After Pei Weiwei rushed out of the house, she drove like a madman on the roads of Haicheng. It wasn't until the fuel in the car was almost exhausted that she drove to a bar she had never been to before. She sat at the bar, drowning her sorrows in drinks.
One side of her cheek was still swollen high, and the burning pain kept shooting through it, which made her extremely irritable. Thinking about the huge embarrassment she had suffered in front of all the Pei Corporation employees today, all because that guy surnamed Yan had exposed her plagiarism on the spot, she just wanted to curse.
That Yan guy and Yuan Xi were really a perfect match of a scumbag and a slut. No wonder they had gotten involved four years ago. They must have hit it off right away in the hotel, without a shred of moral sense, cuckolding Yan Zhen. It was so disgusting! How could she have been so blind as to fall for him before! Just thinking about it now made her feel sick. And that man even dared to say in front of her that her voice was unpleasant and her perfume stank. Bah!
Suddenly, she got an idea. She took out her phone, sent the secretly - taken video she had shot from a hidden corner to her gossipy little sisters' group, and @ everyone in the group. Her fingers pounded hard on the phone keyboard.
Vivian: You'll never guess what big gossip I heard today! It turns out that the man who cuckolded Yan Zhen with Yuan Xi in the hotel four years ago is Yan Zhen's own uncle! And they even have a child!
This message immediately blew up the group. After everyone watched the video, they all voiced their opinions.
Graceful Lady: Do the high - society in Fengcheng play so wildly? An uncle and his prospective niece - in - law... Tsk tsk.
Coffee Bean: It's so disgusting! I declare this the most disgusting gossip I've ever heard!
Little Moon: Poor Young Master Yan Zhen...
After trashing the two of them thoroughly with her little sisters in the group, Pei Weiwei finally felt relieved. But then she began to regret sending the video. Her brother was also in the video, and he had even left with that woman in the end. If the video got out, her brother would be called a cuckold!
Pei Weiwei thought for a while and typed a warning.
Vivian: Just watch this video among yourselves. Don't share it!
Graceful Lady: Don't worry. We won't!
Coffee Bean: Don't you trust my mouth?
Little Moon: Don't worry. We'll definitely keep it a secret!
Late at night, a specially - customized ringtone rang in the quiet room. The man took out his vibrating phone from under his pillow. When he saw who was calling, he quickly pressed the answer button.
"Xiaoyang, the competition is over. How did it go? Did you win any awards?" On the other end of the phone, Zhao Quanjing asked casually. "Your mom is right next to me. Say it so she can be happy."
The man said, "This competition was very strict. Miss Pei also used someone else's work to participate. The guest spotted it right away. I was afraid of being discovered, so I withdrew."
"What a useless piece of trash." Zhao Quanjing was not surprised by his failure again. "Tell me, besides dragging me down, what else can you and your good - for - nothing, money - wasting mother do? Hmm? I, Zhao Quanjing, am a businessman, not a philanthropist. I can't let you leech off me for the rest of my life."
"If you really have no skills, I'll just replace you. As for your mother..."
Hearing his mother's painful sobs coming from the other end of the phone, the man said anxiously,
"Don't... don't touch my mom! Although I withdrew, I've thought of another way to get inside!"
"Oh? What way? Tell me." Zhao Quanjing said.
"The Pei Corporation said they would develop a project based on the first - prize work. I'll find a way to gain the trust of the first - prize winner and become her right - hand man. Then I can get access to the core of the project. At that time, you can do whatever you want!"
Zhao Quanjing said, "This time, don't let me down again."
After lulling the two kids to sleep, Xu Zixi, wearing her pajamas with her long hair loose behind her, walked bare - footed silently to the huge floor - to - ceiling window. She stared blankly at the dark sea in the distance.
Although she had won the first prize in the design competition as she had wished today, she didn't feel happy at all. The shock and anger from being deceived had completely overshadowed the joy. But when the hustle and bustle faded away and she was left alone, compared to the initial rage, she felt more lost, lonely, and couldn't help feeling sad.
In her heart, a voice said, Xu Zixi, you're really going backwards. In your past life, you were so aloof and detached, but in this life, you've fallen for a blind man. How pathetic.
Another voice retorted. It wasn't her fault. Who would have thought that a blind man could act so well? She just felt sorry for him and took pity on him, so she didn't investigate his background. Otherwise, she would have dug him out long ago.
Yes, who would have thought?
Who would have thought that he was not only Yan Zhen's uncle but also the biological father of the two kids?
Perhaps a quiet environment always makes people recall things.
Xu Zixi's mind involuntarily started to recall every moment when Yan Yincheng had appeared beside her.
At the seafood market, when he first showed up, he swaggered in with a group of bodyguards on the wet floor, but a suddenly - jumping fish splashed water all over his head with a "splat".
When the kids were sick, she had anxiously asked him for help, and he had immediately helped solve the problem of the kids' medical treatment.
And there was that time when he stood with a scowl on his face in the cold wind for an hour in the early morning and stubbornly followed her home just to have a bite of the soup dumplings.
And he was like a child, curiously asking her what a rabbit looked like in the zoo...
Xu Zixi felt extremely conflicted. Her reason and emotion were completely separated at this moment.
Emotion told her that such an irresponsible and lying man was not worthy of forgiveness. Just the fact that he had left after getting what he wanted in the hotel four years ago meant that even if he died a million times, he couldn't make up for the suffering of the original owner and the kids.
But reason made her have a slight doubt. Four years ago, the original owner had never told anyone when she found out she was pregnant. She had come to Haicheng alone to give birth, hiding from everyone. In her panic, she had even left without taking her identity documents. Everyone thought she had disappeared from the world. How did he know that the original owner had a child, and how did he confirm that he was the father and manage to find them so accurately?
Did he secretly watch the original owner all the time? Did he just wait for the original owner to commit suicide so that he could take the two kids away? But he didn't expect that she would come after the original owner's death?
If that was the case, he was even more unforgivable. He had ignored the original owner struggling in the mire and didn't offer a helping hand. Instead, he wanted to give a final kick.
His appearance, his approach, his kindness, everything was a carefully - planned conspiracy.
Anyway, the two kids must never be given to him!
But she still felt so heart - broken. It was as if there was a thorn in her heart, impossible to pull out or remove, and the pain made the whole world lose its luster.
Under the night sky, her usually bright and confident, beautiful face was now full of desolation.