Xie Junyi was having a hard time holding himself back. There were times when he really wanted to bite that mouth until it was raw.
Butler Ling suddenly remembered the real matter at hand and said seriously, “Young Master, the Xie Family has started asking when you’ll be going back. The old madam is also turning seventy soon, so you should show your face then.”
The thought of Chi Anyu made Xie Junyi feel irritated. “We’ll talk about it then. There’s still some time left, right?”
His original plan had been to bring Chi Anyu back with him.
Inside the second-floor master bedroom.
Chi Anyu was lying in bed when a WeChat message suddenly popped up on his phone. He glanced at it and curled his lip.
Father Chi: A-Yu, take the documents from Dad’s study to the company.
Chi Anyu: “…”
Nothing good ever came from looking for him.
Chi Anyu changed clothes and went to his father’s study.
The study was clean and tidy, and the desk had been arranged in a pleasing way. There was also a photo displayed on it. Chi Anyu rarely came into the study, so seeing that photo now left him a little dazed.
The date on the photo was already from ten years ago. The wrinkles at the corners of Father Chi’s eyes had been smoothed away, and he was smiling as he held Chi Anyu. Beside him stood a gentle, elegant woman. Chi Anyu’s small hand was held in hers, and the young boy with a tender face looked at the camera with a bright smile.
System 07 exclaimed in surprise, 『I didn’t expect you to have been this cute as a child.』
Chi Anyu felt an almost dreamlike sense of familiarity with the photo in the frame. While living inside the plot, he had no impression of the woman in the photo. More precisely, he had no memory of the first half of Chi Anyu’s life.
After all, everything he knew now was the plot the System had told him.
Thinking that Chi Anyu hadn’t seen the message, Father Chi called again.
Chi Anyu swiped to answer. Before the other side could speak, he said casually, “I know. I’m bringing you the documents. I’m already in your study.”
Father Chi swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue. “Then be careful on the way.”
“Dad…” Chi Anyu called out when Father Chi was about to hang up. With his eyes lowered, he picked up the photo.
Father Chi tightened his grip on his phone and waited quietly for Chi Anyu to continue.
“Do you still have feelings for my mom?”
Father Chi said nothing, but he didn’t hang up either.
After a long moment, a deep voice finally came from the other end. “You are my only son. Dad will always love you.”
Chi Anyu silently ended the call.
System 07 did not understand human emotions and shrugged. 『Didn’t you say earlier that money was the most important thing? Why are you asking about feelings now? Anyway, you’re the Chi Family’s young master now, and you don’t lack money. That’s great.』
Chi Anyu did not answer the System’s question. He put down the photo frame, picked up the folder from the desk, and left.
Just after he closed the study door, he ran into Bai Jin head-on.
Bai Jin also seemed to have carefully tidied himself up. The moment he saw Chi Anyu, he said smugly and provocatively, “Uncle Chi has already agreed to let me intern at the Chi Family company. So what if you’re his son? He doesn’t treat me any worse than he treats you.”
Chi Anyu was never one to lose at words. He let out a sneer. “A guy working for me, and you’re still standing there grinning like an idiot? It’s just that I can’t be bothered to go to the company. You’ll be working yourself to the bone, but in the end, the Chi Family fortune will still end up in my hands. Can’t be helped; my surname is Chi.”
That calm, indifferent remark left Bai Jin only able to stare in frustration, because everything Chi Anyu said was the bitter truth.
He was the Chi Family’s only young master, and Chi Fei only had him as a son. No matter how disappointing he might be, there was nothing to worry about.
Bai Jin’s gaze fell on the documents in Chi Anyu’s hands. “You’re taking those to Uncle Chi, right? I’m going to the company anyway. I’ll bring them for you.”
Chi Anyu smiled brightly. “Then guess why my dad knew you were going to the company today and specially called me to deliver them?”
He paused, then slowly tossed out, “He’s guarding against you! You really think you’re something special?”
Bai Jin’s face turned red and then pale again. Unable to get the upper hand in words, he could only leave downstairs in anger.
System 07 sighed, 『Host, your tongue is so poisonous it could kill someone.』
Chi Anyu went downstairs calmly. “It’s not like you just found out today.”
The afternoon sun was still blazing. Chi Anyu drove out in a random car from the garage.
He hadn’t even reached the company building yet. He had just parked in the lot and was about to walk over.
But along the way, a message was playing on the projection screen of a commercial building. Chi Anyu found the woman on the screen somewhat familiar. His gaze froze, and his steps came to an abrupt halt.
He looked more carefully and recognized the graceful, noble, yet still cold and stunning woman. That was his biological mother.
The Wen family’s eldest daughter, Wen Yue, would be holding her engagement ceremony with the Shen family’s young master, Shen Ci, early next month.
Chi Anyu was a little uncertain. “System, is that my biological mother?”
System 07 nodded seriously. 『Yes, Miss Wen Yue is your mother. As they say, time never defeats beauty. Even her exquisite looks show no trace of age.』
Chi Anyu was getting a little agitated. “So my mom is getting engaged again? Do I need to go?”
System 07: “…”
That was a novel angle it had never considered.
『As far as I know, the male lead’s surname is Shen. Maybe he has some connection to this Shen Ci.』
Chi Anyu had long known that the System was unreliable and rolled his eyes. “There are so many people with the surname Shen. How do you know which one it is?”
System 07 clicked its tongue. 『Don’t you know the term “protagonist halo”? The moment the protagonist appears, I’ll know. The plot gives the male lead a halo; he’ll always be a special existence.』
“So that means I have to go to my mom’s engagement ceremony after all. That male lead might show up too.”
System 07 nodded in strong agreement. 『Host, you’ve finally gotten smarter!』
“Get lost!”
At last, he reached the Chi Family company building. After greeting the front desk, Chi Anyu prepared to take the private elevator upstairs. The receptionist also knew him and smiled as she called him Young Master.
After handing the documents to the secretary, Chi Anyu went straight into the president’s office and sat down in his father’s executive chair, lounging there carelessly with his legs crossed.
The secretary smiled faintly. “Young Master, President Chi is still in a meeting. Would you like some coffee? I’ll bring you a cup.”
Chi Anyu shook his head and pointed at his phone. “No, I’ll just sit here for a while and leave later.”
The secretary nodded, closed the door, and left.
Chi Anyu had just prepared to start a game when a message from Xie Junyi came through.
Xie Junyi: “Baby…”
The message was quickly recalled.
Chi Anyu, who still caught a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye: ???