☆ Suspect that the child is the CEO's illegitimate son
How long had he been standing there? And how much of their conversation had he overheard? Gu Li's heart tightened, and she stared blankly at him, her eager gaze seeming to hope that he would say something.
Chu Yaofeng's gaze, which had been wandering for a long time, suddenly shifted from her slightly embarrassed face to Ma Siqi, who was kneeling on the ground behind her. The jade, which was emitting a faint green light, slipped from his hand and shattered into pieces. At that moment, the words that had risen to Chu Yaofeng's throat were swallowed back, and his heart ached with a tightness in his chest.
He clenched his fists at his sides, his cold gaze devoid of any emotion as he brushed past her. This must be what it felt like to be so close yet so far. Gu Li felt her whole body go weak. She barely managed to grab the railing to avoid tumbling down the stairs in a sorry state. Taking a deep breath, she ran frantically down the stairs.
The sound of high heels was chaotic and loud, carving one bloody hole after another into his heart.
Before he even got close, Max knew he was coming and said in a deep voice, "If you're a brother, don't say anything or ask anything."
Chu Yaofeng understood him because they were the same kind of people. The closer people are, the less they want to expose their vulnerability to each other, because that is their last bit of dignity.
Gu Li ran up more than a dozen floors in one go. If her heel hadn't broken and she hadn't tumbled down the stairs in a very disheveled manner, she might have run all the way down to the bottom of the company building.
Large patches of skin were scraped off her kneecaps, and bright red blood slowly seeped from beneath her skin. She propped herself up with her hands, rolled over, and sat up, curling her legs up. Looking at her blood-soaked thighs, her suppressed emotions collapsed.
There was only one feeling: pain, it really hurt...
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"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently switched off."
Strange, Mom never turns off her phone on this day. Chengcheng held a mini children's phone to his right ear and stood downstairs at JK International. He was wearing a white suit with a red bow tie at the collar and spotless, shiny leather shoes. He looked like a little prince straight out of a fairy tale, with a gentlemanly and aristocratic appearance.
The phone was switched off after several attempts. The little guy put the phone in his pocket, thinking, "Since I'm already here, I might as well go inside and find it myself."
"Excuse me, big sister, which floor is the CEO's office on?"
The receptionist was touching up her makeup in the mirror when she suddenly heard a child's soft voice. She was startled. Could it be a ghost in broad daylight? There were no children around. Besides, this was a company, not a kindergarten. No children had ever been here before.
"Big sister, I'm here?"
Chengcheng tried several times but couldn't climb over the counter. Looking up, he saw the receptionist looking around anxiously, probably looking for him. He raised his hand and waved to her.
The waitress, who was quite frightened by his prank, didn't get angry at him at all. Instead, she smiled at him and said in a sweet voice, "Little boy, are you a child star? You look familiar. What's your name?"
This little boy in front of me is so adorable, like an angel! He even has this year's trendy bob haircut. The more I look at him, the more I like him.
"Big sister, can you tell me first which floor your CEO's office is on?"
Chengcheng's smile was sweet and handsome, and he even gave her two flirtatious winks, which made the receptionist completely infatuated. She was even willing to tell him her bank card password, "28th floor."
"Thank you, big sister."
"Hey... little friend, you still haven't told me your name?"
Chengcheng ran too fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye. The receptionist couldn't call him back and looked regretful. She should have asked for his autograph first, no, for a photo.
Why is such a beautiful child running around alone? Where are his parents?
Parents...wait a minute, is he looking for the CEO?
The receptionist compared the child's appearance with the CEO's handsome face, her heart trembled violently, and after staring in disbelief, she picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Hello?" A woman's voice came from the other end, panting heavily, and the sound of slapping could be faintly heard.
"Miss Gu, this is Xiao Wen. A child who looks a lot like the president just came to see him." Xiao Wen listened to the sounds of "uh-huh" on the other end and regretted making the call, but when she thought of the generous reward the woman had offered, she became determined. "I suspect that child is the president's illegitimate child."
"What?" Gu Qingqing's voice was shrill. "I'm coming right away."
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Chengcheng took the elevator to the 28th floor and saw many pretty aunties busy at work. He opened his mouth slightly, looking like a lovesick fool, with suspicious drool around his mouth.
Because he was too young and not tall enough, no one noticed him at first.
He walked over, his target Guan Nana, who had the biggest breasts and the most charming looks. He tugged at her skirt and said in a voice so sweet it could melt anyone's heart, "Big sister, do you have a girl here named Gu Li? Her position is president's assistant."
Guan Nana was talking to another president's secretary when she was startled to see the little boy suddenly appear out of nowhere. After seeing the little guy's delicate and beautiful appearance, she was completely dumbfounded. Not only her, but all the women in the office were dumbfounded.
This can't be real...
They rubbed their eyes hard, but no matter how much they rubbed, he didn't disappear.
Chengcheng seemed to realize something and took half a step back, but unfortunately he was already surrounded and could only look cutely at the group of women surrounding him.
"I'm looking for Gu Li. Does anyone know her?"
Their menacing gazes terrified the little one. Were they being so hostile towards her because Mommy had offended them?
"She's gone." It was Amei who answered him. She had been by Chu Yaofeng's side the longest, and her mental fortitude and resilience were several times stronger than the other women.
"Where did you go?" Chengcheng was getting more and more confused. Mom should have called him as soon as she got off work. What did it mean that her phone was off?
Did Mom forget that today is his birthday?
"What's your relationship to her?" Guan Nana asked. She had never heard Gu Li mention that she had such a young brother.
“I am her son,” Chengcheng said firmly.
Then, while the group of women stared in disbelief, he swaggered confidently toward the office inside. If he wasn't mistaken, the uncle's office should be there.
Chengcheng smiled, his excitement at the thought of his uncle's promise to celebrate his birthday with him today filled him with joy. He knocked on the door twice very politely.
"Get out!!!" A very angry voice came from inside, which startled the little guy and made him tremble.
Chengcheng scratched his head. Strange, is today the day his aunt and uncle got divorced? They're either disappearing or acting like divas. What's going on?
Today is his birthday, a birthday that only comes once a year.
After showing a slight hint of disappointment, the little guy raised his hand and knocked on the door again.
"I don't want to work here anymore..." The door was suddenly pulled open, and Chu Yaofeng's gloomy handsome face instantly lost its raging anger upon seeing the well-dressed little figure in the doorway. "Why is it you?"
Chengcheng's smile froze abruptly, and she looked slightly flustered by his question.
He was the one who asked him to come to the company to find him.
"That's not what I meant." Chu Yaofeng glanced behind him. "Why are you alone? Where's your mother?"
“Mom didn’t come, and I haven’t told him yet that I have plans for today,” Chengcheng said.
"Come in."
Chu Yaofeng asked someone to make Chengcheng a cup of milk. After drinking the milk, the little guy quickly forgot about the unpleasant thing. It has to be said that children are always the most innocent; they can be coaxed away as long as you coax them.
Setting down the empty cup, Chengcheng licked the milk residue from the corner of her mouth, sat on the sofa, tilted her head, and looked up at the face that resembled her own, asking, "Uncle, did something unpleasant happen at work?"
"Why do you ask that?" Chu Yaofeng frowned, seemingly trying to suppress his agitated emotions and not wanting him to see them.
"You just threw a huge tantrum! You scared me to death, at least a billion cells in my body!" Chengcheng held up one finger.
Chu Yaofeng broke out in a cold sweat. "Kid, that gesture is very uncivilized. Your mother taught you that."
"Uh, hehe..." Chengcheng immediately bent his middle finger and shook his head heavily, "Mommy would never teach me like that, it was the teacher who taught me."
"Teacher taught him that?" Seriously, what country's teacher is so lewd and violent, misleading students? If this were exposed in China, he'd be drowned in a sea of criticism.
"Yeah, once I went to my teacher's house as a guest and watched a football match with him. The football team that my teacher supported lost, and he started spitting at the TV and kept shouting 'Fuck' and giving the middle finger."
"Chengcheng, would you rather follow your teacher's example, or listen to your uncle?"
Chengcheng thought for a moment, "I'll listen to Uncle."
Chu Yaofeng felt a pang in his heart, and stroked his head, saying, "Good boy, Uncle doesn't want to see you do this again, nor does he want to hear you swear. Can you do that?"
The little guy nodded vigorously, "Mmm."
"Good boy." Chu Yaofeng couldn't help but lean down and kiss Chengcheng on the head. For some reason, his irritable mood was relieved a lot because of the little guy's promise, although there was still a little bit of pain.
Seeing that it was almost time, he picked Chengcheng up from the sofa and said, "Let's go eat."
Chengcheng is seven years old this year. He is not much taller than other children his age, but he is quite heavy. Chu Yaofeng doesn't feel the weight at all when he carries him and walks with ease.
Chengcheng considered himself a big kid and wasn't used to being held in someone's arms anymore, but when Chu Yaofeng held him like this, he didn't feel any resistance at all; on the contrary, he enjoyed it.
Chengcheng felt that Uncle Chu provided a fatherly care.
When the secretaries saw the president carrying the child out, their eyes practically popped out of their sockets. Putting aside their own biases, they had to admit that the father and son looked incredibly cute, handsome, and loving.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, even if they believed in ghosts, they would never have believed that the cold and aloof CEO would one day be parading around with a child in his arms, and with such a gentle and tender expression on his face, as if he were cherishing his precious treasure.
Dreams, fragile heart, shattered into pieces.
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Gu Qingqing rushed over in a flurry, only to find six women lying on the office floor tiles, sobbing uncontrollably.
She stormed into the CEO's office and searched everywhere but couldn't find Chu Yaofeng. She angrily demanded, "Where's Yaofeng?"
"I'm leaving," A-mei said.
"Where did you go?"
"I don't know, he didn't say."
"He didn't say anything, so why didn't you ask? You bunch of useless cowards." Gu Qingqing was so angry that her mouth twisted into a crook.
From the moment she learned that Chu Yaofeng had an illegitimate child, she had been scheming, thinking about what means to use to deal with the woman who bore Yaofeng's child. Her purpose in coming to Chu Yaofeng was to see what the illegitimate child looked like, and she would not let that wild child go in the future.
Yaofeng is hers. Anyone who dares to overestimate themselves and try to take advantage of him will be dealt with swiftly and decisively.
Chu Yaofeng booked the entire elegant and luxurious Western restaurant, and the only sound in the huge restaurant was the sound of a violin performance.
Chengcheng was very enthusiastic, gesturing wildly and constantly praising and thanking everyone.
Chu Yaofeng was naturally very happy to be able to please the little guy. Although he didn't laugh as heartily as Chengcheng, the smile in his eyes never faded.
Chengcheng's mouth was dry from talking, and when he was drinking water, he suddenly remembered someone very important: "I almost forgot to call Mom."
Chu Yaofeng was ordering food when he heard the little guy's words, so he added two desserts.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently switched off."
Strange, even if Mom's phone is out of battery, she should be home charging it by now, so why is it still off?
Chengcheng muttered to himself into the busy tone of the phone, utterly confused. Could something have happened to Mommy?
Seeing him frowning and looking troubled, Chu Yaofeng asked with concern, "What's wrong? Did your mom scold you?"
"No, Uncle, my mom's phone is off. She never lets me not be able to reach her on my birthday." Chengcheng became more and more frightened as he thought about it, his brows furrowing in anxiety.
"Don't panic, her phone might be dead, or she might be in a meeting..."
"Impossible. I asked my mom's colleagues, and they said she had already left work."
"I see." In that case, Chu Yaofeng also had a very bad feeling.
"Could it be that Mommy's phone was stolen?" Chengcheng tried to think of the best possible outcome.
"Yes, very likely." Chu Yaofeng went along with him. Chengcheng was just a child after all, and he didn't want him to worry. "How about this, Chengcheng, let's go home and look for her. Maybe she's gone home."
"Okay." Chengcheng nodded emphatically.
He and the older man were getting along better and better, and he was also thinking of going home to look for it.
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