Su Bei returned to her room and dug out the work phone number Mr. Qin used to call her before, and added it to her WeChat friend list. Seeing Mr. Qin agreeing to her friend invitation almost immediately, the corner of Su Bei's lips raised. The first thing she did afterward: browsing Mr. Qin's WeChat moments. This was her habit anytime she added a new friend list.
Alright, she actually was curious about the moments' posts made by a big boss like Mr. Qin.
After clicking on Mr. Qin's account, Su Bei was surprised. Mr. Qin rarely posted anything to his WeChat moments. With just a few swipes, Su Bei could see the posts from four years ago. However, the number of posts actually increased a lot recently. More than a dozen posts, and all about her and Su Xiaobao: Some about her participation in the school anniversary's opening performance, some about her and Su Xiaobao's monthly exam result, some about Su Xiaobao playing basketball, some about their school sports festival...
Seeing these, Su Bei was a little embarrassed, but at the same time, she also couldn't help but feel happy.
Su Bei didn't dare to like the posts, but secretly saved screenshots of the photos uploaded by Mr. Qin into her mobile phone, then closed the page and pretended she had never seen anything.
Meanwhile, in another room, Mr. Qin also browsed Su Bei's WeChat moments. The latest one was two photos taken during the 'Red Hacker Challenge'. The first photo was Su Bei and Su Xiaobao's photo. Behind them, Su Bei also 'secretly' took Mr. Qin into the frame.
The second photo was Su Bei, Xu Shiwei, and Xu Yangyang's group photo taken on the stage. In the photo: Su Bei stood between the two brothers. She and her two teammates posed a victory sign, and the scar on the corner of Su Bei's face was hidden with a small heart sticker, courtesy of the photo editing app.
This photo was actually okay. But seeing Xu family's two brothers getting too close to his daughter, Mr. Qin suddenly felt very annoyed. Especially Xu Shiwei, who actually put his hand on Su Bei's head!
...
On the other side, Su Bei was about to sleep when a new notification appeared on the home screen. Her OCD streak forced her to get up again and opened her WeChat app.
Latest comment: [Dad]: Keep a distance with boys.
"..." Su Bei's mouth twitched slightly.
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Mr. Qin finally agreed to meet Su Mei. She was a little surprised when her husband passed on the message, but at the same time, was also very nervous.
At this moment, Su Mei was sitting in Qin Group's reception room. Facing Mr. Qin, her head bowed in restrain, and her expression was stiff. From her husband Li Honghao, Su Mei already knew Mr. Qin's identity, but she never expected that the father of her children was actually such a prominent figure.
Mr. Qin also looked at Su Mei. She was dressed like a married woman, but actually looked much younger than Lin You, who supposed to be the same age as her. Su Mei obviously lived well after leaving the two children behind. Xiaobei's facial features were sixty to seventy percent similar to this woman, but their personality and character were completely different. In these aspects, Mr. Qin felt that Xiaobei was more similar to himself.
Qin Shao suddenly felt more comfortable.
"Mrs. Su, I heard you have something to say to me?" Mr. Qin asked calmly.
Facing Mr. Qin's indifferent question, Su Mei felt a heavy pressure. After hesitating for a moment, she finally said, "I am the mother of those two children."
Su Mei's words made Mr. Qin unhappy. "Correct your words. You only gave birth to Xiaobei and Xiaobao, but you are not their mother."
Mr. Qin's words made Su Mei embarrassed, but what the other party said was indeed the truth: she really could not be regarded as the twins' mother.
Su Mei really liked Song Yancheng. She started to like Song Yancheng even earlier than Lin You. Unfortunately, Song Yancheng didn't like her, and even because of Lin You, detested her.
At that time, she was too young, and her personality was too fiery. She didn't want to admit defeat. The more she was at odds with Lin You, the more she wanted to snatch Song Yancheng from that woman.
Seeing that Lin You's rising career has blocked her own career, and seeing how Song Yancheng's popularity grew bigger and bigger, Su Mei's unwillingness only became stronger. In the end, she finally committed the biggest mistake in her life.
——That day, Su Mei used the reason of 'talking about her conflict with Lin You' to invite Song Yancheng out. Unexpectedly, he agreed so easily. Su Mei wasn't suspicious. Instead, she saw Song Yancheng looked happy when coming to their appointment and thought her plan had been half successful.
After that, Su Mei added a drug to the wine they drank. Su Mei thought, if she could pregnant with Song Yancheng's child that night, she could successfully steal the man from Lin You by using the child's existence.
Afterward, she indeed got pregnant. Her plan seemed to go smoothly, but she didn't expect that everything was merely a part of Song Yancheng's scheme.
At Song Yancheng and Lin You's wedding, Su Mei almost collapsed when Song Yancheng told her the truth. Avoiding Song Yancheng's subordinates, she escaped.
When Su Mei ran away, it wasn't that she had never thought about the two children she left behind in the countryside. However, after knowing that the children's biological father was not Song Yancheng, their existence changed from hope to a thorn in Su Mei's heart.
Su Mei didn't want to face the children. At that time, her mental state wasn't fit to raise children, and she couldn't afford to raise them by herself either.
Song Yancheng might still come after her. If the children stayed in the countryside, they might be able to live peacefully. It would only be worse if they followed her.
Under such an excuse, Su Mei left her two children and escaped alone.
Su Mei fled to H city first. After spending six months there, she met Li Honghao. After experiencing many ups and downs, Su Mei no longer had her initial naivety and ambition. Li Honghao was a very good man. After knowing each other for a while, Su Mei accepted Li Honghao's marriage proposal. After getting married, she followed her husband to J country to develop his business. Later, they had their daughter—Li Man'er.
For Li Man'er, Su Mei was a good mother. For the two children she abandoned, she was not.
In the past few years, Su Mei has not entirely forgotten about her past and her first two children. The twin was a hurdle in her heart that she couldn't get past, and at the same time, also a nightmare she didn't want to face and remember.
"Thank you for finding the children, and also for raising them," Su Mei said to Mr. Qin: "If possible, I want to bring them to live with me. I'll fulfill my responsibility as their mother. This also to make up what I owe them."
The current Su Mei was a lot more mature than before. She had considered this issue carefully: Her family's condition was good now, and her husband also knew that she had two children previously. It should be no problem for her to pick up Su Bei and Xiaobao to live with her.
Su Mei's words almost made Mr. Qin laugh out in anger.
"Mrs. Li's 'thank you' is misplaced. Xiaobei and Xiaobei are my children. It is natural for me to raise them, and there is no need for outsiders to thank me." He agreed to meet Su Mei, only to give the children's biological mother a chance to explain, not to let her ask for the children's custody.
"Besides," Qin Shao looked at Su Mei coldly: "It seems that Mrs. Li still doesn't quite understand that Xiaobei and Xiaobao are Qin Group's heirs. With just the shares in their hands, they have more than enough to buy 100 Li family's industries."
"So, put away your alms. My children don't need it."
If Su Mei found the children and took them to live with her when they still lived badly in the countryside, Mr. Qin has nothing to say. But now, one of the children was Qin family's princess, and the other was Qin Group's crown prince. Did they still need to go to Li family to live under someone else's alms?
Hearing Mr. Qin's words, Su Mei's face turned pale: Although the remark was straightforward and impolite, it was right.
With the children's current status and family background, they didn't need sympathy or charity from anyone. What's more, Mr. Qin was a good father. From what she heard via Li Man'er about Su Bei and Su Xiaobao's news at school, Su Mei knew how good the twins' life was. They obviously didn't need her to live well and happily.
"I'm sorry. It's my lack of consideration." Su Mei whispered.
"Can I meet them?" She tried to ask. If she could take a glance at the children, the knot in her heart would also be resolved.
"No, for their sake, I won't let you meet them." And my children don't want to see you either.
There was a secret triumph in Mr. Qin's eyes: Xiaobei and Xiaobao obviously much closer to their father than their' mother.' When they left the countryside, they came to find him instead of Su Mei.
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Qin Shao was about to call an assistant to send the guest off. But Su Mei looked hesitated, and finally told Qin Shao the other thing that she has long buried in her memory: "Song Yancheng has taken human lives before."
Because Song Yancheng wanted to use Su Mei's children to threaten Qin Shao, he didn't drive Su Mei away on his wedding day. He coaxed Su Mei and left her behind in a temporary place. It was there when Su Mei accidentally overheard Song Yancheng's conversation with another man she didn't recognize.
Su Mei: "I don't know who the other person was. But he seemed to be dangerous. They were talking about a plan to create a car accident and kill a Jihua International's shareholder. Another senior executive was forced to death by creditor. This was also premeditated by them..."
The conversation Su Mei accidentally overheard was more than shocking. Although she had fought with Lin You fiercely and did many underhanded tricks, at most she only bought water army to discredit her rival. Murder, this kind of heavy crime, was completely beyond her cognition.
At that moment, Su Mei finally realized: Song Yancheng, the man she liked, the gentle and warm actor admired by many, was actually a devil in human skin.
This was the biggest reason for Su Mei's hasty escape.
Su Mei told Qin Shao some of the details she heard at that time: "I don't know if this info is useful to you or not. Song Yancheng should also be targeting you. If possible, I hope you don't let him go. "
Qin Shao looked at Su Mei lightly. For a moment, he didn't say anything.
Although Su Mei gave him the information to ensure her own safety, there was no doubt that her statement was useful. When the shareholder and senior executive had an accident, their death greatly affected Jihua International. Qin Shao also suspected that the so-called accidents were actually by human design. Unfortunately, the clues he found were limited, plus Qin Jinguo and Chen Xueyan's intentional interception, he could only leave the matter behind.
Now, by following the clues provided by Su Mei, it would be enough for him to send Song Yancheng to prison.
Very good.
Qin Shao: "As before, Qin Group will exchange the info you give with one favor."
Of course, Su Mei knew that the 'before' Mr. Qin said referred to the video that her husband handed over. It was precisely because of Qin Group's favor that their company's jewelry business was able to gain a foothold in the local market so quickly.
Su Mei did not dare to ask for anything: "Previously, Mr. Qin helped our family a lot. This time I don't need it. I just want to tell you what I know."
"I have my principles, you can mention any favor. Of course, except for my children's custody."