Sober and beautiful, my husband and son begged for my forgiveness on their knees.

When the manager of the 4S store saw that he looked so upset, he assumed that they had angered him because they hadn't taken good care of the young master, so he quickly apologized.

"Mr. Lu, please don't be angry. Now that we know who took the young master away, we'll call the police right away and make sure that person pays a heavy price!"

Lu Jingmo suppressed his anger and said coldly, "No need, I'll go find her."

When the 4S store manager saw him leave with a cold face, he quickly escorted him to the door.

As long as no one causes him trouble, this young master will do whatever he wants.

After taking Lu Mingjin away, Ning Yao did not immediately take him home, but instead took him to the children's playground in the shopping mall next door.

Lu Mingjin was initially worried that she would bully him, but her big eyes immediately lit up when she saw the children's playground.

"Don't you like playing with building blocks? Go ahead."

After Ning Yao finished the formalities, she carried him to the quietest place before putting him down.

Lu Mingjin looked at the tempting building block games, her eyes filled with obvious smugness.

"Don't think I'll forgive you just because you brought me here to play with building blocks! You scared me so much just now, and you even took me away without my dad's knowledge. When he comes looking for me, I'm going to tell him all about it!"

Ning Yao looked around and replied perfunctorily, "Oh, then go ahead and sue."

Lu Mingjin was waiting for her to coax him, but instead he received these words, which made him angry.

"What did you say? I'm telling you, I really will tell on you! Dad doesn't like you to begin with, and if he finds out you're treating me badly, he'll hate you even more! Maybe he really will divorce you!"

After confirming that no one was around, Ning Yao looked at him and said with a faint smile, "That's good. Anyway, I was going to divorce him anyway."

Lu Mingjin was stunned. Seeing that the threat was useless, he was so angry that his lips curled up.

He grabbed the building blocks beside him, intending to repeat his previous trick and smash her again.

But this time, Ning Yao didn't let him succeed.

The moment his hand touched the building blocks, Ning Yao preemptively threw them, hitting his arm.

Although she had controlled her strength, Lu Mingjin still screamed.

"Hey! You dare to smash me!"

Ning Yao nodded, smiling casually, "Yeah, I hit you. There's no reason why you can hit me and I can't hit you."

Lu Mingjin wasn't in pain; he just couldn't accept that his mother, who always tried to please everyone, would actually hit him!

Before he could react, Ning Yao smashed it again.

This time, Lu Mingjin was completely enraged.

His little face was slightly contorted with anger. He bent down, grabbed a block, and threw it at Ning Yao. But he was small and weak, so he missed Ning Yao and was hit on the back of his hand instead.

"Are you crazy! I'm your son, how can you keep smashing me!"

Ning Yao picked up the third building block with one hand, touched her eyes with the other, and slowly asked him, "Do you know what you did wrong?"

Lu Mingjin was stunned when he saw her slightly red and swollen eyes.

I instinctively avoided her gaze.

Ning Yao knew he understood her meaning, so she gave him another chance. "Lu Mingjin, your teacher taught you on your first day of kindergarten that you must admit your mistakes. Shouldn't you say something to me?"

Lu Mingjin unconsciously rubbed the hem of his clothes with his thumb and forefinger, a small habit he only made when he was nervous.

Ning Yao could see that he was struggling, but she patiently continued to wait.

But under her gaze, Lu Mingjin became increasingly conflicted and anxious.

The teacher did say that, but he couldn't bring himself to say those three words.

My aunt said that no mother would ever hurt her child, let alone force her child to do something they don't want to do.

But she always forced herself to be like this; he hated his mother.

Seeing him standing alone in the middle with his head down, Ning Yao was also somewhat shaken.

But when she thought about how he had just smashed his own eyes with building blocks without hesitation, she held back.

Lu Mingjin is only five years old. It's absolutely unacceptable that she hurt someone and didn't even apologize.

"Actually, you don't love me at all."

Lu Mingjin suddenly spoke, her voice clearly trembling with sobs.

Ning Yao's gaze slowly fell on him, and Lu Mingjin also raised his head, looking at her with a hostile gaze.

“You never play games with me, and you never take me to the amusement park. You know I like fried chicken legs and ice cream, but you always refuse me with the excuse that they're bad for my health. It's clearly you who doesn't get Dad's favor, yet you make me unhappy because of you! No mother is like you.”

Ning Yao's heart jolted violently, followed by a series of sharp, persistent pains.

She previously thought her son disliked her because he had been instigated.

But little did he know that his dissatisfaction with himself had permeated every aspect of his life.

She had overestimated herself, and suddenly she lost the will to educate him.

"Fine, since you harbor such deep resentment towards me, there's no need for me to waste my time here with you."

She reached out to Lu Mingjin, who, thinking she was going to hug him again, immediately hid his arm.

But Ning Yao didn't hug him; instead, she grabbed him by the back of the neck and walked him out.

After getting the refund, she continued to carry Lu Mingjin back to her small home.

Lu Mingjin couldn't keep up with her pace on the way and wanted to ask her to stop several times, but seeing how terribly cold her eyes were, he had to hold back.

The two came out in the elevator. Lu Mingjin didn't want to be dragged along by her, so he stormed out in a huff.

Ning Yao was a step too slow; she had just stepped out when she heard Lu Mingjin shout excitedly, "Dad!"

Ning Yao stood at the elevator entrance, watching him rush towards Lu Jingmo, who was waiting at her door like a swallow returning to its nest. Her eyes involuntarily welled up with tears, but she quickly restrained herself.

Lu Jingmo arrived a few minutes earlier than the mother and son. After discovering that Ning Yao was not home, he instructed his assistant to go and look for her. Unexpectedly, they returned on their own.

Noticing his son sobbing, he first gave Ning Yao a cold look, then asked with concern:

"Mingjin, why are you crying? What happened?"

Lu Mingjin sobbed as he told Ning Yao about how Ning Yao had forcibly taken him away and hit him with building blocks.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingmo's expression immediately turned ugly.

“Ning Yao, he’s only five years old. It’s normal for him to be immature. How could you hit him? You knew he was physically weak, yet you took him to a chaotic place like a shopping mall. What if he gets infected with some virus? Can you take responsibility?”

Seeing her father stand up for her, Lu Mingjin affectionately pressed her little face against her father's shoulder, then looked at Ning Yao with schadenfreude.

Seeing the way he looked so proud of his father, Ning Yao couldn't help but sneer.

These words, coming from her mouth, robbed him of his happiness.

The words coming from Lu Jingmo were expressions of concern for him and support for him... He truly deserves to be a child of the Lu family.

"I hit him because he deserved it."

"Ning Yao, what kind of attitude is this! What can a five-year-old child do? It's not worth arguing with him!"

“This…” Ning Yao pointed to the corner of her slightly red and swollen eye, “This is his handiwork. Don’t you think he deserved to be hit?”