Chapter 23

Not only Xu Yanwen was shocked, Zhou Xinyi was also surprised.

No, it should be said that she was surprised. She never expected to meet Xu Yanwen here.

This was not part of their plan.

All actions should be carried out under the premise of keeping the Xu family a secret, so as to catch them off guard.

They tried desperately to seize the initiative, taking advantage of the jealousy and resentment of the real daughter, and instigated Xu Yao to rebel as quickly as possible, just to see the ridiculous expressions of shock and anger on the faces of the Xu family at the moment of success.

But now, Xu Yao suddenly wanted to go with her, and Xu Yanwen also appeared here at an inappropriate time, which completely disrupted their plans. It was outrageous!

But the current situation did not allow her to hesitate, so she could only go with the flow.

She covered her mouth in pretended surprise, tears welling up in her eyes quickly, lingering in her amorous eyes, adding a bit of helplessness and sadness.

"Yan Wen, why is it you?"

When Xu Yanwen saw her charming face, he didn't show any sympathy at all.

He just wondered how this guy's acting was so good? Was he blind before?

He sneered and said, "I should be the one asking you this. Why are you here? Why did you mess with my Yaoyao? What do you want to do with her?"

Before Zhou Xinyi could think of an excuse, Xu Yao spoke up first, "She is my biological mother. We got in touch five days ago. Dad, do you know her?"

Xu Yao asked the last question while looking at Xu Yanwen, with deep surprise in his eyes.

Xu Yanwen's attention was completely attracted by "5 days".

He calculated silently, wasn't that the day he brought Yin Yin back home?

After comparing the before and after, Xu Yanwen became more convinced of the truthfulness of Yinyin's thoughts and the incredibleness of her foresight.

Maybe even the return of his biological daughter was part of the conspiracy.

Thinking of this, Xu Yanwen laughed in anger, with a strong mockery in his tone: "Not only do we know each other, we are also very familiar with each other. Now we have an additional bad fate. Yaoyao's biological mother, right?"

Zhou Xinyi felt that Xu Yanwen in front of her was so strange, far from the gentle and elegant man in her impression. Especially when he said the word "biological mother", the sarcasm in his tone and the restrained anger in his eyes made her inexplicably uneasy.

It was as if he had seen through all the conspiracies.

Zhou Xinyi continued to act, she nodded with difficulty, and her tears finally burst out.

"I know this is unbelievable. We shouldn't have had any contact with each other again, but sometimes fate is so helpless. After going around in circles, we are back to the starting point. This is just the way fate plays tricks on us."

Xu Yanwen really had to kneel down in admiration of her acting skills. She looked so pitiful and hesitant that people who didn't know the truth would think that he had bullied her.

What a trick of fate! I think you are like a daffodil that doesn't bloom - you are just pretending!

"Yes, there are billions of people in the world, I could have met anyone else, but I had to meet you. We had agreed not to see each other again in this life, but I still met you. Even if Yaoyao is your daughter, so what? As a mother, you are stupid enough to not be able to take care of a child. Yaoyao has already entered the family tree of my Xu family. She is a member of my Xu family. I will never allow her to go with you even if I die. You'd better give up this idea as soon as possible!"

Zhou Xinyi listened to Xu Yanwen's words and suddenly had an idea. Her daughter wanted to leave, but her adoptive father wouldn't allow her. Isn't this exactly what she wants?

"Why can't I take Yaoyao away? She was originally my child. When I gave birth to her, I fainted due to heavy bleeding. My mother told me that the child was dead, but she sent Yaoyao away without telling me. If she hadn't felt guilty in her last moments, I would never have known about Yaoyao's existence. Now that I have finally found her, of course I have to take her away. No one can stop me."

"Don't even think about it! So what if you are her biological mother? You have never raised her for a single day. You have never given her anything except life. Even if this matter goes to court, our chances of winning are 100%."

"I don't want to yell at you, that would be disgraceful. Yaoyao is an adult now, she has the right to choose who to go with, and I respect her choice."

Zhou Xinyi raised her hand to wipe away her tears, changing her previous sad expression and looking at Xu Yao confidently.

Xu Yanwenton felt something was wrong and looked at Xu Yao anxiously, "Yaoyao, you won't let your father down, right?"

Although he was smiling, his eyes revealed a deep sense of uneasiness, and his hands hanging at his sides were curled up nervously.

According to Yinyin's thoughts, Yaoyao would collude with her biological parents to steal the house. He really didn't want to see that outcome, but the current situation was clearly pushing things towards that truth.

Xu Yao's heart suddenly tightened, and now she could only choose to temporarily hurt her father.

She pretended to be guilty and avoided Xu Yanwen's sight. She lowered her eyes to look at her feet and said weakly: "I want to go with her. She is my relative!"

Xu Yanwen's eyes went dark and he fell backwards onto the sofa.

Xu Yao rushed forward to support him, but was gently pulled away by Xu Yan.

His lips trembled, and he questioned with grief and anger: "Do you know what you are saying? Do you really have the heart to abandon me and your mother? Are we not good to you? Your mother and I have almost exhausted all our energy and efforts to raise you. When you say such heartless words, doesn't it hurt your heart? Huh?!"

This was the first time Xu Yanwen got angry with Xu Yao, and also the first time he spoke such harsh words to her.

Xu Yao shook her head, "No, you and mom are very good to me, it's just me who can't get over it. I shouldn't have taken my sister's place, it's wrong, I'm very grateful for your kindness in raising me, but after all, I'm not your biological child, what if one day you suddenly don't love me anymore, will you chase me away like my aunt did to my uncle, my aunt used to love him so much, some people used to say that wealthy families are ruthless, I didn't believe it, but now, I've witnessed my uncle's fate with my own eyes, I believe it."

Xu Yanwen was stunned by her argument and immediately cursed: "Bullshit! Guo Cheng deserved it. You only saw Awen chase him away, but didn't you see how he pushed his way further? He, he--"

Xu Yanwen glanced at the outsider Zhou Xinyi and stopped the family embarrassment in time.

But he really wanted to tell Xu Yao, can't you also hear Yinyin's thoughts? You have clearly witnessed it all the way, why did you suddenly confuse right and wrong? !

Thinking of Xu Yinyin's thoughts, he suddenly glared at Zhou Xinyi and questioned, "What kind of magic potion did you feed my Yaoyao? What did you tell her? Why did she follow you without hesitation just after you two got in touch? Do you have a conspiracy? Do you want to use her to achieve your ulterior motives?"

Xu Yanwen felt that he needed to use the excuse of punishment to remind Xu Yao not to be bewitched by evil spirits.

Zhou Xinyi was speechless. She wanted to ask Xu Yao, why did he suddenly change his attitude and want to go with her when he was avoiding her like a snake the last time they met? She was still full of questions!

"No matter how good the adoptive parents are, they are still someone else's parents. I am the closest person to Yaoyao. I had no choice before, but now I can protect Yaoyao. Mother and child are one and the same, neither of them can be missing." She continued to bite the bullet and provoke Xu Yanwen.

Only if she worked hard to stimulate Xu Yanwen could he make up his mind to take Xu Yao away.

Doing so not only demonstrates her strong desire to retain Xu Yao, but also makes Xu Yanwen wary of his daughter's instability and keep a closer watch on her. In a short period of time, Xu Yao will not be able to leave.

But she had already begun to think about leaving, which was exactly what they wanted. They only needed to guide her according to the original plan and she would become a good helper.

Although there were deviations in the early stages, things have been put right now.

Xu Yanwen, ah Xu Yanwen, why are you still as stupid as ever!

Xu Yanwen listened to Zhou Xinyi's boastful words and sneered, "If you really treasure your own flesh and blood so much, how could you believe everything your mother said? Why are you so naive? Your mother said that the person was dead, didn't you investigate it yourself? Didn't the doctors and nurses who handled the case check one by one? At the very least, you could call the police. Since you care about Yaoyao so much, you didn't even open the coffin for an autopsy or do a DNA comparison, and just accepted the fact? Forget it, you only love yourself!"

"You are slandering me!" Zhou Xinyi was so angry that he was shaking all over.

Xu Yanwen might have been possessed by evil spirits. Why is he so hostile to her? She hasn't even stolen anything yet, so why is he so vicious to her?

"What do you mean by 'I'? And what else? Have you never read the social news? Many parents whose children are missing will spend their entire lives searching for them, even if it means losing everything they have. They blame themselves for their children's disappearance, and live in constant fear, carrying the guilt of their failure to do their job, and living like neither human nor ghost."

"What about you? Your child died, you accepted it, and then continued to live your life. One day, you found out that your child was still alive, and you came back, all glamorous and pampered, and said, 'Child, I am your mother. The reason I didn't know you existed was because my old mother cheated me. I am also a victim, but I will make it up to you. Come with me.'"

"Hehe, next time you lose your child, please put on some miserable makeup and find some tattered clothes to pretend. Don't always treat people as fools. Are you insulting your own IQ or Yaoyao's? Don't you see that you look like a mother who has lost her child and is in a trance? You are wearing gold and silver and looking down on others. What are you trying to show off your superiority? Do you think our Xu family is not as rich as you?"

"You, you--" Zhou Xinyi couldn't even reply to Xu Yanwen's scolding. She stammered and couldn't utter a complete sentence.

“你你你，瞧你這支支吾吾的樣子，一看就是心虛，想帶我的瑤瑤走，你也不翻翻自己銀行卡餘額，看看自己夠不夠格養好孩子，我們許家的資産加在一起兌換成現金，餘額比你回爐重造幾萬次加起來的命還長，跟我打腫臉充胖子，你配麽？

“許彥溫！你--”周新怡滿臉痛色的捂住心髒，感覺心肝脾肺腎都在疼。

“如果我是你啊，趕緊回家讓你那個不負責任、生孩子都不在身邊、讓丈母娘使絆子的蠢貨老公多吃點補品，争取多活幾年護住少得可憐的財産，免得哪天我不高興，把他的根撅了，讓你倆睡橋洞，跟狗搶食去。”

“許彥溫！”周新怡不顧體面的怒斥道，“你怎麽這麽惡毒呢，一點紳士風度都沒有，是不是男人啊！”

“紳士風度是用來對待淑女的，你這種狼子野心，沒心沒肺的惡毒女人，不配我溫和以待，我今兒把話放在這裏，想帶走瑤瑤，除非我死！”

扔下這句話之後，許彥溫拉着目瞪口呆的許瑤就走，留下周新怡滿腔的怒火和憋屈無處發洩。

“啊！！！！！！”

一聲怒號，昭告着她的憤懑不甘。

媽的，今天怕不是水逆，氣死老娘了！

許瑤直到坐在副駕駛，看着車子彙入主幹道，都還沒有從父親怼人那種無限輸出、精準打擊的場面回過神來。

在她的印象裏，父親從來都是溫文爾雅的，聲音溫潤，态度和藹，哪怕她犯了錯也從不大聲呵斥，就連語氣重一點的情況都沒有過。

但是今天，父親徹底颠覆了她對他有限的認知。

她悄咪咪的瞄向專心駕駛的許彥溫。

他眉頭緊蹙，薄唇緊抿，起伏的胸腔似乎還殘留着餘怒。

“你最好別說話，免得我忍不住把你罵一頓再扔下車，回去我再收拾你！”許彥溫餘怒難消。

許瑤縮了縮肩膀，而後改偷瞄為光明正大的看，順着父親英挺的眉峰到挺直的鼻梁，再到那張把人罵的還不上嘴逐一掃過，而後由衷的贊嘆道：“我的爸爸不僅長相帥氣，罵人也絲毫不掩風采。”

許彥溫沒好氣的睐了她一眼，冷聲道：“收起你讨好的小心思，這事我跟你沒完，你抓緊時間想措辭，最好能說服我理解你今天的荒唐舉動，否則我回去就禁你的足，沒個十天半月別想重見天日，我平時就是太慣着你，才釀下今日的大錯，好在，我及時把你拽了回來，否則我真的會死不瞑目。”

要是今天經理沒有多嘴說一句許瑤在會所裏，他就生生錯過許瑤跟生母的秘密會面了。

只要一想到他們利用許瑤偷家這事，他的脊背就一陣惡寒。

任誰也想不到，八竿子打不着的兩個孩子，竟然都是對方複仇的棋子，又有誰能想到曾經相愛的戀人，會因為分開而滋生如此大的仇恨，讓她不惜拉上整個許家陪葬。

當初從茵茵心聲那裏聽到這件事有多驚愕，此刻他驗證過後便有多憤怒。

他自問沒有哪裏對不起周新怡，他們戀愛以來，一直都是對方掌控着主動權。

說在一起的是她，說分開的也是她，哪怕他竭力挽回，甚至為此忤逆父親，也沒能換回她的回心轉意。

在這段感情裏，他真的不知道自己究竟哪裏錯了，如果真是他的錯，她為什麽要用他的全家來陪葬呢，為什麽不能只報複他一個人呢？

而更可恨的是，她為了複仇竟然舍得賠上自己的親骨肉，這是人該做的事嗎？

不是他想罵人，實在是對方的行為太招罵了，如果她不是個女人，他今天都想揍得她滿地找牙。

家人永遠都是他不可觸碰的逆鱗，不管有沒有血緣，進了許家的門，就是許家的人，就是他要拼死保護的存在。

誰要是敢明知故犯，他絕不輕饒，哪怕為此拉着對方一起下地獄，他也無怨無悔。

“對不起爸爸，我錯了。”

“錯？”許彥溫哼笑着，轉頭睨了她一眼，“錯哪兒了？”

“錯在沒有多讓你罵一會兒，好好洩洩憤，把心裏的委屈和憤懑全都化作惡言反饋給她。”

“嗯？”許彥溫眼眸微瞪，“你這話是什麽意思？”

“爸爸，您別生氣了，我并不是真的要跟她走，其實你那天去找姐姐時，我就在門外，我偷聽你們說話了，也聽到姐姐的心聲，我今天做的這一切都是有原因的。”

“等等，你把我搞懵了，你的意思是，你剛剛是在演戲？約見她也是有備而來，那你和我的相遇--”

許彥溫忽然頓住。

是了，如果女兒真的有意要和親媽密會，絕不會選擇他經常光顧的店。

而且，她知道自己約人談事情的首選就是那裏，而他的行程很容易就能查到，畢竟她可是自己的女兒啊。

想通了事情的來龍去脈後，許彥溫倏然笑了起來，“好啊，如今連你也騙起我來了，騙爸爸很好玩嗎？”

許瑤內疚搖頭：“不好玩，我剛剛真的替您捏着把汗，怕我說得太過分，把您氣暈了，到時候不僅戲會崩，我之前丢下去的餌料也會白瞎的。”

她就是怕父親臨陣發揮不好，才故意隐瞞，而事實證明，不知情的父親表現超出了她的預料，把周新怡罵的一愣一愣的，看得出是發自肺腑的宣洩了。

有了這波輸出，爸爸郁悶的心情一定會得到纾解的，至于對方的崩潰，并不在她的考慮範圍。

既然他們不仁，那就別怪她不義！

“乖女兒還提前放了餌，看來确實是有備而來，那現在你都跟我破梗了，是不是該跟我說說你打了什麽主意呢？要不要爸爸幫忙，還是需要全家配合你？”

“我們找個地方坐下說吧。”

“行。”

許彥溫搶在綠燈的最後五秒，過了馬路然後迅速掉頭，彙入通向郊外的國道。

忽然的急轉彎，讓一直跟在倆人身後的許曜猛地拍大腿惋惜。

該死，跟丢了。

他迅速吩咐司機去豐逸總部，準備及時反饋消息給許茵茵。

本來他計劃的好好的，等母女倆離場，就趕緊跟上去，假裝來商場買東西偶遇，就連見面的臺詞他都想好了，結果忽然殺出的大伯，打得他始料未及。

透過望遠鏡他只看到對面似乎發生了争執，大伯一會兒怒瞪着那個女人，一會兒又看向堂姐，緊接着忽然一個仰倒栽在沙發上，他的心髒随着對面的動靜上上下下，坐過山車都沒這麽刺激。

那一刻，他恨不能把耳朵摘下來扔到對面當接收器，也好過隔着玻璃急得抓耳撓腮，上蹿下跳。

他從沒有如此渴望過許茵茵的吃瓜搭子，要是那東西在的話該多好。

盡管事情出乎預料，但他還是繼續跟了上去，想看看堂姐被逮個正着，會不會被大伯揍。

結果還沒跟幾分鐘，對方就溜沒影了。

左右權衡下，他便想回去告訴許茵茵，看看她那個神奇的瓜搭子能不能提供點線索，要不然，他今天真的要失眠了。

豐逸大樓前臺。

許茵茵正在電腦前處理孫敏交給她的任務。

許茵茵面上認真的看着，心思卻早飛去許瑤和親媽的會面現場了。

【小七，你說瑤瑤會不會被她親媽說動啊？】

【我覺得不會，雖然我跟她沒什麽接觸，但從她對你的态度來看，不像作假，是真的想跟你一起孝敬父母來着。】

【我也覺得富豪爸媽把瑤瑤教育的很好，真誠又善良，只是她的親生父母太卑劣了，誰知道他們為了說動瑤瑤會做出什麽事啊，瑤瑤一個人面對肯定撐不住，哎，也不知道許曜碰到他們沒有。】

【你說我怎麽就沒有留個他的聯系方式呢，啧！】

許茵茵一邊懊惱自責，一邊坐立難安，許瑤親生父母的陰謀一日不解決，她就一日不得安生。

既然她頂替了前身，截胡了她該擁有的爸媽和家世，那她就有義務幫助許家遠離反派的陰謀，就當回報這份天賜的好運吧。

“咦，許曜怎麽來了？”

薛薇薇疑惑的聲音自旁邊傳來，許茵茵尋聲看過去，許曜剛好也在找她，朝着她疾步走來。

“跟我出去，我有話要說。”許曜給她遞了個眼神。

許茵茵意會後，麻溜的跟着他去了一間無人的辦公室。

許茵茵把門反鎖後，迫不及待的問道：“怎樣，你們偶遇了沒有？”

許曜搖頭：“大伯在她們密會的中途出現了。”

“哈？！”許茵茵驚呼出聲，而後忙捂着嘴巴，忌憚的環顧四周。

許曜順勢摁下遙控器，把周圍的窗簾也關上，而後把自己看到的都跟她說了。

末了他補充道：“我本來想繼續跟蹤大伯和堂姐的，但他們忽然掉頭往郊區去了，我想着跟去也沒用，萬一暴露的話反而被動，就先回來跟你說一聲。”

許曜在心中補充：你也好問問你的瓜搭子。

[What's the point of telling me? Xiao Qi is just a melon eater. He doesn't have a God's perspective. Hey, what's the use of you? 】

Xu Yinyin glanced at Xu Yao lightly, and the latter touched his nose uncomfortably. Could she blame him? He didn't have a good ear.

She sighed, "It's lost, it's lost. You did the best you could."

"So what do we do next?"

Xu Yinyin shook her head. She hadn't thought of a solution yet. She had to meet them first to see if Xiaoqi had accepted their new idea.

Xu Yao suddenly had an idea, "Who said we have to meet by chance? Can't I just see them unilaterally? When it comes to testing things like this, only the guilty ones know."

Xu Yinyin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: "Yes, why am I so stubborn? Then you come back with me later. Anyway, it's no secret that Second Aunt asked me to go to school. Let's do it today."

"No problem, I'll wait for you to get off work."

"Well, I'm going to go out to work first, you can do whatever you want."

As soon as Xu Yinyin left, Tang Wan came in.