”He’s okay. His condition is stabilized. The doctor will do further tests. But he seems to be worried about you, his mood hasn’t been good, so I had to make this trip.” Although Hu Jia’s face was tense and her tone harsh, a certain helplessness and emotion leaked through her words.
She glanced at Ye Qing and continued: “I just want you to know, what I’m trying to retrieve is not just a company CEO, but a son… a son who cannot be easily replaced.
I will go back to see my father,” Ye Qing broke the silence.
“What about Huawei?” Hu Cang asked, finally looking directly at Xiao Yao. “Are you Xiao Yao?”
“I am,” Xiao Yao smiled nervously and nodded slightly.
“Do you think staying with him here will be better for his future prospects?”
Xiao Yao paused, straightened her expression, and met Hu Cang’s sharp gaze, calmly saying, “I don’t know.”
“Don’t know?” Hu Cang’s voice slightly raised.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yao straightened her back. “Of course I don’t know. I believe in him. His future is in his own hands, not determined by my feelings. Besides, who knows what the future holds?”
“You…” Hu Cang was momentarily stunned, glancing at Ye Qing who seemed to be suppressing a laugh. Her displeasure surfaced, and she coldly looked around, saying, “Then let’s talk about the present. Don’t you want him to still be a CEO?”
“I hope so, but I hope more that he’s happy,” Xiao Yao gazed at Ye Qing tenderly, smiling calmly. “I said I believe in him, so no matter what he becomes, I’m willing to give myself to him.”
Hu Cang remained silent, her expression gradually softening. After a while, she said to Ye Qing, “As long as it doesn’t cause obstacles for the Su family, you can be with whoever you want.”
Xiao Yao looked at Ye Qing with barely concealed joy, and Ye Qing, pursing his lips, returned a proud, approving smile.
Before leaving, Hu Cang took out a paper bag and handed it to Ye Qing. “Keep what’s inside. I’ve been keeping it for over a decade, so I’ve done my part.”
Hu Cang finally left, but the paper bag she left behind brought immense shock!
The bag contained a photo and a letter – more like a “farewell letter”.
Shi Lun:
My dear child, by the time you read this letter, your mother will have left this world. Forgive me, I lied to you. I promised to wait for you to reunite, but… I know I’ll never see that moment.
It’s not that I’m heartless. If possible, I would never let you leave my side. Even if life was difficult, I would accompany my darling as he grows up. But God didn’t grant me that wish.
When I learned I had cancer and had little time left, I had to plan for you, so I sent you back to the Gao family…
I hope you’ll strive to succeed, stand out, and become a useful person. To avoid affecting your mood, I specially asked your father to hide my illness. Please don’t blame him, or Yue Ling. In fact, after sending you to Japan, they helped manage my life. But no matter how we planned, we couldn’t beat fate. This is destiny, child. Stay strong…
He held the letter, reading it over and over.
“Don’t read it anymore. Please don’t,” Xiao Yao rushed forward, embracing his statue-like body.
Ye Qing said nothing, just gently caressing his mother’s posthumous photo, tracing her eyes, nose, mouth…
He felt his vision blur, almost unable to see his mother’s face, which startled him. He wanted to rub his eyes but discovered the photo was wet in one spot, and he became confused.
He didn’t know whether to wipe the tears constantly flowing from his eyes or the wet marks on the photo.
In the vast room, Xiao Yao tightly held the man in her arms, watching him hold the photo, wiping again and again…
“You still have me, you have me,” she was willing to let him lean on her, to embrace and contain him when he couldn’t stand straight…
At this moment, a deep feeling shocked her heartstrings and changed her original thoughts – they weren’t about one person depending on the other, but a mutual, reciprocal dependence.
Holding the man’s head, Xiao Yao’s tears also silently flowed.
Ji Rou, “Kiss, Affectionate CEO”
Chapter Ten, Two Months Later.
Gao Family Villa, the original Tang team regrouped, creating a lively scene.
“Phew! Is everything organized?” Zhima called out from above.
“Ready!” Heads popped out from inside the house and garden corners.
Zhima smiled satisfactorily, walking towards Xiao Yao. “Here, everything’s arranged. Now we’re just waiting for your young master to return.”
“Yes, it looks much more beautiful now. This is what they call romantic!” Someone laughed.
Xiao Yao looked at her enthusiastic friends, her heart and eyes warming. “Zhima, you’re too much. I told you not to trouble everyone.”
“Hey, don’t say that. My mom was a housekeeper here for years. Though she’s not working now, consider this an extra discount ‘Artemis’ gift to the Gao family.”
Zhima suddenly pulled out a bouquet of roses and handed it to Xiao Yao. “Here, for the young master.
Contact? Make a phone call? Send an email? Even if he’s hugging a beautiful girl, he can still do these things. And you said he’s now the head of Warwick, so isn’t he afraid of not having women chasing after him?
Xiao Yao immediately refuted Zhima’s words: “He won’t do that. I believe in him!”
“Oh.” Zhima blinked, then broke into a smile, “Alright, alright, I was just teasing you earlier, afraid you’d get too nervous and need to use the bathroom.”
Huh? Was this a reminder? After Zhima and her group left, Xiao Yao hurried inside.
She was really nervous!
Shortly after Hu Cang Yue Ling’s surprise visit to the small house, news came that Jue Qing’s father was hospitalized for surgery, and Jue Qing soon rushed back…
During this time, although they kept in constant contact and knew each other’s situations, her heart was still drifting, like some unattached souls that had already followed him across the ocean.
Now, thinking about meeting him soon, the suppressed longing and bitterness in her heart surged up… oh, she couldn’t cry. Xiao Yao carefully checked her makeup, wanting to greet him with the most beautiful smile.
But after leaving the bathroom, she found she couldn’t smile at all!
Xiao Yao looked at the modern beauty in the hall, “You are…”
Su Pao Mei scanned her with the corner of her eye… what an idiot! An idiot who doesn’t recognize someone, who doesn’t even recognize the “original wife” who came to catch her in the act?
“My surname is Su, Su Pao Mei.” Scared you!
“You… you are… but, how is this possible?” A familiar feeling overwhelmed Xiao Yao’s original shock.
Pao Mei frowned, wondering what this “country bumpkin” was mumbling about. Was this also a result of being overly shocked?
But she wasn’t interested in investigating; she was very busy. If she hadn’t been ordered to come, she wouldn’t have bothered to pay attention!
“Do you know what I am to Gao Jue Qing?”
“Uh, a friend… almost like a sister—”
“Sister?” Her voice suddenly rose.
“Jue Qing said so.”
“Who’s his sister? He’s being too narcissistic.” Pouting, Pao Mei raised her head, chest out, waving her hand with a diamond ring, and loudly declared: “At least I’m currently still his fiancée.”
“I… I know, the matter is still being discussed.”
“Discussed?” This made Pao Mei’s temper flare, “I don’t know what he’s thinking! For you, he could give up the entire Warwick? Now he just wants to get more shares from me, and then we’ll go our separate ways, which would be fine. He’s just being petty!”
“This… you can’t say it like that. He can choose not to be Warwick’s chairman, but once he’s in that position, he can’t act privately.”
Hmm? Pao Mei began to seriously examine the person before her.
Glancing at this skinny girl, Pao Mei was puzzled. What made her special? What hidden mechanism could make the Gao guy give up everything for her?
