Jin Manor, study.
Jin Ye hung up the phone with a grim expression.
This woman, would rather escape and brave danger than return to him.
He wanted to see what she was capable of!
"Knock, knock, knock."
The study door was knocked, and Jin Ye gloomily told the person to come in.
Jin Xiaoxi, wearing pajamas, his small face tense, walked heavily into the room, "Dad."
"What is it?" Jin Ye's expression remained cold upon seeing his son.
"Where did Mom go?"
Jin Xiaoxi asked directly. He had reviewed the wedding day reports these past few days, and he refused to believe his mother would do such a thing. What was hard for him to accept was that his father truly believed it.
"You don't need to know so much, you just need to understand that Su Ding is in the past."
Jin Ye said indifferently and turned his back.
He refused to discuss her with his son, nor did he wish to think of the beautiful past that had been thoroughly shattered.
Jin Xiaoxi clenched his fists and glared at him angrily, "Aren't you going to look for her?"
Jin Ye was silent, his gaze cold.
Jin Xiaoxi took small steps forward and pushed his father forcefully!
"You're an idiot! You don't deserve to be my father!"
Jin Ye was pushed back half a step, his rage mixed with shock. He had never imagined his son would lay a hand on him!
He narrowed his eyes, a chilling frost in their depths, "You would defy me for that woman?"
"Yes! She is the mother I, Jin Zixi, have recognized, and she always will be!"
Jin Xiaoxi raised his small head, glaring resolutely at his much taller father. Their temperaments were identical; both father and son were equally stubborn.
Such a reaction touched Jin Ye's heart, and it further violated his authority as a father.
"Jin Zixi, you must understand, it is the Jin family that raised you, not her, Su Ding!"
Jin Xiaoxi's tears were welling up, and with a choked voice, he said, "But Mom truly treated me well. She loves me, and I love her! You only look at the surface, you're foolish! Foolish!"
Afterward, Jin Ye became furious, his hand uncontrollably raised.
Jin Xiaoxi looked at his terrifying father. He was so powerful, and he himself was so weak...
But he didn't want to admit defeat!
"You're only taking advantage of being an adult now. In ten years, I will be the strong one..."
"Bastard!"
Jin Ye was so angry his blood pressure was about to skyrocket.
Looking at his tear-filled, defiant son, the hand he had raised could not come down.
After a long while, he suppressed his grief and said, "She abandoned you, she didn't want our family. You are a Jin, why should you beg for the pity of such a person on your knees, why..."
These words seemed to be directed at himself as much as at his son.
Jin Xiaoxi shook his head, shaking it continuously as tears pattered down.
"Mom would not abandon me."
He said with a sob, his small face bravely holding back his sorrow.
At this moment, Shao Lin, wearing a sexy short skirt, walked in with a cup of tea, looking at them with surprise, "Oh, why is Xiaoxi crying?"
Jin Xiaoxi immediately wiped the tears from his face, unwilling to reveal his weakness.
Shao Lin placed the tea on the desk and squatted down, gently hugging him, "Did Dad bully you? It's okay, Auntie will talk to your dad properly, be good, okay."
Jin Xiaoxi looked at the woman before him, his heart filled with complexity.
He knew she had saved his life, that she had drawn blood countless times to transfuse him, allowing him to stand here alive and well.
In other words, she was his birth mother.
But he didn't like it, nor was he used to it, so he didn't know how to face her.
His upbringing and morals prevented him from being as defiant towards her as he had been before, but he also couldn't bring himself to be affectionate with her.
"I'm going back to my room."
Jin Xiaoxi said in a hoarse voice, pushed Shao Lin away, and left the room.
Shao Lin smiled gently, still feeling pleased inwardly.
It was truly thanks to Su Ding's blood that Jin Xiaoxi's attitude towards her improved significantly after waking up.
Now, all she needed to do was win over Jin Ye, and it would be perfect.
Her gaze unconsciously fell on the cup of tea on the table, her smile becoming more amiable, "Brother Jin, have some tea to moisten your throat. Don't be angry with the child."
Jin Ye had indeed been very agitated when he yelled at his son, and his throat felt a bit uncomfortable.
Without thinking much, he picked it up and took a sip.
Shao Lin's eyes shone brighter, and the smile on her lips was radiant, "Does it taste good?"
"Mmm."
Jin Ye replied indifferently, sat down, and opened a document, "What is it?"
Shao Lin slowly sat opposite him, her eyes full of charm, gazing at him affectionately, "I want to be with you."
Jin Ye didn't even look up, "No need, leave."
The reason he allowed Shao Lin to stay at home was partly due to his mother's request, partly because he was worried about his son's condition, and on a deeper level, it was revenge for Su Ding abandoning him.
"I won't make a sound, I won't disturb you," Shao Lin said softly.
"Scram."
Shao Lin gave him a resentful glance and slowly got up and left.
However, she didn't go far, stopping at the door to play with her phone, waiting for the medicine to take effect.
There was a message in her WeChat from Wen Min.
Wen Min: Linlin, I'm leaving Jiangcheng. Brother Gong has other arrangements.
Shao Lin: Ah? Where are you going? What about Brother Gong?
Wen Min: It's confidential for now. Brother Gong will also be away for a while. If you need anything, you can text me.
Shao Lin: Okay, thank you, Sister Min, for these past days.
Wen Min: Mmm, it's nothing.
Wen Min put down her phone and looked at the child in the crib, sighing.
She didn't know why Brother Gong wanted her to take Su Ding's child abroad and raise him as her own son with love.
No one knew about the existence of this infant except for her and Brother Gong.
Even Shao Lin thought this child had died.
Could it be that this child was their last trump card?
On the other side, Shao Lin was reluctant for Wen Min to leave Jiangcheng, but she had no right to ask her to stay.
The last time she was caught by Fu Qing, it was Brother Gong's people who saved her. Brother Gong even sent Wen Min to meticulously help her plan how to return to the Jin family.
But she didn't know why he was helping her.
Shao Lin couldn't figure it out and didn't bother to think about it.
Her goal now was to get Jin Ye and make Jin Ye fall in love with her.
As expected, less than ten minutes later, the sound of Jin Ye smashing a cup could be heard from the study.
"Crash!"
Shao Lin's face lit up with joy, and she quickly rushed in with a worried look, "Brother Jin! What's wrong?"
As she ran, she pulled down her clothes.
Her delicate, rounded collarbone and her full, proud cleavage were subtly revealed...
She lunged forward and hugged Jin Ye's arm. Jin Ye's eyes were bloodshot, and his skin was burning hot. He panted heavily and forcefully shook Shao Lin off.
Shao Lin was thrown violently to the ground, tears welling up.
"Scram!"
Jin Ye felt as if he could breathe fire, and he strode towards the door. However, Shao Lin grabbed his leg, "Brother Jin, take me!"
Her soft, fair arms wrapped around his leg, intensifying the heat in his heart.
Jin Ye's mind flashed with Su Ding's face, the scar deep in his heart brutally reopened, causing him pain and bringing back his rationality, "Get off me."
He panted heavily and repeated himself.
"No, Brother Jin, I want to be your woman."
As soon as she finished speaking, a swift and powerful slap landed heavily on Shao Lin's face. Her face immediately began to swell, and she couldn't speak.
Jin Ye pushed the door open unfeelingly and stumbled back to the bedroom.
Damn it!
He couldn't resist his desire, thinking of Su Ding's face, and his hand shamefully moved.