Xia Xi had a lot of random thoughts in his mind, and he slept for no more than four hours the whole night. When he woke up the next morning, he felt like he had been beaten up. Both his brain and body felt uncomfortable.
Without considering whether his stomach could handle it, the first thing Xia Xi did when he arrived at the company was to order an iced American coffee.
Otherwise she won't be able to work today.
The plan was approved, but there was still a lot of things to do, and because of family matters, she had delayed the progress.
She hates exceeding expectations the most, and her goal is to complete all projects before the original deadline.
After drinking half a cup of iced coffee, Xia Xi's mind calmed down a little. Before he started working, someone knocked on the office door.
She came to the company very early today, Huang Shiyu shouldn't have arrived so early.
"Enter."
The door was pushed open, and Lu Mingji was holding a courier document bag in his hand.
"Your express delivery arrived yesterday evening. You disappeared as soon as you got off work, so I signed for you." Lu Mingji noticed yesterday that the shipping address on the express delivery slip was the office building of Xu Group.
He placed the document bag on Xia Xi's desk and said uncertainly, "It should be a work document...right?"
Xia Xi glanced at the delivery slip and frowned slightly. What kind of work documents could need to be sent by express? She had just met Xu Yanfeng yesterday morning. If he had any documents to give her, he would have given them to her then.
Without avoiding Lu Mingji, Xia Xi tore open the seal of the file bag and took out the contents.
There really were two documents, but they had nothing to do with work. One was a custody petition, and the other was a marriage agreement.
Lu Mingji also saw it and was shocked. He took the two documents from the stunned Xia Xi and looked through the details. He was even more surprised: "It was sent by Xu Yanfeng. What is he going to do? Take away the custody of the child? Does he know that the child is his?"
He didn't understand. Xu Yanfeng wanted to fight for the custody of the child. What did the marriage agreement mean?
He wants both the child and the mother?
Is Xu Yanfeng dreaming too much?
How could Xia Xi possibly agree? He was about to snatch the child away, so there was no way Xia Xi would compromise. Was she someone who would give in so easily?
Lu Mingji put down the documents and looked at Xia Xi. She was clearly still in shock, staring blankly at the table. He called out to Xia Xi, but she didn't respond.
"I'll consult a lawyer for you. It shouldn't be that easy for Xu Yanfeng to seize custody of the child. He didn't know the child existed for the first six years and didn't raise the child for a single day, fulfilling his responsibilities as a father. You've taken good care of the child, and you have a stable job with a high income. Even if you go to court, your chances of winning are much better than his..."
Lu Mingji wanted to comfort Xia Xi, but as he spoke, he seemed to lack confidence. With Xu Yanfeng's status and position, the legal team he hired must be top-notch. How could he gain any benefit by going against him?
Xia Xi picked up the phone on the table, found Xu Yanfeng's number and dialed it.
The ringing stopped after a few rings. His voice came from the other end, so familiar, as calm and steady as always, even when he called her name: "Xia Xi."
Xia Xi pursed her lips before speaking: "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean?"
"Documents! You're going to sue me?"
The person on the phone was stunned for a few seconds and asked, "You only saw the custody lawsuit, right? I remember there was another one, you didn't see it?"
Xia Xi didn't answer, she just wanted to know what he was going to do!
"It's very simple." Xu Yanfeng said calmly, "I'm giving you a multiple-choice question. There are two documents, and you choose one. If you choose the custody complaint, we'll go to court to see who will ultimately have custody of Ziheng. If you choose the marriage agreement, then we'll sign the contract and go to the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow to get the marriage certificate. Then the custody issue won't be a problem."
"Are you sick?!" Xia Xi could no longer remain calm and roared into the phone, "I won't choose you, I won't choose either of you!"
In order to have a child, he really tried his best and even said something like marrying her.
Xu Yanfeng was silent for a long time.
He thought she would at least hesitate for a second before rejecting his second option. In fact, she rejected both without even thinking. Couldn't she have tried to think that maybe he really wanted to marry her, not just for the child?
"It's okay if you don't choose either one." Xu Yanfeng had predicted her possible answer early on.
Xia Xi: “???”
Since he could choose neither, what else was there for him to say? He was indeed seriously ill.
Xu Yanfeng took advantage of her relaxed vigilance and changed the subject, saying, "You have a third option."
Xia Xi instinctively knew that it wouldn't be that simple, but she still held on to a glimmer of hope: "What?" She didn't realize at all that she was being led by him.
"Live with me for a hundred days." Xu Yanfeng said confidently, "After a hundred days, I won't fight with you for custody of the child, nor will I make any other demands. I mean what I say."
One of the negotiation skills is to first give two harsh options, and then throw out an acceptable option when the other party is in a dilemma. Then the other party is very likely to choose the last one.
The last one was his original request.
He didn't expect Xia Xi to choose any of the first two.
"Xu Yanfeng, you drank fake wine so early in the morning, didn't you?" Xia Xi laughed out loud as if she had heard a joke, "Do you want to hear how ridiculous your words are?"
Xu Yanfeng was very serious: "I'm not kidding you, nor do I think it's ridiculous. I'm serious."
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