To seduce her

In the hospital corridor, Shen Yaochu was quietly waiting for Xia Yizhui.

She leaned against the wall, holding Xia Yizhuo's coat and bag in her hands, with a hint of contemplation in her eyes.

After Xia Yizhui finished the infusion, his face was still pale, but he seemed to be in better spirits.

She walked out slowly, and Shen Yaochu immediately went up to her and handed her her coat.

"Feeling better?" Shen Yaochu asked with concern.

Xia Yizhu nodded, her voice still weak: "Much better, thank you, Sister Yaochu."

The two walked out of the hospital side by side. Shen Yaochu carefully supported Xia Yizhuo, making sure she took every step steadily.

After getting in the car, Shen Yaochu started the car. She looked straight ahead and said calmly, "Xiao Xia, I have completed the task you gave me."

Xia Yizhui had been staring out the car window without blinking. After hearing Shen Yaochu's words, he was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes.

"Thank you."

"The little boy said something to me today." Shen Yaochu chose his words carefully and his voice was soft.

Xia Yizhu's body stiffened slightly. She turned her head with a questioning look in her eyes: "What?"

"Um, is that your brother?"

Xia Yizhu looked a little unhappy, but after thinking for a while, he nodded: "Yes."

Shen Yaochu continued, "He said they have always hoped to have a chance to sit down and talk with you to make up for past mistakes. He hopes you can give them a chance to at least pay homage to their parents to comfort their souls in heaven."

Xia Yizhu was silent. Her gaze turned to the window again, and the city scenery was rapidly receding before her eyes.

Shen Yaochu added: "I am just passing on the message, but the decision is up to you. I know you don't want others to know, and I won't tell anyone about these things. All the decisions are up to you."

"Hmm..." Xia Yizhu's voice was trembling. It seemed that she had found a place to confide the words that she had been holding in her heart for a long time and had no one to talk to. "Actually, I don't want to recognize them. Besides the fact that I can't get over the pain in my heart, there is another reason."

Shen Yaochu was somewhat surprised by Xia Yizhuo's sudden frankness.

"Huh? What?"

Xia Yizhu pursed her lips and said, "Their appearance may help my adoptive parents find a new target to suck blood from. They thought that my biological parents' family was poorer than theirs and there was no room for them to suck blood from me. So they tried their best to squeeze me, and then they found Gao Yushan, the 'sucker'."

When talking about Gao Yushan, Xia Yizhuo's eyes and brows didn't feel so heavy anymore.

She smiled and continued, "But if they knew that my biological parents and brother were so rich, they would not raise their daughter for so many years for nothing. They would definitely find ways to get more money from the Song family."

Shen Yaochu hadn't expected this, and looked at Xia Yizhu with some surprise: "So, you actually want to recognize them?"

"Not really." Xia Yizhu thought for a moment and explained, "I don't have that much affection for my biological parents, let alone my adoptive parents. Now that I'm an adult, I'm about to have my own family and children. I don't want to get involved in these things anymore. I just want to focus on my pregnancy."

"Where did you pick up this little treasure on Gaoyu Mountain?" Shen Yaochu said with a smile: "I'm happy for you to think this way."

Xia Yizhu also laughed: "Sister Yaochu, I feel at ease with you by my side."

Shen Yaochu chuckled and said nothing more.

Xia Yizhu needs more time to think.

But no matter what decision she makes, they will support her.

*****

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After finishing a day's meeting, Gao Yuchuan stood up and left the meeting room.

Gao Yushan was still talking with the persons in charge of several projects when Gao Yuchuan left first.

At this moment, the cell phone suddenly rang.

Gao Yuchuan took out his cell phone and saw that it was Luo Ningxuan calling.

"Hey, Yuchuan, a few of us are going out for a drink tonight, do you want to come?" Luo Ningxuan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"No, I'll go home and be with my wife and children at night." Gao Yuchuan's voice was flat, but there was a barely visible smile in his eyes.

When Luo Ningxuan heard this, he immediately teased: "Oh, you are really a top ten good man now, tied down by your wife and children."

Gao Yuchuan didn't care and sneered: "People without families won't understand."

"Tsk! It's not that I don't have it, it's that I don't want to!"

Gao Yuchuan didn't want to care whether he had it or not and was ready to hang up the phone.

Luo Ningxuan suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, I saw Shen Yaochu today. Does she know that Song Yufeng?"

Gao Yuchuan frowned slightly: "Song Yufeng?"

Luo Ningxuan explained: "Today I came down from the villa halfway up the mountain and saw your wife coming out from there."

Gao Yuchuan knew Song Yufeng.

Luo Ningxuan didn't seem to notice Gao Yuchuan's abnormality and continued, "I saw her go to the villa halfway up the mountain alone. I asked her what she was doing and she said she was going to see a friend."

"So?" Gao Yuchuan said impatiently.

"No, I'm just asking." Luo Ningxuan said casually: "If you don't come, I'll go make an appointment with someone else."

"Ah."

Gao Yuchuan hung up the phone.

When he called Shen Yaochu, she did say that she was going to deliver something to a friend.

Just going to the villa halfway up the mountain to deliver something to Song Yufeng? When did they meet?

The image of Song Yufeng flashed through Gao Yuchuan’s mind.

He is an adult, good-looking and wealthy male.

……

As soon as Shen Yaochu stepped into the house and changed her shoes, the servant helped her take her coat and hang it up.

She came back only after sending Xia Yizhuo home. Even Gao Yuchuan had already gone home from get off work.

Gao Yuchuan was sitting on the sofa in the living room with the TV on, but his eyes were not focused on the screen. Instead, he was staring at the magazine in his hand with a frown.

Seeing Shen Yaochu coming back, he just tilted his head and glanced at her: "Are you back?"

"Yeah." Shen Yaochu nodded and walked towards Gao Yuchuan: "Where are Bobao and Cibao?"

"After dinner, I went out to play with Aunt Li."

Gao Yuchuan's voice was calm and his tone was indifferent, no different from usual.

But for some reason, Shen Yaochu sensed a strange atmosphere.

An indescribable awkwardness permeated the air.

Shen Yaochu tilted her head and looked at him: "Did the meeting go wrong today?"

"It went quite smoothly." Gao Yuchuan responded indifferently, lacking warmth.

Shen Yaochu thoroughly felt Gao Yuchuan's emotional change, and this cold response made her feel strange.

She sat down next to him, leaned in close, and looked him in the eyes. "What happened? There's something wrong with you."

Gao Yuchuan closed the magazine and put it on the coffee table.

He turned around and glanced at her, his deep eyes narrowed slightly: "Did you go to the villa halfway up the mountain today?"

"..."