C17 Just A Suggestion

“Why are you being so strict with your son, Director Fu?” Yan Shu couldn’t bear to see his treatment of the little boy.

“I’m starting to doubt whether he really is your child or not.”

“If he isn’t my son, then whose is he? Yours?” Fu Yunjian retorted coldly. “This has nothing to do with you.”

“That’s true, but I can call the authorities on you for child abuse!” Yan Shu cradled Fu Jingyan and pulled him closer.

Maybe she simply missed her lost son too much that she couldn’t help but be drawn to this boy. Her son would have been the same age as Fu Jingyan by now.

“Your son only wants to help you get married. He wants to choose a mother that he likes, and he has every right to! What kind of father doesn’t even know what his son wants and doesn’t want?”

Fu Yunjian gritted his teeth.

No one had ever dared to question the way he raised his son.

The air in the hallway grew heavy and repressive. Yan Shu felt a pang of fear despite herself.

Fu Yunjian had a point. This had nothing to do with her. This boy wasn’t her son.

She shouldn’t have overstepped.

At that moment, Fu Jingyan stood in front of her in a protective stance. “Dad, if you bully Auntie, I won’t speak to you for a month!”

Fu Yunjian stared at the exclamation mark ending his son’s sentence and scowled. “Are you threatening me? Didn’t you see that she was the one berating me?”

Little Bun stubbornly shook his head.

Fu Yunjian was at a loss.

Yan Shu read the words on the iPad as well and felt warm inside. The little boy was defending her.

“Director Fu,” she said calmly, not wanting to argue any further. “ A child needs a mother. She plays a key role in his growth and development. From what I heard, it seems that you like Miss Gu, but I hope you’ll also consider your son’s sentiments. Give him a chance to choose his stepmother.”

They hadn’t moved very far earlier, and she had overheard their conversation.

Fu Jingyan jumped back into her arms and beamed up at her.

He loved this Auntie! She was kind and gentle, and always looked out for him.

Fu Yunjian peered at them and remembered something. “Jingyan, that day at the hotel when you fell sick. Was this the Auntie that took care of you?”

The boy nodded in earnest.

But Fu Yunjian’s disdain for Yan Shu only grew.

It looked like this woman was really scheming something. There were too many coincidences between them that it almost seemed intentional.

Fu Yunchen might have been right. This woman had probably known about Little Bun’s identity since the beginning!

Yan Shu squirmed under his hostile gaze. “I was only giving you a suggestion, Director Fu. You don’t have to look at me like I’m some criminal.”

“Are you really just giving me a suggestion, Miss Yan?” Fu Yunjian asked in a menacing tone. “Or do you have other intentions? I believe you know the answer to that.”

Yan Shu frowned. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

His response was to sneer at her.

Just as the atmosphere was growing tense, the light above the emergency room turned off, and the door was pushed open.