Fu!
Is it Fu Jun's Fu, or...
Tao Man unconsciously clenched the envelope in his hand until it was almost crumpled into a ball, then belatedly let go.
She stared blankly in the direction the car was leaving.
If the person in the car is Fu Duo, he should be the boss of Hongtong Construction.
If that's the case, why doesn't he see her?
Even Fu Jun is back...
Tao Man was puzzled. She had lived with Tao Nianlun for so many years and was about to give up the search.
But the appearance of Fu Jun, coupled with the stunning glimpse just now, made her heart, which had been as stagnant as water, boil again!
After much deliberation, Tao Man finally made a decision that went against professional ethics.
She withheld one-third of the materials from Hongtong Construction.
As expected, the Finance Department headed by Xi Ping returned the materials, stating that they were incomplete and unqualified.
Tao Man finally had a reason to ask Secretary Duan to deliver it again.
"You don't even need to submit some documents. All you need is for your boss to come in person and explain things..."
"We will deliver the materials on time. Our boss is quite busy, so I can only apologize."
Their company was extremely efficient, and in just two or three days, they had replenished the pages of materials that Tao Man had taken away.
Exactly.
Tao Man had no choice but to use the same trick again and drew two more cards.
But no matter how many times Xi Ping called back, Secretary Duan would smile and nod, saying that he would send a new one.
As for Tao Man's indirect attempts to meet the company's CEO in person, he always made excuses by saying he was busy.
Just as Tao Man was gritting her teeth to retrieve the information for the fifth time, Secretary Duan nodded and called her for the first time.
"Our boss will personally bring the missing materials tomorrow. We were completely caught off guard by the Foundation's complex procedures."
Tao Man chuckled twice.
There are only a few things going back and forth, and anyone who is not stupid would have discovered the clues long ago.
He didn't show up until the fifth time, and she was 100% sure that the other person was Fu Duo.
What Tao Man didn't expect was that after she stepped into the reception room with trepidation and confirmed with her own eyes that it was Fu Duo, the other party became more distant than a passerby.
"Secretary Tao."
Fu Duo called her by her position.
"I joined the foundation at Mr. Yu's invitation. If you maintain this level of efficiency and attitude, I will withdraw my investment."
Tao Man: "Don't you have anything you want to say to me?"
Fu Duo raised his eyes slightly, and their eyes met.
It was clearly the most familiar face, but at this moment both of them had the most unfamiliar expressions.
Fu Duo curled the corners of his lips.
"Secretary-General Tao has blocked our materials multiple times. Is he trying to extort bribes?"
Tao Man's breath was caught in his throat.
The next second she raised her hand and slapped Fu Duo in the face.
"You bastard!"
Years of emotions erupted at this moment, and regardless of whether there were outsiders present, Tao Man roared at Fu Duo like a flood:
"Why didn't you come back to me after all these years?"
"Do you know how hard it was for me to raise my child, and how much he suffered?"
"How dare you say such things to me, Fu Duo, are you still a human being?"
She really didn't expect that the person she had been thinking about and waiting for so long would actually ask for a bribe from her!
Tao Man looked at Fu Duo's expressionless face and was about to greet him, but he grabbed her wrist.
"That's enough."
"Tao Man, what qualifications do you have to say these things to me?"
"What qualifications do I have? I gave birth to a child for you and raised him alone. For you, I was looked down upon. For you, I..."
Even though the neighbors said she was immoral and even her classmates' parents mocked her for having a child out of wedlock, Tao Man never felt wronged.
Because she firmly believed that Fu Duo would come back, marry her and take care of Nian Lun.
For the first time, Tao Man burst into tears.
Watching her tearful performance, Fu Duo lost interest, and a feeling of impatience rose in his heart, so he shook off Tao Man's hand.
"Stop crying."
"I'm crying. I have no right to speak. Don't I have the right to cry? My eyes are on my own body. It's none of your business!"
Fu Duo was so choked that he couldn't say a word and could only turn his face away.
Only when Tao Man's movements gradually became quieter did he speak in a deep voice:
"Tao Man, stop disgusting me. It was you who got involved with Fu Jun in the first place. Why do you want me to come back to you?"
"You've been telling a lie for so long that you've even fooled yourself."
"I, Fu Duo, look like a cuckold?!"
Over the years, Fu Duo rarely got angry.
He doesn't want his emotions to be known to outsiders.
Because emotions are the easiest to be exploited.
But when facing Tao Man, he always loses control of himself uncontrollably.
Tao Man's pupils shrank. "What do you mean by me getting involved with him, Fu Duo?!"
Fu Duo stood up suddenly.
He didn't want to listen any longer.
Duan Tao reported the situation of the foundation again and again. He knew it was Tao Man's trick, but he still fell into it.
But I never thought that she would accuse me as soon as I arrived.
I became the bad guy!
He pressed the tip of his tongue against his cheek, where he had been hit, and still felt a dull pain.
He was such a jerk, he thought Tao Man was going to say something else.
Fu Duo walked out. Tao Man wanted to stop him, but Secretary Duan stopped him faster.
He has already classified Tao Man as being on the same level as Fu Jun.
After receiving Fu Duo's care, he stabbed Fu Duo in the back.
Duan Tao looked down on ungrateful people from the bottom of his heart, and his words became less polite:
"Secretary Tao, why bother? What happened back then is already in the past. President Fu has done his utmost by not pursuing you."
"What do you mean by not pursuing the matter? You asked him to stop. This is not right!"
Tao Man's mind finally cleared up for a moment. He gritted his teeth and said quickly to Secretary Duan, "That beast forced me back then. I didn't recognize the two of them wrongly. Fu Duo knows it!"
She first met and fell in love with Fu Duo, and later Fu Jun came to Beijing to seek refuge with him. He got drunk and had evil intentions.
That memory was the darkest moment in Taoman's life.
She tried to force herself to forget, but she would wake up in the middle of the night countless times.
That beast Fu Jun actually claimed afterwards that he made the mistake because he couldn't tell the two brothers apart.
Tao Man wanted to call the police, but Fu's parents came in person to persuade her to stop.
"Manman, Fu Jun is the only one left in my second brother's family. Just think of it as for me, and forgive him this time."
"We'll talk to Fu Duo on your behalf. No matter how wrong it is, it's all Fu Jun's fault. It has nothing to do with you. Don't feel any psychological burden. When Fu Duo finishes his project and comes back, Auntie will personally arrange the wedding for you!"
Ji Wanping was still at work at the time. After she found out, she fainted several times from crying and wanted to take Tao Man to call the police.
But by then Tao Man had already found out that she was pregnant.
Calculating the date, she was definitely conceived before Fu Jun did anything inappropriate.
This is Fu Duo's child, and Tao Man is reluctant to abort it. She loves Fu Duo too much. In the end, for the sake of Fu Duo's parents, she can only nod and promise not to call the police.
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