The person Xiaoxing was looking for was no longer there.
"Xiao Xing, the signal is not very good where your mother goes. She hasn't called us for a long time. Xiao Xing lives here first and learns painting from Aunt Cheng Shu. I look forward to your painting.
Now, your mother should be back soon." Seeing that Qi Zeyun's mood was almost unbearable, Cheng Shu stepped forward and said to Xiao Xing.
Xiaoxing turned to look at Cheng Shu and asked seriously: "Really? When I learn how to draw well, will my mother come back?"
"Yeah, Aunt Cheng Shu won't lie to you." Cheng Shu also squatted down in front of him and smiled at him.
Xiaoxing lowered his eyes, and after thinking for a while, he nodded obediently: "Okay, then I will learn to draw."
"Xiao Xing is so good." Cheng Shu gave him a thumbs up.
"Xiao Xing, I'll ask the chef to make you something to eat. What do you want to eat?" Qi Zeyun was afraid of continuing the topic, so he changed the topic first.
"I..." Before Xiaoxing could give an answer, Cheng Shu suggested: "Let your Uncle Qi cook you something to eat, okay?"
Qi Zeyun raised his eyes and glanced at Cheng Shu. He did not expect Cheng Shu to say this.
However, it can be seen that Cheng Shu really has no hostility towards Xiao Xing.
She even hoped that his relationship with Xiaoxing would become better and closer.
"Is that okay?" Xiaoxing looked at Qi Zeyun cautiously.
Originally, Xiaoxing's personality was quite lively, but after being imprisoned for such a period of time, his temperament seemed to have changed a bit and he became cautious.
"Of course." Qi Zeyun replied without hesitation.
"Your Uncle Qi's cooking skills are very good. However, when your Uncle Qi is not free, I will cook for you." Cheng Shu said with a smile.
The first smile of the day finally appeared on Xiaoxing's face.
He smiled and nodded: "Okay."
However, halfway through the meal, Xiaoxing fell asleep on the table.
"He probably hasn't had a good night's sleep during this period." Qi Zeyun looked at Xiao Xing beside him with distress.
Of course, in addition to being distressed, I also feel deep self-blame.
During the time when he forcibly locked up Xiaoxing for his own purposes, what he did was nothing human!
"Then you can take him to the room upstairs to rest first," Cheng Shu said.
After Qi Zeyun nodded lightly, he stood up and hugged Xiao Xing.
Cheng Shu followed closely: "I have asked the servants to clean up the guest room."
"Okay." Qi Zeyun went straight to the guest room.
After placing Xiaoxing on the bed, Qi Zeyun turned to look at Cheng Shu and said, "Thank you."
Cheng Shu was confused when he said this: "How do you say thank you to me?"
"Thank you for cooperating with me in acting in front of Xiaoxing, and thank you for being kind to this child." Qi Zeyun said sincerely.
Cheng Shu couldn't help but look at Xiao Xing on the bed: "Speaking of which, don't I owe him something? If I hadn't let Yu Lu leave the mental hospital, maybe she wouldn't have..."
"Let's not talk about things that have passed." Qi Zeyun signaled to Cheng Shu with his eyes, and then the two of them left the room one after another.
"From now on, Xiaoxing will live here. I want to take care of him and fulfill some of my responsibilities." Qi Zeyun looked at Cheng Shu with a somewhat tentative look in his eyes.
Cheng Shu also understood what he meant.
She immediately said: "This should have been his home."
"Would you... mind?" Qi Zeyun was worried about this.
"I said, this is his home. So, no one will mind if he lives here."
"This is also your home and your child's home. I hope you can always live here." Qi Zeyun looked at her sincerely.
"I have no plans to leave in the short term." After Cheng Shu said these words, he turned around and walked away.
There are still so many things to deal with, how can she really get away and leave?
Moreover, Xiaoxing's current mental state is actually very bad.
She couldn't worry about the child either.
When Qi Zeyun heard her words, he felt relieved from the bottom of his heart.
No matter how long she meant by a short period of time, as long as she was still willing to stay by his side, it didn't matter how long it took.
…
Villa on the mountain.
Cheng Zijing sent the express delivery to Qi Youhan.
But what was in that express delivery was not the child of Qi Youhan and Shen Nianan.
Last night, he prepared all the tools and tied Shen Nian'an to the bed, waiting to take out the child.
Shen Nian'an screamed at him in despair.
She cursed a lot.
Later, he began to desperately beg for mercy.
He thought she was noisy, so he blocked her mouth with a piece of cloth to prevent her from making any more noise.
Finally, it was quiet.
He picked up the scalpel on the side and wanted to cut open Shen Nian'an's stomach.
But the moment he saw her belly, he froze on the spot.
There is an obvious scar on Shen Nian'an's lower abdomen.
It can be seen that this scar has been there for many years.
But because the wound was so deep, the marks are still very deep even after many years.
Why...why is there such a scar on Shen Nian'an's belly?
Cheng Zijing shook his head and kept rejecting the ridiculous ideas that came to his mind.
"It's impossible. The little girl who saved me back then should be Xu Qinglin."
The reason why he thought it was Xu Qinglin was because many years ago, during swimming lessons at school, everyone was wearing swimsuits and swimming trunks.
He noticed the scar on Xu Qinglin's lower abdomen at a glance.
That scar pulled out all his memories of that year.
Back then, someone kidnapped him in order to take revenge on his father.
He was beaten to death because he tried to escape, and he almost lost consciousness.
Therefore, he did not see clearly who the little girl who saved him that day was.
All he saw was that the little girl was stabbed by the kidnapper.
Fortunately, the police car arrived in time.
Both he and the little girl were sent to the hospital.
However, when he woke up and wanted to see the little girl, the hospital informed him that the little girl had been taken back by her family.
Because he had not gone through the admission procedures, he didn't even know the little girl's name.
When he saw the scar on Xu Qinglin's lower abdomen, he wondered, could she be that little girl?
Later, he asked Xu Qinglin, and Xu Qinglin said that the scar was left when she acted bravely.
He didn't ask about the specific situation.
But he determined that Xu Qinglin should be that little girl.
Regardless of her age, the location of the scar, or what she said about being brave, it all matches up.