Yi An stared intently at her face. "Are you really still the same Meng Jie? The ruthless and decisive Meng Jie in the business world can tolerate such a low-level provocation?"
Meng Jie followed up on his question, asking, "So, all of this you did was just to provoke my bottom line?"
Yi An was stunned for a moment, then readily admitted it.
"yes!"
He then said, "It's just that I realized you have absolutely no bottom line."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a slap landed squarely on Yi An's face.
"You bastard!"
When Meng Jie uttered those words, her whole body was trembling.
Yi An rubbed her cheeks and got up without a care.
"Yes, I'm a bastard. If you don't want to look at me, I don't want to look at you either. I'm here today for another reason: I want to take Xiaobao away."
"Xiao Bao is my grandson, you can't take him away!"
Yi An raised her voice in rebuttal: "Xiao Bao is still my son!"
He stared at Meng Jie and took a breath.
“I can’t let Xiaobao go through what I went through. And you should stop with your tricks. If you’re really capable, you should deal with the people who deserve it, not use your child to make things difficult for a mother!”
"Making things difficult for the mother by having a child?" Meng Jie narrowed her eyes slightly. "You're not trying to defend Lin Hui, are you?"
"Haven't you done this kind of thing enough? Besides, no matter who I stand up for, it doesn't change the fact that I'm here today. I'm taking Xiaobao away!"
Yi'an finished speaking, turned around and left, slamming the door shut with a deafening roar.
Wu Fen, hesitant and pacing back and forth with tea in hand at the study door, watched as Yi An rushed out the door and hurriedly followed after her with the tea.
"Yi'an, let me explain. Yi'an, don't walk so fast, I can't keep up!"
Yi An didn't pause for a second and rushed straight to Yi Kangle's room.
Yi Kangle was playing with building blocks in his room when he heard a noise. He turned around and saw Yi An.
"dad!"
He rushed over with delight and threw himself into Yi An's arms.
Yi An picked him up and said, "Daddy will take you home."
Yi Kangle immediately clapped his hands excitedly: "Great! I want to go home with Daddy, home!"
Wu Fen rushed over, panting, and saw Yi An carrying Yi Kangle away. She hurriedly reached out to block the doorway.
"Yi An, calm down and give me a chance to speak, okay?"
Yi An: "I have something urgent to attend to later. I'll talk to you then. I need to take Xiao Bao and leave now."
Wu Fen watched him walk straight out, unable to stop him, and disregarded everything else, she said urgently, "Yi An, you're such a grown man, can't you be a little more sensible!"
Yi An's hurried steps suddenly stopped.
Am I the one who's being unreasonable?
He turned back to look at Wu Fen in disbelief, "Did I stop her from getting a divorce, from leaving this cage? I've never done that since we were kids!"
Hearing the depth of his resentment towards Meng Jie, Wu Fen said with a helpless expression, "Madam was forced into this situation."
"What forced her to do this? Aunt Wu, tell me. The whole company belongs to her, and she holds absolute power at home. Who dares to say a word against her? The only reason she's trapped here is because she wants that pitiful bit of face!"
Yi An, as if she had opened a floodgate, began to launch into a long and detailed accusation against Meng Jie.
“She relied on her own abilities to bully others. First, she used Xiaoyu to torment Su Yan, and then she started to use Xiaobao to threaten me and Lin Hui. Aren’t her methods despicable enough? I can’t let Xiaobao live in this kind of environment. I don’t want him to become the next me.”
Yi Kangle blinked repeatedly, his eyes filled with confusion.
"Grandma Wu, what does it mean to bully others by abusing one's power?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Fen quickly said to Yi An, "Let's talk this out properly, and don't let the child hear us, okay?"
After much persuasion, Yi An finally managed to coax Yi Kangle into playing in the room.
He found a quiet place and talked to Wu Fen.
“Yi’an, you’ve misunderstood Madam. The reason Madam brought Xiao Bao back was entirely because Miss Lin wanted to use Xiao Bao to deal with Miss Su Yan. Like you, Madam was concerned about Xiao Bao’s mental health, which is why she brought him back and raised him herself.”
Yi'an quickly grasped the key point of that sentence.
"Using Xiaobao to deal with Su Yan?"
Wu Fen nodded heavily. "Yes! Do you remember the day Miss Su Yan first came to our door, when Xiao Bao suddenly ran out in a fit of anger and threw a teacup at someone?"
Yi'an didn't speak, as if she understood something.
Seeing his increasingly complicated expression, Wu Fen took a breath.
"Just as you thought, this was all arranged intentionally by Miss Lin Hui. I heard it with my own ears. So, Yi An, you can no longer let Lin Hui raise Xiao Bao."
Yi An remained silent for a moment before speaking solemnly: "Aunt Wu, don't worry, I will not hand Xiao Bao over to Lin Hui again. Xiao Bao is my son, and I will raise him myself."
Upon hearing this, Wu Fen's tightly furrowed brows immediately relaxed.
“Take good care of him yourself. Xiao Bao should have been living with you a long time ago.”
Yi An turned her head and glanced in the direction of the study. "After I take Xiao Bao away, I probably won't be back often. I'll leave Ms. Meng in your care. If anything happens, call me."
Wu Fen nodded. "Don't worry."
Yi An wasn't too worried. If even Meng Jie, the tyrant of the business world, could suffer a loss, how could anyone else in the world survive?
He went back to his room and took Yi Kangle away.
Yi Kangle nestled obediently on Yi An's shoulder, her little eyes fixed on the villa's window.
He suddenly pointed to one of the doors and exclaimed, "Grandma!"
Following his words, Yi An turned around to look.
There was no one in sight at that window.
"Even Xiao Bao, who's so young, has trouble seeing?"
Yi An smiled and placed him in the car seat before driving away from the Yi family villa.
Just as the car drove away, a slender figure appeared again through that window.
Wu Fen carried the tea and slowly walked into the study. She saw Meng Jie standing by the window, looking at something.
"Madam, here is your tea."
Meng Jie didn't react at all and remained standing there motionless.
Wu Fen put down her tea, stepped forward with concern, and called out again, "Madam."
Meng Jie was slapped by her before she realized what was happening.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Seeing her exhausted face, Wu Fen felt a pang of pity.
"Madam, you clearly care about Yi'an and Xiaobao, why don't you express it?"
Meng Jie was stunned for a moment, then quickly regained her usual indifference.
She walked slowly to the table and touched the teacup.
"The tea has gone cold."
"Madam! Yi'an has already taken Xiao Bao away!"
Meng Jie stood there stiffly and gave a nasal "hmm".
“I’ve already seen it.”
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