Ch. 116..120: Mr CEO Ex-wife Escapes Again Chapter 116-120
Chapter 116: Sheng Siyuan is Doomed “You want to take them back to Europe? Are you insane? You’ve barely escaped from there and you’re thinking of going back to your death?”
Caicai exclaimed upon hearing Yin Hehe’s decision to take the two children and move back to Europe.
Her voice rose several octaves in her agitation.
Yin Hehe could only explain, “But the doctor said that Cen Bao isn’t suited to stay in such an extremely cold place.”
“Then… what if Sheng Siyuan finds out?”
“He won’t find out.”
Yin Hehe grew even calmer with this response.
Because, that bastard was now locked up in a police station, where would he find the time to trouble her?
Yin Hehe began to arrange the move.
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In the United States.
Indeed, Sheng Siyuan had no time to care about this matter at the moment.
He was locked up in a police station, day to day fretting over how to extricate himself from trouble.
Because, as the crisis involving him erupted, causing Shengshi Group’s stock market to plummet, the company shareholders had become extremely dissatisfied. They had organized an emergency board meeting overnight and were even contemplating stripping him of his powers.
“Luckily, the old man arrived in time and gave those shareholders a good scolding, which made them stop reluctantly.”
Secretary Chen Xiaosen also came over.
After seeing his boss in the police station, he hastily reported the situation from the company.
“Click!”
As the words fell, the man opposite showed little reaction; instead, it was Xu Guannan beside him whose fist clenched until his veins bulged.
“These dog bastards, have they forgotten who has led them to fortune over these years? Just a small incident and they pull this stunt?”
“Heh heh~~”
Finally, the man sitting across the chair also let out a couple of cold laughs.
He stood up, kicked away the chair behind him, and pacing with an aura of menace, made his way to the visiting room window.
“Don’t worry, this score, I’ll settle with them slowly once I get back!”
“So… what do we do next? No lawyer here dares take the case now that they hear it’s going to be against Landun law firm.”
Xu Guannan said, frowning.
Indeed, he had been searching for a lawyer for the past three days. Shengshi Group certainly had a legal department.
But those lawyers, compared to the ones here, were simply incomparable; moreover, this was about facing the globally dreaded Landun Lawyers Association.
“Is it that lawyer Lan Yi again?”
Chen Xiaosen, who was at the side, also broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this.
He wouldn’t forget that a few months ago, it was this lawyer named Lan Yi who suddenly sent a letter from the International Banking Supervisory Commission to the company, suspecting the company of manipulating the stock market in secret.
It forced Sheng Siyuan to move up the time of his surgery just to deal with the matter.
“No, the person who took the case this time seems to be named Jin Saiwen. I heard that he is the president of Landun.”
“…”
Chen Xiaosen’s face turned pale again.
And the man standing by the window, his eyes became chillingly cold.
“Right now, that’s not important. What’s important is to make Billy tell the truth, we haven’t found the man yet, have we?”
“Yes.”
Xu Guannan nodded immediately.
As his words fell, the atmosphere in the visiting room changed, the temperature seeming to drop suddenly, causing Xu Guannan and Chen Xiaosen to feel the hairs on their bodies stand on end!
“Then what are we waiting for? In such a huge Prince’s Mansion, just randomly chop off a few fingers, and that should be enough to make up a platter to send to him.”
He tossed out this nearly cruel sentence, which added an even more terrifying chill to the room.
Chen Xiaosen dared not speak.
And Xu Guannan, having received his orders, immediately went out.
A man who stood like a king at the pinnacle of power, could he really be so easily manipulated?
Of course not!
The reason he hadn’t acted was largely just because he didn’t want to make things too big.
Two hours later.
As expected, secretary Chen Xiaosen, who had been staying in the hotel with the young master, saw the president’s phone that was left with him start to ring.
“Mr. Sheng, I was wrong. Please don’t harm my family anymore. I will go to the police station now and tell the truth, okay?”
The phone conveyed cries of utter panic, which were unmistakably from Prince Billy, who had been missing for three whole days.
Chen Xiaosen was immediately overjoyed.
He hung up the phone and immediately went to the little guy playing with the tablet on the sofa, “Master Xi, Prince Billy has finally shown up. I need to get to the police station right away to save your daddy.”
“Okay!”
The little guy, hearing this and usually so reserved, also stood up excitedly.
Soon, Chen Xiaosen left.
Seeing this, the little guy went back to the sofa and happily picked up the tablet again.
[It’s okay now, Daddy can come out.]
[!!!!]
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Yin Hehe received the call from Landun in the evening.
At that time, she had just booked a flight to H country.
“Lan, I think I understand now why you were reluctant to take the case?”
“?”
Yin Hehe looked perplexed.
Which case?
She had been so busy that day, constantly looking for a place to go and also taking care of a sick child.
So much so that when she heard her boss’s call now, she couldn’t remember which matter he was referring to.
“It’s about that president of Shengshi Group. Lan, he really is formidable. I almost fell into his hands today.”
“Ah?”
Yin Hehe finally reacted.
“What do you mean? Have you already clashed with him?”
“Yes, I, under the name of Landun, sent out a message, making it so that any competent lawyer in our field wouldn’t take the other party’s case. As a result, Sheng Siyuan, seeing that he couldn’t find a lawyer, took drastic action and kidnapped Prince Billy’s two grandsons who were studying at school, and chopped off their fingers and threw them at the entrance of Prince’s Mansion!”
“!!!!”
For a good ten seconds, Yin Hehe stood on the street gripping her phone, unable to make a sound.
And as she visualized that bloody and brutal scene in her mind, a strong sense of nausea surged.
She was both shocked and furious to the point that her shoulders trembled slightly.
This beast, how could he be so cruel? Those were children!
She wanted to curse out loud.
But as she opened her mouth, she realized her throat was blocked, and she couldn’t utter a single word.
Yes, what was there to curse at? This game was a fight to the death from the start. If he wasn’t ruthless, he would have been killed by the opponent eventually, so what was wrong with what he did now?
Yin Hehe took a deep breath and suppressed the fury in her chest.
“In that case, let’s not take the case at Landun. This person is so ruthless, I’m afraid we won’t get any benefits in the end.”
She started trying to persuade her boss.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she heard her boss scoff and laugh again on the phone.
“Then you’re wrong. In terms of being ruthless, Bai Feite is countless times stronger than him!”
“What do you mean?”
“You don’t know? Prince Billy, just as he was surrendering to go to the police station to tell the truth, was in a car accident, he’s dead!”
Her boss said with a very cheerful tone.
Yin Hehe was stunned!
Chapter 117 Never Thought to Save Him Prince Billy actually died?
That meant there were no more chips to play for the Shengshi Group, and Sheng Siyuan’s hope of getting out of trouble had burst like a bubble.
Yin Hehe had never been so shocked.
She had not expected that these people, standing at the pinnacle of the world, would kill as easily as crushing an ant.
And this person was a highly respected prince!
“Is there no law left? Is Bai Feite so rampant as to kill as if it’s nothing?”
“It was a car accident. Who can prove that it was murder?”
Her superior sneered coldly, as a reminder.
Yin Hehe’s face turned pale in an instant, and even her knuckles turned white from her tight grip.
“That’s why I said, if it’s about being ruthless, the president of Shengshi is not one-tenth as cruel as Bai Feite. I just received news, the Royal Family is already using this matter to push for a murder charge against the president of Shengshi.”
“Murder? They’re actually trying to turn it around on him?”
Upon hearing this, a furious fire finally surged up in Yin Hehe’s chest.
Her superior did not deny it.
“Because this is the best opportunity to corner the president of Shengshi. There is no evidence that Prince Billy’s car accident was murder, but on the other hand, the fingers left at the entrance of the Prince’s Mansion can prove that it was a vicious kidnapping.”
“So, as long as the mastermind behind the kidnapping is identified, they can pin Prince Billy’s death on him, and that would be considered involuntary manslaughter!”
With his years of experience, he pierced through Bai Feite’s intent over the phone with precision.
It only made Yin Hehe shake with rage.
How could these businessmen be so malicious? They were already at the peak of power, and yet, for the sake of profit, they still needed to eliminate their competitors completely?
“Landun, are you interested now? With Bai Feite involved, the odds of winning this case do indeed look pretty good.”
After hearing no response on the phone for a while, her superior hinted at extending an olive branch.
Yin Hehe closed her eyes.
After a moment, she calmed down and gripping her phone, she said, “No, on the contrary, I feel like cooperating with such a person is akin to seeking skin from a tiger. Mr. Jin, perhaps you should reconsider?”
Unexpectedly, she started to advise against it.
The superior, hearing this, finally got a little disgruntled.
“Landun, you’re acting out of character this time. In the past, when you encountered a big case at Landun, the more challenging it was, the more eager you were to take it on. But now, you’re not only refusing, you’re even persuading me to give it up. Landun, do you know the president of Shengshi?”
That question caused Yin Hehe to break out in a cold sweat.
“Of course not, Mr. Jin, please don’t misunderstand,” she hurriedly denied.
Her superior then relaxed a bit.
“Alright, I won’t bother you with this case anymore. You take care of your own business.”
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
The message, of course, was clear—he wouldn’t call to discuss the case anymore but also didn’t want to see Yin Hehe’s shadow in it.
Lawyers have a “sense of smell” that is generally sharper than ordinary people.
Yin Hehe was also sweating profusely as she put down the phone.
Of course, she would not interfere.
As a lawyer, it was normal for her to be angry and intolerable upon hearing how terrible and malicious this case was, but as that man’s ex-wife, she didn’t feel he had any right to ask for her help.
He had tried to have her killed three or four times.
Why should she help him? To find a new way to kill herself?
Yin Hehe calmed down, turned off her phone, and went upstairs as if nothing had happened, indifferently.
That night, she repacked her luggage.
“Country H is a good place; its climate is similar to ours, and it’s close. I like it there.”
Caicai showed a very satisfied expression upon hearing they were going to this place.
However, Little Bun, who was playing at their feet, lifted his chubby little face upon hearing they were going to another place, but it seemed to droop a little.
“Mommy, are we not going to Auntie Fox’s place anymore?”
“No, we aren’t.”
Yin Hehe bent down and rubbed Little Bun’s head, puzzled as to why she wanted to go to that place.
Little Bun pursed her lips.
“But… ”
“But what?” Yin Hehe waited for her answer.
Just then, Cen Bao, with a fever patch on his forehead and wrapped in a small blanket, staggered out of the room.
“Mommy, my head feels so dizzy.”
“What?”
Yin Hehe’s face changed, and she could no longer concern herself with asking these questions.
Twenty or so minutes later, when she followed the doctor’s orders and tucked the child back into bed, she had already dismissed the idea of flying to Country H the next day.
“He’s too weak now, let’s wait until he gets a bit better before we leave.”
She gazed at the pale, frail little face of the child in the bed and nearly slapped herself in regret.
Caicai could only come forward and hug her.
That night, she stayed with her son in his room, while the snowflakes outside continued to quietly fall, the city’s icy weather cold enough to daunt anyone at first glance.
Yet, unbeknownst to her as she slipped into dreamland, another small figure had set out on the road to find her, accompanied by Chen Xiaosen.
“Young Master Xi, why must you go look for Young Master Cen Bao’s nanny? Don’t you know your daddy wants you back home? With the way things are, if something happens to you again, he’s truly going to lose it.”
In the airport, Chen Xiaosen still pleaded earnestly, trying to bring this little ancestor back home.
But the little ancestor simply ignored him.
He sat coldly on the bench, a four-year-old with beautiful little dark eyes firmly fixed on the flight departure information displayed on the screen in front of him.
Yet his little back was straighter than anyone else’s!
Soon, the voice announcing boarding for that flight echoed in the departure hall, and he immediately scrambled down from the chair with his short arms and legs.
“Young Master Xi?”
Seeing this, Chen Xiaosen became immensely anxious and quickly followed.
“Little friend? You’re going to Aurora City? Are you sure your parents let you go?”
Indeed, seeing such a small child heading to a place with such harsh weather and such a long journey, the security staff also asked with some skepticism.
Chen Xiaosen saw this and stepped forward to explain.
But at that moment, the little fellow, not tall enough to reach the desk, had already calmly taken out his identification and placed it on the security counter.
“Is that enough?”
He spoke fluent English.
The security staff were stunned until the little guy, with his cool and domineering stride, walked through.
They could only show a mix of laughter and helplessness.
Could this be the legendary natural-born domineering CEO vibe?
Chen Xiaosen also hurriedly followed behind.
Not long afterward, the two of them finally boarded the plane, heading towards the snowy expanse of the Land of Ice and Snow. That very night, Sheng Siyuan, who was still stuck in the police station, received another very bad piece of news.
“President, I just found out from the police that the court will come to take someone away tomorrow, and there might even be reporters showing up.”
Xu Guannan stood in the visitor’s room, looking at the man before him with bloodshot eyes and in an extremely poor state, struggling for a long time before he managed to divulge the news.
Chapter 118 Bring Yin Hehe Back The court was coming to take him away.
This meant that Prince Billy’s death had prompted the Royal Family to have their acting lawyers file murder charges against Sheng Siyuan.
Moreover, reporters were arranged to come over too, with the intention of blowing this matter up publicly, to strike a devastating blow to Shengshi Group’s reputation, allowing it to also endure the brutal battering of the blizzard.
To utterly destroy it!
“Hehe~~ Bai Feite, that old beast!”
The man, driven into a corner at last, slammed his fist heavily onto the desk, his eyes bloodshot like a trapped animal.
Indeed, the Royal Family wasn’t fearsome.
What really had him stuck were the business magnates from Europe, on equal footing with Shengshi in terms of power. Just like two fierce tigers on the same mountain, killing Sheng Siyuan wouldn’t be so simple.
“President, maybe… we should just return those two mines? And the compensation money…”
“Say that again?”
At these words, the man’s bloodshot eyes lifted, causing Xu Guannan to gasp in shock.
“Let me tell you, I, Sheng Siyuan, have never knelt before anyone. Either, Bai Feite kills me today, or, I’ll drag him down to be buried with me!”
His sharp features, each line saturated with intense killing intent, made his expression at this moment that of a bloodthirsty madman.
Indeed, the word “kneel” didn’t exist in Sheng Siyuan’s dictionary.
If death was inevitable, then let’s die together.
Xu Guannan’s face turned as pale as a dead man. He stared at this person for a long time before finally turning to leave the police station.
An hour later, just as Bai Feite and those in the Royal Family were immersed in the anticipation of their upcoming victory at the banquet, a bolt from the blue exploded overhead.
“Sir, the Prime Minister knows about your arms smuggling.”
“What did you say?”
Bai Feite’s CEO, who was holding a glass of wine, had his expression change dramatically.
The aide dared not even lift his head, “Yes, someone sent an anonymous email with lots of video evidence. Sir, the board has already called and said if you don’t handle this matter quickly, they will throw you out as the scapegoat.”
“!!!!”
The CEO finally dropped his wine glass and ran off as if his behind was on fire.
The Royal Family looked at each other in dismay.
Here, the Royal Family actually had no real power. The ones who truly held the country’s fate were in the cabinet, and the person wielding power there was the Prime Minister!
Bai Feite ultimately had no peace that night either.
Xu Guannan breathed a sigh of relief.
But he didn’t relax, because he was well aware that this move was injurious to the enemy but also greatly detrimental to themselves. What no one knew was that the person who was in cahoots with Bai Feite in smuggling arms was someone locally with significant military control.
“President…”
When Xu Guannan returned to the police station, it was already broad daylight.
However, at this time, at the front of the police station where they were supposed to come and take someone, everything was quiet as if nothing had happened.
“What? They’re not coming to take the man away just because of those few tapes? The reporters have stopped looking too?”
Having spent another night in the detention center, the man looked even worse for wear.
His hair was disheveled, stubble speckled his handsome jaw, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was in a terrible state mentally.
However, seeing Xu Guannan enter alone, he crossed his legs and sat in the chair, still managing to laugh.
Xu Guannan: “…”
After a long silence, he finally spoke in a hoarse voice to the man, “But President, you’ve stirred up even bigger trouble this time. You’ve had these tapes for so many years and haven’t revealed them because you didn’t want to clash head-on with those who wield guns, but now…”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Unexpectedly, the man showed a disdainful expression.
“As long as Bai Feite goes down with me, that’s enough. Xu Guannan, do you believe that within three days, he will be torn apart by the government here, leaving not even a trace?”
He raised three fingers, and in that moment, his weary but handsome face finally showed a very pleased smile.
Xu Guannan felt a tightness in his chest.
Did he really believe that within three days, those with guns would also make him disappear from this world?
Although he was the king of the business world in Asia.
In the eyes of those people, as long as they knew of their scandal, and he still held evidence in his hands, they would certainly not let him leave alive.
“President, have you ever thought about it? You have two children who are only four years old to take care of. You also have elderly parents, and you have Shengshi Group that you established with your own hands. Have you thought about these things?”
Xu Guannan, with extreme heartache, couldn’t hold back any longer and asked excitedly, his eyes red, in front of this man.
The detention room fell silent.
In just a few short seconds, the man whose face was still brimming with a smile, seemed to have finally come to his senses.
His smile disappeared.
And what followed was his handsome but distressed face turning a frosty shade of white.
Yes, he still had so much left undone.
But did he have a choice?
No, because if Sheng Siyuan compromised today, then those people would only hold this handle against him, and from then on, they would treat Shengshi Group as a piece of fat meat, constantly gnawing away at it.
Until it was completely consumed.
“What I’m doing, is also to protect them. Everyone must die, sooner or later it’s all the same. Besides, when I think about it, I’ve actually lived a few more years~~”
He finally spoke, his lips pale, but his tone was very calm, showing no trace of fear.
However, when he reached the latter part of what he said, an image from five years ago surfaced in his mind about his own heart transplant surgery.
And it was in that moment, a woman also popped into his mind.
“President, you…”
“Go bring Yin Hehe back. If I’m not here anymore, you’re right, Shengshi will probably be in great chaos. At that time, I’m afraid only this woman will be able to keep things in order.”
He interrupted his assistant’s words and suddenly mentioned this woman.
Xu Guannan was stunned.
Yin Hehe?
Wasn’t she… already dead?
No, that’s not right. The last time this man went mad in Mei Garden, he had heard him uncontrollably roar out that name. It was just too chaotic at the time, and he didn’t have a chance to ask. Afterward, with the outbreak of the contract issue, he had even less time.
Xu Guannan finally realized that something was wrong.
“President, do you mean Miss Yin is still alive?”
“Heh~~”
He sneered coldly, even at this critical moment, mentioning this woman could still elicit this familiar scornful expression from him.
“She won’t die even if you do.”
“…”
Xu Guannan was at a loss for words.
Too shocking!
“… So where is she? And, will she accept all this? You two are already divorced, can she really help you out?”
Xu Guannan paused, and after a long time, mustering up the courage, asked these astonishment-filled questions.
The response was that man sitting there, his lips curving into a very annoyed and mocking sneer.
“Who said I divorced her?”
“!!!!!”
Chapter 119 How could she possibly still want to save him? Xu Guannan left with his brain completely numb.
It wasn’t his fault—The information he had received was so shocking that he couldn’t fully digest it on the spot.
He left the police station.
Not long after his departure, a military green jeep pulled up in front of the station with a fully-armed squad that came rushing in.
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Aurora City.
Yin Hehe woke up early in the morning to find that the little one in her arms was much better, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
“Caicai, are you awake? I’m going to the supermarket to buy some bones to make a nutritious soup for Cen Bao.”
She got up, washed up, and went next door to wake up her best friend.
Bone soup indeed provides nutrition, especially for patients recovering from surgery.
“Okay, you go. I’ll take good care of the two kids,” said Caicai promptly.
Only then did Yin Hehe head out the door with a small basket in hand.
“Phew—”
This city was truly cold.
No sooner had Yin Hehe reached the ground floor than a blast of cold wind hit her face, pouring into her neck and making her shiver uncontrollably.
“Taxi!”
She quickly wrapped her coat tighter around herself and rushed to the roadside to hail a taxi.
It was a bit of a distance from here to the supermarket.
Soon, she arrived at the entrance of the largest fresh supermarket in the area.
“What’s going on? Why are there so many people at the supermarket entrance? What are they doing?”
She got out of the car, shocked to see so many people gathered at the supermarket so early in the morning.
The driver shrugged inside the car, “Don’t you know? The food from one country is about to run out.”
“What do you mean?”
Yin Hehe immediately turned back to look at the driver.
“Which country? Why would it run out?”
“You know about Shengshi Group from Asia, right? Its fresh meat has always been a major food source for our city. But this morning, that company was in big trouble; their CEO was taken away by the military of M country.”
Yin Hehe had not expected the driver to suddenly drop such news.
Her head buzzed at the thought.
The military?
Why would he be taken by the military? Didn’t Jin Saiwen tell her just yesterday that the local court had filed a murder lawsuit against this man?
The color drained from her face, which was half-covered by a mask.
“What in the world is going on? How can the CEO of such a large company be taken away by the military of another country so easily?”
“I don’t know the details, but if the military is involved, the man’s probably not far from death. That’s why everyone’s here so early in the morning, stocking up on meat from the company. If he dies, who knows whether we’ll still be able to get any?”
The driver had a look of regret in the car.
The products from Shengshi Group were indeed good, and under Sheng Siyuan’s leadership, they had expanded into the international market, conquering many remote cities as well.
Yin Hehe felt a chill in her hands and feet.
She didn’t want to deal with this matter, yet as if possessed, she pulled out her phone, and before she knew it, she had already made the call.
“Lan, what’s up?”
It was her boss’s voice.
Seeing this, Yin Hehe swallowed hard and, clutching her phone, still spoke up, “Mr. Jin, I wanted to ask about the case you’re handling. How did I hear that the CEO of Shengshi Group was taken away by their military?”
“You’re quite up-to-date with the news,”
Her boss chuckled nonchalantly over the phone.
“Yes, he was taken away this morning.”
“!!!!” Yin Hehe’s lips even turned pale.
It took her a long while to compose herself before she heard herself ask, “Why? Didn’t you say we’d go through the courts? How did you get the military involved as well? His case has nothing to do with those people, right?”
Her boss spoke in a very indifferent tone, “I don’t have that kind of power. This is all his own masterpiece.”
“What do you mean?”
“It means that in order to strike back at Bai Feite, he exposed all the dealings this company had with the military. Now, Bai Feite’s empire has crumbled overnight, and Sheng Siyuan can’t escape it either.”
The boss was fairly polite, explaining the ins and outs of the situation once more.
In an instant, after listening, Yin Hehe felt as if something had cleaved down on her, leaving her mind completely blank.
Had he gone mad?
To actually drag the military into this, wasn’t he courting death? A man should be flexible; why couldn’t he just endure it?
She finally lost her composure.
At that moment, she didn’t want to admit that the coldness and panic crawling up from the depths of her heart upon hearing this were even colder than the chill of the wind earlier.
“So, we at Landun have this case in the bag now,” said her boss all of a sudden, with a hint of glee after hearing her silence on the phone for a long time.
Yin Hehe snapped back to reality.
“They’ve approached you as well?”
“Of course. Bai Feite may have fallen, but the military wants Sheng Siyuan’s life; they need a just cause. Otherwise, with him being the president of such a large company, his disappearance would arouse suspicion.”
The boss didn’t hide anything and casually mentioned the reason the military had retained them.
Yin Hehe immediately understood.
In a moment of both shock and anger, gripping her phone, she blurted out, “So, you’re going to collude with them? Frame that person?”
“Frame? Prince Billy’s death is a fact, and all I am doing now is changing the plaintiff, what’s the difference?”
“You—”
Yin Hehe was so angry she trembled all over.
She had never imagined that her boss, who had originally brought her out, would become such a person under the temptation of benefits and power.
Where were his justice and his beliefs?
“Lan Yi, I know you know this Sheng Siyuan, but I remind you, best not to meddle in this matter. This time it involves the military. Even without me, they would have to get rid of him having his hold on their scandal!”
“…”
“If you get in their way, they’ll not spare you either!”
It was like thunder on a clear day!
The boss, hearing Yin Hehe’s unrestrainable anger, the next second let slip her connection with Sheng Siyuan.
All of Yin Hehe’s fury was suddenly stifled as if by acupoint sealing.
Yes, with such power, if she were to intervene, she would only become another soul under their guns.
So, why should she destroy herself for this man?
He was so ungrateful and beastly, had she forgotten the suffering and pain he had brought her over the years?
Yin Hehe eventually slowly closed her eyes.
After a long time, when the crowd at the entrance of the supermarket finally swarmed in, she opened her eyes, and her clear, cold amber pupils were already utterly calm.
She went back.
About twenty minutes later, just as Caicai living on this side of the residence was about to stop the two little ones determined to go down,
Yin Hehe finally appeared downstairs.
“You’re back? Eh? Didn’t you buy any bones?”
She saw it, a flash of joy crossing her eyes, and looked down at the basket Yin Hehe was carrying.
Yin Hehe: “…”
After a long while, she forced a slightly pale smile, “I was late, they were gone.”
Chapter 120: Madam, You’re Not Dead?! Yin Hehe came back upstairs with the empty basket.
But she saw the little ones, who had clearly been so sick last night that they were collapsing all over the place, now both looking very anxious.
They were making a fuss about going down to play.
“It’s so cold outside, where would you play? Cen Bao, be good and stay at home with your sister.”
She could only muster her energy to soothe the two children again.
But to her surprise, the little ones, usually so well-behaved and sensible, just wouldn’t listen to her this time.
“No way, Mommy. I haven’t been out to get some fresh air in so long, I’m going to suffocate.”
“Yeah, Mommy, Youyou feels the same. If we don’t go out and play, your little treasures are going to get moldy.”
Little Bun also ran over.
She clung to Mommy’s legs, relentlessly grinding away on the floor.
Yin Hehe saw this and suddenly, despite her usual patience with her children, a surge of anger flared up within her.
“Play? Haven’t you seen your brother is still sick? Do you want to get a fever again? Can’t you be a little understanding?”
The fierce scolding startled both little ones.
Even Caicai, who was standing nearby, was dumbfounded.
What’s wrong with this woman? Did she eat gunpowder, or is she going through early menopause? Why did her temper suddenly flare up so much?
“Alright, alright, you two stop bothering Mommy now. She’s been worn out these past few days.”
In the end, Caicai could only cajole the two children back into their room.
By this time, Yin Hehe had also come back to her senses, seeing that she had flown into such a rage over such a trivial matter.
Her several pale fingers trembled unconsciously at her side.
After a moment, she plunged into the kitchen, flung open the fridge, and began to busily get to work.
“What’s wrong with you? You’ve been off since you went out. Did something happen?”
Caicai followed her in, leaning against the doorframe as she watched her busy figure and asked.
“Nothing.”
But the woman flatly denied it.
Caicai furrowed her brows.
“If you were really fine, you wouldn’t start cooking at this hour. Do you know what time it is?”
“…”
At that remark, the woman who was washing rice froze.
“Tell me, what happened? Has that man found this place? Don’t worry, as long as I am here, I definitely won’t let him hurt you.”
When Caicai said this, her tone already carried a hint of a desperate resolve.
Yin Hehe paused for a moment.
After a long while, she looked at her best friend and finally began to speak slowly, “No, he won’t find me again.”
“Why?”
“Because he’s going to die soon, Caicai. That’s good news, isn’t it?”
She suddenly flashed a smile, one arm holding the pot, the other still picking through the rice.
Caicai was suddenly stunned!
Going to die?
How could that be possible? Was there something wrong with her ears? How could that man die?
She widened her eyes, staring at the woman’s smile, uglier than crying, and started to doubt whether her mind had been affected by the torment from that despicable man.
“Thump thump thump—”
Just at that moment, someone knocked at the door.
Caicai heard it and turned to open the door first.
“Oh my goodness!!”
An exclamation burst from her mouth as soon as she opened the door.
The shout alarmed Yin Hehe in the kitchen, and she immediately ran out as well.
“What’s going on… Xi Bao? How come you’re here? Oh my goodness, who brought you here?!!”
She, too, was extremely shocked.
Her pupils, upon clearly seeing the little one standing at the door, quivered violently, like an earthquake, within her eyes.
Indeed, the person knocking was Sheng Xi.
After a long night’s journey, the four-year-old had finally found the person he was looking for in this bitterly cold place.
“…”
Her little mouth pursed.
The little one, who had never shown vulnerability in front of anyone, had redness surging into those beautiful little ink-black eyes upon seeing this familiar person.
Yin Hehe: “…”
Her heart ached sharply as she ran over and wrapped her arms tightly around the little one.
“Don’t cry, don’t cry, my precious baby has worked so hard, coming from so far away.”
“Wuuu––”
Burying his little head into her familiar embrace, the little one who had been strong for so long finally couldn’t hold back, and tears plopped down.
He was only four years old.
Yin Hehe held him for a long time, not even noticing the other two little ones who ran out of the room, watching their brother in her arms with happy smiles.
She didn’t realize it.
Indeed, the reason Sheng Xi had found this place was because Cen Bao had given him directions.
Finally, when their emotions had eased, Yin Hehe lifted her head and noticed someone standing at the door.
“Secretary Chen?”
She was extremely stunned.
Similarly, Chen Xiaosen was staring at her blankly. He gazed at her face, scarred though it was, and felt it looked very familiar.
“You… you aren’t a nanny? You are… you are…”
His chest began to heave violently, but his throat, overwhelmed by shock, couldn’t utter the name intended.
Caicai saw this change in his complexion!
“It’s over, Hehe. This person has found out. He will definitely tell Sheng Siyuan when he goes back. What do we do? Should we just bury him?”
“????”
Chen Xiaosen finally snapped back to his senses.
Instantly, his eyes widened as he saw the woman in front of him holding up a stool, and he quickly raised his hands in oath: “I won’t, I absolutely won’t tell the president!”
“Why should I believe you? You are his lackey. You say you won’t and you won’t?”
Caicai was still bristling with murderous intent.
In the end, Yin Hehe stood up and stopped the two of them.
“Alright, Caicai, take the child inside. Make him something to eat. He’s come from so far away; he must be tired and hungry. Plus, the weather is so cold. Take good care of him.”
Yin Hehe handed the child in her arms to her best friend.
Caicai could only take Xi Bao inside.
“Come in, Secretary Chen.”
Finally, all was quiet around them. Yin Hehe, seeing the secretary who was still standing at the doorway, helter-skelter, called out to him in a mild tone.
Chen Xiaosen was immediately flattered.
“Thank you, ma’am.”
He followed her inside, no longer daring to stare at the lady in front of him, but his voice, as usual, became especially respectful.
Yin Hehe frowned.
“Secretary Chen, I’ve already divorced him, you don’t have to address me like that anymore.”
“But…”
“Why did you bring the child here? Did he ask you to bring him? Does his daddy know about this?”
She poured a glass of water for the secretary, impatiently interrupted his response, and asked him several sharp questions in succession.
Chen Xiaosen’s face changed immediately.
“The president doesn’t know, ma’am. He ran into trouble. While conducting business in the States, he encountered his archenemy, Bai Feite, and now he’s trapped and can’t get out. The company has already started to fall into chaos.”
He actually mentioned this to Yin Hehe without any concealment.
Yin Hehe raised her eyebrows.
“The company is in chaos? What kind of chaos?”
“After the president was trapped, those shareholders started getting restless. Believing that the president wouldn’t be able to get out any time soon and that the company couldn’t be without a leader for a day, they actually proposed that Sheng Huainan temporarily take over the president’s position!”
“What did you say? Sheng Huainan?”
Upon hearing this, Yin Hehe’s face also changed.
Because she knew that Sheng Huainan was the backup leader the Sheng family had groomed back when Sheng Siyuan had not yet undergone his heart transplant.
And this person had also acknowledged the old Sheng family patriarch as his godfather!