"Fu Yan Ting."
Hearing Fu Yan Ting's words, Lin Qian trembled with anger. She never expected Fu Yan Ting to disrespect her in front of so many people.
Lin Qian was a person who valued her reputation.
Now that Fu Yan Ting spoke to her so mercilessly, she lost face, and her tone naturally couldn't be any better.
Lin Qian also knew very well that Fu Yan Ting was not someone to be trifled with. Continuing to be stubborn with Fu Yan Ting would not benefit her or the Lin family.
Lin Qian was skilled at emotional manipulation. She glanced at Yan Xi behind Fu Yan Ting and sneered, "They say a son forgets his mother once he has a wife. This saying is indeed true."
The implication was that Fu Yan Ting's bad attitude towards Lin Qian was instigated by Yan Xi.
Yan Xi felt incredibly wronged.
However, due to Lin Qian's status, Yan Xi couldn't act out in front of Fu Yan Ting.
She could only swallow her grievance.
This Lin Qian, she was the one who had hurt Fu Yan Ting so much, the one who had plotted and used Fu Yan Ting, and abandoned him. How come now it seemed like Yan Xi was at fault?
Thinking of this, Yan Xi's expression turned extremely grim.
Seeing that her goal was achieved, Lin Qian did not dwell on the topic. She changed the subject and began her act of self-pity.
Sizing up Fu Yan Ting, Lin Qian spoke again, "Yan Ting, I know you dote on Yan Xi, but you can't be so cruel to me. I've traveled a long distance to find you, wanting to have children for you so you can have some time alone. I don't know what Miss Yan has said to you, but I genuinely want to help you share some of your daily life."
After speaking, Lin Qian looked at Yan Xi with a wronged expression and said, "Miss Yan, if you had any dissatisfaction with me before, you could have told me. There was no need to whisper in Yan Ting's ear."
Yan Xi's mouth twitched. Was Fu Yan Ting's mother an acting major? She was such a good actress; the Oscars owed her a statuette.
Although Yan Xi thought this, she did not show it in front of Lin Qian.
Before Yan Xi could speak, Fu Yan Ting tightly held Yan Xi's hand, cast a cold glance at Lin Qian, and retorted without politeness, "With what you've done, do you think Yan Xi needs to whisper in my ear?"
This remark made Lin Qian lose all face.
Lin Qian knew Fu Yan Ting's temper, so she stopped talking.
Lin Qian's arrival had ruined Fu Yan Ting's appetite. However, Yan Xi was pregnant and needed to eat. Otherwise, malnutrition would endanger both Yan Xi and the child in her womb.
Fu Yan Ting looked at Yan Xi and said, "Let's go, I'll take you out to eat."
Yan Xi had initially said it was unnecessary, but she also knew that Lin Qian did not favor her. Facing Lin Qian's face at home, Yan Xi probably wouldn't have much appetite.
So Yan Xi nodded, and Fu Yan Ting took Yan Xi away from home.
Fu Yan Ting did not speak a word to Lin Qian throughout. Lin Qian was chilled by Fu Yan Ting's attitude and her mood soured.
After Fu Yan Ting left, Lin Qian began to search the house. Since Fu Yan Ting disliked her, she couldn't have come here for nothing.
She intended to look for important cooperative projects of the Fu Group. Even if she couldn't poach them, she wouldn't let Fu Yan Ting off the hook. She had to teach Fu Yan Ting a lesson; otherwise, Fu Yan Ting would never care about her as his mother.
Thinking of this, a glint of ruthlessness flashed in Lin Qian's eyes.
Lin Qian went to Fu Yan Ting's study but found the door locked. Lin Qian frowned and called a servant to open the study door.
The servant replied with some worry, "Old Madam, Master dislikes others entering his study."
"What old madam? Do I look very old?"
Lin Qian's temper flared instantly when the servant called her "Old Madam."
"Old Madam" referred to the deceased old lady of the Fu family, didn't it?
The servant was new. She had always called Yan Xi "Madam" and Fu Yan Ting "Master." But now the lady in front of her was Fu Yan Ting's mother. She was afraid that calling her "Madam" would be confused with Yan Xi, so she called her "Old Madam." However, the servant didn't expect Lin Qian to throw such a tantrum.
Seeing Lin Qian, the servant wanted to explain, but before she could speak, Lin Qian said again, "Enough, hurry and open this door for me."
"Madam, please don't make things difficult for us. Master dislikes others entering his study."
"What are you talking about? Am I an outsider? I am his mother. What's wrong with me taking a look at my son's work environment?"
Hearing Lin Qian's words, the servant's expression became extremely grim. However, due to Lin Qian being Fu Yan Ting's mother, the servant dared not complain.
In the end, she had no choice but to reluctantly open the study door.
After entering, Lin Qian started looking at Fu Yan Ting's computer. But when she turned it on, she was surprised to find that Fu Yan Ting had set a password.
Lin Qian's face turned extremely ugly. She tried to enter the password several times, but it was incorrect. Lin Qian couldn't help but narrow her eyes. Fu Yan Ting was too cautious. The passwords she entered were all numbers related to Fu Yan Ting or the Fu family, but each time they were wrong.
At this moment, Lin Qian did not know that it was not a password at all, but rather that Fu Yan Ting had used a hacker to encrypt the computer.
Lin Qian's expression was exceptionally grim. She snorted coldly and said irritably, "It's just a broken computer, who else would want to look at it? Being so cautious, it's not very generous."
Since she couldn't crack Fu Yan Ting's computer password, Lin Qian gave up lingering in Fu Yan Ting's study. She got up and walked out. But after taking two steps, something suddenly fell from Fu Yan Ting's computer desk.
It caught Lin Qian's attention.
Lin Qian bent down to pick it up.
When Lin Qian picked up the item, she suddenly narrowed her eyes.
As Fu Yan Ting's mother, she didn't even know that Fu Yan Ting had such abilities.
Lin Qian carefully placed the item in her bag, then pretending to be unconcerned, she left Fu Yan Ting's study.
Lin Qian did not give up because of this. She went to Fu Yan Ting's bedroom to investigate further.
She wandered around for half the day like this, but Fu Yan Ting and Yan Xi did not return. Lin Qian knew that Fu Yan Ting was doing this deliberately, avoiding seeing her, to the point of not returning home.
Lin Qian had little affection for Fu Yan Ting. It didn't matter much to her whether Fu Yan Ting returned home or not.
She only wanted to use the child in Yan Xi's womb to control Fu Yan Ting, nothing more.
Fu Yan Ting took Yan Xi out to eat hot pot. Yan Xi was slightly taken aback, then asked, "You can't eat spicy food, can you? Why did you still... bring me to eat hot pot?"