Chapter 96 "Yes, or no..."
At first, Lin Chaoyue thought she had misread it.
But how could it be wrong?
Those were practically the two people she knew best in her life.
One is my mother.
One is a lover.
They were in the house where she had lived for several years, discussing how to hide their relationship.
It's been a long time since I've been back, and all the furnishings in Tangwan are exactly the same as before.
The moon lamp on the doorbell was hung by her own hand.
The glass greenhouse in the courtyard remains as warm as spring all year round, filled with potted plants.
The sofa in the living room was flown back from abroad by her.
Even the men's slippers that Pei Shuwen was wearing.
She bought it to entertain guests.
Everything felt both strange and familiar.
She stood there for as long as the people inside chatted, until snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
Her legs also began to go numb due to poor blood circulation.
Lin Chaoyue lost her balance for a moment and braced herself against the wall.
The watch on her wrist slammed against the wall with a 'thud' because of her movement.
The sound wasn't quiet.
But the people inside the house didn't notice the person standing outside the door because of the sound.
Only Lin Chaoyue stared at her watch, her gaze somewhat dazed.
"A GPS watch?"
It was almost subconscious.
Lin Chaoyue turned on the side positioning switch.
The smartwatch screen quickly displayed the locations of the two couple's watches.
Unsurprisingly, they are all located in Tangwan.
Then, the panel continued to pop up with the option to 'view your partner's location history'.
Lin Chaoyue chose 'yes' with certainty.
She felt like a voyeur at that moment.
The purpose for buying the watch gradually changed.
But she couldn't care less about that anymore.
There are so many historical positions that it's almost impossible to go all the way down.
Lin Chaoyue thought that Pei Shuwen must have been wearing this watch ever since the day he left.
Just as the advertising slogan says, the trajectory really did form a line.
They also sorted all the locations where they had spent a long time.
Look at those locations.
Lin Chaoyue felt a buzzing in her head and refused to believe it.
There is no Yushi.
There hasn't been any for at least a month.
Almost all of their locations are in Ningcheng.
Tangwan, Tenghui Group, Pei Family, Art Gallery.
If she remembered correctly, the owner of this art gallery should be Pei Xue.
Tang Wan came to see her mother.
Pei Shuwen has spent the most time at Teng Hui Group, and recently she has spent almost half of her time at her father's company.
She knew nothing about it.
What shocked her the most was not these things, but Tianhe City.
He actually went back the day before yesterday.
While she was away.
So why did Pei Shuwen keep this from her?
When she realized that Pei Shuwen had also seen her.
Lin Chaoyue wanted to run away.
But it was too cold outside, and snow was falling. A gust of wind blew by, and her eyes felt sore and dry.
Lin Chaoyue still went inside.
"You're all here."
Her eyes were bloodshot, and her voice was trembling, but devoid of warmth.
Pei Shuwen did not expect Lin Chaoyue to return to Tangwan.
Zhong Ling hadn't expected this either.
Upon seeing her daughter whom she hadn't seen in a long time, she opened her mouth, but her voice instantly went hoarse, and she couldn't even utter a word.
The assistant, however, reacted quickly.
He hurriedly tidied up the documents on the table.
Especially that handwritten note.
Almost every one of the above.
All of them are related to Lin Chaoyue.
She absolutely must not see it.
But this obvious wariness caused Lin Chaoyue's emotions, which she had been suppressing, to collapse instantly.
She reached him in almost three steps.
At the last moment, Lin Chaoyue managed to get the document and the piece of paper she hadn't had time to put away.
"Let me see." She was quite strong, and the documents were hastily dumped onto the coffee table.
Each sheet of paper was stamped with an official seal and signed with Zhong Ling's name.
The blank space is for her to sign.
Because her name was printed on it.
They are all transfer agreements, a great many of them.
She might not have understood it before, but she can now. She only flipped through a few pages and realized that her mother wanted to give her all of Simei's core business.
He even set up a new company for her.
"Weren't you trying to coax me into signing?"
"Since you're going to show it to me sooner or later, why hide it?"
Lin Chaoyue flipped through the pages one by one, finally looking at the handwritten notes.
Almost every item above tells Pei Shuwen how to deceive her, and what kind of words to use when necessary for each document.
good.
That's really nice.
You can get scammed whether you're outside or at home.
Although it was for her own good.
It was actually for her own good.
The paper was crumpled and torn due to excessive force, and my fingertips dug into my palm.
Pei Shuwen tried to reach out and take her hand, but Lin Chaoyue shook him off, and the crumpled paper rolled to the ground with him.
"Pei Shuwen, didn't you say that you would never hide anything from me again?"
"Why did you lie to me again? You've been in Ningcheng the whole time, haven't you!"
"You weren't actually going back to Yushi on a business trip this time, but rather to Tenghui Group, weren't you?"
"Yueyue..."
"Yes or no?"
Pei Shuwen lowered his arm and remained motionless for a long time before finally nodding: "Yes, but I hope you can calm down."
"How can you expect me to stay calm?!"
"I want to calm down too! But I also want to know how I can calm down."
Almost everyone knows that.
Why do you always keep it from her alone?
No wonder her mother refused when she tried to send the medicine to Finland via international express.
No wonder she wanted to go to Yushi to find Pei Shuwen, but he made an excuse that he was busy.
There's also Tang Ruxue.
The fact that she was repeatedly told not to return to Tangwan suggests that she was also in the know.
Tang Ruxue saw Lin Chaoyue say she wanted to go skiing.
I've been waiting for her for a long time.
She waited and waited, even until she had finished her lunch and was digesting her food, but she still didn't see her.
Tang Ruxue, unable to wait any longer, made a phone call.
"Hey (#`O′), Lin Chaoyue, are you coming or not?! I've been waiting for you for ages!"
"I'll go later."
Unaware that Lin Chaoyue was in a bad mood, Tang Ruxue continued to shout at the top of her lungs, "How late is it! I'm waiting for you to teach me how to do an S-curve. I must learn it today. Get here early!"
Lin Chaoyue said expressionlessly, "I'm in Tangwan."
Tang Ruxue: "Where are you? Tangwan?? You know now?"
"Know what?"
Lin Chaoyue casually turned on the speakerphone.
Tang Ruxue's thoughts were simple. Her mother had always said that Lin Chaoyue didn't know about this, and her family didn't want her to know either.
So every time she saw Lin Chaoyue, she felt like she was going crazy.
Now that Lin Chaoyue already knows...
She can then speak.
Tang Ruxue spoke very frankly, and her voice was quite loud.
"Isn't your mother planning to sell the company to our family?"
"Suddenly, I feel like there's nothing wrong with us nouveau riche."
"You already know, so it should be made public in a few days, right?"
"Your parents are so good to you, they've even transferred their business to a company under your name..."
Lin Chaoyue hung up the phone.
The sound stopped abruptly.
The spacious hall of Tangwan Villa was eerily quiet.
Zhong Ling hadn't said a word since Lin Chaoyue entered the room.
Before she could speak, she coughed violently twice, her tone no longer stern as usual, but filled with obvious worry.
"Yueyue, Mom originally wanted to tell you later."
Lin Chaoyue's eyes were red and swollen: "How late is 'late'?"
She didn't want to face Pei Shuwen.
But she was even less willing to face her mother.
After hesitating, Zhong Ling remained silent.
Lin Chaoyue murmured dejectedly, "Mom, you must regret having such a stupid daughter like me. Even though I really tried my best to help this time, you still don't believe I can do it well."
Zhong Ling: "I believe in you. You've improved a lot."
Before this, Lin Chaoyue hadn't been able to figure out many things.
But now, she finally realizes that the merger, the company's transformation, and the media hype were all just a smokescreen.
This was all so that Si Mei could emerge unscathed from the crisis and ultimately have all the core assets placed in her name.
The more you think about it, the more depressed you become.
Lin Chaoyue kept her head down and didn't notice that Zhong Ling's face was getting paler and paler.
After a long pause, Lin Chaoyue finally looked at Pei Shuwen again: "If I sign those documents, will it help my family?"
"Can."
"That's good, that's good."
Lin Chaoyue squatted down beside the coffee table and, almost without hesitation, signed her name on the last page of every document.
Is that all?
"See, you don't need to coax me, I can cooperate with anything."
Lin Chaoyue forced a smile, no longer trying to be lazy or act cute, nor trying to slack off or act silly.
Zhong Ling felt very sorry for him.
In earlier years, she was more attentive to her daughter's education than she is now, indulging her as much as she does now.
Starting in high school, she gradually began planning for Lin Chaoyue to take over the family business. She intended to send her to a branch office for experience after she went to university.
However, due to some reasons, Lin Chaoyue's contact with the company was brought forward, and she was also involved in a serious car accident.
When she first received the critical condition notice.
Zhong Ling thought.
My daughter doesn't need to be outstanding or work very hard; I just want her to be safe and happy.
Therefore, she actively kept almost everything at the company out of Lin Chaoyue's little world.
But it's such a simple wish.
It seems that it didn't work out either.
The white hair in front of me lasted only a moment, as my body went limp uncontrollably.
Zhong Ling heard a familiar, urgent voice: "Mom..."
--
"How is Aunt Zhong?"
Lin Chaoyue stayed in the bedroom for a long time, so long that an hour had passed since the doctor left, before she finally went out and gently closed the door.
Pei Shuwen remained standing in the same spot.
Lin Chaoyue was in low spirits, but she had stopped crying: "Mom is fine. The doctor said it's because she's been working too long lately."
"Yes, you'll be fine after a rest."
Lin Chaoyue pursed her lips and looked at Pei Shuwen.
"I……"
“I want to move back to Tangwan.”
Pei Shuwen did not respond.
Lin Chaoyue added, "I want to take care of Mom. I heard Dad is still abroad and can't come back for the time being. You know Dad..."
“There’s been a problem with the North American branch, and Uncle Lin is stuck here. I’ll contact my contacts there soon to see if there’s any way to help.”
"North America?"
"Um."
Lin Chaoyue sniffed: "But I still want to move back. I need to calm down."
Pei Shuwen looked at her intently, his voice unusually deep: "I didn't mean to lie to you."
“I know my mother doesn’t want you to tell her; you have your own reasons.”
"Do I look old? Why do people still treat me like a child?" Lin Chaoyue raised her small face, trying to smile.
But she couldn't smile.
Even without looking in the mirror, she knew that with her swollen eyes from crying, she probably wouldn't look good even when she smiled.
Pei Shuwen looked at her, his emotions gradually deepening. He missed her terribly, having not seen her for so long.
“I don’t treat you like a child.”
Lin Chaoyue smiled wryly: "But I still want to move out and calm down to think about what has happened recently."
"as well as……"
"Rethink our relationship."
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