Chapter 7 (2/2)
“Play? All you do is play!” Su Anqi vented all her anger toward He Yi onto Wan Wan. It was difficult not to despise Wan Wan when her features were so similar to her mother’s. “Can’t you go learn something else after practicing the piano? All you do is fool around, who do you think you are?…”
Wan Wan was already used to Su Anqi’s wrath. Biting her little finger, she became teary-eyed.
Su Anqi’s rage stopped instantly when Chu Tianyi appeared.
Su Anqi only realized that he was standing right behind her. She panicked and retracted her shrewish self before putting on a gentle expression and cling onto him. “Tianyi, when did you come here?”
“You should be more patient to a child.” Chu Tianyi maintained his usual indifferent expression and only uttered those words when Su Anqi was clinging onto him.
Su Anqi tried to laugh it off. “Tianyi, you’ve misunderstood! I’m doing this for her own good! She has a lot to learn since she’s not a kid anymore. It’d be a shame if her laziness costs her future! I might be a little strict, but it’s all for her own good!”
Wan Wan looked at Chu Tianyi teary-eyed as she sobbed, “Daddy, I am done with practicing the piano. Can I go out to play?”
Chu Tianyi looked at her tears coldly and pursed his lips. “Aunt Su is right. You can’t afford to get your studies affected because of laziness. Your tutor will be here soon to teach you other musical instruments and dance. Go wait in the dance studio!”
Tears dropped from Wan Wan’s big eyes as she could not hold them in anymore. She turned and ran toward the studio in anger.
Chu Tianyi wanted to stop her to comfort her as he felt bad.
Su Anqi stopped him hurriedly and put on a smile, “She is turning more and more like He Yi! She’s acting like a princess and cry all the time as if the world revolves around her!”
Chu Tianyi retracted his intention to stop Wan Wan when He Yi was mentioned and his gaze dimmed.
‘She’s just a bastard child with an unknown father! I’m already being compassionate enough for taking her in, there’s no need to provide her too much kindness nor love.’
*
The police finally realized that Jiang Peng was Wei Jiameng’s husband and it was domestic abuse instead of trespassing and robbery after investigating him for 24 hours.
He Yi was well prepared. She sent the photos she took earlier and the other evidence to the police station and looked for the local women’s federation before going to the court to sue Jiang Peng for domestic abuse and ask for protection from the police.
He Yi completed all those within a day and she got rid of the danger from Jiang Peng with ease. He would not be able to step into the Wei family house to disturb them after the police effected a restraining order even if he was released on bail.
Wei Jiameng did not object throughout the whole process but there was anxiety in her eyes as if the sky was falling down.
She finally voiced out her concern at night, “He’s going to kill me the next time I see him…”
He Yi was sitting in front of the computer firmly to check the photos and evidence to be adduced in court. She lifted the corners of her lips slightly when she realized Wei Jiameng’s worry and she comforted her, “He will be taken by the police if he lays a finger on you again! He will not be able to abuse and oppress you in the name of marriage anymore as long as you are firm in getting the divorce. Do you understand?”
It was unclear whether Wei Jiameng understood. Her eyes became teary as she was unsure of what to do next. “But…I’m not ready yet…”
Although she always hoped that someone could get Jiang Peng in control, she never considered getting a divorce before.
“You don’t have to do anything. I’ll prepare everything for you!” As a law graduate with a law practicing certificate, He Yi was capable of preparing everything for Wei Jiameng’s divorce.
“But…” Wei Jiameng finally mustered her courage and mumbled softly, “Jiang Peng is indeed not a good man, but he is Ge Ge’s father. He is our only support!”