Lin Banxia heard Ms. Zhao’s words and suddenly tensed up. She imdiately asked hastily, "Ms. Zhao, have you really seen soone who looks very similar to the person in this photograph?"
"Whether this person is who you’re looking for, I can’t say for sure. But this appears to be a photograph from many years ago. By now, she should be middle-aged, and people’s appearances surely change over ti. Did you take a close look? This woman has a mole near the corner of her mouth," Ms. Zhao pointed out with her finger.
Only then did Lin Banxia carefully focus her gaze. Sure enough, she had never noticed the mole at the corner of the woman’s mouth in the photograph. Perhaps it was because her gentle smile was so beautiful that it made people overlook such tiny details.
"I just felt that this mole seed a bit familiar. I have a major client whose last na is Cheng. She also has a mole in the sa spot by the corner of her mouth. Either it’s just a coincidence, or she’s the person you’re trying to find," Ms. Zhao patiently explained.
"Her surna is Cheng? Do you know her full na? Where can I find her?" Lin Banxia’s voice trembled with excitent, as this news was simply too important to her.
Ms. Zhao stared at her in surprise, noticing that her eyes were slightly red. She imdiately asked with concern, "Miss Lin, are you okay? Who is the woman in this photograph to you? Is she very important?"
"Yes, very important," Lin Banxia said, gripping Ms. Zhao’s arm tightly as if holding onto a lifeline. "Ms. Zhao, please tell quickly, where can I find her?"
Ms. Zhao couldn’t help but chuckle. "Miss Lin, she’s easy to find. If you casually pay attention to business magazines, you’ll know who she is. Her na is Cheng Roning, and she’s the boss of a publicly listed company. Later, as we drive, we’ll even pass by her company’s building. If you’d like to et her, I can take you there right away."
"Cheng Roning... Cheng Roning? Mrs. Cheng?" Lin Banxia’s whole body trembled violently. Her beautiful eyes widened in an instant, and it felt as though a beam of light had pierced through all the fog in her mind, leaving her with clarity.
She recalled that, soti before, when dining with Huo Yanting at a restaurant, she had encountered Mrs. Cheng. At the ti, she had felt that Mrs. Cheng looked familiar, as though she had seen her sowhere before. It turned out that it was because, by chance, she had opened the locket and glimpsed the photograph of the woman, which stirred a sense of connection to Mrs. Cheng.
"So that’s why... it’s her?" Lin Banxia felt as though all the strength in her body had been drained. She leaned heavily against the back of her chair and closed her eyes tightly.
Ms. Zhao looked at her dazed expression and asked anxiously, "Banxia, are you alright? Do you want to take you to Mr. Cheng now? If you want to go, I’ll have the driver take you there."
"No... Not now. Ms. Zhao, take ho instead!" Lin Banxia’s heart felt as though soone had thrown a massive stone into it, creating chaotic ripples that refused to settle.
Huo Yanting had said that Mrs. Cheng was Chu Tingting’s aunt. If she really turned out to be her biological mother, then she would beco Chu Tingting’s cousin.
Why is the world so small? Or does fate simply love playing cruel jokes?
Lin Banxia suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to cry, to cry her heart out!
But alas, with Ms. Zhao by her side, she couldn’t bring herself to weep. She could only suppress the surging grief that churned inside her.
Even more absurdly, the car she had crashed—that belonged to Mu Jiyang—might belong to her own elder brother?
Her elder brother had extorted fifty thousand yuan in repair fees from her?
Where is justice in all this?
Lin Banxia couldn’t help but feel that life was like a lodramatic soap opera, full of one contrived twist after another.
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