Zhao Lei's face twitched with anger, but in order to find his mother for help, he couldn't care less about anything else at the moment and hurriedly said, "Jingjing, um, I haven't seen your mother, my aunt, lately. Where did she go?"

Zhao Jing's lips curled up slightly, and she had already confirmed everything in her heart.

"My mom, I don't know either!"

Seeing Zhao Jing's attitude, Zhao Lei stomped his feet in frustration!

"Oh, my dear sister, please stop teasing me at a time like this, okay? I was wrong, I was wrong in the past, alright? You need to tell me right now where Auntie is. Do you know she hasn't contacted us for days? Our family is going crazy with worry!"

Hearing Zhao Lei's words, Zhao Jing chuckled.

"Oh my, this is a rare sight, Zhao Lei! You actually care about my mother?"

"I……"

Zhao Lei was momentarily speechless, gave an awkward laugh, and quickly said, "This...this is still family, after all. You just left without a word, without even leaving a message...not only me! Dad is worried too!"

"You... you definitely know where she went, so call her home right now! Her family is frantic! There's something very important waiting for her to come back and deal with!"

On the other end of the phone, Zhao Jing appeared calm and composed.

"Was it because her family was worried about her disappearance, or did they need her for something and only then did they remember to call her back?"

"This……"

Zhao Lei paused, his expression extremely unnatural: "Mainly...mainly I'm worried about her! Yes, worried about her, and secondly, there's something else..."

Zhao Jing snorted coldly, "Is that so? Then I have to ask, why did my mother leave home without a word? What did you guys do to make my mother leave like this!"

"This……"

Zhao Lei said helplessly, "Jingjing, this, this isn't my fault... Dad said something harsh that day and made Auntie leave. This... this has nothing to do with me!"

"Oh, really?" Zhao Jing said coldly, "Since you say it has nothing to do with you, and since it was Dad who drove Mom away, then let Dad come and find her. What's the point of you coming here?"

"Oh my dear sister! Are you crazy? You want Dad to apologize? You're trying to pull a tiger's teeth out of a tiger's mouth!"

"So what if I pull a tooth from a tiger's mouth! I'm not going to put up with this mad tiger today, I'm going to be Wu Song!"

Zhao Jing was better off not saying anything, because once she started talking about it, she got really angry.

"Zhao Lei, tell me honestly, how did my mom treat you? How did she treat my dad?"

Zhao Lei smiled bitterly. He had no other choice but to go along with Zhao Jing.

"...Yes, Auntie is indeed very good to me, and she's also very good to Dad...and so we, we're good to her too...don't you think so..."

"Oh, hahaha! Zhao Lei, you're being too kind to her. Where did you get the nerve to say that? Aren't you afraid of going to the tongue-pulling hell after you die? You just spout lies like that?"

"This……"

"Over the years, my mother has worked tirelessly to serve you and this family. She's practically become a maid. We have servants in the house, and my mother even makes all the tea herself. She does all the housework herself and won't let anyone else do it. And yet, my mother still has to go out and run her business, maintaining relationships with various partners. But what about you? You two only treat my mother as a servant! As a tool!"

"Zhao Lei, my mom has been so good to you, have you ever called her 'Mom' even once in all these years? How do you usually talk to her? How does your dad talk to her?"

At this point, Zhao Jing's eyes welled up with tears, which then streamed down her face.

Xu Tian, ​​who was peeling an orange nearby, was overwhelmed with mixed feelings upon seeing this.

For some reason, he could empathize with what Zhao Jing had just said.

It's possible that he was thinking about the days he spent with Zhang Qian.

Although he could empathize with her, Zhao Jing was currently arguing with Zhao Lei, so he didn't want to interrupt. He put the half-peeled orange aside, walked over, and gently hugged Zhao Jing's head.

When Zhao Jing saw Xu Tian like this, she was slightly taken aback at first, and then she pressed her head tightly against Xu Tian's chest without any hesitation.

"I...this...is...it was indeed my fault in the past...Jingjing, please, please don't be angry..."

"Our family is really going through a tough time right now, and it's up to Auntie... oh no, it's up to Mom to handle this. Please have some compassion and let Mom come back~"

Whether it was a pang of conscience or fear of failing to complete the task, Zhao Lei surprisingly apologized, but even so, Zhao Jing was unmoved.

After all, so many years of grievances cannot be erased with a perfunctory apology.

"Think beautifully!"

"My mother has suffered so much injustice at the hands of you two for so long, and you just say you were wrong and act like nothing ever happened? Dream on!"

Zhao Lei quickly replied, "Yes...yes, my sister is right. I...I will definitely bring gifts and personally go to bring Mom back."

"It's not that easy."

Zhao Jing still did not agree.

"Then... then what else do you want..."

"I said, whoever drove my mother away by yelling at her has to apologize!"

"You...you're determined to have Dad step in and resolve this? Zhao Jing, let me give you a piece of advice: you can't pull a tiger's tail. You're playing with fire, you know?"

"I'm going to be arrogant today!"

Zhao Jing said angrily, "Go back and tell Dad that either he should apologize to Mom in person and invite her back, or we'll live separately and won't care about your Zhao Group! What you can give, my man can give too!"

"You...your man?"

"Your man?"

Zhao Lei on this end of the conversation and Xu Tian on the other end of the phone spoke at almost the same time.

Zhao Jing said, "Yes! Xu Tian is my man, and I won't hide it from you. Right now, I'm in bed, in my man's arms!"

"what???"

"Come on, man, speak!"

As she spoke, Zhao Jing handed the microphone to Xu Tian.

"Mr. Xu...?"

Zhao Lei asked tentatively.

Xu Tian felt like dying...

This girl...

This girl!

Really are!

Who would just give up so easily like that!

But it's true that I hugged her...

But I only felt deep sympathy and wanted to comfort her!

She actually!

But now that Zhao Lei has asked you, are you going to answer or not?

If I don't answer, then...

"Mr. Xu... is that you?"

Zhao Lei asked again, tentatively.

Xu Tian's face flushed red, then turned pale, then purple...

"Um... Ah... Yes, it's me."

After saying that, Xu Tian slapped his face.

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