Li Zichen held the key tightly in his hand, and then turned to look at Li Jinze.
"Father, there is no need to check. I did this. I took the key and locked the door, and I locked Gu Manman and Gu Zichen in the room."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the hall was stunned.
Gu Manman looked at Li Zichen in astonishment, "How could it be you! Zichen, it can't be you, it's obviously..."
It's obviously Gu Qingqing!
"It's me, Gu Manman. Your disrespectful behavior towards my mother this morning made me very unhappy. That's why I did such a thing."
Li Zichen interrupted Gu Manman before she could finish her words, and took all the responsibilities in one sentence.
She paused for a moment, then shook her head: "I..."
Gu Manman was stunned for a moment, as if she had realized something.
She looked at Li Zichen with some heartache. She had only realized it now. Li Zichen must have thought that Gu Qingqing did these things, right?
So he did this just to protect Gu Qingqing?
Gu Zichen took Li Zichen's hand: "Zi Chen, what are you talking about! You can't say such nonsense, you can't do such a thing!"
Li Zichen retracted his hand: "Why not? I did this! If you don't believe it, you can collect fingerprints now to see if there are any of my fingerprints on them."
With that said, he handed over the key in his hand again.
The old housekeeper took the key and was a little overwhelmed.
Now that the key has passed through Li Zichen's hands, it naturally has his fingerprints.
What is collected and not collected can no longer be seen without collecting.
Gu Qingqing looked at Li Zichen's behavior and was not moved at all. On the contrary, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Is she safe for now?
Li Jinze stood up from the sofa and looked at Li Zichen coldly: "Li Zichen, who taught you to do such a thing?"
"No one taught me, it's because I'm dissatisfied."
Li Zichen responded calmly.
He pursed his lips. The old housekeeper had told him what happened this morning, and he had a general understanding of it.
"Gu Manman did go a little too far this morning. But the fault is not hers."
Gu Qingqing was unhappy when she heard this. She tightly covered her slightly bulging belly.
"Don't blame her?! Do you blame me?! Li Jinze, do you know that if I hadn't taken a few steps back, that stone would have hit me in the stomach! Then our children don't know what will happen to them
What!"
Li Jinze glared coldly: "If you really think about your children, stop bothering. Why don't you open the door for Gu Manman when you are at home?"
"She is late, can't I punish her accordingly?" Gu Qingqing thought she was justified!
Li Jinze's hand fell heavily on the sofa, making a crisp "pop" sound.
"Let me say it for the last time, Gu Manman signed a contract with me and Li Jinze. Therefore, only I am her direct client, and only I have the right to order her to punish her. No one else is qualified, especially you, understand?"
His cold voice was full of domineering and commanding, without any negotiable meaning.
Gu Qingqing pursed her lips tightly, her face full of unwillingness.
"Li Jinze, are you too concerned about an outsider?"
He ignored Gu Qingqing, then looked at Li Zichen: "Li Zichen, apologize to Gu Manman and Gu Zichen."
Li Zichen turned around and looked at Gu Manman. His lips had just opened, but before he could make a sound, Gu Manman's hand gently covered his mouth.
He looked at her puzzled and remained silent, as if he couldn't understand what she was doing.
Gu Manman smiled at Li Zichen and rubbed his little head gently.
"No need to apologize. I understand that Zichen is a very kind person."
Li Jinze frowned: "Gu Manman, if your child does something wrong, he should apologize to you. You can't always spoil him like this. Otherwise, you don't know what outrageous things he will do in the future."
Gu Manman's cold eyes looked at Gu Qingqing, her red lips parted slightly: "The child is not wrong, there is someone else who is."
Gu Qingqing took a few steps back: "Gu Manman, stop being alarmist here!"
Li Jinze didn't understand the code words between women, so he could only frown: "What are you talking about?"
Gu Manman gritted her teeth, even though she wanted to expose Gu Qingqing's lie, but...
She looked at Li Zichen who was equally determined at the side, but Li Zichen wanted to protect Gu Qingqing. If she told everything, it would only make Li Zichen more desperate and take all the responsibilities on himself, right?
Although she didn't want to let Gu Qingqing go, she didn't want to hurt Li Zichen even more.
That's her son!
Moreover, the reason why Li Zichen cared so much about Gu Qingqing was because he thought Gu Qingqing was her.
In fact, the person Li Zichen wants to rip out her heart and lungs is herself, isn't she?
Thinking of this, Gu Manman's heart softened even more.
"nothing."
Gu Manman shook her head.
Li Zichen paused. He had just noticed that Gu Manman wanted to tell everything. But he didn't know why, she chose not to say anything in the end.
"Li Zichen, you did something wrong this time. I'm going to punish you by facing the wall and thinking about your fault for three days! You must stay in the room for three days. You can't go anywhere and you can't leave the room! If you want to eat or drink, I will have someone send it to your room.
go."
Li Jinze said sternly.
Li Zichen was content with the status quo and had no objection to the punishment proposed by Li Jinze: "Yes, father."
Gu Qingqing just stood aside quietly, not daring to say a word.
Li Zichen took the blame for her. What if she spoke for Li Zichen and Li Jinze and others suspected her?
Thinking of this, she had no intention of standing up for Li Zichen.
Gu Manman said calmly to Li Jinze: "There is no need for punishment. Fortunately, Zichen and I are both fine, and we don't blame Zichen."
Gu Zichen also nodded repeatedly: "Yes! There is no need for punishment. We don't blame Zichen at all."
Li Jinze frowned: "But..."
Gu Manman pulled up the bag on the sofa: "That's it, I broke the floor-to-ceiling window of Li's house this morning. One thing is worth another thing."
Li Zichen looked at Gu Manman blankly, his brows full of confusion.
Gu Manman, why do you want to help her?
He had obviously done a lot of things to hurt her before! Why did she never blame him? On the contrary, she still helped him? Why...
Gu Qingqing looked at Gu Manman who was about to leave unwillingly: "Even if the floor-to-ceiling windows are offset, what about the fact that Gu Manman deliberately hit me with a rock?"
Gu Manman stopped, turned the bag in her hand, and put it on her back, looking unruly.