Stop There, Daddy

He Siming’s deep voice pulled them back to their thoughts and caught Wen Shuyue’s attention.

They soon took their seats by the table. Wen Shuyue tried to have some food, though she didn’t have an appetite.

“Did you encounter any problems at work or about your father?” He Siming asked, after Wen Shuyue remained silent for a while.

She shook her head and said weakly, “Not really. I’ve just been tired lately. I’ll be fine after a break.”

“Still pretending, huh,” He Siming revealed her lies without concerning her feelings. He knew Wen Shuyue well enough now. He could read her mind even when she just raised her head.

Pfft! Wen Baobao burst into laughter when he heard those three words from his father while he was having dinner.

Laughing didn’t hurt, but Wen Baobao spat a full mouth of rice right onto He Siming’s face.

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Wen Shuyue and her son couldn’t help drawing their breath. They took a glance at He Siming first, then at each other, and then tried to sneak away hand in hand.

Apparently, they dreaded that He Siming would blame them.

“Stop there.”

No sooner had they moved a few steps than He Siming snapped at them. Being nervous, they forced themselves back to their seats.

Wen Baobao avoided eye contact with He Siming with a reproachful pout. Wen Baobao defended carefully for himself, “Daddy, don’t blame me on this. I spat because of what you said. You are the cause.”

Wen Baobao lowered his voice as he said that. The last few words could hardly be heard even by himself, since he didn’t have the guts to speak out what he had in mind.

“How dare you say that? Seriously speaking, the cause is…” He Siming had really sharp ears to hear his son. He Siming then took at glance at Wen Shuyue blandly, which apparently hinted that she was the cause.

Wen Shuyue instantly widened her eyes, not expecting that He Siming would blame it on her. She stood there and didn’t know how to defend herself.

“Um, you’ve got a point, Daddy. I agree with you that the cause is Mommy,” Wen Baobao nodded seriously. He abandoned his mother and took his father’s side.

“Hey, Baobao. How can you…” Wen Shuyue finally came to her senses. She gritted her teeth with a glare at her son.

However, with his arms folded on his chest, Wen Baobao said seriously like an adult, “Mommy, with all due respect, it’s really your fault. If you were in a good mood, then Daddy wouldn’t have to comfort you. In that case, he wouldn’t say those three words and I wouldn’t spit.”

Wen Baobao made an analysis seriously. Wen Shuyue almost agreed with him for a moment.

But on a second thought, his words didn’t make sense.

“Don’t just stand there. Come clean for me,” He Siming rolled his eyes at Wen Shuyue with a frown.

They focused so much on arguing who was right and wrong that they forgot to wipe the rice off He Siming. Of course He Siming would get angry.

“Oh, right.” Wen Shuyue came to her senses and wiped the rice off for him. Their son felt sweet for them, although they just had little body contact.

In order not to disturb them, Wen Baobao picked some stuff and sneaked away so silently that the two didn’t notice.

He Siming fixed his eyes on her, making Wen Shuyue embarrassed. She then said, “Why do you keep looking at me? You make me embarrassed.”

“You hide something from me. Why don’t you tell me?” He Siming didn’t beat around the bush. He cast a piercing glance at her, as if he could read her mind.

That made Wen Shuyue quite stressful. After wiping off all the rice, Wen Shuyue went back to her seat and looked terrible.

She had planned to tell this to He Siming, but she didn’t have the time. She just wanted to take a nap before talking to him.

“Tell me. What is it?”

He Siming broke the silence in a bland tone.

Wen Shuyue compressed her lips and answered blandly, “My mum came to my office today. She received a package. There were proofs of how Lu Junhan set up my father in the package. But then I found the the proofs fake. We got cheated again and had no idea of the purpose of this.”

It didn’t make any sense to her that the guy sent her some fake proofs.

It confused Wen Shuyue why they got fooled, since they had nothing to be taken any advantage of.

“Your mother has been close with Lu Junhan and Qin Weiwei. Don’t you have any suspicion?” He Siming finally confessed his suspicion. If Wen Shuyue’s mother was kept in captivity, it was absolutely impossible that Lu Junhan and Qin Weiwei treated her mother nicely.

It didn’t make any sense at all.

In fact, Wen Shuyue had realized that already. She said in a deep voice with a frown, “Perhaps my mother has some proofs of their crime, so they don’t dare to hurt her. What do you think?”

“Um, that’s possible. But it’s been long since you lived with your mother. You need to stay alert. Don’t tell this to anyone,” He Siming reminded her. Obviously, he meant more than that.

Wen Shuyue was well-aware of that even if He Siming didn’t say that to her.

With a bitter smile, she said, “I will never ever suspect my mum. If she really did something that hurt me, I’m sure she could explain. My mum has borne a grudge against them, having been around them for years.”

If Wen Shuyue was a bit smarter, the Wen family wouldn’t end up like this. If she didn’t fall for Lu Junhan, it would be a totally different story.

But since things had happened, regrets wouldn’t make a difference. All she could do was take measures step by step.

“I’ll help you look into this matter. But you must take more rest. Don’t make me worried.”