Although Lu Qingjiu had his suspicions, he was still furious after learning the truth. The child was still too young to express himself after being bullied. Sometimes, a parent’s carelessness would lead them to miss the warning signs and by the time they do notice, it was all too late. Lu Qingjiu asked Le Le a few more questions such as who poked him and if other children had been poked.
Le Le obediently answered his questions, saying that those people who poked him were sent into the hospital by Xiao Jiao. No other children received this punishment so it seemed this matter was entirely targeting Le Le alone.
This made Lu Qingjiu confused. In a case like this, if it were the kindergarten that was the problem, many children would be the victims because the teachers had already made needles a form of punishment for misbehaving children. But now, Le Le was the only one to suffer this punishment. Could Le Le’s identity be somewhat special?
Out of the three injured, two were teachers while the remaining injured person was the upper-class lady with connection with the investor. From Le Le’s explanations, Lu Qingjiu understood he had never seen the upper-class lady until one day when his teacher suddenly found an excuse to punish him and brought him into an empty room. In that room, a woman he had never seen before was instead the one who carried out the punishment. She showed extreme hatred towards Lele, not only ‘stinging’ him, but also using poisonous words to scold him. Frightened and hurt, Le Le could only cry in confusion.
After going home that day, Le Le had wanted to tell his mother but she wasn’t home. The domestic worker in his home often ignored him, so Le Le could only run out pitifully to the park near his house. Like usual, he cried underneath a tree, pouring his heart out to the beehive hanging in the tree. Unexpectedly after his continuous tears, a boy called Xiao Jiao suddenly appeared from the surrounding bushes and the two instantly became friends. Xiao Jiao helped Le Le take revenge while Le Le, after discovering Xiao Jiao’s love for honey, would bring a bottle of honey everyday to meet Xiao Jiao.
After understanding the whole matter, Lu Qingjiu intended to look for Le Le’s mother for a talk. He believed that the majority of mothers loved their child. Although there were exceptions, he believed that, as Le Le’s mother, she had an obligation to know what was going on.
Moreover, Le Le was still young. If he met a similar situation again, he couldn’t always rely on the Jiaochong.
“But mommy is not at home, she’s busy with work.” Hearing Lu Qingjiu’s suggestion, Le Le’s expression grew lonely. His long lashes quivered and beads of tears began to form. “Le Le doesn’t know when mommy will come home.”
“When does Le Le usually see your mommy?” Lu Qingjiu asked.
“I don’t know. Sometimes Mommy will accompany Le Le to eat on weekdays, but even then it’s usually just for a short while.”
Lu Qingjiu asked, “What about your daddy?”
Le Le replied, “Daddy is also busy. I haven’t seen him for a long time…”
Lu Qingjiu continued, “Does Le Le know your mommy’s number?”
Le Le nodded with a little hesitation. “But Auntie said I shouldn’t casually call mommy.”
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The more he heard, the angrier Lu Qingjiu grew. “Le Le, tell uncle your mommy’s number. Uncle promises that your mom won’t be angry.”
Le Le hesitated for a moment and glanced at the Jiaochong by the side getting his nodding approval before revealing the number.
Lu Qingjiu immediately called. His call was cut off the first time and it rang for quite a while the second time until finally someone picked up. An annoyed woman’s voice was heard, asking who it was.
Lu Qingjiu asked, “Are you Le Le’s mother?”
“Le Le? What happened to Le Le?” Hearing her son’s name, the woman grew anxious. “Who is this? Did something happen to my son?”
Lu Qingjiu replied, “There’s something wrong with your son. I’m sending him home now, you need to come immediately.”
The woman answered, “But I still have a meeting later, can I…”
Lu Qingjiu said coldly, “No, you can’t.” Logically, his attitude should be much better considering this was his first time speaking to the other person. But Lu Qingjiu had no intentions of giving Le Le’s mother a good attitude.
“It’s best if you come back now or I can’t guarantee Le Le will be fine.” Lu Qingjiu gave one final warning.
The woman was frightened by Lu Qingjiu’s tone and wanted to say something else but he had already hung up.
“Come on, let’s go home.” Lu Qingjiu patted Le Le’s head. “Say goodbye to the Jiaochong.”
“Xiao Jiao, bye bye. I’ll come find you tomorrow.” Le Le stepped forward and kissed the Jiaochong’s cheeks.
Xiao Jiao’s face reddened but he still waved goodbye and made a farewell gesture. He knew Le Le needed to return to human society. He could help Le Le solve a moment’s matter but in actuality that couldn’t address the root of the problem. With Lu Qingjiu to guide him, there should be a better outcome.
Moreover, what if there came a day… Le Le could no longer see him?
Lu Qingjiu picked Le Le up and left the park with Bai Yuehu under the Jiaochong’s gaze, heading to Le Le’s house near the park.
He could tell Le Le came from a comfortable lifestyle. He lived in a garden-like home. The Auntie, whose job was only to take care of Le Le, was surprised to see Lu Qingjiu return with Le Le in his arms.
Lu Qingjiu merely said that he was a kindergarten worker. Something had happened at the kindergarten, so he had brought Le Le back and wanted to take the chance to speak to Le Le’s guardian.
She looked at Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu with suspicion but still allowed them in.
They sat in the living room waiting for Le Le’s mother to return. Meanwhile, Lu Qingjiu observed the entire house and found no traces of a child living there. At the very least, he couldn’t see any toys for children in the living room. The empty house appeared cold and lonely. No wonder Le Le liked to play outside.
Due to fear that something had happened to Le Le, his mother rushed home after cancelling the meeting.
Arriving home, she saw Lu Qingjiu sitting in the living room and asked rudely, “Who are you?” She was evidently a successful career woman, her aura when speaking to others was very assertive.
However, Lu Qingjiu was unaffected. He beckoned to her, “Come here.”
Le Le’s mother frowned and after a moment of hesitation, she slowly walked towards him.
Lu Qingjiu sighed deeply. “Look closely.” He lifted Le Le’s shirt and exposed his back.
Just as she was about to explode from Lu Qingjiu’s actions, she suddenly noticed the marks on Le Le’s back and immediately understood. Her expression changed and her tone was strained with anger. “Who did this? Le Le, did somebody stab you with a needle?”
Her sinister expression must have startled Le Le who ducked into Lu Qingjiu’s arm as he stared fearfully at his mother.
His mother was hurt by Le Le’s frightened expression. “Le Le, don’t be afraid of mommy. Mommy loves you…”
Lu Qingjiu hugged Le Le and gently patted his back to comfort him. “Calm down, don’t scare the child. Le Le was hurt by his kindergarten teachers but those two are already in the hospital now…”
Le Le’s mother grew even more furious when she heard this but she was afraid of further scaring her child. So, she forcefully suppressed her anger and forced a smile at Lu Qingjiu, “Hello. I’m Du Qinghong… Zhuang Le’s mother. May I know who you are?”
“I’m Lu Qingjiu.” He replied, “I saw your son crying in the park while passing through. Upon asking him about it and learning about his circumstances, I thought of informing his parents to raise their awareness.”
Du Qinghong replied, “Thank you. Le Le, come here, tell mommy what happened?”
However, Le Le remained motionless in Lu Qingjiu’s arms, staring at his mother cautiously. Du Qinghong nearly cried from seeing her son’s hesitant gaze.
Lu Qingjiu, “Since I’ve already clarified the situation, let me tell you the whole story.” He concisely told her about the matter and naturally, the main focus was on the upper-class lady who’d snuck into the kindergarten to stab Le Le with the needle. He felt that this was the crux of this situation.
Unsurprisingly, Du Qinghong’s face turned ugly when she heard this. However, bearing in mind that her child was still present, she did not curse out loud. Even so, she couldn’t hold back her anger. “I knew it… who would dare to touch my Le Le? So, it’s her. I let her off once but she actually did such a thing to my son, that bitch!” The last word was practically spat through gritted teeth. Looking at Du Qinghong’s poisonous expression, the other party would probably have become mincemeat if she were standing in front of her.
“What are her intentions? For her to be able to do such a thing to a child?” Lu Qingjiu just couldn’t understand how a personal grudge could lead a person to hurt a five-year-old child.
Du Qinghong looked at Le Le and gave a long sigh. “Let’s go outside.” She got up and took out some snacks from the freezer. “Le Le, wait here for me. I need to talk to this uncle.” Evidently, she didn’t want Le Le to know too much about these dirty things.
Le Le nodded blankly and obediently sat on the spot without moving.
Watching her cute obedient child, Du Qinghong couldn’t hold back her tears. She bit her lips and exerted all her strength to get up from her chair to go outside with Lu Qingjiu.
Outside, she concisely revealed all their family matters to Lu Qingjiu. It turned out that Zhuang Le’s father had an affair half a year ago and wanted to divorce Du Qinghong. However, she refused because she still had feelings for him. As Zhuang Le’s father had married into his wife’s family, most of their assets were in Du Qinghong’s name, including the company he worked at.
Du Qinghong was often too busy with work and thus neglected her family. In order to make it up to Zhuang Le, she invested a huge sum in the Kindergarten. However, it was made under Zhuang Le’s father’s name… As Du Qinghong was still in a deadlock with her husband, she was hoping that this would make him turn around and give Zhuang Le a complete family. In the end, she neglected the person most important to her and didn’t even notice something strange happening to Zhuang Le.
Zhuang Le was very obedient. Unlike other children, he rarely threw any tantrums because he could not see his mother often. Even when he was being wronged, he would still hold in his sadness. Du Qinghong never imagined that that woman would dare to hurt her child under her eyes. She had underestimated the cruelty of humans and never imagined they would do something so sinister.
Thanks for the chapter! 😡😡
Grrr! 😡
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Thank you for translating! <3
That’s just wrong… I hope that lady suffers. Hurting a child out of such pettiness. I don’t know what the father sees in that piece of trash.
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Thanks for the chapter! 💕
The actions of that bish is absolutely disgusting. I hope her eyeballs are stung by a needle…
Thanks for the chapter!
Poor Le Le! His dad sucks and that woman is even worse – pulling an innocent child into adults fight
People who abuse children deserve to die. Hopefully his mom can carefully pay better attention.
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
Thanks for the update
Thank you for the chapter
Wow… To abuse a child for such a selfish and petty reason… This biatch makes my blood boil… I hope karma gets to her and the scum father.
This is why I disagree for people who don’t really love each other to marry for the sake of the child or to stay together for that sake. Kids know when parents hate each other and ends up traumatised by all the fighting esp when one partner begins to cheat. Kids are happier with two parent living apart but healthy than stuck together in a hateful relationship they start to even resent the child. Look at poor LeLe, his mother wanted to keep a man who didn’t love her and Lele paid the price. Lele’s mom should dump that slag man, fire him and raise her son! She deserves better and so does Lele.
Poor child..
Hurting an innocent child how shameless so cruel. I want to slap that woman.
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Just as I thought when I read about that woman. What a character…
And what the mother said about her child being so obedient and blabla, it just reminds me of another novel I’m currently reading. Always those neglected kids.
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I finally caught up!
Finally caught up with everything eheh can’t wait for the next chapter!
I agree eith other people about hating that woman and Le Le’s father, but i also don’t really like Le Le’s mother. Sure you can tell she loves her child dearly but hello? That’s not an excuse for basically never being there spending time with her child. She never paid attention. In a way, it’s also her fault. No wonder Le Le is so distanced from his mother, she’s never there for him anyways. Tsk.
Ty for the chapter!💜💜💜
Madam Du…is your brain still working? What kind of outcome you are expecting from a man having affair behind your back be?😡😡😡😡