Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 532 I've actually seen her before.

Lin Qingping instantly felt all the blood rush to her head.

Despite her initial weakness, she somehow found the strength to run towards the courtyard gate.

At the front gate, Zhangzhu's chubby little face was puffed out, and her little brows were furrowed tightly. Lanxiang teased her with a piece of chocolate, "Zhuzhu, hurry up and call me Mommy, and this is for you..."

With a "smack," before Lanxiang could finish speaking, Zhangzhu slapped the chocolate to the ground.

"You..." Lanxiang was furious, but when she looked up, Lin Qingping had already rushed over. Her face turned pale, and she quickly ran away.

Zhangzhu was still stomping her feet, pointing at Lanxiang's fleeing figure, and loudly snorting, "Bad person!"

Lin Qingping ran to Zhangzhu's side and hugged her tightly, while Lanxiang had already run far away.

When Zhangzhu saw her mother, she turned around and hugged her tightly, pressing her little face against her mother's, and complained, "Mommy, bad person! Zhuzhu, hit her!"

While speaking, she made a cute yet fierce expression, clenching her two little fists tightly.

Lin Qingping was initially furious, but after hearing Changzhu's words, she was filled with worry.

"Our Zhangzhu is so great, she didn't get fooled by bad people." She praised Zhangzhu first, and then instructed her, "When you grow up, if you see bad people again, don't hit them yourself. Call your mother, call your second aunt, or call your brother for help."

What she worried about was what would happen if she really encountered bad people? How could a little girl like her possibly fight them?

But Zhangzhu argued vehemently, "Mom isn't here, Auntie isn't here, and Brother isn't here."

She then spread her hands, saying, "Zhuzhu, you're amazing! You beat up the bad guys!"

The little one was extremely proud of herself, "Zhuzhu, I'm not going with the bad guy!"

This is a warning against abduction that I have been teaching her: don't eat anything given to you by strangers, and don't go with anyone other than your family.

She remembered everything, but Zhangzhu's words also touched on her heart: what if she got lost? She could only remind her again not to come out alone.

"Okay!" Zhangzhu agreed sweetly, then added, "No, I'll play by myself. Brother, buy some candy."

Just then, Zhiyuan ran home as fast as he could.

It turned out that Zhiyuan was playing with Zhangzhu in the yard when Zhangzhu suddenly wanted to eat the pastries she had eaten a few days ago. Since they were no longer in the house, Zhiyuan sent his little sister back inside and told her to wait there while he went to buy some. However, Zhangzhu opened the door and came out to play by herself.

Lin Qingping instructed Zhangzhu to stay home and wait for her brother, and not to go out alone.

"Did my sister run into bad people when she went out?" Zhiyuan asked anxiously. "I shouldn't have left her at home alone."

Actually, at that time, besides Lin Qingping sleeping, there were also Gu Youlian and her second sister at home. Zhiyuan never expected that Zhangzhu would encounter bad people under such circumstances.

"It's not your fault, silly child," Lin Qingping quickly said. However, everyone definitely needed to be more vigilant. Moreover, Lin Qingping clearly heard Lanxiang say, "Do you remember me?" meaning they had met before.

How could Zhangzhu have met Lanxiang?

There's only one possibility left...

When Lin Qingping thought of this possibility, she felt a tightness in her chest.

Gu Juncheng, you actually took my daughter to see that woman?!

Gu Juncheng returned while Lin Qingping was having breakfast. He didn't even come in; he just knocked on the door. Zhiyuan opened it, and there was a bag of fruit and a pack of beef buns that they loved when they first arrived in the capital.

There were only things, but no people.

But Zhangzhu was playing by the window at that moment. She saw Gu Juncheng striding out of the yard and, not understanding anything, shouted at the window, "Daddy!"

Gu Juncheng stumbled.

The girl suddenly realized that she hadn't seen her father in a long time—though it hadn't actually been more than a few days.

But Zhangzhu was raised with Gu Juncheng's love. When she was little, he would sing and play the harmonica to lull her to sleep. Zhangzhu relied on him more than anyone else besides her mother.

Gu Juncheng stopped after his daughter called out. Then, Zhangzhu ran towards the open door. When she reached the door, she suddenly remembered something and turned back to Lin Qingping, saying, "Zhuzhu, no, go out by yourself! Daddy!"

She pointed her little hand outside and ran towards Gu Juncheng without stopping.

Lin Qingping's distress was beyond words.

It's a fact that Zhangzhu loves her father. Do you want to plant a seed of hatred in Zhangzhu's heart and make her hate her father?

While she was pondering, Gu Juncheng had already arrived at the door, holding his daughter, standing there quietly, looking at Lin Qingping, without going in.

The little girl kept peeking inside, excitedly calling out to her mother, "Mommy! Daddy! Come back!"

She thought that her mother, like her, hadn't seen her father in a long time, and would be just as happy to see him come back as she was.

Lin Qingping just stared at Gu Juncheng at the door without saying a word, her eyes expressionless, as if she were looking at a stranger.

Gu Juncheng was also looking at her, as if waiting for her to ask him to come in.

Lin Qingping remained silent.

He waited a while, and the baby in his arms was already very anxious, trying to get closer.

He tried to step into the house with one foot, but Lin Qingping still didn't say anything.

He then walked in completely.

Zhangzhu lunged towards Lin Qingping, and he followed her lead. Finally, in front of Lin Qingping, Zhangzhu slid off Gu Juncheng, but still held his hand, beaming, "Mom, Dad, let's go home!"

Dad's home! Why aren't you saying anything?

Lin Qingping was unable to speak.

The little girl finally sensed something was off between her parents. She looked up at her father, then at her mother, not understanding what was going on.

"Daddy." She shook Gu Juncheng's hand, then pulled Gu Juncheng's hands to hug Lin Qingping, and she was unusually impatient. "Daddy! Hug me!"

Lin Qingping picked up her daughter and asked, "Can Mommy hold you?"

The little girl was stunned for a moment; she wanted her dad to hug her mom!

Gu Juncheng immediately said, "I'll go heat up the buns and wash the fruit."

"My darling, shall I tell you a story?" Lin Qingping said.

Zhangzhu loves listening to stories. Her attention was immediately drawn to them, and she leaned against her mother, listening intently.

I don't know what time Zhangzhu woke up today. Maybe she was tired from fighting bad guys. She listened to stories and fell asleep without eating lunch.

The second sister helped Lin Qingping take Zhangzhu back to her room and onto her small bed. She had also seen Zhangzhu pull Gu Juncheng in front of Lin Qingping earlier that day, and she felt very uncomfortable about it.

"I'll rest for a while too. Don't call me for dinner," Lin Qingping said.

The second sister nodded and went out.

Lin Qingping couldn't sleep. The images that kept flashing through her mind were Lanxiang coaxing Zhangzhu to call for her mother and Zhangzhu pulling on Gu Juncheng, wanting him to hold her.

My resentment grew even stronger. Gu Juncheng, if only you were a human being...

Before he could finish thinking about it, Gu Juncheng gently pushed open the bedroom door.