The entire room fell silent.
Lu Wan Ying clutched her knee and glared at Shen Jin Xi. He merely offered an innocent smile. "I was helping you all. I saw your legs looked very stiff, you should thank me."
"Wow, Mommy, I'm in so much pain..."
Nu Nu's crying erupted.
Lu Wan Ying claimed to apologize, but she had no intention of kneeling, especially to Shen Qing Qing, which felt like a deep humiliation. She couldn't help but lash out, "How could you hit us?"
Shen Qing Qing said slowly, "An apology requires sincerity."
Lu Wan Ying instinctively looked at Fu Jing Shu, disbelieving he would allow children to hit people. But meeting her gaze, Fu Jing Shu calmly looked up. "Weren't you here to apologize?"
His words left her speechless. Seeing that he wasn't siding with her at all, as if he had completely forgotten everything she had sacrificed for him in the past, she pleaded, "Jing Shu, you..."
Before she could finish, tears streamed down her face.
Fu Jing Shu indifferently turned his gaze away.
Lu Wan Ying's heart grew cold.
She suddenly realized something. Since her return, she had cried so much. At first, he would feel guilty, but now he could remain unmoved.
Shen Jin Xi was very satisfied with his father's behavior. "Daddy, did I do right?"
"Mm."
This "mm" was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Lu Wan Ying could not utter angry words, but thinking of her purpose for coming, she gritted her teeth and endured.
"Jing Shu, we have also knelt. Can you forgive us now?"
Fu Jing Shu looked at Chen Chen in his arms. The implication was clear: whether to forgive or not, it was not up to him, but up to Chen Chen. Chen Chen received his father's gaze and glanced at Lu Wan Ying and her daughter.
In fact, he hadn't spared them a glance since they entered.
Now, his gaze was as indifferent as a passing breeze, as if he hadn't seen them at all. "I'll listen to Mommy."
Thus, the decision-making power was handed over to Shen Qing Qing.
Although Lu Wan Ying was unwilling, she dared not cause more trouble. Suppressing her humiliation, she said, "Miss Shen, please forgive us. We have both knelt for you. If you are still angry, do you really want us to commit suicide to atone?"
Nu Nu, upon hearing about suicide, panicked even more and cried buckets.
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to her at this moment.
Fu Jing Shu, who had been tormented by the little puppy all night, now had a headache from the child's cries. Frowning, he cast a look over.
Nu Nu's crying slowly subsided.
"You can leave now." Shen Qing Qing would not forgive them, but she would not make things difficult for them either. The punishment was enough. She glanced at her watch, remembering that the children hadn't had breakfast yet, and called out to Fu Jing Shu, "Go tidy up, and come down for breakfast."
"Okay."
Fu Jing Shu placed the two children on the sofa and went into the bathroom.
Shen Qing Qing also went into the bedroom to change clothes. She was still in her pajamas.
Both of them assumed the mother and daughter would leave, especially since they had been asked to go. Who knew that Lu Wan Ying, seeing Shen Jin Xi and Chen Chen on the sofa, started scheming again.
She glanced at Nu Nu.
Nu Nu wiped her tears and was about to speak when she saw a white fluff move in Chen Chen's arms. Her eyes widened, and she quickly realized it was a puppy!
A very cute puppy.
She wanted it.
"Brother Chen Chen, can you give it to me? It's so cute, I really like it," she cooed sweetly.
Shen Jin Xi nudged the puppy closer to his brother. "No."
Nu Nu's expression darkened. She whispered, "I wasn't asking you, I was asking Brother Chen Chen. Brother Chen Chen, I apologize. I was wrong before, I misjudged you. Mommy also told me off. I really like you, and I sincerely consider you my brother."
Chen Chen didn't even look at her.
Shen Jin Xi gave her a scornful look. "My brother isn't an idiot."
Nu Nu became a little anxious. The more they refused to give it to her, the more she wanted it. Her eyes darted around, and she pretended to be innocent, asking, "You didn't have a puppy yesterday. Where did it come from?"
No one answered.
She took a step forward, and Shen Jin Xi immediately looked up. "Don't come near us!"
Nu Nu stopped. "Then tell me, where did you get it from?"
Shen Jin Xi frowned. This person was so annoying. "We hate you, can't you tell? We already told you to leave, why aren't you going?"
"If you don't tell me, I won't leave."
She was being unreasonable now, Shen Jin Xi thought indignantly, should he just hit her with his slingshot again?
But he had a valid reason before, and now he didn't.
He reluctantly replied, "We found it on the street."
Nu Nu gasped. She immediately took a step back, looking at the white fluff in Chen Chen's arms with feigned horror. "A stray puppy you found? You can't hold it! It needs vaccinations and deworming, otherwise it will have parasites and viruses!"
Chen Chen's head moved slightly.
Nu Nu continued to scare him. "Viruses can infect people, and then you'll get sick!"
Chen Chen's hand stroking the puppy paused, and he slowly looked up. "Really?"
He wasn't afraid, but he couldn't let it infect his Daddy, Mommy, and younger brother.
"Really!" Nu Nu's eyes lit up. She marveled at how easily he was fooled, but her face became even more sincere. "Brother Chen Chen, give it to me. I'll ask Mommy to take it for a shot. After it's healthy, you can have it back."
Chen Chen looked at the puppy without speaking.
He remembered that the puppy had slept with his Daddy yesterday, and his face turned pale.
Shen Jin Xi, listening beside him, couldn't stand it anymore. "Do you think we're all idiots?"
"What are you saying..."
"Vaccinations, check-ups, my Mommy can do that too. Why do you need your Mommy to take it?" Shen Jin Xi disliked someone this much for the first time, openly showing his disgust. "Stop trying to fool my brother!"
Just then, his gaze fell on something on the floor next to the sofa, and he had an idea.
Nu Nu said with a wronged expression, "I'm not. I'm really doing this for your own good. Stray dogs can't be held casually. They need to be checked for illness. I'm just being kind."
"Chen Chen, Nu Nu is truly kind."
Lu Wan Ying also chimed in. She was beautiful and her voice was gentle, and when she deliberately coaxed, she was very persuasive.
But the next second, a dark, muddy lump was thrown onto Nu Nu's princess dress.
She instinctively looked down and saw a lump of dog poop that had also soiled her beautiful princess dress. She immediately screamed and threw herself into her mother's arms.
However, Lu Wan Ying also found the dog poop disgusting. She pushed Nu Nu's shoulders away, preventing her from getting closer, and roared, "Shen Jin Xi!"
Having done the deed, Shen Jin Xi clapped his hands triumphantly, throwing away the tissue he had used to wrap the dog poop. "Serves you right! Who told you not to leave? I just hate people who pester!"
"Mommy, Mommy, my dress is dirty!"
Nu Nu had no interest in anything else. She cried, her snot and tears flowing.
Lu Wan Ying had no choice but to take her and leave.
But she was unwilling. She had come, she had knelt, she had gotten dog poop on herself, and yet she hadn't gained anything. She couldn't even take Fu Jing Shu back. So, when she returned to the Fu family and Fang Ruo asked about the situation, she told the truth, adding fuel to the fire, crying with tear-filled eyes, looking pitiful.
Fang Ruo believed her and said angrily, "These two children have really been taught badly. And Jing Shu, why is he going along with this nonsense? I'll call him right now!"