Chapter 214 You really aren't A-Yue
This woman...
This woman!
Zheng Huaixin felt anxious and angry. When had he been manipulated to this extent by a woman?
His Ah Yue is gentle and kind, and is definitely not the kind of person who is good at scheming and despicable.
She is definitely not A-Yue.
But it's no use just for him to know; the person who can decide his future doesn't know. The look in his leader's eyes told him that he thought he was a treacherous and untrustworthy person who would start something and then abandon it.
At this point, none of the options are the best choice.
Zheng Huaixin clenched his fist and looked at the top leader.
The leader glanced at him, frowned, and after a brief moment of thought, spoke up, “Comrade, don’t rush. Give him some time to raise the money. You’ve come all this way, so take the child to see the beautiful scenery of the capital. Let Zheng Huaixin pay for it; it’s what he owes you and your child.”
He then said to Zheng Huaixin, "I'll give you three days to persuade your wife to take the child back home, and you also need to properly settle your ex-wife. Can you do that?"
Zheng Huaixin felt a sudden jolt to his head. The leader had made the choice for him, and all he could say was yes.
The woman was not pleased. She glanced at Sister-in-law Yao, who nodded slightly.
She remembered Li Banxia's words: don't push too hard, or Zheng Huaixin might do something desperate.
It's already an unexpected bonus that they were able to manipulate the high and mighty Secretary Zheng to this extent.
Perhaps, something even more surprising awaits them at the beginning of next month.
Also, we should make good use of her status as a woman and help her and her son get more money.
"Lady, what do you think?"
The woman nodded and held out her hand. "Please reimburse us for the hotel expenses we've incurred these past few days. It's ten yuan a day, and we've stayed for a total of sixteen days, so it should be one hundred and sixty yuan."
Zheng Huaixin glanced at her, readily took out his money, and gave her an extra fifty yuan so they could wander around for the next few days. The woman didn't stand on ceremony, took the money, and stuffed it into her crumpled bag.
Zheng Huaixin recognized the pattern on the bag; he had seen it in the place where he had been sent to the countryside years ago. However, so much time had passed that he couldn't recall exactly where he had seen it before.
The woman left with her child. After greeting the top leader, Sister-in-law Yao drove the two senior leaders back to their workplace.
For a moment, only the top leader and Zheng Huaixin remained in the conference room.
The top leader glanced coldly at Zheng Huaixin and left with a sullen face.
"lead……"
Zheng Huaixin felt a surge of anxiety and rushed into the leader's office, begging for help.
"Boss, I was promoted by you, I'm one of your people. I'm certain I don't know this woman. She looks a lot like my ex-wife, A-Yue, but she's definitely not the same person. And that child, I really don't know what's going on!"
"have no idea?"
The top leader snorted lightly, staring at him without any emotion. "Your men tried to bribe them to shut them up, but they failed. The investment promotion office overheard everything they said. Don't you know what happened? I think you're just trying to deny it to the death."
"He's really not a leader."
Zheng Huaixin didn't know how to explain to the top leader that those people were only willing to tell the truth because they wanted money, and after they gave them the money, the information they received was actually false.
Could it be that those people conspired to deceive him?
What are they after?
The deaths of A-Yue and her family were natural disasters; how can he be blamed for them?
What the hell is going on here?
"Boss, my ex-wife Yue and I did only have one daughter. When I left, my daughter was already over a year old, unless..."
Zheng Huaixin was startled.
Suddenly, he remembered that in his several communications with A-Yue, A-Yue always seemed to want to say something but then stopped herself. So he made a bold guess: the child was conceived before he left.
But why hasn't A-Yue said anything?
They corresponded for two years, until their daughter died of smallpox, and A-Yue never mentioned the little boy once.
And those people, why did they tell his people they had never seen the child, but then say on the phone that it was Ah Yue who gave birth to him?
Why would they do that?
He has too many questions he wants answered.
"Boss, give me a little more time. I need to find out what happened. Someone must have pulled something. If that woman simply brought her child to Beijing to find the father and needed my help to keep the child, she wouldn't have made such a scene..."
Parents plan far ahead for their children.
She almost ruined him. Didn't she ever think that he wouldn't treat the child she left behind well?
He wanted to see the woman immediately.
He needs to find out the details.
The top leader said three days: "If you still can't handle this matter by three days, you can forget about being the deputy mayor. Go back to where you came from..."
Stepping out of the top leader's office, a cool breeze swept over my head, sending another shiver down my spine.
Zheng Huaixin felt a chill and dampness on his back, and then realized that his inner shirt was soaked with sweat from nervousness.
He shuddered, disregarding all else, and found his trusted confidant, asking where the person was.
The confidant whispered an address.
"This time, it seems they didn't intend to hide. They didn't care when they saw us following them, and they didn't even say a word when we asked for their room numbers. I've asked Lao Zhao to keep an eye on things there. Secretary Zheng, shall we go over now?"
"Um."
Zheng Huaixin thought for a moment, then beckoned his confidant to come closer and whispered something in his ear. The confidant paused for a moment, then said, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements."
Half an hour later, the two rode their bikes all the way there. When they arrived, Old Zhao was sitting in the shop diagonally opposite. When he saw them, he hurried out to greet them.
"Secretary Zheng, the person is still inside. They haven't come out since they went in."
Zheng Huaixin said "Okay," and then asked, "Where are the things?"
"It was sent in five minutes ago."
Zheng Huaixin nodded, found the room, and knocked on the door.
The little boy opened the door, glanced at him, and muttered, "Why are you so slow? I've been waiting for ages."
Zheng Huaixin frowned, glanced at the woman sitting by the coffee table, and walked over to sit on the sofa opposite her.
She raised her hand. "Take him out."
"Yes, Secretary Zheng."
Two men grabbed the little boy's arms and tried to pull him away. The little boy struggled and refused to go, even biting one of his men.
"Stone."
The woman shook her head. "Listen to me, I have something to say to your father. You go out with them first."
"Then, I'll be right at the door. Call me if you need anything." The little boy glared at Zheng Huaixin with an unfriendly look.
The woman touched his face, sighed, and gently pushed the little boy out.
Zheng Huaixin's men followed him out and closed the door.
Suddenly, only the two of them remained in the room.
Zheng Huaixin asked her, "Who exactly are you? Why are you impersonating A-Yue and coming to the city hall to harm me?"
"I hurt you?"
The woman seemed to have heard a joke, walked over, raised her hand, and slapped him hard across the face.
Zheng Huaixin's expression changed drastically, and he angrily grabbed her wrist, "You!"
"Pooh!"
The woman spat in his face and said coldly, "Ah Yue... how dare you call yourself that? Do you have any respect for Ah Yue?!"
"You really aren't A-Yue! Who are you?"
The woman shook him off and took out two photos from her bag. One was a photo of A-Yue, Zheng Huaixin, and their youngest daughter, and the other was a photo of A-Yue holding a little boy.
She threw the photo at Zheng Huaixin's face and shouted angrily, "Zheng Huaixin, you owe A-Yue a life! Without A-Yue, you would have died long ago in the freezing cold of Northeast China. A-Yue gave you this life, do you acknowledge that?"
Zheng Huaixin opened his mouth as if to say something.
The woman said sternly, "Think it through before you speak. If you acknowledge me, you're not A-Yue; if you don't, you'll be called A-Yue for life!"
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