Chapter 176: A Child is a Mother's Bottom Line

Gu Tingyan pursed his lips, sat on the sofa, and told her everything.

Qin Shu looked at him in disbelief, trembling all over with rage; she walked over and slapped Gu Tingyan hard across the face!

Qin Shu's eyes turned red, her voice trembling slightly: "You aren't fit to be his father!"

Gu Tingyan looked at her with bloodshot eyes: "I'm sorry, Huahua, it's my fault for not taking good care of our son."

"Back then, every time I saw him, I couldn't help but think of you."

The man's voice was hoarse and trembling; after losing Qin Shu, he had been in a state of withdrawal, and his condition had been terrible every single day.

If not for Lu Ziqian and A Zhong holding Gu Tingyan back, I'm afraid... Gu Tingyan would have followed Qin Shu to the grave back then.

He could only keep finding things to do, keeping himself busy, so busy that he could only see Chenchen once a year.

That was only for those two days during the Lunar New Year; after staying for a short while, Gu Tingyan would go abroad again.

Lin Jingshu had always been good to Gu Yichen and was very fond of him; she was harsh to Qin Shu, but she would never be that way to Gu Yichen, because he was her eldest grandson.

With Gu Laoyezi in the Gu Family, Gu Yichen's status was that of the Gu Family's little Crown Prince; who would dare to bully him?

No one dared to bully him.

But she never expected Chu Sheng to be so bold, to be so two-faced, acting so good to Gu Yichen on the surface that others thought she was his biological mother.

Only in unseen corners would she abuse and act meanly toward Gu Yichen, subjecting him to verbal cold violence.

At that time, he was only five years old.

A five-year-old child, threatened by an adult not to tell his family, and constantly being brainwashed that his own mother didn't want him and didn't love him.

Living in such an environment, the only reason Gu Yichen didn't grow up to be a complete villain was that he was too kind.

He would never hurt others; when he was hurt, he would only hide quietly in a corner to lick his wounds.

His personality was not like the Gu family's, nor was it like Qin Shu's; it was unknown who he took after.

He didn't know how to complain to Gu Tingyan or Gu Laoyezi, enduring the pain as if he were resigned to his fate.

He was too well-behaved, so well-behaved that even when he was bullied, he was afraid of worrying his family.

Gu Tingyan also never expected these things to happen, and at the Gu Family Old Residence, no less.

He had underestimated Chu Sheng's shamelessness and overestimated Lin Jingshu's affection for Gu Yichen.

Before, he thought Lin Jingshu didn't love him, but that she loved Chenchen very much.

Later, he finally understood completely: Lin Jingshu didn't love anyone—she didn't love Gu Tingyan, nor did she love the child he had.

What she loved, forever and always, was power and status.

Qin Shu was trembling with rage, wishing she could tear Chu Sheng to pieces; she strode toward the exit. Seeing her come out, Ji Yanli saw her grim expression and felt a jolt of alarm: "What happened?"

Qin Shu's face was terrifyingly cold, radiating a murderous aura; she took Gu Tingyan's keys and got into the car: "Come with me to the Chu Family."

"Bring a dozen bodyguards."

"Alright."

Ji Yanli didn't ask what had happened and immediately called the bodyguards to drive to the Chu Family.

By the time Gu Tingyan chased after them, Qin Shu had already driven away; he pressed his lips together and turned back to the basement to take another car.

Qin Shu's mind was currently flooded with anger; if she went to the Chu Family like this and it was broadcast on the news tomorrow, I'm afraid it would be detrimental to her.

Gu Tingyan was terrified that Qin Shu would act on impulse and do something irreversible.

She loved Gu Yichen; with Chenchen hurt like this, it was absolutely impossible for Qin Shu to stand by and do nothing.

As a mother, seeing her child hurt like this, the only thing she could think of was to drag the other party down with her.

Chu Sheng was still imagining how Qin Shu would die tomorrow when, suddenly, she felt a chill down her back.

She always had a bad premonition.

A loud "Bang!"

Chu Sheng's door was broken open from the outside; looking at the several tall, black-clad bodyguards before her, she snapped sharply: "Who are you people?"

"Do you know what place this is?"

Looking at the fierce-looking bodyguards in front of her, Chu Sheng panicked completely.

Who on earth had such capability? To break directly into their home?

Chu Sheng scanned through everyone she had provoked in her mind; those people were all just a bunch of ants she looked down upon.

They didn't have the guts to enter the Chu Family.

"Who sent you here?" Chu Sheng asked, her face full of anger.

What were the villa guards even doing!

To actually let this group of people break in!

Tomorrow, she would have them all fired; what a bunch of useless trash!

The bodyguards stepped aside, and Chu Sheng saw Qin Shu walking out from the middle.

Seeing Qin Shu appear at the Chu Family in the middle of the night, Chu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then looked at her with angry mockery: "Qin Shu, you bring bodyguards to break in in the middle of the night."

"Do you believe I'll call the police and report you for trespassing?"

Qin Shu sneered, walked over, raised her hand, and slapped Chu Sheng hard across the cheek: "Report it, then. Call the police right now."

"Do you want me to help you call?"

Chu Sheng was a bit dazed by the slap; she hadn't expected Qin Shu to be so discourteous and lay hands on her directly.

Never in her life had Chu Sheng been hit like this!

Chu Sheng screamed like a madwoman: "Ahhhhh! Qin Shu! How dare you hit me!"

Qin Shu walked over and kicked her hard, her eyes colder than ever before, a chill that made one's heart tremble: "I hit you, so what?"

She smiled with contempt and indifference, her gaze like that of an evil spirit crawling out of hell.

Qin Shu had never been a woman who resigned herself to fate.

She is vengeful and holds grudges deep in her heart.

The child she brought into this world through a life-and-death struggle had been tormented by others into such a state.

Thinking of Gu Yichen curled up in the corner of the wall sleeping on the floor, Qin Shu's heart trembled violently, aching severely.

She wished she could tear Chu Sheng before her into pieces!

Chu Sheng was stunned.

She shouted loudly for the villa's bodyguards, yet not a single person responded to her.

Qin Shu looked at her coldly: "No matter how loudly you scream today, no one will come to save you."

Only then did Chu Sheng realize that Qin Shu was for real.

"Qin Shu! Have you gone mad?"

"Do you believe I will go and expose you tomorrow and ruin your reputation!"

"Don't think that just because you are some damn medical genius who researched an Anti-cancer drug, everyone in the world will stand on your side!"

"This is bullying!"

Hearing the word bullying, Qin Shu raised her hand and slapped Chu Sheng across the face!

"Smack!" A crisp slap, making Chu Sheng's head buzz.

Her cheek was beaten bright red, and she lunged at Qin Shu like a madwoman; however, before she could even get close to Qin Shu, she was pressed firmly to the spot by a tall and sturdy bodyguard.

Ji Yanli walked in with a dignified air, raised his foot, and kicked Chu Sheng in the knee, forcing her to kneel before Qin Shu.

Ji Yanli's expression was indifferent: "Kneel."

With a "thud," Chu Sheng knelt before Qin Shu, her expression turning extremely ugly.

She wanted to call the police, but her phone was snatched away by a bodyguard and smashed against the wall.

Qin Shu tilted her head, looking at her with a smile: "I am bullying you, so what?"

Chu Sheng's face turned deathly pale, looking at Qin Shu in disbelief.

"I didn't provoke you, did I?"

"Qin Shu, are you crazy?"

"Do you believe I will leak the surveillance footage!"

Chu Sheng said viciously: "Let the people of the whole country see your true face clearly!"

Qin Shu squatted in front of her, raised her hand, and slapped her again, hitting Chu Sheng until blood appeared on her face.

Qin Shu's voice was terrifyingly cold: "Fine, go ahead and expose it now."

"Let's see what the crime for child abuse is?"

Qin Shu squatted in front of her and reached out to pinch her chin: "Chu Sheng, my son can no longer speak."

Hearing this, Chu Sheng's expression shifted from anger to terror, and the look in her eyes as she gazed at Qin Shu became fearful.

"W-what do you want to do?"

"Your son can't speak, what does that have to do with me?"

"It is clearly because he has poor resistance and is sick himself."

Chu Sheng braced herself and sneered: "He has psychological problems; you should take him to see a psychological expert instead of causing trouble for me!"

"It is his own illness."

"He can't blame anyone else."

"I didn't do anything; I just wanted him to call me Mother."

Thinking of that scene, with Qin Shu's biological son lying on the ground twitching like a mental patient, Chu Sheng felt particularly delighted.

Chu Sheng laughed out loud, looking at Qin Shu: "He was just like someone having an epileptic seizure, lying on the ground twitching all over."

Her face wore an unscrupulous smile: "What does that have to do with me?"

Hearing Chu Sheng say these words herself, and thinking of Chenchen's fearful and terrified appearance as he lay on the ground twitching in pain, Qin Shu's heart felt as if it were bleeding.

Chu Sheng knew best where to plunge the knife into Qin Shu to make her suffer the most, unable to live and unable to die.

Chu Sheng was certain that Qin Shu could not find any evidence; she had always been cautious in her actions, and besides, she had not truly abused Gu Yichen.

She had only said a few words lightly; she had not laid a hand on him.

In front of outsiders, Chu Sheng was exceptionally doting toward Gu Yichen, giving Gu Yichen a share of whatever her own son had.

Even if it went to court, Qin Shu would not have a leg to stand on.

Seeing that her mouth was as stubborn as ever, Qin Shu chuckled: "Very good."

"I particularly admire this stubborn look of yours."

"You had better keep it up in a moment."

"Don't beg for mercy too easily."

"Otherwise, I will feel it's no longer fun."

Hearing this, Chu Sheng's heart trembled violently, and she looked at Qin Shu defensively: "What do you want to do!"

Qin Shu reached out, hauled Chu Sheng up, and walked into the bathroom with a cold face; she filled the washbasin with water.

Chu Sheng looked at her with terrified eyes: "Qin Shu, murder is against the law!"

Qin Shu's eyes were indifferent, her voice filled with malice: "I don't mind killing you."

The water was full.

Qin Shu pressed Chu Sheng's head down into the water fiercely; her eyes were filled with murderous intent and ruthlessness, pushing her down to the point of death, letting her feel the suffocation of being unable to breathe fresh air in the water.

Chu Sheng struggled incessantly, her entire face buried in the water, suffocating until she began to roll her eyes, feeling as if she were about to die.

Just when she thought she was about to die, Qin Shu grabbed her hair and lifted her up; Chu Sheng had just taken a breath of fresh air.

Qin Shu pressed her head back down into the water again.