"What? Yu Meng is Huo Tong's biological mother?"
Lu Wanqing was completely overwhelmed by this sudden truth.
She even recruited Yu Meng and Chun Tao under her command and entrusted them with important responsibilities.
Yu Meng's success was purely accidental, but Chun Tao was something she deliberately did to win him over!
"Judging from your surprised tone, it seems you didn't know about this. I didn't want to bring it up, but we'll inevitably run into each other at work in the future, so I thought I'd better tell you." Fok Ying-tung was quite forthright.
When he was young, he was really dashing and charming, and he would flirt with any beautiful woman he saw.
For Yu Meng and him, it can be said that he started something and then abandoned it.
However, she was more curious about how Yu Meng could bear to give her child to Fok Ying-tung and how she could refrain from visiting him.
"Minister Huo, ignorance is no excuse. I'll treat you to dinner another day as an apology!" she said apologetically with a smile.
Henry Fok laughed and said, "Mr. Lu, I don't mind. If you can get her to come, I'd be happy to."
I'm afraid she still harbors resentment towards me and refuses to see me.
Lu Wanqing finally understood that only those who can't let go are afraid to meet. Yu Meng and Huo Yingdong separated because of family reasons, and she probably still can't get over it.
No wonder, she has always had a rather gloomy temperament, and it's rare to see her smile.
After ending her call with Fok Ying-tung, she summoned Yu Meng directly to her office.
“Yu Meng, Yingdong has already told me about your situation. If you want to see Huo Tong, I can help you make arrangements.”
Huo Tong no longer has a stepmother and lives with his younger sister every day, being taken care of by a nanny. She is happy to reunite the mother and son.
As a mother myself, I understand perfectly what a mother's concern for her child is like, and I'm happy to help.
“Mr. Lu, if Fok Ying-tung is coming along, then let’s skip it. I’d rather Fok Tong resent me as his mother than see his father. Every time I see him, I’m reminded of the humiliations I’ve suffered.”
Yu Meng stated her position.
He didn't seem particularly pleased with Lu Wanqing's suggestion.
"Yu Meng, why are you doing this to yourself? I know there must be a reason why you haven't been looking for Huo Tong. You don't dare to be happy usually, and it's also a way of atoning for your behavior."
However, a child's growth is irreversible. Don't let the child suffer the pain of separation because of the mistakes of adults.
This weekend, I'll have my child invite him out so you can spend a few hours alone together.
Lu Wanqing's words immediately brought tears to Yu Meng's eyes.
When others learned that she refused to see her son, they all said she was cold-blooded, but only Lu Wanqing truly understood her.
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Lu." After saying that, she walked out of the office, holding back her tears.
As she was leaving, she almost bumped into Huo Xiao, who was there to report on his work.
"What's wrong with Minister Yu?"
Huo Xiao raised an eyebrow and asked.
Lu Wanqing kept her head down, engrossed in the account books, too lazy to look up.
"Don't meddle in other people's business. Why are you coming to see me again so soon? Is something wrong?"
"Mr. Lu has a keen eye; I have indeed encountered difficulties."
"I called the Shanghai agent for that imported equipment, and as soon as they heard it was us buying the machine, they refused on the spot," Huo Xiao said angrily.
"Does that mean they have money but don't want to make it?"
"I've inquired and heard that the agent named Frank has a special relationship with Xu Ruping. It's likely that Xu Ruping is behind it. She recently ordered a new batch of imported machines and is preparing to make a big splash."
Huo Xiao told him everything he knew.
She also mentioned the sudden shortage of cement from the factory.
"It seems that Xu Ruping has started to openly compete with us."
However, she probably overestimated herself and underestimated us.
Don't worry about the machines. I have a set of blueprints. Find a good mechanical processing and manufacturing plant and cooperate with them to produce fully automatic sewing machines and overlock machines.
Once Xu Ruping's imported equipment starts to malfunction after a year or two of use, we'll see that relying too much on foreign technology for imported equipment will inevitably lead to a bottleneck in our supply chain.
As for the cement, go ask my husband. He has many distributors in this field; he can easily get the problem solved through his connections.
Huo Xiao grinned upon hearing this.
"President Lu is truly amazing. The things that have been troubling me to the point of turning my hair white seem to have been prepared for by you all along."
Lu Wanqing's pen kept moving as she wrote something, but her mind followed her thoughts:
“You see me sitting in the office every day, not bleeding or sweating, seemingly doing nothing. But actually, I’ve thought about many potential problems in my work and prepared several solutions. That’s called being prepared for a rainy day.”
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away." Huo Xiao benefited greatly and felt full of fighting spirit, ready to make a big splash.
After Huo Xiao left, she immediately called Lin Ye and told him that Huo Xiao would come to him to do something.
Lin Ye didn't like Huo Xiao, but he would do his best to fulfill any request Lu Wanqing made.
Before they knew it, it was the weekend, and Yu Meng and Huo Tong finally met under Lu Wanqing's arrangement.
Huo Tong had only seen his mother in photographs since he was a child, and when he saw her in person, he burst into tears.
His tears were a mixture of joy and reproach; he couldn't understand why she never went to see him.
"Tongtong, Mommy has her reasons. I don't want you to be affected by the grudges between adults. We can meet secretly from now on, and don't tell Daddy, okay?"
Yu Meng tried her best to distance herself from Fok Ying-tung.
Huo Tong was afraid that if he disagreed, his mother would never see him again, so he had no choice but to agree.
But after he returned, he showed great longing for his mother, mentioning her from time to time.
Fok Ying-tung had no choice but to arrange a meeting with Yu Meng.
Yu Meng initially refused, but Huo Yingdong blocked her at the factory gate, and only then were they able to sit down and have a meal together in peace.
"Minister Huo, there's really no need for us to meet. Why make each other hate each other? It'll only scare your family from finding out and causing you to threaten suicide again."
Yu Meng glanced at him coldly, her sarcasm obvious.
Back then, the two were deeply in love on campus. However, after Yu Meng became pregnant, when they wanted to get married, Fok Ying-tung's mother strongly opposed their relationship.
When Fok Ying-tung resisted, she threatened suicide, and he eventually had to give in.
It was from that time that he became a playboy.
Yu Meng gave birth to her own child and was ridiculed by those around her, so she naturally harbored a great deal of resentment towards Fok Ying-tung.
What's even more infuriating is that after the child turned one year old, she was taken away by the Huo family and they even found her a stepmother.
From then on, Yu Meng numbed herself, threw herself into her work, and treated the past as a dream.
“Yu Meng, it was all my fault before. I hope we can still be friends in the future. If you want to see Tongtong, you don’t have to hide it like this. Just come to my house.”
Knowing he was in the wrong, Fok Ying-tung pleaded with her in a fawning tone.
Their eyes met, and they realized that some feelings don't fade with time...
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