to each other for some time now, but they have never said it out loud in the open.
At this moment, this woman who looked like Xian Guiying's mother or mother-in-law suddenly appeared and her presence made everyone glance at her.
Xian Guiying was magnanimous in front of Qin Gengxin and Wei Zhengsheng, but when facing her mother-in-law, even if she was magnanimous, she still understood what kind of woman she was in the eyes of this old woman.
"Mrs. Qin." Before Xian Guiying could speak, Wei Zhengsheng stretched out his hand towards her and greeted, "Hello, I'm Wei Zhengsheng."
"Wei Zhengsheng?"
The anger in Mrs. Qin's eyes still hadn't faded, and in the blink of an eye, she stared at him coldly. Still, there was a bit of disbelief in her voice. "Are you the CEO of Xian Enterprise owned by Xian Zihao?"
"It's me." Wei Zhengsheng smiled faintly.
Qin Corporation was created by Mrs. Qin's husband, Qin Xiaowen. Although he gave the company to Qin Gengxin, he still often read the business magazines and business news. Mrs. Qin often saw some business news on the side, so she naturally knew that Wei Zhengsheng was the current head of Xian's after Xian Zihao and Xian Guiying.
Because of this, Mrs. Qin felt that perhaps Xian Guiying's relationship with Wei Zhengsheng was not as bad as she had imagined. Her eyes narrowed before she looked at Xian Guiying coldly. "Guiying, what exactly had happened?"
The question covered many things.
Why was Xian Guiying in Wuyuan?
Why did her son come here?
Why did Xian Guiying open a shop here and why was she and Wei Zhengsheng so close?
"Mom." Not to mention what the Old Woman had done to her, Xian Guiying had never officially entered the Qin Family Residence before. After being married to Qin Gengxin, she never felt that she was the daughter-in-law of the Qin Family.
However, due to her politeness, she still had to call Mrs. Qin' mom'. If she didn't, it would only make Mrs. Qin angrier, and the incident would develop to an unimaginable extent because of Mrs. Qin's interference.
"Please sit down." Xian Guiying went to the storeroom and brought a chair with her before signaling Mrs. Qin to sit down.
Mrs. Qin looked at the hawkers around who were looking in this direction and turned her gaze towards them. Although she didn't know the situation and didn't know what Xian Guiying was doing, she hated the attitude of these people who spent their days hoping to meddle other people's problems so that they could spread gossip.
She frowned as she looked inside the shop. She could not imagine that the daughter of the Xian Family would be able to survive in such a cramped shop.
"Please sit down." Wei Zhengsheng poured a cup of water and gave it to Mrs. Qin.
Mrs. Qin glanced at him but did not accept the cup of water. Instead, she turned and looked at Xian Guiying. "I'm not going to sit down, Guiying. You'd better give me a reasonable explanation for what happened a moment ago, otherwise I won't recognize you and kick you out of the Qin Family!"
