Recognize relatives
Mr. Xiao is indeed very clear about the distinction between public and private affairs.
Because the next day, the whole company saw the personnel notice - Assistant Wen was transferred out of the head office because he brought personal emotions into work and caused work errors.
Colleagues gave Chu Jiao a thumbs up, and lamented that she was so lucky that she avoided possible retaliation. Chu Jiao felt that the whole thing revealed a kind of weirdness, starting from her return to this world.
If her memory is correct, since she joined the company, the only place where she and Mr. Xiao could meet was the cafeteria and the annual meeting every year, and she secretly went to look for him. Logically, Xiao Qi would never notice an ordinary employee like her. So
why did Xiao Qi pass by there that night? Just happened to meet her who had just returned?
At the time, she was distracted and didn't notice this. Now thinking back, it was as if he knew where she was.
And what made Chu Jiao feel even more strange was yet to come.
One day, when she was about to get off work, she suddenly received a call. A gentle middle-aged female voice came from the other end of the phone. She claimed to be Mrs. Wen and wanted to meet her.
Chu Jiao thought that this Mrs. Wen was here to cause trouble for her daughter Wen Jiaojiao.
But because she wanted to get rid of the obsession with family affection that she had buried in her heart for more than 20 years, Chu Jiao agreed and met the woman who should be her biological mother in a high-end restaurant.
Mrs. Wen was over 40 years old, but she was very well maintained. She was dressed like the mistress of a wealthy family, and her words and deeds were very graceful. Chu Jiao thought it was a grand banquet, but she found that Mrs. Wen was very excited when she saw her. She wanted to touch her cheek with trembling hands, and her eyes were flashing with hidden tears. She kept muttering, "It's true, it's true..."
After sitting down, Mrs. Wen told her a story.
It was a mistake that happened more than 20 years ago in a private hospital and to two women who were pregnant at the same time. In short, the medical staff at that time put the crib in the wrong place after delivery, so the children of the two families were exchanged. Now, Mrs. Wen has discovered the truth of that year and wants to recognize her real daughter.
Chu Jiao listened to the whole story calmly, lowered her eyes and fiddled with the spoon in the coffee cup without saying a word.
Mrs. Wen thought that Chu Jiao was still digesting this matter, so she held her hand on the dining table, "Jiao Jiao, come back to us, Dad and I miss you very much!"
"Mrs. Wen," Chu Jiao gently pulled back her hand, "I want to ask you something."
"Child, why are you still so distant? I am your mother," Mrs. Wen scolded, "Your eyes and eyebrows are exactly the same as Old Wen's. You must be our daughter!"
"I took the surname of the director of the orphanage, Chu." Chu Jiao's implication was very clear. Her surname was Chu, not Wen, so it was better to recognize her relatives so hastily.
Her words made the corners of the woman's mouth droop, but in an instant it returned to a gentle arc, "Okay, okay, mom won't force you. What do you want to ask?"
"Back then..." Chu Jiao recalled the rainy night when the system showed her the world in this book, and how it should have developed.
Originally, she, the supporting actress, would later get some clues from the director of the orphanage, follow the clues to find the Wen family, and look forward to the couple of the Wen family to recognize her. At that time, the heroine and the hero were already engaged, but their feelings were not deep. It was her appearance that changed the heroine's mentality, making her more self-reliant, and took the initiative to leave the Wen family, but attracted the hero in constant work contact, and finally tied the knot with the hero.
At that time, although Wen's parents did a paternity test with her and privately recognized her, they were reluctant to give up Wen Jiaojiao. After all, she was their daughter for more than 20 years, and Mrs. Wen often secretly helped and cared for Wen Jiaojiao.
When she learned that Wen Jiaojiao was going to marry Xiao Qi, Wen's father took Wen Jiaojiao back to the Wen residence and proudly told everyone that Xiao Qi was his son-in-law. However, she, the legitimate daughter, seemed to have become an invisible person at home. No one cared about her. Moreover, because she liked Xiao Qi, she tried to replace Wen Jiaojiao and marry Xiao Qi. In the end, she was dealt with by the male protagonist and had a bad end.
Therefore, according to the development in the book, Mrs. Wen should not know her existence now, because she never thought about finding her biological parents after she came back.
But the current situation is that she did nothing, and Mrs. Wen took the initiative to come to her. So when did Mrs. Wen know that her child was taken away by mistake? And how did she know it? What is her plan to recognize her now?
Chu Jiao asked, but Mrs. Wen did not answer, and avoided the question.
Finally, Mrs. Wen left a business card and told Chu Jiao that when she figured it out, she would come to pick her up and take her back to the Wen family.
Chu Jiao stood up to see Mrs. Wen off, and before she left, she gave her a hug.
Mrs. Wen was flattered and hugged her back, her eyes full of emotion.
After watching Mrs. Wen get into the car and be driven away from the restaurant, Chu Jiao returned to her seat. She ordered a signature dish of the restaurant, then slowly took out a pair of headphones from her bag and put them on, while turning on her cell phone with her other hand.
"I told you to take your time, but you forced me to rush. That girl is so stubborn and doesn't want to go back to the Wen family at all!" The
middle-aged female voice coming from the headset was clear, but it was no longer elegant, and it was more angry and frustrated.
"That's your daughter, if you don't go, who will? There's not much time left!" Another middle-aged male voice sounded in the headset. Chu Jiao slowly cut a piece of steak. In the eyes of others, she seemed to be listening to music while enjoying the food alone, and she was very happy.
But the fact was, when she was hugging Mrs. Wen, she attached a miniature eavesdropping device to the collar of her coat. She had originally planned to buy it and find an opportunity to attach it to Xiao Qi to observe him, but she didn't expect that she would encounter this before she met him.
"I have never given birth to such an ugly daughter!" The female voice suddenly became hysterical, "Jiaojiao is my daughter!!"
"Hey, you..." The male voice became weaker, "Didn't I hear that she had the birthmark removed? I shouldn't have allowed you to abandon her back then..."
"Didn't I do this for your Wen family!? Ah!? If you really gave birth to such an ugly child, where would you put your face? Where would the face of the Wen family put it!?"
"Squeak--" The knife and fork made a harsh sound on the plate. Chu Jiao put down the cutlery, gestured to the people around her who were looking at her, and asked the waiter to pay the bill with a cold face.
She raised her hand to turn off the eavesdropping device. After hearing this, she was no longer interested in anything else. However, the next sentence in the headset interrupted her action.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about these old things. The most urgent thing is to quickly recognize her back! Who knows what the Xiao family is thinking? I don't know how Xiao Qi found out that Jiaojiao is not our biological daughter, and he insisted on marrying her to the real daughter of the Wen family. Now the company's liquidity is seriously insufficient, and we are waiting for the Xiao family to help us out. You must quickly find a way to get Wen Jiaojiao away and bring Chu Jiao back!"