The crowd was astonished.
Just moments ago, some had pitied Shen Qingqing; now, they looked at her with contempt.
Lin Minglan stepped forward and helped the man up. "Stop crying for a moment. Clarify this. You know Shen Qingqing, right? Do you have children together?"
The man wiped the tears from his face, his voice hoarse. "We were together for a long time, but she always refused to marry me. I don't know why. We have two children, and they're twins!"
The onlookers gasped.
Everyone knew that Fu Jingshu had publicly admitted that Shen Qingqing's children were his.
At this moment, Lin Minglan exclaimed, "Miss Shen, didn't you say these twins were Jingshu's children? Were you lying?!"
As soon as she said it, she seemed to realize her slip of the tongue and clamped her hand over her mouth.
But the words had already landed like a stone in the sea, creating a tempest.
The crowd instinctively turned to look at Fu Jingshu.
As a man, being cuckolded like this… no one could tolerate it, right?
And this was Master Fu!
As expected, his expression was impassive, his aura chilling. No one dared to meet his gaze. The entire venue fell silent.
Only the man, oblivious to the atmosphere, continued to babble, accusing Shen Qingqing. "You broke up with me because I had no money, right? I told you I was willing to strive for you. Why did you leave me with two children?"
He broke free from Lin Minglan's grasp and went to grab Shen Qingqing, his face a picture of deep affection.
"Come back. Don't covet what doesn't belong to you. Return to my side. As long as you're willing to live with our two children, I can overlook everything that happened before. We'll be a family again."
A man who had been wronged was willing to forgive this woman and beg so earnestly…
Some were moved.
But upon seeing Shen Qingqing's utter lack of reaction, they instantly felt she was heartless.
"How can you be so cruel?"
"He's begging you so much, and you still won't agree? Do you only have eyes for Master Fu? Don't you think about your two children?"
"Shameless!"
"Driven mad by money, willing to do anything. You've truly opened my eyes!"
The crowd chattered, attempting to drown Shen Qingqing with their accusations.
She looked coldly at the man. "Do you know me?"
The man froze, then slapped his thigh and wailed, "My children! Your mother is too cruel; she's pretending not to know me!"
Shen Qingqing frowned slightly, her cold gaze shooting towards him. The man flinched, perhaps surprised by the sharp intensity in a woman's eyes.
His wailing faltered.
Shen Qingqing asked again, "We have children?"
The man nodded instinctively.
Shen Qingqing gave a light laugh. "Then tell me, what are their names?"
"Shen Jinxi and Chenchen!"
"What Chen?" Shen Qingqing asked immediately.
The man choked.
What Chen? He hadn't actually said that!
The longer he remained silent, the stranger the atmosphere became, and the more the crowd felt something was amiss.
What father doesn't know his children's names?
"He, he's surnamed Fu…"
Before the man could finish, Shen Qingqing interrupted him. "If you say I left you with the children, how would he be surnamed Fu?"
The man quickly retorted, "You abandoned me with the children and then changed their surname! Yes, you even changed their names!"
"Then let me ask you again, I have a daughter too, is she yours?"
The man glanced subconsciously at Lin Minglan, who hadn't known Shen Qingqing had a daughter and no one had mentioned it, so she discreetly nodded.
The man immediately said, "That must be your illegitimate child with Fu Jingshu. I don't know about it; it has nothing to do with me. You were with me and had a child with someone else. You're truly disgusting!"
Shen Qingqing sneered. "You say I changed Chenchen's name, so how do you know Chenchen's nickname?"
Before the man could reply, she pressed on.
"That child has autism and has never left home since birth, nor will he meet people. Master Fu is very aware of this. How did you learn this child's name?"
Cold sweat beaded on the man's forehead. "I…"
Shen Qingqing smirked. "You're lying, so you can't give a perfect answer. Your words don't stand up to scrutiny. You say I was with you, when did it start? When did it end? Where did I give birth a few years ago? Why did I go abroad after giving birth?"
This barrage of questions stunned the man. A normal woman in this situation, under everyone's gaze, would be flustered.
How could she be so logical and composed?
They hadn't expected this woman to be so formidable!
The man stammered, "I, you left me, how would I know all that…"
However, no one believed him. His demeanor clearly showed guilt, and he could barely continue his own story.
Shen Qingqing walked up to him, looking down at him with a cold, imposing gaze. "Who sent you."
The man shouted, "What are you talking about? No one sent me. You're the one who did wrong! You abandoned your husband and children, you're a slut…"
Suddenly, his hand was grasped by a soft, cool hand. The hand was soft and smooth, making him momentarily dazed. But in the next second, the grip tightened, and intense pain shot up from his fingertips.
He cried out, "Let go of me!"
"Will you talk?"
Shen Qingqing pressed him. The man, sweating profusely, stubbornly stuck to his story.
Shen Qingqing narrowed her eyes and tightened her grip. A sharp, agonizing scream erupted from the man as his fingers twisted at an unnatural angle.
He lay on the ground, covered in sweat, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
"I'll give you one more chance," Shen Qingqing said lightly. "If you don't speak, I'll have to send you to the police for defamation. Not to mention how much you'll have to compensate me, you'll have to leave this finger behind."
The man panicked. "No, you can't…"
"I can," Shen Qingqing stated firmly, her serious and sincere gaze assuring him she wasn't bluffing. "If you tell me who the mastermind is, I can overlook today's events."
The man hesitated. The pain in his finger and Shen Qingqing's threat made his mind reel.
Should he speak, or not?
The crowd watched, dumbfounded, their gazes towards Shen Qingqing filled with a hint of fear.
That move she just made was too brutal!
The man hesitated for a moment. Seeing Shen Qingqing take out her phone and dial the police, he realized she was utterly serious!
"I'll say it, I'll say it!"
Everyone looked at him. Gritting his teeth, he slowly looked towards Lin Minglan.