Chapter 844: Hearts Are Made of Flesh

But today, he felt very unsettled inside.

Gu Zhihao couldn't help but think: "If she can treat me like this now, did she treat others the same way before? Is she being sincere or fake with me?"

"Ah!"

Because he was distracted, his hand was cut.

Fresh blood dripped down incessantly.

"Honey, you're hurt." Shi Yuke exclaimed, then ran off in a flash.

"Heh!"

He shook his head with a bitter smile.

He thought to himself that it was indeed fake and insincere; everything was just on the surface, and at the critical moment, she would vanish without a trace.

It was just a cut on his hand, which was nothing; he had often cut himself when he was learning to cook, a small matter.

He scooped some Sichuan peppercorn powder from the seasoning box, sprinkled it on the wound, and pressed down.

"Honey, what are you doing?" At this moment, Shi Yuke returned, holding a first-aid kit.

Gu Zhihao felt a warmth in his heart; it turned out she hadn't run off because she was scared by the blood, but to get the first-aid kit.

"It's nothing, it will stop bleeding in a moment."

"No, no, your wound will get infected like this, you must use medicine."

He felt it was just a small matter and there was no need to make such a fuss.

Shi Yuke was so anxious that tears fell, and she burst into loud sobs, crying and shouting: "Honey, you can't die, if you die, I won't live either, boo-hoo-hoo..."

Such a big commotion startled the whole family.

Shi Yucheng: "What's wrong?"

"Oh no, it's bleeding, apply medicine."

Gu Zhihao: "I used peppercorn powder to stop the bleeding, it'll be fine in a moment."

"No, what if it gets infected?"

The father and daughter had similar attitudes.

"I've done this since I was a child, and it never got infected."

Shi Yucheng was a bit angry and said sternly: "The past is the past, and now is now. You were lucky before, but can you guarantee you'll always be that lucky? I didn't know you before and couldn't manage you, but now we are one family, and a family must be responsible for you."

He didn't allow for any argument, went to the faucet to rinse off the peppercorn powder on Gu Zhihao's hand, then carefully disinfected it with iodophor, applied anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving powder, and only then wrapped it layer by layer with a bandage.

"Alright, you two go to the dining room and wait, I'll cook noodles." Shi Yucheng wanted to cook himself.

"Dad, let me do it, this little injury is nothing."

"What do you mean it's nothing? As long as you are in my house for one day, you are my family, and I cannot let you suffer any grievances."

Gu Zhihao felt as if his throat was blocked by cotton.

He wasn't stupid; he could feel whether it was sincere or fake.

His father-in-law wasn't doing this just to make him stay, but truly treated him as family.

Two steaming bowls of shredded chicken noodles were placed in front of them, and Shi Yucheng returned to his room without a word.

Gu Zhihao wasn't hungry at all, but he still slowly ate the whole bowl of noodles.

The next day.

Gu Zhihao carried the quilt back to his room; everything was as if nothing had happened, and life went on as it should.

Shi Yucheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that after this crisis was resolved, life would truly be as his second daughter said—everything would return to the right track, and there would be no more worries in the future.

The kindergarten opened by Jian Yixin was reported by parents.

The Education Bureau took it very seriously, and after sending people down for an on-site inspection, they announced the handling result—the kindergarten was to suspend operations for rectification.

Her kindergarten only opened one class, and children of all ages were in this one class.

Moreover, all the courses were tailored for Sheng Moli alone; doing this was fundamentally wrong, and if no one had reported it, it could have continued to operate smoothly.

But now that someone had reported it, it was immediately ordered to rectify!

Although the other children didn't have to pay tuition, the parents were unwilling to have their own children just play supporting roles.

Initially, they were indeed drawn by the free tuition, but after arriving and finding that the various facilities were quite good, they wanted more!

If they asked for it openly, these parents felt their position wasn't justified or their confidence wasn't strong enough, so they wanted to blow the matter up and achieve their goals through official channels.

Some people were afraid that the impact wouldn't be enough to be taken seriously, so they spread the matter on the internet, and suddenly it stirred up a thousand waves, causing a huge uproar!

The internet is never short of keyboard warriors, and everyone was impassioned.

"No way, no way, what era is this, and they can still use the ways of the old society?"

"Hiring people to be study companions for her son, isn't this misleading the youth? What kind of thing is this?"

"Doesn't Jian Yixin think her son is a prince? The Qing Dynasty has already fallen."

"Being rich and unkind, that's exactly what this refers to."

"If you have money, donate it; only caring about your own son and ignoring the feelings of the poor, people like this should be executed!"

For a time, people were saying everything.

Jian Yixin's phone number was leaked somehow, and she received harassing calls non-stop every day, and some people even sent text messages to curse her.

The insults were very nasty, and she was on the verge of a breakdown.

But the incident continued to ferment.

Gradually, the internet mob was no longer satisfied with typing insults on their keyboards and moved from the internet to reality.

Many people came to her residential compound to protest, curse, and throw stones to smash the windows.

Sheng Moli was young and had never seen such a scene, so he was terrified.

He cried loudly and scolded his mother: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault! You want to control everything, but you can't manage anything well. I don't want you to be my mother anymore; I want to go find Auntie to be my mother."

The auntie was Shi Yuke.

Moli and Shi Yuke had a pretty good relationship; every time he went over, he would play with her, and he liked her, and she liked him too.

Shi Yuke would save all the delicious food for him to eat, and the two of them could even put together toys.

A child's thoughts are very simple: whoever gives me delicious food and plays with me is the best.

That is better than someone who controls every move.

Jian Yixin broke down; she was very heartbroken, pointing at her son and roaring: "A wolf, an ungrateful wretch that can't be tamed!"

"I cherish you like the pupils of my eyes, giving you the best of everything; everything I do is for your sake, yet you think someone else is the best."

"As expected, not..."

"Mmph! Mmph!"

The rest of the words "biologically mine" were not spoken, as they were muffled by her husband covering her mouth.

He had the servants take the child out, leaving only the couple in the room.

"Husband, boo-hoo-hoo, I have failed you; I didn't give birth to a child of our own. Raising someone else's child is truly useless; flesh that isn't one's own won't stick to one's own body."

Sheng Zerong: "Wife, you haven't failed me, and likewise, others haven't failed us. You feel heartbroken because Moli isn't close to you, but have you ever thought about how you usually treat him?"

Jian Yixin felt she hadn't failed her son in the slightest; although Moli wasn't born to her, she treated Moli even better than a biological child.

Sheng Zerong: "That's right, you are very good to the child, but being too good is also no good. Love that is too intense is not warmth, but something that makes people unable to breathe and want to escape..."

"I don't believe it, you're talking nonsense. Moli isn't an adult; he's only a child of a few years old, how could he think so much? It's clearly someone instigating him..."

Jian Yixin was too agitated and ran out.

Too many things had happened during this period, and she wanted to be alone to calm down.