After divorcing the mute girl, President Gu knelt down and begged for reconciliation.

Chapter 169 No Appetite
"I won't apologize, I won't!"

One of the little boys took several steps back, raising his voice several decibels.

The parent frowned: "Don't force me to slap you here, apologize now!"

The little boy looked at his mother, who was standing silently to the side, tears still in his eyes: "Mom, I don't want to apologize, I don't want to!"

"You said it yourself, she was born to a mute, and she might remain a mute in the future..."

"I don't want to play with children born to mute parents, or I'll become a little mute too."

These words were like a thunderbolt from the blue.

A calm look flashed in Song Jin'an's eyes, and everyone else was stunned, especially the boy's father, whose palms were sweating.

The mother of the little boy with the injured eye immediately covered her child's mouth, afraid that he would say something shocking.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The little boy's father immediately slapped him across the face, the slap landing squarely on his cheek.

Although his mother felt sorry for him, she could only hold the child tightly because of her husband's murderous look in his eyes: "Why are you hitting the child? He's still young and doesn't understand anything."

The little boy who was slapped immediately burst into tears.

She burst into tears right away!
"My dad hit me. My dad actually hit me for someone else's sake..."

"Mommy, I don't want Daddy anymore! I don't want Daddy anymore!"

"I want Uncle Hao to be my dad!"

After the last sentence was uttered, everyone fell silent once again.

It goes without saying who this Uncle Hao is.

The little boy's father was so angry that his face turned blue and purple. He immediately roared, "You actually cheated on me with another man!"

He rushed forward and slapped his wife's face several times, and the situation quickly spiraled out of control.

Those around them pulled them apart, saying, "Let's talk this out. What kind of person hits a woman?"

"If your woman cheated on you, I bet you'd beat her even harder than I did!" Those around: "..."

The incident ended with one of them running out with the child and the other chasing after them, leaving Song Jin'an completely bewildered.

The parents who had just been shouting together immediately fell silent, picked up their children and stepped forward: "Xiao Xuan, apologize to Tangtang. You didn't mean it just now, right?"

The boy's mother took him aside and lectured him for a while.

The little boy still had tears in his eyes and pouted, "I'm sorry, Tangtang, I shouldn't have taken your toy. I was wrong."

Although he said it reluctantly, he still apologized.

They are all grandchildren of wealthy and powerful families in Haicheng, so they still have a bit of affection for each other when they meet.

So as long as you apologize, it doesn't necessarily have to escalate into something really ugly.

Song Jin'an understood this principle. The little boy cried and apologized, and then Gu Xijue had Gu Hetang say it was okay, and the matter came to an end.

Presumably feeling ashamed, the boy's parents made up an excuse and quickly left the scene.

They were terrified that their son might blurt out some shocking, innocent remark.

Song Jin'an reached out and patted Gu Hetang's head, signaling her to relax and play here.

What had just happened became a minor incident, and no one whispered or pointed fingers behind Song Jin'an's back, or even mentioned that she was mute.

The matter seemed to have been swept under the rug.

Song Jin'an watched all of this coldly; she had always known what people outside were saying about her.

She didn't join in the conversation anymore, but instead kept Gu Hetang company by herself until Gu Xijue brought over various kinds of grilled barbecue.

Standing next to Song Jin'an, she frowned slightly and gestured with her hand.

—I don't have much of an appetite and don't want to eat.