Three days, not long, not short.
On the way back, Shen Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "Are you confident you can find out the truth within three days?"
Fu Jingshu drove with one hand, holding her fingertips with the other, and squeezed them gently. "Don't worry, I'll find a way. Even if I can't find anything, I won't let you apologize."
"You trust me that much?"
He curved his lips slightly. "Rather than trusting you, I trust my judgment. If you were the kind of person who would harm a child, I wouldn't have fallen for you back then."
"What if I am?"
Her face clearly showed a smile, but she still asked deliberately.
He mused, "If that were the case, I would accept it. Who told me to meet you?"
Letting go was impossible, not in this lifetime.
He hadn't forgotten that King was still eyeing them.
Shen Qingqing gave him a playful glare and withdrew her hand. "Drive properly. The lives of our three, mother and children, are all in your hands."
"Okay."
He readily agreed and switched to holding the steering wheel with both hands, driving with genuine care and caution.
Upon returning home, Shen Jinxi immediately ran back to his room, acting mysteriously. Shen Qingqing, understanding his intentions, didn't pry further. Old Mrs. Fu, coming downstairs and seeing them, was perplexed.
"Didn't you go hiking? Why are you back so soon?"
Shen Qingqing had to explain the events.
Old Mrs. Fu said indignantly, "It must be those mother and daughter causing trouble again. If I had known, I should have kept them locked up and supervised them. Then they wouldn't have come to bother you."
Shen Qingqing was surprised. "Grandma, you believe me?"
"Of course."
Old Mrs. Fu found her question strange. "I trust my grandson's judgment, and I also believe you're not a wicked person who would harm a child. I know you don't harbor any malice towards Nuo Nuo."
If anyone else was suspected of harming Nuo Nuo, she might have doubted, but never this Qing girl.
She had never had the slightest doubt.
Shen Qingqing was touched. "Thank you for your trust."
As she spoke, Shen Jinxi came thundering down the stairs, holding a mobile phone that was playing a video. He placed the phone on the coffee table.
"Everyone, watch!"
After everyone finished watching the video, Shen Qingqing was the first to pick him up and kiss him. "How amazing is our Xixi?"
Shen Jinxi chuckled. "I didn't expect it to be so coincidental, so I filmed it."
Old Mrs. Fu smiled sweetly. "Xixi is truly our little lucky star."
With the video provided by the little one, everything was easily resolved.
The next day, Shen Qingqing and Fu Jingshu went to the hospital with the video. Fu Tingyi, Fang Ruo, and Lu Wanying were all guarding Nuo Nuo's ward.
Seeing them, Fu Tingyi's expression was anything but pleasant.
Lu Wanying asked, "Are you here to apologize?"
"Lu Wanying."
Fu Jingshu suddenly spoke, his tone icy and devoid of emotion, as if he were merely calling out a stranger's name. "I'll ask you one more time, do you still insist that Qingqing pushed her?"
Lu Wanying's heart skipped a beat.
Why was he speaking with such a tone? Had he sensed something?
Impossible. There were no cameras on the cliff, nor any onlookers. As long as Nuo Nuo insisted she pushed her, there was no way to overturn the matter.
"Yes, I insist."
A dark glint flashed in Fu Jingshu's eyes. He looked away from her. "Alright, then let's look at the evidence."
He took out his phone and tapped on it a few times.
Lu Wanying and Fu Tingyi's phones rang almost simultaneously.
They took them out suspiciously to check. Upon seeing the content, their faces changed drastically. Lu Wanying's complexion turned ashen, her fingers gripping the phone turning pale.
"How is this possible..."
The video's perspective initially focused on the slope. Later, when Shen Qingqing's voice was heard, the camera turned, appearing to be attached to the child.
It clearly showed the confrontation between Shen Qingqing and Nuo Nuo.
Soon after, she released her grip, and Nuo Nuo tumbled down the slope on her own. Shen Qingqing reached out to grab her but missed.
This was the whole truth.
Fu Tingyi and Fang Ruo's faces alternated between green and white. They were now as ashamed as they had been righteous before, realizing they had been manipulated.
"This must be fake!" Lu Wanying struggled desperately. "Why would you bring a camera when going hiking?"
"My son has had this habit since he was little," Shen Qingqing said, glancing at the video with a gentle gaze. "He likes to record all beautiful things. Whether it's at an amusement park, a mall, or even kindergarten, he likes to bring a hidden camera to record everything."
Lu Wanying's face turned ashen. She looked at Fu Jingshu in a panic.
But he didn't even glance at her. Holding Shen Qingqing's hand, he said calmly, "When she wakes up, you take her and leave the Fu family. I will give you the money you deserve, but nothing more."
Just then, Nuo Nuo woke up and looked at him pleadingly, "Daddy..."
"I am not your daddy."
Fu Jingshu refuted her for the first time, and with solemnity. He hadn't been able to before, but seeing the viciousness on the face of the seemingly sweet and innocent girl in the video,
he felt a chill.
He left with Shen Qingqing without looking back.
"Fu Jingshu!" Lu Wanying's voice was sharp. "Are you just going to abandon us like this?"
Fu Jingshu stopped but didn't turn around. "I said, I will provide you with enough to live on."
"But this is not enough!" Lu Wanying's voice was laced with tears. "What we want is companionship, protection, your presence! Not money!"
She wasn't short of money. The Lu family had never deprived her of wealth.
Fu Jingshu tilted his head slightly, his facial features taut and cold. "Greed leads to ruin; be careful not to lose everything."
Lu Wanying froze.
Watching them walk away hand in hand, a perfect match in appearance and talent, she had a premonition that she had completely lost him this time.
Or perhaps, from the moment she chose to leave, he had already ceased to be hers.
On the way back, Shen Qingqing remained silent.
Fu Jingshu glanced at her. "I'm sorry."
"Why apologize?"
"Because I let you suffer so much injustice," Fu Jingshu thought back to his own actions during that time and found them unbelievable. He rubbed his forehead. "I was being stubborn. Actually, there are many ways to repay kindness."
Shen Qingqing glared at him. "You only realize that now."
She paused, then changed the subject. "If that's how you repay kindness, then King is my teacher, and he owes me a debt of gratitude for his guidance and teaching. Should I also offer myself to repay him?"
"No!"
He immediately rejected it, his expression subtly tense.
Shen Qingqing pouted. "You say no now, but what were you doing before? I saw you happily repaying your 'kindness'."
Fu Jingshu felt he was in the wrong. Coincidentally, they stopped at a red light. He stepped on the brake, turned to gaze at her intently, and said in a low voice, "Qingqing, let's get our marriage certificate."