Chapter 52
Around 7 o'clock, Chu Muchao finally finished his urgent work.
Chu Wen had been waiting for her in his office for quite a while.
After turning off the computer, Chu Muchao leaned back and stretched.
"Finally, we can rest. Brother, what are we going to eat tonight?"
With my eyes closed, I could still see dense text and data in front of me.
She clearly wanted to be a couch potato, so why...?
Suddenly, a pair of hands lifted the back of her head from behind.
Chu Muchao instinctively tried to open his eyes, but they were covered by a warm palm.
"Rest for a while, I'll give you a massage."
"Oh, okay. Thank you, brother."
Chu Muchao thanked her sweetly.
He placed his warm palms on her eyeballs for a while, then pressed his thumbs against her temples while his other fingertips massaged her scalp in rhythm with the massage.
Perhaps worried that she couldn't handle it, the massage was very gentle.
At this moment, if you add some soft and soothing music and a touch of woody, forest-inspired fragrance, that would be perfect.
She thought she should be able to fall asleep right away.
Chu Muchao was still enjoying the massage when he suddenly felt a heat source approaching.
When she opened her eyes, Chu Wen was already kissing her lips.
It ended with a passionate and intense kiss.
Chu Muchao lazily raised his eyes, his voice soft: "Still jealous?"
Chu Wen looked down at her, his gaze lingering between her eyebrows and lips.
"I saw the flowers he gave you, they were very beautiful."
Chu Muchao said with a hint of helplessness, "I can't very well refuse him, can I? He came to congratulate me."
"I know." Chu Wen's gaze fell on the lips that he was massaging under his fingertips. "Stay away from him. He's a womanizer and a philanderer. He's not a good person."
"Okay."
Chu Wen: "You are not allowed to meet with him alone either."
Chu Muchao raised his hand and stroked Chu Wen's cheek: "The secretary you left behind is right here."
Chu Wen: "He's your man, not my spy."
"Yes, you said that, I remember."
But she didn't believe it.
[If Miss Mu Mu doesn't believe me, why don't you fire him?]
The system's gentle voice echoed in my mind.
Now, Chu Muchao is quite used to the system suddenly appearing.
She could easily hide her conversation with the system from Chu Wen.
Chu Muchao: I'm very busy right now, and it would take too much time and energy to train someone new. He can help me, and no one knows his tasks and my work better than him. It's better for him to stay than for him to leave.
She was talking to the system in her mind, but in reality, she was holding the hand that lingered on her cheek and said...
"I'm so hungry, shall we go eat?"
"good."
Chu Wen held her hand, and with his other hand he protected her back, and pulled her up.
"After dinner, would you like to come and see my place?"
"Um?"
Chu Muchao raised his eyes and carefully considered these words.
"Your place of residence? What do you mean?"
“I’ve already moved out.” Chu Wen’s gaze was intense. “Would you like to stay the night?”
"..."
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Chu Wen's current residence is not far from the company, about a 20-minute drive away.
Chu Wen said.
"If it's too late to go home sometimes, you can come here. Here's the key."
Chu Muchao took the key and put it in his bag.
"Hmph, you'd better watch out. I might launch a surprise attack, so don't do anything behind my back that might upset me."
Chu Wen smiled and said, "From childhood to adulthood, no one else has ever lived in my heart."
"Ew..." Chu Muchao squirmed wildly in Chu Wen's arms, rubbing his arms, "So cheesy, brother."
I've taken the keys; I've already had dinner.
Chu Wen brought up the topic of visiting his residence several times, but Chu Muchao changed the subject each time.
The last time was in Chu Wen's car.
Chu Wen asked again, "Don't you want to go up and sit for a while?"
Chu Muchao looked serious and shook his head: "I really won't go. I'm a little tired today, but I haven't finished my studies yet. When I get back, I plan to finish my planned studies and then take a look at the financial report."
Chu Wen didn't press the matter further: "Okay, you can ask me if you don't understand anything, or you can ask your secretary."
Chu Muchao leaned over and kissed Chu Wen on the cheek.
"I understand, thank you, brother."
Chu Wen escorted Chu Muchao home and watched her enter the house before leaving.
As I took the elevator upstairs, the system's voice sounded again.
Why isn't Miss Mu going? Is it because I said he prepared flowers and a gift?
Chu Muchao: You said he prepared flowers and gifts, and he kept inviting me up. How could I not understand what he wanted to do?
【^-^ What are you doing? The system doesn't know.】
Chu Muchao touched her nose, feeling inexplicably shy in the elevator where she was all alone.
Chu Muchao: He probably wants to confess his feelings to me.
【^-^ Isn't this better? Didn't you want him to give you a formal confession to define your relationship?】
The blush on Chu Muchao's face faded: liking is liking, and doubt is doubt.
More than a confession, she wanted to know Chu Wen's reasons for leaving the company. It must be more than just leaving the Chu family; he wanted to pursue her better and be with her.
At the same time, she also wanted to know why Chu Wen felt insecure and insisted on controlling her.
Before these doubts are cleared up, Chu Wen's confession will only become a burden for her.
To put it bluntly, you're still worried about his motives, whether or not they include "revenge."
Chu Muchao: ...Although I trust his feelings for me, he has considered everything so thoroughly. I was able to take over the company so quickly and smoothly thanks to him for thinking of all the possibilities in advance and making thorough preparations.
Chu Muchao: But...
However, trust alone is not enough to completely cover up your doubts and worries.
Chu Muchao: Hmm.
*
A few days later.
Yan Ke and Chu Jianghe are back.
Before arriving home, I had already learned that Chu Wen had moved out.
When they returned and didn't see Chu Wen, they felt a sense of emptiness.
They exchanged a glance and sighed in unison.
During dinner, Chu Muchao brought up Chu Wen's background.
“You never told me about Chu Wen before. I pieced together the story from old photos, I don’t know if it’s right.” Chu Muchao paused, then asked, “Mommy, is Chu Wen’s father the Uncle Jiang Wen who saved us before?”
Chu Jianghe's hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.
Yan Ke looked up at her: "Yes. What's wrong? Why did you suddenly bring this up?"
Chu Muchao explained the background: a classmate from abroad had returned and lied, pretending to be Jiang Wen's child. When she mentioned this to Chu Wen, Chu Wen's reaction aroused her suspicion, which led her to investigate the matter.
Chu Muchao asked, "Mommy, brother... has Chu Wen ever talked to you about this topic before? What was his attitude towards Uncle Jiang's death? Why did he take our surname?"
Recalling his old comrades, Chu Jianghe's eyes became bloodshot, revealing a pained expression.
Chu Jianghe and Jiang Wen were childhood friends who grew up in the same compound. They joined the army together. After their discharge, Jiang Wen became a special police officer, while Chu Jianghe went into business and met Yan Ke.
After Chu Jianghe and Jiang Wen got married, the two families often visited each other.
After Xiao Mu Chao was born, Jiang Wen brought Xiao Wen to play even more often.
"Xiao Wen, this is your younger sister. You must take good care of her from now on."
Xiao Wen not only liked this younger sister, but also truly took care of her.
Whenever he gets something delicious, his first thought is always: he wants to share it with his sister.
When they go out to play together, if the younger sister gets tired, Xiao Wen will carry her on his back to continue walking.
Chu Jianghe and Jiang Wen were originally good brothers for decades, and comrades-in-arms who had gone through thick and thin together.
Because of the children, the relationship between the two families has become even closer.
"That incident was a major kidnapping case that shocked the whole country. The kidnappers first abducted the richest man at the time, demanding tens of millions of yuan in ransom and also demanding that he not call the police. After succeeding, their appetite grew, and they were not satisfied with just tens of millions of yuan, so they set their sights on more people."
"In families with even a little bit of wealth, the children are repeatedly abducted or kidnapped."
"By the time the third child was kidnapped, the ransom had reached tens of billions of dollars. Someone called the police to find the kidnappers, and the matter finally came to light."
Jiang Wen was in charge of assisting in the investigation of the kidnapping case, but unexpectedly, his friend Chu Jianghe's child was abducted while playing with his own child, which led him directly to the kidnappers' hideout.
Jiang Wen located the suspects, determined the number of suspects, and then reported it to headquarters.
But then an emergency was discovered, and Jiang Wen had no choice but to step in to save the person...
"That's why he single-handedly infiltrated the area, rescued over twenty children, and in the end..."
Chu Jianghe covered his face and choked up.
Yan Ke said, "The media dared not report the truth; his death was...too tragic."
Yan Ke's eyes showed pain.
Chu Muchao dared not ask further.
The news reports she could find from that year showed that Jiang Wen's death was already quite gruesome.
If you mess with a ruthless person, they will definitely be vicious.
"Then... does Chu Wen know about these things too?"
When Chu Muchao spoke, her voice was hoarse, even surprising herself.
Yan Ke nodded: "Yes, he found out later."
Chu Jianghe continued.
After Jiang Wen's death, his wife was also devastated and soon became depressed, passing away within two days.
Before leaving, he entrusted Chu Wen to Chu Jianghe.
“I don’t want him to know these things, so let the child take your surname. I hope you will… treat him as your own child.”
Chu Jianghe disagreed.
Although Xiao Wen is still young, he already has thoughts and memories, so how could he possibly be kept in the dark?
However, after Xiao Muchao was rescued, he fell seriously ill and had a high fever for several days.
Just when she finally recovered, Xiao Wen fell ill again.
Unfortunately, the child also had a high fever, which lasted for several days and made him delirious.
When I woke up, I had no memory of what had happened before.
Chu Jianghe and Yan Ke kept this a secret for more than a decade.
It wasn't until later that Chu Wen discovered this secret himself.
Yan Ke said, "I thought he was just being rebellious during puberty, but I didn't expect that he was recalling those experiences."
Chu Muchao suddenly realized a problem.
"He already knew? Much, much earlier than you told me?"
Yan Ke nodded: "Yes."
No wonder!
No wonder when she was little, there was a time when she felt that Chu Wen's relationship with his parents was very subtle and tense.
It must have been around that time that Chu Wen remembered it!
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