Chapter 238: It Was Her Lousy Idea

Sister Wang looked at the child sitting on the floor, crying and throwing a tantrum.

This was giving her a massive headache.

"Don’t cry. I’ll give you some candy."

She remembered she had a piece in her pocket. Someone else had given it to her.

She immediately pulled it out and handed it to him.

Hao Rong’s son, Hao Ziji, saw her pull out the candy and immediately snatched it from her hand.

"I want cookies, too—"

Sister Wang’s expression grew darker and darker.

’This child... I can’t possibly look after him.’

"Let’s go. I’m taking you to your mother."

’I have to get him back to her, and fast.’

’Forget a few days, I can’t even last one day with him.’

She grabbed the two large packages.

Then she took the boy’s hand and started to leave.

Hao Ziji wasn’t having it. "I want you to carry me—"

Sister Wang: ...?

’What kind of little terror is this?’

’I have to send him back. I absolutely have to.’

’If I have to watch him for a whole day, it’ll be torture.’

Gritting her teeth, she decided to leave the two packages for now, planning to deliver them later.

Then she picked up the boy and headed out.

She hurried over to the Hao Family residence.

She saw that the main gate was already locked.

Her heart sank. ’Didn’t she say she was taking an afternoon train?’

’How could she be gone already?’

’It hasn’t been that long since she left my office!’

But the gate was well and truly locked.

’This won’t do. I have to find someone and ask.’

Just then, Sister in law Liu, who lived nearby, came out.

She immediately asked, "Sister in law Liu, do you know where Hao Rong’s wife went?"

As it turned out, Sister in law Liu knew exactly what was going on.

"She’s gone. She went to the train station."

"What? She’s gone?" Sister Wang couldn’t believe she had really left.

She felt a desperate urge to chase after her.

Seeing this, Sister in law Liu said, "You’ll never catch her. She got a ride. She flagged down a military vehicle earlier and had them give her a special trip."

Upon hearing this, Sister Wang’s vision swam.

’She’s already gone, and by car, no less. How am I supposed to return him now?’

Seeing her expression, Sister in law Liu’s eyes darted slyly.

She sidled up to Sister Wang and said in a low voice:

"Sister Wang, what’s going on? This child... sigh. I heard earlier that Little Cui wanted to leave him at Qin Tuan’s family’s place. After all, Aunt Fu is already watching kids. If you can watch two, you can watch three!"

"I guess they weren’t willing to help. Oh, by the way, you have Fu Mingxue to thank for this. It was her idea. She’s the one who told Little Cui to come to you if she ran into trouble!"

Sister Wang: ...?

Her expression instantly turned foul.

She was so furious her chest tightened!

’No wonder!’

’So that’s why Cui Meihong came looking for me.’

’It was all Fu Mingxue’s rotten idea.’

’Could it be that Fu Mingxue is still holding a grudge from when I brought those people over to her house to cause a scene?’

’But was that my fault?’

’I wasn’t the one making trouble.’

’I was just helping those family members ask some questions—so I could make an official record.’

’What’s wrong with that?’

’Besides, didn’t I get criticized for it later?’

’I even apologized to them!’

She wanted to march over there and confront them—but given her position, she couldn’t possibly do something like that.

She took a deep breath.

’This was a bitter pill she had to swallow, whether she liked it or not.’

Just then, Hao Ziji, still in her arms, started acting up again.

"I want crackers! I want yummy crackers—"

Sister Wang: ...? She had the overwhelming urge to put this difficult little monster down.

Taking a deep breath, she said, "Auntie will go get some for you."

Her gaze fell on the tightly shut main gate of the Qin Family Mansion.

Holding the child, she went to pound on the gate—no, to knock.

"Aunt Fu, are you there? Aunt Fu—"

Wang Xiang from next door came out. "Stop knocking. Aunt Fu went to the hospital to see Qin Tuan. Director Wang, is something the matter?"