After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Lan Yujuan had already learned about the situation last night:

The fetal heartbeat has stopped, and surgery must be performed as soon as possible.

Seeing that Qin Shuyi was emotionally out of control and had clearly misunderstood, she quickly stepped forward, hugged her, and forcibly pulled her aside, away from the operating room door.

"Shuyi, don't get agitated. Things aren't as you think."

"Your mother's surgery today is essential and cannot be affected."

"Listen to me, wait until your mother comes out of the operating room, then you two can have a proper talk, okay?"

Seeing that she had persuaded the person to stop, the other two secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Mo walked straight over, frowning, and said:

"Qin Shuyi, this is a hospital, not the Qin family home!"

"If you keep causing trouble, I'll send you back to school right now, and you won't be seeing your mother today!"

Qin Su, who was sitting not far away, opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing, only letting out a helpless sigh.

Two hours later, Chen Feifei was wheeled out of the operating room and transferred to a VIP ward.

Qin Shuyi sat by the hospital bed, looking at her mother with disheveled hair and a pale face, and tears instantly streamed down her face.

The little girl cried as she gripped Chen Feifei's hand, the one without the IV drip, and said in a trembling voice:

"My hands, why are my hands so cold?"

Chen Feifei turned her head, gazing tenderly at the little girl beside the bed. She raised her hand to touch her cheek and said in a hoarse voice:

"It's okay, everyone is like this after surgery."

"Just take it home and rest, and you'll be fine."

The more Chen Feifei said this, the sadder the girl became, and she lay by the bedside, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Mom, I'm sorry!"

"I shouldn't have argued with you yesterday afternoon!"

"Actually, it's not that I didn't want younger siblings, it's just that it was all so sudden."

"Everything was fine when school started, but then you guys suddenly told me that I'm going to have a younger brother or sister soon, and I just... wasn't mentally prepared."

"I never expected things to turn out this way..."

The little girl really couldn't understand it; everything was fine yesterday.

She finally convinced herself to accept the new siblings who appeared out of nowhere, but how come they disappeared again after only one night?

Chen Feifei looked at her daughter by the bedside, a hint of pain flashing in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it.

Chen Feifei took the tissue handed to her and gently wiped Qin Shuyi's face, coaxing her softly:

"Shuyi, don't overthink it."

"Your argument with your mother is a matter between us. The little one left because he wasn't meant to be with our family."

As she spoke, Chen Feifei's own eyes reddened.

"Actually, I've known for a long time that fate is something you can't force."

"Mom and Dad are getting old and their bodies are no longer suitable for raising a healthy little one."

"For more than a month, we tried many methods to forcefully keep this little life."

"But sometimes, you really have to believe in fate..."

Chen Feifei wiped her eyes, clearly not wanting to bring up the matter again.

So she turned to look at Chen Mo and gently scolded him:

"Chen Mo, didn't I tell you last night to take Shuyi directly to school?"

"At this stage, she should prioritize her studies."

"Why did you bring her to the hospital? It won't change anything, and it will only affect her mood and interfere with her studies."

Chen Mo stood backlit by the window, looking down at his phone as he gave a cool reply:

"Don't you know what kind of person your daughter is?"

"I told her not to come, but she insisted on coming anyway."

"Besides, all her little thoughts are now focused on Xu's fitness routine. With her bottom-of-the-class grades, how could she possibly have any impact?"

"I studied with my feet and still got better grades than her."

Hearing this, Lan Yujuan, who was standing nearby, quickly nudged him and whispered, glaring at him:

"Speak properly!"

At the bedside, Qin Shuyi, who had just been crying miserably, blushed instantly when she heard Chen Mo mocking her like that.

"Uncle, don't look down on me!"

"My grades were at the bottom before because I didn't study physics."

"If I work as hard as others, my grades might not be worse!"

Chen Mo glanced up at the other person, raised an eyebrow, and gave a meaningful look.

"Oh, really?"

"Then I advise you not to bother trying, so as not to waste your energy."

"Your grades are at the bottom right now, and people will still try to appease you, saying you're just not working hard enough."

"But if you study hard and still end up at the bottom of the class, then your intelligence will be exposed..."

Just then, Qin Su, who had been talking to the doctor at the door, pushed open the slightly ajar door and walked in.

Hearing Chen Mo's words, she immediately frowned and glared at him:

"Shuyi is so disobedient, you're half responsible!"

"You're so much older than her, yet you haven't set a good example at all."

Chen Mo's face immediately turned cold, and he sneered, "You only gave birth to children but didn't raise them, and you have the nerve to blame me?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Su immediately retorted, "At least I had a child. What about you? Go ahead and have one if you dare!"

"When I was your age, Shuyi was already born, and you were thirteen!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo's face immediately darkened, and he said coldly, "You think this is a skill?"

"Alright, alright, then teach her a lesson properly in front of your daughter!"

"Let her see clearly what kind of person her own father really is!"

"You were 17 back then, and she's 17 now!"

"Perfect timing! You should teach her how she got someone pregnant back then, forcing them to drop out of high school and leave for a foreign country alone while heavily pregnant!"

Qin Su was furious. Before anyone could react, he rushed up and slapped Chen Mo across the face.

"You unfilial son!"

Chen Mo just stared at him with cold eyes, neither dodging nor flinching.

Before Lan Yujuan could even process what was happening, her body instinctively pulled Chen Mo aside and stood in front of him.

Unfortunately, he was a beat too slow. Qin Su realized something was wrong and quickly stopped.

Even with half the force reduced, the slap still grazed Lan Yujuan's head.

"Ouch."

"Are you alright?" Chen Mo quickly pulled the person aside to check on them, his eyes filled with heartache.

Qin Su, who accidentally hit the wrong person, stood by helplessly.

Not far away, Qin Shuyi, sitting on the edge of the bed, seemed to have her head tied in a knot, listening in a fog.

She couldn't quite understand why her father and uncle were arguing.

"Uncle, who was that person you were talking about?" Qin Shuyi couldn't help but ask.

At this moment, Chen Feifei, lying on the hospital bed, became even paler with anger.

With a wave of her hand, she knocked everything on the bedside table to the floor.

"Get out! All of you, get out!"

"They're all arguing all the time, it's so annoying!"

After saying that, he reached out and pulled the blanket over his face, trying to avoid seeing it.

Upon seeing this, Qin Su's expression immediately softened by more than half, and he quickly went to the bedside to pick up his belongings.

As he picked up the things, he didn't forget to glare at Chen Mo:

"What are you waiting for? Get out of here!"

Chen Feifei threw off the covers, revealing half her head, and grabbed a pillow from the side, throwing it at Qin Su.

"You talk too much, get out!"

Qin Su took the pillow and quietly put it back on the bed, saying gently and considerately:

"I'm leaving. I'll leave right away after I pick up my things."

Chen Mo rolled his eyes. He was annoyed by that annoying face and immediately took Lan Yujuan's hand and strode out of the ward.

Qin Shuyi had many more things she wanted to ask, but she kept them to herself.

Before he could even open his mouth, Qin Su swept a glance at him, which immediately startled him.

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"

"You have one month. No matter what method you use, get into the top 100 in the entire grade!"

"Otherwise, every time that brat Xu Jian skips school to sing at a bar, I'll investigate until he's shut down!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Shuyi was immediately furious.

"Dad! It was clearly my uncle who upset you, Xu Jian and I didn't do anything to you, why are you taking it out on us?"

Qin Su immediately put one hand on his hip, pointed at Qin Shuyi's nose, and cursed:

"You dare mention him to me?"

"That unfilial brat has been disobedient and disrespectful to me; you've certainly learned it perfectly!"

"His grades are so good, why don't you try to learn from him?"

"Even if you don't compare yourself to Chen Mo, look at Yu Juan!"

"She's only nine years older than you, a graduate of a prestigious university, well-educated and reasonable! She's dedicated to raising children, writing novels and screenplays, and running her own business!"

"And you?"

"If you continue like this, what kind of person do you want to become? What kind of person can you become?"

"At least Xu Jian managed to get a university degree! If you keep going like this, you probably won't even get a foot in the door of a domestic university!"