Chapter 1641 - 1639: Past Lives and Present 77
Chapter 1641: Chapter 1639: Past Lives and Present 77
"Don’t say that!"
"You’re still young, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to help me in the future!"
"Let me have this chance to train myself well!"
"So they won’t challenge me in the future!"
When Zhao Junyao said this, a kind of confidence and pride, grandeur and nobility burst forth from his eyes.
And there was also a majestic aura that made people want to submit to him involuntarily.
As if he was destined to be the Sovereign of everything.
This kind of ambition and the intensely intimidating look in his eyes, Xia Yu had never seen before.
He even felt his knees weaken, wanting... to kneel?
After finishing discussing business.
Xia Yu stayed here, drinking tea for a while.
Somehow, the topic shifted to his daughter whom he had never met.
Now, both his side and Lady Xu’s side are searching.
The newspapers and media have published again and again, but not a single clue.
The truth gnaws at Zhao Junyao’s heart.
"Is there really no other solution except waiting?"
"Keep searching, what else can be done?" Xia Yu looked forlorn.
Zhao Junyao didn’t know what to say, he was not good at comforting others.
He thought left and right, but it took him a while to squeeze out a word.
Finally, Xia Yu spoke first.
"Your assistant..."
He had long wanted to ask this question.
Even though Xu Wanning clearly told him she’s not his daughter, he still wanted to ask.
He trusted his intuition and wanted to verify it himself.
Zhao Junyao was a bit surprised.
"Are you asking about Xia Ruqing?"
Xia Yu nodded.
"Exactly, I always felt her experiences resembled my daughter’s!"
"And, she looks very much like Xu..."
His gaze suddenly became uneasy, turning away.
"They look very alike!"
Zhao Junyao was quite taken aback.
"No... it’s not! I never felt they looked very alike!"
"But you were right; she indeed grew up without parents, relying solely on her grandmother."
She had said it many times, so he remembered.
Xia Yu’s eyes lit up.
"Is there anything else? You are more familiar with her, is there anything more?"
Zhao Junyao thought for a moment.
"She lived in the countryside, started working right after high school graduation!"
"When I first met her, she was working at a freight company!"
Xia Yu became more excited.
"Do you happen to know what her grandmother looks like?"
Zhao Junyao: "..."
"I don’t know!"
He shook his head.
"When I met her, her grandmother had already passed away, but I guess... there should be photos!"
Xia Yu quickly pushed the issue.
"Can you borrow some photos of that girl? Or... by any means, could you take a photo for me?"
Zhao Junyao was surprised.
"Why don’t you ask her yourself?"
Xia Yu chuckled.
"Better not disturb her now, just in case it’s not her, it would be awkward!"
"If you quietly take a photo, I’ll know right away!"
He still remembered what his former mother-in-law looked like.
Zhao Junyao nodded.
"Alright, I’ll go over sometime to take a picture for you!"
Xia Yu nodded intensely, excitedly rubbing his hands.
"Thank you, thank you!"
Zhao Junyao laughed heartily.
"You’re too kind, I don’t even know what to say?"
...
The next day was the weekend.
Xia Ruqing wasn’t working.
Zhao Junyao went to the office and worked alone for most of the day.
By dusk, he suddenly remembered Old Xia’s instructions and drove with the chauffeur to Xia Ruqing’s small apartment.
The two went out for dinner together.
Xia Ruqing didn’t like to imitate those elegant people, pretending to eat fancy meals.
She preferred what everyone liked: hotpot, grilled fish, skewers, or simply barbeque.
So, the two went to a newly opened hotpot restaurant.
After a joyful first round of dipping.
Xia Ruqing sipping her drink, blissfully leaning back on the seat, grinning foolishly.
Zhao Junyao suddenly asked her.
"If one day, you meet your parents!"
"What would you want to say to them?"
Xia Ruqing’s face suddenly changed, pouting with displeasure.
"Of all things, why mention them!"
"I made it alone for so many years, why would I need parents!"
Zhao Junyao’s eyelid twitched.
"Why wouldn’t you?"
"Your body and skin were given by your parents; they gave birth to you, how could you not acknowledge them?"
Xia Ruqing sneered.
"I didn’t ask to be born by them!"
"If I could choose, I’d rather they didn’t give birth to me!"
After saying this, her eyes suddenly turned red, tears glistening at the corners.
She continued.
"When I’m sick, it’s my grandmother who took care!"
"When it’s cold, it’s my grandmother who stayed up to mend my clothes!"
"When it’s hot, my grandmother fanned me!"
"When I’m thirsty or hungry, it’s granny who took care of my meals!"
"I only consider my grandmother as my real family; I recognize no one else!"
She once thought to forgive them.
But upon second thought, why should she?
Being abandoned and then generously forgiving? Why should she?
Zhao Junyao stayed silent for a long time, finally saying.
"What if they had no choice?"
Xia Ruqing shed tears.
"No choice?"
"What could be a reason not to choose?"
"There are countless parents, who hasn’t faced difficulties? Yet none of them abandoned their children!"
Zhao Junyao continued his silence.
After what felt like ages, he suddenly looked up.
"If that’s the case, then we won’t search!"
"Someday we’ll go back to the countryside, and I’ll accompany you to visit your grandmother!"
Xia Ruqing finally calmed down, nodded after taking a breath.
"Alright!"
...
A meal starting in joy, ending in silence.
After dropping Xia Ruqing back at her apartment, Zhao Junyao sat in the car by the roadside for a long time.
Only after a while did he instruct the driver to leave.
That night, Xia Ruqing tossed and turned, unable to sleep; Zhao Junyao was no different.
For some reason.
His intuition was identical to Old Xia’s.
He felt Xia Ruqing might indeed have some connection to Old Xia.
Yet Qingqing seemed very resistant to this.
He needed to think of a way to investigate this matter.
At least get a photo of the grandmother first.
...
The following day.
Wanxin stumbled into the Zhao Family Villa, heading straight to Shih Yueshu’s room, holding a newspaper in her hand.
Since breaking up with Zhao Junyao, she rarely came here.
But now, she couldn’t care less.
"Something terrible has happened!"
Shih Yueshu, seeing her panic, showed disdain.
"What’s wrong? What’s gotten into you today?"
Wanxin put the newspaper on the table and took out her cell phone from her bag.
"Something big happened!!"
"That Xia Ruqing, she seems to be Lady Xu’s daughter!"
Her words hit Shih Yueshu like a thunderclap, shocking her deeply.
"What do you mean!"
"Explain clearly!"
Shih Yueshu started to panic as well.
Xia Ruqing is Zhao Junyao’s girlfriend.
If she’s Lady Xu’s daughter, then Zhao Junyao is... Lady Xu’s son-in-law.
Then Xu Corporation would be...
Her son’s painstaking plan over all this time would go down the drain!
No!
This cannot happen!
This absolutely cannot happen!