After the divorce, he took care of his child and sold fried rice; his ex-wife was filled with regret

After hearing these words, Su Qing remained silent for two seconds.

Then, she suddenly let out a cold laugh, her tone full of sarcasm.

"Make porridge?"

Su Qing felt as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.

"What era are we living in? There's a whole street of 24-hour convenience stores outside the First People's Hospital. What can't she buy if she wants to eat it? Does he, a grown man, need to run back in the middle of the night to cook porridge himself?"

"His forced attempt to evoke emotion from the lower classes can only fool a spoiled rich girl like you who's never experienced hardship!"

Shen Man was completely speechless after hearing Su Qing's self-righteous remarks.

How come she never noticed before that Su Qing's arrogance had reached such an incomprehensible level?

"Su Qing." Shen Man raised her head and looked directly into Su Qing's eyes. "Do you think that as long as you have money, as long as something can be solved with takeout and cash, you don't need to put in the effort to care?"

Do you know how fragile a child's stomach is after a high fever?

Shen Man's voice wasn't loud, but it was clear and distinct in the quiet corner.

"Eating those fast food meals and refrigerated bread from convenience stores will only make her vomit worse!"

"Lin Fan ran back to cook porridge, not to put on a show to move anyone. He was simply using a father's most instinctive way to protect his daughter's life. And what about you?"

Shen Man's gaze fell on Su Qing's expensive haute couture trench coat.

"Where were you when your child's fever reached almost 40 degrees Celsius? You were in your board meeting, forcibly taking your child back home, hiring a nanny, and then abandoning them. Do you really think you deserve to be a mother?"

"Shut up!"

Having her most sensitive spot exposed by Shen Man, Su Qing's face instantly turned ashen. She took a sudden step forward and growled in a low voice:

"Shen Man, what right do you have to lecture me? What am I risking my life for? I'm doing this to earn her a social class that ordinary people could never reach in several lifetimes!"

Su Qing pointed at Shen Man, her eyes becoming extremely harsh, carrying a retaliatory attack born of provocation.

"You're talking to me about this hypocritical family affection? You went to be a free babysitter for a roadside cook. Look at yourself now, all unkempt and poor!"

Shen Man was not angry in the face of Su Qing's extremely insulting words.

She looked at Su Qing quietly, her eyes filled with pity.

"Su Qing, you're pathetic." Shen Man shook her head.

"You treat everyone as a bargaining chip, and your social class as your shield. Do you think I'm sitting here because of Lin Fan, or to spite you?"

Shen Man looked down at Tuantuan, who was still fast asleep.

"I'm sitting here simply because I feel sorry for this child. Unlike you, I haven't lost even the most basic humanity in my pursuit of victory."

These words were like a resounding slap, landing squarely on Su Qing's face.

Su Qing gripped the car keys tightly in her hand, her knuckles turning white from the force.

She stopped arguing with Shen Man.

Her main purpose in coming to the hospital today was to take Tuantuan away.

As long as Lin Fan cannot obtain the hospital records of the child's high fever and evidence of his alibi, the situation in court next week will not be one-sided.

"I'll take her with me. There's no need for Lin Fan to cook any porridge. There are plenty of high-end private clinics near the hospital; I'll find her the best doctors and caregivers."

As she spoke, Su Qing bent down and reached out to hug Tuantuan on Shen Man's lap.

Upon seeing this, Shen Man immediately shielded Tuan Tuan with her hands.

"What are you doing? She's still on an IV drip!" Shen Man said anxiously in a low voice.

"This is my daughter! Let go!" Su Qing ignored her completely and, relying on her strength, forcibly tried to pick Tuantuan up.

The two were struggling between the narrow rows of seats.

Wearing high heels, Su Qing had the advantage of being taller and able to exert force. She grabbed Tuantuan's arm with one hand and reached for the child's back with the other, trying to forcibly lift Tuantuan off Shen Man's lap.

But Su Qing wouldn't listen at all.

"Let go! I'm her mother! It's none of your business, an outsider!" Su Qing suddenly exerted force.

Tuantuan was already weak from the fever, and with this brute force pulling her upwards, her body was instantly suspended in mid-air.

"Sizzle—"

The medical tape securing the back of her hand was torn in half. The transparent IV tubing connected to the indwelling needle tightened instantly.

Due to gravity and pulling, the medicine that was originally dripping smoothly flowed backward, and a stream of bright red blood was instantly drawn back along the syringe, directly staining half of the transparent tube red.

The needle, inserted under the skin, ruptured the blood vessel wall due to severe misalignment.

"Wow--"

The intense stinging sensation instantly woke Tuantuan from her deep sleep.

She opened her eyes, her face pale, and looked at Su Qing, whose face was ashen and who was forcibly pulling her. She was so frightened that she burst into tears.

"It hurts...it hurts so much..." Tuantuan cried, desperately trying to shrink back and break free from Su Qing's grasp. "I want my dad...my dad..."

Seeing the blood returning through the tube and the swollen bruise on the back of her hand, Su Qing was stunned.

But she didn't let go; instead, she hugged Tuantuan even tighter: "Tuantuan, don't be afraid, Mommy will take you away..."

"Su Qing, you're absolutely insane!"

Shen Man suddenly stood up and shoved Su Qing's shoulder hard.

Su Qing, wearing high heels, was pushed back two steps and almost fell, her hands also forced to loosen their grip on her wrist.

"Nurse! Nurse!!" Shen Man shouted towards the nurses' station while protecting Tuantuan.

The family members of the patients sitting on the surrounding benches all turned their heads and pointed at this side.

A nurse on duty quickly ran over carrying a treatment tray.

Upon seeing the taut IV tube filled with half a tube of fresh blood, and the swollen, purplish-blue lumps on the back of her hands, the nurse's face immediately fell.

"How can you be such parents!" The nurse scolded him sternly as she quickly turned off the IV regulator.

"This is an indwelling IV catheter! Children's blood vessels are already very thin; pulling on it carelessly could be fatal! Didn't you see the vein was ruptured?"

Su Qing felt extremely embarrassed after being reprimanded in public and being pointed at and whispered about by those around her.

"She's my daughter, I'm taking her away!" Su Qing said coldly.

"What do you take the child for, an object, something you can just pick up and leave?"

The nurse carefully peeled off the tape on the back of Tuantuan's hand, pulled out the discarded indwelling needle, and pressed the bleeding needle hole firmly with a cotton swab.

"The child had a fever of almost 40 degrees Celsius, and we finally got him on antibiotics, and you, as his mother, came to pull out the IV and snatch him away? I've never seen a mother like you!"

"Who do you think you are, daring to lecture me?" Upon hearing this, Su Qing's face instantly turned ugly, and her voice suddenly rose.