He was indeed not her son.
She was always someone with poor grades.
She was able to enroll in the Paris College of Arts because a professor fell in love with her jewelry design.
Her results were actually far from the admission criteria.
She was considered an exception.
"It's because Mommy taught me well, even clearer than how the teacher taught."
"The teacher mainly teaches you grammar while Mommy teaches you conversational language."
"I like Mommy's teaching."
Shen Qianshu stroked his head dotingly. "What else did you learn recently?"
"Other than learning French and the high school's syllabus, I always learned performing arts, catwalk, and script mastery from the company's teachers," Tong Hua cutely said. After thinking for a while, he continued and said, "Teacher also taught me how to play the piano, violin, and how to dance."
"You… learned so many things?"
"Many?" Tong Hua's eyes shone, and he was really cute. "I am still left with two hours to play games every day. I plan to play for one hour and use the other hour to learn another language. Mommy, which language should I learn?"
Shen Qianshu's heart ached. Although he was really a genius, there was still a lot of hard work put in.
"Tong Hua, you have learned enough. When Mommy was your age, I only knew how to bully kids. You can use your remaining time to play with your friends."
"No friends." Tong Hua lowered his head slightly, and before Shen Qianshu could feel sorry for him, he raised his head again. "I don't need friends. Mommy is enough for me."
Shen Qianshu felt conflicted. She was happy and sad at the same time.
Tong Hua was too clever, and the school syllabus could not keep up with his growing pace. Even though he rarely attended lessons, he would always come in first during exams.
The child stars in the entertainment industry.
Tong Hua was not really willing to interact with them.
Thus, he naturally had few friends.
"Mommy, don't worry. It's better to not make any friends just for the sake of it. I will have like-minded friends like Mommy and Auntie Xiaojuan."
"Alright," Shen Qianshu thought for a moment and said. "Mommy still thinks that you are learning too much stuff. You need more time to relax."
"It's ok. Playing games is a form of relaxing."
"You always criticise your teammates when playing."
"Criticising is a form of relaxing!" Tong Hua said. "Seeing how they are so dumb but still playing carefreely, I will then have a sense of relaxation."
Such dumb people, were they actually still alive?
I am so clever, I will definitely live a long life.
Brilliant logic!
Nothing wrong at all!
Shen Qianshu was speechless.
Tong Hua went to sleep at 9.30 PM, but before sleeping, he listened to French storytelling for a short while. Shen Qianshu went back to her bedroom, and Ye Ling was still sleeping soundly. She considered waking him up or letting him continue to sleep, and she chose the latter.
Shen Qianshu took a jewelry collection book to read in the living room. She dimmed the lights and covered herself with a comforter.
This jewelry collection book was in English, the one that was just released. It gave a detailed introduction to the various common gemstones about their origin, structure, radiance, and refraction in the market. It also introduced some rare gemstones, some that Shen Qianshu had never seen before. She was really curious and interested in them.
She was really tired today, being physically and mentally exhausted. Not long after reading, she dozed off unknowingly.
Shen Qianshu had a dream.
A very painful memory.
Back then in the hospital, she was helpless, and with no other choice, she was forced to seek help from the Shen Family. Shen Xiong and Fang Xia started shouting at her in the hospital.
Fang Xia said, "What did you even study in Paris? Why should we spend money to save a bastard child that you had with a random man? As a girl, do you have any decency? Giving birth before getting married, what are you going to do in the future with such a burden?"
"Mom, he is not a bastard child. He's my son."
"He's my son."
Shen Qianshu stumped while arguing.
"If he is not a bastard child, where is his father?" Fang Xia said sharply. "Since he has fallen ill, where is his father? You should go and beg him. Or what? Did you do something shameful?"
"Mom, I did not."
"Still dare to deny? Then how did the child come about?"
Shen Lin appeased Fang Xia and at the same time, said, "Mom, don't be angry anymore. Little Sis is still young, and she went through a lot too. Back then, she was carrying a huge belly and working odd jobs outside, but she never once came back home for help. It might be because of…"
"Carrying a huge belly? You…" Fang Xia was furious. "Xiao Lin, you knew of this long ago?"
Shen Qianshu was puzzled too. How did Shen Lin know what happened when she was pregnant?
"It is because… Brother Xuan saw her by chance, she was carrying a huge belly and working." Shen Lin paused as if she was put in a very difficult position. "I felt that Little Sis must have had her difficulties. She was still so young then, so she might have been scared that Dad and Mom would scold her. Thus, I chose to help her keep the secret."
Shen Qianshu's face turned pale, Lin Xuan…
Yes, back when she was nine months pregnant and working in the restaurant, she met Lin Xuan, her childhood lover. He gazed at her as if she was a piece of rubbish, and he vowed never to see her again. She never expected Lin Xuan to tell Shen Lin that he met her.
Three years ago, Shen Lin and Lin Xuan got together and became a couple that everyone admired.
They were an ideal couple, a match made in heaven.
Back when Shen Qianshu was bullied by Shen Lin, the boy that defended her, consoled her, and hit Shen Lin for her died as the years went by.
"Ridiculous!" Sheng Xiong scolded harshly. "This bastard child, just let him die. You will not have a good life if you bring him up. It will also be easier for you if he dies."
In the hospital, there was no hope at all.
Shen Qianshu was heartbroken and felt beyond hopeless. Shen Lin pretended to be kind, but she had evil intentions. Her parents' insults were like knives piercing through her heart, but Qianshu did not care anymore. She only wanted to save Tong Hua. She knelt down in the hospital's long corridor, hugging both Fang Xia's and Sheng Xiong's legs.
In a state of half-consciousness, Tong Hua peeked through the glass on the door and saw Shen Qianshu kneeling on the floor pathetically.
His small little face was filled with tears.
"Dad, Mom, you guys can hit or scold me however you like. But please, I beg you guys to save Tong Hua. I will return back the money!"
…
Shen Qianshu fell too deep in her memory that she was unable to free herself, and her tears were flowing endlessly down her face. It seemed like there was someone beside calling her, but her head felt too heavy, and she could not wake up no matter how. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in her face, and Shen Qianshu opened her eyes.
Under the dim light, Ye Ling's face was blurry and unclear. He tugged on her shirt collar and pulled her up. His face was dark and fierce. "Who bullied you?"
She was still traveling back and forth between her dreams and reality, and she was a little dazed.
"Speak!" Ye Ling bellowed.
Who bullied her, that she could cry so pitifully even in her dreams?
Shen Qianshu wiped her face, and it was all tears.
She cried?
Yes, back then when she was begging them on her knees, she cried that badly too.
If you had come to find us earlier, we might not have died.
Why did you… arrive so late?
"Shen Qianshu, are you deaf? I am asking you a question!"
Beside her ear, she could hear a man bellowing.
Shen Qianshu's face turned pale and slightly clutched onto his sleeves. "What would you do if someone bullies me?"
"Kill him." Ye Ling crudely answered. Before Shen Qianshu had the chance to feel touched, Ye Ling said bossily, "Only I can bully you. You are my personal punching bag."
Shen Qianshu was speechless.
There was still such a thing as a personal punching bag?
Actually, he was right. Seven years ago when she took care of him, she was already his personal punching bag.
So bossy!
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