Announced divorce, madly criticized Ling Shaochang for kneeling down

"Beautiful sister, long time no see."

The young man stood at the door, dressed in casual clothes, looking at the visitor and greeting him with a smile.

"Qin Dynasty?"

Qiao Ruyi looked at him in disbelief. It was the red-haired boy she met in Tolispur last year.

However, the boy's red hair had turned into short black hair. He no longer had the flamboyance he had before, but he was still full of youthfulness. Qiao Ruyi almost didn't recognize him.

"So you are the goddaughter my mother keeps talking about."

Qin Chao smiled brightly and let her into the house.

Only then did Qiao Ruyi realize that Qin Chao and Qin Wenlan had the same surname.

Qin Chao was the unfortunate son raised by Qin Wenlan alone. He went abroad with his father when he was eighteen years old.

Qiao Ruyi really didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.

"My goddaughter is here!"

Qin Wenlan's voice came from the house, and then she appeared at the door. She looked at Qiao Ruyi with a smile and hit Qin Chao a few times without much force. "You unlucky child, I asked you to open the door for my goddaughter, but you are still chatting at the door."

As she spoke, she quickly welcomed Qiao Ruyi in, pulled her to sit on the sofa, and was very pleased with her.

Qin Chao shrank his shoulders after being hit by her, and kept muttering as he followed her, "Mom, how do I know that the goddaughter you are talking about is your beautiful sister?"

Qin Wenlan was surprised and asked cheerfully, "Do you know each other?"

Qin Chao said nothing, but just looked at Qiao Ruyi with a smile.

Qiao Ruyi replied, "I happened to meet Qin Chao when I was traveling abroad. I didn't expect that he was your son. He helped me when he was abroad."

Qin Chao continued, saying meaningfully, "I remember that beautiful sister was about to get divorced at that time."

Then he asked with a smile, "Pretty sister, is that man your ex-husband?"

Speaking of this, Qiao Ruyi felt a little embarrassed.

Not only did they not get divorced, they were actually doing very well.

"Kid, why are you asking such nonsense?" Qin Wenlan saw how bright Qiao Ruyi looked now, and knew that she must be living well. It was obvious that she was being loved and cared for, and she looked completely different from when she first saw her in the hospital.

She was so pitiful at that time, it really makes people feel distressed.

Now, the hardship has ended and happiness has arrived.

She turned and looked at Qin Chao with disdain, "Hurry up and cook. Didn't you just say you wanted to show me your skills?"

"You really want me to make it?" Qin Chao scratched his head in embarrassment. "I was just joking. I was afraid my sister might not like it."

"It's okay with me." Qiao Ruyi smiled, "I'm not picky about food."

"Did you hear that? My goddaughter is not like you, picky about food. She hasn't been back to China for a few years, and when she eats, she either complains about too much chili or too much garlic." Qin Wenlan said unhappily, "Only foreign food is delicious. I don't understand what's so delicious about that bland white food."

Qiao Ruyi could tell that although Qin Wenlan's words were full of disdain for Qin Chao, they were more about her longing and doting for her son.

"Okay, okay, for the sake of my beautiful sister, I'll go cook two dishes." Qin Chao said, turned around and went to the kitchen.

"This unfortunate child is still the same as when he was a child." Qin Wenlan looked at his back, with disdain on her face but love in her eyes.

"However, I really didn't expect that you two had met before. It's really fate." She took Qiao Ruyi's hand and whispered with a smile, "To be honest, at that time, godmother really wanted to introduce my son to you and let you be my daughter-in-law."

"But now," Qin Wenlan patted the back of Qiao Ruyi's hand with relief, "seeing that you are living a happy life, godmother is relieved."

"Godmother." Qiao Ruyi snuggled happily in Qin Wenlan's arms. "I'm sure you're very happy that Qin Chao is back this time, right?"

"The last time this kid came back was two years ago. He only stayed at home for less than two weeks before rushing back to his father's place." Qin Wenlan stared at the kitchen. "He came back suddenly this time too, and didn't say how long he'd stay. Maybe he'd be gone again the moment I woke up."

He comes and goes without a trace, what a troublesome and unlucky guy.

Qiao Ruyi comforted him, "The fact that he can often go back to his uncle's place proves that his uncle treats him very well. Godmother should be relieved."

"What a bullshit." Qin Wenlan got angry when she mentioned her damn ex-husband. "That damn Zhao Xing has been living abroad. We haven't been in touch since the divorce. I didn't bother to say a word to him. I never sent him a single message. Whether he's dead or alive is none of our business."

Qiao Ruyi listened quietly. Zhao Xing should be Qin Chao's father.

"When Qin Chao was about ten years old, he suddenly called me, as if he had come back from the dead, and said he wanted someone to pick Qin Chao up to go to his place and play. I thought about my unfortunate son who had never had a father's love since childhood, so I agreed. I didn't have many expectations of him at the time. I didn't need his new wife to treat my son as her own son. I just hoped that he would treat my son as a human being and not let Qin Chao be bullied alone abroad."

"Guess what happened?" Qin Wenlan grew increasingly angry as she spoke. "I sent my healthy son there, and when he came back, he was covered in wounds! There was no place on his body that was worth looking at. His knees, elbows, and back were all covered in bruises."

Qin Wenlan was so angry that her teeth itched. "The key is that that damn Zhao Xing still refuses to admit to abusing my son. My unfortunate son won't tell the truth either. No matter how I ask him, he won't say that his father and his father's new wife beat him up. That would be fine, but from that moment on, he seemed to have been drugged by his father and kept thinking about going to his father."

Speaking of this, Qin Wenlan was both angry and helpless. "Later, his father would take him away every winter and summer vacation, and he would always come back covered in injuries. I didn't let him go, but he insisted on going. Later, I simply ignored him and told him to go if he wanted to. Let him suffer. I didn't expect that when he just turned 18, he would go abroad with his father for good."

Qiao Ruyi listened to the hint of sadness in Qin Wenlan's tone. She always thought she was easy-going, free-spirited and insightful. She never expected that the son who grew up by her side would leave with his ex-husband in this way.

"Did Qin Chao's father really abuse him?" Qiao Ruyi asked.

"Who knows?" Qin Wenlan said, "That injury couldn't have been caused by him, but he refused to tell anyone and was determined to go with his father. Let him go, go wherever he wants, I'm happy to be alone."

Qiao Ruyi hugged Qin Wenlan and saw the photo on the table.

She picked it up and took a look. It was a photo of a family of three.

The photo looks a bit old. The woman in the photo is bright and beautiful, the man is handsome, and there is a little boy standing between them. He looks delicate and cute.

Qiao Ruyi remembered that this photo was not displayed at home when she came here last time.

"This was taken before the divorce. Qin Chao found it and put it on display today."

Qin Wenlan pointed at the man in the photo and said unhappily, "This is Zhao Xing. When I married him, he was still a businessman. He wasn't terribly rich, but his life was better than most people's."

"But I heard he got rich after going abroad." Qin Wenlan said disdainfully, "I don't know what kind of business he's in. Maybe he used his appearance to hook up with a rich woman."