“Miss Wen, you need to chill out,” Mr. Zhang comforted Wen Shuyue. “It’s just my suspicion based on the current evidence. But I hope you can look into it. After all, it’s something within your family, which I have no way to look into.” In fact, Mr. Zhang knew clearly how Wen Shuyue felt at the moment.
Wen Shuyue nodded. She pulled herself together before she said, “Give me the address of the Li. I’ll make a visit there when I’m available.”
“OK. That’s also what I need you to do. But you’d better go with company. I’m worried that they may hurt you,” Mr. Zhang reminded Wen Shuyue with concerns before he copied the address for her.
This conversation made Wen Shuyue preoccupied. As soon as she stepped out of the law firm, Wen Shuyue shook her implicit belief in her mother.
Wen Shuyue wasn’t willing to suspect her mother, but her mother really had done something suspicious. If her mother was kept in captivity by Lu Junhan, how come her mother led such a good life and even put on more weight?
The body shape of her mother alone showed that her mother hadn’t suffered at all. Besides, Lu Junhan who was a psychologically distorted person absolutely wouldn’t show any mercy to his enemies.
Wen Shuyue gritted her teeth. She pondered for quite a while before she called her mother eventually.
“Who’s that? I’m playing majong. I’ll get back…”
“Mom, it’s me.”
Wen Shuyue said right before her mother hanged up. It stunned Wen Shuyue that her mother didn’t save her phone number and was still playing majong at this moment.
“Yueyue?” Wen Shuyue’s mother was astonished to receive Wen Shuyue’s call. Upon coming to her senses, Wen Shuyue’s mother explained, “Yueyue, Lu Junhan’s mother ordered me to play majong with her. So I really can’t talk to you right now. Can I call you back later?”
Apparently, Wen Shuyue knew her mother would find an excuse. With her eyes closed, Wen Shuyue said blandly, “Mom, please be frank with me. Have you kept anything from me?”
“No, Yueyue. Why do you suddenly ask this question? I told you what I should. I swear I don’t hide anything from you,” Wen Shuyue’s mother stammered with guilty.
The call was totally a waste of time, so Wen Shuyue hanged up right away, feeling reluctant to say one more word.
As soon as she did that, tears welled up like the river burst its banks. Was it really like Mr. Zhang said that some huge contradiction had happened in Wen Shuyue’s family?
Was her mother related to her father’s case? What if her mother was really related to that? What should Wen Shuyue do?
Since she stepped out of the law firm, Wen Shuyue couldn’t cheer up, her face turning deathly pale.
“I told you I need to meet your CEO. If you don’t allow me, I won’t go. You should never bully a child.”
“Kiddo, our CEO is too tied up to meet you. You’d better get out of here now.”
“No way. I’ve travelled a long way to meet my mommy here. I can’t go back just like that.”
A bickering rang outside the office.
The familiar voice of a boy caught Wen Shuyue and Xiaolu’s attention. As they looked at each other in the eye, Xiaolu whispered a question, “Is it Baobao outside the office?”
Without thinking, Wen Shuyue opened the door to see what was happening. Unexpectedly, the first thing that came to her eyes was exactly her son’s figure.
“Mommy!”
As soon as they saw each other, Wen Baobao rushed to Wen Shuyue while she squatted down and held him in her arms, with eyes reddened unconsciously.
The security guards must be unaware that the boy was indeed Wen Shuyue’s son. The guards looked at one another, not knowing what to do.
Wen Shuyue gave her son a hug and apologized to the guards, “Sorry that my son bothered you guys. I’ll take care of him from here. Please get back to work.”
“Yes, Miss Wen,” the leading guard replied before all the guards left.
It was lucky for them since Wen Shuyue was a reasonable person. If they bullied the son of another CEO, the guards absolutely wouldn’t be spared easily.
Wen Shuyue entered the office, holding Wen Baobao in her arms. She said gently, “Honey, tell me. Why do you suddenly come to my office? Anything happened at home?”
“Yeah!” Wen Baobao elongated the word with a long face. He complained angrily, “Daddy came home with that woman again. I told him that you would have a blind date tonight, so I managed to sneak out.”
“What? I didn’t tell you I would have a date.” Wen Shuyue looked at her son incredibly. She suddenly realized that Baobao might have used this excuse every time he wanted to leave home.
“Mommy, don’t take it the wrong way. I’m your son. Of course I don’t use that excuse all the time,” Wen Baobao rolled his eyes and explained lazily when he read his mother’s mind.
Phew! Wen Shuyue breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing his explanation.
That a single mother often had blind dates just proved that she was of no charm so that no one liked her.
She was unwilling to give such an illusion to He Siming or make him think she had no sense of propriety.
However, her son had no such sense.
“Mommy, you have to have a blind date tonight as I told daddy. If you don’t have one, he will suspect me.” Wen Baobao clutched his mother’s sleeve, looking at her miserably.
That look always worked in the past. But it was not a trivial matter this time, so Wen Shuyue rejected him, shaking her head.
“Baobao, you can’t do that. It’ll become a habit if you tell lies all the time. So I have to turn you down this time,” Wen Shuyue said with patience.
However, Wen Baobao didn’t acknowledge his mistake as Wen Shuyue expected. Instead, he talked back with a reproachful pout, “Mommy, I’m so disappointed at you. Daddy brought a woman back home to spend the night, but you don’t even have the guts to have a blind date. There’s no way you can win that woman being like that.”
