Chapter 80 : Qianqian “retaliates” against the Mr.

Mu Qianqian had never been spanked before, especially not by a man, and particularly not by her husband.

The overwhelming shame made her want to disappear into a crack in the floor.

“Do you understand your mistake now?”

A cold, deep voice came from behind her.

Mu Qianqian turned her head, glaring at him with indignation, her cheeks flushed to the point of almost bleeding.

“You old jerk, I’m not talking to you anymore!”

She stamped her foot and quickly fled back to her room.

Her bottom didn’t really hurt, but… it was just too humiliating!

How was she supposed to face her husband in the future?

Fu Sichan, left alone in the living room, watched her retreating figure with a satisfied smile.

He wondered if she would dare to cry again in the future.

—

At breakfast the next morning, Mu Qianqian kept her head lowered as if trying to bury it in her bowl of rice.

The housekeeper, Aunt Liu, asked with concern, “Miss Mu, did you have an argument with Mr. Fu?”

“No!” Mu Qianqian replied firmly.

“Good, then.”

Seeing the girl’s sullen face, Fu Sichan knew she was still upset about yesterday’s events, and he couldn’t help but smile.

Hearing his light chuckle, Mu Qianqian grew even angrier.

She went into the kitchen, secretly adding a lot of sugar to the seafood porridge and brought it to Fu Sichan. “Mr. here’s a bowl of porridge for you.”

Fu Sichan was a bit surprised.

Taking a sip, the rich sweetness immediately filled his mouth, mixing with the salty seafood flavor, an intense combination.

Mu Qianqian grinned, looking like a sly little fox.

“Mr. is the porridge sweet?”

Fu Sichan’s face darkened. “Mu Qianqian.”

“Mr. what’s the matter?” Mu Qianqian blinked innocently. “This porridge was cooked by Aunt Liu for a long time. Don’t waste it.”

“I’m going to school now.”

With that, Mu Qianqian slung her small backpack over her shoulder and hopped out the door.

Fu Sichan pressed his forehead in frustration.

The little girl was becoming more and more unruly, and he wondered who spoiled her like this.

—

Fu Family’s old residence.

“Madam, I heard that Mrs. Lu’s health has recently improved quite a bit. Let’s invite her over to the house to visit.”

When Madam Fu heard this news, she smiled and nodded. “That’s a good idea. Let’s invite her over.”

After waiting for such a long time, they finally heard that Mrs. Lu’s health was getting better.

Her questions could only be answered when she met Mrs. Lu in person.

So, the Fu family sent an invitation to the Lu family.

Mrs. Lu, not daring to neglect her elders, came to visit the Fu family the next day.

“Mrs. Lu, you look much better these days,” Madam Fu greeted her.

Mrs. Lu touched her forehead. “It’s because Yunbei is about to get engaged. With a happy event in the family, I feel more at ease, and I don’t worry as much about Yaoyao.”

Yaoyao was the nickname of the Lu family’s lost daughter, whose full name was Lu Yunyao.

From this name, it was clear how cherished this daughter was by the Lu family.

Madam Fu sipped her tea while discreetly observing Mrs. Lu.

The moment Mrs. Lu walked in, she was reminded of her granddaughter-in-law.

Mu Qianqian and Mrs. Lu looked so alike that they seemed to be cut from the same mold.

However, Mrs. Lu had aged in recent years due to overthinking and a lack of vitality, appearing somewhat withered and tired.

“Mrs. Lu, how did your Yaoyao go missing? Could you tell this old woman about it?”

“Sigh, it’s all my fault.” Mrs. Lu sighed deeply and spoke with sadness. “I can never forget that day.”

“That day was Yaoyao’s fifth birthday. Our whole family was busy preparing her birthday party.”

“Yaoyao loved flowers and plants, so we had planted many precious foreign flowers in the garden and hired a few gardeners to take care of them.”

“But I didn’t expect that it was those very flowers that led to my daughter’s disappearance.”

Madam Fu felt heartache listening to this past event.

As a mother herself, she could not bear to hear of children suffering.

“The party was halfway through when a heavy rain started. Yaoyao was worried that the flowers and plants would be drowned. We had just dressed her in a princess gown when she hurriedly ran outside. And then… she never came back.”

At this point, Mrs. Lu’s tears began to flow.

“It’s all my fault. I should have stopped her at that time. I didn’t expect that she would disappear in the blink of an eye.”

Madam Fu sighed and patted her shoulder.

“Don’t be too sad. I’ve seen Yaoyao before, she had a good fortune look. Perhaps one day we will find her. You need to take care of your own health first, don’t let yourself fall ill.”

Mrs. Lu’s eyes were red and swollen, and she could hardly speak through her tears.

In the vast sea of people, finding her daughter was not so easy.

After so many years, her heart had been battered and worn through repeated disappointments.

“How could such an incident happen in your family?” Madam Fu asked in confusion.

“I don’t understand either, where could Yaoyao have run off to? Later, we found a small hole in the back of the yard, and the family guessed that Yaoyao must have gone through that hole.”

But this doesn’t make sense.

Yaoyao had gone to the garden to look at her flowers, how could she have ended up in the backyard? And how could she have left through the backyard in the heavy rain?

The only explanation is that… someone must have taken her.

Just thinking about this possibility made Mrs. Lu’s heart ache like she was being pricked by needles, making it hard to breathe.

“Mrs. Lu, did Yaoyao have any distinguishing marks?”

Mrs. Lu used a handkerchief to wipe her tear-streaked face. “Yes, I’ll be honest with you. Yaoyao had a red butterfly birthmark on her back. When she was little, we used to call her Little Butterfly Fairy.”

Who could be so cruel to steal their precious child?

If it were someone else, Mrs. Lu would naturally not easily disclose information about her daughter. But sitting across from her was Madam Fu. With the Fu family’s status, they had no need to play tricks on the Lu family.

“A butterfly birthmark…” Madam Fu mused.

“By the way, Mrs. Lu, if you find Yaoyao, what are you planning to do?”

Mrs. Lu responded without hesitation, “If heaven allows me to find my daughter, I would rather she never marries and stays with the Lu family. Her father, her brother, and I will spoil her for the rest of her life, making up for the suffering of the past ten years.”

How could she bear to let her precious pearl leave so easily?

This put Madam Fu in a difficult position.

Qianqian still carries the Fu family’s bloodline. If Mrs. Lu were to take her back now and the Lu family opposed the marriage, what would happen?

In that case, if the Lu family were to forcefully separate them, wouldn’t Qianqian and Sichan be torn apart?

After Mrs. Lu left, the Fu family’s daughter stayed with Madam Fu to chat.

“Mom, are you going to tell Sichan about this?”