President, the deceased lady has three more children

Fu Yunchuan has been smoking more and more frequently lately.

He used to be an alcoholic, but he stopped drinking as much when he learned that the young mistress was still alive, though he started smoking more and more frequently.

Jiang Bai wanted to offer some advice, but he didn't know how. Or rather, he had already said too much advice. He was also very clear about the president's stubbornness and obstinacy, and he knew that the president would never give up on the young mistress. So, whether he tried to persuade him or not, it would be useless.

"What did my mom say?" Fu Yunchuan asked him.

"She didn't say anything. Madam just asked me if what happened six years ago was true, and asked me to find out what really happened as soon as possible. She also asked if Lin Ke had said anything bad to the young mistress."

It wasn't just one sentence, it was many sentences; the madam was clearly very worried about the young mistress.

However, there's no need for the CEO to know these things, lest he feel even more upset after hearing them.

"That's all?" Fu Yunchuan clearly didn't believe that Madam Fu had only said this much.

Or perhaps he also understands his mother.

Jiang Bai hesitated for a few seconds before saying his last words.

"Let me... advise you, saying that as long as you don't come back as the young mistress, she can accept Lu Mingzhu, and she won't care what you and Lu Mingzhu do."

Fu Yunchuan took another deep drag on his cigarette, but it still wasn't enough. Perhaps unable to suppress the frustration in his heart, he took a bite of the cigarette and for a moment couldn't tell whether it was the bitterness of the tobacco or the bitterness rising in his heart.

This wasn't the first time she'd heard her mother tell her to stay away from Nanxing and the children, but it still always hurt.

Everyone disagreed with his decision to bring Nanxing back, and everyone told him to stay away from Nanxing.

"Go ahead and get busy," Fu Yunchuan said in a hoarse voice after a while.

No one can stop him from bringing Nanxing back to his side.

Jiang Bai had no choice but to go out and attend to his work.

In the afternoon, Gu Yihe came to Fu Yunchuan's office.

"You said you found something? What is it?" Gu Yihe asked as soon as he entered the room.

He was originally at the company, preparing to go to Xingchen to find Feng Jiejie, but before he could leave the company, he received a call from Fu Yunchuan, who said he had found something and asked him to come over.

In general, this kind of situation means it's something very important; otherwise, he wouldn't need to go in person, but would just say it over the phone.

"Take a look at the computer, I just found it." Fu Yunchuan pointed to the computer and stood up to make room for Gu Yihe.

Gu Yihe sat down on the chair to look at it, and the more he looked down, the more his brows furrowed, and even a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Are these things guaranteed to be true?" he asked, looking up at Fu Yunchuan.

“I investigated it myself, and I also asked the fourth brother to investigate. Although there was no concrete evidence, it was pretty close to the truth. Back then, the Bai family did have a grandson who was recuperating outside, and someone was taking care of him.”

“That grandson has been in poor health since birth, and no one even knows that he has such a grandson. The child’s age matches He Feng’s current age.”

"The appearance of He Feng is too strange. I also checked and found out that he was sponsored by Lu Hai for many years. Otherwise, Lu Mingzhu's body would not have become like this."

He was also extremely cautious, not even knowing how he ended up at the Lu family's house, and still not understanding how he managed to get those people to willingly become test subjects for the medicine.

Gu Yihe silently expressed his agreement. They had never imagined that there were still some members of the Bai family who had slipped through the net, and that they had been planting seeds among them for so many years.

“My grandmother went to see those patients, but there was still no way to cure them. The doctors we have trained over the years can only help them recuperate and live a few more years so that they won’t have to suffer so much when they finally leave this world.”

Gu Yihe also lit a cigarette and stood with Fu Yunchuan in front of the French windows, looking at the world outside.

“Moreover, their physical examination data is different from Lu Mingzhu’s. Do you think it’s possible that Lu Mingzhu is really fine? After all, He Feng has been lurking in the Lu family for so many years, maybe they really do have the medicine?” He then turned to look at Fu Yunchuan.

"No." Fu Yunchuan denied it directly. "They couldn't possibly have the medicine. If they did, they wouldn't be still looking for people to test it on."

Gu Yihe agreed with this reasoning.

"Yesterday we received news that two patients had very similar symptoms. Shen Yang has already visited them and will bring them back to the base for treatment."

"He said he wanted to try to hook someone, to take those two patients for a spin first, and if there were any tails following them, he could turn the tables."

"Let him handle it." Fu Yunchuan didn't stop him; this was no problem for Shen Yang.

Gu Yihe nodded in response.

There are some things that the group has already been tacitly resolving and handling.

He originally intended to leave first, but seeing Fu Yunchuan's much thinner back, he stayed a little longer.

"How have things been lately... between you and Nanxing? And the two kids."

"It's just like that," Fu Yunchuan replied calmly.

Gu Yihe was utterly helpless in the face of his answer.

"Couldn't you have said a few more words? What do you mean by that? Was the Wang family's actions really just because of jealousy that they went so far as to harm Nanxing?"

"The information we found is that we still need to investigate further. Jealousy may be real, but it's uncertain who the trigger was."

"Alright, since you know what you're doing, I won't say any more. But as for Nanxing, you..."

“I have never thought of letting go. Whether it’s her or the two children, I will never let go.”

Fu Yunchuan assumed that Gu Yihe had also come to persuade him, so he interrupted Gu Yihe before he could finish speaking.

Gu Yihe did indeed want to say a few words to Fu Yunchuan, to help him take things easier, but he didn't expect to be interrupted by Fu Yunchuan first.

"Take care of your health. If you lose your health, there's no use thinking about it too much."

In the end, all Gu Yihe could do was pat Fu Yunchuan on the shoulder and say those words.

Fu Yunchuan didn't speak, but Gu Yihe knew he would listen.

"I'm leaving now. Contact me if you need anything."

"Ah."

After Gu Yihe left, Fu Yunchuan returned to his desk and sat down. He knew that what Gu Yihe said made sense, but he had no appetite every day. All sorts of things were swirling in his mind, so how could he possibly be in the mood to eat?

The way Nanxing and the children avoided him, in particular, caused him great pain.

These past two days, he's been sending messages to the kids without getting a reply. He knows very well that if he hadn't threatened them not to block him, they probably would have already blocked him.

This threat seems ridiculous at any time; a father can only get his son to keep his contact information by threatening him.

It's laughable if you tell anyone.

Gu Yihe had just left Fu Yunchuan's office and returned to his car when he received a phone call.

The content of the phone call is unknown, but his expression was clearly not good, and he even frowned slightly.

"Okay, be careful, and contact me anytime if anything happens."

He hung up the phone, and when the driver asked him where he wanted to go, he blurted out "Starry Sky".

Thinking of Feng Jiejie's coldness towards him recently, he couldn't help but sigh again.

He and Fu Yunchuan were almost evenly matched.

After his conversation with Feng Jiejie during the Chinese New Year, he had seriously considered whether he wanted to continue having a future with her. He even thought about letting her go, since she was very resistant to him.

But after careful consideration, he realized that he couldn't let go of Feng Jiejie at all, and he couldn't bear to part with her. Sometimes feelings are really that strange; you fall in love for no reason and can't let go for no reason.

He now only has one thing to say: he is willing to succumb to this, to savor the bitterness and the occasional hint of sweetness.

When the receptionist at Xingchen saw Gu Yihe arrive, she immediately called Feng Jiejie on the internal line to report him. But before the receptionist and Feng Jiejie could finish reporting, Gu Yihe barged in first.

Gu Yihe knew very well that Feng Jiejie would never agree to let him in, after all, Feng Jiejie was avoiding him as much as possible, but he had to see Feng Jiejie today, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable.

He wanted to go in, and the employees of Xingchen couldn't stop him. After all, his status and demeanor were such that sometimes even a casual glance from him was enough to make people intimidated.

This is his innate confidence, and the result of a century-old family upbringing, which is something that ordinary people cannot contend with.

Hearing the receptionist's anxious voice, Feng Jiejie only frowned slightly, without getting angry, and even offered a word of comfort.

"It's alright, you go ahead and do your own thing. You can't stop him from coming in if he wants to."

The receptionist breathed a sigh of relief, said a few apologies and thank yous before hanging up.

She was always incredibly grateful to have joined Xingchen Company. Not only was the company showing signs of rapid growth recently, but more importantly, everyone in the company, from the boss to the colleagues, was very easy to get along with.

Feng Jiejie put down the phone and sat down to wait for Gu Yihe to come in.

She didn't know what Gu Yihe was coming to do, she only knew that there was more trouble to deal with.

She explained it so clearly during the New Year, how could Gu Yihe not understand?

As she was thinking, her thoughts drifted away, and she didn't even notice when Gu Yihe came in and walked to her desk. It wasn't until Gu Yihe placed a box in front of her that she suddenly came back to her senses.

She first glanced at the box, which was a dessert box, before looking up at Gu Yihe.

Gu Yihe raised an eyebrow at her and asked,

"What are you thinking about? How come you didn't even notice me come in?"

"What difference does it make whether you find it or not? If I had found it beforehand, would you have stayed out?"

Feng Jiejie's tone was calm, but there was a hint of impatience in her calmness.

Gu Yihe, seemingly oblivious to her impatience, pushed the box in front of him towards Feng Jiejie again and said,

"Gu Nuannuan said that the desserts here are delicious, especially the ones called Pork Floss Cake and Matcha Mille Crepe. They are usually sold in limited quantities. You should try them."

As for Feng Jiejie's question about whether he would come in, he simply ignored it.

Upon hearing this, Feng Jiejie paused, then lifted the box and pushed it towards Gu Yihe, saying,

"No, thank you for your kindness, but I don't like desserts, and I don't think our relationship is at the point where you, as a CEO, would send me desserts, right?"

"How come it hasn't come to that? We're still friends, at least."

Gu Yihe looked at her intently, making no attempt to hide the emotion and affection in his eyes.

Feng Jiejie tightened her grip on the pen, and her face suddenly turned cold.

"I thought I made things clear enough during the New Year. What? Mr. Gu, are you forgetful? It's only been a short time and you've already forgotten? Do I need to remind you of what I said that day?"

“I haven’t forgotten, and I remember everything. I especially remember that I said back then that we should at least be friends, and you couldn’t avoid me. And you promised me that back then, didn’t you?”

Feng Jiejie was speechless. The reason she agreed to Gu Yihe's request was purely a temporary measure; she just wanted to end the conversation and separate from Gu Yihe as soon as possible.

Especially since she thought that Gu Yihe would definitely not appear in front of her again after she had said such harsh words, she had only agreed to it for the sake of their own dignity. Who knew that Gu Yihe was serious?

"What? Your intentions back then weren't real? You just wanted to casually flatter me?"

Gu Yihe looked at the expression that flashed across Feng Jiejie's face and asked directly.

Feng Jiejie's expression was rather obvious, and considering the circumstances at the time, it wasn't hard for him to guess what she was thinking.

Feng Jiejie was indeed a little angry, or rather, she was furious with embarrassment. She didn't expect Gu Yihe to discover or even point it out directly.

"So what if it is? In that situation, we were all adults. Wouldn't it be better to just understand things implicitly? What's the point of making it so clear?"

"Yes." Gu Yihe suddenly slammed his hands on the table, leaned towards Feng Jiejie, and his gaze was even more intense and obvious than before.

"It's very interesting to me. Just meeting you and arguing with you is very interesting. Anything about you is very interesting."

Feng Jiejie's heart skipped a beat, her face stiffened, and she didn't dare to look Gu Yihe in the eye. She could only awkwardly look away.

"Disgusting, Gu Yihe, are you ever going to stop? You always say things like that, aren't you tired of it?"

"Feng Jiejie, you're such a coward." Gu Yihe looked at her helplessly.

The fleeting panic on Feng Jiejie's face and her evasive gaze told him that Feng Jiejie was not as calm as she appeared on the surface.

Or perhaps he had discovered it a long time ago, but Feng Jiejie was so good at disguising it that he always thought it was an illusion, but now it seems that it was not an illusion at all.

"What coward? I don't understand what you're talking about. Coward is not even a proper description of me. I've never known what a coward is in my life. If I were a coward, I would probably be dead by now, or I don't know how miserable my life would be."

Feng Jiejie seemed to be deliberately changing the subject, or perhaps calmly recounting her experiences from childhood to adulthood.

What she said was indeed the truth. With their family background, if they were truly cowards, who knows what would have become of them by now.

Gu Yihe understood her unspoken meaning, and a hint of heartache appeared in his eyes.

His heartache was so obvious that Feng Jiejie was momentarily stunned after seeing it.