"Although the Cao family isn't as powerful as the Ji family, they have built up a small fortune through two generations of business. The orphanage where I grew up wasn't even outside the city, but rather in the suburbs."
"I've also asked the director. The first day I entered the orphanage, the director took me to the police station to file a case. So why didn't the Cao family find me all these years? Why are they coming back now?"
008 analyzed Tao Yuche's emotional fluctuations and found him unusually calm. However, for some reason, he felt that the host was very sad and in a bad mood. However, all the feedback data and indicators told him that the host was very calm.
008 feels that his CPU is about to burn out.
Looking at the door in front opened by the waiter, Tao Yuche paused for a moment, then walked in.
Tao Yuche glanced at the four familiar faces in the room. Cao Li was smiling, Cao Cheng had a blank expression and it was hard to tell what he was thinking, Cao Jianye smiled lovingly, and Cao's mother looked at Tao Yuche hesitantly with red eyes.
Tao Yuche quickly withdrew his gaze and found a chair to sit down. It was clearly a round table, but for some reason it felt like a dividing line, as if indicating that he, Tao Yuche, would always be an outsider.
Tao Yuche did not miss the disappointed look on Cao Jianye's face after he glanced at him from behind. He was not surprised at all, but he was surprised that he could be so calm.
After a brief silence, Cao Jianye said, "I see your fans all call you Taotao, so can we call you Taotao too?"
Tao Yuche nodded without objection.
Seeing Tao Yuche's answer, Cao's mother excitedly handed the menu to Tao Yuche and said, "Taotao, see if you have any snacks you would like to eat."
Tao Yuche didn't like tea, and he wasn't interested in tea snacks, so he handed the menu back and said, "No, I just ate. Let's get down to business."
Then Tao Yuche called the waiter and said, "Please give me a glass of warm water, thank you."
When Mother Cao saw the menu being handed back to her, her eyes reddened and she looked at Tao Yuche helplessly.
Seeing the look in Cao's mother's eyes, Tao Yuche unconsciously added: "I'm still filming and need to control my weight."
Tao Yuche regretted it after he finished speaking, but Cao's mother smiled and said, "Alas! Don't be too hard when filming."
Cao Jianye handed the folder in his hand to Tao Yuche, interrupting Cao's mother who was about to continue speaking, and said, "It seems that you already know. There are some other things in it. Open it and take a look."
Tao Yuche picked up the folder on the table and glanced at the few people again. Cao Jianye still smiled kindly, Cao Cheng was still indifferent and expressionless, but Cao's mother was looking at him with joy. As for Cao Li, he was a little interesting. Although he tried his best to look happy, Tao Yuche still saw a flash of unwillingness in his eyes.
Tao Yuche became even more curious about the contents of the folder, so he opened it. The first thing that caught his eye was the familiar paternity test report, followed by the real estate certificate, the Cao Group's equity transfer document, etc.
Seeing Tao Yuche carefully looking through the documents, Father Cao spoke again, "I'm sorry, Taotao. I did some research on you without your permission. I know you haven't had a easy time these past few years. It's all because we were too busy with work and neglected you, which led to the situation today."
"We don't expect you to forgive us right away, and we know these things can't make up for all the suffering you've endured over the years, but I still hope you can accept them, and we hope that one day you'll be able to call us mom and dad."
If it weren't for the scar on his shoulder, Tao Yuche felt that he had already been moved by Cao Jianye with the extent of his desire for family affection. Even if he had not obtained the system, or he had not reached it, his conditions were enough to dazzle a 19-year-old child.
Tao Yuche closed the document in his hand and handed it forward, saying, "There's no need to forgive or not forgive. You brought me into this world, so I should call you mom and dad."
"But I don't want the stuff inside."
After Tao Yuche finished speaking, the people in the private room had different expressions. Obviously, they did not expect Tao Yuche to refuse so bluntly.
Mother Cao, who was looking at Tao Yuche without blinking, now had tears falling like a string of beads that had broken off the string.
Cao Cheng opened his mouth and said the first words of the day: "Don't you know what this means to you?"
Tao Yuche really wanted to roll his eyes at him. He may not have much education, but he is not a fool.
Seeing that Tao Yuche still had no intention of taking the documents back, Cao Jianye said, "It seems that you are still blaming us and refusing to forgive me and your mother?"
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Tao Yuche was speechless. Was he being threatened or morally kidnapped?
So Tao Yuche opened his mouth and asked, "Since you have checked my information, you must know which orphanage I grew up in. I want to know, I have been under your nose for so many years, why didn't you find me, or did you look for me?"
As soon as Tao Yuche finished speaking, Cao's mother began to sob softly, and Cao Jianye swallowed the words on his lips and his face turned red.
Everyone fell silent for a moment, and the atmosphere in the private room became even more depressing.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
"Enter!"
The waiter brought a glass of grape juice and placed it next to Tao Yuche, saying, "Mr. Tao, this is what President Ji asked me to bring to you."
Looking at the grape juice in his hand, Tao Yuche's suppressed emotions were washed away by a warmth.
Cao Jianye also came back to his senses but did not answer Tao Yuche's words. He changed the subject and said, "This is what each of your three children has. Are you still not going to accept it?"
Tao Yuche shook his head again and said, "No reward without merit."
Cao Jianye slammed his hand on the table and said solemnly, "I'm your father, and you're telling me you can't accept rewards without merit."
After Cao Jianye finished speaking, he found that Tao Yuche didn't say anything and just looked at him calmly. They didn't expect that a 19-year-old boy could actually see through his inner thoughts.
So Cao Jianye reached out and took the document back and said, "Okay. If you don't want to accept it, just leave it like this for now. I'll keep it for you for a while."
"Let's not talk about this anymore, let me introduce you."
"This is your eldest brother, Cao Cheng. He currently works at Cao's. As for Xiaoli, you should be very familiar with him, so I won't introduce him in detail."
"As for the other members of the Cao family, I will introduce them to you when I find a suitable opportunity."
Tao Yuche nodded.
After chatting with a few people for two hours, Tao Yuche finally came out of the teahouse. He did not feel the warmth of home at all, and was even more tired than he was after two hours of filming.
However, looking at the tall figure at the door, Tao Yuche felt his fatigue disappear.
Looking at the person in front of him who didn't look back, Tao Yuche took a few steps back and took a running start, then jumped onto Ji Yanli's back.
Ji Yanli quickly reached out to hold the little butt of the person behind him, patted it gently, and said lovingly, "Naughty."
However, the warm atmosphere between the two was completely destroyed by the excited voice of President Ji behind them.
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