"Boss, Ms. Lin is at the first-floor reception, saying she wants to see you!"
Taking the signed docunts from Fu Yanci, Xiang Yang spoke softly, "These past few days, the reception desk has been replying to her as per instructions that she can’t et without an appointnt, but Ms. Lin said she can wait."
She called Fu Yanci, but he directly hung up.
She waited at Fu Group, but he entered the elevator from the underground parking lot directly to the top floor, making her unable to even get a glimpse of him.
For the past few days, Lin Kerou appeared promptly at the first-floor reception at 8 a.m. every morning.
One glance at Xiang Yang’s hesitant expression, and it was clear that internal gossip was starting to spread through the company.
No one knew Lin Kerou was Xiao Bao’s mother; they only knew the persistent yet elegant woman at the reception was the Vice President of Fengya dia.
As a dignified Vice President, despite being overwhelmingly busy, she didn’t follow procedure to have her secretary schedule a eting with Uncle Fu’s secretary. So... it could only be a personal matter.
The man is single.
The woman is unmarried.
A powerful Boss and a dia company’s Vice President.
In terms of age, appearance, and status, they were inexplicably well-matched.
It’s said the company staff have had plenty of morning and afternoon teas, aware their Boss is in a passionate relationship. However, until now, no one has seen what the Boss’s better half looks like.
Perhaps she wasn’t soone worth showcasing.
Or perhaps, it’s just a loveless business marriage?
Then this Vice President Lin...
Oh wow, spicy indeed!
The imagination takes off, creating scenes where Fu Yanci is fickle and heartless, maintaining the familial image at ho while secretly flying flags outside. Ultimately, the flags grow defiant and chase him down at the office, demanding an explanation.
Fu Yanci’s expression turned slightly grim, "Bring her up."
"Got it," Xiang Yang answered, pulling the door open and heading out.
Lin Kerou waited in the executive eting room for more than ten minutes before hearing the door being pushed open.
She stood up and saw Fu Yanci walking in with a sullen face.
"Yanci, ten minutes, I just need ten minutes, and I’ll leave after that."
Afraid he’d refuse to give her a chance to speak like always, Lin Kerou jumped straight to the point. "I know my action of bribing the driver last ti pushed further into the wrong direction, but I really had no choice! Yanci, if it were , could you have co up with a better solution? I’m Xiao Bao’s mom!"
Fu Yanci stayed silent.
Lin Kerou clutched the water cup tightly, her eyes turning red involuntarily. "The first ti we t, I thought it was because he was scared of and didn’t talk to . But then, the second and third tis..."
Tears began to fall uncontrollably but were quickly wiped away as Lin Kerou raised her sorrowful gaze to Fu Yanci. "Xiao Bao... has he still not spoken a word yet?"
She t Fu Yanci’s cold and grim eyes directly, as if they were accusing: Isn’t this your own doing? You still have the guts to ask?
Lin Kerou’s tears fell even faster. "He... when he was little, he used to call ’Mom’... I, I..."
Covering her face, she sobbed uncontrollably but soon tried to hold it in.
Her red, tearful eyes looked at Fu Yanci, "I once told Xiao Bao, whether it’s three years or thirty years, I’m willing to wait. Yanci, I ca back this ti because..."
"Na your price!"
Fu Yanci’s icy voice cut off Lin Kerou’s plea as he raised his eyes. "Getting Xiao Bao back is impossible! Even if my elder brother and uncle and aunt were still alive, they wouldn’t allow you to take Xiao Bao away from the Fu Family. Dragging this on is pointless!"
"Whether it’s postpartum depression from back then or maternal instincts awakening now, let’s not waste any more ti. You’ve seen it—without you, Xiao Bao has been living well in the Fu Family. Ye Li and I will take good care of him. So, na your price! Just like what you agreed upon with my uncle and aunt before: money in exchange for severing ties. From now on, bridges are bridges and roads are roads—you and him will have nothing to do with each other."
"Fu Yanci!!!"
Lin Kerou stood up, her eyes bloodshot and her voice agitated. "He’s a person! Not so object to be traded for money! Fine, you want to settle this with money, right? Then okay... Back then, they gave three percent of Fu Group’s shares. So tell , how much are you planning to give ? Five percent? Ten percent? Or the entire Fu Group?"
Fu Yanci looked up.
Lin Kerou’s chest heaved violently as if she were infuriated.
Fu Yanci held a calculated thirty-five percent of Fu Group’s shares.
The shareholders collectively held around thirty percent, while the remaining shares were distributed among Fu Group’s employees and nurous general investors.
With Lin Kerou holding three percent, if Fu Yanci gave her a few more percentage points for custody, the risk to him would increase exponentially.
In the worst-case scenario, Lin Kerou could convince all shareholders to vote in her favor at the board’s next election.
Even so, Fu Yanci had ways to turn the situation around.
But before anything could happen, Fu Yanci wasn’t about to let it co to that.
Lin Kerou seed to pick up on what Fu Yanci was thinking as her expression softened.
"Years ago, I wanted to return, but my condition wasn’t stable at the ti, and you weren’t married. I figured Xiao Bao was under your direct care and that there was no better place for him than the Fu Family. But now, Fu Yanci, you’re married. Right now, you might say you’re treating Xiao Bao well, but what about the future?"
Lin Kerou raised her eyes to et Fu Yanci’s. "Ye Li will have children soday, right? By then, Xiao Bao—just a nephew in the Fu Family, in front of you—how should he see himself? When he grows up? Yanci, I’m his mother—a mother who once hurt him, full of remorse, and only wants to make things right."
"The fact Xiao Bao is willing to secretly co see proves he’s willing to give a chance to change. Don’t push away for him; let prove myself. Can you?"
"No matter how great Ye Li is, she’s not Xiao Bao’s mom."
Lin Kerou said softly.
Fu Yanci remained silent, and the eting room fell quiet.
Lin Kerou seed to have finished what she had to say. She glanced at the ti, picked up her handbag, and spoke directly, "I’ve said my piece. I’m leaving now. Notify when you’ve thought it through!"
With that, Lin Kerou strode out, opened the door, and left.
Frowning slightly, Fu Yanci sat alone, mulling things over for a long ti before he got up and returned to his office.
Ten minutes later, the Maybach headed straight for Fu Mansion.
At dusk, Ye Li received a ssage from Xiao Bao.
[Ye Xiaoli, do you think I should add her?]
[??? Add who?]
[That woman.]
The smartwatch requested to add a friend, which needed approval on the guardian’s phone.
Xiao Bao’s smartwatch was linked to Fu Yanci’s phone.
Which ant Lin Kerou had approached Fu Yanci, and Fu Yanci had agreed to let her contact Xiao Bao.
Ye Li stared blankly at her phone for a long ti before typing.
[And you? Do you want to add her?]
[I don’t know.]
Ye Li didn’t know either.
She didn’t even dare to offer an opinion.
Tell Xiao Bao not to add her?
It’s said there’s no love without reason, nor is there hatred without cause in this world.
But when it cos to children and their mothers, there’s an innate yearning and longing.
Then, tell him to add her and see how things go?
The scenes from Xiao Bao’s earlier breakdown flashed vividly, and Ye Li didn’t dare take the risk.
Before Ye Li could make up her mind, her phone chid again with another ssage from Xiao Bao.
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