After five years of a cold marriage, I can no longer hide the child I secretly gave birth to.

"Dad, let me say a few words to my sister-in-law."

Zhou Yanqing stood upright, his refined and noble face calm and composed, and his voice resounding.

"Fine, Dad doesn't necessarily want to fight her, it's just that she doesn't know what's good for her."

Zhou Nianting chuckled and ordered the bodyguards to let go. He then strode over to Zhou Yanqing and whispered something in her ear.

"Make her give up the bookmark, otherwise it'll be difficult for her to ascend to the throne!"

Once the room was completely quiet, Zhou Yanqing slowly entered and looked at Xu Daikui.

"It's not worth it to fight those brutes head-on. Sister-in-law, come in and have a seat."

He spoke in a gentle and polite manner as he walked towards the sofa.

Xu Daikui glanced down at her phone; it was already 5:30. "I have something to do..."

"It'll only take a few minutes. I can guarantee you'll leave safely today."

Zhou Yanqing watched as she calmly and gracefully took her seat on the sofa.

Xu Daikui still respected him quite a bit, because when she ran into him at school, he would always greet her with a polite smile.

"OK."

She walked over and sat down opposite him.

*

After leaving the hospital, Zhou Yanci first went to a high-rise building in the city center.

The interior is luxuriously decorated, high-end and stylish, and it was meticulously planned by him five years ago. The building has a total of 58 floors.

Five parts strategy determine the fate of the world, eight parts tenderness are reserved for one person.

It has a more meaningful meaning than the previous thirty-three floors.

Standing in the top-floor office, looking down through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the bustling traffic below, the crimson light flickers on my fingertips, and a thick fog hangs in the air before my eyes.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

Upon seeing the number, he stared blankly for a few seconds before answering.

"Hello, is this Mengmeng's father? This is Teacher Cao from the local kindergarten. Our child has been dismissed for ten minutes, but we haven't seen you or her mother. Would you like me to take her home?"

Zhou Yanci was surprised that Xu Daikui had not yet clarified the fact that he was not Mengmeng's father.

This woman clearly loathes him, so why does she still maintain this relationship?

Is it because you're afraid people will gossip that Mengmeng is an illegitimate child?

Considering that the child would grow up, he suddenly wondered if it was right for him to keep delaying the divorce.

Regardless, Mengmeng is innocent; she shouldn't suffer the negative consequences of their tangled relationship.

"No need, I'll be right there."

He stubbed out his cigarette, went downstairs, and drove to the kindergarten.

On his way to the kindergarten, he called Mu En again.

"Find Xu Daikui's location immediately."

Xu Daikui has always valued Mengmeng more than her own life, so her sudden absence from picking up the child must have a reason.

Thinking back to her fainting at noon, a bad feeling slowly emerged.

...

At the kindergarten gate, Xu Meng frowned in disgust when she saw him arrive.

I don't know why my mom hasn't answered my calls all day. Usually, even if she has something really important to do, she would never forget to come pick me up.

"Come on, come home with me."

Zhou Yanci greeted Teacher Cao and then took Xu Meng's hand.

In front of the teacher, Xu Meng still concealed her disgust, nodded and said goodbye to Zhou Yan, but when she followed him to his car, Xu Meng directly broke free from his hand and then raised her fingers to make a gesture.

"No need, I'll go find my mom myself!"

She generally doesn't like to communicate with people using sign language unless it's an emergency.

She really doesn't want to be with Zhou Yanci right now; she can't wait to get away from him.

Seeing the girl gesturing wildly with her soft, white hands, and then angrily turn and leave, Zhou Yanci didn't understand what she meant.

But I quickly caught up with her. "Want to know where your mother is?"

He guessed that Xu Meng was probably worried about Xu Daikui.

Mother?

Did Zhou Yanci find out about his background?

Xu Meng was a little worried.

She shook her head decisively.

She would not acknowledge Xu Daikui as her mother.

"I'll call her and have her come over."

Zhou Yanci didn't know why Xu Meng shook her head, but there was still no news about Xu Daikui, which made his bad premonition grow stronger.

He dialed Mu En's number again.

"Still haven't found it?"

A cold, questioning voice came from the other end. Mu En was panting heavily. He had just finished investigating the accident and had immediately gone to investigate Xu Daikui.

He ran after getting off the bus, afraid of delaying Zhou Yanci's matter.

Hearing the question, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhou, something bad has happened. Your mother was brought to the company by your father, and she hasn't come out yet."

Fearing Zhou Yanci's anger, he quickly explained, "I only just found out myself. The driver who caused my wife's car accident discovered we were investigating him, and he actually..."

"Drive to the company headquarters immediately."

Before Mu En could finish speaking, Zhou Yanci interrupted him coldly.

Xu Meng saw Zhou Yanci's handsome face suddenly turn gloomy, as if something had happened to Xu Daikui. She immediately grabbed his sleeve, her face full of worry.

"Don't worry, she'll be alright."

Zhou Yanci offered a word of comfort, then picked up the little one and got into the car, speeding up to 120 km/h.

*

"Sister-in-law, are you really going to divorce Aci?"

Sitting opposite Zhou Yanqing, Xu Daikui didn't expect that the first question he would ask would be this.

She nodded, and then said.

"Big brother, I will not sign the equity relinquishment agreement. If you want me to sign, Zhou Yanci has to agree first. Otherwise, even if you beat me to death, I will not sign."

Hearing her words, Zhou Yanqing couldn't help but laugh out loud, "It seems you still care about Aci."

Xu Daikui didn't care about Zhou Yanci; she just... She looked at Zhou Yanqing and tried to explain, but the man spoke first with a knowing expression.

"Dai Kui, you don't need to explain. Aci has liked you for so many years. If you really care about him, then his love has not been wasted."

Xu Daikui gave a weak laugh.

Zhou Yanci probably did have feelings for her in the past, but it wasn't love. And now Xu Jiaojiao has long since replaced her; their relationship is a thing of the past.

She didn't sign the agreement simply because it originally belonged to Zhou Yanci, and she wouldn't aid and abet wrongdoing; she simply wanted to return it to its rightful owner.

She didn't intend to dwell on the matter any longer, so she stood up and said, "It's over between us, brother. If you don't have anything else, I'll be leaving now."

Anyway, she won't sign the book today no matter what. As for the rest, it's already a done deal, and there's no point in saying anything more now.

She hoped to say goodbye to the Zhou family and never see them again.

Seeing her resolute expression and the lack of any lingering affection in her eyes, Zhou Yanqing realized that she no longer cared about Zhou Yanci. He wondered how heartbroken his foolish younger brother must be to see her like this.

"Dai Kui, do you know that A Ci really loves you? Back then..."

"Big brother!"

Before he could finish speaking, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and Zhou Yanci's tall figure appeared in the doorway.

He interrupted him and reminded him.

"Our business is none of her concern!"