"You're quite clever," Officer Wang said with a smile, glancing at her. Three days was the final deadline for detaining Madam Gao, and he had other matters to attend to, so he didn't linger before turning to leave.
Shen Qingqing and Ke Lin also left the police station. As they stepped out, the evening breeze brushed against their faces. She stretched lazily. "Take me back, and then you should go rest too."
"Miss Shen..."
Before Ke Lin could finish speaking, he saw Wu Chunhua chasing after them. He frowned slightly and blocked Wu Chunhua.
Wu Chunhua stepped past him to face Shen Qingqing. "Miss Shen, I've come to apologize. It was my fault, I shouldn't have treated you like that!"
Shen Qingqing remained with her back to her.
A flicker of disappointment crossed Wu Chunhua's eyes, but she knew she had gone too far. It was only right for the other party to be angry. "Miss Shen, please give me another chance. I will definitely prove to you that I won't make the same mistake again! This time, I was truly muddled. Madam Gao threatened me, and I had no choice!"
"What did she say?" Shen Qingqing turned to look at her.
"She said that if I didn't do as she said, she would blacklist me from my career."
"I said I would guarantee your job."
Wu Chunhua gave a bitter smile. "But I can't always rely on you. I need to have my own job, a stable career, so I can support my younger brother and parents."
She had too many burdens, which was why she had to act against her conscience.
"Then why have you suddenly come to your senses?" Shen Qingqing asked.
Wu Chunhua took a deep breath and said, "Miss Shen, I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me. I haven't come to my senses. I still don't feel like I did wrong. For my brother, for my parents, I could only do this. However, I know you are my savior, and my brother's savior. I cannot betray you any further. If I did, my brother would definitely not agree if he knew."
Her brother had said more than once that when he met this kind benefactor who donated money, he would thank her properly.
And here she was, having already met her, yet remaining oblivious.
Shen Qingqing glanced at her and turned to leave.
Ke Lin followed closely behind.
Wu Chunhua, left alone at the scene, felt a chill run through her from that one glance.
After getting into the car, Ke Lin started the engine and looked in the rearview mirror. "Miss Shen, are you really not going to continue sponsoring?"
"Since she treated me like that, if I continue to sponsor her, wouldn't I be making a fool of myself?" Shen Qingqing glanced at him, her eyes filled with sarcasm.
Ke Lin paused. "You're right, Miss Shen. I'll stop the sponsorship for now."
"Mmm," Shen Qingqing said impatiently. "Don't bother me with this again. From now on, don't sponsor people like this who don't know their place."
"...Yes."
It seemed Miss Shen was truly angry this time.
When she returned home, Shen Qingqing told Fu Jingshu about the incident.
Fu Jingshu's expression immediately turned cold. "That punishment was too light."
Shen Qingqing wasn't surprised by his response. She walked around behind him and hugged his neck. "This is too light? I thought it was already too harsh. Her brother needs my help. Without my sponsorship, her brother will be ruined."
"She bullied you, she deserves it."
The fate of others, to Fu Jingshu, was truly not very important.
"That's her own doing."
Fu Jingshu pulled his wife into his arms, placing her hands on his neck. He looked down at her, his gaze sweeping from top to bottom, and said softly, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't not want to. It was just sudden, and I handled it first. I probably resolved it at the police station. If I had called you to come, it would have been overkill."
She didn't want him to be upset again and quickly explained.
Fu Jingshu's deep eyes stared at her for a while before he suddenly smiled. "I'm not angry, don't worry."
Shen Qingqing rolled her eyes at him. "You say you're not angry now, but you weren't like this before. You even said I looked down on you and wanted me to prepare a candlelight dinner to appease you..."
Fu Jingshu's lips curved upward. "You are my wife. If I'm angry, and you appease me, isn't that normal?"
"Then, by that logic, you appeasing me is also normal." Shen Qingqing deliberately picked a fight.
"Yes, you're right."
The man appeased her very patiently.
After some playful banter, Shen Qingqing got down to business. "Madam Gao is in police custody. She can't obstruct me for at least three days. I plan to go find Gao Xu."
"I'll go with you."
Fu Jingshu said without hesitation.
Shen Qingqing's eyes sparkled with a smile. "Okay, let's go together."
They spent a sweet night together.
The next morning, Shen Qingqing and Fu Jingshu went for a walk. After returning, she had breakfast with the two children, spoke with Mrs. Fu and Fu Tingsheng, and then they went out.
The Gao family.
The Gao family was currently without a leader. Mr. Gao was on a business trip. After signing the contract with Shen Qingqing, he went to another city for inspection.
Madam Gao was also not at home.
Only Gao Xu remained.
When Shen Qingqing arrived, a servant opened the door. The moment the servant saw her, they tried to close it.
Shen Qingqing quickly stopped them.
The servant looked distressed. "Miss Shen, I saw you last time. Madam forbade you from entering. Even though Madam isn't back yet, I still can't let you in."
Shen Qingqing said, "She won't be back for a while, and your master and I are business partners..."
"I'm sorry, I cannot let you in."
After saying that, the servant closed the door.
Shen Qingqing was speechless for a moment, staring at the door. She turned to look at Fu Jingshu, whose expression was as indifferent as ever. "I'll have Gao Yong come back."
Gao Yong was Gao Jian's father.
Shen Qingqing tilted her head. "You know him?"
"Not very well."
As Fu Jingshu spoke, he dialed a phone number, Gao Yong's number. He didn't say much, just introduced himself and then said one sentence.
"I'm at your doorstep."
Then he hung up the phone.
Shen Qingqing blinked. "That's it?"
"Mmm."
Fu Jingshu put away his phone, looked at the sun, and led her to the shade of the dense tree branches to avoid the sun. The weather was already starting to warm up gradually.
High noon was always when the sun was at its strongest.
He frowned slightly. "We should have come in the afternoon."
Shen Qingqing didn't mind much. "It's okay, basking in the sun is quite pleasant."
They waited for less than ten minutes when a black car stopped by the roadside. Shen Qingqing saw the middle-aged man who got out of the car was indeed Gao Yong.
The moment he saw Fu Jingshu and Shen Qingqing, he immediately walked over.
"I'm sorry, there was traffic, so I'm a little late. Why are you standing outside? Please come in!"
Shen Qingqing said with a half-smile, "I would love to come in, but the threshold of your house has been raised too high, and I really can't get in. So, reluctantly, I had to wait outside."