"Boss, Miss Lin is at the front desk on the first floor and says she wants to see you!"
After taking the signed documents from Fu Yanci, Xiang Yang said softly, "These past few days, the front desk has been telling her that she can't see anyone without an appointment, as required, but Miss Lin says she can wait."
When I called Fu Yanci, he hung up immediately.
When he arrived at the Fu family's residence, he took the elevator from the underground parking lot directly to the top floor, and they couldn't even see him.
These past few days, Lin Kerou has been appearing at the front desk on the first floor at eight o'clock every morning.
Just by looking at Xiang Yang's hesitant expression, you could tell that gossip was starting to circulate within the company.
No one knew that Lin Kerou was Xiaobao's mother; all they knew was that the persistent and elegant woman at the front desk on the first floor was the vice president of Fengya Media.
As a vice president, who is extremely busy with work, he did not follow the procedure to have his secretary arrange a meeting with Mr. Fu's secretary. So... it must be a private matter.
Male is unmarried.
The woman is unmarried.
A big boss and a vice president of a media company.
They were an inexplicably perfect match, regardless of age, appearance, or position.
Although everyone in the company has had morning and afternoon tea many times and knows that their big boss is in love, no one has ever seen what the boss's wife looks like.
Perhaps it's because they're not good at teaching.
Or perhaps, it's a business marriage without any real feelings?
So, this Vice President Lin...
Wow, that's exciting!
Instantly, I imagined a scenario where I was fickle and unfaithful, keeping my wife at home while having affairs on the side, and then the mistress, feeling resentful, came to my company demanding an explanation.
Fu Yanci's expression darkened slightly. "Bring her up."
"yes."
Xiang Yang responded, opened the door, and went outside.
Lin Kerou waited in the president's office conference room for more than ten minutes before she heard the door being pushed open.
Standing up, she saw Fu Yanci walking in with a sullen face.
"I only need ten minutes. I'll leave as soon as I'm done."
Fearing he would silence her as he always had, Lin Kerou cut to the chase, "I know that bribing the driver last time pushed me further down the wrong path, but I really had no other choice! Yan Ci, if it were me, could you have a better solution? I'm Xiao Bao's mother..."
Fu Yanci remained silent.
Lin Kerou gripped her water glass tightly, her eyes involuntarily reddening. "The first time we met, I thought he wasn't talking to me because he was afraid of me. But the next two times..."
Tears streamed down her face, but she quickly wiped them away. Lin Kerou looked up at Fu Yanci with a sorrowful gaze, "Xiao Bao... he hasn't said a word yet?"
He met Fu Yanci's cold and brooding gaze, as if to say: Isn't this the mess you created? How dare you ask?
Lin Kerou's tears fell even more rapidly, "He... when he was little, he called me 'Mom'... I, I..."
She covered her face and cried uncontrollably, but quickly managed to hold it back.
Lin Kerou looked at Fu Yanci with red eyes and said, "I told Xiaobao that whether it's three to five years or thirty to fifty years, I'm willing to wait. Yanci, the reason I came back this time is..."
Name your price!
A cold voice interrupted Lin Kerou's sobs. Fu Yanci raised his eyes and said, "It's impossible for you to get Xiaobao back! Not only are your eldest brother, uncle, and aunt all deceased, but even if they were here, they wouldn't let you take Xiaobao away from the Fu family. There's no point in you dragging this on!"
"Whether it was postpartum depression back then or a surge of maternal love now, let's not waste time on it. You've seen it yourself, Xiao Bao is doing very well in the Fu family without you, and Ye Li and I will treat him well. So, name your price! Just like you and your uncle and aunt agreed back then, the money is settled, and from now on, we'll go our separate ways, and you'll have nothing to do with him anymore."
"Fu Yanci!!!"
Lin Kerou stood up, her eyes red, and said excitedly, "He's a human being, not an object that can be bought and sold! Fine, you want to settle this with money, right? Okay... Back then, they gave me three percent of the Fu Group's shares. How much are you planning to give me? Five percent, ten percent? Or the entire Fu Group?"
Fu Yanci raised his eyes.
Lin Kerou's chest heaved violently, as if she was furious.
Fu Yanci only owns 35% of the shares in the Fu Group.
The shareholders hold about 30% of the shares, while all other shares are held by the employees of the Fu Group and the general public.
Lin Kerou has 3%. If Fu Yanci gives Lin Kerou a few more points in order to gain custody of Xiaobao, the risk for Fu Yanci will be several times higher.
In the worst-case scenario, Lin Kerou could persuade all the shareholders to vote for her at the shareholders' meeting for the leadership transition.
Even so, Fu Yanci still had a way to turn the situation around.
But before anything happens, Fu Yanci will not allow that to happen.
As if guessing what Fu Yanci was thinking, Lin Kerou's expression softened.
“I wanted to come back a few years ago, but my condition was unstable then, and you weren’t married yet. I thought, Xiao Bao is someone you personally raised, and there’s no better place in the world than the Fu family. But Fu Yanci, now you’re married. You can say you’re the best to Xiao Bao right now, but what about the future?”
Lin Kerou looked up at Fu Yanci, "Ye Li will have children eventually, right? When that time comes, how will Xiao Bao, a nephew, conduct himself in the Fu family and in front of you? What about when he grows up? Yanci, I am his mother, a mother who once hurt him and is full of remorse, only wanting to make amends to him."
"Xiao Bao is willing to secretly come to see me, which means he's willing to give me a chance to change. Please don't push me away for Xiao Bao's sake. Give me a chance to prove myself, okay?"
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