16 – Jiao Jiao, You Finally Met Me
He only had two minutes, which was nowhere near enough time to pull off something big enough to catch his uncle’s attention!
But with his mother’s stunningly beautiful face, he couldn’t bring himself to deliberately make funny faces or act weird to attract attention. He couldn’t bear the thought of people thinking his mother was a fool or a pervert…
No one was allowed to slander his mother!
“Uncle, uncle, look at me! Look at me! Look at me!”
The little cub anxiously paced back and forth by the greenbelt. Seeing that half a minute had already passed, he gritted his teeth and, lifting the hem of his skirt, was about to dash into the busy traffic!
Just at that moment, Fu Shangbai, who had picked up a glass of water to drink, seemed to sense something and turned to look out the window.
And there, appearing abruptly before his eyes, was a figure so familiar it nearly brought tears to his eyes!
He froze, feeling as if all the blood in his body had turned to ice.
“Jiaojiao—”
He murmured the name, and the glass in his hand suddenly fell to the floor.
Crash!
The loud noise drew the attention of everyone in the shop.
But Fu Shangbai didn’t notice. He sprang to his feet, his gaze fixed intently on the person across the street.
Su Jiaojiao!
That face—it was the very same Su Jiaojiao, the girl who had haunted his dreams for over a decade!
He would recognize her even if she were reduced to ashes!
Without hesitation, Fu Shangbai strode out the door with his long legs, ignoring Secretary Zhu’s calls from behind, and rushed straight outside.
He had to hurry. He had to catch her!
Otherwise, what if she slipped away from his life again?
How many lifetimes did he have left to wait for her?
…
Across the street.
Su Tuantuan was just about to cross the road when a car sped toward him. Startled, he quickly retreated.
It wasn’t that he was afraid of being knocked over by the car—he was worried that his monster strength might flip the car over instead, which would definitely alarm everyone…
As he stepped back, he noticed that Fu Shangbai, who had been sitting by the window, was gone.
He panicked!
“Where’s Uncle?”
Frantic, he craned his neck to look across the street, scanning from the window to the entrance, until he finally spotted Fu Shangbai rushing out the door.
Seeing Fu Shangbai striding purposefully while staring straight at him, his eyes lit up!
“Uncle is coming for me?”
Su Tuantuan was so excited he nearly jumped for joy!
He knew it—Uncle and his mother definitely knew each other!
Now that he had confirmed their connection, he didn’t plan to stay any longer. The two minutes were almost up, and if he were to transform from a beauty into a fox right there on the street, how terrifying would that be?
He quickly grabbed his skirt and dashed toward a nearby alley!
“Su Jiaojiao!”
Fu Shangbai stood at the entrance of the shop, locking eyes with “Su Jiaojiao” across the street. This distant gaze felt like something he had waited a thousand years for!
His heart ached with tenderness, and tears welled up in his eyes—only to see the heartless woman abruptly turn and run away in a hurry!
“Running away again, are you? You’re something else!”
Furious, he gritted his teeth, tossed his cumbersome jacket to the ground, and sprinted across the street after her.
“Su Jiaojiao, stop right there!”
“Uh…” The little cub turned around sharply at the sound and saw his uncle chasing after him with a cold, fierce expression. He was instantly terrified!
Whimpering, did Mother owe Uncle money?!
Uncle looks so fierce!
Uncle is running so fast!
He’s going to catch Tuantuan, wuwuwu!
Tuantuan is scared!He also started running even faster, almost needing to use his own demonic power!
Fortunately, the place where he stood wasn’t far from the alley. By the time Fu Shangbai reached the green belt, he had already dashed into the alley!
He swiftly transformed into his fox true form, scrambling frantically up a wall before darting inside. Then, with a few leaps and bounds, he fled the area.
Thus, by the time Fu Shangbai chased into the alley, not a single shadow remained!
His eyes were as cold as ice!
He slammed a fist fiercely against the blue-brick wall of the alley. “Su Jiaojiao, come out!”
The little troublemaker had long since vanished without a trace, so naturally, no one answered him.
Refusing to give up, he walked deeper into the alley to continue searching, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn’t find anyone.
Stepping out of the alley entrance and looking at the traffic outside, the aura around Fu Shangbai was frighteningly gloomy!
“Su Jiaojiao!”
“Do you think you can hide like you did the previous times? It’s not like the past lives anymore. Even if you hide to the ends of the earth, I’ll still find you!”
He let out a cold laugh and took out his phone to call Secretary Zhu.
“Check the nearby surveillance footage. I must find that woman in the white dress!”
His gaze was dark and intense, each word spoken deliberately. “I want to know everything—when she appeared, where she came from, and where she went now.”
Secretary Zhu responded from the other end of the phone.
After hanging up, Fu Shangbai let out a long sigh.
He took two steps back and leaned against the cold wall, glancing sideways at the alley entrance.
As he stared, he suddenly raised a hand and gently covered his eyes, which had already grown moist.
“Su Jiaojiao, you must have no idea how overjoyed I am right now…”
Even though you ran away again, at least you can still appear in my life.
He tilted his head back and let out a low, soft chuckle.
The slowly upturned corners of his mouth looked so gentle, so content.
Who knows how deeply one must love someone to feel this much happiness just from catching a glimpse of their figure.
…
At the hotel.
Su Jiaojiao, who had gone out to look for her mischievous son, had just taken the elevator down to the lobby when she saw Fu Shangbai walking in alone through the entrance, his expression already back to normal.
At this point, she still didn’t know that her little troublemaker had completely and utterly sold her out, so she acted particularly brazenly, pretending to be a stranger to Fu Shangbai.
After all, relying on the fact that she had changed to an ugly face that no one would recognize, she could just pretend she wasn’t the heartbreaker.
Walking past Fu Shangbai without even glancing his way, a habit formed over several lifetimes made her instinctively glance out of the corner of her eye. To her surprise, she noticed that the corners of this man’s eyes seemed slightly damp!
She was a bit shocked.
Had he been crying?
Strange, in the previous three lifetimes, this man had always been tough and rarely shed tears. Even during his life as a general, when she had beaten him up and heartlessly abandoned him, he hadn’t even reddened his eyes.
What happened today?
After they had each taken a few steps in opposite directions, Su Jiaojiao couldn’t resist turning back to look at him.
She rubbed her chin thoughtfully.
Earlier, outside the elevator, Shang Lu had asked him why he came to Tongcheng, and he said he was here to find someone.
Could it be that he had put aside his busy work, come here with a devoted heart to find his beloved, only to see her with another man, unexpectedly getting his heart broken, and his emotions just collapsed?
“If that’s really the case, then it’s truly…”
A tragedy!
No matter how many lifetimes he reincarnates, he can’t escape the fate of being heartbroken!
Su Jiaojiao speculated for a moment but didn’t dwell on it any further.She walked out of the hotel entrance, closed her eyes, and searched for the little one’s current location through the bloodline connection.
Immediately, her eyes snapped open.
Her son, who had been lingering nearby earlier, seemed to have scurried back upstairs again!
Su Jiaojiao looked up at the tall building.
“Hah, you little thing…”
She crossed her arms, let out a cold laugh, and turned to head back inside.