In the hospital;
After hanging up the phone, Helian Rui turned to look at Chen Xu, who had just had his dressing changed on the hospital bed, with an ambiguous expression in his eyes.
The glaring scars on her legs still irritated Mrs. Dong who was standing by. The wounds, big and small, had already scabbed or turned white, and the steel plates had been removed. All these traces seemed to verify what she had said when she quarreled with the man before. He really didn't care about his life for revenge, but now all his efforts were wasted because of an inconsiderate outsider.
"Mother, how is Siqing? Was she scared by me?"
Pretending to be concerned about his sister, Chen Xu looked at Mrs. Dong with a guilty look in his eyes. After all, it had long been known to everyone that they were siblings. Even if he had to pretend in front of Helian Rui, he had to pretend a little. Moreover, before Chen Xu remembered those memories of his previous life, he was still a sister-doting maniac. In order to avoid being exposed, he had to maintain it now.
Mrs. Dong had no suspicion at all. She was used to the man's pampering of Dong Siqing. The two had been close since childhood. When Mrs. Dong took over the Dong Group, Chen Xu always took the girl at home. No matter what Dong Siqing asked for, he would do his best to meet it. In order to establish a relationship with Fu Linxiao, he repeatedly asked various wealthy families for invitations to Jiang Luoning's birthday party, which finally made the girl get what she wanted.
"Don't worry, Xu'er. Siqing is a very sensible child. She asked me to come and accompany you! She understands that everything you do is for this family. She can understand your emotional outbursts and asked me to tell you that no matter what decision you make, she will stand by you!"
Chen Xu didn't know what Dong Siqing was planning, but he clearly felt the girl's hostility towards Dong Jiaxue and her willingness to please others. Of course, the girl who was so cruel in her previous life would not be so simple after all. He had planned to test the girl during this period, but too many situations occurred and he had no time to care about her little tricks that were not presentable.
Hearing this, Chen Xu just nodded, closed his eyes and pretended to rest.
"Xiao Xu, can you please ask Su Yu to let Lillian go..."
Mrs. Daisy, who had been silent all this time, finally found the right opportunity to humbly ask the man for help again. After all, Lillian was her daughter, her flesh and blood, and she couldn't just watch her child disappear like that.
After a moment's silence, Chen Xu finally raised his eyes and opened them, looking at the woman who had suddenly aged much more with an unfriendly gaze, without caring at all about her status and position, and his words were even more merciless.
"Mrs. Daisy, what qualifications do you think I have to negotiate with Miss Su now? I previously promised her half of the profits from all Fu's projects. Now, can I give them mountains of gold and silver, or can I give them power and status? Mrs. Daisy, don't you think that's a bit unreasonable?"
Daisy felt a little embarrassed after being retorted so mercilessly, but she had no confidence to argue at all. She had already learned about the situation in Country A before Chen Xu went for the examination. She knew that her position in Helian Rui's eyes was precarious at the moment. If it were not for the little tricks she still had, she might have been kicked out by the man long ago, and there would be no possibility of her standing here, let alone the opportunity to mention it now.
Chen Xu's tit-for-tat response did not displease Helian Rui at all. Mrs. Dong was still worried about Chen Xu's arrogant remarks, fearing that she would anger the man with a changeable mood. However, the situation did not turn out as she expected. Instead, the man's voice was to help Chen Xu out.
"Daisy, now's not the time to talk about this. Su Yu's press conference has been postponed, and we don't know why. If we were to negotiate with Su Yu now, it wouldn't be to plead for Lillian. Instead, she would become a sharp weapon for surrender!"
Perhaps she had thought of many possible endings, but the woman could never have imagined that Helian Rui, who had been very fond of Lillian before, would so easily use her as a tool to offer treasures. Although she had no feelings for Lillian's father, and even married him to win Helian Rui's favor, but that was still her biological child after all, she really couldn't bear it.
She was about to say a few more words of persuasion, but when she looked up and met the man's irresistible cold gaze, she backed off... She was too familiar with this look.
Back then; when he rescued Helian Rui at sea, he looked at her with the same eyes, without a trace of warmth; but Daisy inexplicably developed a love for him, even though the two had a huge age gap, and the man's attitude towards her was very resistant, even her loving family members strongly opposed it, but she still tried her best to secretly follow the man, in order to win a little favor from Helian Rui; she used countless methods, and even promised him to marry someone else, as long as she could stay by his side and not be driven away.
I don't know whether it was Daisy's sincerity that touched Helian Rui, or made the man feel that she still had some value, so he acquiesced to her actions, and the relationship between the two gradually warmed up. Finally, she could be with the man as she wished and participate in his life. As for the specific reason, Daisy didn't care, as long as she was not driven away. This relationship lasted for decades.
She had never thought that this expression would reappear. Until this moment, she finally understood that only by creating the greatest benefits and backing for a man could she firmly grasp his body and mind. She hardened her heart and acquiesced to Helian Rui's decision.
"Well, if Lillian can be exchanged for what you're after, then she still has some value! It's worth all the kindness you showed her before!"
Helian Rui revealed a look of satisfaction, retracting his cold, sharp gaze and nodding his head in deep agreement. Mrs. Dong, who was very good at reading people's expressions, was shocked. She couldn't understand why the woman before her had given up on her daughter so easily. Even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs. Are all people in this world so cold and heartless? She looked at Chen Xu, who was still resting in bed, with some distress, and the image of those scars kept flashing through her mind.
But at this moment, Mrs. Dong seemed to have forgotten. She was the same! After all, until now, he hadn't noticed that Dong Jiaxue had disappeared for several days. That was her biological daughter, the continuation of her bloodline!
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