"You, have you ever been?" Xie Junping was slightly surprised: "You know it's illegal!" ”

"I can't help it!" Lingche's voice was full of despair: "I can't take her with me all the time, I have to work, I have a lot of things to do."

"You're so confused, you can tell me that the Filipino maid at home can lend you everything." Xie Junping suddenly felt a bigger headache: "This is not China, even if Xiang Ke doesn't appear, something will happen if you leave such a young child alone at home and be discovered!"

"I know, but Xiaoqing is very sensible, she can play with herself by herself, and there has never been any problem." Ling Che was a little flustered: "Why, how could Xiang Ke know?" ”

"Lingling, where is Xiaoqing now? You won't? Xie Junping said suddenly.

Lingche nodded guiltily.

But seeing that Xie Junping was so angry that he almost jumped up: "At this juncture, you still dare to ......"

Hearing this, Lingche quickly ran in the direction of home.

It must be Xiaoqing, it must be Xiaoqing, if she wasn't secretly helping Xiang Ke, how could anyone know that she often left Xiaoqing alone at home?

"Don't worry, if it was really Xiaoqing who told Xiang Ke, then as long as we find a way to coax Xiaoqing, we will definitely be able to make her change her confession, as long as she doesn't go to court, there is still a chance." Xie Junping couldn't help but persuade.

Lingche only felt a pain in her heart, and she couldn't breathe anymore, she just wanted to go back quickly and ask Xiaoqing, why did she betray herself?

Seeing a police car parked downstairs in the apartment, a bad premonition arose, and Lingche ran upstairs quickly, took out the key with a trembling hand and inserted it into the door. But she heard a click, the door opened automatically, and a black policeman looked at her expressionlessly: "Madam, we were about to call you, and you came back just in time." ”

Ling Che looked at her suspiciously, but his heart seemed to be poured directly down by a basin of ice water, and it was extremely cold.

"Mom!" Xiaoqing ran out of the house and threw herself into her arms.

Ling Che felt extremely sad, she gently pushed Xiaoqing away, and said tiredly, "Why are you doing this? ”

"Mom, don't ignore Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing really didn't mean it!" Xiaoqing looked at her with teary eyes, looking very aggrieved.

Xie Junping gently pushed Ling Che and reminded her in a low voice: "She is still a child, so many people are here, what are you angry with her?" ”

Another Chinese policewoman in the house walked straight over: "Madam, you are suspected of child abuse, please go back with us for investigation." ”

Ling Che looked at the police incredulously, pointed at himself in surprise, and then looked at Xiaoqing, his face was full of disappointment, and he said in disbelief: "Did I abuse you?" ”

Xiaoqing raised her head, looked at her with teary eyes and said, "Mom, it's really not me." ”

"Madam, please cooperate." The black policeman walked over and looked at Lingche with a serious face.

Lingche had no choice but to follow them away.

Xiao Qing and Ling Che were questioned in two separate rooms, and after the police made a brief note, they told Ling Che that she could face serious charges and that Xiao Qing's custody could be withdrawn at any time.

Ling Che felt that the whole person was confused, if it was on weekdays, with her acumen as a lawyer, it would not be difficult to deal with the police's questioning. But when she thought that her daughter, who had always loved her, actually joined forces with Xiang Ke to deal with her in such a way, she was a little at a loss. I don't know if it's right or wrong for me to insist like this, is she really not even qualified to be a mother?

It was late when she came out of the police station, Xiaoqing was left behind by the police, and Lingche couldn't take her home.

In the dim light, I saw Shen Ling standing next to the car from a distance, smiling at her slightly, as if she was in a different world.

The car drove calmly on the road, Shen Ling turned on the heating to the fullest, but Lingche still felt cold, she gently hugged herself, and the two remained silent all the way.

When he arrived downstairs in the apartment, Shen Ling parked the car and said with a slight smile: "I'm hungry, do you want to go have a supper together?" ”

Ling Che nodded, at this moment, she was indeed hungry and tired.

The car quickly drove out again and stopped in front of a noodle restaurant in Chinatown.

Shen Ling ordered a few Chinese side dishes and two bowls of steaming noodles.

Although his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, he still had no appetite at all, and Ling Che only ate two bites, and he felt that his stomach was tumbling for a while.

"Only when we have a full stomach can we have the energy to deal with our common enemy together." Shen Ling looked at her with a smile, and when he saw her puzzled look, he said slowly: "You probably don't know yet, Xiang Ke and I are fighting for the management of a project, if you hadn't dragged him down, I really wasn't sure that I would be able to win him." ”

Ling Che sneered twice, and looked at Shen Ling like a child: "You are already an adult, and you have to be responsible for what you have done." ”

Shen Ling was so anxious that he jumped to his feet: "Why am I not responsible?" I'm much more reliable than you. The words blurted out, and seeing the sadness flashing in Ling Che's eyes, he closed his mouth in disdain: "I have long said that I asked Mrs. Lin to help you take Xiaoqing, but you just refuse to listen." ”

Lingche poured himself a sip of wine, and the past came to his heart, it was really a mistake, a wrong step.

Shen Ling snatched the wine glass from her hand and said angrily: "Look at your useless appearance, if I were you, I would fight to the end with Xiang Ke." If he dares to find evidence that you left Xiaoqing at home alone, you go and collect evidence of his chaotic private life in China. ”

"And then the consequence is that my Xiaoqing will be sent to the Child Protective Services by the government." Ling Che looked at Shen Ling in despair and said with a wry smile.

"You can still laugh now, it doesn't seem like things have gotten worse to that extent." Shen Ling smiled and quipped, "Do you have a countermeasure?" ”

"Nope." Lingche shook his head.

Shen Ling was stunned for a moment, in the past few years, he watched Lingche work while studying and raising Xiaoqing alone, and the hard work he paid was unimaginable to ordinary people, if she could give up Xiaoqing, it would be a fantasy. It's not so much that she let go, it's more that it's really heartbroken. "Don't be angry, she's just a child."

"She's still a child, but Xiang Ke isn't, he knows that Xiaoqing is my life, and he still has to use this method." Lingche said sadly.

Shen Ling sneered: "I think he did the right thing, if you dare to leave Xiaoqing at home alone, you should have expected such consequences." Even in China, it is dangerous to lock such a young child in the house alone. Even if you don't calculate with Ke today, what about tomorrow? Can you promise never to be found by your neighbors or anyone else? Sooner or later, your custody will still have to be taken back. ”