Chapter 60: Amusement Park Chaos

Meanwhile, Gu Qingci and Gu Jiali, along with their five-year-old son Gu Jiaqi, had also come to the amusement park. When Gu Jiaqi saw the large slide, he happily broke free from his father’s hand and climbed up to play.

Gu Qingci walked to the bottom of the slide and saw Song Shiyan and the others. He froze for a moment and awkwardly greeted them. Shen Yunhe glanced at him coldly and nodded. Song Shiyan smiled and chatted with him briefly, but when he saw Gu Qingci’s wife approaching, he expressionlessly returned to his own wife’s side.

In recent years, his relationship with this friend hadn’t been as good as before. Every time Song Shiyan went to find him for a drink or a chat, he was always met with sarcastic comments from Gu Qingci’s wife, which made him furious. However, since he couldn’t get angry with a woman, he had to distance himself from Gu Qingci.

Gu Jiali, standing next to Gu Qingci in high heels, complained, “The slide is so dirty. Why would anyone want to play on that? Those kids are all so filthy, climbing all over the place. It’s disgusting!”

“Gu Jiali! Shut up!” Gu Qingci snapped angrily.

Gu Jiali’s words completely enraged An Xiuxiu. She rolled up her sleeves and was about to charge forward to confront her. Song Shiyan quickly grabbed her, holding her back.

“Qingci, control your wife!” Song Shiyan said.

Parents around them overheard Gu Jiali’s words and were all furious. Some of the more hot-tempered parents stepped forward and began arguing with Gu Jiali.

Gu Qingci kept apologizing, but Gu Jiali remained haughty. One middle-aged woman, seeing that Gu Jiali showed no remorse, angrily grabbed her by the hair and slapped her twice.

“Ah, ah… that hurts! You damn country bumpkin, how dare you hit me! As expected, people from the county are all uncivilized and vulgar! Gu Qingci, you bastard! I was slapped, and you didn’t even come to help me! Ah…”

Gu Qingci felt exhausted. In recent years, Gu Jiali had become increasingly arrogant and domineering. Their son had been taught to act recklessly, and his mother spoiled him even more. The children in their neighborhood had all been bullied by him, and nearly every household had come to their door to complain. Gu Qingci could only apologize.

Shen Yunhe glanced over at the commotion and decided not to pay further attention. He turned back to look at his own children.

An Xiuxiu, who was excitedly watching the scene, said, “Hit her! Hit her hard! Hmph! I’ve never liked her. She’s always mocked and bullied my husband. Don’t think I don’t know!”

Meanwhile, on the slide, Song Mingzhu obediently followed her older siblings to play. Gu Jiaqi and another friend were fighting for a spot. The friend sat down first, but Gu Jiaqi pushed him aside and took the spot. The friend, tall and strong, immediately pinned Gu Jiaqi down and started hitting him, causing Gu Jiaqi to cry out in pain.

Jiang Huaijin saw the fight and pulled his younger siblings down from the slide.

“We’re not playing here anymore. Let’s go play somewhere else, my heart’s been hurt by all this!”

“Okay!” Jiang Huaiyu and the others followed their brother’s lead and got off the slide.

When Gu Jiali heard her son crying, she struggled to free herself from the middle-aged woman’s grip, her hair getting caught and breaking off in the process. She gritted her teeth in pain.

“Son, someone is bullying my son! Bastard!”

Gu Qingci rushed over to the slide and saw his son being held down and beaten. He quickly tried to pull him out.

“Jiaqi, it’s okay, it’s okay!”

Gu Jiali rushed over, grabbed her son, and angrily shouted:

“What do you mean ‘it’s okay’! This damn fat kid dared to hit my son, I won’t let him get away with it!” Gu Jiali yelled.

Gu Qingci, feeling utterly drained, massaged his forehead. “It was your son who started it! Why don’t you make some sense here? If this continues, you’ll raise him to be a useless person!”

“Gu Qingci, my son was the one who got beaten, and instead of helping him, you’re scolding us! You bastard!” Gu Jiali retorted, slapping him on the chest with both hands.

Gu Qingci, finally losing his patience, grabbed her and snapped, “If you don’t stop, we’ll get a divorce!”

Shen Yunhe and the others exchanged glances. Song Shiyan cleared his throat and suggested, “Let’s go play over there, let’s not stay here any longer.”

“Okay!”

The four parents, along with their children, began to leave. However, Gu Jiali went crazy, blocking their path and yelling at the kids, “You four are nothing but ungrateful. You’ve all played with Jiaqi before. Seeing him getting bullied and not stepping in, and now you’re trying to sneak away!”

Jiang Huaijin’s temper flared. He remembered how Gu Jiaqi had bullied each of them, and now this woman had the audacity to bring it up. He was livid.

The parents were equally infuriated. They marched up to confront Gu Jiali. An Xiuxiu, unable to hold back, yelled, “Gu Jiali, are you out of your mind? Your kid fought with someone else’s child, what does that have to do with our kids?”

Jiang Banyue, ready to step in, was stopped by Shen Yunhe, who pulled her into his arms, comforting her softly. “Don’t bother with this crazy woman. She’s out of her mind.”

Gu Jiali shouted, “Your kids saw my son being bullied and didn’t do anything to help! They’re all ungrateful, useless!”

Hearing this, Shen Yunhe couldn’t control his anger. He stepped forward and, with a powerful kick, knocked Gu Jiali to the ground. She fell hard, gasping for air, each breath causing pain in her chest.

“You… you wait! I’m from Jin City, I’m not someone from this backward place you can push around. I’ll go back and get people to deal with you!” she shouted, seething.

“Sure, I’m waiting,” Shen Yunhe replied coldly, his gaze dark and menacing. Gu Jiali trembled, her fear growing as she turned to look at Gu Qingci, whose face was as cold as ice.

“You’re just going to let them treat me like this? You didn’t even help!”

“Help? You insulted their kids, and they didn’t kill you! Be thankful,” Gu Qingci said, his voice icily indifferent.

“Gu Qingci, you bastard! How did I end up marrying such a useless man like you!” Gu Jiali snapped, completely losing her composure.

Jiang Huaijin, watching this scene, couldn’t help but smile slowly, his tone filled with mockery as he said loudly, “Uncle Gu is an honest man, how could he father such a tyrannical son? Could it be… that Gu Jiaqi isn’t really Uncle Gu’s son? After all, Jiaqi doesn’t resemble him at all!”

This remark created a stir, and Gu Jiali, panicking, shouted, “You little bastard! What nonsense are you talking? If you say one more word, I’ll tear your mouth apart!”

“Gu Jiali!” Gu Qingci called out, his suspicion now deepening. He rarely slept with her, and it was his mother who drugged his drink to get him to sleep with her. That one time, she ended up pregnant with their son. After the child was born, he had questioned it, wondering why the boy didn’t look like him at all. He couldn’t bring himself to feel close to the boy, but he still took care of him.

The four parents exchanged glances, carefully examining Gu Jiaqi’s face. There was indeed no resemblance to Gu Qingci at all. Could it be that his son wasn’t really his?

Jiang Huaijin walked over to a nearby swing and sat down, slowly rocking it back and forth, a strange smile curling on his lips as he stared at Gu Jiali. Her aunt, Gu Yalan, should be making her appearance soon, and he couldn’t help but look forward to it.