At first they thought Chuchu was just a little kid, coax her a bit and it’d be fine.

Who knew the more they talked like that, the angrier Chuchu felt inside.

She threw away the doll Shang Bifang had put in her hand and said in disgust, "I won’t live here. You don’t even like me, so why do you want me here? My grandpa and grandma will definitely be worried about me!"

What little patience Shang Bifang had left was completely worn out at this point.

He put away the smile on his face and snapped harshly, "What kind of talk is that? How do we not like you? You keep going on about your grandpa and grandma, what’s so good about them? They’re poor to the point of being an eyesore!"

Chuchu didn’t understand what "poor to the point of being an eyesore" meant, but she did understand that Grandpa and Grandma didn’t like her.

"You’re not allowed to badmouth my grandpa and grandma! Chuchu doesn’t like you! You were mean to Chuchu’s mom! Chuchu wants to go home!"

Kids have big tempers too, and she didn’t understand what grandparents were supposed to mean, she just followed her own feelings.

Making a scene, she stood up and, with her little short legs, started running toward the door.

But she had just taken two steps out when Shang Bifang’s big hand immediately blocked her.

"Where do you think you’re going?" Shang Bifang snorted and yanked Chuchu back.

Chuchu’s arm hurt from the pull, and she burst out crying, "Waaah waaah waaah!"

Hong Ling was startled and hurried over to scoop Chuchu up, checking her hand.

The tender skin already had a circle of purplish-red marks pinched into it.

Shang Bifang had never taken care of a child before, how would he know how hard was too hard?

Hong Ling’s heart clenched the second she saw it. "Why did you use so much force? Chuchu is just a child! Look! Her hand’s been pinched like this!"

"Waaah waaah waaah..." Chuchu cried louder and louder.

Aside from the pain in her arm, she missed her mom!

She didn’t want to be here, she wanted her mom!

Chuchu’s crying was practically earth-shattering, intimidating the whole room of servants and intimidating Shang Bifang at the same time!

Shang Bifang’s face also went pale. He regretfully looked at the bruise on Chuchu’s arm, then listened to her gut-wrenching sobs, and only then realized how hard he’d grabbed her just now, actually making the child cry like this!

"I...I didn’t even use that much strength... Aiya, child, d-don’t cry..."

Shang Bifang panicked. It was the first time he’d run into something like this, and he really had no idea what to do.

Chuchu’s crying kept on, and she couldn’t stop at all...

Hong Ling was holding Chuchu, soothing her nonstop. "Baby, be good, it doesn’t hurt, okay? Grandma will blow on it and it won’t hurt anymore... Grandpa is the bad guy, in a bit Grandma will help you hit him, okay?"

"Uuu... Grandpa is a bad guy! Chuchu doesn’t want Grandpa! Chuchu wants Mommy... uuu..." Chuchu cried as she wronged herself, wiping at the corners of her eyes with her little fists.

If crying like this could make Mommy come, that would be great.

"This..." Shang Bifang’s old face flushed red, and he was even more at a loss for words.

He, a bigshot who’d dominated his turf for years, was actually being stumped today by a five-year-old little girl.

If this got out, wouldn’t people laugh their heads off? 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

...

In the car.

Shang Dongyuan was driving, and Chu Xiaoge was sitting in the passenger seat.

All the way there, Chu Xiaoge kept asking, Are we almost there, are we almost there?

Right now her whole heart was tied to Chuchu, terrified that something might happen to her.

Earlier, Shang Bifang’s words surfaced vividly again in her ears.

Chu Xiaoge really regretted it! She had thought that after this whole mess was over, Shang Bifang wouldn’t make things difficult for her and Chuchu anymore, but she never expected...